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Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers

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This article is about the film. For the Home Media releases, see Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (Home Media).

Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers is a 1987 telefilm produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for syndication as part of the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 package.

The first full-length film to feature the Scooby-Doo characters, it was also the first Scooby entry in the Superstars 10 anthology series of telefilms, which was followed by Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School and Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf. All three Scooby entries in the Superstars 10 series feature Shaggy Rogers, Scooby-Doo, and Scrappy-Doo alone, involved with stories that feature real ghosts and monsters, similar to the early 1980s version of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.

Premise[]

When Shaggy learns that his late Uncle Beuregard inherited him a Southern mansion, he, along with Scooby and Scrappy head out to find it. Upon their arrival, they discover that the estate is haunted with ghosts. Thus, Shaggy calls in the Boo Brothers: a trio of ghost exterminators to "get rid of ghosts", while he, Scooby, and Scrappy search for his uncle's inheritance that are hidden throughout the estate.

Synopsis[]

Shaggy Rogers receives a will from his late Uncle Beuregard that he has inherited his own Southern plantation to his nephew. Wanting to see it, Shaggy accompanies Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo to join him to visit the estate.

While on their way, the trio end up getting lost. They encounter Sheriff Rufus Buzby, who points them the direction to the Beuregard estate before informing them that they better turn back, as the estate is reported to be haunted.

Although hesitant from hearing about this, Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy continue to proceed, nonetheless. A series of ghostly encounters with a headless horseman and the ghost of Beauregard finally lead them to the mansion.

Inside the mansion, Shaggy is greeted by the butler, Farquard, who explains that his uncle has also inherited him the family jewels. Shaggy, however, having seen enough of the ghostly encounters prior to his arrival, decides to just leave the estate for good. Upon leaving, Shaggy's truck ends up getting sunk into quicksand, forcing him, Scooby, and Scrappy to sleep in for the night until morning.

With countless spirits continuing to haunt the premise around them, Scrappy suggests to Shaggy and Scooby that they call in ghost exterminators, known as the Boo Brothers. Upon receiving Shaggy's call, the Boo Brothers make their way through the telephone wires, before greeting themselves as Freako, Shreako, and Meako.

Seeing the ghost exterminators they called in are actual ghosts themselves, Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy express skepticism on them, thinking they are not fit for their job.

With no choice but to wait until morning to get their truck out, Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy realize the only thing they can do for now, is to locate the family jewels, while relying on the Boo Brothers to get rid of ghosts in the premise. Eventually, they stumble upon their first jewel, alongside a letter, which contains a clue that leads them to the next jewel and the next clue.

Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy begin their quest to search for the missing treasures around the plantation, while attempting to avoid threats from: Beuregard's ghost, the Skull Ghost, an escaped circus ape, and a gun-toting rivaling neighbor, Billy Bob Scroggins, who targets Shaggy for being related to Beuregard.

After a series of close escapes from ghosts, Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy finally confirm that the Boo Brothers are not well suited with their jobs. Seeing them causing trouble once more in the mansion, Shaggy angrily fires them and asks them to leave. The Boo Brothers, having failed the gang, tearfully beg them to give them one more chance, as they are orphan ghosts, who have no place to haunt for themselves, and they need this job. Feeling sympathetic about them, Shaggy then gives the Boo Brothers one last chance to redeem themselves.

Later, as Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy are near the end of their quest for the missing jewels, they are confronted by the Skull Ghost, who captures them, while claiming the treasure for himself. With the help of the Boo Brothers, the gang defeat the Skull Ghost and unmasks him, revealing the villain as Sheriff Buzby himself. The real Sheriff arrives on the scene and arrests the imposter, who turns out to be the sheriff's own twin brother T.J.

With the jewels found and their ghost problem solved, Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy decide to stay inside the mansion to enjoy themselves for a meal. Just as Farquard appears to serve the guests dessert, the Boo Brothers arrive on the scene. Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy now acknowledging that the Boo Brothers have successfully redeemed themselves, congratulate them by giving them the whole mansion for them to haunt in, while they send the treasures to the Beauregard Trust Fund for Orphans.

