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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Bedlam in the Big Top''}}
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{{Expansion|Synopsis is incomplete; including the actual beginning and end.}}
 
{{Infobox Episode
 
{{Infobox Episode
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| mainimage= Ghost_Clown_throwing_a_dart.png
| image= Bedlam_in_the_Big_Top_title_card.png
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| titlecard= Bedlam_in_the_Big_Top_title_card.png
 
| series= Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
 
| series= Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
| episode= 110
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| episodenum= 110
 
| airdate= November 15, 1969
 
| airdate= November 15, 1969
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| runtime= 22m 4s
 
| writtenby= [[Ken Spears]]<br />[[Joe Ruby]]<br />[[Bill Lutz]]
 
| writtenby= [[Ken Spears]]<br />[[Joe Ruby]]<br />[[Bill Lutz]]
 
| directedby= [[William Hanna]]<br/>[[Joseph Barbera]]
 
| directedby= [[William Hanna]]<br/>[[Joseph Barbera]]
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==Premise==
 
==Premise==
Fred, Daphne, Velma, Scooby and Shaggy stumble upon a circus that is supposedly haunted by a ghost clown that starts to hypnotize each of Mystery Inc. with a gold coin.
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[[Mystery Inc.|The gang]] stumble upon a [[Circus (Bedlam in the Big Top)|circus]] that is supposedly haunted by a [[Ghost Clown|ghost clown]] that starts to hypnotize some of them with a [[Ghost Clown's gold coin|gold coin]].
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
Mystery Inc. are driving through the woods and encounter two carnies experiencing bike trouble. Samson the Strongman and Max the Midget introduce themselves, and explain they are leaving the circus because of strange happenings. Mystery Inc. goes to the circus and talk with the manager, Mr. Barnstorm. Mr. Barnstorm tells the kids there is a ghost clown haunting the premises and warns them to leave. Freddy, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy leave, but Scooby is mistakenly left behind and hypnotized by the ghost clown with a gold coin.
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[[Mystery Inc.]] is driving through the woods and encounter two carnies experiencing bike trouble. Samson the Strongman and Max the Midget introduce themselves, and explain they are leaving the circus because of strange happenings. Mystery Inc. go to the circus and talk with the manager, Mr. Barnstorm. Mr. Barnstorm tells the kids there is a ghost clown haunting the premises and warns them to leave. Freddy, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy leave, but Scooby is mistakenly left behind and hypnotized by the ghost clown with a gold coin.
   
 
The rest of Mystery Inc. arrive and split up to look for Scooby. Velma and Shaggy find Scooby balancing across the high wire in a trance. They manage to save him. Fred and Daphne go into the costume tent, and Fred is locked in a trunk by the clown. Daphne is then hypnotized. Velma and Shaggy find her riding a unicycle. They save her as well, thanks to the spray of an elephant, and rescue Freddy. Then the gang set up a trap to capture the ghost clown in a cage, but it backfires, when the clown hypnotizes Shaggy and sets him taming lions, but Scooby saves Shaggy and they flee, the clown in pursuit. They manage to lead the clown into the cage, but he vanishes from inside it.
 
The rest of Mystery Inc. arrive and split up to look for Scooby. Velma and Shaggy find Scooby balancing across the high wire in a trance. They manage to save him. Fred and Daphne go into the costume tent, and Fred is locked in a trunk by the clown. Daphne is then hypnotized. Velma and Shaggy find her riding a unicycle. They save her as well, thanks to the spray of an elephant, and rescue Freddy. Then the gang set up a trap to capture the ghost clown in a cage, but it backfires, when the clown hypnotizes Shaggy and sets him taming lions, but Scooby saves Shaggy and they flee, the clown in pursuit. They manage to lead the clown into the cage, but he vanishes from inside it.
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==Cast and characters==
 
==Cast and characters==
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'''Main characters''':
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* [[Mystery Inc.]]
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** [[Daphne Blake]]
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** [[Fred Jones]]
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** [[Scooby-Doo]]
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** [[Shaggy Rogers]]
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** [[Velma Dinkley]]
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'''Supporting characters''':
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* [[Max the Midget]] {{1st}}
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* [[Mr. Barnstorm]] {{1st}}
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* [[Samson the Strongman]] {{1st}}
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'''Monsters and other villains''':
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* [[Ghost Clown]] {{1st}}/
 
