A delightful episode.
In this episode the gang goes to visit Daphne's uncle's ranch. However, the ranch is being haunted by a ghost bull and a ghostly Indian.
There is a lot to enjoy about this episode. The desert setting is perfect for a Scooby mystery and allows for some wonderful background art. I especially love the purple canyons in the background. Adding to the great sense of atmosphere are the burial ground and the cave scenes. Both of which provide some excellent spooky moments. The moving skeleton in the burial ground is especially a lot of spooky fun as is the scene with the hawk. The bull ghost is also very memorable and fun. The humor is quite good in this episode. The slapstick with Scooby and Shaggy is excellent.
This episode does have some flaws though. One is that we never spend any time with Daphne's uncle or get to know anything about his personality. Other realities of the gang have been simply more memorable. I also felt that though he is effective the ghostly Indian is too similar to other Scooby villains to be especially memorable.
A bit of trivia, this is the first episode where Daphne's last name Blake was used though it is exclusively used for her uncle.
While not perfect this episode is a lot of fun.
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