- "Scooby-Doo Where Are
You!" is a children's cartoon that expertly balances humor and horror. While most later
installments in the franchise err on the side of comedy,
"Scooby-Doo Where Are You!" and its distinctive spooky vibe is what kickstarted everything. The monsters are genuinely creepy, the sound design is unsettling, (spacecraft beeping) (robot whirring) (ghost humming)
(tense foreboding music) and the background art
is dripping with horror. Every location is dark and
damp and covered in cobwebs, lit ominously from who knows what source. The grimy, worn textures of wood and stone are colored in rich
cool hues that contrast against the vibrancy of the gang. The foreboding atmosphere
of the show separates it from almost any other "Scoob" cartoon. Someday, I will make
a video that discusses in length the art of "Scooby-Doo," so make sure you're subscribed for that. But this video right here is
gonna ask a simpler question. If this show was genuinely
trying to be terrifying at least a little bit, a little bit, then what is the scariest episode of "Scooby-Doo Where Are You!"? (intense ominous music) This video is brought
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(startling music) How are you doing, you wonderful nerds? Scott here, and, uh,
Scoob-tober's still going on, still a thing, I'm having fun with it. Sorry about the jump scare, by the way. Uh, that's the last time I'm
gonna do it in this video. Or is it? It is. I'm done. So to find the scariest
episode of "Scooby-Doo," I want to approach this search with some kind of logic, right? I don't want it to just be me being like, oh, it's the episode with the Space Kook, because he's my favorite monster and just has the best
design, so therefore it wins. No, I need some kind of fixed
criteria to measure against, a formula, or a Shag and
Scoob-approved recipe for what makes something truly terrifying. To the whiteboard! Actually, I'll just bring
the whiteboard to you. I can't move the camera at all. So this is sort of what
I've come up with here, three pillars of what I
think makes something scary, specifically what makes an
episode of "Scooby-Doo" scary. Now, obviously, "Scooby-Doo"
is a comedy cartoon intended for children,
so none of these episodes are gonna give you nightmares or anything. Take it from me, a coward. But this recipe will help us find which episode comes the closest to the center, right there. Right in the butthole. (dramatic spooky music) Okay, so right off the bat, I understand that that probably sounds like it's not gonna help much, right? Like, how do we find the scariest episode? Well, we obviously find the one with the scariest monster, right? It's all still gonna come down to my own personal preferences,
which isn't helpful. We're trying to objectively
measure art here, which is a thing the Internet
assured me was possible. So I suppose a better question would be, why are horror monsters scary? This is actually something
that I've talked about a lot on my channel in the
past, so we'll once again turn to "The Philosophy of
Horror" by Noel Carroll, a book that I really
thought I owned physically, but I don't. I searched my bookshelf front to back. That's not how you search a bookshelf. In this book, Carroll
attempts to break down precisely what it is that
makes something horrific. Why do we find certain things scary? The answer is much more complex than you might think at first, but to put it simply, Carroll gives two definitive traits that describe what he
calls, quote, "art-horror," to differentiate it from,
like, real-life horror. Quote, "The objects of art-horror are essentially threatening and impure." End quote. That first part is pretty obvious, right? For something to be scary,
it has to be threatening, or at the very least appear threatening. The Zombie won't actually
eat Shaggy's flesh, the Mummy won't genuinely
turn Scooby into stone, and the Creeper just sorta shambles around with a briefcase full of money, but the gang still runs
away from the monsters, and civilians still
speak of their horrors. Characters believe that they
are in life-threatening danger. But being a threat is really only one part of the equation. Hugh Jackman is a triple threat. He can sing, he can dance, and he can act, and sometimes, he does
it all at the same time. That doesn't make him a horror monster. It just makes him the
only god I believe in. So that's where the second part of Carroll's theory of
art-horror comes in. That threat must also be what
he refers to as "impure." I don't super love that term, but what it means in this context is that a monster has to
challenge our brains' ability to understand what we're looking at. Shaggy is a hippie, Velma is a nerd, and Scooby is a descendant
of interdimensional aliens whose souls inhabit the
bodies of animals, obviously. You get that just by looking at 'em. That's real, actual "Scooby-Doo" lore, in case you're not in the know. I didn't just make that up. That's real. That's what Scooby is. But then you have the Wax