* [[Harry the Hypnotist]] {{1st}}{{NL}}{{Cameo}}
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'''Other characters''':
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* Circus attendees {{1st}}{{NL}}
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* [[Elephants (Bedlam in the Big Top)|Elephants]] {{1st}}{{NL}}
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* [[Lion (Bedlam in the Big Top)|Lion]] {{1st}}{{NL}}
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==Locations==
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* [[Circus (Bedlam in the Big Top)|Circus]]
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==Objects==
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'''Clues''':
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* TBA
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'''Food and drinks''':
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* [[Scooby Snacks|Scooby Snack]] {{Mentioned}}
 
* [[Super-duper Hero Sandwich]]
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'''Other objects''':
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* Balloon copy of the Ghost Clown
 
* [[Ghost Clown's gold coin]]
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* Ghost Clown's whistle
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* Rubber ladder
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* [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]]'s umbrella
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* Trapeze net
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==Vehicles==
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* [[Daphne Blake|Daphne]]'s [[unicycle]]
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* [[Max the Midget and Samson the Strongman's tandem bicycle]]
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* The [[Mystery Machine]]
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==Suspects==
 
None
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===Culprits===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Actor
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! Culprit
 
! Motive/reason
! Character
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Harry the Hypnotist]] as the [[Ghost Clown]]
| [[Don Messick]]
 
 
| To get revenge on [[Mr. Barnstorm]] for firing him.
 
|}
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==Cast==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! [[Don Messick]]
 
| [[Scooby-Doo]]<br />[[Mr. Barnstorm]]<br />[[Max the Midget]]
 
| [[Scooby-Doo]]<br />[[Mr. Barnstorm]]<br />[[Max the Midget]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Casey Kasem]]
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! [[Casey Kasem]]
 
| [[Shaggy Rogers]]
 
| [[Shaggy Rogers]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Frank Welker]]
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! [[Frank Welker]]
 
| [[Fred Jones]]
 
| [[Fred Jones]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Stefanianna Christopherson]]
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! [[Stefanianna Christopherson]]
 
| [[Daphne Blake]]
 
| [[Daphne Blake]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Nicole Jaffe]]
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! [[Nicole Jaffe]]
 
| [[Velma Dinkley]]
 
| [[Velma Dinkley]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[John Stephenson]]
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! [[John Stephenson]]
 
| [[Samson the Strongman]]
 
| [[Samson the Strongman]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Barry Richards]]
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! [[Barry Richards]]
 
| [[Ghost Clown]]
 
| [[Ghost Clown]]
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! colspan=2 | Non-speaking roles
 
|-
 
| colspan=2 | [[Harry the Hypnotist]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
   
==Villains==
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==Full credits==
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The following credits are how they are seen on-screen (or as close as possible).
* Ghost Clown/Harry the Hypnotist
 
 
==Suspects==
 
* None
 
 
===Culprits===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Culprit
 
! Motive/reason
 
|-
 
| [[Harry the Hypnotist]] as the [[Ghost Clown]]
 
| To get revenge on [[Mr. Barnstorm]] for firing him.
 
|}
 
 
==Locations==
 
* [[Circus (Bedlam in the Big Top)|Circus]]
 
