Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: S1 – Ep 9: ‘Battle of the Humungonauts’ (2010) – #TV #Episode #Review

A show that takes some time to begin to enjoy! 

Ok, so I have to say that the first season of TV shows, for whatever reason seem to some times be pretty bad... An examples of this (albeit not a great one,) is, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer'.

You see, Buffy The Vampire Slayer season 1 was a great season, but almost every season after that, (til season 6,) was so much better! The reason being is that they were trying to find their way... (And they did a great job with this!)

Now the reason that I mention this is because one of the TV shows that I am beginning to realize had the same problem the Buffy season 1 had is, 'Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'... And season 1, episode 9: 'Battle Of the Humungonauts' (2010) was a great example of this!

This is just one of the monsters that the Scooby gang is going after! 

Written by: Roger Eschbacher (The Super Maro Bros. Super Show!) & Directed by: Victor Cook (21 Grams). Starring: Frank Welker (Aladdin), Mindy Cohn (Sex & Death 101), Grey Delisle/Griffin (Batman: Arkham City), Matthew Lillard (Scream) & Fred Tatasciore (Marvel's Avengers Assemble).  

Well it looks like the paranormal is back in Crystal Cove again, this time in the form of some sort of Alien!

That's right, you see, at a concert a giant alien gorilla looking thing appears at the concert and just absolutely destroys things!

A party crasher,,,

This time though it might be more then the Mystery Incorporated team can handle!

What I mean by this is that there appears to be another one of these super alien monsters that is terrorizing the small town! But is it really an Alien? Or is it something more? With Mr. E helping the team, one can never know!

Now of course the idiotic desire of the town's leaders to have these creatures runs rampant in the city is still there... But it wasn't as bad... The truth is, is the best thing about this particular episode is it did a great job in finally bringing Scooby and the gang back to the greatness they had in the past!

So if you haven't seen this episode yet, then check it out, you might be glad you did!

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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 1 - Episode 7: 'In Fear Of ThePhantom' (2010) - TV Episode Review

Official Score = 3 Devils

I know that it has been awhile for a review for an episode of, 'Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'... The truth is, is that most of the episodes that have come up till recently have kind of really sucked!

I mean the criss-cross between the 60s and the modern times was just plain weird... Fred's creepy obsession with traps, and his desire to be more a part of the, 'guys' as opposed to being with Daphne was odd (I know it is a kid's show, but it does touch upon, 'dating' and, 'love' and the like... And the last thing that has sort of been killing the show is the fact that all the officials in the town seemed to prefer to have the criminals running around committing crimes as opposed to being imprisoned (so that they can meet their bottom line!)

The fact that they got rid of most of this is just part of the reason why season 1 - episode 7: 'In Fear Of The Phantom' was such a surprise!

Daphne (Grey DeLisle) will go undercover as a singer for a famous rock band in this episode of, 'Scooby-Do! Mystery Incorporated.'

Starring: Frank Welker (The Real Ghostbusters), Mindy Cohn (Sex And Death 101), Grey DeLisle (Ultimate Avengers), Matthew Lillard (The Bridge), Fred Tatasciore (Iron Man And Captain America: Heroes United), Patrick Warburton (Ted) & Gary Cole (The Town That Dreaded Sundown).

"Listen, Hex Girls, carefully. You are bound for misery! This will be your final show. Or you will suffer endless woe! So saith the Phantom."
— Phantom to the Hex Girls ' (Quote from: Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Season 1 - Episode 7: 'In Fear Of The Phantom')

This episode tells the story of the, 'Hex Girls', an all-girl heavy metal band that is real popular with teens (including the Scooby gang)... But when the Scooby Gang manage to get tickets, the show turns disastrous, when a party crasher decides to crash the party and destroy the fun for everyone!

This guys devotion to this band is killer! 

You see, his name is, 'The Phantom', and if the Scooby Gang can't stop him, then he might get his wish of, 't

aking out' the band for good!

In the end, like I said, most of what I mentioned above was gone... As a matter of fact, the only really annoying part to this episode is the Mayor and the Sheriff... But other then that, this episode was so good, I would have to say that even the music in this episode was a lot of fun!

So check it out... This is an episode that may take you by surprise, in a good way!

