Well, it's time again for another blog and another review of Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated. Sorry for the lateness of this blog, but as with last week's blog, it's a bit late because my laptop screen is on the fritz, and until I get it fixed or the situation resolved, the blogs are going to be fairly late each week.
No update on SDMI in Canada this week, or at all because the season is finished in Canada, and so far there's no update on what's going to happen with season 2 as of yet. Now, on with this week's episode which is called "Attack of the Headless Horror".
Let's see: for starters, our villain was yet another one of the headless villains in Scooby Doo over the years(seems to be a long history of that on Scooby Doo; Headless Horseman, Headless Spectre, etc.).
As for where the villain came from, one of Fred's heroes, Dr. Rick Spartan, an Indiana Jones type of adventurer(sort of like Melbourne O' Reilly from WNSD) was exploring the Amazon jungles and he was met with a headless creature who was upset because Dr. Spartan kept exploring tombs and in the creature's mind was plundering them as well.
Eventually we come back to Crystal Cove, and the gang(well, just Fred) rushing to school to see the new biology teacher(Dr. Spartan). Apparently Fred is a huge fan of Dr. Rick Spartan(much like he was of Melbourne O' Reilly in the WNSD era), and eventually he and the gang get to have dinner with him at Dr. Spartan's house.
During the course of the episode we get some pretty funny moments, like Fred wanting to see some Shrunken Heads that the doctor has(but no one else wants to see them obviously), Dr. Spartan showing the gang all his trinkets and such, except for a clown mask which he bought in Reno, and Dr. Spartan continuing to call his guide and assistant Cachinga a native, even though he went to Oxford and his name was Charles something.
But as usually happens, the creature comes looking for Dr. Spartan and finds him at his house. After consulting Velma's mom, she tells the gang they need to speak an incantation in order to get rid of him; a couple funny moments in this segment included Velma's mom mentioning she could get a talking jackal(but the gang of course settled for Scooby) and Velma's mom interrupting she and Shaggy trying to get reacquainted with each other.
Later, after the incantation was read, and after the gang went to the botanical gardens which is where they needed it to be when it was incanted, they were confronted by the Headless Horror again. This time though, after a chase, the gang called in the sheriff and had Cachniga arrested for being the creature, problem is they were wrong.
After a chase through the hospital Dr. Rick Spartan was at(after suffering an injury during a previous creature attack), the gang captured and unmasked the creature. Of course, the horror is not Cachinga, but instead it is Marion Spartan, Rick's wife; she thought if she could scare him enough, he would leave the life of adventuring behind(which obviously didn't happen).
Back to Shaggy and Velma for a second before finishing up: Shaggy and Velma got a chance to talk to each other over drinks while waiting for Velma's mom, and again at the hospital. Clearly Velma and Shaggy still secretly have some feelings for each other, but not anything that Velma wanted to say aloud.
Because outside the hospital, Velma told Shaggy that she just wanted to be friends and she didn't have the same feelings that she had before. I of course have to call shenanigans on this one, especially Shaggy's reaction; Shaggy was dissapointed when Velma said they should just be friends, a total difference from Velma's reaction when he said the same thing.
Velma was majorly upset when Shaggy told her that he just wanted to be friends, partly because she felt he was choosing Scooby over her. Shaggy my man, as one guy to another: YOU SCREWED UP!!!(sorry for the all caps); you could have easily avoided this by explaining to Scooby about you and Velma very early in the series, and then maybe talked to Velma's mom about getting Scooby a girl dog for him, while Velma and Shaggy went out together and spent time together.
Maybe a double date with Scooby and his new girlfriend, and Shaggy and Velma might have eased some of the tension in the group. Heck bring back Scooby Dee if you wanted Scooby to have someone special, but maybe reintroduce her as a dog that belongs to one of Velma's mom's friends or something, instead of what she was in her original appearance, mainly Scooby's couisin.