   
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'''Produced and Directed by'''<br>
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[[Joseph Barbera]]<br>and<br>[[William Hanna]]
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{{Clear}}
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'''Associate Producer'''<br>
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[[Lew Marshall]]
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{{Clear}}
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'''Story'''<br>
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[[Ken Spears]] [[Joe Ruby]]<br>[[Bill Lutz]]<br>
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'''Story Direction'''<br>
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[[Howard Swift]]
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{{Clear}}
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'''Voices'''<br>
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[[Nicole Jaffe]] [[Hal Smith]]<br />[[Casey Kasem]] [[John Stephenson]]<br />[[Don Messick]] [[Jean Vander Pyl]]<br />[[Vic Perrin]] [[Frank Welker]]<br />[[Stefanianna Christopherson]]
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{{Clear}}
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'''Animation Director'''<br>
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[[Charles A. Nichols]]<br>
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'''Production Design'''<br>
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[[Iwao Takamoto]]<br>
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'''Production Supervisor'''<br>
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[[Victor O. Schipek]]
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{{Clear}}
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'''Layout'''<br>
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[[Bob Singer]]<br>
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[[Alvaro Arce]] [[Paul Gruwell]]<br>[[Mike Arens]] [[Alex Ignatiev]]<br>[[Ric Gonzales]]<br>[[Bill Lignante]]
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{{Clear}}
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'''Animation'''<br>
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[[Bill Keil]] [[George Rowley]]<br>[[Oliver E. Callahan]] [[Ed Love]]<br>[[Rudy Cataldi]] [[Bill Nunes]]<br>[[Zdenko Gasparovic]] [[Joan Orbison]]<br>[[Bob Goe]] [[Jay Sarbry]]<br>[[Hicks Lokey]]<br>[[Ken Southworth]]<br>[[Lloyd Vaughan]]
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{{Clear}}
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'''Background Styling'''<br>
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[[Walt Peregoy]]<br>
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'''Backgrounds'''<br>
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[[Ron Dias]] [[Gary Niblett]]<br>[[Daniela Bielecka]]<br>[[Rolly Oliva]]<br>
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'''Title Design'''<br>
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[[Bill Perez]]<br>
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'''Titles'''<br>
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[[Robert Schaefer]]
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{{Clear}}
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'''Musical Director'''<br>
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[[Ted Nichols]]<br>
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'''Technical Supervisor'''<br>
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[[Frank Paiker]]<br>
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'''Ink and Paint Supervisor'''<br>
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[[Roberta Greutert]]<br>
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'''Xerography'''<br>
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[[Robert "Tiger" West]]
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{{Clear}}
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'''Sound Direction'''<br>
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[[Richard Olson]]<br>
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'''Film Editing'''<br>
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[[Gregory V. Watson, Jr.]] [[Ted Baker]]<br>[[Chip Yaras]]<br>
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'''Camera'''<br>
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[[Dick Blundell]] [[Bill Kotler]]<br>[[George Epperson]] [[Cliff Shirpser]]<br>[[Charles Flekal]]<br>[[Roy Wade]]
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{{Clear}}
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'''A'''<br>'''[[Hanna-Barbera]]'''<br>'''Production'''<br>
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<small>© 1969<br>Hanna-Barbera<br>Productions, Inc.</small>
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{{Clear}}
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'''a'''<br>'''hanna-barbera'''<br>'''production'''<br>
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'''A Taft Broadcasting Company'''
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</div>
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{{Clear}}
 
==Notes/trivia==
 
==Notes/trivia==
 
* In this episode, [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] states that [[Daphne Blake|Daphne]] cannot ride a bicycle, and he implies that he is good at track athletics.
* This episode was loosely adapted into the Gold Key's ''Scooby Doo'' comic issue #9 ''The Phantom Clown''; one of the differences is the Ghost Clown's colors on the front cover.
 
 
* [[Mr. Barnstorm]]'s name is a play on words; it means "to tour rural districts putting on shows, esp. theatrical, athletic, or acrobatic shows".
* After being hypnotized, Daphne is seen wearing a Tutu, one of the first times she has worn something outside her regular costume.
 
 
* This is the first time members of [[Mystery Inc.]] have been hypnotized. 
* This is the second episode in which Daphne is shown with sclera, the first being [[Foul Play in Funland]]
 
 
* The exciting circus music heard during [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]]'s stunt is from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races Wacky Races]''.
* In this episode Shaggy states that Daphne cannot ride a bicycle, and he implies that he is good at track athletics.
 
* Mr. Barnstorm's name is pretty clever. The word ''barnstorm'' means "to tour rural districts putting on shows, esp. theatrical, athletic, or acrobatic shows".
 
* First time where multiple members of Mystery Inc. (except Fred and Velma) were hypnotized. 
 
