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|series=Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
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| series= Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
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|episode=209
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|airdate=August 9, 2012
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| airdate= August 9, 2012
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|writtenby=[[Mark Banker]]
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|directedby=[[Curt Geda]]
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'''''Grim Judgement''''' is the ninth episode of the [[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated season 2|second season]] of ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'', and the thirty-fifth overall in the series.
  
'''''Grim Judgement''''' is the ninth episode of the [[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated season 2|second season]] of ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'', and the thirty-fifth overall in the series.
   
 
==Premise==
  
==Premise==
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A judge named [[Hebediah Grim]] targets and attacks specific girls. Mystery Inc. teams up with Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves (Fred's parents) from the orginal Mystery Inc. to solve the mystery and capture the judge.
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A judge named [[Hebediah Grim]] targets and attacks specific girls. [[Mystery Incorporated (Crystal Cove successors)|Mystery Inc.]] teams up with [[Brad Chiles|Fred's]] [[Judy Reeves|parents]] from the [[Mystery Incorporated (Crystal Cove predecessors)|original Mystery Inc.]] to solve the mystery and capture the judge.
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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[[Brenda]] and [[Dylan]] are having a romantic moment in a car. Just before they kiss a man in Puritan clothes shows up with a giant hammer and starts ranting about judging people before trying to smash them with a hammer. Gary distracts the Puritan with his soccer ball long enough to rescue Brenda after Dylan bails.
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[[Brenda]] and [[Dylan Ryan|Dylan]] are having a romantic moment in a car. Just before they kiss a man in Puritan clothes shows up with a giant hammer and starts ranting about judging people before trying to smash them with a hammer. Gary distracts the Puritan with his soccer ball long enough to rescue Brenda after Dylan bails.
   
 
The gang is shocked to find out that Brenda dumped Dylan for Gary. Later as Fred is trying to decide what to do about the Pilgrim, Scooby and Shaggy get fed by Brad and Judy, but Fred accidentally insults them. Fred and the gang return to the lookout point and finding Sheriff Stone trying to romance the Mayor, but the Judge attacks them again. He tries to smash everyone except Velma with his hammer; he interested in Velma because she is "a model of purity".
  
The gang is shocked to find out that Brenda dumped Dylan for Gary. Later as Fred is trying to decide what to do about the Pilgrim, Scooby and Shaggy get fed by Brad and Judy, but Fred accidentally insults them. Fred and the gang return to the lookout point and finding Sheriff Stone trying to romance the Mayor, but the Judge attacks them again. He tries to smash everyone except Velma with his hammer; he interested in Velma because she is "a model of purity".
   
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The gang grabs Mayor Nettles and runs from the Judge (Hebediah Grim). They then notice that Gary is in the back of the van after rescuing a girl named Cheryl from Grim. Daphne becomes suspicious that he was in the right place at the right time, and then the guys do a stakeout of one of Gary's friends. A stakeout that becomes very long when Ethan starts practicing his drum act by beating on oil drums with baseball bats. they eventually confront him, but get ambushed by Grim. Ethan fights of Grim, then gives the gang a clue Doogle McGuiness is Grim.
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The gang grabs Mayor Nettles and runs from the Judge (Hebediah Grim). They then notice that Gary is in the back of the van after rescuing a girl named [[Cheryl]] from Grim. Daphne becomes suspicious that he was in the right place at the right time, and then the guys do a stakeout of one of Gary's friends. A stakeout that becomes very long when Ethan starts practicing his drum act by beating on oil drums with baseball bats. they eventually confront him, but get ambushed by Grim. Ethan fights of Grim, then gives the gang a clue Doogle McGuiness is Grim.
   
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The gang then goes to McGuiness's house. They then confront Doogle, but while he attempts to give them a clue, he gets knocked out by Grim before he can tell them. The gang then retreat to consider the implications. Then Judy and Brad show up to help them trap Grim. Then Grim attacks and the trap gets sprung... twice. It turns out there are two Grim costumes and both Gary and Ethan were Grim at one point or another and tried to frame Doogle. Fred has a happy moment with his parents while Cassidy watches from the bushes.
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The gang then goes to McGuiness's house. They then confront Doogle, but while he attempts to give them a clue, he gets knocked out by Grim before he can tell them. The gang then retreat to consider the implications. Then Judy and Brad show up to help them trap Grim. Then Grim attacks and the trap gets sprung... twice. It turns out there are two Grim costumes and both Gary and Ethan were Grim at one point or another and tried to frame Doogle, using the get up one would scare girls while the other would 'rescue them' so to impress them. Fred has a happy moment with his parents while Cassidy watches from the bushes.
   
