A delightful episode.
In this episode the gang is enjoying a meal (and Scooby and Shaggy a hero sandwich), when Scooby spies a zombie with no face. They find out that this zombie stole a valuable coin. When they find the zombie in a toy factory, before you can say "jinkies" the gang has another mystery on their hands.
There is a lot to love about this episode. The zombie is a very fun villain. His design is fantastic, and he has a delightfully creepy feel to him. The humor in this episode is quite great as well. This is actually one of the funniest episodes of this season and some of the gags made me laugh out loud. The slapstick with Scooby and Shaggy is wonderful. A gag involving a toy duplicator and the ending gag is truly hilarious. The lieutenant is a very fun character as well. His skepticism towards everything the gang tells him, makes for a real fun chemistry between the two. It is too bad this is the character's only appearance as I could see him becoming a great reoccurring character.
This episode does have its flaws though. A gorilla finds his way into the act and feels completely out of place. A gorilla and a no-faced zombie are an odd pairing of villains and don't feel like they belong in the same episode. I also felt that (except for a few gags), this episode doesn't really fully utilize the toy factory setting. While this should be a perfect setting for a Scooby mystery, it is lacking in the atmosphere it should have.
Despite a few flaws, this is a fun episode that benefits from some real laugh out loud humor.
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