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Scooby-Doo & Guess Who? Episode 39 Review

10/4/2020

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Given this episode is a direct sequel to "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hydes" from the original The New Scooby-Doo Movies series, Curse of the 13th Ghost and Return to Zombie Island got me really worried about how this episode would be. After watching it, I personally loved this episode and thought they did an amazing job. If this were what Curse of the 13th Ghost and Return to Zombie Island were like, I think it would have made fans at least somewhat happier. 

I loved the tons of references to the original episode all throughout. These were the ones I caught: Velma and Fred's comments about turning at different landmarks at the beginning, the lights falling (an illusion to the lamppost nearly falling on Sandy), the angry director, Scooby making eyes at Sandy Duncan, the mummy and pyramids, the door scene where there is a saloon and a desert, Daphne being a stunt double, Bill Billington (the actor playing Mr. Hyde) as a suspect, luring Mr. Hyde out, and the dinosaur is possibly a reference to the dragon.

Zalia Z. Fairchild making a reappearance was unexpected but very cool. The production stills showing clips from the original episode (and pictures of the Ghost of Hyde from Where Are You) was super neat, and kinda reinforced that the villain of this episode was almost a combo between the elements of the Sandy Duncan Mr. Hyde and the Ghost of Hyde from Where Are You. The updated versions of the dresses Sandy and Daphne wore in the original episode were fun.

One thing I noticed is that the mummy from Liza Koshy's video, which also featured the Wolfman and Caveman from previous episodes, appeared in this episode. That maybe me wonder if maybe that episode was meant to come after this one.

Speaking of the mummy though, it was neat how they played upon both the original episode and the New Scooby-Doo Movies' use of several villains per episode in general, but also made it their own by including two new villains: a dinosaur and a giant manta ray. The inclusion of them mixed with the two villains from the original episode (albeit redesigned) was a perfect balance to me.

Sandy was once again a great guest star. She seems like such a sweet woman and she definitely did as good in this episode as she did in the original. 

I thought the ending of them making the movie in space was really dumb though.

While this episode did have a lot of similarities to the original episode, it was done well enough where I didn't feel it was just a rehash of what had already been done. If they are going to make sequels to Scooby material, they're getting closer to the way it should be done IMO. 

This one was such a good episode, it makes top 3 for me, knocking Alton Brown's episode out of its short-lived run in the top 10.

Before I conclude this post with my rankings, I want to also say that I really enjoyed this first half of the season and it makes me excited for the remaining 13 episodes! We actually already know seven of the guests we're getting, between KISS, Lucy Liu, Dynomutt and Blue Falcon, Jessica Biel, Alex Trebek, and Sean Astin. In addition, we know Jason Sudeikis, whose episode "Lost Soles of Jungle River!" has already aired in the UK. Some people are also suspecting the voice actors themselves will be a guest star due to a post made by Tracy Mark Lee a while back. The other six are unknown at this time.

I'm not sure if we'll get another episode like this one. Not many of the guest stars are still alive, though Dick Van Dyke, Cher and one Harlem Globetrotter are still alive. I don't think we'll get the single Harlem Globetrotter, but I'd love if we got another Cher episode!

The highlights of this first half of the season for me were "The Last Inmate!", "The Horrible Haunted Hospital of Dr. Phineas Phrag!" and this episode.

Star-Studded Scoreboard:
1. I Put a Hex on You!
2. The Last Inmate!
3. The Dreaded Remake of Jekyll & Hyde!
4. The Sword, The Fox and the Scooby-Doo!
5. One Minute Mysteries!
6. Dance Matron of Mayhem!
7. The Horrible Haunted Hospital of Dr. Phineas Phrag!

8. Elementary, My Dear Shaggy!
9. Too Many Dummies!

10. When Urkel-Bots Go Bad!
11. The Feast of Dr. Frankenfooder!
12. The Internet on Haunted House Hill!
13. What a Night, for a Dark Knight!
14. Attack of the Weird Al-osaurus!

