Changes: Headless Specter

Revision as of 18:02, 3 May 2016

This article is about the monster from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode, Haunted House Hang-Up. For the monster from the video game, Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights, see Headless Specter (Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights).

This needs a stretch. (Feel free to remove when satisfied of completion.)
Needed:
* Physical appearance; clothing.
* History is missing details.

The Headless Specter was the disguise of Penrod Stillwall.

Physical appearance

He wore the same exact clothes as the portrait of Jefferson Stillwall that hung in the parlor, but he had no head.

Personality

He had an eerie laugh as he chased people around.

History

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Season two

Penrod Stillwall shows his head — Penrod Stillwall reveals himself.

The portrait itself was somehow rigged to periodically show the headless form as part of the spooky special effects Penrod set up (which included a floating candle) to scare potential thieves away, while he searched his broken-down home, looking for the hiding place of his great-great-great grandfather's secret treasure.^[1]

Appearances

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- 205. Haunted House Hang-Up ^{(no lines)}

Notes/trivia

How could Penrod see if his head was inside his shirt?
It's easy to imagine that Penrod told the story of the Headless Specter to be more menacing, but he apparently didn't tell anyone how Jefferson came to lose his head.
With no head, the Headless Specter shouldn't be able to make a sound, although as a ghost (or at least as a pretend one) he could have the power to make sound.
Whether he's standing or kneeling (most likely the former), the way the Headless Specter is positioned at the bottom of the chimney, there would've have to be a removable panel in the floor.
Even if Penrod was just trying to scare people away, it didn't stop him from jumping on top of Scooby, Shaggy, and Velma, who he thought were hiding under a bed, unless he knew there was just pillows underneath the sheet. He also tried to knock Shaggy off his balloon.
Clearly minutes have passed between the time it took the gang to catch Penrod and Asa, yet the former managed to change into a sweater by the time of the latter's capture. Either this is an animation mistake or he was wearing one underneath his costume.
When Penrod receives the bag of treasure, he's wearing the gloves of the Headless Specter.

References

↑ Haunted House Hang-Up

[1] Haunted House Hang-Up

[1]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+:''This article is about the monster from the ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' episode, ''[[Haunted House Hang-Up]]''. For the monster from the video game, ''[[Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights]]'', see [[Headless Specter (Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights)]].''
-{{Expansion}}
+{{Expansion|<br />* Physical appearance; clothing.<br />* History is missing details.}}
 {{Monster Infobox
 | image= Headless_Specter.png
+| species= Human/ghost
 | gender= Male
 | identity= [[Penrod Stillwall]]
 | reason= To scare away thieves from a hidden family fortune
-| firstapp= ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!|SDWAY]]'': ''[[Haunted House Hang-Up]]''
+| firstapp= {{SDWAY}}: {{WAY205}}
 }}
-'''The''' '''Headless Specter''' was the headless ghost of [[Jefferson Stillwall|'''Jefferson Stillwall''']] who was secretly the disguise of his great-great-great grandson '''[[Penrod Stillwall]]'''.
+The '''Headless Specter''' was the disguise of '''[[Penrod Stillwall]]'''.
 ==Physical appearance==
-He wore the same exact clothes as the portrait of [[Jefferson Stillwall|'''Jefferson Stillwall''']] that hung in the parlor, except he had no head just like in the headless portrait.
+He wore the same exact clothes as the portrait of [[Jefferson Stillwall]] that hung in the parlor, but he had no head.
 ==Personality==
-He had a really scary laugh as he also chases people around until they leave his creepy old house.
+He had an eerie laugh as he chased people around.
 ==History==
-===Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!===
+===''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!''===
 ====Season two====
 [[File:Penrod_Stillwall_shows_his_head.png|thumb|[[Penrod Stillwall]] reveals himself.]]
-The portrait itself was somehow rigged to periodically show the headless form as part of the spooky special effects Penrod set up (which included a floating candle) to scare potential thieves away, while he searched''' [[Stillwall mansion|his broken-down home]]''', looking for the hiding place of the secret treasure of '''[[Jefferson Stillwall]]''' which turned out to be money in an old bag.
+The portrait itself was somehow rigged to periodically show the headless form as part of the spooky special effects Penrod set up (which included a floating [[candle]]) to scare potential thieves away, while he searched [[Stillwall mansion|his broken-down home]], looking for the hiding place of [[Jefferson Stillwall|his great-great-great grandfather]]'s secret treasure.<ref>{{WAY205}}</ref>
 ==Appearances==
-* [[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!|'''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!''']]
+* ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]''
-** 205. [[Haunted House Hang-Up|'''Haunted House Hang-Up''']] <sup>(no lines)</sup>
+** 205. ''[[Haunted House Hang-Up]]'' <sup>(no lines)</sup>
-==Other versions==
-===Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights===
-'''The Headless Specter''' was a very common villain at''' [[Mystic Manor]]'''.
 ==Notes/trivia==
+* How could [[Penrod Stillwall|Penrod]] see if his head was inside his shirt?
-* The legend has it that the Headless Specter is actually the ghost of '''[[Jefferson Stillwall]]'''.
-* How could [[Penrod Stillwall|'''Penrod Stillwall''']]''' '''even''' '''see if his head was inside his shirt?
 * It's easy to imagine that Penrod told the story of the Headless Specter to be more menacing, but he apparently didn't tell anyone how [[Jefferson Stillwall|Jefferson]] came to lose his head.
 * With no head, the Headless Specter shouldn't be able to make a sound, although as a ghost (or at least as a pretend one) he could have the power to make sound.
 * Whether he's standing or kneeling (most likely the former), the way the Headless Specter is positioned at the bottom of the chimney, there would've have to be a removable panel in the floor.
-* Even if Penrod was just trying to scare people away, it didn't stop him from jumping on top of [[Scooby-Doo|'''Scooby''']]''', [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]],''' and [[Velma Dinkley|'''Velma''']]''', '''who he thought were hiding under a bed, unless he knew there was just pillows underneath the sheet. He also tried to knock Shaggy off his balloon.
+* Even if Penrod was just trying to scare people away, it didn't stop him from jumping on top of [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]], [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]], and [[Velma Dinkley|Velma]], who he thought were hiding under a bed, unless he knew there was just pillows underneath the sheet. He also tried to knock Shaggy off his balloon.
-* Clearly minutes have past between the time it took [[Mystery Inc.|'''Mystery Inc''']] to catch '''[[Penrod Stillwall]]''' and '''[[Asa Shanks|Asa Shanks]],''' yet the former managed to change into a sweater by the time of the latter's capture. Either this is an animation mistake or he was wearing one underneath his costume.
+* Clearly minutes have passed between the time it took [[Mystery Inc.|the gang]] to catch Penrod and [[Asa Shanks|Asa]], yet the former managed to change into a sweater by the time of the latter's capture. Either this is an animation mistake or he was wearing one underneath his costume.
-* When Penrod receives the bag of treasure, he's wearing the gloves of the '''[[Headless Specter|Headless Specter.]]'''
+* When Penrod receives the bag of treasure, he's wearing the gloves of the Headless Specter.
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:{{PAGENAME}}}}