 
==Cast and characters==
  
==Cast and characters==
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| [[Tim Matheson]]
  
| [[Tim Matheson]]
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| [[Brad Chiles]]
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| [[Brad Chiles]]<br />[[Cheryl's date]] <sup>(uncredited)</sup>
 
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| [[Kate Higgins]]
  
| [[Kate Higgins]]
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|-
  
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| [[Jeff Bennett]]
  
| [[Jeff Bennett]]
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| [[Gary]]<br />[[Thraxy]]<br />[[Doogle McGuiness]]
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| [[Gary (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Gary]]<br />[[Thraxy]]<br />[[Doogle McGuiness]]
 
|-
  
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| [[Mitch Watson]]
  
| [[Mitch Watson]]
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| [[Ethan]]<br />[[Dylan]]
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| [[Ethan]]<br />[[Dylan Ryan]]
 
|-
  
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| [[Beth Tapper]]
  
| [[Beth Tapper]]
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| [[Clancy Brown]]
  
| [[Clancy Brown]]
 
| [[Hebediah Grim]]
  
| [[Hebediah Grim]]
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|-
  
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! colspan=2 | Uncredited
  
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|-
  
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| colspan=2 | Cheryl's date
  
 
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! colspan=2 | Non-speaking roles
  
! colspan=2 | Non-speaking roles
 
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| colspan=2 | [[Mr. Sternum and Mrs. Sternum]]
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| colspan=2 | [[Mr. and Mrs. Sternum]]
 
|-
  
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| colspan=2 | [[Cassidy Williams]]
  
| colspan=2 | [[Cassidy Williams]]
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;Credit errors
  
;Credit errors
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* Unlike his other two appearances he is credited as "Dillon".
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* Unlike his other two appearances Dylan is credited as "Dillon".
 
* Not really an error, but Hebediah Grim is simply credited as "Hebediah".
  
* Not really an error, but Hebediah Grim is simply credited as "Hebediah".
   
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! Motive/reason
  
! Motive/reason
 
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| [[Gary]] and [[Ethan]]
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| Gary and Ethan
 
| To impress girls.
  
| To impress girls.
 
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! Motive/reason
  
! Motive/reason
 
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| [[Gary]] and [[Ethan]] as [[Hebediah Grim]]
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| [[Gary (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Gary]] and [[Ethan]] as [[Hebediah Grim]]
 
| One would dress up as Hebediah Grim while the other would pretend to be a hero to impress girls.
  
| One would dress up as Hebediah Grim while the other would pretend to be a hero to impress girls.
 
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** [[Doogle McGuiness's home]]
  
** [[Doogle McGuiness's home]]
   
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==Notes/trivia==
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==Continuity==
 
* [[Janet Nettles|Mayor Nettles]] and [[Sheriff Bronson Stone|Sheriff Stone]] are secretly dating.
  
* [[Janet Nettles|Mayor Nettles]] and [[Sheriff Bronson Stone|Sheriff Stone]] are secretly dating.
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* [[Doogle McGuiness]] was going to play a one-man version of ''Animal Farm'' at the [[Crystal Cove Animal Asylum for the Criminally Insane]] (he calls it the "Crystal Cove Asylum for Criminally Insane Animals").
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==Notes/trivia==
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* This episode was aired in Latin America and Brazil on October 29, 2012.
 
* The title and opening credits of Brad and Judy's television show, ''[[Sternum to Sternum]]'' are spoof on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_To_Hart Hart to Hart]'', a mystery show that aired from 1979 to 1984.
  