In my opinion both Shaggy and Velma are majorly at fault here; Shaggy for first of all not knowing how to manage his time properly between Scooby and Velma, and second on his timing of telling Velma that he wasn't ready for a girlfriend yet. While Velma's at fault for being too controlling, too demanding, and not just letting Shaggy be who he is, that's what this relationship should relaly be about; both of them liking each other for themselves, not trying to change each other or anything like that.
I'm keeping that in mind in my sort of hiatus from fan fic writing(until I get the laptop screen fixed or a new laptop or whatever, I won't be doing that much writing). When things do get resolved, you can bet my version of the Shaggy/Velma relationship is going to get interesting; as for the Shelma couple in this show, it's more then likely did for now, but the two of them are still friends and that works.
However, the entire gang is going to have some major challenges as we get into the final 4 episodes of Season 1. Next week, Mayor Jones(or if you prefer, Crystal Cove's answer to Rod Blogovich) is going to be front and center for the mystery, which should be pretty interesting if the plot is any indication.
For this week's episode, I give it an 8; decent mystery, good Shaggy and Velma relationship stuff, but it's docked points for lack of suspects. Seriously, why does SDMI seem to have few suspects for each mystery? Anyway, I shall return next week, with another blog, and another review of SDMI, until then stay tuned.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated Episode 21 Review
Sorry this blog/review is so darn late; i've had issues with my laptop screen since last week, so that's one reason why this is somewhat late.
I was planning on writing the blog on my laptop, but the screen is partially whited out with a few black spots so i'm going to have to get it looked out(although to tell the truth, the laptop is still usable, the screen is just messed up).
I'm still writing fan fiction on the laptop as well, although it's a little difficult with part of the screen whited out, but we won't get any further ito that for now. There's no Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated update from Canada because... well, the first season has concluded running in Canada.
However, the new Scooby Doo DTV movie has been released on a certain video site through Warner Brothers account(i'm sure you all know the site, but I won't mention it by name for obvious reasons).
It is also set to be released on DVD in September I believe, although i'll have to check on the date to be sure.
Now, for the official review of this week's episode, which was titled "Menace of the Manticore". First off, I saw the episode on Tuesday, and this is Thursday, so I will attempt to include most of the major stuff from this week's episode, even though I might forget a few things.
For the opening teaser scene, we get a look at the two teens from the Man Crab episode, apparently named Brenda and Dylan(sound familiar?). Not much needs to be said about them, other then the fact they were all lovey dovey: "Oh Brenda", "Oh Dylan", which was then followed by yours truly: "Oh Brother".
Anyway, the villain of this episode is another supernatural foe that our intrepid group of sleuths has not yet encountered in the 40 some year history of the franchise: a Manticore. Apparently a manticore has the body of a lion, the tail of a scorpion, a terrifying man face(Fred's quote) and is pretty scary too.
We'll get back to the manticore in a second, but first let's talk a little about everybody's favorite African American DJ: one Angel Dynamite. Wearing a black catsuit, she gets her way through a maze of lazers and such before meeting... you guessed it: Mr. E's henchman(actually it's more like subordinate, or maybe assisitant), who of course is Ed Machine, the CEO of Destorido(from the Cicada episode).
Quick sidenote on that: How has the gang not been able to recognize Ed Machine YET? Seriously if I were a teenage sleuth(which would be awesome) I would have recognized him easily already, and here's why: first, we saw him in the Alice May episode, bailing her out of jail, second we saw him in the aformentioned Cicada episode, and third we saw him in last week's episode.
So after three appearances, wouldn't the gang be able to recongize him or at least connect the dots? I would, but of course that's just me. Now, back to our mystery: Angel Dynamite is speaking to the as yet unidentified Mr. E, who apparently wants to make sure the gang's puzzle piece(from the Darrow episode) is well hidden.
There's a reason both Mr. E and Angel Dynamite want the piece to be well hidden, because according to both of them, Professor Pericles, the mascot of the original Mystery Inc. wants the pieces as well, so that he might find the treasure, which is not want Angel and Mr. E want at all.
And speaking once again of Angel, during a closed door conversation between her and Velma, miss Dinkley tells miss Dynamite once again that she knows Angel is not who she says she is. Of course we once again find out that Angel Dynamite is really Cassidy Williams, a member of the original Mystery Incorporated(cue really suspensful music here).
