Scooby-Doo and the gang have encountered many supposed supernatural threats over the years — though most of them were revealed to be hoaxes perpetrated by criminals — but fake or otherwise, they tended towards being ghosts or monsters with science fiction elements and threats being quite rare. Even back in the day, with the likes of the…
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Swamp Thing: The Animated Series (1990) – Review
Toy companies are always eager to launch new toy lines based on popular movies or kid’s cartoons but then we also have cartoons like He-Man and the Masters of the Universe which was basically a thirty-minute commercial for Mattel, and sometimes this worked and sometimes it didn’t. In the early 90s, Kenner teamed up with…
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost (1999) – Review
Following up the successful direct-to-video release of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Warner Bros. Animation once again decided to blend actual ghosts and magical powers with the mystery-solving world of Scooby-Doo, but with Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost fans were also introduced to the Hex Girls, the popular eco-goth rock band who later become semi-regular guest…
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) – Review
Back in the late 90s, Warner Brothers Animation did something no Scooby-Doo series had ever done before, and I don’t mean the purported marketing campaign that stated “This time, the monsters are real!” because Scooby and the gang had tackled real ghosts and monsters dating as far back as the 1970s. It began when the…
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-1973) – Review
In 1969, Hanna-Barbera launched one of the most seminal cartoon series ever produced. This show was, of course, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and not only did it give the world one of the most beloved animated characters of all time, it also gave kids cool mysteries in spooky settings, making everyone’s Saturday morning just that…