We've dipped our toes into the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 ,series of movies before with our look at Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf and The Jetsons Meet the Flinstones , so I thought with the whole Superstars 10 series turning 30 this year, it might be time to dip to a 3rd one (which would put us at 30% of the series). The movie series started with television movies in September 1987 with the first four. The Jetsons Meet the Flinstones was 2nd , the one we are looking at is the 3rd one.
Personal note: This was one of my favorites to watch on Cartoon Network when they aired it as part of movie nights.
Much like Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf and Scooby Doo Ghoul School , this movie also only features Shaggy, Scooby , and Scrappy ( 80% of you leave now huh?) Also at the time they in between Scooby Series "13 Ghosts" ended and "A Pup Named Scooby Doo" didn't start yet.
Let's take a look. (That is the 20% that stayed after we said Scrappy)
The Intro Theme music is something to be hold.
The movie starts with Shaggy driving his car and they are in the south because Shaggy got a new house. But not just any house a whole southern plantation that he inherited from his uncle Colonel Beauregard. They get lost on the way there and gets stopped by a sheriff , Sheriff Rufus Buzby and Shaggy asks him how to get there and also tells him that place is haunted. (Wouldn;t be a Scooby Doo related thing with out a haunting.) Shaggy decides to move on and hopes there's no ghosts. On the way there they see a headless horse man (hey wait a minute , he's supposed to be in New England , not the south get back up there!) Then they see an old ghost Civil War general who also tells them to turn around ,but they do find the house. (So you just take a left at the headless horse man take a right at the ghost wolf then when you see the Civil War general turn one more time and there you go.)
Hey where is the reenactment , did I miss it?/ Copyright Time Warner
This inspired the Men in Black , maybe / Copyright Time Warner
In the house they meet the colonel's man servant Farquard who says he's the rightful owner of the house and family jewels but instead the uncle gave it to his nephew. (How dare he!) Also there's an escaped circus ape , he important to the plot maybe. Farquard says the ape is a ghost too. (There are lot of ghosts in this movie.) Shaggy decides he wants to leave because it's too much for him , but Scrappy finds a ring that fell out of Farquard's pocket the ring was Shaggy's Uncle's. Sadly, Shaggy's truck sank so they are going to stay for a little while. It's been 16 minutes so far and we are wondering , where are the Boo Brothers?, Who are they? , and are they going to meet them?
G---ghost stooges, also 13 Ghosts established ghosts are real in the Scooby Doo universe/ Copyright Time Warner.
Scrappy finds a phone book and it has a page for a ghost busting (coughs) service that can help with your ghost problem. They are called the Boo Brothers. ( Apparently.Boo Brothers are dead three stooges impersonators. ) The Boo Brothers are ghosts as well ,and they bust ghosts. (This would be like having termites take care of your termite problem.) A good portion of this movie is random stuff going on and there's even a neighbor who really likes Shaggy and her brother who seems to carry his musket around alot. Apparently they've been feuding with Beauregards. (random)
It's a shot gun wedding/ Copyright Time Warner
Uncle Beauregard must have been an eccentric one because he deciced to leave clues of where is jewels are instead of using a safe or something. Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy decide to follow the clues. The first clue has something to do with the house's knee (spoiler : it's the chimney , get it?) Also there's now a ghost skeleton (how does that work?) The next clue is a broken key (spoiler :Piano with a broken key that can open secret doors) I will say movie has a lot of random chase scenes and wackiness , but that's what I expect from my Scooby Doo.
This Animated version of Hill Street Blues is strange/copyright Time Warner
The Boo Brothers continue their mission of whatever they were doing and the gang find their next clue (spoiler : The Grandfather Clock) Another ghost tells them to leave this place. (Because why not?) We get a fight between the Boo Brothers and the ghost Colonel who seems to have the same voice as the ghost skeleton. Meanwhile the gang look for more clues and jewels. (name of our new shop) The Boo Brothers decided to have a ghost party which seems to be the opposite of what they were there to do. Shaggy gets annoyed and ends the party. He tries to kick out the Boo brothers but their sad story was too convincing so he gives them a second chance. (Shaggy is an ole softy)
Meanwhile Our fourth star in this movie/ Copyright Time Warner
The gang go looking for the next clue and they end up in a bear cave (like with an actual bear, the uncle was a strange brave man ) Shaggy's truck tries to beat the trend and became driver less or someone remote controlled. Apparently the skeleton ghost was good at re wiring things. (of course!) The ape that's been appearing in the whole movie has the last clue and some more jewels and luckily he likes riding automated horses. When getting the last clue the skeleton ghost takes the paper and tries to drown Shaggy and the gang but they get saved by the boo brothers. They stop the skeleton ghost and find out he's not a ghost but the sheriff , well not the sheriff but his twin brother named J.T the real Rufus has a big mustache. (that was random to say) He also impersonated all the ghosts (Well not the Boo Brothers) (Which brings into question their universe.)
Driver-less cars are here and they are evil! /Copyright Time Warner
So , the movie wraps up , all the jewels are going to help orphans. (They are so nice) The Boo brothers get the house along with Farquard and they ride off being scared by one more ghost.
It's a fun movie, yes it has lot of filler to the plot but honestly it's Scooby Doo they seem to need some goofiness to be added to the movie. I personally found it enjoyable then and still do now so there's something.
That's our lookback tune in next time after we check out the house I inherited a boat house in Washington State , I hear it's haunted.
