Comparing Spooky CN Halloween Crossovers

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Hey, Johnny, check out this crazy pantry. It's
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like it's the Ghostly Gardener. What the? Welcome
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to Checker Childhood, a classic Cartoon Network
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podcast covering many, many years of Cartoon
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Network's history. Good evening, Toon Heads.
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It's your coolest host with the most B -dubs.
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And this is Checker Childhood, a Classic Cartoon
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Network podcast dedicated to all things animation
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from the 1990s and early 2000s. Today, we're
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celebrating spooky season with our first foray
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into two cartoon cartoons monster mashed into
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two other cartoons. How fun is that? When digging
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through the vault of Classic Cartoon Network.
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I found two episodes that I both remember vividly
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watching around Halloween time back in 1997,
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or at least around that year. Bravo Doobie Doo
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from Johnny Bravo Show and Halloween with Dead
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Ghost Coast to Coast from Cow and Chicken, respectively.
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Like our previous comparison episodes, this will
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take multiple factors into consideration in determining
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which is the better episode we're viewing. Or,
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if you're a fan old enough to remember, revisiting
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once more. Let's size up the scares, shall we?
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Wait a minute. Why'd the lights go out? Well,
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you can't see me anyways, but let me get a flashlight
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to set the mood so I can read my notes in this
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dark, ominous bedroom of mine. So the episode
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info for these two episodes are as follows. The
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air date for Bravo Doobie Doo is July 21st, 1997.
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while the air date for Halloween with Dead Ghost
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Coast to Coast was originally October 31st, 1997,
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but was later pushed to January 20th, 1998 due
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to delays with production. Bravo Doobie Doo was
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written by Michael Ryan, while Halloween with
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Dead Ghost Coast to Coast was written by Richard
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Purcell. Bravo Doobie Doo was directed by John
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McIntyre, of Kitchen Casanova fame, actually.
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And, as you'd expect, Halloween with Dead Ghost
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Coast to Coast from Cow and Chicken was directed
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by David Fies, with the animation being directed
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by Robert Alvarez. So let's compare and contrast
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through some categories that I thought were fitting
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for these episodes. Let's begin with Story, the
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most obvious one. In the beginning of Bravo Doobie
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Doo, Johnny's car breaks down while on his way
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to visit his Aunt Jebedissa, who lives in a spooky
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Victorian house past the haunted woods. Luckily,
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Johnny isn't completely stranded. A particular
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groovy van stops by to offer him a lift. It's
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none other than the Scooby -Doo gang, who just
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happen to be looking for a new mystery to solve.
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Hi there. My car just broke down and I was wondering
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if you guys could give me a lift. I'm on my way
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to visit my Aunt Jebediza and I'd sure hate to
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be late. She lives in this spooky house up on
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Widow's Peak. Johnny hops in the van between
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Velma and Daphne, of course, as the group motors
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to the top of the hill where they'll investigate
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the relative's disappearance. After some bare
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-bones searching, Shaggy opens a broom closet,
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unleashing a creepy gardener glowing in yellow
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and white who chases the gang until they lose
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him for the moment. Some typical Scooby -Doo
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hijinks then ensue. including more creepy closet
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opening, hiding behind curtains, and of course,
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a typical 60s rock and roll hallway montage until
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Johnny inadvertently catches the ghost in his
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tracks. Don't worry, Dad. Help is on the way.
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Good work, gang. We captured the ghost. After
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a rather hilarious unmasking parody, the culprit
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is revealed to be none other than Aunt Jebedissa
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herself. Apparently, she hates Johnny and thought
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she could scare him away from visiting. Oddly
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enough, the Scooby -Doo gang apologizes to the
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aunt and offers to make it up to her by ditching
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Johnny Bravo back in the woods where they first
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found him. Not a moment sooner, Speed Buggy,
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who you may recognize from the Hanna -Barbera
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lexicon, offers him a ride after the mystery
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machine leaves. Hey, pal, hop in. I'll give you
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a lift. And believe it or not, that's the end
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of the episode. Pretty quick. Likewise, Cow and
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Chicken's another quick episode. Cow and Chicken
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begins watching a horror film in the living room
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involving sheep zombies who try to kill their
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farmers. Cow is shaking in her hooves while Chicken
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remains unaffected. Just then, the TV crossfades
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to Dead Ghost Coast to Coast, where the red guy
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in a space ghost getup reveals he has a Halloween
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hotline to call if viewers don't know what to
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be for the holiday. At the exorbitant rate of
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$3 .99 per second, I might add. Hello! Oh, you're
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a human being! Then dress as a chicken! You're
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a chicken! Dress as a human being! One caller
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is given the suggestion to be a chicken. While
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Chicken is suggested to dress as a human being,
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because apparently the red guy can see them through
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the TV somehow? Excited, the siblings rush into
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their parents' room and rummage through their
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dressers to put on some of their parents' clothing.
