History WesternAnimation / TheFunkyPhantom

The show--Hanna-Barbera's first series with animation work farmed out overseas (in this case, to Air Programs in UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, UsefulNotes/{{Australia}})--aired for one season (1971–72) on [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]]. The voice of Mudsy, provided by Creator/DawsButler, was identical to his voice work for the character WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}. Butler went so far as to include Snagglepuss' {{catch phrase}}s, such as [[VerbalTic appending sentences with the word "even"]].

The show--Hanna-Barbera's first series with animation work farmed out overseas (in this case, to Air Programs in UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, UsefulNotes/{{Australia}})--aired for one season (1971–72) on Creator/{{ABC}}. The voice of Mudsy, provided by Creator/DawsButler, was identical to his voice work for the character WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}. Butler went so far as to include Snagglepuss' {{catch phrase}}s, such as [[VerbalTic appending sentences with the word "even"]].

* OffModel: This was Hanna-Barbera's first series to be animated in Australia, and thus the animation quality is a noticeable step down compared to prior and concurrent shows of the time, with a bunch of sloppy moments and off-looking designs. The editing is also pretty sloppy as well.

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: April's skirt is too short for comfort.

A Creator/HannaBarbera series [[FollowTheLeader similar to]] their earlier success ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', ''The Funky Phantom'' features three teenagers — Skip, April and Augie — and their dog, Elmo. While trying to get out of a storm, they entered an old house where the longcase clock was wrong. Upon setting the clock to midnight, they released two ghosts: Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore, a ghost from UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, and his cat, Boo. The two of them allegedly hid inside the clock from the British during the Revolutionary War, but then couldn't get out and eventually died inside. Ever since being freed by their new friends, Mudsy and Boo have accompanied them on many mysteries, always giving an invisible helping hand.

The show--Hanna-Barbera's first series with animation farmed out overseas (Air Programs in UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}, UsefulNotes/{{Australia}})--aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1971. The voice of Mudsy, provided by Creator/DawsButler, was identical to his voice work for the character WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}. Butler went so far as to include Snagglepuss' {{catch phrase}}s, such as [[VerbalTic appending sentences with the word "even"]].

* SealedGoodInACan: Mudsy and Boo. After dying inside the clock and having their spirits trapped there for some 190-odd years, they're released when the kids try to fix said clock and become their stalwart companions and helpers.

* SealedGoodInACan: Mudsy and Boo die in the clock. When the kids find it try to fix it (bad enough the clock door got stuck but the time wasn't even right) they released Mudsy and Boo who become their friends, which Mudsy uses his powers to help them.