* The exciting circus music heard during Scooby's stunt is from ''Wacky Races''
 
* It is not revealed how the Ghost Clown is brought out of his trance (if indeed he is).
 
* A kid is holding a scooby doo balloon at the circus.
 
   
 
===Miscellaneous===
 
===Miscellaneous===
* Disguises: None, but Daphne and Shaggy wind up in circus costumes.
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* Disguises: None.
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* [[Scooby Snacks]] bribe: None.
* Food: Super-duper Hero Sandwich
 
* Scooby Snacks: none
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* Zoinks count: None.
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* Zoinks: none
 
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===Adaptations===
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* This was the sole story for [[Gold Key Comics]]' [[Scooby Doo... Where Are You! (Gold Key Comics)|''Scooby Doo... Where Are You!'' #9]]. It was renamed to ''[[The Phantom Clown]]''. Differences include:
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:* [[Velma Dinkley/biographical account of comic appearances|Velma]] saving the day.
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* The [[Ghost Clown (Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed)|Ghost Clown]] is a past villain of the theatrical [[Mystery Incorporated (theatrical films)|Mystery Inc.]] as revealed in ''[[Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed]]'', where its costume has been put on display at the [[Coolsonian Criminology Museum]].
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* Elements were borrowed for video game, ''[[Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who?]]'', where [[Samson S. Samson]] wanted to expose [[Sylvester Sweetsugar|his bad boss]] by haunting the grounds of [[Sugarland]] as the [[Ghost Clown (Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who?)|Ghost Clown]].
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* The [[Ghost Clown (Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster)|Ghost Clown]] cameos during the montage sequence before the closing credits of ''[[Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster]]''.
   
 
===Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches===
 
===Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches===
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[[File:Ghost_Clown's_miscoloured_mouth.png|thumb|The [[Ghost Clown]]'s miscoloured mouth.]]
* It's hard to see because the picture is so tiny, but Daphne talks in Velma's voice.
 
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* When [[Velma Dinkley|Velma]] reacts to the [[Max the Midget and Samson the Strongman's tandem bicycle|tandem bicycle]] going out of control, [[Daphne Blake|Daphne]]'s lips move (or at least just barely).
* Samson hangs onto the bicycle handlebars, keeping his arms in the exact same position, even though the handlebars are no longer attached to the bike.
 
* Samson points off to his left, saying that Max flew off the bicycle in that direction, yet Scooby finds him hanging from a tree off to the stongman's right.
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* [[Samson the Strongman|Samson]] points off to his left, saying that [[Max the Midget|Max]] flew off the bicycle in that direction, yet [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]] finds him hanging from a tree off to the strongman's right.
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* Velma's mouth doesn't move when cheering for Scooby after he rescues [[Max the Midget|Max]].
* Max is standing behind Scooby, then suddenly by his side.
 
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* It takes mere moments for the of rest of [[Mystery Inc.|the gang]] to get out [[Mystery Machine|the van]] and out of it's reach, after Scooby saves Max.
* When Shaggy says "Don't tell me that there are two of them", his head is up instead of right.
 
 
* At first, Max is standing behind Scooby, with Samson next to him, then suddenly Max is by Scooby's side, and Samson is gone.
* The Clown's mouth is coloured red but when hypnotizing Daphne, it turns the colour of his skin.<br />[[File:Bedlam_in_the_Big_Top_Error.png|thumb|Incorrectly colored Ghost Clown]]
 
 
* When [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] says, "Don't tell me that there are two of them", his head is up instead of right.
 
* [[Ghost Clown|The Clown]]'s mouth is coloured red, but when hypnotizing Daphne, it turns the colour of his skin. It does flicker red at the beginning of his sentence, though.
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* Perhaps for more detail, Daphne is not only given white sclera, but also blue irises when being hypnotized by the Ghost Clown.
   
