1 | [[AC:Episode #1: "To All the Ghouls I Loved Before"]] |
2 | * Scooby singing "Hawaii lies over the ocean, Hawaii lies over the sea," is a takeoff of traditional Scottish folk song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean". |
3 | * Daphne refers to pilot Charles Lindbergh, famous for making the first non-stop trip across the Atlantic Ocean, by saying, "Look again, [[http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/index.asp Lindbergh]], that's not sand, it's snow!" |
4 | * Scooby and Ghoulio sing "To all the Ghouls I've Loved Before," which is a parody of "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" by Julio Inglesias and Music/WillieNelson. |
5 | * Replace "B" with "P" and "bad luck" with "pool" in Flim-Flam's "'Trouble with a capital 'T' and that rhymes with 'B' and that stands for 'bad luck'" line and you have a quote from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan''. |
6 | * The mock game-show "Let's Make 'Em Squeal" parodies ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' with Weerd assuming the name "Haunty Maul", spoofing Creator/MontyHall, the host of the aforementioned game show. |
7 | |
8 | [[AC:Episode #2: "Scoobra Kadoobra"]] |
9 | * While Zagraz looks like Myth/{{Merlin}}, his name could be a reference to the wizard from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''. |
10 | * When Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy are singing, they make a reference to "Advertising/WheresTheBeef" popularized by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Peller Clara Peller]] in a 1984 commercial for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%27s Wendy's]] fast food restaurants: |
11 | --> If you're in a hurry\ |
12 | And want a great big feast\ |
13 | Drag on down to Dragon's\ |
14 | And just say "Where's the beast?" |
15 | * While cooking soup, Scooby sings the ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'' theme song. |
16 | * Scooby cries "[[Film/TheFly1958 Relp me! Relp me!]]" when turned into a fly. |
17 | * Daphne is sent to [[Literature/SnowWhite a deathlike sleep]] along with Princess Esmeralda, who too has been [[Literature/SleepingBeauty cursed with the sleep of the century]] and can be awakened only by the kiss of [[PrinceCharming a great Danish prince]]. |
18 | |
19 | [[AC:Episode #3: "Me and My Shadow Demon"]] |
20 | * Scooby and Shaggy do a musical number parodying the 1927 song "Me and My Shadow". |
21 | |
22 | [[AC:Episode #4: "Reflections in a Ghoulish Eye"]] |
23 | * The title is a spoof of the title of a novel, ''Reflections in a Golden Eye''. |
24 | * During the scene where Flim-Flam and Scrappy pretend to be detectives arresting the gang, Scrappy introduces himself as "Elliot Messy," a nod to [[Series/TheUntouchables Elliot Ness]], though the character was a Treasury agent, not a detective. |
25 | ** Before leaving the room, Flim-Flam does a disclaimer: |
26 | --> "[[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} The story you have just seen is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the ignorant]]." |
27 | * When Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby are sucked into the demon mirror, they are shown in a room with several staircases going in multiple directions including upside down, it alludes to Creator/MCEscher's well-known piece of art titled "Relativity". |
28 | |
29 | [[AC:Episode #5: "That's Monstertainment"]] |
30 | * After the gang, plus Vincent Van Ghoul, are sucked into fictional movie ''[[Film/SonOfFrankenstein The Son]] of [[Film/BrideOfFrankenstein the Bride]] of [[Film/TheGhostOfFrankenstein the Ghost]] of [[Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}} Frankenstein]]'', the movie cuts to a logo of Scooby imitating the [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM lion logo]] and the words "[[Creator/HannaBarbera Ranna Rarrera]] Extravaganza". |
31 | ** The fictional movie's title is displayed in the same font style used for the titles in ''Film/KingKong1933'' and ''Film/TheSonOfKong''. |
32 | * Other than Vincent Van Ghoul and Flim-Flam, in "That's Monstertainment" Shaggy, Scooby, Daphne and Scrappy are given recurring roles in the Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}} movie mythos: Scooby Doo as mad scientist Dr. Frankenstein, or in this case, Dr. Frankenscoob; Scrappy is "Egad", which is a parody of "Igor"; the misshapen servant and lab assistant to Dr. Frankenstein; Daphne is [[CompositeCharacter both]] Dr. Frankenstein's fiancée, Elizabeth, with her dialogue's indication and the ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'' with her hair and appearance; and Shaggy's role of Constable Von Shaggobon is a reference to the recurring role of the concerned lawman who goes to investigate what the doctor is up to when the townspeople start to get worried about his unnatural work. |