* The title and opening credits of Brad and Judy's television show, ''[[Sternum to Sternum]]'' are spoof on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_To_Hart Hart to Hart]'', a mystery show that aired from 1979 to 1984.
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* Dylan's surname is revealed to be "Ryan" in the yearbook.
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* In the yearbook one student's picture is named [[Scott Jeralds]] while another name that appears is [[Victor Cook|Vic Cook]], but due to a close-up shot of the book the picture is cut off because it's too high.
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* One student's picture is named [[Scott Jeralds]] while another name that appears is [[Victor Cook|Vic Cook]], but due to a close-up shot of the book the picture is cut off because it's too high.
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* [[Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Daphne]] has a mug with [[Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Scooby]] (a pose from ''[[Beware The Beast From Below]]'' - when he has his head out of the [[Mystery Machine (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|van]] window) in her locker.
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* The chat room [[Ethan]] uses to "connect" with [[Gary (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Gary]] reads SDMI, possibly a reference to to the series initials. The same webpage can also been seen in ''[[Wrath of the Krampus]]''. It's called [[Plynk]].
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* This is the first time in the series that two villains dress as the same monster.
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* This episode was included in [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''Scooby-Doo! Back to School Marathon'' (August 10-11, 2013).
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===Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches===
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* When Daphne thanks Ethan for protecting her, Ethan's face is ''not'' painted with black stripes under the eyes like before.
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* In the flashback of the culprits, Ethan's drama club application is under the program of ''[[The Scorning]]'', while when the gang finds the program under the application.
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* ''The Scorning'' program clearly reads on the cover "The Scroming".
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===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
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* Altough the title card for the Brad and Judy's show says ''[[Sternum to Sternum]]'' Brad refers to it as ''Sternum and Sternum''.
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* The gang took the green paint off their faces awfully fast.
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** There was a scene change between their decision and when they entered the room without paint on their faces, so there is no real timing problem.
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* How on ''Earth'' did Gary and Ethan know what to pre-record and show to the gang to get them off the trail?
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** To give them a little credit, the first part was scripted between them and when the gang started to ask questions Gary said, "I'm happy to answer all your questions, guys, but first -- look out!" So he didn't have to know the specifics of the question, but the split-second timing is suspect.
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* A flashback shows Gary and Ethan together planting a yearbook on Doogle's front porch, but Ethan was under constant surveillance that day and could not have done it unseen by the gang. If it was done earlier, why didn't Doogle find it and remove it?
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==In other languages==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Language
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! Name
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! Meaning
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| '''Italian'''
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| Il Pellegrino Fustigatore
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| The Scourge Pilgrim
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| '''Spanish (Latin America)'''
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| El Juicio de Grim
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| Grim's Judgement
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|-
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| '''Hungarian'''
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| Az ítélkező
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| The Judge
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|}
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==Home media==
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* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season Two, Part 1 - Danger in the Deep]]'' DVD set released November 13, 2012.
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* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Season 2]]'' DVD set to be released October 7, 2014.
   
 
==Quotes==
  
==Quotes==
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Revision as of 15:12, 11 September 2014

Grim Judgement is the ninth episode of the second season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and the thirty-fifth overall in the series.

Premise

A judge named Hebediah Grim targets and attacks specific girls. Mystery Inc. teams up with Fred's parents from the original Mystery Inc. to solve the mystery and capture the judge.

Synopsis

Brenda and Dylan are having a romantic moment in a car. Just before they kiss a man in Puritan clothes shows up with a giant hammer and starts ranting about judging people before trying to smash them with a hammer. Gary distracts the Puritan with his soccer ball long enough to rescue Brenda after Dylan bails.

The gang is shocked to find out that Brenda dumped Dylan for Gary. Later as Fred is trying to decide what to do about the Pilgrim, Scooby and Shaggy get fed by Brad and Judy, but Fred accidentally insults them. Fred and the gang return to the lookout point and finding Sheriff Stone trying to romance the Mayor, but the Judge attacks them again. He tries to smash everyone except Velma with his hammer; he interested in Velma because she is "a model of purity".

The gang grabs Mayor Nettles and runs from the Judge (Hebediah Grim). They then notice that Gary is in the back of the van after rescuing a girl named Cheryl from Grim. Daphne becomes suspicious that he was in the right place at the right time, and then the guys do a stakeout of one of Gary's friends. A stakeout that becomes very long when Ethan starts practicing his drum act by beating on oil drums with baseball bats. they eventually confront him, but get ambushed by Grim. Ethan fights of Grim, then gives the gang a clue Doogle McGuiness is Grim.

