With the gang disbanded, and Crystal Cove being tormented by an evil man-baby named "Crybaby Clown," the new Mayor decides it's time to bring Mystery Incorporated back together.With the gang disbanded, and Crystal Cove being tormented by an evil man-baby named "Crybaby Clown," the new Mayor decides it's time to bring Mystery Incorporated back together.With the gang disbanded, and Crystal Cove being tormented by an evil man-baby named "Crybaby Clown," the new Mayor decides it's time to bring Mystery Incorporated back together.
- Scooby-Doo
- (voice)
- …
- Velma Dinkley
- (voice)
- Daphne Blake
- (voice)
- …
- Shaggy Rogers
- (voice)
- Crybaby Clown
- (voice)
- …
- Baylor Hotner
- (voice)
- Farmer
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBaylor Hotner, star of the Dusk films, is a parody of Taylor Lautner, star of the Twilight movies. The real Lautner voiced guest characters in A Terrifying Round with a Menacing Metallic Clown (2005) and Camp Comeoniwannascareya (2005).
- Quotes
Mayor Janet Nettles: Scooby-Doo?
Scooby-Doo: Uh, yeah?
Mayor Janet Nettles: Get in.
[Scooby gets in the car]
Scooby-Doo: Do I know you?
Mayor Janet Nettles: My name is Janet Nettles. I'm the new Mayor of Crystal Cove. The town and I need your help, Scooby. We've been attacked by an evil man baby named Crybaby Clown.
Scooby-Doo: Sorry, can't help you. Not until I find my friends.
Mayor Janet Nettles: I think I can help you with that.
[hands Scooby paper files on the gang]
Mayor Janet Nettles: There's everything on their whereabouts I could dig up. Anything else?
Scooby-Doo: Uh, got any Scooby Snacks?
- ConnectionsEdited into A Scooby-Doo Valentine Bouquet (2021)
It still is very high on rewatch. To me it actually fared better on rewatch, thanks to appreciating the villain more and also finding the character writing deeper and the atmosphere darker. Which is absolutely great, as ideally a following season should maintain what was so great about what happened previous while building upon it. Something that Season 2 on the whole did brilliantly and is already evident in "The Night the Clown Cried", despite it being only the season's first episode.
"The Night the Clown Cried" isn't perfect. Did feel that the ending was on the abrupt side, though in a way that's understandable as it was clear that a Part 2 was intended.
Was a little mixed on Scooby, he is still very relatable, fun and has good intentions but for my tastes he talks too much and comes over as too intelligent, obvious in the long talky sentences that he never did before.
However, so much is good. The elaborately detailed and atmospheric animation quality still remains, and the character designs are more appealing now than they were on first watch. Crybaby Clown's character design is wonderfully strange, which is fitting with his personality, and a lot less goofier than remembered. The music is a mix of energetic, melancholic and spooky with it never jarring. The voice acting is near-uniformly excellent, with my only reservation being Frank Welker's slightly too human voice work for Scooby.
Furthermore, the writing is smart and thought provoking. The story is very absorbing throughout, with no over simplicity or convolution and a real creepiness, and sets things up for the season in a way that is intriguing. Really liked the darker and more dramatic tone, also that all the gang have come on a long way personality wise. Daphne's personality change in particular here is drastic, but it was fitting considering what happened at the end of "All Fear the Freak". The Velma reveal was a surprise and the Crystal Cove mystery is deepening and moving forward all the time. Crybaby Clown is not going to change the minds of anybody who already fears clowns, he is freaky and also memorably strange.
Overall, very good start to the season. 8/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Aug 27, 2023
Details
- Runtime23 minutes