A delightful fun episode that is considered a classic for a reason.
In this episode the gang takes a trip to Hawaii, when a ghostly witch doctor interrupts their vacation.
There is so much to love about this episode. The Witch Doctor is a wonderful villain. He has a great an incredibly memorable design as well as a delightfully creepy voice. This episode is also full of great spooky set-pieces. I love the scenes with the giant stone statue, the creepy old man, the skeleton in the airplane and the bats. This is pure Halloween type of spookiness at its most delightful. This episode also greatly benefits from some great background art. While all the episodes of the original series had great background work, the art in this episode is especially delightful to look at and gives this episode a wonderful sense of atmosphere. The episode also has some good comedic moments. The Tarzan and Jane gag always makes me laugh.
If I had one complaint about this episode, it is that once again there are a lack of suspects that make the mystery too easy to solve.
The Witch Doctor is one of the most iconic Scooby villains. He would appear in the live action theatrical film, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) and the live action made-for-TV movie, Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010). This whole episode was adapted into the 3rd level of the 2000 N64 video game, Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers.
A real classic.
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