The Boo Brothers, feeling grateful, thanks them and exchange a warm farewell with Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy as they saw them drive back home. Along the way, Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy encounter another ghost resembling Beauregard. Initially mistakening it as another prank Scooby is pulling, Shaggy eventually realizes it's real and speeds away as fast as possible.

Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

Other characters:

  • Witch (only appearance)
  • Ape (only appearance)
  • Dispatcher (only time heard)
  • Mayor (only time heard)
  • Little pirate guy (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)
  • Unknown male (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)
  • Unknown female (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)
  • Punk girl (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)
  • Cousin Creepo (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)
  • Sleeko (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)
  • Nephew Freako (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)
  • Cousin Sheiko (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)
  • Country Cousin Zeko (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)
  • Uncle Hide-and-Seeko (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)
  • Sheriff Rufus Buzby (only appearance)
  • Uncle Beauregard (only appearance)(no lines)(ghost)

Locations[]

Objects[]

Vehicles[]

  • Shaggy's truck
  • Sheriff's police car
  • Steamroller
  • Penny Farthing bicycle
  • Motorboat

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/reason
Farquard He wanted Shaggy out so that he could have Beauregard's treasure for himself.
Billy-Bob Scroggins He hates the Beauregard family and is hostile to Shaggy solely because he's related to them.
T.J. Buzby He knew how to turn off the Headless Horseman's mechanical horse.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/reason
T.J. Buzby as the Skull Ghost, and possibly the Headless Horseman and the fake Colonel Beauregard's Ghost To drive people away so he could find Colonel Beauregard's treasure.

Cast[]

Don Messick Scooby-Doo
Scrappy-Doo
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Sorrell Booke Sheriff Rufus Buzby
T.J. Buzby
Rob Paulsen Shreako
Dispatcher
Ronnie Schell Freako
Jerry Houser Meako
Arte Johnson Farquard
Skull Ghost
Victoria Carroll Sadie-Mae Scroggins
William Callaway Billy-Bob Scroggins
Beauregard's Ghost
Ape
Floating skeleton
Headless Horseman
Michael Rye Mayor
June Foray Witch
Hamilton Camp Ghostly laugh in witch's song

Full credits[]

The following credits are how they are displayed on-screen (or as close as possible).

Opening credits[]


Closing credits[]


Continuity[]

Notes/trivia[]

  • This is the last movie until Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island to feature a villain wearing a mask.
  • This is the first movie to feature Scrappy-Doo, and the first one not to feature Fred, Daphne, and Velma.
  • This is the longest animated film, with a running time of 93 minutes.
  • Beauregard's house is called "Beauregard Plantation", "Beauregard Manor", and "Beauregard Mansion".
  • Throughout the movie, there are various clues to Beauregard's treasure which leads Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, and Scrappy-Doo to various places in the mansion. Starting at the freezer the clues are:
    • Go outside, then look for the part of the house with its knee out. - Chimney
    • You're near the family jewels than before. A broken key unlocks the next door. - Piano
    • Look for a relative who is quite old, whose face cannot look, and whose hands cannot hold. - Grandfather clock
    • What does this clock lack besides a tock? - Attic
    • Don't look any higher. Think what you are when you're not the buyer. - Cellar
    • Look for a kind of stone you wear as a hat - Headstone in cemetery
    • You're nearing the end of this obstacle course. If you go buggy, you won't need a horse. - Barn
    • Think how you are feeling when you are not sick. - Well
    • At the end of the tunnel, there are many more pearls and many more perils. - pearls in the basement
    • There's no mystery for this clue. In Bear Cave, the jewels are in plain view. - Bear cave
    • Go to a place that covers the tide and "pier" inside. - Boathouse
    • No more riddles, here ends the chase, the treasure is in the fireplace. - Fireplace
  • June Foray and Hamilton Camp are uncredited.
  • This is presently the only animated film of the Scooby-Doo franchise to not feature voice acting of any sort from Frank Welker.
  • Various Scooby-Doo episodes and movies feature a similar skeleton ghost costume.
  • A previous Scooby-Doo episode featuring Scrappy-Doo also features a diamond hidden in an ice-tray.
  • One Saturday night when the movie was airing on Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theater, the movie abruptly ended at the scene where Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy are in the cave and surrounded by both Shaggy's truck and the bear instead of cutting to commercial break.
  • Starting here Shaggy becomes more of a straight man, though still plenty cowardly, also in this movie he seems to be almost out of character in how he comes down on Scooby in a few cases, being downright jerkish towards him.
  • Scrappy also gets toned down but is still feisty and excitable, but not to overbearing levels. He's also the smartest one in the group figuring out most of the clues almost immediately.

