History WesternAnimation / ScoobyDooMeetsTheBooBrothers

* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Several southern ones, with the sheriff's being more gentlemanly and the Scroggins siblings having more of a hillbilly vibe. The ghost of Shaggy's uncle uses a stronger drawl and speaks more slowly. Farquard instead uses more of a "creepy" voice with a slight European-ish accent.

* ForcefulKiss: Sadie Mae does this to Shaggy at least twice in the movie. Granted, because it's a kid's film, we never see lip contact. Shaggy's "Like yuck!" response suggests so.

* GetOut: Shaggy's response when he finds out The Boo Brothers invited their family over for a party.

* HeadlessHorseman: One of the many ghosts, only for our heroes to learn he's just a dummy on a robot horse.

* SmoochOfVictory: Averted. Sadie, having landed on the branch of a tall tree, calls to Shaggy. She tells him that if he gets her down, she'll give him a big kiss. Shaggy, having already endured some unwanted kisses from her, turns Sadie down.
* SuperStrength: Sadie May Scroggins ties her brother's rifles into knots several times. Her brother's so mad she "took that [[LampshadeHanging mail order muscle course]]!"

* ThrowTheDogABone: Shaggy lets Farquad keep a diamond he stole from Scrappy, if only because that way he won't think about the riddle they have. Farquad later serves them a nice dinner at the end, presumably appeased.

** Sadie Mae also stops several of her brothers attempts to kill Shaggy.

* CuteBruiser: Sadie Mae Scroggins, who can twist her brother's gun around his neck, or in knots.

** In the same phone call, [[spoiler: the sheriff asks where he can find the boys, and a surprised Shaggy remarks that they're at the manor--where else would they be? Of course, the real sheriff doesn't know where they are--his brother is the one that's been following them around the property.]]

* HunterOfHisOwnKind: The Boo Brothers are ghost exterminators- who are ghosts. When Shaggy brings this up, their retort is;

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[spoiler:When Scooby accidentally uses the Headless Horseman's horse to chase Sheriff Buzby into the pond, Buzby starts telling Scooby to "Push the button!" This gets Shaggy wondering - how did the Sheriff know the horse was mechanical? And for that matter, even if Buzby did know the horse was mechanical, how did he know how to stop it? It's a clue that the Sheriff is not what he seems.]]

* KillerGorilla: Subverted--Scrappy even lampshades that the gorilla might not actually be all that dangerous and could be just scared and lonely (the gorilla himself overhears Scrappy saying and acknowledges that he's right).

* LinkedListClueMethodology: This is how Shaggy's uncle leaves behind the trail to his treasure. Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy have to follow a list of rhyming clues, with each message leading them to the next one (and occasionally a few jewels to encourage them). The last of these clues finally reveals that the treasure is in [[spoiler:the fireplace in the mail hallway of the manor]].

* MySisterIsOffLimits: Billy Bob doesn't want Shaggy anywhere near his overly affectionate sister, giving him another reason to try and shoot him. Played with in that the sister wants Shaggy, but the inverse is untrue. Shaggy keeps insisting he wants nothing to do with Billy Bob's sister, but Billy Bob doesn't listen.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Shaggy gets REALLY fed up with the ghosts at one point and wants them out of the mansion, even going as far as [[VinylShatters breaking the record]] they were dancing to.

* PoliceAreUseless: Sheriff Buzby, who does make some efforts at pursuing the ape or stopping Billy Bob but comes around only to be the victim of slapstick. [[spoiler: Turns out this guy isn't really the sheriff, but his twin brother, TJ, who does arrive in time to help wrap things up.]]

* PowderTrail: Billy Bob blows himself up with the accidental variety.

** Also Shaggy's deceased uncle--many of his riddles are solved with puns. The house's knee, for example? [[spoiler: The chim-'''ney.''']]

* RealAfterAll: The Ghost of Shaggy's uncle. [[spoiler: In the end, after the hoax has been exposed, Shaggy sees the ghost and assumes it's Scooby joking around...until Scooby pops up next to him to prove it's no joke! While the previous instances of this ghost appearing was TJ Buzby in disguise (at least much of the time), this time it's the real deal.]]