Phantom and the Ape Man. Their names are made up
of two competing words. Which one are they? These villains don't fit neatly into a preconceived idea
box that we might have. They threaten common
knowledge and expose holes in our understanding of the world. They are uncategorical, which I think is a much better term
than impure, but whatever. Since they are, in fact, uncategorical, of course Carroll made categories
to sort them into anyway. The wonders of the human mind. Firstly, there are fusion beings. These are horror monsters that are made up of two competing categories. Most notably in "Scooby-Doo," the conflicting categories
that make up most monsters are dead, yet alive? You've got your ghosts and your phantoms and your specters, obviously. This also applies to your Draculas, your Frankensteins, and
your zombies, naturally. The Wax Phantom, however,
is a little different. It's not necessarily the
ghost of anyone in particular, but it does blur the boundary of two other contradictory categories, an inanimate substance that
has somehow become animated. Same thing with the puppet
master from episode 9. He's supposed to be a phantom,
which is, you know, fitting, 'cause the episode takes place
in a haunted theater, ooh, but all he really does as a
phantom is disappear once, and the thing he does more of is manipulate life-sized puppets to make these inanimate figures
seem like they are alive, which, in my opinion,
is already terrifying. You don't also need to be
a ghost on top of that. Now, these categories
don't have to be opposites, specifically, to count here, but they do have to group together things that seem like they're mutually exclusive. The Ape Man, for example,
is part ape, part man. - Maybe this Ape Man is more than an ape. - Yeah, Fred. I guess the Ape Man is more than an ape. Good sleuthing there, bud. Thank you for paying attention
to your own sentence. Another type of monster
are fission beings. Rather than two categories combining to create one being like fusion monsters, fission beings are two categories that inhabit the same
body, but exist separately. Probably the most famous example of this is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, two distinct identities
in one physical being. A great example in "Scooby-Doo" would be also Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. They're in the show, too. Episode 18. Eh, technically he's the grandson of the original Dr.
Jekyll, and he's worried that he's possessed by
the ghost of Mr. Hyde. I think they made it more complicated than it needs to be, but hey, if that's not the throughline
of the "Scooby-Doo" franchise. Werewolves are another
great example of this. Sometimes you're a person.
Sometimes you're a wolf. They exist at different times. You get it. The other main category
that's gonna be useful for us here is horrific
metonymy, or metonymy. I never know how to pronounce it. This describes a horror
antagonist who is surrounded by things that we antecedently
take to be objects of disgust and/or phobia. Why is the witch in episode 13 scary? I don't know, probably
because witchcraft in general has a long history of being associated with dark, evil, unnatural forces. Like J. K. Rowling. I don't know what the
Creeper is supposed to be, but the way he follows
everyone around at a slow, but steady pace makes him feel
like a physical embodiment of death that everyone has to
outpace as long as they can until it inevitably catches up to us all. Mortality is terrifying. You know, I'm also gonna
throw Charlie the Robot into this category as well. He's just a regular robot, but the thing that makes him scary is that he's malfunctioning, and unwieldy technology running rampant and causing destruction
is always terrifying, no matter how they plan
on rebranding Facebook. Now, defining the makeup of
a horror monster won't alone help us find the scariest
episode of "Scooby-Doo," since everyone's scared
of something different. Yeah, statistically, someone
out there is terrified of the Ghost of Elias Kingston, even though he's just a
physical answer to the question, what if Johnny Cash was blue? But with this information,
we can eliminate over a third of all "Scooby-Doo
Where Are You!" episodes because their monsters don't
fit any of these categories. Starting up top, episode
1 with the Black Knight. Thanks to my love of
"Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed," I always assumed that the
Black Knight in the cartoon was a ghost like he is
in the movie, but nope! Not a ghost. Just a regular knight,
and knights aren't scary, they're family-friendly
dinner entertainment. Similarly, episode 21's
villain is a caveman, which would only fit into our categories if he was half man, half cave. Redbeard's Ghost in episode
14 technically counts, but he doesn't do
anything remotely ghostly. He just sort of exists as a pirate. But I did find my new "D&D" weapon. - Zoinks! It's the gay blade