Now, onto our main mystery of the night: for the first time in this series, Fred Jones Sr.(who I will have some choice words for in later blogs) wants his son and the gang to solve a mystery.
Apparently he bought an ancient temple online, an ancient haunted temple of course, and had it transported to Crystal Cove. This exchange included one of my favorite lines of the series thus far: Daphne asking the mayor "Who buys a haunted temple online?" before the mayor looks at her and Daphne looks back at him before she says "Other then you of course", or something like that.
The haunted temple includes the aforementioned Manticore, and was eventually made part of Creepy Spooky Terror Land(no, I am not making that up; that is the actual name of the amusement park. Leave it to Crystal Cove to come up with a completely ridiculous name for an amusement park of course).
In the midst of the mystery, we meet Velma's evil counterpart: Hot Dog Water yet again, and her father; voiced by the live action Velma Linda Cardenelli no less. Now, we did find out why she's named that, but we won't get into that here becuase people who read this might be eating, so we'll leave well enough alone there.
During the breadth of the mystery, we get a few interesting antecdotes, for example: Fred's dad searching Fred's room for something, only to be caught by Velma
Fred's dad reading over something in his office, only to be interrupted by Fred and Velma of course
And a few other things that might be important later on
Eventually the mystery gets solved, and the culprit is of course Hot Dog Water. Apparently she wanted to make a fortune selling a new kind of helium she developed to the germans, or something like that.
Now, onto the surprises of the night:
First, Angel mentions to Mr. E that she heard Fred say he had the puzzle piece, then she mentions Fred gave it to Shaggy and Scooby, who we would assume have it now.
And now for the ultra mega surprise: Angel planted a bug on Velma in order to listen into her conversations about the puzzle piece with the rest of the gang.
And finally, the mega super deluxe suprise of the night, Mr. E's idenity... revealed. Major spoiler alert if you have not seen the episode.... OK, ready? Here goes: Mr. E, is in reality..... Ricky Owens from the original Mystery Incorporated!!!!
Yes that's right, three of the original Mystery Incorporated members are now accounted for. Now with Ricky saying he knows Scooby is a far more trusting companion then Pericles was for him, we end the episode.
Major surprises in this installment, and shocks a plenty to be sure. Even though I knew who Mr. E was from reading online, I still was surprised to see his identity revealed. So now, that leaves the Fred and Daphne to be revealed, and let me tell you when they get revealed, it will tear apart the current Mystery Inc., possibly for good, but that's yet to come.
As for this week's installment: I give it a 9.8
We had Mr. E revealed, the truth about Angel, Fred's dad being mysterious, and a Linda Cardenelli voice cameo, what's not to like? We now have Five episodes left in this season, and the mysteries will get even more interesting I know that much.
Because of other comittments I may not be able to view future weeks SDMI's when they first air, but I will definitely blog about each episode, you can bet your Scooby Snacks on that. Until then, talk to you all next week.
I was planning on writing the blog on my laptop, but the screen is partially whited out with a few black spots so i'm going to have to get it looked out(although to tell the truth, the laptop is still usable, the screen is just messed up).
I'm still writing fan fiction on the laptop as well, although it's a little difficult with part of the screen whited out, but we won't get any further ito that for now. There's no Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated update from Canada because... well, the first season has concluded running in Canada.
However, the new Scooby Doo DTV movie has been released on a certain video site through Warner Brothers account(i'm sure you all know the site, but I won't mention it by name for obvious reasons).
It is also set to be released on DVD in September I believe, although i'll have to check on the date to be sure.
Now, for the official review of this week's episode, which was titled "Menace of the Manticore". First off, I saw the episode on Tuesday, and this is Thursday, so I will attempt to include most of the major stuff from this week's episode, even though I might forget a few things.
For the opening teaser scene, we get a look at the two teens from the Man Crab episode, apparently named Brenda and Dylan(sound familiar?). Not much needs to be said about them, other then the fact they were all lovey dovey: "Oh Brenda", "Oh Dylan", which was then followed by yours truly: "Oh Brother".