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They look quite convincing as adults. Maybe a
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little too convincing. With their costumes completed,
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Cow and Chicken head to the streets for the Halloween
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candy haul. The first house's resident shouts
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at Cow and Chicken, appalled that a grown man
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and woman are out trick -or -treating on Halloween
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night, while the second one's house's emo teenager
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denies them candy because they aren't in costume
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like he was forced to wear when he was little.
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Then comes the third house. A man in an ill -fitting
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business suit thinks Cow and Chicken have got
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spunk for daring to break tradition and want
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to set up a business meeting with them the next
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day. The man flings business cards at them as
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his treadmill entrance retracts him back into
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his mansion. Myth that they have failed to gain
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a single piece of candy, Chicken leads the duo
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to the next house, WAXX radio station, where
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Dead Ghost repels them for having the nerve to
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show up. Chicken snaps, shredding his costume
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and prepares to throw a massive brick at Dead
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Ghost's window. So, you're not a grown -up after
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all. You're a juvenile chicken delinquent! Well,
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maybe a little discipline will stop your masquerading
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ways! Dead Ghost realizes he's not an adult after
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all, and instead snatches him to force -feed
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him soap slash soup. Cow quickly changes into
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her super -cow alter -ego, and the two take on
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the pathetic excuse of a superhero with feathers,
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milk, and eggs. Defeated and humiliated, Dead
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Ghost offers to make it up to them. In the next
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scene, Cow and Chicken finally get to have their
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proper trick -or -treat moment they've been waiting
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for all night and celebrate by chowing down on
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candy in the next field over under a crescent
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moon. I'd say between these two stories, it's
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hard to tell which one is better. I really like
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the pacing of the plot for Brow Doobie Doo. It's
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got a lot going for it. But Cow and Chicken is
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very traditional Halloween, and having them dress
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as humans is quite an unexpected surprise, as
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well as the red guy dressing up as dead ghosts.
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So I'm going to give it a tie. I like them both
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for their theming, especially. Moving on to Category
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2, we have villains. For Bravo Doobie Doo, of
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course, we have the ghostly gardener, who is
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played by Aunt Jebedissa. She uses a rake, hoe,
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weed whacker, and wheelbarrow all to chase and
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terrorize Johnny and the Scooby Doo gang all
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around her mansion. She's fairly frightening
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to look at, and I'd say is on par with any ghoul
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from the original or remake Scooby Doo series.
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Definitely an excellent character design. Meanwhile...
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Dead Ghost seems more like a parody than an homage
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to Space Ghost. Red Guy dons the outfit fine
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enough, but some details are missing and instead
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has Dead Ghost written on his white spandex just
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in case the viewer didn't get the memo about
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his outfit. While I thought it was amusing, the
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Red Guy had to tape his horns back to make himself
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look convincing as Space Ghost. The outfit itself
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just barely holds up. He didn't even have the
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red communication emblem or zap anyone with his
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armbands, so lame. I think it's easy to see which
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one wins this category. I'm going to give it
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to the Ghostly Gardener from Bravo Doobie Doo.
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So that brings our total for Johnny Bravo, number
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two, Cow and Chicken won. Well, that's a fine
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kettle of fish. For Category 3, we have the spooky
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theme, where Bravo Doobie Doo revolves around
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a haunted house on a stormy night. Pretty straightforward
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textbook. Haunted Halloween tropes. It's typical
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Scooby Doo fare, but the exception for Johnny
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Bravo's universe, so it makes it a little bit
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more interesting that it deviates from the usual
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daytime of Errand City on the show. Nothing too
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scary here outside of the atmosphere or really
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the main villain lurking in the Victoria Mansion,
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but I'd say these elements are enough to set
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the tone for the episode and reel you in. As
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for the Cow and Chicken episode, Halloween with
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Dead Ghosts Coast to Coast, it doesn't get any
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spookier than Halloween, though I'd love to see
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dozens of kids trick -or -treating in the backgrounds
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while Cow and Chicken are searching for houses
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to collect their candy. I enjoyed it being a
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holiday episode proper. Dead Ghost slash the
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Red Guy unintentionally lends himself to the
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theme too, as he's both portraying a devil and
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a ghost. So I got to give him points for that.