Miscellaneous[]

Cultural references[]

Born in the USA

Shaggy's "Born in the USA" poster.

  • Shaggy has a poster in his room that says "Born in the USA", the 1984 song of Bruce Springsteen, who is also parodied (wearing a headband as he did back then) on the poster.
  • The truck Shaggy drove resembles a green 1981 Suzuki Jimny.
  • Shaggy's Uncle Beauregard is most likely a reference to P.G.T. Beauregard, a Louisiana-born American military officer, who was one of the highest-ranking generals in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. His surname has become a stock character name in humorous fiction about the South.
  • The Buzby brothers' appearance is modeled on their voice actor Sorrell Booke. Although a New Yorker, Booke was best known for his portrayal of corrupt Georgian political boss Jefferson Davis Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard beginning in 1979. Sheriff Buzby's ineptitude is reminiscent of Rosco P. Coltrane, Hogg's main accomplice on the Dukes' show.
  • A Ghostbusters logo can be seen in the Boo Brothers' book.
  • The Boo Brothers are inspired by multiple references.
    • Their name is similar to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. Comedian Dan Aykroyd played both an original Blues Brother and an original Ghostbuster. Both films feature orphans.
    • The Boo Brothers' mannerisms closely resemble those of The Three Stooges. They also have elements in common with The Ghostly Trio, roommates of Casper the Friendly Ghost. The trio may also have been based on The Three Stooges.
  • Upon the Boo Brothers' arrival to the Beuregard plantation through telephone, Shreako states "Merci monsieur" to Freako. Because Freako did not understand the reference, Shreako jokingly explains that the telephone they went through was French in design, thus stating "Merci monsieur", which translates to "thank you, sir/mister" in French.
  • Shaggy mentions King Kong while running away from the ape.
  • At one point, Shreako says ''What's up Doc?'', which is a catchphrase from Bugs Bunny.
  • The classical music Shreako briefly recites on the piano is Chopin's Revolutionary Étude. Shreako plays the piece in an endless loop from the midway of the fourth verse to the midway of the fifth verse at a slightly quicker tempo.
  • Shaggy grabbing the 78-RPM record off the Boo Brothers' gramophone and smashing it against the ground in frustration is reminiscent of Mary Hatch Bailey in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, grabbing a "Buffalo Gals" record off a phonograph and breaking it when frustrated at her relationship with George not working out.
  • Likewise, the scene pushing the truck out of the mud is similar to one found in the gruesome 1980 film Motel Hell around the 46-minute mark. There are also parallels with using a shotgun to scare off a timid sheriff and pork hanging in a large cellar.
  • The soundtrack features unique electronic drum hits alongside the horns and other instruments. The Simmons SDS-V had been released just six years previously and was the first full-set electronic replacement for acoustic drums.
  • The bumbling sheriff crashing into the billboard calls back to '70s action films such as Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry where the same happens with a billboard advertising seat-belt use.
  • Billy Bob shares many of the mannerisms and general aesthetic of the hillbilly cat in Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

  • Freako ends up speaking with Shreako's voice at one point during the "hide in here, no, in here" scene.
  • During the fight the Boo Brothers have with the Colonels "Ghost". When Shreako and Freako are about to launch Meako at the ghost. Shreako speaks with a deeper and gruffer voice, almost like Freako's but raspier. That doesn't belong to any of the Boo Brothers, though it could be argued it was supposed to be Freako saying that but it was changed.
  • The Colonel's pants aren't white just his uniform.
  • T.J. Buzby is physically too large to fit into both the costumes he used; the two ghosts he impersonates are skinnier than he is.
  • Scrappy's dog tag colors (blue and yellow) are reversed one time in the movie.
  • The shadow that seems to follow the gang around indicates who the villain is very early.
  • Sometimes the skeleton ghost has black around it, suggesting a person in a suit, other times there are just bones, suggesting it's a real skeleton.
  • Also, the skeleton ghost is seen with glowing red eyes since his debut in the movie. However, by midway part of the film, his eyes appear normal.
  • After a tree branch falls on his head, T.J. Buzby momentarily smiles and tips his hat.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]

