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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

The Flashback :Scooby Doo and The Ghoul School

The Flashback 

    Perfect timing fell into our lap, we wanted to do another Hanna and Barbera Superstars 10 special look , it's around Halloween, and this special is turning 30 on October 16th , 2018. (Which if I timed it right, was posted on that date.)    So it,s time  to take a look at this special TV movie from 1988. Also, I will link to past H&B Superstars 10 specials I have previously done at the end.



    So the movie starts with scary weather and Hanna and Barbera telling me they present Scooby Doo and the Ghouls School.  This movie is one of those Scooby media with just Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy.( oh great you left.)  Shaggy has gotten a new job.  I wonder what it will be? (Plumber, duh.) Shaggy has gotten a job at a place called "Ms.Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls".  (He's a teacher?)  Scooby crashes into the school and welcomed in by Thing ,who apparently left the Addams Family. (that's my guess)   The school has a moat because the best schools have moats with sharks in them. (Gotta keep boys out of the school some how)   Shaggy and the others meet Ms. Grimwood, herself.  Now, this isn't a normal finishing school it's a school with a vampire girl named  Sibella , the daughter of Dracula. (I didn't know he umm procreated)  Winnie the Werewolf (not the Pooh) , the daughter of The Wolf Man (guess there's only one),  Elsa Frankenteen, the daughter of ( random person walks in the room: you better say it right, or I'll umm bother you) Frankenstien's monster. (hey get out of here! also Frankenteen ,really?)  Running into these monsters plus being Shaggy means uhhhhhhhhhhh well you know.  Let's meet rest of the cast there's  phantom girl named  Phanty, (really you named your daughter Phanty, no wonder she's dead.)  Not sure who's kid she would be. There's also a mummy girl named Tanis , the Mummy's daughter.  (How'd that happen?)  She's the youngest ghoul girl.

oh no! They Killed Shaggy/ Copyright H&B 

 
         So, what is Shaggy's reasoning to be working at this school? (he needs money?) Apparently, they are going to be teachers. (well Shaggy does all trades ,I see) On his first day, Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy (don't leave) all teach ballet for the girls. (see guy of all trades)  They are doing this play a competing school ,a military school called Calloway Military Academy, when they play a volleyball match.   In speaking of that school, some of their students are spying on the girls' school. They are more normal human boys. ( shame on them spying on a school)

A uniformed army/ Copyright H&B 


       I guess I'll give their names too,  their school is run by Colonel Calloway,  the  leader of the cadets is a boy named Tug Roper. (really,that's the name?)  Miguel , Jamal Williams, Grunt and Baxter.  Now back to whatever this is.  They try to get their volleyball back , but the dragon doesn't want them to have it. (yes, the Grimwood School has a dragon)  His name is Matches.   Meanwhile, poor Shaggy wants food.  Sibella gets them a pizza, though the toppings might not be their picking, though they didn't seem to mind.  Oh we have another character who's this.( thanks for calling) Revollta  is a witch with 4 arms who has some sort of evil plan, but that'll have to wait.
Uhhhh evil/ Copyright H&B 


     Calloway invites the Grimwood school students for a volleyball match. ( I don't think he knows that they are real monsters)   The school also has an octopus butler  because of course.Shaggy excepts the challenge and it's volleyball time at 14:00 (2pm).  But first, some more exercise.  (Very 80's of this movie)   Back to the witch , she's still spying the girls with her assistant called the Grim Creeper (get it?) . It's time for the volleyball game.  As the match goes on, one of the boys put something in the ball to make it remote controlled.  Thanks to Scooby eating a hot dog and  ketchup causing Jamal to get it in his eyes the remote flies into Scooby's body as he accidentally swallows it.   Grimwood wins the game. (yay!)
Just need a shot of Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy(don't leave) / Copyright H&B 



   Now, I wasn't doing a lose tangent on this having something to do with Halloween. The next part is there's a Halloween Open House at the school.  The girls' parents are coming like Dracula. (nice to see ole Drac coming)   This makes Shaggy  and Scooby nervous that they are going to be stuck in a house full of monsters( uhh guys).   Still don't know what the witch's plan is, but let's get back the open house.  Shaggy and Scooby meets the parents. (Coming soon to CBS)  The parents are happy that they are teachers. (Happy ending for all)    The girls present their parents with some gifts. Before the parents leave  and they tell Shaggy and Scooby they better do a good job or else. (eek)
Frankenstein's monster you don't wanna see him angry/ Copyright H&B 



    Back to Revollta. She mind controls Shaggy and tells him to take the girls to a field trip , so she can take them for her evil plan. Funny timing, the boys going to the same place Shaggy was told to take the girls.  The Grim Creeper is there to capture the girls and he's not very good at it.  Revollta's spider-bat things do the trick though and give her a mind control thing too.   The boys get stuck in the quick sand thankfully, Tanis and  Elsa help them out.  Winnie gets the mind control device on to Phanty.  They try get the device on Sibella but the proves hard.   They do manage to get Tanis and Elsa though. (Sadly, Sibella too)  Then, Revollta takes them into her control. Shaggy and the gang go rescue the girls.  Shaggy finds a mirror that he thinks is fun house mirror, but the figure that looks like him but more werewolf-y (that's a word) takes him and traps him in the mirror.  Fake Shaggy chases Scooby.  Matches saves the day by scaring  fake Shaggy  away back into the mirror with Shaggy getting kicked out.

       Shaggy tries to help the girls but he figures out they are all under the spell.  The boys decide to go and help after feeling guilty for not helping earlier.  It's now midnight and Revollta is doing her plan to  turn the girls to her mindless  army. Shaggy and Scooby come in at the nick of time and help the girls out.  The boys send down some  water balloons to help. Revollta turns Scooby into a toad to make sure the girls do her bidding.   Thanks to the flying bat spider chasing Scooby Revollta's potion gets changed.    The wand gets thrown in the potion and this will cause an explosion. The boys save the girls and Revollta is defeated.
She's like the wind / Copyright H&B 



      How do you end this ?  1980's wrap.  Also there are new students coming to the school. Shaggy and the rest run away as fast as can be.  That's the movie.
   

Also the other H&B Superstars 10 lookbacks

Scooby Doo  Meets the Boo Brothers 

The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones 

Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf 



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