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Plus there's the Farm Zombies film playing at
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his TV station for Cow and Chicken to be scared
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of. So I appreciate the nod to horror movie marathons
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too that many of us like to enjoy during the
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holidays. I'm going to say between these two,
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I'm going to give it to Halloween with Dead Ghost
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Coast to Coast. So that brings the total Johnny
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Bravo 2, Cow and Chicken 2. I just like the Halloween
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theming a little bit more. And Bravo Doobie Doo
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is more like bare bones spookiness. I wonder
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who lives here. Yes. Category number four, we
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have effectiveness of the crossover. I'd say
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after viewing both episodes, the Bravo Doobie
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Doo one is very effective. It just seems spot
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on with how the character designs are, the voice
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acting is. Even the silly plot and the tropes
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that you all know from Scooby -Doo, if you've
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seen it on Cartoon Network as well, they're all
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here. Johnny Bravo just was seamlessly cut and
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paste into a Scooby -Doo episode and didn't even
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skip a beat. So I really love how just effortless
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this episode feels for the crossover. There's
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no friction. There's no weird dialogue that seems
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conflicting. So, yeah. It's really good. Conversely,
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I'd say that Halloween with Dead Ghost Coast
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to Coast is not that effective. I mean, it's
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got good Halloween theming and all, but if we're
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talking about how it represents Space Ghost Coast
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to Coast, it doesn't really do it for me. And
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I was a fan of it when I watched it growing up.
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And Red Guy's costume just doesn't really fit
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accurately to Space Ghost. That kind of bothers
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me a bit. And same with the studio, too. It just
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looks like a oversimplification of his studio
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from the actual show. But I do like there's a
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bug sitting there at his own little kiosk at
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Dead Ghost Coast to Coast Studio, who's representing
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either Zorak or Lokar from the original source
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material. So I got to give it at least a little
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credit for doing something. But either way, I
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wish the use of the other show's iconography
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was just far more prominent than what they gave
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us. And for that reason, I'm going to give the
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point to Bravo Doobie Doo, bringing the total
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for Johnny Bravo 3 and Cow and Chicken 2. Moving
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on, we're going to talk about the music real
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quick. I'd say that the soundtrack that's being
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used in Bravo Doobie Doo is pretty catchy, pretty
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typical of Scooby Doo. It's got a couple of jingles
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from Johnny Bravo's show mixed in. And I'd say
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like the 50s music rockabilly stuff from Johnny
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Bravo blends pretty well with the groovy 60s
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music that you would hear in typical Scooby -Doo
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episodes. I mean, there's plenty of psychedelic
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guitar riffs. There's little curiosity jingles
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and stingers whenever villains come out. It's
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really well seasoned with these musical accents,
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I'd say. So I liked it. As for Halloween of Dead
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Ghost Coast to Coast, again, it doesn't really
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do much to elevate the typical Cow and Chicken
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formula. You hear the standard suburban instrumentals
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and dramatic stingers that you hear in other
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Cow and Chicken episodes, but you don't really
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get much Halloween -specific music. And I wish
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they just did a little bit more in terms of bringing
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the spooky atmosphere in. To make us really feel
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like it's a Halloween episode, rather than just
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looking at the title card and getting the memo.
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It could have benefited from on -theme music,
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especially during the trick -or -treat scenes,
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so at least we can transition from the normal
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suburban music to the holiday theme when they're
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out and about town. So, yeah. Johnny Bravo, of
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course, gets the point again here, bringing the
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total for Johnny Bravo 4 and Cow and Chicken
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2. Next up, we have quotes. And there's quite
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a bit in both of these, but I just picked a few
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highlights that really stood out with me upon
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watching both of these. One of the quotes that
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I found pretty funny is when Velma says, Clearly
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that was for the animators and the older audience
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watching. And then of course you got, Which Velma
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says. And then Johnny responds. My glasses. I
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can't be seen without my glasses. And they do
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like a little switcheroo with their glasses,
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which I think is an effective joke overall. And
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then, of course, Johnny Bravo says. Jinkies.
