Ruby Gloom/Headscratchers

• How exactly does the setup at the house... work? Which is to say, all the main characters live in a Victorian mansion within easy traveling distance of Gloomsville. They range from mid-teens, if that, to however old Poe is (in his fifties?) with no clear source of income or anything. I'm tempted to just shrug it off, remind myself that it's just a (kids') show and I should really just relax, but then the first episode goes and makes a big deal about how Ruby is apparently "leaving" the house. Where would she go? How did they get there in the first place?
  • This sounds like a job for fanfiction!
    • And, now you can find the answer on FF.net. Almost beleivable.
  • For that matter, how does the house have a crypt, tunnels that go everywhere, and a nearly direct line to the other side of the world? It's on a pretty extreme outcropping.

• What are the characters actually? Are they all dead, they live or are immortal? It also seems that Misery and her relatives seem to be truly immortal (except for the males, they all died through quicksand, except for one. ) , as all female relatives of Misery appeared in one episode, still alive and kicking.
  • It depends on the character. Scaredy Bat and Poe are standard-issue Funny Animals. Poe in particular has clearly aged some. The same probably goes for Iris, as being an unusually small, cute and pale-skinned cyclops doesn't have any bearing on mortality, as far as I know. There are hints that Ruby is actually an animate doll, which is appropriate, but leaves her nature up in the air. Misery seems to be some kind of banshee. (Incidentally, from the episodes I've seen -- this show needs a better DVD release -- her aunt died from a falling Ouija board.) That just leaves Boo Boo, Frank and Len, and Skull Boy... who, taken at face value, would be three varieties of undead. Presumably from relatively young ages. Um.

• Why is the house built next to an abyss? That sounds very dangerous.

• In "Poe-Ranoia", what were the guillotine and the thing that smashed the round thing in half and dropped the halves into two cauldrons? Neither my sister nor I saw them (nor any hint of watermelon or coconut, for examples) in the explanation scene.

• Why did they never show Ruby Gloom in the US? No Export for You? Most Canadian shows are shown in the US, plus it seemed to be popular here in Canada.
  • It is on Netflix.

• In "Tooth or Dare", if they were so curious about what tooth fairies use the teeth for, why didn't they ask the tooth fairy that was staying with them?