Anyway, the villain of this episode is another supernatural foe that our intrepid group of sleuths has not yet encountered in the 40 some year history of the franchise: a Manticore. Apparently a manticore has the body of a lion, the tail of a scorpion, a terrifying man face(Fred's quote) and is pretty scary too.
We'll get back to the manticore in a second, but first let's talk a little about everybody's favorite African American DJ: one Angel Dynamite. Wearing a black catsuit, she gets her way through a maze of lazers and such before meeting... you guessed it: Mr. E's henchman(actually it's more like subordinate, or maybe assisitant), who of course is Ed Machine, the CEO of Destorido(from the Cicada episode).
Quick sidenote on that: How has the gang not been able to recognize Ed Machine YET? Seriously if I were a teenage sleuth(which would be awesome) I would have recognized him easily already, and here's why: first, we saw him in the Alice May episode, bailing her out of jail, second we saw him in the aformentioned Cicada episode, and third we saw him in last week's episode.
So after three appearances, wouldn't the gang be able to recongize him or at least connect the dots? I would, but of course that's just me. Now, back to our mystery: Angel Dynamite is speaking to the as yet unidentified Mr. E, who apparently wants to make sure the gang's puzzle piece(from the Darrow episode) is well hidden.
There's a reason both Mr. E and Angel Dynamite want the piece to be well hidden, because according to both of them, Professor Pericles, the mascot of the original Mystery Inc. wants the pieces as well, so that he might find the treasure, which is not want Angel and Mr. E want at all.
And speaking once again of Angel, during a closed door conversation between her and Velma, miss Dinkley tells miss Dynamite once again that she knows Angel is not who she says she is. Of course we once again find out that Angel Dynamite is really Cassidy Williams, a member of the original Mystery Incorporated(cue really suspensful music here).
Now, onto our main mystery of the night: for the first time in this series, Fred Jones Sr.(who I will have some choice words for in later blogs) wants his son and the gang to solve a mystery.
Apparently he bought an ancient temple online, an ancient haunted temple of course, and had it transported to Crystal Cove. This exchange included one of my favorite lines of the series thus far: Daphne asking the mayor "Who buys a haunted temple online?" before the mayor looks at her and Daphne looks back at him before she says "Other then you of course", or something like that.
The haunted temple includes the aforementioned Manticore, and was eventually made part of Creepy Spooky Terror Land(no, I am not making that up; that is the actual name of the amusement park. Leave it to Crystal Cove to come up with a completely ridiculous name for an amusement park of course).
In the midst of the mystery, we meet Velma's evil counterpart: Hot Dog Water yet again, and her father; voiced by the live action Velma Linda Cardenelli no less. Now, we did find out why she's named that, but we won't get into that here becuase people who read this might be eating, so we'll leave well enough alone there.
During the breadth of the mystery, we get a few interesting antecdotes, for example: Fred's dad searching Fred's room for something, only to be caught by Velma
Fred's dad reading over something in his office, only to be interrupted by Fred and Velma of course
And a few other things that might be important later on
Eventually the mystery gets solved, and the culprit is of course Hot Dog Water. Apparently she wanted to make a fortune selling a new kind of helium she developed to the germans, or something like that.
Now, onto the surprises of the night:
First, Angel mentions to Mr. E that she heard Fred say he had the puzzle piece, then she mentions Fred gave it to Shaggy and Scooby, who we would assume have it now.
And now for the ultra mega surprise: Angel planted a bug on Velma in order to listen into her conversations about the puzzle piece with the rest of the gang.
And finally, the mega super deluxe suprise of the night, Mr. E's idenity... revealed. Major spoiler alert if you have not seen the episode.... OK, ready? Here goes: Mr. E, is in reality..... Ricky Owens from the original Mystery Incorporated!!!!
Yes that's right, three of the original Mystery Incorporated members are now accounted for. Now with Ricky saying he knows Scooby is a far more trusting companion then Pericles was for him, we end the episode.
