A really fun episode of The New Scooby-Doo! Movies.
This episode marks the first time The Mystery Inc. Gang teamed up with Batman and Robin. In this episode they investigate a creepy amusement park, where The Joker and The Penguin seem to be up to their own tricks. The two teams team up to stop the two villains however the two supervillains might not even be the ones behind the whole scheme.
I personally have a real fondness for really corny superhero stories, so an episode like this is right up my alley. The versions of Batman and Robin here are the same ones that appear in Hanna-Barbera's Superfriends TV Show, even down to having the same voice actors. What makes this really work though is that the filmmakers know how corny this all is and have a lot of fun. This leads to some darn good gags. I love that Batman and Robin invite the gang over from bat milk and cookies or that after Robin tells Batman, "To the Batmoblie" Fred tells the Mystery Inc. Gang, "To the Mystery Machine." The mystery here is also very well handled. I love how despite the obviousness of The Joker and The Penguin being involved, there is still a mystery and a good one too. The amusement park is a great environment for a Scooby mystery as it is delightfully creepy in the best way possible. Much of the artwork here is also very good and once again there is great care put into the background.
This is an excellent episode.
Nicely written,warm and engaging review, so much so that this "getting to the back end of MIDDLE aged" reader,is very much looking forward to downloading and watching the episode. Hahaaa "Bat-Milk" and Cookies. Nice one.
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