15. The Cursed Cabinet of Professor Madds Markson!
16. A Run Cycle Through Time!
17. The Nightmare Ghost of Psychic U!
18. A Fashion Nightmare!
​19. The Wedding Witch of Wainsly Hall!
20. The 7th Inning Scare!
21. The Crown Jewel of Boxing!
22. Scooby On Ice!
23. Caveman on the Half Pipe!
24. A Moveable Mystery!

25. Revenge of the Swamp Monster!
26. The Scooby of a Thousand Faces!
27. Now You Sia, Now You Don't!
28. The High School Wolfman's Musical Lament!
29. The New York Underground!
30. The Phantom, the Talking Dog, and the Hot Hot Hot Sauce!
31. Hollywood Knights!
32. Fear of the Fire Beast!
33. The Hot Dog Dog!
34. Quit Clowning!

35. Peebles' Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors!
36. Space Station Scooby

37. Ollie Ollie In-come Free!
38. The Fastest Food Fiend!

39. A Mystery Solving Gang Divided
23 Comments
Peralaan
10/4/2020 05:16:33 pm

This was a good episode, nuff said. In all seriousness, there isn't much i can complain about. While it's not my favorite episode or even close really, it was in the top half. Now that every episode has been reviewed, I'll add my list.

1. The Wedding Witch of Wainsly Hall
2. The Cursed Cabinet of Professor Madds Markson
3. The Sword, the Fox, and the Scooby-Doo
4. A Fashion Nightmare
5. The Last Inmate
6. The Fastest Food Fiend
7. The Nightmare Ghost of Physic U
8. The Horrible Hospital of Dr. Phineas Phrag
9. Too Many Dummies
10. The Hot Dog Dog
11. Dance Matron of Mayhem
12. The 7th Inning Scare
13. Hollywood Knights
14. The Scooby of a Thousand Faces
15. Attack of the Weird Al-Osaurus
16. A Moveable Mystery
17. The Dreaded Remake of Jekyll and Hyde
18. Scooby on Ice
19. The Phantom, the Talking Dog, and the Hot Hot Hot Sauce
20. I Put a Hex on You
21. Revenge of the Swamp Monster
22. Fear of the Fire Beast
23. The Crown Jewel of Boxing
24. Ollie Ollie In-Come Free
25. A Run Cycle Through Time
26. Now You Sia, Now You Don't
27. The Feast of Dr. Frankenfooder
28. What a Night for a Dark Knight
29. The New York Underground
30. Space Station Scooby
31. Caveman on the Half-pipe
32. The Internet on Haunted House Hill
33. When Urkel Bots Go Bad
34. Elementary My Dear Shaggy
35. One Minute Mysteries
36. Quit Clowning
37. Peeble's Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors
38. A Mystery Solving Gang Divided
39. The High School Wolfman's Musical Lament

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WildwindVampire link
10/4/2020 05:18:07 pm

Interesting list! You must have really hated the Christian Slater episode haha.

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Peralaan
10/4/2020 05:49:36 pm

I strongly dislike musicals

WildwindVampire link
10/4/2020 05:54:07 pm

Makes sense then. Hopefully the KISS episode won't be like that, but I doubt it will.

Becker
10/4/2020 11:50:44 pm

Someone at WB must really love Kiss, cuz this is gonna be the third time they crossover with Scooby

WildwindVampire
10/5/2020 10:02:13 am

Yeah, it is a bit peculiar they've been in the show that much lol

Amber noel
10/4/2020 05:45:47 pm

I hope that the voice actors themselves become guess stars and I know this is pure specilation but if it does happen I wonder if its going to be the season finale.

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WildwindVampire link
10/4/2020 05:53:38 pm

If that happens, I bet they will be!

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Shadowscooby
10/4/2020 06:00:01 pm

Link to Frankfooder episode please I that’s the only episode not on Kimcartoon

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Peralaan
10/4/2020 06:02:31 pm

I think the soonest it'll be out other than kimcartoon will be a week from Wednesday.

