Night of the Living Doo

Night of the Living Doo is an American animated television special that aired on Cartoon Network on October 31, 2001.[1] The cartoon is a comedic parody of a typical episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, complete with unlikely guests and a retro style.[2] Its title is a riff on the Night of the Living Dead franchise.[3] The animation was produced by Cartoon Network and broadcast in small segments during commercial breaks of a Halloween Scooby-Doo marathon. At the end of the marathon, the complete special was broadcast in its entirety and was available on the Adult Swim website for a brief period.[4] It has not been released on home video.[5]

Night of the Living Doo
Title card
Based onScooby-Doo
by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears
Written byChris 'Casper' Kelly
Jeffrey G. Olsen
Directed byChris 'Casper' Kelly
Jeffrey G. Olsen
StarringFrank Welker
B.J. Ward
Grey DeLisle
Scott Innes
Gary Coleman
David Cross
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Mark Hamill
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Producer(s)Ashley Nixon
Chris 'Casper' Kelly
Jeffrey G. Olsen
Running time20 minutes
DistributorWarner Bros. Television
Release
Original networkCartoon Network
Original releaseOctober 31, 2001

The special featured a new opening title sequence combining the opening for The New Scooby-Doo Movies with clips of the special, set to the cover of the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! theme song as performed by Matthew Sweet for Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits. It was nominated for an Annie Award.[6]

Plot

Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang pick up a hitchhiking Gary Coleman, and the Mystery Machine soon proceeds to break down multiple times, finally leaving them stranded at a haunted castle owned by David Cross. The show contained multiple references and gags that take jabs at the original show, musical numbers by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy,[7] and concluded with a nonsensical ending, with Coleman pointing out all of the plot holes in the story. Scooby interrupts him by licking his face until the episode ends.

Cast

Reception

Mark Pellegrini of AiPT! enjoyed the special and felt that it did not vere too far into adult humour as it could have.[1]

Accolades
YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2002 Annie Awards Best Animated Short Subject Nominated [13]
gollark: My phone doesn't want to scan it either.
gollark: The one where you can actually see it does look quite neat, yes.
gollark: I don't get what the resolution has to do with this, isn't it just camera config or something?
gollark: Er, I can't see anything except bright colored blobs.
gollark: Hmm, maybe someone could run some of the deepfake things on him, that would be funny.

References
  1. Pellegrini, Mark (April 21, 2015). "Night of the Living Doo: The Forgotten Scooby-Doo Special Review". Adventures in Poor Taste. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  2. Staff (October 28, 2001). "FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; A Spookfest for Ghouls and Bats of All Ages". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  3. Kane, Joe (2010). Night Of The Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever. Citadel Press. pp. 212-213. ISBN 9780806534312.
  4. Rattolle, Vinnie. "Night of the Living Doo". CultOddities. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  5. "Complete list of episodes NOT on the Best Of New Scooby Doo Movies". DVD Talk. January 11, 2005. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  6. "Scooby Doo's Night of the Living Doo (TV)". FilmAffinity. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  7. Evans, Anderson (November 14, 2009). "Scooby Doo: Night of the Living Doo". Gawker. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  8. "SCOOBY-DOO IN: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DOO". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  9. Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. 45. University of Michigan: Gale Research Company. 2002. p. 335. ISBN 9780787663605.
  10. AGUILAR, Matthew (January 6, 2019). "Watch Jason Momoa Do His Scooby-Doo Impression". Comicbook.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  11. "Did you Know?". BBVD.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  12. Riggs, Thomas (2007). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. University of Michigan: Cengage Gale. p. 59. ISBN 9780787690496.
  13. Godfrey, Leigh (January 6, 2003). "2002 Annie Award Nominees". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
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