Less than a half hour until the one hour series finale.
Zoinks! A Scooby Doo thread!
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I saw it, gotta say really didn't see that coming (kinda ironic this came out the same time as Bioshock Infinite eh?). But a good and pretty clever ending none the less.
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The site I watch it on skipped episode 18, so I'll wait for it to show up before marathoning the 8 episodes I've yet to watch. Glad to see a good impression of the finale, by the way; it gives me something to look forward to…
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The severs I was wathing it on were kind laggy, so I'm hoping I'd get a chance to watch them all this weekend. Grealtly looking forward to it!
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Well that was pretty dark. For a parrot that Pericles got pretty creepy
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Finished it. It was mildly entertaining and the end did get pretty intense. I had alot of gripes during the final string of episodes, especially all the cheesy pseudo fantasy themes, cutaway gags, Fred's traps becoming less and less complex or creative, the random need to explain stuff/talents with logic or intelligence that does not make any sense, and finally the development where Crystal Cove resets. But for what it was worth, this was probably one of the best experimental takes on the Scooby Doo franchise since Zombie Island, and sadly I don't think there would be another one ever again… unless the show gets renewed for another arc down the road.
Season 1 had alot better stories and use of the main cast. I also felt like it really handled being a lighthearted wacky mystery show with dark themes better. Season 2 felt a little weak, even though it was more over-the-top and dark since it actually outright killed off several characters. Most of the episodes just felt very staged.
But yeah, despite my gripes it was quite a ride.
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Okay, I got around to watching the last few episodes of Mystery Incorporated, & am I getting it right that thanks to the bit of laugh track & music at the end the whole Mystery Incorporated series ends up being a prequel to the original Scooby-Doo series or something? At least we know the gang in the original series did have an actual destination they were trying to get to, if that is correct.
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Finally got around to watching the last nine episodes, and I have to say, it was quite a ride. As Hiroy said, things got a bit more simplified as the plot was drawing to a close, but I suppose the pacing demanded it. And Wolfwood is right, Pericles is definitely the most deranged and cold-blooded villain to come out of the franchise. I liked the callback to the original series when the gang was fleeing from the robots; those running animations are pure nostalgia. I liked the ending, even if it rebooted the universe and displaced the gang. Making it so that it segues into the original series (and giving them a destination all throughout) was brilliant, I thought. Hell, it just makes me want to re-watch the original. I'm kind of bummed that it's over, but it was great while it lasted…
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Scooby Doo… you should not be a musical.
Ever.
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@RobbyBevard:
Scooby Doo… you should not be a musical.
Ever.
What about a crosover with the WWE.:ninja:
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Scooby-Doo-WWE-1074640.aspx
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@RobbyBevard:
Scooby Doo… you should not be a musical.
Ever.
But you already knew that didn't you?
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What the hell Scooby Doo. What the hell.
Yes, that is Daphne and Fred.
Their hometown continuing to be called "Coolsville" still bothers me, but that's pretty much a creative decision the franchise is stuck with at this point that's no longer the fault of anyone new.
This is probably several years old but I'm only now seeing it as CN airs it endlessly this weekend.
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I feel like the sign behind them should read "Toolsville", especially in regards to Fred's getup. What's that from, anyway? New TV movie?
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Beats me. TV movie playing right now. Origin story?
Though Daphne is back to being a red head in the next scene, so… I guess maybe its a disguise?
Fred's still not blonde though.
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They've done the non-blonde Fred in the previous TV movies, though, so that's not new. Gothne definitely is, though. I miss Mystery Incorporated…
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Well, I have to say I never expected that we are getting a conculsion to the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo. I hope the movie is good.
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Another Scooby Movie where they meet real ghosts for the "first time" eh? Well, once you've got dozens of them you can't expect the target audience to have seen them all and you can repeat some.
And is that grown up Flimflam?
Weird. I mean, cool that they're doing it, but… why? Who asked for this 33 years later? It's not like its constantly running on Cartoon Network anymore or anything.
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Now if we can get someone to resolve Pirates Of Dark Water and Thundercats 2011.
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Does this movie take place before or after they met Dean and Sam Winchester?
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Will John Cena save the day again.
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They have to retire because they falsely accused someone. I will lose my shit if its Redd Herring!
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Weird. I mean, cool that they're doing it, but… why? Who asked for this 33 years later? It's not like its constantly running on Cartoon Network anymore or anything.
i guess some people wanted closure for the series, since it got cancelled after 13 episodes and only 12 out of the 13 ghost were captured during that run.
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Closure will be given to all Scooby Doo series. We already got Ghoul School.
Next will be Mystery Inc.'s final battle with the Harlem Globetrotters.
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i guess some people wanted closure for the series, since it got cancelled after 13 episodes and only 12 out of the 13 ghost were captured during that run.
THIRTY THREE YEARS LATER.
Also… only 11 of the 13 were caught. They didn't catch any in the first episode.
Though some of them were in groups, so they sort of actually got way more than 13. But not part of the original 13. The last of whom they've apparently just let run wild for years.
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Hey, just because something was overwhelmingly awful (and the sole good thing about it has been dead for a quarter of a century) is no reason not to finish it.
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13 ghosts had it's moments. Certainly better than those weird mid eighties ones where it's just short three parters and they fight bulls or run away fron cajun chefs or what have you. And i for one am a sucker for all kinds of callbacks and references to Scooby lore
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This is so ridiculous, I love it. And, that's speaking as a fan of the original 13 Ghosts. Probably my favorite Scooby Doo series (Vincent Price made anything cool). They tried something different and it worked, at least kid me thought so. Don't understand how they can retire if they look the same (especially if going by Flim Flam's current age) but it's Scooby Doo. Can't believe I'm excited about a Scooby Doo movie in 2018.
