The Haunted Showboat
- Episode aired Sep 15, 1973
- 43m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
136
YOUR RATING
Scooby Doo meets Josie and the Pussycats.Scooby Doo meets Josie and the Pussycats.Scooby Doo meets Josie and the Pussycats.
Nicole Jaffe
- Velma Dinkley
- (voice)
Don Messick
- Scooby-Doo
- (voice)
- …
Heather North
- Daphne Blake
- (voice)
Frank Welker
- Fred Jones
- (voice)
- (as Franklin Welker)
- …
Michael Bell
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Mike Bell)
- (credit only)
Joe Besser
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Scatman Crothers
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Benjamin Crothers)
- (credit only)
Jerry Dexter
- Alan M. Mayberry
- (voice)
Robert DoQui
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Richard Elkins
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Jamie Farr
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Stu Gilliam
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Arlene Golonka
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Arlene Golon)
- (credit only)
Mark Hamill
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Bob Hastings
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJosie and the Pussycats, created for Archie Comics in the 1960s, were licensed by Hanna Barbera for Josie and the Pussycats (1970) and Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (1972). This 1973 crossover was their final HB appearance. They were intended to reappear in Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977), but Archie refused to renew the contract. The band would not make another screen appearance until the Josie and the Pussycats (2001) movie, making a gap of 28 years.
- GoofsAlthough Velma says that Injun Joe has a chain dragging from one wrist, in fact, his hands are manacled together.
- Crazy creditsThis episode and the next episode Mystery in Persia (1973) are the only episodes in Season 2 to have a red title card.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best Scooby-Doo Crossovers (2020)
Featured review
Not much of an improvement on "Mystery in Persia"
"Mystery in Persia" was a contender for the worst episode of 'The New Scooby Doo Movies', being one of the very few episodes of the show to not feel like Scooby Doo and Jeannie and her friends just didn't gel with the gang.
"The Haunted Showboat" may not be much of an improvement quality-wise, but it is an improvement at all, at least it felt like Scooby Doo. Credit is due here, the music has the usual energy and atmosphere with the theme tune as ever catchy and infectious if not as iconic as the theme tune for 'Scooby Doo Where are You'. The voice acting is very good, Casey Kasem taking top honours, and also enjoyed the chemistry between Shaggy, Scooby and Alexander, which brought some heart and amusing humour (if not quite enough).
However, when it comes to the crossover itself it does feel cluttered and like there were too many characters. Balance between Mystery Inc and Josie and the Pussycats was an issue too, only Shaggy and Scooby shine out of Mystery Inc while Fred, Velma and Daphne are side-lined to near pointlessness, while also having too much focus on Josie and the Pussycats where Alexander is the only halfway memorable one. Captain Scavenger is one of the dullest villains while Injun Joe is not sinister enough. Both characters are crudely and poorly drawn, and the perpetrators' identities are two of the most blatantly obvious (revealed too early as well) and least surprising of the show.
Story plays second fiddle to Josie and the Pussycats' guest appearance, the mystery feeling stretched, padded, pedestrian in pacing and really it is not much of a mystery at all. The writing is the same level of weak of "Mystery in Persia", leaden and cheesy with little of the endearing goofiness that is such a large part of the franchise's charm. The animation is poor here, not quite as bad as "Mystery in Persia" and the Globetrotters episodes, but it is crude and stiff and has choppiness and goofs galore.
Overall, one of the show's weaker episodes. 4/10 Bethany Cox
"The Haunted Showboat" may not be much of an improvement quality-wise, but it is an improvement at all, at least it felt like Scooby Doo. Credit is due here, the music has the usual energy and atmosphere with the theme tune as ever catchy and infectious if not as iconic as the theme tune for 'Scooby Doo Where are You'. The voice acting is very good, Casey Kasem taking top honours, and also enjoyed the chemistry between Shaggy, Scooby and Alexander, which brought some heart and amusing humour (if not quite enough).
However, when it comes to the crossover itself it does feel cluttered and like there were too many characters. Balance between Mystery Inc and Josie and the Pussycats was an issue too, only Shaggy and Scooby shine out of Mystery Inc while Fred, Velma and Daphne are side-lined to near pointlessness, while also having too much focus on Josie and the Pussycats where Alexander is the only halfway memorable one. Captain Scavenger is one of the dullest villains while Injun Joe is not sinister enough. Both characters are crudely and poorly drawn, and the perpetrators' identities are two of the most blatantly obvious (revealed too early as well) and least surprising of the show.
Story plays second fiddle to Josie and the Pussycats' guest appearance, the mystery feeling stretched, padded, pedestrian in pacing and really it is not much of a mystery at all. The writing is the same level of weak of "Mystery in Persia", leaden and cheesy with little of the endearing goofiness that is such a large part of the franchise's charm. The animation is poor here, not quite as bad as "Mystery in Persia" and the Globetrotters episodes, but it is crude and stiff and has choppiness and goofs galore.
Overall, one of the show's weaker episodes. 4/10 Bethany Cox
helpful•15
- TheLittleSongbird
- Sep 2, 2016
Details
- Runtime43 minutes
- Color
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content