 
===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
 
===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
 
* Samson hangs onto the bicycle handlebars, keeping his arms in the exact same position, even though the handlebars are no longer attached to the bike.
* It is revealed in this episode that Daphne can't even ride a bicycle. However, she rides one in the ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'' episode, ''[[The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair]]'', very proficiently, although she could have practiced a lot since then.
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* It is revealed in this episode that [[Daphne Blake|Daphne]] can't even ride a bicycle. However, she rides one in the ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'' episode, ''[[The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair]]'', very proficiently. Logically, she could have practiced a lot since then.
* As shown in the ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' episode, ''[[A Terrifying Round With A Menacing Metallic Clown]]'', Velma has had a phobia of clowns since her childhood, but in this particular story, she has no known phobia of clowns whatsoever.
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* [[Velma Dinkley|Velma]]'s fine with clowns in this episode, which contradicts the later produced ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' episode, ''[[A Terrifying Round with a Menacing Metallic Clown]]'', which claims she's had a phobia of clowns since her 5th birthday.
* When the gang (minus Scooby) were leaving the circus with the Mystery Machine going from left to right it is obivous that the animators simply flipped the cells of it going from right to left.  Unfortunately this results in the steering wheel being on the left side and the gang being in the opposite positions (Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy from left to right) from what they should when the animators change to the front view.
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* When [[Mystery Inc.|the gang]] (minus [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]]) was leaving the circus with the [[Mystery Machine]] going from left to right it is obivous that the animators simply flipped the cells of it going from right to left. Unfortunately, this results in the steering wheel being on the left side and the gang being in the opposite positions ([[Fred Jones|Fred]], Daphne, Velma, and [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] from left to right) from where they should be when the animators change to the front view.
* The Clown attempted to convince the gang that there were two of them when they attempted to capture him. The Clown they captured was a balloon which was deflated to make it appear as though the Clown had disappeared into thin air however, wouldn't the gang have seen the balloon in the cage once it had deflated? (Perhaps they did not check until after they had caught him?)
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* The Clown attempted to convince the gang that there were two of them when they attempted to capture him. The Clown they captured was a balloon which was deflated to make it appear as though the Clown had disappeared into thin air, however, wouldn't the gang have seen the balloon in the cage once it had deflated? (Perhaps they did not check until after they had caught him?)
 
* Right before the Clown is finally captured, Scooby and Shaggy hold up a mirror to prevent from being them hypnotized. Why didn't the Clown stop the hypnotism chant when he saw the mirror, instead he hypnotizes himself. It is definitely one of if not the most unique villain capture the gang has ever performed.
 
* Right before the Clown is finally captured, Scooby and Shaggy hold up a mirror to prevent from being them hypnotized. Why didn't the Clown stop the hypnotism chant when he saw the mirror, instead he hypnotizes himself. It is definitely one of if not the most unique villain capture the gang has ever performed.
*Mr Barnstaple states that the lions had begun acting like scared kittens, yet the one Shaggy tames seems to be acting perfectly normal.It is possible the Ghost Clown reversed his hypnosis on that lion, assuming this is why the lions were acting scared.
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* [[Mr. Barnstorm]] states that the lions had begun acting like scared kittens, yet the one Shaggy tames seems to be acting perfectly normal. It is possible the [[Ghost Clown]] reversed his hypnosis on that lion, assuming this is why the lions were acting scared.
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* [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] says about going back to the [[Super-duper Hero Sandwich|hero sandwich]] in the cage (that the Ghost Clown balloon would be caught in), but there would be no reason why it would be there, especially since he would've surely ate it not long after getting it.
 
* Daphne says she hopes Scooby doesn't try the high wire again when she wasn't there with Velma and Shaggy when it happened.
 
* Daphne says she hopes Scooby doesn't try the high wire again when she wasn't there with Velma and Shaggy when it happened.
 
* It is not revealed how the Ghost Clown/[[Harry the Hypnotist]] is brought out of his trance.
   
