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| series= Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
 
| series= Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
 
| episodenum= 110
 
| episodenum= 110
| airdate= November 15, 1969
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| airdate= November 15, 1969 ([[CBS]])
 
| runtime= 22m 4s
 
| runtime= 22m 4s
 
| writtenby= [[Ken Spears]]<br />[[Joe Ruby]]<br />[[Bill Lutz]]
 
| writtenby= [[Ken Spears]]<br />[[Joe Ruby]]<br />[[Bill Lutz]]
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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.
   
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.
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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 (while closing their eyes) 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==
 
==Cast and characters==
 
'''Main characters''':
 
'''Main characters''':
 
* [[Mystery Inc.]]
 
* [[Mystery Inc.]]
 
** [[Scooby-Doo]]
 
** [[Shaggy Rogers]]
 
** [[Daphne Blake]]
 
** [[Daphne Blake]]
 
** [[Fred Jones]]
 
** [[Fred Jones]]
** [[Scooby-Doo]]
 
** [[Shaggy Rogers]]
 
 
** [[Velma Dinkley]]
 
** [[Velma Dinkley]]
   
 
'''Supporting characters''':
 
'''Supporting characters''':
* [[Max the Midget]] {{1st}}
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* [[Mr. Barnstorm]] {{Only}}
* [[Mr. Barnstorm]] {{1st}}
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* [[Samson the Strongman]] {{Only}}
* [[Samson the Strongman]] {{1st}}
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* [[Max the Midget]] {{Only}}
   
'''Monsters and other villains''':
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'''Villains''':
* [[Ghost Clown]] {{1st}}/
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* [[Ghost Clown]] {{Only}}{{Disguise}}/
* [[Harry the Hypnotist]] {{1st}}{{NL}}{{Cameo}}
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* [[Harry the Hypnotist]] {{Only}}{{NL}}{{Cameo}}
   
 
'''Other characters''':
 
'''Other characters''':
* Circus attendees {{1st}}{{NL}}
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* Circus attendees {{Only}}{{NL}}
* [[Elephants (Bedlam in the Big Top)|Elephants]] {{1st}}{{NL}}
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* [[Elephants (Bedlam in the Big Top)|Elephants]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
* [[Lion (Bedlam in the Big Top)|Lion]] {{1st}}{{NL}}
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* [[Lion (Bedlam in the Big Top)|Lion]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
   
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
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==Objects==
 
==Objects==
'''Clues''':
 
* TBA
 
 
'''Food and drinks''':
 
 
* [[Scooby Snacks|Scooby Snack]] {{Mentioned}}
 
* [[Scooby Snacks|Scooby Snack]] {{Mentioned}}
 
* [[Super-duper Hero Sandwich]]
 
* [[Super-duper Hero Sandwich]]
 
'''Other objects''':
 
* Balloon copy of the Ghost Clown
 
 
* [[Ghost Clown's gold coin]]
 
* [[Ghost Clown's gold coin]]
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* [[Tightrope]]
* Ghost Clown's whistle
 
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* [[Trampoline]]
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* [[Ladder]]
 
* [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]]'s [[umbrella]]
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* [[Balloon]]s carrying Scooby
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* [[Ghost Clown]]'s [[dart]]s
 
* Rubber ladder
 
* Rubber ladder
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* [[Trumpet]]
* [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]]'s umbrella
 
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* [[Net]]
* Trapeze net
 
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* [[Sousaphone]]
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* [[Drum]]s
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* [[Bucket]]
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* [[Whip]]
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* [[Chair]]
 
* [[Ghost Clown's whistle]]
 
* Balloon copy of the Ghost Clown
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* [[Mirror]]s
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* [[Banana]]s
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* [[Leash]]
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* [[Rope]] restraining [[Harry the Hypnotist]]'s arms, wrists, and ankles
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* Child's balloon
   
 
==Vehicles==
 
==Vehicles==
 
*[[Max the Midget and Samson the Strongman's tandem bicycle]]
 
* [[Mystery Machine|The Mystery Machine]]
 
* [[Daphne Blake|Daphne]]'s [[unicycle]]
 
