I was really excited about this episode when I first heard about it! Being a Funky Phantom fan when I was younger, I was excited to see a full-length crossover with the Funky Phantom after we got that one in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
As much I wanted to like this one, in honesty, I really didn't. The gang arguing with the Funky Phantom Crew was very out-of-character for the latter. The Funky Phantom gang, particularly Skip and April, act competitively almost to the point of being arrogant jerks. I don't generally mind when small aspects are changed within shows I like, but I felt they changed the Funky Phantom Crew so much that they almost weren't the same characters anymore. They were very unnecessarily mean to the gang, in my opinion. This also took away from the main plot of the episode, as 90% of the dialogue was just the two gangs arguing for each other. Because of this, the episode wasted the opportunity to further develop the mystery and have the villains appear, in my opinion. The gang only sees the ghost once before setting the trap, making it feel a bit rushed. The dialogue also seemed a bit off in places. Augie instantly believing in Abraham Lincoln's ghost within one second seemed a bit odd. He knows Mudsy is real, obviously, but Augie has also run into many fake ghosts before, so it seemed odd that he seemed to trust Lincoln within a few seconds for no particular reason. Abraham Lincoln's line right before they captured the ghost seemed very random and not really related to anything that was going on. "You must take responsibility for tomorrow!" just felt like the writers put "insert old timey saying here that sounds good to the kids!" in the script. Despite this, there were some positives to the episode. Augie and Mudsy stayed relatively in character, though the latter's voice sounded slightly off from the original. The twist at the end where Mudsy was dressed up as Abraham Lincoln was pretty clever, and the Speed Buggy cameo was an interesting touch. Sorry to be so negative kids (especially to those that enjoyed it), but I really disliked this episode. I felt like ultimately, they cut too many corners for the scenes of the gangs arguing, which made many parts of it overly rushed. The characters also were completely opposite of how they were in the original series, which I didn't like personally. Here's hoping I enjoy the next one more!
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Isaiah
7/9/2019 06:24:14 pm
Glad I wasn’t the only one who had problems with the dialogue
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7/9/2019 09:40:52 pm
Haha, yeah, you can tell that the Fred/Velma exchange was clearly the writers saying "Uh oh, we're at 21:30! How can we make this 22 minutes?"
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The cop
7/9/2019 10:46:59 pm
Where did you watch it
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Matt The Pirate
7/13/2019 08:34:47 am
What was great about Swamp Monster episode is it was FUN. This episode felt more like a chore. Every time Lincoln opened his yap I practically fell asleep. Could have been cut out of the episode altogether.
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7/13/2019 10:01:59 am
Agreed, the arguing was like 90% of the episode and caused us to miss some great potential with a Funky Phantom crossover. I actually agree with you on Mudsy. The voice sounded a bit off to me and the dialogue wasn't great. It was very much just a cardboard cutout of his 70s self.
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Matt The Pirate
7/13/2019 01:09:48 pm
Well said. ... I'm going to give them a free pass here because I really enjoyed the first episode and while this one couldn't seem to get out of it's own way, the base idea of a crossover between Funky and Scooby was a good idea. ... I would advise patience. This may end up being a bit of a hit and miss series, especially with it being a guest star series, but so far the potential is clearly there so I think it will end up being a solid series overall. 7/13/2019 03:22:13 pm
I totally agree with that sentiment. I have not seen the third episode, but I'm betting it will be better than this one. I'm hoping the majority of the episodes are enjoyable!
Nathan Fleischman
7/24/2019 01:16:52 am
I suspect that if they meet again, there won't as much arguing and they might actually work together more. 7/24/2019 08:01:23 am
I wonder if they will meet again sometime in the series. That would be interesting!
Samuel Kirkwood
7/16/2019 09:47:25 am
Yeah I wasn't overly fond of this episode either, it was basically just 20 minutes of two groups arguing with nothing really happening and the few searches for clues were all rushed. Just wish somewhere would post episode 3 already, not fair us Scooby fans in the UK are so reliant on questionable websites for our scooby fix.
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7/23/2019 05:02:32 pm
Yep, totally agree. It's on WatchCartoonOnline.io now if you're still looking for it. And it does suck that people outside the US have to wait to see the show!
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Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
1/21/2021 11:09:22 am
I disagree I watched this episode and I think its vert entertaining for the most part.
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Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
1/21/2021 11:12:02 am
I mean very entertaining
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WildwindVampire
1/21/2021 01:58:17 pm
Glad you enjoyed it! I just really didn't like all the arguing in the episode. It felt like it overshadowed the mystery itself and, as a fan of the original Funky Phantom series, they made those characters too much off-character from how they were in the 70s show.
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