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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 7, 2017 21:58:53 GMT
Do any of you a find a particular episode of Scooby Doo Where Are You? spooky? If so which one? For me it's What The Hex Is Going On?.
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Post by novastar6 on Mar 8, 2017 6:44:02 GMT
That was a pretty creepy one. I don't know which exact series it was, what was the episode where they were staying the night in some place, and woke up and saw an ambulance being loaded up and Velma said 'those patients don't look alive anymore!'? That was freaky as hell to a 7 year old.
Another one for me was the To Switch a Witch where they're in Old Salem and a friend of theirs is accused of being a witch because she's a descendant of a woman burned at the stake 200 years ago. That was also very creepy, it's always been a favorite of mine, I still watch it every Halloween. It subtly introduces kids to some ideas of the Salem Witch Trials, and for that matter, the symbol on the tombstone...what is that? I've seen it in other places but I can't find out what it really is.
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Post by Salzmank on Mar 14, 2017 18:11:15 GMT
Do any of you a find a particular episode of Scooby Doo Where Are You? spooky? If so which one? For me it's What The Hex Is Going On?. My choices would probably be that one, "Hassle in the Castle," "Which Witch is Which?" (which scared me when I was very little), and especially "A Night of Fright is No Delight." |
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Post by Salzmank on Mar 14, 2017 18:12:15 GMT
That was a pretty creepy one. I don't know which exact series it was, what was the episode where they were staying the night in some place, and woke up and saw an ambulance being loaded up and Velma said 'those patients don't look alive anymore!'? That was freaky as hell to a 7 year old. Another one for me was the To Switch a Witch where they're in Old Salem and a friend of theirs is accused of being a witch because she's a descendant of a woman burned at the stake 200 years ago. That was also very creepy, it's always been a favorite of mine, I still watch it every Halloween. It subtly introduces kids to some ideas of the Salem Witch Trials, and for that matter, the symbol on the tombstone...what is that? I've seen it in other places but I can't find out what it really is. Interesting! I'd never seen, or even heard of, "To Switch a Witch" before. It is very good, probably one of the best Scooby Doo episodes I've seen. How I wished I watched it when I was little! Having just finished it, it really is one of the best Scooby Doo episodes. It truly has a great Hallowe'en vibe, akin to Burton's Sleepy Hollow and, more appropriately, Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost (which it no doubt inspired). The animation ain't all that great, but it's a fun little 20-min. episode. With that said, though, it is fairly strange re: time period. I've been to Salem, and it doesn't look anything like that, let me tell you! Of course, the episode's going for a timely, spooky feel (which, I feel, one can find more in Sleepy Hollow, NY, than anywhere in or around the small city of Salem, MA), but the elements are just too disparate: a squire, government by town meeting and/or Puritan theocracy, everyone dressed in Colonial garb, legal dunking (!) at a witchcraft museum (!), apparently only one woman, in modern clothes, in town (!). Yet, with all that, the witch looks like she's wearing a cheap Hallowe'en costume. I'm probably looking too far into it, but those elements, contrasted with all the good points, did annoy me. It's by no means "fair-play" in its mystery (very few Scooby Doo episodes are--it's a kids' show, after all!)--the villain was never seen before her unmasking--but there is an interesting fair-play clue, involving the astrological sign "gemini," that I thought very clever for the show. That clue is comparable to a similar one in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "The Vampire Strikes Back" (which is really one of the best Scooby episodes of any series). As for your question, Novastar, the dialogue in the episode refers to the symbol as "the Sign of Mormo." Mormo really was, in Greek mythology, a demon and prototype for the vampire myth, as well as a companion of Hecate, the goddess of witches (so, in other words, the writers did their research!), but I failed to find any reference to the symbol, whether connected to Mormo or not. Have you any idea where else you've seen it before? |
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Post by novastar6 on Mar 14, 2017 18:55:31 GMT
That was a pretty creepy one. I don't know which exact series it was, what was the episode where they were staying the night in some place, and woke up and saw an ambulance being loaded up and Velma said 'those patients don't look alive anymore!'