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Jinkies. Isn't that a breakfast cereal or something?
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Made me think of Wheaties and just all the crazy
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cereals that were abound on 90s TV commercials.
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So that was a fun callback. As for Dead Ghost
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Coast to Coast. We have Chicken saying most of
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these, but the first one he says is. First, I
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will need human underwears. I'm allergic to prey.
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And this is a reference to Chicken rummaging
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through his dad's dresser to look for clothes
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to dress up as his dad for Halloween. And he
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pulls out some briefs and then he pulls out some.
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really garish looking green and pink bloomers,
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which I don't even know why those are in there
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in the first place, but it, the quote definitely
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solidified the imagery in the joke. Well, uh,
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second up we have, Oh boy. If I had a dollar
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every time I wanted to say that in real life,
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it's, it seems fitting too, because, uh, all
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he got was business cards from that Ted Turner
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knockoff in the episode. And, Rightfully so.
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He's a kid. He's trick or treating. He wants
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candy. Give him some candy. And lastly, this
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one I got from Dead Ghost himself. He mentions
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this when he opens the door to Cow and Chicken
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in costume. Well, if it is an ultra normal man,
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an ultra normal woman, the unemployment office
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is around the corner. And then slams the door
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shut. I mean, that was pretty rough for them
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considering he caused the problem that Cow and
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Chicken experienced with. you know, not being
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recognized as trick -or -treaters. So that one
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stung a little bit deeper than the others. In
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terms of who had the better quotes, I'm, oh,
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it's a tough one. I think I'm going to give it
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to Halloween of Dead Ghost Coast to Coast because
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they're slightly more edgy and the Halloween
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stuff is pretty fun. I mean, I'm allergic to
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plaid, particularly hits with me because I'm
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used to wearing plaid shirts a lot. So I just
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yeah, I find them more goofy and off kilter than
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the Johnny Bravo ones, which just seem more standard
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with their formula, which is OK. With that extra
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point for Dead Ghost Coast to Coast, we have
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Johnny Bravo with four and Cow and Chicken with
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three. And as a final bonus category, would you
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say either are rewatchable today? For Bravo,
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do we do? I'd say so. I mean, if you love Scooby
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-Doo or Johnny Bravo in general, it's a fun,
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faithful crossover for both shows. The ending
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is a bit, eh, like kind of shoehorned in. And
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I didn't really like how Aunt Jebedissa rallied
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the Scooby -Doo gang to turn on Johnny. That
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never sat well with me even as a kid. But I'd
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say the rest of the adventure is very much on
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point. It's tight. It's got gags. It's got music.
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It's got everything you want from Scooby -Doo.
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It's got Johnny's silly. sometimes even offensive
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pickup lines, and that's all you can ask for
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for both shows. Just simply putting one and one
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together. As for Cow and Chicken with Dead Ghost
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Coast to Coast, I mean, it's okay, but it's not
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as fun as I originally remember it being when
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I first watched it. Everyone looks a bit off
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in their costumes, particularly, well, I mean,
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Cow Chicken, the red guy, no one else dresses
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up here. So it isn't something I look forward
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to viewing every Halloween or even in general,
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unless I'm just feeling nostalgic for Cow and
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Chicken. But if it's included in a Cartoon Network
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themed marathon, I'd probably sit through it
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at the very least. And I think considering my
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enthusiasm is pretty apparent, I'm going to give
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the point to Johnny Bravo. And that brings the
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grand total for Johnny Bravo 5, Cow and Chicken
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3, meaning... If you're going by points, Bravo
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Doobie Doo is the winner of the spooky crossover
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comparison episodes. Well, Mr. Bravo, I guess
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that leaves us with the kitchen. Come on. Why
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do I have to get stuck with Jughead? And I'd
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say it's overall the better episode, too. It
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came down to the crossover effectiveness and
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the music for me. And while it may not necessarily
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be a Halloween episode per se. The beauty of
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this one is that you can watch it any time of
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the year and still have a lot of fun. The Cow
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and Chicken one, however, is a bit more specific.
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So unless you're a diehard fan of the show or
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just love seeing Space Ghost Coast to Coast references
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and pop culture TV out of the blue, it serves
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a very niche purpose. How about you, Toon Heads?
