Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School is a 1988 TV-movie produced for syndication by Hanna-Barbera Productions and distributed by Great American Broadcasting, as part of the "Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10" package. Based upon the popular 1979 Hanna-Barbera series "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo", the film features Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and Scrappy-Doo becoming gym teachers at a school for daughters of famous monsters.

Plot

Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy Doo are on their way to a Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they have been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that it is actually a school for girl "ghouls". The pupils include Sibella, the daughter of Daddy Dracula; Elsa Frankenteen, the daughter of Frankensteen Senior, plus she's a teen girl; Winnie, the daughter of a Papa werewolf; Phantasma (usually called Phanty for short), the daughter of the Phantom Father; and Tanis (which is a parody of an Egyptian city), Mummy Daddy's daughter. Other residents of the school are Miss Grimwood, the headmistress, and her pet dragon Matches (who dislikes Scooby at first, but later becomes friends, and has a strong liking for Scrappy).

Gym class soon starts, with the intent to train the girls for their upcoming volleyball match against the boys of the neighboring Calloway Military Academy (who have always beaten them). As an additional plot twist, Revolta, the self-styled Witch of the Web, plans to kidnap the girls and make them her slaves in order to control their parents, who had previously warned Shaggy and Scooby not to let any harm come to their girls. Despite being well-liked by all their students, Shaggy and Scooby run away when monsters such as the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Godzilla enroll their daughters at the school the following year.

Character Profiles

Elsa Frankenteen

Elsa is the oldest. She's a Frankenstein of about about 14, and she loves science. She's seems to be slow and tends to point out the obvious, but she's very bright, strong, and tenacious. Elsa is close to Tanis, and Phantasma. She is tall, pale, with black hair with a streak (like The Bride of Frankenstein) with many stitches, and her outfit consists of a green dress over a brown t-shirt with chunky sandals. Her gift to her father was a "portable shockman" (a play on portable walkman). She is named after the actress Elsa Lanchester who starred as Frankenstein's wife in the 1935 movie The Bride of Frankenstein.

Phantasma

Phantasma is a phantom of about 13 years. She is pretty, loves playing the organ and writes her own songs, of which she is quite talented. She is silly, wacky, but is smarter than she appears, and loves to play, fly, and run around. Phantasma is quite possibly the daughter of the Erik, the Phantom of the Opera.She is perhaps the most artistic and is close to Elsa. Phanty's outfit consists of an pale blue dress, white cowboy boots, and she has icy-blue skin, white hair in a sideways ponytail with a blue streak, and wide eyes. Her gift to her father was a composition she wrote and played.

ibella Dracula

Sibella is a vampire of about 12. She is very beautiful, although she enjoys rough sports as much as the other girls. She likes to make puns on words related to vampires, and is the most talkative girl. She's often the one who runs errands, but she's always happy to help. Sibella is close to both Winnie and Tanis. She has long purple hair, light purple skin, red lips, and green eyes, and her outfit consists of a purple dress with a slit, pumps, and a red belt. Her gift to her father was a "bat robe", and made one just like it but fire-proof for Matches.

Winnie

Winnie is a werewolf of about 9 years old. She is athletic, confident, and a little bossy, like when she sometimes takes over as leader of the girls. She takes any chance she has to howl at something and is brave and tough, despite her shortness. She is close to both Sibella and Tanis. Winnie has brown fur, curly, bright orange hair, red eyes, and her outfit consists of a blue dress. Her gift to her father was a "Juicer" shaped like a sarcophagus with large spikes inside, and made the juice come out of the top.

Tanis

Tanis is a mummy of about 6, and is the youngest. She isn't very confident in herself until she gets a trophy for the volleyball match. Tanis is dependent and playful, and tries her hardest at whatever she does. She is close to both Winnie and Sibella. Tanis's only notable facial feature is her blue eyes. Her gift to her father was a red "fright" light "to brighten the darkest mummy case", in the shape of a mummy's tomb.

Cast

* Don Messick as Scooby and Scrappy Doo
* Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers
* Glynis Johns as Miss Grimwood
* Ruta Lee as Revolta
* Susan Blu as Sibella Dracula
* Patty Maloney as Tanis the Mummy
* Russi Taylor as Phantasma the Phantom
* Pat Musick as Elsa Frankensteen
* Marilyn Schrefler as Winnie the Werewolf
* Ronnie Schell as Colonel Calloway
* Aaron Lohr as Miguel
* Scott Menville as Tug Roper
* Rene Auberjonois as Baxter
* Bumper Robinson as Jamaal Williams
* Jeff Cohen as Grunt
* Frank Welker as Matches

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189071/ "Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School" at the "Internet Movie Database"]