? That was freaky as hell to a 7 year old. Another one for me was the To Switch a Witch where they're in Old Salem and a friend of theirs is accused of being a witch because she's a descendant of a woman burned at the stake 200 years ago. That was also very creepy, it's always been a favorite of mine, I still watch it every Halloween. It subtly introduces kids to some ideas of the Salem Witch Trials, and for that matter, the symbol on the tombstone...what is that? I've seen it in other places but I can't find out what it really is. Interesting! I'd never seen, or even heard of, "To Switch a Witch" before. It is very good, probably one of the best Scooby Doo episodes I've seen. How I wished I watched it when I was little! Having just finished it, it really is one of the best Scooby Doo episodes. It truly has a great Hallowe'en vibe, akin to Burton's Sleepy Hollow and, more appropriately, Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost (which it no doubt inspired). The animation ain't all that great, but it's a fun little 20-min. episode. With that said, though, it is fairly strange re: time period. I've been to Salem, and it doesn't look anything like that, let me tell you! Of course, the episode's going for a timely, spooky feel (which, I feel, one can find more in Sleepy Hollow, NY, than anywhere in or around the small city of Salem, MA), but the elements are just too disparate: a squire, government by town meeting and/or Puritan theocracy, everyone dressed in Colonial garb, legal dunking (!) at a witchcraft museum (!), apparently only one woman, in modern clothes, in town (!). Yet, with all that, the witch looks like she's wearing a cheap Hallowe'en costume. I'm probably looking too far into it, but those elements, contrasted with all the good points, did annoy me. It's by no means "fair-play" in its mystery (very few Scooby Doo episodes are--it's a kids' show, after all!)--the villain was never seen before her unmasking--but there is an interesting fair-play clue, involving the astrological sign "gemini," that I thought very clever for the show. That clue is comparable to a similar one in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "The Vampire Strikes Back" (which is really one of the best Scooby episodes of any series). As for your question, Novastar, the dialogue in the episode refers to the symbol as "the Sign of Mormo." Mormo really was, in Greek mythology, a demon and prototype for the vampire myth, as well as a companion of Hecate, the goddess of witches (so, in other words, the writers did their research!), but I failed to find any reference to the symbol, whether connected to Mormo or not. Have you any idea where else you've seen it before? And another thing that they never resolved in the episode was how did Arlene not know she was a twin? They must've been separated as babies, but why? Never explained. So only her sister knew the truth and she's the one that blotted out the family record, where's she been? It left a lot to be desired, this I can agree with, but it's still one of my favorites. I've seen that symbol in a lot of places, on T-shirts, on websites, on people's avatars, and I've tried asking what is that, never gotten any answer. |
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Post by Salzmank on Mar 14, 2017 19:18:41 GMT
Interesting! I'd never seen, or even heard of, "To Switch a Witch" before. It is very good, probably one of the best Scooby Doo episodes I've seen. How I wished I watched it when I was little! Having just finished it, it really is one of the best Scooby Doo episodes. It truly has a great Hallowe'en vibe, akin to Burton's Sleepy Hollow and, more appropriately, Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost (which it no doubt inspired). The animation ain't all that great, but it's a fun little 20-min. episode. With that said, though, it is fairly strange re: time period. I've been to Salem, and it doesn't look anything like that, let me tell you! Of course, the episode's going for a timely, spooky feel (which, I feel, one can find more in Sleepy Hollow, NY, than anywhere in or around the small city of Salem, MA), but the elements are just too disparate: a squire, government by town meeting and/or Puritan theocracy, everyone dressed in Colonial garb, legal dunking (!) at a witchcraft museum (!), apparently only one woman, in modern clothes, in town (!). Yet, with all that, the witch looks like she's wearing a cheap Hallowe'en costume. I'm probably looking too far into it, but those elements, contrasted with all the good points, did annoy me. It's by no means "fair-play" in its mystery (very few Scooby Doo episodes are--it's a kids' show, after all!)--the villain was never seen before her unmasking--but there is an interesting fair-play clue, involving the astrological sign "gemini," that I thought very clever for the show. That clue is comparable to a similar one in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "The Vampire Strikes Back" (which is really one of the best Scooby episodes of any series). As for your question, Novastar, the dialogue in the episode refers to the symbol as "the Sign of Mormo." Mormo really was, in Greek mythology, a demon and prototype for the vampire myth, as well as a companion of Hecate, the goddess of witches (so, in other words, the writers did their research!), but I failed to find any reference to the symbol, whether connected to Mormo or not. Have you any idea where else you've seen it before? And another thing that they never resolved in the episode was how did Arlene not know she was a twin? They must've been separated as babies, but why? Never explained. So only her sister knew the truth and she's the one that blotted out the family record, where's she been? It left a lot to be desired, this I can agree with, but it's still one of my favorites. I've seen that symbol in a lot of places, on T-shirts, on websites, on people's avatars, and I've tried asking what is that, never gotten any answer. Just found it, Novastar:  It's called a "Satanic cross," sometimes a "Leviathan cross," and it's actually the alchemical symbol for sulfur, though unfortunately it has become known "Satanic" because the crazy Anton LaVey, the founder of modern Satanism, used it as a symbol first in the '60s. Someone drawing for Scooby Doo really had to be doing research, eh? |