Major surprises in this installment, and shocks a plenty to be sure. Even though I knew who Mr. E was from reading online, I still was surprised to see his identity revealed. So now, that leaves the Fred and Daphne to be revealed, and let me tell you when they get revealed, it will tear apart the current Mystery Inc., possibly for good, but that's yet to come.
As for this week's installment: I give it a 9.8
We had Mr. E revealed, the truth about Angel, Fred's dad being mysterious, and a Linda Cardenelli voice cameo, what's not to like? We now have Five episodes left in this season, and the mysteries will get even more interesting I know that much.
Because of other comittments I may not be able to view future weeks SDMI's when they first air, but I will definitely blog about each episode, you can bet your Scooby Snacks on that. Until then, talk to you all next week.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated Episode 20 Review
Well, it is once again Tuesday night, and we had another new episode of Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated. Tonight's installment is called "The Siren's Song", and focuses a little bit(heck, a lot) on Velma, thereby giving her a lot of depth as far as her character goes.
I have to admit, I haven't thought about the blog much lately, mostly because I haven't been feeling all that great in the past couple of days, but I am going to try and do a regular blog, like I usually do every week at this time.
First, we have our SDMI canadian update: the update is the following: WOW!, HOLY CRAP! and WOW! again. I read the spoilers for episode 26 of SDMI and I have to say there are cliff hangars and suprises galore, but we'll get to that when it airs in the United States.
Now, onto tonight's episode: The Siren's Song. Kind of an interesting title actually, but it does have something to do with a siren, or a mermaid to be honest.
As we start tonight's episode, we see Velma at home, feeling like a third wheel, Fred and Daphne on a date, and Shaggy and Scooby doing whatever they do, mainly eating as much as possible.
With Fred and Daphne, we get to see a little more of the haunted museum, and two very familar faces. And who might they be? Flim Flam and Scrappy of course.
For Flim Flam, Daphne seems to recognize him, whilke Fred mentions he was at trapping camp the time that he was in Mystery Inc. Of course Daphne does manage to quip about 25 to Life being harsh, even fore a pre-teen con artist, so make of that what you will.
As for Scrappy... he gets a comment from Fred and Daphne. Fred's being I thought we weren't going to talk about him again. Daphne maybe likes him better, or maybe not, who really knows.
Meanwhile, Velma is at home, and is writing a blog(sounds familiar huh?) and gets a tip about a mystery. This one though involves a haunted oil patform, fish freaks and some interesting revelations.
For instance, after getting together with the gang, more pieces to this mystery are revealed. Like the fact that Skipper Shelton has 4 brothers(once again: sound familar huh?) and there's apparently a plan to drill for oil at the platform by Destroido(where have we heard that name before?).
The mystery goes along, with the usual stuff, until we find out things about the case that are very interesting. Like once we get the unmaskings taken care of, we find out that the fish freaks are the protestors and Ernesto from Shreking Madness.
We also get to see Velma meeting a friend, like a mermaid believe it or not. But the mermaid isn't a mermaid at all, her name is Amy and she is the wife of a scientist who was working on Destroido or more specifically their staff years ago.
But the suprises continue: apparently Angel Dynamite said a few things that were suspicious, like the fact that she knowns something about Destroido and the attempts to drill for oil at a place called Dead Man's Point.
However, Velma manages to see through Angel's lies and figures out she is Cassidy Williams, a member of the original Mystery Inc. However, she doesn't seem to deny it, and seems to not want to tell Velma the truth, despite the fact that Velma really seems to know what's going on.
Is she in fact lying or telling the truth? And does Angel really know more then she lets on? We'll find out next week in episode 21 of SDMI.
Meanwhile, I give this episode a 8.8; not a bad episode, and defintely supernatural in some cases. But not much Mr. E advancement, although we will get to see some of that next week.
I shall close the blog for now, but i'll be back next week with more. And trust me, the secrets, mysteries and villains get more interesting and more frightening with each passing week.
I have to admit, I haven't thought about the blog much lately, mostly because I haven't been feeling all that great in the past couple of days, but I am going to try and do a regular blog, like I usually do every week at this time.