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Shaggy is driving a truck modeled after a 1986 Suzuki Samurai, but other elements of the movie (the old-fashioned telephone, the types of guns the sheriff and Billy Bob have, Shaggy's uncle apparently being a civil war veteran etc.) could indicate a setting several decades earlier.

* TriggerHappy: Billy Bob Scroggins' first reaction to finding out that Shaggy is "kinfolk to the Beauregards, who us Scroggins' have been a-feudin' with for over 145 years" is to try to shoot him, and continues to do so throughout the course of the special. Thankfully, his sister won't let him succeed.

* ColdCash: One of the jewels is hidden in the ice tray in the freezer.

If that wasn't enough, there are other perils on the treasure hunt: an escaped circus ape wandering around, hillbilly neighbors the Scroggins; overly affectionate Sadie Mae and her gun-totin' brother Billy Bob, debatably loyal butler Farquard, and Sheriff Rufus Buzby.

''Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers'' is a television special produced in 1987 by Creator/HannaBarbera for the ''[[WesternAnimation/HannaBarberaSuperstars10 Superstars 10]]'' series. Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and Scrappy-Doo head down south to the Beauregard Mansion. The owner of the plantation, Colonel Beauregard, has passed away and left everything to Shaggy. There, they learn that hidden somewhere on the property is a 'king's ransom' worth of treasures. However, like all old houses, the estate is haunted! Scrappy decides to hire some ghost exterminators. What our heroes get are the Boo Brothers: StraightMan Freako, wise-cracking Shrieko, and the aptly named Meeko.

* OffModel: The Skull Ghost suffers from YourSizeMayVary over the course of the film. When he first appears, he appears to be an [[https://i2.wp.com/manapop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/vlcsnap-2020-04-08-23h24m15s382.png actual skeleton]], complete with exposed bones and rattling sounds. As the special progresses, the Ghost's costume becomes decidedly ''less'' realistic, turning into [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/c6af4b42e6c72341f283b69a5f2e05f2/tumblr_inline_pkzmv9to9z1smt1iz_1280.jpg an obvious rubber suit with a skeleton painted on]], [[FatBastard conforming to the shape of the villain]] wearing it.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Being hillbillies, Sadie Mae and her brother are both barefoot.

* KillerGorilla: Subverted--Scrappy even lampshades that the gorillas might not actually all that dangerous and could be just scared and lonely (the gorilla himself overhears Scrappy saying and acknowledges that he's right).

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: We've got our three heroes going to inherit Shaggy's Uncle plantation. Which happens to be haunted by his ghost, and a skull ghost... and a headless horseman... and a wolf... and a headless skull ghost! So they have to call in three real ghosts to bust those ghosts. And if that's not enough, the butler is mad at Shaggy, a hillbilly girl is looking to get with him, her brother is trying to shoot him, there's an escaped circus ape that's big and blue running about, an angry bear as well and an incompetent sheriff out to catch the ape. Catch all that?
** Then in the end let's make it even crazier with [[spoiler: the fact the sheriff is actually not the sheriff but his twin brother, but luckily the real sheriff shows up and in the end looks like Shaggy's Uncle's real ghost is out there too.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Several things menace Scooby, Shaggy, and Scrappy in this one. There's the ghost of Shaggy's uncle, the walking skeleton, a headless horseman, an escaped gorilla (though he's more freaked out than anything), a large bear at one point, and Billy-Bob Scroggins. [[spoiler: It ends up the sheriff's brother [=TJ=] was behind the ghostly uncle, the skeleton, and the horseman. And with the gorilla not meaning to be scary, and Billy-Bob nothing more than a dangerous annoyance, it's really just a single BigBad.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: An escaped circus ape wandering around the grounds scares Shaggy and Scooby, but as Scrappy points out, isn't that bad a guy.

* BadassMustache: [[spoiler: The real sheriff.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: For all of their messing around, the Boo Brothers ''do'' help Scooby's group out of some jams.

* CuckooFingerTwirl: The Sherriff does this while discussing Farquad's sanity.

* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: The entire movie seems to be set over the course of two nights, at most. And the first night and the day all take place within the first five minutes of the movie, with most of that consisting of the opening credits; the rest of the film takes place all in the same night.
* FailedASpotCheck: At one point, Shaggy goes walking through the woods, with Sadie Mae trying to grab Shaggy for a kiss and Billy Bob aiming his gun at Shaggy, both from behind. Despite the two siblings literally wrestling each other away from Shaggy a few times each, Shaggy never notices.