* [[Daphne Blake|Daphne]]'s [[unicycle]]
* [[Max the Midget and Samson the Strongman's tandem bicycle]]
 
* The [[Mystery Machine]]
 
   
 
==Suspects==
 
==Suspects==
None
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* None
   
 
===Culprits===
 
===Culprits===
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<br>
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'''Produced and Directed by'''<br>
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* '''Produced and Directed by''': [[Joseph Barbera]] and [[William Hanna]]
 
* '''Associate Producer''': [[Lew Marshall]]
[[Joseph Barbera]]<br>and<br>[[William Hanna]]
 
 
* '''Story''': [[Ken Spears]], [[Joe Ruby]], [[Bill Lutz]]
{{Clear}}
 
 
* '''Story Direction''': [[Howard Swift]]
'''Associate Producer'''<br>
 
 
* '''Voices''': [[Nicole Jaffe]], [[Hal Smith]], [[Casey Kasem]], [[John Stephenson]], [[Don Messick]], [[Jean Vander Pyl]], [[Vic Perrin]], [[Frank Welker]], [[Stefanianna Christopherson]]
[[Lew Marshall]]
 
 
* '''Animation Director''': [[Charles A. Nichols]]
{{Clear}}
 
 
* '''Production Design''': [[Iwao Takamoto]]
'''Story'''<br>
 
 
* '''Production Supervisor''': [[Victor O. Schipek]]
[[Ken Spears]] [[Joe Ruby]]<br>[[Bill Lutz]]<br>
 
 
* '''Layout''': [[Bob Singer]], [[Alvaro Arce]], [[Paul Gruwell]], [[Mike Arens]], [[Alex Ignatiev]], [[Ric Gonzales]], [[Bill Lignante]]
'''Story Direction'''<br>
 
 
* '''Animation''': [[Bill Keil]], [[George Rowley]], [[Oliver E. Callahan]], [[Ed Love]], [[Rudy Cataldi]], [[Bill Nunes]], [[Zdenko Gasparovic]], [[Joan Orbison]], [[Bob Goe]], [[Jay Sarbry]], [[Hicks Lokey]], [[Ken Southworth]], [[Lloyd Vaughan]]
[[Howard Swift]]
 
 
* '''Background Styling''': [[Walt Peregoy]]
{{Clear}}
 
 
* '''Backgrounds''': [[Ron Dias]], [[Gary Niblett]], [[Daniela Bielecka]], [[Rolly Oliva]]
'''Voices'''<br>
 
 
* '''Title Design''': [[Bill Perez]]
[[Nicole Jaffe]] [[Hal Smith]]<br />[[Casey Kasem]] [[John Stephenson]]<br />[[Don Messick]] [[Jean Vander Pyl]]<br />[[Vic Perrin]] [[Frank Welker]]<br />[[Stefanianna Christopherson]]
 
 
* '''Titles''': [[Robert Schaefer]]
{{Clear}}
 
'''Animation Director'''<br>
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* '''Musical Director''': [[Ted Nichols]]
 
* '''Technical Supervisor''': [[Frank Paiker]]
[[Charles A. Nichols]]<br>
 
 
* '''Ink and Paint Supervisor''': [[Roberta Greutert]]
'''Production Design'''<br>
 
 
* '''Xerography''': [[Robert "Tiger" West]]
[[Iwao Takamoto]]<br>
 
 
* '''Sound Direction''': [[Richard Olson]]
'''Production Supervisor'''<br>
 
 
* '''Film Editing''': [[Gregory V. Watson, Jr.]], [[Ted Baker]], [[Chip Yaras]]
[[Victor O. Schipek]]
 
 
* '''Camera''': [[Dick Blundell]], [[Bill Kotler]], [[George Epperson]], [[Cliff Shirpser]], [[Charles Flekal]], [[Roy Wade]]
{{Clear}}
 
 
* '''A [[Hanna-Barbera]] Production'''
'''Layout'''<br>
 
 
* '''© 1969 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.'''
[[Bob Singer]]<br>
 
 
* '''a hanna-barbera production'''
[[Alvaro Arce]] [[Paul Gruwell]]<br>[[Mike Arens]] [[Alex Ignatiev]]<br>[[Ric Gonzales]]<br>[[Bill Lignante]]
 
