An excellent episode.
In this episode the gang goes to visit Scooby-Doo's cousin Scooby-Dum in the deep south. There they find that Scooby-Dum's owners Ma and Pa Skillett, who own a showboat restaurant, are being haunted by a gator ghoul. The gang (and Scooby-Dum) have another mystery on their hands.
There is a lot to love about this episode. The gator ghoul is a wonderful villain with a great design and delightfully creepy glowing eyes. This is a very creepy villain that feels like a real threat to our heroes. This helps make the gator ghoul one of the most memorable villains of this series. The swap setting as well as the scenes aboard the showboat give this episode a wonderful sense of atmosphere. This setting helps give this whole episode a delightfully spooky feel. As well as being spooky, this episode is also often quite funny. There are plenty of truly funny laughs here. The slapstick with Shaggy. Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Dum is often delightfully funny. At the same time this slapstick actually contributes to the story as it sets up how our heroes will catch the villain.
This episode marks Scooby-Dum's first appearance, and it is one of the best uses of the character. He is a pure delight here. He provides some of the episode's funniest moments and he has great chemistry with Scooby-Doo. The contrast of his bravery (he is studying to become a police dog) and Scooby-Doo's cowardness is a lot of fun as well.
This is a top-notch Scooby mystery in every way.
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