Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - S01E13 - Where There's a Will, There's a Wraith - Toonstalgia

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - Where There's a Will, There's a Wraith

Season 1, Episode 13

Premiered October 28, 2015

Quickly

A reimagining of "A Night of Fright is No Delight".

Thoughts, Details and Recap

My first thought in the opening moments is "This reminds me of Clue."

This episode is a remake of "A Night of Fright is No Delight" where Scooby is a beneficiary in the will of a man Scooby saved. It's a different take on the plot.

The gang goes to a mansion to hear the reading of a will. To inherit from the estate, Scooby must stay at the mansion all night. The gang remains with him. The twin cousins are very "The Shining". Cousin Kenneth is a cat person...yeah, that. 

Fred assigns Shaggy and Scooby to stay in the room. They leave the room after a power outage and meet the green phantom. The phantom is a slight redesign. It's a hard thing to redesign an iconic monster like the Green Phantom. I think the original had a stronger silhouette but I like the boney hands.

The gang uses Velma as a ride. It's a moment that's fun for someone who is very familiar with the original series. This entire series respects the original series and regularly includes great references to it.

There's a big point made of Scooby being too cowardly or too selfish to save anyone else's life. I'm not a fan of this characterization. The earliest incarnation of Scooby had significant courageous moments like jumping onto a rope bridge to save Candy Mint.

The original episode was better. The original episode had the creepy moment of the coffins in the basement. This episode had Cousin Nathan. The conclusion made a little bit more sense in this episode but I'll never sacrifice the creepy for a more sensible mystery.