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How do these two spooky episodes stack up to
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you? Do you have another episode in mind from
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Cartoon Network that could blow the two out of
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the water? Let me know. Here are my memories
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of both Halloween crossovers growing up. I remember
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tuning into both when they first premiered back
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in the late 90s. It was a big deal to me that
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Space Ghost was in an episode since I love staying
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up late to watch this coast -to -coast show years
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prior. I remember just hating how Red Guy set
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up Cow and Chicken for failure by giving them
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terrible costume suggestions and then denying
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them candy after all the effort they went through
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to get it. Very much like how the farm duo got
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their revenge at the TV station. I was right
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alongside them in my bedroom, punching pillows
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and throwing feathers as if I was getting into
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the action too. When I watched Bravo Doobie Doo,
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however, I was a bit confused at first because
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I didn't understand why Scooby Doo was in the
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show, but... I went along for the ride like Johnny
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Bravo did. My siblings actually tuned in with
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me too. And we loved the laughs that Johnny's
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jokes gave us along with how shaggy he and Scooby
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thwarted the ghost with their silly antics. Uh,
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even when Johnny just literally fell from the
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chandelier to trap him, that was, that was unexpected,
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but fun. And then, of course, the apple core
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Baltimore, who's your friend, me, quote, particularly
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stuck with us three, as we'd often repeat it
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to annoy each other at home or even whenever
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we were just slicing apples for a snack around
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the house. The same year, I should have paid
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attention to Cow and Chicken's warning. I actually
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had the bright idea to dress up as Dexter from
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Dexter's Lab in his... submarine outfit from
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season two's episode ocean of commotion which
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is very specific and nobody would ever get it
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uh basically he was just wearing a purple zip
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-up fleece and uh yellow like jacusto beanie
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uh with his glasses and i ended up wearing the
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costume for both trick -or -treating and my halloween
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troop meeting and boy scouts back when i was
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in that ended up being the worst halloween in
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my life sad to say instead of candy I got made
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fun of constantly for just looking too ordinary
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compared to the other kids, so I definitely felt
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Chicken's anguish when he tore off his dad costume
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in frustration for not getting any candy. Thankfully,
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though, I've had better Halloween since then,
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but the memory still lingers once in a while
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whenever I think about the holiday season. At
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least I'm dressed as something far more fun this
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year. So with everything being said in this episode
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today, why exactly do crossover episodes matter?
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Crossovers are a dime a dozen in modern day children's
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media. You can spot them practically anywhere
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and everywhere through different streaming services
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and even just shoved in episodes of popular TV
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shows just to get attention and a little bit
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of nostalgia. But back then, back when it was
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just appointment television, when we didn't really
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have... streaming or TiVo or barely VCRs. It
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was a rare treat whenever we got to see one on
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TV. Starting back in the late 80s, early 90s
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with the Jetsons meet the Flintstones, Hanna
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-Barbera launched a TV2 novelty by experimenting
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with two seemingly unrelated worlds colliding,
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both from the past and the future. And in these
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episodes, we get to witness the same formula
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applied for a newer audience. Sometimes, unexpected
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things can happen when character A becomes immersed
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in world B, but that doesn't mean it's all bad.
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If anything, the possibilities are opened up
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in the viewer's imagination when done well. When
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they're not, however, the theatrics and references
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tend to fall flat on their face. And both Bravo
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Dewey Do and Halloween with Dead Ghost Coast
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to Coast are prime examples of a crossover done
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both right and wrong. kudos to bravo doobie doo
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for doing the crossover pioneers justice and
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winning my favor today so here's our closing
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what cartoon network episodes do you love watching
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during spooky season is it any of the two that
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i mentioned email me at check our childhood at
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All right, check in next time when we visit another
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Cartoon Network legend, one whose longevity and
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versatility has cemented his pillar among Cartoon
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Network greats. Who will it be exactly? Hint,
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he loves science and samurais. You'll just have
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to listen to episode 21 to find out for sure.
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As always, thank you fellow ToonHeads for being
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here today. It truly was a joy to share these
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spooky, terrifying, candy -filled checkered childhood
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memories with you and hope like best friends
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we'll do it again soon. Zoinks! I think it's
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time to get out of this spooky house while the
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getting's good because I feel like if I don't,
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there might be a haunted weed whacker or something
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that will cut my head off. Have a spooktacular
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evening, my friends. Until the shadows of night
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fall away from the lights, I'll check you next
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time. That's the ghost. Real nice kids. Now let's
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see who the ghostly gardener really is. Who's
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that?