SCOOBY DOO HALLOWEEN MOVIE
SCOOBY DOO HALLOWEEN TV

Frankly, it feels like the writers randomly grabbed names out of a hat and then wrote them all into one script.

SCOOBY DOO HALLOWEEN MOVIE

Random team-ups are a reliable staple of the franchise, and pairing Elvira and Bill Nye is in truth no stranger than the Scooby gang teaming up with the Harlem Globetrotters, Abbott and Costello, or WWE wrestlers.īut the movie crosses even more wires by using the Batman villain Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow (Dwight Schultz). Somehow, this is supposed to make sense, and I suppose in the Scoobyverse, it does.

The film costars Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Cassandra Peterson) and… Bill Nye. The most noticeable difference, though? The Crystal Cove sheriff is noticeably NOT Patrick Warburton, and even though David Herman (who plays the role) does a halfway decent of impersonating Warburton’s distinctive voice, it’s just not the same. How does his voice sound exactly the same after 51 years?!? It’d also be a crime to NOT mention that Frank Welker has been the voice of Fred since the very beginning, back in 1969. (The first three are the same, but Mindy Cohn was Velma on Mystery Inc Micucci took over the role in 2015.) Happy Halloween stars the current “regulars” of the Scoobyverse: Frank Welker as Scooby and Fred, Grey Griffin as Daphne, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, and Kate Micucci as Velma. And there’s a lot of cast overlap as well. However, Happy Halloween feels very much like it’s supposed to be in the world of the massively popular Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, which aired on Cartoon Network from 2010 through 2013.įirst of all, the film takes place in Crystal Cove, the setting of Mystery Inc. If you’re not up on your Scooby-Doo, I should point out that the avalanche of direct-to-DVD Scooby films that come out fairly regularly aren’t usually tied to any specific show.

SCOOBY DOO HALLOWEEN TV

But since my son has been a Scooby fan for years, and since I’ve seen what feels like hundreds of hours of Scooby-Doo shows and movies, I figured I knew the formula by now.įirst of all, would you believe that in more than 50 years, hundreds of TV episodes, and dozens of movies, there’s NEVER been a story centered on Halloween? I mean, sure, there have been a few episodes of various shows that were set during Halloween, but doesn’t Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo feel like an obvious no-brainer? How has it taken until 2020 to see it? Like, weirder than Scooby-Doo usually is. I’m just going to come out and say it: Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo is weird.

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