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Recap / The Scooby Doo Show S 1 E 9 Mamba Wamba And The Voodoo Hoodoo

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The gang is attending a concert by their friend Alex Super and his band, only to end up investigating when band member Lila is kidnapped by witch doctor Mamba Wamba, who plans to turn her into a zombie.


This episode includes examples of the following:

  • Hollywood Voodoo: This episode, in spades. Just for starters, Baron Samedi, the lord of the dead in real-life voodoo, prevents people from becoming zombies.
  • Poorly Disguised Pilot: The episode goes through a lot of trouble to introduce us to The Alex Super Experience and even features a new animal companion in a frog, this was either an aimed pilot or a recycling of an unsold meddling kids show.
  • Recycled Animation: The zombie has the same character model as the famous one from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'s "Which Witch is Which?", except with different-colored eyes and clothes.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Band manager Roger runs out of the plantation house when he sees a voodoo doll of himself, supposedly signifying he will be turned into a zombie. The gang tries to follow him but finds his hat floating in a pond outside. He's one of the culprits and faked his flight and abduction, though.
  • Stranger Behind the Mask: Mamba Wamba's extra Zombie is an unnamed henchman.

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