** In the same phone call, [[spoiler: the sheriff asks where he can find the boys, and a surprised Shaggy remarks that they're at the manor--where else would they be? Of course the real sheriff doesn't know where they are--his brother is the one that's been following them around the property.]]

* GetOut: Shaggy's response when he finds out The Boo Brothers invited their family over for a party

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Scooby accidentally uses the Headless Horseman's horse to chase Sheriff Buzby into the pond, Buzby starts telling Scooby to "Push the button!" This gets Shaggy wondering - how did the Sheriff know the horse was mechanical?

* LinkedListClueMethodology: This is how Shaggy's uncle leaves behind the trail to his treasure. Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy have to follow a list of rhyming clues, with each message leading them to the next one (and occasionally a few jewels to encourage them).
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Well let's see, we've got our three heroes going to inherit Shaggy's Uncle plantation. Which happens to be haunted by his ghost, and a skull ghost...and a headless horseman...and a wolf... and a headless skull ghost! So they have to call in three real ghosts to bust those ghosts. And if that's not enough, the butler is mad at Shaggy, a hillbilly girl is looking to get with him, her brother is trying to shoot him, there's an escaped circus ape that's big and blue running about, an angry bear as well and an incompetent sheriff out to catch the ape. Catch all that?

** And then there's Shaggy's uncle appearing at the end, and his voice is heard a while before that... Ghosts obviously do exist in this film, since the Boo Brothers are ones, so what's to stop some of the "ghosts" being real ghosts?

* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Every time Shaggy reads a clue out loud, there's usually a shot of a shadowy figure listening in. After he reads the last clue, the Skull Ghost appears with this to say;

* TheMillstone: While they do have some BigDamnHeroes moments, the Boo Brothers do not help with the mystery and largely serve as comic relief.

* MythologyGag: There's a tiny bit of RecycledPlot here from the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode, ''A Night of Fright Is No Delight'', in which a different "Colonel Beauregard" also bequeathed a haunted mansion and a fortune -- to Scooby in that instance.
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Sadie Mae would love for Shaggy to stop playing "hard to get" so she can be with her beloved.

* OverlyLongGag: Shaggy spends almost a minute and a half walking through the woods, talking about how paranoid he's getting with the ghosts while he knows there's really no one following him. [[ProperlyParanoid The whole time, Sadie May and Billy Bob are following him, tackling each other to try to get an advantage at hugging or shooting him, respectively.]]

* RedHerring: When Farquad turns out to have the jewel the ghost in the attic stole, it's assumed that's he's responsible for the ScoobyDooHoax. [[spoiler: In fact, it's the man calling himself Sheriff Buzby.]]

* CivilWar: Shaggy's uncle apparently served, since he wears a Confederate uniform (that is oddly blue). [[WritersCannotDoMath But even if we assume this movie takes place in the 1970s, Shaggy's uncle is described to have known him in his first riddle, and so would have been at least 150 years old (if he was 20 during the war).]] [[FridgeBrilliance Of course, it's possible that his uncle just collected Confederate relics.]]
** It's also possible [[AmbiguousTimePeriod that the movie isn't set in the year it came out]], and takes place much earlier in the twentieth century.
** Still another possibility is that ComicBookTime is in play and that characters have much longer life-spans than in the real world (supported by how Farquard has been serving the Colonel for sixty years, but his hair hasn't turned gray yet and he can run fast for someone whose around eighty).
* ClosedCircle: Because Shaggy's jeep sinks into the mud, the phone lines don't work, and Billy-Bob is prowling around in the woods with a gun, the main trio just leaving is not an option.

* ClosedCircle: Because Shaggy's jeep sinks into the mud, the phone lines do not work, and Billy-Bob is prowling around in the woods.

* CorruptHick: Sheriff Buzby.

* CrustyCaretaker: Farquad.

* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: The entire movie seems to be set over the course of just two nights and a day, and the first night and the day all take place within the first five minutes of the movie, with most of it consisting of the opening credits.
* FarmersDaughter: Sadie Mae.