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Jayden
10/5/2020 02:30:27 am

I loved this episode in the scooby doo movies! All the different sceneries, villains, it was just amazing. I havent seen this episode yet but I will today. I knew this would be a top 3, I honestly thought it might be your favourite!

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WildwindVampire
10/5/2020 10:02:52 am

I really debated on if this was my favorite, because it was really good, but the Hex Girls and Morgan Freeman ones are still a bit better IMO.

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Jayden
10/5/2020 02:22:23 pm

To me, the Morgan Freeman episode was a rating from between average to good and the hex girls was around the same, I also really loved " A Fashion Nightmare!" like some other people

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Shadowscooby
10/6/2020 08:06:50 am

Saw the Sandy Duncan episode last night it was a pretty good remake episode. I really liked the mr Hyde monster. It was a mix of ghost of me Hyde and mr Hyde. He was so menacing and cool. It was neat seeing Zalia again helping the gang. The different monsters were also cool just like the older episode. They did a great job.

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WildwindVampire link
10/6/2020 10:17:50 am

For sure! This is how Scooby-Doo sequels should be done IMO.

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Samuel Kirkwood
10/8/2020 01:12:16 pm

Finally My current list. I wanted this episode to succeed greatly but the easily deduced significantly let it down. Overall, not my favourite and in my bottom 10. I'd love to see Dick Van Dyke back or the latest reincarnation of the Globetrotters.

A Fashion Nightmare
The Hot Dog Dog
A Run Cycle Through Time!
The Wedding Witch of Wainsly Hall!
Attack of the Weird Al--Osaurus!
Too Many Dummies!
The Last Inmate!
The Cursed Cabinet of Professor Madds Markson!
The Nightmare Ghost of Psychic U!
The Internet on Haunted House Hill!
What a Night, For a Dark Knight!
The Dance Matron of Mayhem!
The Sword, the fox and the scooby Doo!
Now You Sia, Now You Don't!
Caveman on the Half Pipe!
When Urkel Bots Go Bad!
I Put A Hex on You!
Ollie Ollie In Come Free!
Elementary my Dear Shaggy!
A Moveable Mystery!
Scooby On Ice!
The Horrible Haunted Hospital of Dr. Phineas Phrag!
Peebles Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors!
Hollywood Knights!
Quit Clowning!
Revenge of the Swamp Monster!
The Dreaded Remake of Jekyll and Hyde!
The Crown Jewel of Boxing!
The Fastest Food Fiend!
A Mystery Solving Gang Divided!
The Phantom, The talking dog and the hot, hot,hot sauce.
Space Station Scooby
The High School Wolfman's Musical Lament!
One Minute Mysteries!
The Feast of Dr. Frankenfooder
The New York Underground!
Fear of the Fire Beast!
The Seventh Inning Scare!
The Scooby of a Thousand Faces!


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Samuel Kirkwood
10/8/2020 01:14:40 pm

Sorry, should say easily deduced villain.

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WildwindVampire link
10/9/2020 07:54:16 am

Interesting list! I'd say more or less, many episodes were put around the same general area in both of our lists with the exception of a few.

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Samuel Kirkwood
10/9/2020 05:47:10 pm

Agreed , interesting how personal preference plays on these things. A lot of my top episodes were those that focused on Shaggy and Scooby blending well with the guest star and giving me a lot of laughs.

Nathan Fleischman
10/8/2020 06:25:41 pm

Sorry to hear that. It would be great seeing Geese again.

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WildwindVampire link
10/9/2020 07:52:50 am

Hopefully he'll show up, I guess IMO I just don't think they'll want just the one Globetrotter. I could be wrong though!

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Shadowscooby
10/8/2020 11:09:57 pm

I was thinking a movie with the current globetrotters

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WildwindVampire link
10/9/2020 07:53:18 am

That would be a lot of fun! If it were anything like the 70s episodes, I'd be totally down for that!

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