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Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Episode 20 Review

3/15/2020

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So, it was voted on by you all that I continue posting the reviews. The exact results were 32 "yes" and 10 "no." To those who said no, please know that I will be reposting links to my reviews once they are available to you all. You do not need to avoid the site for the next week, as all of these reviews will be spoiler-free. If anyone for some reason does want to know spoilers for the episodes, you're welcome to email me and I'm happy to share anything about any of the episodes.

Also, the order for these is a bit wacky, it seems. In Spain, The Hex Girls was episode 20, however, all other countries and Amazon seem to agree that Jeff Dunham and Darci Lynne Farmer is the 20th episode. I'm going to go with the majority here and say Jeff and Darci is episode 20, and I can always update this post later if need be.

I will continue to post one review per day!


This was definitely the creepiest episode so far!

Crazy Carl was a super creepy villain, especially when he was following them all around town and popping up in their motel at night. Tons of classic horror elements were used in this episode, which I loved! However, I thought the running gag of everyone thinking Scooby was a dummy and Shaggy was his ventriloquist got old after a while. Crazy Carl looked quite like the Joker, though that wasn't touched upon or referenced in any way beyond his appearance. Crazy Carl's voice kinda sounded like an old 50's gangster or something haha.

I thought it was interesting that Simone was used again in this episode. This is the third time she's been a minor character in an episode.

The old lady and her son (who reminded me of Lurch) were super creepy too, and the chase scene between them in the haunted house with them only amped up the spook-factor for me. I didn't like that they used the door gag again in this episode, it's getting quite old now.

The guest stars were decent as well, but Darci Lynne Farmer seemed to completely overshadow Jeff Dunham in the episode. Jeff hardly got any lines and kinda seemed like he was just there, without any purpose. It was interesting how each of their ventriloquist dummies seemed to be minor characters.

This was a great episode though due to the excellent use of horror elements, so I'm ranking this #4/20.

A picture of Crazy Carl is also included below. He also has extending arms that he can grab people with. 


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1. The Sword, The Fox and the Scooby-Doo!
2. One Minute Mysteries!

3. Elementary, My Dear Shaggy!
4. Too Many Dummies!

5. When Urkel-Bots Go Bad!
6. What a Night, for a Dark Knight!
7. Attack of the Weird Al-osaurus!

8. The Cursed Cabinet of Professor Madds Markson!
9. The Nightmare Ghost of Psychic U!

10. Revenge of the Swamp Monster!
11. The Scooby of a Thousand Faces!
12. Now You Sia, Now You Don't!
13. The New York Underground!
14. Hollywood Knights!
15. Fear of the Fire Beast!
16. Quit Clowning!

17. Peebles' Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors!
18. Ollie Ollie In-come Free!
19. The Fastest Food Fiend!

20. A Mystery Solving Gang Divided
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17 Comments
The cop
3/15/2020 02:36:48 pm

What was the villian for the malcolm McDowell episode

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Peralaan
3/15/2020 03:12:33 pm

Was the chronobeast or the supreme leader the "main villain" of yesterday's episode?

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WildwindVampire link
3/15/2020 03:56:26 pm

The Chronobeast is the main villain. The Supreme Leader is actually Scooby-Doo from the year 4646, and he's turned evil. It was a good episode, though super "out there" in terms of plot. I enjoyed it, though we got an incredibly cheesy ending post-villain reveal...it's basically just Malcolm saying "Hey, let's party!" because they didn't know how else to end the episode. Malcolm was a really good guest star overall, though.

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Peralaan
3/15/2020 06:28:35 pm

One final question for today, was there an episode today, and if so which one was it?

WildwindVampire link
3/15/2020 07:56:36 pm

Not as of yet, but Spain is a 6 hour time zone difference from the US so there's still a possibility one will be posted.

WildwindVampire link
3/16/2020 08:49:35 am

Update, there was officially no episode today. This is likely because of it being Sunday.

Matt The Pirate
3/15/2020 03:22:29 pm

I haven't stayed up on this series but I am encouraged to see based on ratings that the series would "seem" to be improving a bit as it goes along. I will definitely see all of these eventually. I have just been really busy and had to make choices.

I DID finally watch Return To Zombie Island. Unfortunately, unlike 13 Ghosts, the direct-to-DVD released before it, ... I actually DO agree with critics that this was not a good release.

This one was slow starting and although it did get better and more interesting later on ... it was still, even in second half, a bit of a mixed bag and never did anything clever enough to warrant it's ties to the almost universally loved first direct-to-DVD release.

The voice cast did a reasonable job, but the story just lacked a bit and bits and pieces of potential never came together enough to justify even the release itself.

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WildwindVampire link
3/15/2020 03:56:04 pm

The second half of season one (episodes 14 and beyond) definitely seems higher quality so far. I agree Return to Zombie Island was poor, and would have been good if it was a stand-alone DTV unconnected to Zombie Island...but to say it was a sequel to that film is just ridiculous IMO because the tone is way off.

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William Strickland
3/15/2020 04:50:44 pm

Where are the links to the episode?

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WildwindVampire link
3/15/2020 06:17:05 pm

I'm not able to provide any links due to only being able to watch them through a friend's subscription to HBO in Spain, unfortunately. Check the top of my review for episode 19 for a full explanation. https://scoobysnax1.weebly.com/blog/scooby-doo-and-guess-who-episode-19-review

Sorry for the inconvenience!

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Peralaan
5/1/2020 08:58:00 pm

Interesting episode. Not my favorite, but I really enjoyed the creepy motel/old lady and son section

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WildwindVampire link
5/2/2020 10:18:56 am

That's fair, and I liked that part the best too! I thought Crazy Carl was super creepy, especially when he appears in their bedroom in the middle of the night.

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Samuel Kirkwood
5/2/2020 12:21:51 pm

Goes top of my leaderboard for me. Like Weird Al This is what guest appearances should be like, not over dominating just an extension of the gang. A few downers like we barely saw Daphne, Fred or Velma in this one, but ultimately the likeness off Carl with the Joker, Simone's return, the typical creepy Scooby mystery mixed in with comedy elements and a not so easily distinguishable villain, I also love puppets. I would actually disagree with 2 of your criticisms. For 1 a recent youtube video I watched brought up a good point that it is a little strange everyone seems to except Scooby talking, I like Darcie's and Jeff's response to him. Secondly, I felt both guest stars got a good balance in this episode in my opinion and neither were over domineering.

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WildwindVampire link
5/2/2020 04:24:50 pm

The first one is a fair criticism, though I guess I found Darci to overshadow just Jeff, and not the gang if that makes sense. I thought Darci spoke way more than Jeff, but maybe that's just me!

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Samuel Kirkwood
5/3/2020 05:30:37 am

Fair enough!

IkeDaKil
5/2/2020 01:06:40 pm

It is a really creepy episode and is my favorite. The only thing I didn’t like is the voice it kinda made him sound creepy but also obnoxious. Other than that it is one of Th e most rewatch able episodes in the series

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WildwindVampire link
5/2/2020 04:23:09 pm

Didn't find him obnoxious, but I agree this is definitely one I would watch again.

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