33 | ** As Dr. Frankenscoob, Scooby shouts, "[[Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}} IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!]]" |
34 | ** The fictional movie is a combination of the black-and-white film starring Creator/BorisKarloff and its sequels/parodies, ''[[Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}} Frankenstein]]'' (1931), ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'' (1935), ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein'' (1939), and ''Film/TheGhostOfFrankenstein'' (1942). |
35 | ** The "monster" is a [[Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan Wolf Man]]-like creature. |
36 | * An approximation of the ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' theme is played when Scooby consumes the Scooby Snacks. |
37 | * Episode title is based on pun "now that's entertainment!" |
38 | * A giant weight labeled "20 TONS" that drops from the ceiling is based on the recurring "16-Ton Weight" from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. |
39 | |
40 | [[AC:Episode #6: "Ship of Ghouls"]] |
41 | * The episode's title is a spoof of the title of a novel and a film adapted from it, ''Film/ShipOfFools''. |
42 | * The Queen Myrtle's cinema theatre reads, "Now playing: The Titanic", presumably also a DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything to the fact that Titanic and Queen Myrtle are both ill-fated cruise-ships. |
43 | |
44 | [[AC:Episode #7: "A Spooky Little Ghoul Like You"]] |
45 | * The episode title is a reference to the song "Spooky Little Girl Like You" by Music/ClassicsIV. |
46 | |
47 | [[AC:Episode #8: "When You Witch upon a Star"]] |
48 | * The episode's title is based on "When You Wish upon a Star" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. |
49 | * The vocals of the Brewster Sisters sound like ''Film/TheThreeStooges''. |
50 | * At one point, Scooby and Shaggy pose as salesmen for the "Encyclopedia Scoobatanica," a parody of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. |
51 | * A voiceover saying "We now return to..." is a spoof to ''Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo''. |
52 | * The opening logo of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' appears on a television screen. |
53 | |
54 | [[AC:Episode #9: "It's a Wonderful Scoob"]] |
55 | * Episode title and plot is based on ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''. |
56 | * At one point, [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates the President of the United States]] himself urges Scooby to rethink his retirement and rejoin the team. Not only is the president designed after UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, but on his desk is a jar of jellybeans. Reagan was famous for loving Jelly Belly brand Jellybeans. |
57 | |
58 | [[AC:Episode #10: "Scooby in Kwackyland"]] |
59 | * "Kwackyland" is based on the whimsical world of living objects, {{Wackyland}}, consisting largely of surreal, Dali-like imagery and free-floating objects that obeyed no laws of standard physics in WesternAnimation/PorkyPig episodes "WesternAnimation/{{Porky in Wacky Land}}" and "Dough for the Do-Do", as well as being a major part in ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', where Gogo Dodo is from there. |
60 | ** "Kwackyland" could also be a parody of [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]]. |
61 | * Platypus Duck's theme tune is a close match to ''[[WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe The Great Grape Ape Show]]'''s opening song. |
62 | |
63 | %%[[AC:Episode #11: "Coast-to-Ghost"]] |
64 | |
65 | [[AC:Episode #12: "The Ghouliest Show on Earth"]] |
66 | * Episode title is based on ''Film/TheGreatestShowOnEarth''. The episode title also alludes to the well-known phrase "The Greatest Show on Earth", which was the slogan of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus that started in 1870. |
67 | * Professor Phantasmo bears more than a few similarities to sinister master [[Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes G. W. Dark]] of the Cooger and Dark Circus. |
68 | |
69 | [[AC:Episode #13: "Horror-Scope Scoob"]] |
70 | * [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Boris Kreepoff]] is a reference to Creator/BorisKarloff. |
71 | ** Kreepoff is the host of ''[[Franchise/RipleysBelieveItOrNot Believe It or Else]]''. |
72 | * A crystal ball shows a girl saying [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Auntie Em! Auntie Em!" to which the ball's owner complains, "It's that girl with the ruby slippers again."]] |
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