🧛‍♂️ Vampire Bats and Scaredy Cats – Scooby-Doo 1976

💬 Because a room full of coffins never raises red flags.

🎵 Let’s Start Off Right: The Theme Song, Y’all!

🧟‍♂️ Yay, Another Scooby-Doo Project!

So what’s this show about? Why you even asking at this point?

Well, as always, we follow our main group:
Shaggy
Scooby-Doo
Velma
Daphne
Fred

As they investigate weird monster sightings.

But this time—with the help from one of Scooby-Doo’s relatives named Scooby-Dum.
Yeah, that’s a name.

He’s a gray dog who wears a red cap. Why? Don’t ask me why.

Honestly, any Scooby-Doo relative is better than Scrappy-Doo.
Ugh. I cannot stand that dog.

🏝️ Skull Island (No, Not the King Kong One)

Now let’s talk about a specific episode so y’all can get an idea of this show.

There’s an episode titled “Vampire Bats and Scaredy Cats.”

In this episode, the gang goes to this island called Skull Island (which has a giant skull shape on it).

Why are they going here?

Well, Daphne’s friend Lisa invited them to her party at this hotel her uncle owns—and she’ll be the owner tomorrow after her birthday.

Anyways, on the way up to the hotel, they bump into a mailman guy who asks them to drop off this box for him at the hotel for this guy named Dracal.

Hmmmmmmm I wonder if he’s a vampire?

Funny thing—what’s in the box is a coffin.
Sorry, what?

Anyways the coffin opens and a bat comes out of it, while they try shoving the coffin into the van.

So they get to the hotel and Shaggy helps Dracal put his coffin in a room.

Turns out the room is filled with coffins.

Well, talk about having a fetish.

Anyways, you know the shtick. The gang must uncover the truth of what’s going on.

Turns out a vampire is lurking around and going after Lisa for some reason.

Heck, her uncle (the man in charge of the hotel) named Leon, tells her the vampire is one of her great-great-great uncles.
Womp womp.

🐶 Scooby-Dum: Dumb But Lovable

The side thing—even though Scooby-Dum’s whole shtick is he’s dumb, and that can get a bit annoying—I will say I always laugh when he’s told to start searching for clues.

He says:

“Clues?” (Proceeds to pull out magnifying glass)
“Dunn Dunn Dunn Dunn…”

Yes, that does get a good cackle out of me.

⚠️ Warning: Spoilers Ahead Y’all Been Warned ⚠️

Time to spoil the 3rd act and any revelations of this one singular episode.

So turns out, yes—this is all a scam.

Come the 3rd act, it seems Lisa has been hypnotized because she’s now acting like a vampire.

The gang puts 2 and 2 together—the random calls they’ve been getting, which have this loud screech ringing noise on the other end, are from a gadget used to hypnotize people.

So in the 3rd act, they lay out a trap to capture the vampire.

They remove the mask and—it’s the hotel owner, of course.

Wow, what a shocker.

But why would he do something like this?

It’s because he hates the idea of Lisa becoming his boss tomorrow.
He feels he deserves the job.

Wow, what a prick.

📺 Final Rating: Still a Banger

Now let’s get the rating out of the way.

Overall: yeah, I’m giving this show a solid 8/10.
It’s loads of fun. If y’all are a fan of Scooby-Doo, I do recommend it.

Again—the animation is probably a bit outdated, which means something to some people these days and age, but still…

💧On the Jarrodism Scale, this one left me feeling all moisty

Loved it. Rolling on the ground. Giggling non stop, crying tears of joy. Rewinding and Rewatching.

👋 Till Next Time

Anyway, I hope y’all enjoyed this review.
Till next time.

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