I've read some other reviews of this episode, and know that quite a few people were annoyed by Urkel's antics in this one. But I for one thought this was a great episode, and I'd even go so far as to say that it was one of my favorites of the series.
I've personally never seen Family Matters (the show Urkel was on), but Urkel was an enjoyable character for me. I thought the silliness he brought to the table in this episode was pretty funny, particularly the flashback to Urkel's court case and the ending of him blowing up the Mystery Machine. The location of the museum itself was pretty cool-looking, and it was perfect contextually given Urkel's habit of breaking things. I was surprised that there was an animation error in which "Coal Mine" was spelled "Coal Minn." I didn't think WB would still make such a silly mistake like that in today's day and age! The villain being a redesign of the Green Ghosts from "A Night of Fright is No Delight" was kind of cool. I can see how one might think that it was just another lazy repurposing of an original villain, but I think it fit well here and the villain being a "Technomancer" made it different enough that it worked. I've had a bit of an issue with Scooby seeming a bit off in past episodes. In this episode, I thought this issue was fixed. All the character dynamics were pretty spot on! Velma seemed a tad bit awkward at points, but it was still pretty good. Overall, while this episode wasn't perfect, I thought it was still very entertaining and a good silly episode to watch when you want to just relax and turn your brain off. For fun, I'm also going to start something new in these reviews. I'm going to give my overall ranking of the episodes from the series so far, and update the list with each review. Here's where my list, which I'm dubbing the Star-Studded Scoreboard (given this is a team-up series), currently stands (from best to worst): Star-Studded Scoreboard: 1. Elementary, My Dear Shaggy! 2. When Urkel-Bots Go Bad! 3. The Cursed Cabinet of Professor Madds Markson! 4. Revenge of the Swamp Monster! 5. The Scooby of a Thousand Faces! 6. Peebles' Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors! 7. Ollie Ollie In-come Free! 8. A Mystery Solving Gang Divided
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IkeDaKil
8/19/2019 10:44:17 am
I do agree with your opinion on all the episodes and i liked how you added scoreboard. Here is my opinion on all the episodes
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8/19/2019 11:13:11 am
Totally agree with all your explanations. And I'm glad you like the scoreboard, I'm going to try to keep it up and do it with every new review :)
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Samuel Kirkwood
8/22/2019 04:33:14 am
Seeing as we are all doing it, here goes
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8/22/2019 11:02:15 am
I think one issue WB is kind of facing is that they're picking guest stars where the episode's likability is dependent on whether you find the guest star's humor funny or not, which probably isn't a great move on their part. I didn't like Ricky's humor, but I enjoyed some of Urkel's.
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Samuel Kirkwood
8/22/2019 02:28:54 pm
Yeah, think that's certainly the case. I'm used to Ricky's style of comedy and find it hilarious, thus why I probably found his episode so good. 8/22/2019 02:50:38 pm
Yeah, you hit the nail on the head there. I hadn’t been exposed to Ricky’s comedy style previously, but enjoyed the wacky style of Urkel (reminiscent of BCSD absurdist humor IMO) and thus enjoyed it.
Peralaan
8/25/2019 03:52:08 am
I might as well give my list.
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8/25/2019 08:48:54 am
Interesting perspective on episode 4, admittedly I haven't come across anyone who hasn't liked it. Your reasons definitely make sense though, and I could see how the episode would feel off to someone.
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1/24/2020 04:32:23 pm
Will jim Carrey and Jack black star in scooby doo and guess who
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1/25/2020 10:00:05 am
I'm not sure! The only confirmed ones are Whoopi Goldberg, Halsey, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mark Hamill, The Flash and possibly KISS.
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Bigscoobydoofan
6/10/2020 05:16:32 am
Personally, I despise this episode. The plot is kinda boring and urkel is SOO annoying.
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6/10/2020 10:13:23 am
Yeah, I think this was a very controversial episode for that reason. I personally liked Urkel, but it was because to me this episode had a Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! feel to it which I enjoyed.
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