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Post by scoob16 on Jul 17, 2014 9:21:04 GMT -5
Thanks to the Ghost Clown, I'm super-scred of clowns!! Actually, I was afraid of them before i watched the episode, but it certainly boosted my fear!!  |
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Post by snesgamer on Dec 9, 2014 17:15:51 GMT -5
It's notable as one of the first Scooby episodes with an actual dangerous criminal who tried to harm them.
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Post by Ark on Apr 11, 2015 14:19:02 GMT -5
One thing to note is that hypnotism actually requires willingness. People can't be hypnotized without their own willingness to do so. In that way, this episode isn't really that realistic.
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Post by doobert on Oct 1, 2015 22:23:07 GMT -5
One thing to note is that hypnotism actually requires willingness. People can't be hypnotized without their own willingness to do so. In that way, this episode isn't really that realistic. It's a cartoon from the 1960's, I don't think anybody expects it's to be super realistic or anything. |
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Post by doobert on Oct 1, 2015 22:23:43 GMT -5
Great. This is always been one of my favorite episodes of Scooby Doo Where Are You. The Ghost Clown is actually quite frightening
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Post by somebody-doo on Apr 1, 2016 14:44:12 GMT -5
Ghost clowns are cool.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2016 15:27:13 GMT -5
Clowns are creepy especially when hypnosis is their weapon of choice.
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Post by russm on Jun 20, 2016 15:49:39 GMT -5
Coulrophobia a.k.a the fear of clowns. It is not a recognised condition, it doesn't appear in the World Health Organisation ICD-10 nor the American Psychiatric Association DSM-5 listings of conditions so is more of an 'informal phobia.' In the Space To Care study aimed at improving hospital design for children, researchers from the University of Sheffield polled 250 children regarding their opinions on décor for a forthcoming hospital redesign; all 250 children, whose ages ranged between four and sixteen, reported that they disliked clowns as part of hospital décor.[14] Many of them, including some older children, stated in the poll that they, in fact, actively feared clowns.[15][16] In other studies playing with therapeutic clowns reduced anxiety in children and improved healing in children with respiratory illness.[17] |
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Post by wileyk209 on Jun 21, 2016 10:56:09 GMT -5
It's a cartoon from the 1960's, I don't think anybody expects it's to be super realistic or anything. Yeah, compared to the super-realistic "What's New Scooby-Doo," or even "Mystery Incorporated" at times (But "Be Cool Scooby-Doo" tries to be more like a G-rated "Family Guy," IMO.) I wonder if they came up with this episode and the ghost clown villain due to people fearing clowns? It would make sense. And this wasn't the only time there were villainous clowns (Zombo the Clown and the Crybaby Clown especially come to mind!) |
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Post by Ark on Jun 21, 2016 20:16:39 GMT -5
A lot of references in Scooby Doo are in fact factual. That's why I pointed it out.
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Post by doobert on Jun 23, 2016 13:17:43 GMT -5
A lot of references in Scooby Doo are in fact factual. That's why I pointed it out. Fair enough, but it can still be pretty cartoony and unrealistic quite a bit, despite the show not being overly wacky, most of the time. |
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Post by 90s2000sDoo on Sept 15, 2017 16:37:17 GMT -5
This is possibly the creepiest Scooby-Doo monster ever. An evil Ghost Clown is already super creepy and then add that he hypnotized the gang and his voice. It's also really intense when they think they catch him but it's not really him
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Post by barneynedward on Sept 22, 2017 21:36:32 GMT -5
Anyone notice that this episode shows Shaggy being smarter than we tend to think he is? He's no genius but neither is he stupid. In fact he was the one who figured out the Ghost Clown's methods and turned them against him. I'd say he's of average intelligence. Fred and Daphne are of above average intelligence and Velma is of course a genius.
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Post by wileyk209 on May 6, 2018 10:21:15 GMT -5
Oh yes, that ghost clown was pretty creepy, but he's still one of my favorite villains. In fact, I just got the official licensed latex mask of him from Rubies/Mask Illusions!  Now I just need the red clown outfit and a gold hypno-coin on a string. But I don't plan to do any of those public/outdoor "clown scares" that have been happening around Halloween lately (but it would be funny if someone did so dressed as that Ghost Clown!) (Yep, I'm going to try and collect all the officially-licensed Scooby-related latex masks from Rubies; you know I already have Scooby-Doo, and I also got Dr. Coffin a while back.) |
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Post by barneynedward on May 7, 2018 21:19:25 GMT -5
It's notable as one of the first Scooby episodes with an actual dangerous criminal who tried to harm them. Didn't Captain Cutler try to harm them? He tried to drown them in sunken ship. |
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