 
==In other languages==
 
==In other languages==
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==Home media==
 
==Home media==
* ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons]]'' DVD set.
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* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons]]'' DVD set released by [[Warner Home Video]] on March 16, 2004.
* ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Volume 3 - Hello Mummy]]'' DVD.
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* {{UK}} ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons'' DVD set released by Warner Home Video on June 20, 2005.
* ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series]]'' DVD set.
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* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Volume 3 - Hello Mummy]]'' DVD released by Warner Home Video on September 1, 2009.
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Circus Monsters]]'' DVD compilation set released March 12, 2013.
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* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series]]'' (limited edition) DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 10, 2010.
* ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo! (DVD)|Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'' DVD released October 9, 2012.
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* {{US}} ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo! (DVD)|Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'' DVD released by Warner Home Video on October 9, 2012.
* ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo! (Blu-ray)|Big Top Scooby-Doo! ]]''Blu-ray Disc released October 9, 2012.
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* {{US}} ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo! (Blu-ray)|Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'' Blu-ray Disc released by Warner Home Video on October 9, 2012.
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* {{UK}} ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series'' DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 21, 2011.
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* {{US}} ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series'' DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 13, 2012.
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* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Circus Monsters]]'' DVD released by Warner Home Video on March 12, 2013.
   
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
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{{Quotes
Ghost Clown: (Hypnotising Daphne) You will play attention for a time and soon your thoughts shall be mine. Watch the pretty coin of gold and you will do as you are told
 
 
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'''[[Ghost Clown]]''': (''hypnotising [[Daphne Blake|Daphne]]'') You will pay attention for a time... and soon your thoughts shall all be mine. Watch the pretty [[Ghost Clown's gold coin|coin of gold]], and you will do as you are told.
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}}
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==Gallery==
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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* [http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/bitbt.html Scooby-Doo Case File] at Toonzone.net
 
* [https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/scooby-doo-where-are-you-season/id262465465 Buy] from iTunes (US)
 
* [https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/scooby-doo-where-are-you-season/id262465465 Buy] from iTunes (US)
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* [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/tv-season/scooby-doo-where-are-you-season/id262465465 Buy] from iTunes (UK)
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Bedlam in the Big Top is the tenth episode of the first season of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!.

Premise

The gang stumble upon a circus that is supposedly haunted by a ghost clown that starts to hypnotize some of them with a gold coin.

Synopsis

Mystery Inc. is driving through the woods and encounter two carnies experiencing bike trouble. Samson the Strongman and Max the Midget introduce themselves, and explain they are leaving the circus because of strange happenings. Mystery Inc. go to the circus and talk with the manager, Mr. Barnstorm. Mr. Barnstorm tells the kids there is a ghost clown haunting the premises and warns them to leave. Freddy, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy leave, but Scooby is mistakenly left behind and hypnotized by the ghost clown with a gold coin.

The rest of Mystery Inc. arrive and split up to look for Scooby. Velma and Shaggy find Scooby balancing across the high wire in a trance. They manage to save him. Fred and Daphne go into the costume tent, and Fred is locked in a trunk by the clown. Daphne is then hypnotized. Velma and Shaggy find her riding a unicycle. They save her as well, thanks to the spray of an elephant, and rescue Freddy. Then the gang set up a trap to capture the ghost clown in a cage, but it backfires, when the clown hypnotizes Shaggy and sets him taming lions, but Scooby saves Shaggy and they flee, the clown in pursuit. They manage to lead the clown into the cage, but he vanishes from inside it.

Fred's frustrated cry unlocks Shaggy's memory; the clown uses a gold coin to hypnotize his victims. Going out again, the clown tries to hypnotize both Shaggy and Scooby, but the two counter-act with a mirror and trick the clown into hypnotizing himself into acting like a chimp. They lure the chimp-clown into a cage and then unmask him as Harry the Hypnotist. Harry used to be a hypnotist in the circus act, but he was caught stealing, and was fired as a result. He came back to get revenge and dressed up as the ghost clown to do so.

Cast and characters

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Monsters and other villains:

Other characters:

  • Circus attendees (first appearance)(no lines)
  • Elephants (first appearance)(no lines)
  • Lion (first appearance)(no lines)

Locations

Objects

Clues:

  • TBA

Food and drinks:

Other objects:

Vehicles

Suspects

None

Culprits

Culprit Motive/reason
Harry the Hypnotist as the Ghost Clown To get revenge on Mr. Barnstorm for firing him.