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 1 - Episode 5: 'The Song Of Mystery' (2010) - TV Episode Review

[caption id="attachment_322" align="alignright" width="258"] Official Score = 1 1/2 Devils[/caption]

Jinkies Guys, finally a truly good episod of the latest Scooby-Doo TV Show! That's right folks, the biggest problem about this series to date is that just about every episode that has been reviewed on this website to date have for the most part sucked!

I mean the bizarre way that Fred has acted... (He is still weird, but they have toned it down,) the bizarre style choices of the way that the shows creators have regarding which generation the Scooby gang are in is still there but toned down... As a matter of fact, the only really annoying thing about, 'The Song Of Mystery' (2010), is the ridiculous nature of the authorities and how they more concerned with their revenue stream, versus the safety of the town!

Written by: Paul Rugg (Freakazoid) & Co-Directed by: Curt Geda (Batman: Mystery Of The Batwoman), Victor Cook (21 Grams). Starring: Frank Welker (The Real Ghostbusters), Mindy Cohn (The Facts Of Life), Grey DeLisle (Batman: Assault On Arkham) & Matthew Lillard (Scream).

The Children of Crystal Cove appear to be changing when a monster playing a pan flute plays his magical song and changes the children in to raving monsters... The person taking credit for this latest mystery for the Scooby gang is, 'Que Horrifico'!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] This kid heard, 'The Song Of Mystery' and now is a new child![/caption]

The Adults are clueless and abandoning their children as they themselves flee the town. The Scooby gangs parents have at least one of their children arrested to keep them out of it... And the authorities are only concerned with the town's revenue stream and absolutely nothing else.

The only thing that is going to save these kids and the town is the Scooby gang... And this one has a twist that hits right where the gang goes to School at!

At this point I know the show is for kids, the truth is, is I have no hope for this show, so to say that this episode is slightly better... That is not hope... This episode is not slightly better, it is just a little less bad!

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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 1 - Episode 1: 'Beware The Beast Below' - TV Episode Review

[caption id="attachment_322" align="alignright" width="258"] Official Score = 1 1/2 Devils[/caption]

When I was a kid, one of my favorite cartoon's were the old, 'Scooby-Doo' cartoons, they were always fun, with scares, and thrills, and Scooby and Shaggy were always a hoot when it came to coming up against the villains that they face in all of the episodes...

Well the truth is, is I have carried that enjoyment of that show as I have grown up, and because of that I believe is what, for me, made the movies so much fun, and even the Scooby-Doo/Johnny Bravo crossover episode fun as well! The problem is, is that this newest series, 'Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.' so far has not lived up to the awesome fun time that it's predecessor has!

You see, this first episode, which was written by: Mitch Watson (Totally Spies) & Directed By: Curt Geda (Batman Beyond). Starring: Frank Welker (The Real Ghost Busters), Mindy Cohn (Hot In Cleveland)), Grey DeLisle (Ultimate Avengers) & Matthew Lillard (Scream), tells the story of how in High School the mystery solving friends, Fred (Frank Welker), Velma (Mindy Cohn), Daphne (Grey Delisle), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), and Scooby-Doo (Also Welker) are just starting out as mystery solvers...

The only problem is that more often then not their solving of these mysteries ends up with them not only being in trouble with the Sheriff, but their parents as well... That is until a new mystery will help put them on the map...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"] The, 'Mystery Incorporated' gang after their latest run in with the law![/caption]

The mystery being that while working underground, a group of workers ends up being attacked by an unknown monster... Well during this time, the gang of High School sleuths are on the case... They start off by searching out the tunnel after the attack occurred, but when they get down their they find a locket and the workers when they are paralyzed...

Well of course they decide to try and get the authorities involved... But when it looks like the Sheriff is not only not willing to help them, but is also seemingly only interested in the towns revenue stream, it looks like it will be up to, 'Mystery Incorporated' to solve this case before the town really will, 'Beware The Beast Below'!

Now the truth is, is that this episode had it's comedic moments, and it was fun to see a  new monster that turned out to be a crook trying to cause problems... But the problems are that this series seem to be set in the modern day, but Shaggy and the gang seem to be stuck in the 70s... This made things for me always seem to be a little disjointed through out the series...

Also, I really can't believe that even in a cartoon that the Sheriff would be more interested in the towns latest, 'attraction' or, 'revenue stream' then catching the bad guy...

Well I will say that this show has some minor promise, and I do intend to check it out further, but in all truth, if this episode is any indication, then I don't see much of a bright future for this series!

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