 
* '''A Taft Broadcasting Company'''
{{Clear}}
 
'''Animation'''<br>
 
[[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]]
 
{{Clear}}
 
'''Background Styling'''<br>
 
[[Walt Peregoy]]<br>
 
'''Backgrounds'''<br>
 
[[Ron Dias]] [[Gary Niblett]]<br>[[Daniela Bielecka]]<br>[[Rolly Oliva]]<br>
 
'''Title Design'''<br>
 
[[Bill Perez]]<br>
 
'''Titles'''<br>
 
[[Robert Schaefer]]
 
{{Clear}}
 
'''Musical Director'''<br>
 
[[Ted Nichols]]<br>
 
'''Technical Supervisor'''<br>
 
[[Frank Paiker]]<br>
 
'''Ink and Paint Supervisor'''<br>
 
[[Roberta Greutert]]<br>
 
'''Xerography'''<br>
 
[[Robert "Tiger" West]]
 
{{Clear}}
 
'''Sound Direction'''<br>
 
[[Richard Olson]]<br>
 
'''Film Editing'''<br>
 
[[Gregory V. Watson, Jr.]] [[Ted Baker]]<br>[[Chip Yaras]]<br>
 
'''Camera'''<br>
 
[[Dick Blundell]] [[Bill Kotler]]<br>[[George Epperson]] [[Cliff Shirpser]]<br>[[Charles Flekal]]<br>[[Roy Wade]]
 
{{Clear}}
 
'''A'''<br>'''[[Hanna-Barbera]]'''<br>'''Production'''<br>
 
<small>© 1969<br>Hanna-Barbera<br>Productions, Inc.</small>
 
{{Clear}}
 
'''a'''<br>'''hanna-barbera'''<br>'''production'''<br>
 
'''A Taft Broadcasting Company'''
 
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
{{Clear}}
 
{{Clear}}
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==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.
 
* 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.
 
* [[Mr. Barnstorm]]'s name is a play on words; it means "to tour rural districts putting on shows, esp. theatrical, athletic, or acrobatic shows".
 
* [[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. 
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* This is the first time members of [[Mystery Inc.]] have been hypnotized; namely Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby.
 
* The exciting circus music heard during [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]]'s stunt is from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races Wacky Races]''.
 
* The exciting circus music heard during [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]]'s stunt is from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races Wacky Races]''.
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===Miscellaneous===
 
===Miscellaneous===
 
* Disguises: None.
 
* Disguises: None.
* [[Scooby Snacks]] bribe: None.
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* [[Scooby Snacks]] bribe: None. (They're mentioned, but it isn't followed through.)
* Zoinks count: None.
 
   
 
===Adaptations===
 
===Adaptations===
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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.
 
* [[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.
 
* Velma's mouth doesn't move when cheering for Scooby after he rescues [[Max the Midget|Max]].
 
* Velma's mouth doesn't move when cheering for Scooby after he rescues [[Max the Midget|Max]].
* 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.
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* It takes mere moments for the rest of [[Mystery Inc.|the gang]] to get out [[Mystery Machine|the van]] and out of its 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.
 
* 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 Rogers|Shaggy]] says, "Don't tell me that there are two of them", his head is up instead of right.
 
* When [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] says, "Don't tell me that there are two of them", his head is up instead of right.
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===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
 
===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
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[[File:Balloon_in_shape_of_Scooby's_head.png|thumb|]]
 
* 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 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 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.
 
* 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.
 
* [[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.
 
* [[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 [[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.
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* When [[Mystery Inc.|the gang]] (minus [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]]) were leaving the circus with the [[Mystery Machine]] going from left to right it is obvious 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?)
 
* 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.
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* Right before the Clown is finally captured, Scooby and Shaggy hold up a mirror to prevent themselves from being hypnotized. The Clown should have stopped the hypnotism chant when he saw the mirror; instead he hypnotizes himself.
 
* [[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.
 
* [[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 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.
 