* IrrationalHatred: The Scroggins males want to kill Shaggy just for existing and that is ''before'' [[KnightTemplarBigBrother their sister goes ga-ga for Shaggy]]. Bear in mind, Shaggy didn't even knew he was part of a FeudingFamilies situation until he introduced himself to the Scroggins and [[DisproportionateRetribution they went all]] "he's a Beauregard! [[KillOnSight BLAST HIM!]]"
-->'''Billy-Bob:''' (whistles) Hey boys! We've got ourselves a ''Beauregard!''
-->'''Scroggins Family Members:''' BEAUREGARD?! (Immediately starts shooting Shaggy)

** [[spoiler: The Sheriff]] was behind some of the ghosts, but what about the candle that won't blow out? The hand that scratches Scooby's ear? Shaggy's trousers dancing a jig? The picture that threw a sword at Shaggy?
** The Skull Ghost is obviously a guy in a costume in some scenes because you can see the black lining around the bones, but in earlier scenes the ghost has glowing eyes and no black lining, implying that some of the time, it's a real ghost (or alternately that there is just a second costume with the bones and cape that would show through a real skeletons ribs painted on the front of the costume to look more convincing).
** While Shaggy is reading one of the clues, two people are watching him. [[spoiler: The Sheriff]] didn't have an accomplice.

*** Not to mention that sometimes the ghosts interact directly with the Boo Brothers without being very fazed by the experience. If they were all being impersonated by [[spoiler: the Sheriff]] at all times, then it seems a little odd that "they" would regard real ghosts such as the Boo Brothers as such an UnusuallyUninterestingSight (assuming that the imposter(s) would not be [[HoistByHisOwnPetard fleeing in terror at the idea]]). On the other hand, if they themselves were actual ghosts as well, then it would likely be a different story.
*** Of course it could just be that the bad guy thinks someone else is pulling a ScoobyDooHoax of their own.

* MySisterIsOffLimits: Billy Bob doesn't want Shaggy anywhere near his overly affectionate sister, giving him another reason to try and shoot him.

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: The ape.
* NothingCanStopUsNow: Holding Shaggy and the dogs at gunpoint, the Skull Ghost repeats this phrase nearly word-for-word by the time he finds the treasure. [[spoiler: Had he been paying attention, he might've just got it]].

** The phonebook page that lists ghost exterminators includes a picture of a crossed-out ghost that is almost like the symbol of the ''[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Ghostbusters]]''.

* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Every time Shaggy reads a clue out loud, there's usually a shot of a shadowy figure listening in. After reads the last clue, the Skull Ghost appears with this to say;

* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are two of them in regards to [[spoiler: Sheriff Buzby being an imposter]].

* CrustyCaretaker: Farquad

** When Shaggy and Scooby call the sheriff at the end, [[spoiler:Shaggy comments how he sounds different, although this is hidden with it being mentioned that he is apparently getting a cold, something which had been shown in the sheriff' last scene]].

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Though this could be said of many villains in the Scooby-Doo franchise, in this film, its actually zig-zagged. [[spoiler:The main villain is impersonating a cop for the duration of the film, and is carrying a weapon, but doesn't ever just shoot Shaggy and his dogs. Why? Because it would draw unnecessary attention, and later, he uses Shaggy to find Beauregard's treasure. However, when Shaggy and the others do attempt to (uncharacteristically bravely) stop the villain at his moment of triumph, he ''does'' pull a gun on them as he doesn't need them anymore. Luckily, he is stopped by his own carelessness.]]

* MythologyGag: There's a tiny bit of RecycledPlot here from the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode, ''A Night of Fright Is No Delight'', in which a "Colonel Beauregard" also bequeathed a haunted mansion and an inheritance -- to Scooby in that instance.

* {{Expy}}: The Boo Brothers are obvious parodies of both ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' (Freeko is Moe, Shrieko is Curly, and Meeko is Larry) and of the Ghostly Trio from ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' (Fatso, Fuzzo, and Lazo, according to old comic books).[[note]]This film came out several years before the first live-action [[Film/{{Casper}} Casper film]], in which the Trios' names were changed to Fatso, Stretch, and Stinky, so the original names were the ones being parodied.[[/note]]