The gang then goes to McGuiness's house. They then confront Doogle, but while he attempts to give them a clue, he gets knocked out by Grim before he can tell them. The gang then retreat to consider the implications. Then Judy and Brad show up to help them trap Grim. Then Grim attacks and the trap gets sprung... twice. It turns out there are two Grim costumes and both Gary and Ethan were Grim at one point or another and tried to frame Doogle, using the get up one would scare girls while the other would 'rescue them' so to impress them. Fred has a happy moment with his parents while Cassidy watches from the bushes.

Cast and characters

Actor Character
Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones, Jr.
Matthew Lillard Shaggy Rogers
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Patrick Warburton Sheriff Bronson Stone
Tia Carrere Judy Reeves
Cheryl
Tim Matheson Brad Chiles
Cheryl's date (uncredited)
Kate Higgins Mayor Janet Nettles
Jeff Bennett Gary
Thraxy
Doogle McGuiness
Mitch Watson Ethan
Dylan Ryan
Beth Tapper Brenda
Clancy Brown Hebediah Grim
Non-speaking roles
Mr. and Mrs. Sternum
Cassidy Williams
Credit errors
  • Unlike his other two appearances Dylan is credited as "Dillon".
  • Not really an error, but Hebediah Grim is simply credited as "Hebediah".

Villains

  • Hebediah Grim/Gary and Ethan

Suspects

Suspect Motive/reason
Gary and Ethan To impress girls.
Doogle McGuiness He played the role of Hebediah Grim in the play, The Scorning.

Culprits

Culprit Motive/reason
Gary and Ethan as Hebediah Grim One would dress up as Hebediah Grim while the other would pretend to be a hero to impress girls.

Locations

Continuity

Notes/trivia

  • This episode was aired in Latin America and Brazil on October 29, 2012.
  • The title and opening credits of Brad and Judy's television show, Sternum to Sternum are spoof on Hart to Hart, a mystery show that aired from 1979 to 1984.
  • Dylan's surname is revealed to be "Ryan" in the yearbook.
  • One student's picture is named Scott Jeralds while another name that appears is Vic Cook, but due to a close-up shot of the book the picture is cut off because it's too high.
  • Daphne has a mug with Scooby (a pose from Beware The Beast From Below - when he has his head out of the van window) in her locker.
  • The chat room Ethan uses to "connect" with Gary reads SDMI, possibly a reference to to the series initials. The same webpage can also been seen in Wrath of the Krampus. It's called Plynk.
  • This is the first time in the series that two villains dress as the same monster.
  • This episode was included in Cartoon Network's Scooby-Doo! Back to School Marathon (August 10-11, 2013).

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

  • When Daphne thanks Ethan for protecting her, Ethan's face is not painted with black stripes under the eyes like before.
  • In the flashback of the culprits, Ethan's drama club application is under the program of The Scorning, while when the gang finds the program under the application.
  • The Scorning program clearly reads on the cover "The Scroming".

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

  • Altough the title card for the Brad and Judy's show says Sternum to Sternum Brad refers to it as Sternum and Sternum.
  • The gang took the green paint off their faces awfully fast.
    • There was a scene change between their decision and when they entered the room without paint on their faces, so there is no real timing problem.
  • How on Earth did Gary and Ethan know what to pre-record and show to the gang to get them off the trail?
    • To give them a little credit, the first part was scripted between them and when the gang started to ask questions Gary said, "I'm happy to answer all your questions, guys, but first -- look out!" So he didn't have to know the specifics of the question, but the split-second timing is suspect.
  • A flashback shows Gary and Ethan together planting a yearbook on Doogle's front porch, but Ethan was under constant surveillance that day and could not have done it unseen by the gang. If it was done earlier, why didn't Doogle find it and remove it?

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Italian Il Pellegrino Fustigatore The Scourge Pilgrim
Spanish (Latin America) El Juicio de Grim Grim's Judgement
Hungarian Az ítélkező The Judge

Home media

Quotes


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