A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts

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A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
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Network CBS
Premiere date November 22, 1969
Music composed by Ted Nichols
Director(s) William Hanna
Voice director(s) Joseph Barbera
Animation director(s) Charles A. Nichols
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"A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts" is the eleventh episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! season one. It aired on November 22, 1969 on CBS. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Upon visiting Franken Castle, a variety of movie-type monsters try to scare Mystery Inc. away.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Dracula: Halt! You are not welcome in the castle. Go now or abandon all hope of seeing the sun again.
Velma: You stop that! We have permission to visit this castle.


Fred: Look at that fire. Maybe we're expected for dinner?
Velma: Fine. As long as we're not the dinner.


Daphne: He was after the Franken Jewels, which are woven into that tapestry.
Big Bob Oakley: Yes, and I'd have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for these blasted kids and their dog.

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Wolfman/Gypsy/Dracula/Frankenstein's Monster/Big Bob Oakley John Stephenson
June Foray (gypsy)
Fred Jones Frank Welker
Velma Dinkley Nicole Jaffe
Daphne Blake Stefanianna Christopherson
Shaggy Rogers Casey Kasem
Scooby-Doo Don Messick
King Tutankhamun
Sheriff Don Messick


Organizations

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

Production

Development

Joe Ruby and Ken Spears either wrote or story edited, as they were unable to remember what they specifically did past the fifth episode.[1]

Filming

Music

The theme song, "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" was performed by Larry Marks, with lyrics and music written by David Mook, while Ben Raleigh wrote the music, respectively. The rest of the music was composed by Ted Nichols, who was credited as the musical director.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

Behind the scenes

  • The immortal line, "Yes, and I'd have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for these blasted kids and their dog!" was first uttered in this episode.
  • This episode is an ode to the three famous Universal movie monsters of the 1930's and 1940's: Dracula, Frankenstein, and Wolf Man.
  • Shaggy calls Scooby, Igor, referring to Dr. Frankenstein's assistant.

Errors

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  • Despite its appearance, the Wolfman is only referred to as a "werewolf."
  • When the Wolfman is first looking down from the castle, the small gap between his arm and his stomach briefly flashes the color of his coat.
  • There is no one in the Mystery Machine during the moment the Werewolf sees it driving towards the castle.
  • When Shaggy suggests going into the gypsy wagon, Scooby's ears stick out the top of the front of the Mystery Machine.
  • When Fred agrees to go into the gypsy wagon, the collar of his shirt is white instead of blue.
  • When the Mystery Machine first arrives at the castle, it's empty.
  • When Frankenstein's Monster is first heading towards Daphne, a small spot on his neck flickers between pale green and blue.
  • The gargoyle casts a shadow, although the lasso doesn't.
  • When the chandelier drops on the Werewolf, the rope disappears, but then reappears when the Werewolf attempts to wrestle himself loose.
  • When Shaggy and Scooby enter the dumb waiter, the doors close. But when a different view is shown, the doors to the dumb waiter are open.
  • The gang was only using one rope to pull Daphne out of the dungeon. But when Scooby went to go trap Dracula, where did he get another rope from?
  • As Shaggy, Scooby, and Velma are rescuing Daphne, the vampire appears. In this appearance, he has a large, pointed nose, not unlike that of Big Bob Oakley, despite the fact that his nose appears shorter, stubbier, and flatter when we saw him before.
    • This may be explained by the fact that in this instance, he is seen in profile, rather than being seen by the head.
  • After Shaggy, Scooby, Daphne and Velma capture the vampire, and when Shaggy says, "Speaking of escaping, let's get out of here!", Scooby agrees, with an emphatic "Rooby Roo!" and he is seen and heard running off-screen. However, the next shot shows Daphne, Shaggy, and Velma running through the statue entrance that Dracula came in from, but Scooby is never actually seen to enter it on screen.
  • When Velma asked Shaggy and Scooby why they were riding on that cart, the background behind them changes.
  • When Shaggy and Fred open the coffin, the vampire is wearing the tapestry, which Shaggy and Scooby used to trap him a little later in the episode. Then a few seconds later, the vampire is wearing his black tuxedo again.
  • The headlights shine on the gang's faces, then on their backs.
  • When the gang goes back from the castle to the gypsy wagon, they encounter the gypsy with no earring on her left ear, but when she runs away with the tapestry, she suddenly has an earring on her left ear.
  • How did Oakley create that lightning effect?
  • The Ancient Egyptians so completely obliterated all trace of King Tutankhamun that it wasn't until the discovery of his tomb in 1922 that he was even known to have existed, so there is no way a person in 1668 would have known of him.
  • When Freddy and Velma encountered Dracula for the second time, Velma asks who it is, when they literally just him outside the castle.
  • The success of this scheme by Oakley would have most likely failed in real life because there was no way he could change costumes so fast and get to the castle without the gang seeing him and getting back to the gypsy wagon.
  • Velma loses her glasses and asks Shaggy for her extra pair, so she doesn't even try going back and looking for her old pair. It's possible that she was more focused on solving the mystery, but still, she should have at least tried to go and find them.
  • The two times Dracula vanishes, he gets more and more transparent until he's gone.
  • The Wolfman, even hunched, is significantly shorter than Oakley himself.
  • Frankenstein's monster sounds different at his last appearance.
  • Daphne's one piece of paper becomes a page of an entire notepad when Fred shows it to Scooby and Shag.
  • It is unknown how Dracula vanished in that coffin.

Legacy

The episode has been referenced a couple of times in the Scooby-Doo media franchise:

Marketing and promotion

Critical reception

In other languages

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Home availability

References

  1. ^ Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. Scooby Addicts. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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