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The Ghost of Bigfoot (episode)

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This article is about the episode. For the titular monster of the episode, see Ghost of Bigfoot.

The Ghost of Bigfoot is the tenth episode of the first season of The New Scooby-Doo Movies.

Premise[]

On a ski trip to a lodge in Vermont, the gang meet up with Laurel and Hardy, who are trying to get a job. But when they discover the Ghost of Bigfoot is on the loose, they team up to capture him.

Synopsis[]

Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma are driving down a snow-lined road in Vermont, heading to MacKinac Lodge, a popular ski resort. At the same time, Laurel and Hardy are driving to the same resort but when they have car trouble, Mystery Inc. gives them a lift, the gang is more than glad to welcome the famous Laurel and Hardy duo. The ski lodge seems deserted upon investigation, but once inside, the gang and Laurel and Hardy meet the manager, Caley Burgess, who explains the Ghost of Bigfoot-supposedly a mountain man that froze in a snowstorm years ago-has been scaring guests away. And now the only guest left is Jonathan Crabtree, an elderly man in a wheelchair. The gang unpacks and gets ready for bed in their room, but Bigfoot appears and a cat and mouse game ensues. Bigfoot proceeds to finally escape and flee out the window, leaving no footprints, leaving the gang to possibly believe Bigfoot might be a ghost!

The next day, the gang decide to get some skiing done and Laurel, Hardy and all of Mystery Inc. head up the mountain and have a blast skiing, in the process meeting a suspicious and spooky ski instructor called Hans Etherwise, who tries to teach Shag and Scoob how to ski. Back at the lodge, Mr. Crabtree has disappeared, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, Scooby, Laurel and Hardy split up to look for Mr. Crabtree, also finding Bigfoot who chases Shaggy, Scooby and Laurel before making a getaway. Scooby finds a dropped piece of paper with a list of letters and numbers scrawled on the paper; Fred notes they look like license plate numbers

Fred finds out from the police that the license plate numbers were from stolen cars. The gang travel towards an area that Fred thinks the stolen cars are hidden at, and Bigfoot driving a tractor trailer full of stolen cars passes them. The gang, along with Laurel and Hardy, follow the truck to an old junkyard where the gang begins examining the cars. All of them have no license plates and are late models. They search an office and find a film projector. Fred turns it on, and it projects an image of Bigfoot running away into the snow, like the gang saw out their lodge window. That's why Bigfoot made no footprints, it was a film projection. Bigfoot appears and tries to flee, but Laurel, Hardy, Shaggy and Scooby chase him in a snowmobile. The follow Bigfoot right to a saw mill and upon entrance, the gang begins to search for Bigfoot. Daphne and Velma stay outside while Fred, Shaggy, Scooby, Laurel and Hardy look around. They follow footprints right to a dead end, but Scooby unintentionally hits a lever, and they find a secret door. They continue through the secret passage. Bigfoot appears and chases the four boys around the machinery room, finally, they trap Bigfoot and Velma and Daphne appear along with Hans Etherwise, who turns out to be with the authorities. Bigfoot is unmasked as Jonathan Crabtree, who faked the wheelchair act and dressed up as Bigfoot to scare everyone away from the lodge, so he could operate his stolen car business. He was using springs and stilts to make himself taller. Crabtree was arrested soon after.

Laurel and Hardy continue as bellhops and the gang decide to stay another week because of the wonderful skiing, but the lodge becomes packed with guests. Mr. Burgess then makes an exception, due to the heroics of Scooby.

Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

Other characters:

Locations[]

Objects[]

Vehicles[]

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/Reason
Caley Burgess He told the gang the legend of Bigfoot.
Jonathan Crabtree He was the only guest who wasn't scared away by Bigfoot.
Jonathan Crabtree's chauffeur He's surly and is tall like Bigfoot.
Hans Edelweiss He's spooky and is also tall like Bigfoot.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/Reason
Jonathan Crabtree as the Ghost of Bigfoot He was running a car counterfeiting operation and wanted to scare the guests away.