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Wasn't Flim Flam like 12-13 in the 13 Ghosts?
And every member of Mystery Inc were called kids by every villain so it's okay to assume they were underage. But then there is Scooby that as a Great Dane has a life expectancy's of 12 years so….
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And every member of Mystery Inc were called kids by every villain so it's okay to assume they were underage. But then there is Scooby that as a Great Dane has a life expectancy's of 12 years so….
He's a TALKING Great Dane. He's clearly special and immortal.
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And here i was under the impression that you didn't quite like Scooby Doo Robby. But maybe i've been confusing you with someone.
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Regarding the 13th ghost trailer: Somebody correct me if I'm wrong (it has been several years since I've watched most of the cartoons) but I thought one of Daphne's relatives(uncle or father) owned the Mystery Machine and just the gang use it. So… did Fred just sell someone else's van?
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Regarding the 13th ghost trailer: Somebody correct me if I'm wrong (it has been several years since I've watched most of the cartoons) but I thought one of Daphne's relatives(uncle or father) owned the Mystery Machine and just the gang use it. So… did Fred just sell someone else's van?
It has a different origin to pretty much every series. In What's Up Scooby-Doo for example it was owned by a band of a brother and sister.
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And here i was under the impression that you didn't quite like Scooby Doo Robby. But maybe i've been confusing you with someone.
I'm not a big fan of just how dated and formulaic it is, but its had some good outings, and I saw quite a bit of it back when it was all Cartoon Network could afford to air.
I outright liked the Mysteries Inc show, that's probably the best Scooby is ever going to be.
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He's a TALKING Great Dane. He's clearly special and immortal.
But enough about Frank Welker, what's keeping Scooby alive?
! It still amazes me that Frank doesn't do the whole "words starting with R" thing but his Scooby voice is so good that you don't even notice.
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13 ghosts had it's moments. Certainly better than those weird mid eighties ones where it's just short three parters and they fight bulls or run away fron cajun chefs or what have you. And i for one am a sucker for all kinds of callbacks and references to Scooby lore
It made Scrappy tolerable too….. unlike the other two off shoots that featured him.
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It has a different origin to pretty much every series. In What's Up Scooby-Doo for example it was owned by a band of a brother and sister.
ok thanks I forgot about that.
But enough about Frank Welker, what's keeping Scooby alive?
! It still amazes me that Frank doesn't do the whole "words starting with R" thing but his Scooby voice is so good that you don't even notice.
Wait hold on! You mean Fred was secretly Scooby Doo for the past 17 years and I didn't notice? It amazes me that I never even noticed he was doing the voice
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It made Scrappy tolerable too….. unlike the other two off shoots that featured him.
Y'know Scrappy never really bothered me that much.
Maybe it's like with Nickelback. I never experienced the saturation.
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It made Scrappy tolerable too….. unlike the other two off shoots that featured him.
It was less that he was tolerable and more that Flimflam was an even bigger Scrappy than he was so the original seems less awful than normal. He promptly reverted to form though with the Superstars 10 films.
You mean Fred was secretly Scooby Doo for the past 17 years and I didn't notice? It amazes me that I never even noticed he was doing the voice
Yeah, he was Scooby after Scott Innes played the character for the DTV films from Zombie Island to Cyber Chase.
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Seriously, I think Frank Welker has voice at least 90% of all cartoon animals.
I mean, those that don't speak English.
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Y'know Scrappy never really bothered me that much.
Maybe it's like with Nickelback. I never experienced the saturation.
I don't remember ever disliking Scrappy as a character as a kid.
But… I do know that I preferred it when he wasn't there, or if he was there, that the rest of the game would be there as well because it meant that I'd get a mystery with a fake monster, and not some bad comedy sketch or something that didn't feel true to the Scooby-Doo spirit. So whenever I saw the Scooby and Scrappy Show intro, the real mystery was not which old white guy was scaring people with a logic-defying Halloween costume, but instead would the intro end with Shaggy and Scooby running in the hall (a bad sign) or the whole gang (a good sign).
Granted even the later ones where they went back to the formula when Daphne came back (why her not the others?) before they got on the Muppet Babies bandwagon decided to kiddfy the cast for A Pup named Scooby Doo (which might be the nostalgia talking, but I do remember being pretty good), I don't remember liking either, and the same was true of 13 Ghosts, an even bigger change to the formula, which at best was just a show I watched because there was nothing else on (I would not be surprised if that show unconsciously prevented me from seeing what the deal about Vincent Price was).
If I had to watch any classic Scooby (anything predating the 2000 reboot), I'd insist it at least have the Harlem Globetrotters.
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I think A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is probably the best of the "________ as little kids" Muppet Babies knockoffs.
It wasn't cloying like Baby Looney Tunes, didn't instantly date itself like Yo Yogi! (other than the obligatory drug message episode), and people actually seem to half-remember it unlike, say, Jungle Cubs.
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I still hold that the Redd Herring gag was brilliant once I "got" the joke.
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Pup also had great music. I still hum stuff from that show.
And yes the red heering gag never gets old
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If Mystery Incorporated had any flaw, it was that it didn't have an actual Red Herring appearance especially since we saw a recurring character that was almost certainly based on him.
I can't remember if it had a Kennedy Dance reference but I know one of the more recent things did.
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I still hold that the Redd Herring gag was brilliant once I "got" the joke.
Made even better by the fact it actually WAS him that did it one time.
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Red hering went completely over my head as the localization called him either something completely unrelated, like baddy macbad or the equivalent.
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Red might have been a bully, but Fred was the real little shit.