* [[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.
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* Daphne says she hopes Scooby doesn't try the high wire again, even though 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.
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* It is not revealed how the Ghost Clown/[[Harry the Hypnotist]] was brought out of his trance.
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* At the end of the episode, a young boy in the audience is inexplicably holding a balloon shaped similar to [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]]'s head.
   
 
==In other languages==
 
==In other languages==
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Greek'''
 
| '''Greek'''
| Παλαβομάρες σε Σχοινί
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| Ο Κλόουν του Τσίρκου<br />Παλαβομάρες σε Σχοινί
| Crack-braining on a Wire
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| The Clown of the Circus<br />Crack-braining on a Wire
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|-
 
|'''French'''
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|Le Fantôme du Clown
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|The Ghost of the Clown
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|-
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|'''Hungarian'''
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|A bolond bohóc
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|The crazy clown
 
|}
 
|}
   
 
==Home media==
 
==Home media==
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* {{US}} ''[[Classic Scooby-Doo: Foul Play in Funland]]'' VHS released by [[Turner Home Entertainment]] on August 6, 1996.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons]]'' DVD set released by [[Warner Home Video]] on March 16, 2004.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons]]'' DVD set released by [[Warner Home Video]] on March 16, 2004.
 
* {{UK}} ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons'' DVD set released by Warner Home Video on June 20, 2005.
 
* {{UK}} ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons'' DVD set released by Warner Home Video on June 20, 2005.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Volume 3 - Hello Mummy]]'' DVD released by Warner Home Video on September 1, 2009.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Volume 3 - Hello Mummy]]'' DVD released by Warner Home Video on September 1, 2009.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series]]'' (limited edition) DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 10, 2010.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series]]'' (limited edition) DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 10, 2010.
 
* {{UK}} ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series'' DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 21, 2011.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo! (DVD)|Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'' DVD released by Warner Home Video on October 9, 2012.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo! (DVD)|Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'' DVD released by Warner Home Video on October 9, 2012.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo! (Blu-ray)|Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'' Blu-ray Disc released by Warner Home Video on October 9, 2012.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo! (Blu-ray)|Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'' Blu-ray Disc released by Warner Home Video on October 9, 2012.
* {{UK}} ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series'' DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 21, 2011.
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* {{UK}} ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series'' DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 13, 2012.
* {{US}} ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series'' DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 13, 2012.
 
 
* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Circus Monsters]]'' DVD released by Warner Home Video on March 12, 2013.
 
* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Circus Monsters]]'' DVD released by Warner Home Video on March 12, 2013.
   
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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.
 
'''[[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.
 
}}
 
}}
 
==Gallery==
 
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
* [http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/bitbt.html Scooby-Doo Case File] at Toonzone.net
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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)
 
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* [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/tv-season/scooby-doo-where-are-you-season/id262465465 Buy] from iTunes (UK)
 
* [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/tv-season/scooby-doo-where-are-you-season/id262465465 Buy] from iTunes (UK)
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* [http://www.vudu.com/movies/#!content/266373/Scooby-Doo-Where-Are-You-Bedlam-In-The-Big-Top Buy] from Vudu
   
 
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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 (while closing their eyes) 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:

Villains:

Other characters:

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

Locations

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; namely Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby.
  • The exciting circus music heard during Scooby's stunt is from Wacky Races.

Miscellaneous

  • Disguises: None.
  • Scooby Snacks bribe: None. (They're mentioned, but it isn't followed through.)

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 rest of the gang to get out the van and out of its 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

Balloon in shape of Scooby's head
  • 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) were leaving the circus with the Mystery Machine going from left to right it is obvious 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 themselves from being hypnotized. The Clown should have stopped the hypnotism chant when he saw the mirror; instead he hypnotizes himself.
  • 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, even though she wasn't there with Velma and Shaggy when it happened.
  • It is not revealed how the Ghost Clown/Harry the Hypnotist was brought out of his trance.
  • At the end of the episode, a young boy in the audience is inexplicably holding a balloon shaped similar to Scooby's head.

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Greek Ο Κλόουν του Τσίρκου
Παλαβομάρες σε Σχοινί
The Clown of the Circus
Crack-braining on a Wire
French Le Fantôme du Clown The Ghost of the Clown
Hungarian A bolond bohóc The crazy clown

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.

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