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Post by novastar6 on Mar 14, 2017 20:33:01 GMT
Just found it, Novastar: It's called a "Satanic cross," sometimes a "Leviathan cross," and it's actually the alchemical symbol for sulfur, though unfortunately it has become known "Satanic" because the crazy Anton LaVey, the founder of modern Satanism, used it as a symbol first in the '60s. Someone drawing for Scooby Doo really had to be doing research, eh? Indeeeeed. It would also explain why it seems to be so popular, in my last post I almost said that people seem to wear it like they do pentagrams, etc., anything that looks satanic they can stir people up with. |
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Post by Salzmank on Mar 14, 2017 20:46:35 GMT
Just found it, Novastar: It's called a "Satanic cross," sometimes a "Leviathan cross," and it's actually the alchemical symbol for sulfur, though unfortunately it has become known "Satanic" because the crazy Anton LaVey, the founder of modern Satanism, used it as a symbol first in the '60s. Someone drawing for Scooby Doo really had to be doing research, eh? Indeeeeed. It would also explain why it seems to be so popular, in my last post I almost said that people seem to wear it like they do pentagrams, etc., anything that looks satanic they can stir people up with. Well, nice to know we've cleared up the mystery of what it is! |
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Post by politicidal on Mar 16, 2017 18:03:05 GMT
Do any of you a find a particular episode of Scooby Doo Where Are You? spooky? If so which one? For me it's What The Hex Is Going On?. My choices would probably be that one, "Hassle in the Castle," "Which Witch is Which?" (which scared me when I was very little), and especially "A Night of Fright is No Delight."That one I felt had the creepiest set-up. The cackling ghost with the chains in that episode was a simple but effectively creepy design. |
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Post by Salzmank on Mar 16, 2017 18:14:20 GMT
My choices would probably be that one, "Hassle in the Castle," "Which Witch is Which?" (which scared me when I was very little), and especially "A Night of Fright is No Delight."That one I felt had the creepiest set-up. The cackling ghost with the chains in that episode was a simple but effectively creepy design. I quite agree. Those ghosts terrified me when I was little, and the coffins the Mystery Inc. gang finds in the abandoned cellar are very creepy for a children's show. |
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Post by novastar6 on Mar 17, 2017 6:10:58 GMT
That one I felt had the creepiest set-up. The cackling ghost with the chains in that episode was a simple but effectively creepy design. I quite agree. Those ghosts terrified me when I was little, and the coffins the Mystery Inc. gang finds in the abandoned cellar are very creepy for a children's show. Ohhhhh yes, I had just about forgotten about that, except that 'the one on the end is dog shaped' 'rog rhaped'? |
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Post by Two Socks on Mar 19, 2017 0:58:06 GMT
I always found the pink demons in the episode where the Mystery Inc. gang is underground in old Seattle or something to be creepy. Would you see those things in a dim light and NOT run away?  |
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Post by Salzmank on Mar 19, 2017 18:34:59 GMT
novastar6, fangirl1975, politicidal, et al. Not entirely connected to this thread, but... I had the chance to re-watch Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost (via YouTube) for the first time in years, and I was delighted with how well it held up: great roles not only for the gang and above-par comedy for Scooby and Shaggy, but also a fairly clever plot and a fine central voice role for Tim Curry as the Stephen King clone Ben Ravenscroft. In fact, the whole picture has an excellent autumnal vibe throughout, making me appreciate even more, even in early spring, the joys of New England autumns. Seeing it now, I noted the clear parallels with "To Switch a Witch," the episode (also available for free online) that Novastar recommended above. Very close parallels, in fact. Unfortunately, unlike that episode, there are no clues, but the end twist is fairly inspired. Some interesting points, too: a great flashback to Sarah Ravenscroft's "Wiccan" days (comparable to a similar device in Scooby Doo on Zombie Island), which teaches kids about the Salem Witch Trials and colonial history; some well-done and un-preachy criticisms of commercialism (how one wishes the city of Salem, MA, abided by it!); and a hilarious Ted Kennedy parody in the sanctimonious mayor! Living as I am in Boston right now, perhaps I'm more attuned to these factors than some others would be, but they made me appreciate this little picture all the more.
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Post by Cooper, the Golden Retriever on Jun 21, 2017 21:57:51 GMT
Do any of you a find a particular episode of Scooby Doo Where Are You? spooky? If so which one? For me it's What The Hex Is Going On?. No, and that's the problem. And animation about as cartoony as Bambi and lady and the Tramp out of Disney.,(sarcasm) |
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