  • Up until now, all of Shaggy's family members have been New Englanders, most likely from Massachusetts.
    • However, it's possible that the Colonel was originally from New England, but then moved down South for some reason.
  • The bear in this film appears to be a brown bear, which are never found in the South as they are only found in Northern areas.
  • The intro is unexplained but, from the looks of it, it might have been Shaggy's dream before he woke up.
  • Shaggy and Scooby leave Scrappy at home in the beginning which, in real life, could get them in trouble.
  • TJ Buzby is the target of almost Tom and Jerry levels of Slapstick. As he survived two branches falling right on his head and getting crushed by a tree with no evident injuries.
  • It is unknown whether the ape was recaptured. His nature is not explained, as he appears to be a talking sentient being. Is he a lost resident of Dooville?
  • After all the ghosts have been explained, the Confederate ghost's continued existence at the end provides a conventional thrilling twist, but is not given a logical basis in-universe. Many John Carpenter films of the time deliberately ended with similarly eerie endings, having seemingly resolved the main conflict only to introduce a new existing conflict right before the end of the film. In the beginning of the movie the confederate ghost shows up in Shaggies and the dogs room to try to warn them away, also earlier Farquard does mention that The Colonel's spirit still haunts the house. The ending suggests that some of the hauntings may have been real after all and Shaggy proved himself worthy by finding the fortune, thus why he proudly watched Shaggy drive off at the end.
  • On the VHS and DVD covers of Warner Home Video's releases, Shaggy wears his classic green shirt, maroon jeans and black shoes rather than the red shirt, blue jeans and ochre shoes he wore in the movie.
  • The Boo brothers have a nephew (Creako), implying they have a fourth unidentified sibling. It's unknown if this individual is a ghost or still alive.
  • We don't know why Shaggy's uncle would have suddenly become angry with him as a ghost. It's possible that he became jaded as a ghost, jealous that he'd lost everything in his will. It could've also been a test to see if his unknown nephew was really responsible enough to accept the family treasure. While this would be a complicated test, it had already been shown that Shaggy's uncle would go to great lengths to protect the treasure.
  • Near the beginning of the movie when they're being chased, they're confronted by a wolf with yellow eyes who then chases them along with the Headless Horseman. The wolf is never seen again, thus never explained as to if it was a wild wolf or maybe an escaped circus animal like the ape.
  • Why isn't Farquard taken away with T.J.? Farquard tried to kidnap Scrappy and dressed up as the Floating Skeleton Ghost to attempt to steal parts of the treasure. Maybe Shaggy cut a deal with him to let him take some of the treasure and stay in the house or something.
  • Also how could Farquard dress up as the Floating Skeleton Ghost? It's obvious it was him, but how did he pull it off? Also the ghost sounded like The Colonel and not Farquard, what is Farquard a master voice replicator?
  • Sadie-Mae Scroggins appears to have superhuman strength as she's able to easy to easily bend and twist Billy Bob's rifle. Those mail order Muscle Courses must work miracles!
  • How can ghosts eat? Twice during the movie the Boo Brothers eat, but how? They're ghosts!

Home media[]

Quotes[]

Meako: Hi there! We are the Boo Brothers, at your service.

Shaggy: Oh...when am I gonna wake up from this nightmare?


Shaggy: Let me get this straight. You guys are g-g-ghost exterminators?

Freako: That's right mac, the Boo Brothers. If they're hauntin', we're huntin'.

Shaggy: Well, no offense, but you look like ghosts yourselves.

Freako: Certainly we're ghosts. It takes one to catch one, you know.

Shreako: Except in our case, it takes three.


Scrappy:: No, wait, Uncle Scooby. It's not just ice. It's a diamond!

Shaggy:: Like, jumping gemstones! Maybe there is something to this family jewels business.

Scrappy:: There's something else in here. It looks like a letter.

Shaggy:: It says: "Dear Shaggy, knowing your appetite...

...I thought this would be the best place to hide this message and this jewel.

It is only one of many in my fortune which I hid to keep them away from my enemies."

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External links[]

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