Cast

Don Messick Scooby-Doo
Mr. Barnstorm
Max the Midget
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Frank Welker Fred Jones
Stefanianna Christopherson Daphne Blake
Nicole Jaffe Velma Dinkley
John Stephenson Samson the Strongman
Barry Richards Ghost Clown

Full credits

The following credits are how they are seen on-screen (or as close as possible).

Notes/trivia

  • In this episode, Shaggy states that Daphne cannot ride a bicycle, and he implies that he is good at track athletics.
  • Mr. Barnstorm's name is a play on words; it means "to tour rural districts putting on shows, esp. theatrical, athletic, or acrobatic shows".
  • This is the first time members of Mystery Inc. have been hypnotized. 
  • The exciting circus music heard during Scooby's stunt is from Wacky Races.

Miscellaneous

Adaptations

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

Ghost Clown's miscoloured mouth

The Ghost Clown's miscoloured mouth.

  • When Velma reacts to the tandem bicycle going out of control, Daphne's lips move (or at least just barely).
  • Samson points off to his left, saying that Max flew off the bicycle in that direction, yet Scooby finds him hanging from a tree off to the strongman's right.
  • Velma's mouth doesn't move when cheering for Scooby after he rescues Max.
  • It takes mere moments for the of rest of the gang to get out the van and out of it's reach, after Scooby saves Max.
  • At first, Max is standing behind Scooby, with Samson next to him, then suddenly Max is by Scooby's side, and Samson is gone.
  • When Shaggy says, "Don't tell me that there are two of them", his head is up instead of right.
  • The Clown's mouth is coloured red, but when hypnotizing Daphne, it turns the colour of his skin. It does flicker red at the beginning of his sentence, though.
  • Perhaps for more detail, Daphne is not only given white sclera, but also blue irises when being hypnotized by the Ghost Clown.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

  • Samson hangs onto the bicycle handlebars, keeping his arms in the exact same position, even though the handlebars are no longer attached to the bike.
  • It is revealed in this episode that Daphne can't even ride a bicycle. However, she rides one in the The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode, The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair, very proficiently. Logically, she could have practiced a lot since then.
  • Velma's fine with clowns in this episode, which contradicts the later produced What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode, A Terrifying Round with a Menacing Metallic Clown, which claims she's had a phobia of clowns since her 5th birthday.
  • When the gang (minus Scooby) was leaving the circus with the Mystery Machine going from left to right it is obivous that the animators simply flipped the cells of it going from right to left. Unfortunately, this results in the steering wheel being on the left side and the gang being in the opposite positions (Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy from left to right) from where they should be when the animators change to the front view.
  • The Clown attempted to convince the gang that there were two of them when they attempted to capture him. The Clown they captured was a balloon which was deflated to make it appear as though the Clown had disappeared into thin air, however, wouldn't the gang have seen the balloon in the cage once it had deflated? (Perhaps they did not check until after they had caught him?)
  • Right before the Clown is finally captured, Scooby and Shaggy hold up a mirror to prevent from being them hypnotized. Why didn't the Clown stop the hypnotism chant when he saw the mirror, instead he hypnotizes himself. It is definitely one of if not the most unique villain capture the gang has ever performed.
  • Mr. Barnstorm states that the lions had begun acting like scared kittens, yet the one Shaggy tames seems to be acting perfectly normal. It is possible the Ghost Clown reversed his hypnosis on that lion, assuming this is why the lions were acting scared.
  • Shaggy says about going back to the hero sandwich in the cage (that the Ghost Clown balloon would be caught in), but there would be no reason why it would be there, especially since he would've surely ate it not long after getting it.
  • Daphne says she hopes Scooby doesn't try the high wire again when she wasn't there with Velma and Shaggy when it happened.
  • It is not revealed how the Ghost Clown/Harry the Hypnotist is brought out of his trance.

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Greek Παλαβομάρες σε Σχοινί Crack-braining on a Wire

Home media

Quotes

Ghost Clown: (hypnotising Daphne) You will pay attention for a time... and soon your thoughts shall all be mine. Watch the pretty coin of gold, and you will do as you are told.

Gallery

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