First, we have our SDMI canadian update: the update is the following: WOW!, HOLY CRAP! and WOW! again. I read the spoilers for episode 26 of SDMI and I have to say there are cliff hangars and suprises galore, but we'll get to that when it airs in the United States.
Now, onto tonight's episode: The Siren's Song. Kind of an interesting title actually, but it does have something to do with a siren, or a mermaid to be honest.
As we start tonight's episode, we see Velma at home, feeling like a third wheel, Fred and Daphne on a date, and Shaggy and Scooby doing whatever they do, mainly eating as much as possible.
With Fred and Daphne, we get to see a little more of the haunted museum, and two very familar faces. And who might they be? Flim Flam and Scrappy of course.
For Flim Flam, Daphne seems to recognize him, whilke Fred mentions he was at trapping camp the time that he was in Mystery Inc. Of course Daphne does manage to quip about 25 to Life being harsh, even fore a pre-teen con artist, so make of that what you will.
As for Scrappy... he gets a comment from Fred and Daphne. Fred's being I thought we weren't going to talk about him again. Daphne maybe likes him better, or maybe not, who really knows.
Meanwhile, Velma is at home, and is writing a blog(sounds familiar huh?) and gets a tip about a mystery. This one though involves a haunted oil patform, fish freaks and some interesting revelations.
For instance, after getting together with the gang, more pieces to this mystery are revealed. Like the fact that Skipper Shelton has 4 brothers(once again: sound familar huh?) and there's apparently a plan to drill for oil at the platform by Destroido(where have we heard that name before?).
The mystery goes along, with the usual stuff, until we find out things about the case that are very interesting. Like once we get the unmaskings taken care of, we find out that the fish freaks are the protestors and Ernesto from Shreking Madness.
We also get to see Velma meeting a friend, like a mermaid believe it or not. But the mermaid isn't a mermaid at all, her name is Amy and she is the wife of a scientist who was working on Destroido or more specifically their staff years ago.
But the suprises continue: apparently Angel Dynamite said a few things that were suspicious, like the fact that she knowns something about Destroido and the attempts to drill for oil at a place called Dead Man's Point.
However, Velma manages to see through Angel's lies and figures out she is Cassidy Williams, a member of the original Mystery Inc. However, she doesn't seem to deny it, and seems to not want to tell Velma the truth, despite the fact that Velma really seems to know what's going on.
Is she in fact lying or telling the truth? And does Angel really know more then she lets on? We'll find out next week in episode 21 of SDMI.
Meanwhile, I give this episode a 8.8; not a bad episode, and defintely supernatural in some cases. But not much Mr. E advancement, although we will get to see some of that next week.
I shall close the blog for now, but i'll be back next week with more. And trust me, the secrets, mysteries and villains get more interesting and more frightening with each passing week.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated Episode 19 Review
Well, it's Tuesday Night yet again, and time for another new episode of Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated. Tonight's episode is called "Night Fright" and features the one and only Vincent Van Ghoul.
Tonight(because I have a slight headache and decided to do the blog early) am I for the first time during the show's run, not waiting until the show airs on the west coast to write the blog review for this episode.
First, we have our weekly SDMI Canadian update; so far in Canada, episode 25 has aired, which leaves only one episode left of Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. this season. Unfortuntely because of Cartoon Network's long, long break between new episodes, the final episode will not air until July 26th, while in one week the final episode is set to air in Canada.
Hard to believe that the end of the season(at least for our friends up North) is coming this weekend. We'll get to all the secrets, plot points and such about that episode when it airs in the US, but for now let's get to tonight's installment in the USA.
Our story begins on a dark and stormy night, and as what has happened many times during this season, Scooby and Shaggy are watching a Vincent Van Ghoul movie. This time the duo are watching a film where Vincent has to take on a horde of zombies, and becomes one as well.
While our favorite cowardly and hungry duo are watching their hero in a movie, there's a knock at Shaggy's door. And who should be at the door then.... yes, the one and only Vincent Van Ghoul.
