A weaker Scooby adventure.
In this episode, the evil Dr. Phibes wants to destroy the rain forest in search of immortality. Scooby and Shaggy must stop him.
I really appreciate this show trying to do something different than the average Scooby series, but I really wish it was funnier. Most of the humor in this episode simply falls flat and there is not one real laugh here. This episode also hurts from one of this series' biggest flaws that Dr. Phibes is a rather uninteresting and bland villain. Once again, his henchmen are simply one joke characters and here that joke isn't even funny.
This episode still has a few things going for it. The background art is lovely to look at and Scooby and Shaggy are just likable as ever.
This episode is written by the show's creator and story editor Ray DeLaurentis. The episode is directed by Jeff Allen, who directed quite a few episodes of this show as well as episodes of the animated TV series Xiaolin Showdown and Ultimate Spider-Man. This is the only Scooby-Doo show either of them worked on.
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