Cast[]

Don Messick Scooby-Doo
Caley Burgess
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Frank Welker Fred Jones
Heather North Daphne Blake
Nicole Jaffe Velma Dinkley
Jim MacGeorge Oliver Hardy
Larry Harmon Stan Laurel
Ghost of Bigfoot
John Stephenson Hans Edelweiss
Henry Corden Jonathan Crabtree's chauffeur

Full credits[]

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


Notes/Trivia[]

  • Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were both deceased when this episode was made. Laurel passed away in 1965, while Hardy passed away in 1957; both were gone long before the beginning of the Scooby-Doo franchise in 1969. Larry Harmon and Jim MacGeorge voiced the duo, reprising roles they originated on Hanna-Barbera's Laurel and Hardy syndicated animated series in 1966.
  • A few scenes from The Ghost of Bigfoot were edited out of syndicated prints shown on Cartoon Network and Boomerang:
    • Hardy telling Laurel to unpack their suitcase.
    • The gang gathering in the lounge talking about not sleeping a wink after their first encounter with Bigfoot.
    • Laurel and Hardy getting the station wagon out of the garage, including Hardy trying to talk to Mr. Crabtree's chauffeur.

Miscellaneous[]

Cultural references[]

  • Ollie reads Stanley Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

  • Hardy is seen laying in the bed on the left when Laurel goes into the bathroom to brush his teeth. Stan sees Bigfoot in the medicine cabinet, and runs back into the bedroom to warn Oliver who is now laying in the bed to the right. The camera closes in on Stan's face for a moment while he speaks, and when the shot returns to the full room, Oliver is somehow in the bed to the left again.
  • When Laurel says goodnight to Bigfoot, Bigfoot has white sclera instead of black.
  • When Fred, Daphne, Velma discover the secret passage way, Daphne's hairband is green.
  • When Scooby hugs Stan, frightened, his left paw is flesh-colored.
  • When back in the van, after finding the paper with the licence plates, Fred shows the gang the paper again, saying he phoned the police. The background when showing Fred's hand holding the paper is not the inside of the van, but the "secret room".

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

  • During the scene that takes place in the secret room, Scooby hides in the chair and is mistaken for Bigfoot by Fred and Hardy. However, when they tackle the chair, it turns out to be Laurel. Scooby is hiding with Shaggy under a table. Also, how did Bigfoot wind up in the piano?
  • The "secret room" has windows making it not so secret after all. Most likely, the secret room also has a door but may have been locked from the outside.
  • It is not ever explained how the car carrier Crabtree was driving disappeared as he was in the office of the used auto lot.
  • After they crash their car, Hardy says to Laurel, "Well, this is another fine mess you've gotten us into," which is supposed to be Hardy's famous catchphrase. However, this is not Hardy's catchphrase. Hardy's catchphrase is "This is another nice mess you've gotten me into."
    • It should be noted though, that misquoting Hardy's catchphrase as "another fine mess you've gotten us into," is an incredibly common misconception.
    • Laurel and Hardy did make a short called Another Fine Mess. Confusion between the 1930 short's title and Hardy's actual catchphrase is likely where the misconception originally came from.
  • News must really travel fast that the lodge would immediately receive reservations right after the gang apprehends Crabtree.
  • Velma stated that Laurel and Hardy were across the hall from her and Daphne. However, when Bigfoot was running around the corridor, Laurel and Hardy's room (Room 20) was shown to be next to the girls' (Room 22).

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Greek Ο Σκούμπι-Ντου Συναντά τους Λόρελ και Χάρντι Scooby-Doo Meets Laurel and Hardy
Hungarian Nagylábú gaztevő (Ma Scooby-Doo vendégei Laurel és Hardy) Big-footed scoundrel (Today Scooby-Doo's Guests Laurel and Hardy)
Romanian Legenda lui Picior Mare The Legend of Big Foot
Russian Скуби-Ду встречает Лорела и Харди Scooby-Doo meets Laurel and Hardy
Polish Flip i Flap Flip and Flap
Spanish El abominable hombre de las nieves (El gordo y el flaco) The Abominable Snowman (The Fat and the Skinny)
French Le fantôme de Bigfoot The Ghost of Bigfoot
Turkish Scooby-Doo Laurel ve Hardy ile Tanışıyor Scooby-Doo Meets Laurel and Hardy

Home media[]

Quotes[]

Caley Burges- You better watch out or Bigfoot will get ya.


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