The Night Ghoul of Wonderworld

[scoob16]

One of the best episodes of the show! And in my opinion, better than "Sherlock Doo".
The villain was really interesting, and the plot was nicely worked.
But it always seems like they're forgetting some things in these old episodes: the gang never left Wonderworld to go back to the real world, did they? I guess they were just gonna wander around for the rest of their three-day limit.
And that other character who was with them, Alexander Wallhouse, he seemed pretty suspicious, especially when he whispered he was sure they'd meet again. They never developped his story or character.
But overall, a great episode!

[Maybeth]

Mar 2, 2015 14:26:22 GMT -5 scoob16 said:

One of the best episodes of the show! And in my opinion, better than "Sherlock Doo".
The villain was really interesting, and the plot was nicely worked.
But it always seems like they're forgetting some things in these old episodes: the gang never left Wonderworld to go back to the real world, did they? I guess they were just gonna wander around for the rest of their three-day limit.
And that other character who was with them, Alexander Wallhouse, he seemed pretty suspicious, especially when he whispered he was sure they'd meet again. They never developped his story or character.
But overall, a great episode!

I'm guessing that was just a random character to intrigue and provoque suspicions without really mattering. 

It was a great episode!! I liked the idea of Wonderworld and although living among robots feels kinda creepy, it was cool!

[Ark]

I didn't like how everything was robots. This is my little brother's favorite episode in the whole season though.

[mattpricetime]

This episode also serves as a hotbed of references. With the pure Sherlock Holmes part being obvious, But also Alexander Wallhouse as a last name is more than likely a play on PG Wodehouse.

Mr. Marino is designed like Mr. Roarke of Fantasy Island. Plus the whole idea of Wonderworld is very similar to Michael Crichton's work which even directly parodies it when they pass by Outlaw World and Jurassic World as clear parodies of Westworld and Jurassic Park, both by Chrichton. One of which being now even funnier that the fourth Jurassic Park movie was called Jurassic World.

[somebody-doo]

I didn't like this one too much.

[doobert]

Jul 4, 2015 21:54:08 GMT -5 mattpricetime said:

This episode also serves as a hotbed of references. With the pure Sherlock Holmes part being obvious, But also Alexander Wallhouse as a last name is more than likely a play on PG Wodehouse.

Mr. Marino is designed like Mr. Roarke of Fantasy Island. Plus the whole idea of Wonderworld is very similar to Michael Crichton's work which even directly parodies it when they pass by Outlaw World and Jurassic World as clear parodies of Westworld and Jurassic Park, both by Chrichton. One of which being now even funnier that the fourth Jurassic Park movie was called Jurassic World.

Actually when this episode was made, Jurassic Park hadn't been written yet, and Jurassic World was just likely a coincidence.

[doobert]

I liked this one. The Sherlock Holmes like villain was pretty neat. I did find Scrappy's trap to be utterly preposterous though, as usual.

[wileyk209]

This is my favorite episode. It reminds me a lot of "Westworld," with the whole "theme park inhabited by robots/androids" bit. Some of it also reminds me of Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective" from seven years later, largely due to Sherlock Holmes, the Victorian London setting, and the Big Ben scene. Though to be fair, that film's Big Ben scene was partly inspired from the Japanese Lupin III movie "The Castle of Cagliostro," which came out the same year as this episode did (hmmm, I wonder who came up with the clock tower showdown idea first?)
I noticed the animation was getting rather shoddy by this time, though nowhere as bad as the 1973 season of "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" (which was animated in Australia.) I was also surprised they were still using a lot of those old 1969 stock poses and walk/run cycles as late as 1979! I was pretty surprised to see Gabor Csupo credited as one of the animators for the 1979 season (whom went to co-found Klasky-Csupo, creator of the Rugrats!)
I also thought it was cute seeing Scooby-Doo dressed like Sherlock Holmes at the end

[90s2000sDoo]

This was a unique and action-packed episode. The setting of Wonderworld was awesome. The Nihht Ghoul was super creepy too

[ScoobyAddict]

This reminded me of Westworld too! It was a weird episode. Kind of odd that when Scooby tried to put the horse back together, it's body was backwards.

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Scrappy's head disappeared at one point!

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[candy1026]

This one was OK. Pretty smart of Velma to figure it out so quickly. I forget was Scrappy's trap was, so no comment. I thought was cool how he fought the Night Ghoul on the Pseudo-Big-Ben. It was funny how Shaggy and Scooby teased the villain, too! When they're not scared, those two act very different!

[ilovescoobydoo]

I thought this one was kind of neat. I figured out pretty early who was behind it. I liked the Beatles reference. Scooby looked so cute in the costume

[matt]

One of my very favorite Scrappy Doo episodes! I loved how much thought went into the setting and connecting the outside world into the fake London World. It was just a very interesting episode, in a good way

[scoobylover]

I thought the villain was cool in this one and they had a great plot and setting in their hands but poorly executed.

[sdf]

REVIEW:

-Let's start with the setting. I think the futuristic attraction, which is filled with robots and can replicate different periods and eras, is an amazing idea. Plus, the robots made this episode way creepier.
-The mystery was also great. Sherlock Holmes is a legendary character, the Victorian era is so interesting, and the Crown Jewels robbery is such a classic detective story. All these blended in perfectly with the gang in this episode.
-I never addressed that, but I love characters like Alexander Wallhouse. It is such a classic Scooby theme when they show us someone intentionally suspicious to throw us off.
-Finally, the Night Ghoul is my favorite villain from the series. He is easily the creepiest, and in this episode, he perfectly complements the spooky and foggy Victorian London.

-There is some stuff I didn't like, though. It seemed really illogical for a real-world papper to be found in Wonderland and also help solve the case. Secondly, it was too easy to figure out who was behind all that. Last but not least, I think they tried hard with the humor. The episode had a great spooky atmosphere that was almost ruined by some unnecessary jokes.

Overall, this episode has some issues, but it is easily my favorite because of Sherlock, the creepy atmosphere, and the great villain. 9/10