/A wonderful Scooby adventure.
In this episode our heroes sit down to watch an old horror movie on TV. Unfortantly the creepy ghoul hosting the movie happens to be on the 13 ghosts and ends up trapping our heroes within the film in an attempt to get the chest of demons before the gang can trap them in it.
This is a Scooby episode that focuses heavily on the comedy and it succeds very well. Probally much of this is due to the fact that one of the writers is Tom Ruegger, who would go on to create Animaniacs. There is a lot of playful parodying of the classic Universal horror films. This paordying shows great respect for the movies it is parodying and should delight my fellow fans of those films. The episode even does a great job capturing the look and espically the lighting of those classic horror films. This gives the episode a very unique feel among Scooby episodes. The episode not only parodies those classic horror films but also the classic Popeye cartoons in one of the most delightful homages to those classic shorts. Zomba is also a wonderful villain. While she isn't too scary, she has a wonderful and unique design among Scooby villains. I also love her voice. She also proves to be a major threat to our heroes.
This is a very unique and delightful episode.
In this episode our heroes sit down to watch an old horror movie on TV. Unfortantly the creepy ghoul hosting the movie happens to be on the 13 ghosts and ends up trapping our heroes within the film in an attempt to get the chest of demons before the gang can trap them in it.
This is a Scooby episode that focuses heavily on the comedy and it succeds very well. Probally much of this is due to the fact that one of the writers is Tom Ruegger, who would go on to create Animaniacs. There is a lot of playful parodying of the classic Universal horror films. This paordying shows great respect for the movies it is parodying and should delight my fellow fans of those films. The episode even does a great job capturing the look and espically the lighting of those classic horror films. This gives the episode a very unique feel among Scooby episodes. The episode not only parodies those classic horror films but also the classic Popeye cartoons in one of the most delightful homages to those classic shorts. Zomba is also a wonderful villain. While she isn't too scary, she has a wonderful and unique design among Scooby villains. I also love her voice. She also proves to be a major threat to our heroes.
This is a very unique and delightful episode.
Didn't notice a specific Popeye reference. But there is original 1969 Scooby score used at one point, plus the alarm is a common sound effect from Filmation! (In the 80's, the different studios sarted interchanging different sound effects).
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DeleteThe Popeye reference was how when Scooby took the Scooby Snacks, he gained a newfound strength (similar to Popeye and his spinach) and similar music to the Popeye theme was playing in the background.