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The Ghouliest Show on Earth is the twelfth episode of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo.

Premise[]

While visiting Scooby's parents in Dooville, Flim-Flam becomes hypnotized by a circus ringmaster.

Synopsis[]

The gang drops by Dooville to unwind a bit and visit Scooby's parents, Mumsy and Dada Doo. Apparently well known and famous in his home town, the entire city turns out to welcome the ghost-chasing canine and his crew home.

The inhabitants of Dooville see the circus train arrive

However, while waiting for the homecoming hero, the citizens of Dooville are drawn -- by beguiling music -- to a nearby travelling carnival that has inexplicably appeared on the edge of town. The jovial ringmaster and carnival owner, Professor Phantazmo, invites the townsfolk to partake in the carnival festivities, free of charge. The townsfolk are so engrossed by the carnival they forget all about Scooby's homecoming.

Meanwhile, Bogel and Weerd manage to decouple the gang's train carriage and derail it. Amazingly, the gang don't notice as their carriage rolls across the countryside, and miraculously manages to return to the tracks and reconnect with their train as it pulls into Dooville.

The gang arrives to a deserted train station, but are likewise drawn to the carnival. Scrappy dreamily notes that the ever-present calliope music is "out of this world." Phantazmo greets the ghost hunters, and Flim-Flam, enchanted by the glamor, tries to convince Phantazmo to take him on as a partner running the carnival. The crew enters the carnival, where they catch up with The Doos -- who apologize for standing Scooby up, but noting this carnival was so fantastic they couldn't pass it up.

Scooby and Shaggy wander into a closed attraction -- even after Phantazmo forbade them to enter, claiming that it was undergoing repairs. Inside, the calliope music cannot be heard: but as they glance out a window, Scooby and Shaggy can now see the carnival as it truly is...a midway of monsters and demons. The duo gather the gang and the Doos and flee the carnival, although Flim-Flam, unaware of its true nature and is convinced that he wants to join the carnival, returns.

At the Doo house, the remaining gang learns from Vincent that Phantazmo is one of the 13 Ghosts and that he intends to keep the people of Dooville trapped forever. The gang returns to rescue Flim Flam, Daphne gets put under the spell too and after a mishap destroys the calliope playing the beguiling music, the illusion is shattered and the demons appear in their true form.

Flim-Flam, now a member of the carnival, sees who he foolishly fell in league with, and using his enchanted Lion Tamer whip, teleports Phantazmo and his demonic circus into the Chest of Demons.

Freed from the curse, the people of Dooville then hold Scooby's belated welcome home party - and, as a last trick, Flim-Flam swings Phantazmo's magical whip and produces a massive out-of-season snowy winter on Dooville, earning him humorous angry glares from Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy and Daphne, as Van Ghoul watches in his crystal ball.

Characters[]

Main characters

Supporting characters

Villains

Other characters

  • Eggbert (only appearance)
  • Constance (only appearance)
  • Clown (only appearance)

Locations[]

Objects[]

Vehicles[]

  • Train

Cast[]

Don Messick Scooby-Doo
Scrappy-Doo
Dada-Doo
Mumsy-Doo
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Heather North Daphne Blake
Susan Blu Flim-Flam
Vincent Price Vincent Van Ghoul
Howard Morris Bogel
Arte Johnson Weerd
Alan Oppenheimer Professor Phantazmo

Continuity[]

Notes/trivia[]

  • Unlike most episodes, the verse recited by Vincent Van Ghoul is at the end of the episode, rather than the beginning.
  • The batch of Scooby Snacks made by Mumsy resembles bones instead of the regular brown squared shape.
  • This marks the only episode where Flim-Flam captures the villain, without assistance.
  • This is the fifth time Scrappy cries.
  • This is the second time Daphne gets hypnotized, the first being the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode Bedlam in the Big Top.

Cultural References[]

  • The exchange between Eggbert and Constance that starts "Now there's something you don't see everyday..." mimics a recurring scene in Rocky & Bullwinkle, featuring the characters Edgar and Chauntzy. The line was also famously used by Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) in Ghostbusters, referring to the giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
  • The concept of an evil carnival enchanting the inhabitants of a town is drawn from the Ray Bradbury 1962 novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, which was adapted into a 1983 film.

Miscellaneous[]

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

  • None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]

  • Eggbert, a human, is married to a cow.
  • While much closer in age to their appearance (especially Mumsy) in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries episode A Night Louse at the White House, Mr. and Mrs. Doo are still fairly younger than they're depicted in the latter; while ballet dancing though they inexplicably change to the latter appearance.

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Greek Το Πιο Τρομακτικό Τσίρκο στον Κόσμο The Creepiest Circus on Earth

Home media[]

Quotes[]

(The train carriage carrying Scooby and the Gang rolls past, off the rails)
Eggbert: Now there's something you don't see everyday, Constance.
Constance: What's that Eggbert?
Eggbert: Why, it's one of them newfangled mobile homes.


Vincent Van Ghoul: (Chanting)
The evil circus has closed it's door
And Baron Phantazmo is no more,
For that we thank our plucky crew
And our favorite hero...
Scooby-Doo: Scooby Dooby...
Constance: Moo!

External links[]

  • TBA


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