Shaggy and Scooby Doo are very suprised to see their horror hero, who has dropped by their humble abode to inform them of something very important. In this case, it was that they won the "Have Dinner with Vincent Van Ghoul essay contest" or something like that.
Apparently the duo were one of... two entries in the contest; well, them and an eskimo. Who knew Eskimos liked Vincent Van Ghoul horror movies anyway? Anyway, to make a long story short, the duo gets to eat dinner at Van Ghoul Manor, or whatever's the name of it.
Not only does Vincent Van Ghoul star in horror movies, but he also has a hearse. Later, the trio arrive at Van Ghoul Manor and Van Ghoul arms the mansion's security system; naturally this seems odd, but he has a good explanation for it.
At dinner, the trio enjoy a nice fondue(yes, I did say fondue) and are having a nice time, until they are rudely interrupted. Three of Van Ghoul's movie monsters have come to life to attack him and scare him; although for some reason, two of them resemble Dr. Phibes and The Fly(the first was a Vincent Price movie role, and I think the second was as well, but i'm not sure about that).
Anyway, after Vincent explains to them that these monsters are actors, and are part of a reality TV show, a real life monster named Night Fright attacks the trio. This monster wants Van Ghoul's head, and is not very pleasant to look at obviously(although he also resembles one of the Legend of the Vampire villains, but that's coincidental, I think).
After some typical chase scenes, Van Ghoul, Shaggy and Scooby come to realize that they are trapped, and they need help. So, coming to the rescue are Fred, Daphne and Velma, who after being phoned by the producers of the TV show, hurry over to Van Ghoul Manor to help their colleagues.
Velma as she gets the phone call is busy looking at some artifacts from the Darrow Family Archives, while Fred and Daphne wait 2 hours for a table at the Bloody Stake restaurant, while just as they get a table, they have to go rescue Shaggy and Scooby(bad timing huh?).
After Fred and the girls meet Van Ghoul, and Daphne continues to talk about her empty stomach, they agree to help Vincent capture Night Fright. As the rest of the episode progresses, we get a few tinkle jokes, Van Ghoul acting as scared as Shaggy and Scooby, and Vincent talking about some movie roles he turned down.
Finally, it comes down to trap setting time, and as usual the trap works. But the villain behind the mask is the TV show's production assistant of all people; the PA also was a writer on a movie Van Ghoul never made called "Scream, Scream, Time to Die", which happens to be what Night Fright keeps saying throughout the episode.
The PA then talks with Van Ghoul, and Vincent ends up letting him make a movie about Night Fright, which will be released whenever he gets out of prison(or maybe not). Another member of the TV Show's staff then suggests that he might be able to make a TV Show about Scooby and the gang's exploits, but then decides it wouldn't work. Because after all, who would watch a TV show about four teenagers and a dog solving mysteries anyway?
The episode ends with Daphne devouring everything in sight, as she's still hungry after all. Also, after dressing up as The Mutant Bee, Vincent offers everyone dessert; he then begins laughing evilly(sort of), and soon the rest of the gang join in, which was a pretty funny moment in itself.
So, there you have it: another week, another blog and another review. I liked the episode, as we had Vincent Van Ghoul center stage, and Shaggy and Scooby on their own for a while. I give this week's episode an 8.5; not any romance or Mr. E development(but we'll get to that eventually).
One parting thought from this week's episode: what would happen if Vincent Van Ghoul from this series met the original Vincent Van Ghoul? I think it would be very cool, and I might consider writing about it, so stay tuned. Other then that, i'll return next week with another blog and another review, so see you all then.
Tonight(because I have a slight headache and decided to do the blog early) am I for the first time during the show's run, not waiting until the show airs on the west coast to write the blog review for this episode.
First, we have our weekly SDMI Canadian update; so far in Canada, episode 25 has aired, which leaves only one episode left of Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. this season. Unfortuntely because of Cartoon Network's long, long break between new episodes, the final episode will not air until July 26th, while in one week the final episode is set to air in Canada.
Hard to believe that the end of the season(at least for our friends up North) is coming this weekend. We'll get to all the secrets, plot points and such about that episode when it airs in the US, but for now let's get to tonight's installment in the USA.
Our story begins on a dark and stormy night, and as what has happened many times during this season, Scooby and Shaggy are watching a Vincent Van Ghoul movie. This time the duo are watching a film where Vincent has to take on a horde of zombies, and becomes one as well.
While our favorite cowardly and hungry duo are watching their hero in a movie, there's a knock at Shaggy's door. And who should be at the door then.... yes, the one and only Vincent Van Ghoul.
Shaggy and Scooby Doo are very suprised to see their horror hero, who has dropped by their humble abode to inform them of something very important. In this case, it was that they won the "Have Dinner with Vincent Van Ghoul essay contest" or something like that.
Apparently the duo were one of... two entries in the contest; well, them and an eskimo. Who knew Eskimos liked Vincent Van Ghoul horror movies anyway? Anyway, to make a long story short, the duo gets to eat dinner at Van Ghoul Manor, or whatever's the name of it.
Not only does Vincent Van Ghoul star in horror movies, but he also has a hearse. Later, the trio arrive at Van Ghoul Manor and Van Ghoul arms the mansion's security system; naturally this seems odd, but he has a good explanation for it.
At dinner, the trio enjoy a nice fondue(yes, I did say fondue) and are having a nice time, until they are rudely interrupted. Three of Van Ghoul's movie monsters have come to life to attack him and scare him; although for some reason, two of them resemble Dr. Phibes and The Fly(the first was a Vincent Price movie role, and I think the second was as well, but i'm not sure about that).
Anyway, after Vincent explains to them that these monsters are actors, and are part of a reality TV show, a real life monster named Night Fright attacks the trio. This monster wants Van Ghoul's head, and is not very pleasant to look at obviously(although he also resembles one of the Legend of the Vampire villains, but that's coincidental, I think).
After some typical chase scenes, Van Ghoul, Shaggy and Scooby come to realize that they are trapped, and they need help. So, coming to the rescue are Fred, Daphne and Velma, who after being phoned by the producers of the TV show, hurry over to Van Ghoul Manor to help their colleagues.
Velma as she gets the phone call is busy looking at some artifacts from the Darrow Family Archives, while Fred and Daphne wait 2 hours for a table at the Bloody Stake restaurant, while just as they get a table, they have to go rescue Shaggy and Scooby(bad timing huh?).
After Fred and the girls meet Van Ghoul, and Daphne continues to talk about her empty stomach, they agree to help Vincent capture Night Fright. As the rest of the episode progresses, we get a few tinkle jokes, Van Ghoul acting as scared as Shaggy and Scooby, and Vincent talking about some movie roles he turned down.
Finally, it comes down to trap setting time, and as usual the trap works. But the villain behind the mask is the TV show's production assistant of all people; the PA also was a writer on a movie Van Ghoul never made called "Scream, Scream, Time to Die", which happens to be what Night Fright keeps saying throughout the episode.
The PA then talks with Van Ghoul, and Vincent ends up letting him make a movie about Night Fright, which will be released whenever he gets out of prison(or maybe not). Another member of the TV Show's staff then suggests that he might be able to make a TV Show about Scooby and the gang's exploits, but then decides it wouldn't work. Because after all, who would watch a TV show about four teenagers and a dog solving mysteries anyway?
The episode ends with Daphne devouring everything in sight, as she's still hungry after all. Also, after dressing up as The Mutant Bee, Vincent offers everyone dessert; he then begins laughing evilly(sort of), and soon the rest of the gang join in, which was a pretty funny moment in itself.
So, there you have it: another week, another blog and another review. I liked the episode, as we had Vincent Van Ghoul center stage, and Shaggy and Scooby on their own for a while. I give this week's episode an 8.5; not any romance or Mr. E development(but we'll get to that eventually).
One parting thought from this week's episode: what would happen if Vincent Van Ghoul from this series met the original Vincent Van Ghoul? I think it would be very cool, and I might consider writing about it, so stay tuned. Other then that, i'll return next week with another blog and another review, so see you all then.
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