of the ghost set again! (epic upbeat music) - Episode 3 has a phantom,
which does match our criteria, but it looks so unconvincing
that I feel comfortable eliminating it on the
grounds of it looking like a child's last-minute
Halloween costume. But it's not even the
worst one to do that. You see, episode 22's Headless
Specter is great, honestly, but the true villain of that
episode was the Phony Phantom, who looks even worse than
the other bedsheet ghost. His name is the Phony Phantom. Everyone knew he wasn't a real phantom. Now, episode 11 does have
Dracula, Frankenstein, and a werewolf, which all perfectly fit into monsters that have
competing categories. Unfortunately, that episode also features a character whose name is kind of a slur, so I'm going to eliminate
it on those grounds, just on its own. In fact, while we're at it, we're also going to eliminate
episodes 5, 19, and 23 because these characters aren't
scary, you're just racist. That was accusatory. You watching are probably not racist. I hope. Please don't be. Hey, guys, hot take: don't be racist. So now, out of the original
25 episodes of the cartoon, we have 16 left to choose
from as the scariest. So how else can we whittle it down? Well, we've looked at the characters, so now, let's look at the setting. (dramatic spooky music) I went on and on and on
at the start of this video about how eerie the
background art could be, capturing the spooky vibes of
these unfamiliar destinations. But what exactly makes a location scary? Oh, no. We're falling
back into the same traps. Fred would be proud. Well, if there's one obvious thing that we can take from the monsters, it's that if a location is
also threatening and dangerous, that could also lend
itself to being scary. Old houses falling apart, swamps filled with alligators, airfields full of sharp, rusty metal, come on, Space Kook, I'm rooting for you, if there's danger, there's fear. But that's not really the
full picture, either, is it? I mean, it's dangerous to get
lost in Hugh Jackman's eyes, but I'm still gonna do it. That alone doesn't make
anything horrifying. I think we can get a
little bit more specific. Association with death helps. Cemeteries and mausoleums and buildings decorated with skulls, these are locations that emanate a vibe that reminds us of our own mortality. The haunted Kingston
Mausoleum from episode 6 and the witch's cabin from episode 13 are the most traditional examples of this. They also up the ante by
making the gang feel isolated in unfamiliar surroundings, which is another important factor. Does the location trap the gang there? Does it separate them from
civilization or from each other? Episode 16's setting encapsulates this feeling of seclusion beautifully. Not only is the gang in a haunted mansion that appears to be standing alone surrounded by a body of water, but they are tasked with
spending the night there. They cannot leave. Moreover, the building
is lined with booby traps that aim to separate the
characters from one another, and the building is falling
apart during a thunderstorm, adding back in the sense of danger, and also the inciting
event is a will reading of the former owner of that place, being, yet again, associated with death. This might very well be the perfect spooky setting. I just hope it wasn't
anyone important who died. - I am Cosgood Creeps, attorney
of the late Colonel Sanders. - [Scott] Not the colonel! - Another creepy crib! How come we can't ever investigate, like, a KFC or something? - Is this what you wanted, Shaggy?! But there's one final idea that makes a location scary. It's something that's cropped up a lot over the past couple of years, and it plays into the
eeriness of the settings of "Scooby-Doo" more than you'd think. You've probably seen
photos of liminal spaces pop up all over the Internet,
thanks to popular subreddits and Twitter accounts and
even YouTube channels. It's difficult to define
precisely what they are, however. Sometimes, it's the unsettling feeling of existing in a transitional space that's not meant for one to exist in, places between destinations. Hallways are a popular example of this. Sometimes, they're spaces that feel like they're on the
boundary between settings, not quite belonging to
something that we'd recognize. But for me, the eeriest
examples of liminality are spaces that I do recognize, but they're out of their designed context. A school dimly lit at night. A silent circus after hours. An amusement park without
a single soul in sight. These places might not inherently be dangerous or associated with death, but the gang is exploring them removed from their typical contexts, which evokes an atmosphere of unease. Something is off. Something is wrong. Someone peed in the ball pit. Is that what happened? I can't remember. You can also see that
liminality plays nicely with this feeling of being alone. Being lost in a dark, abandoned theater, like in episode 9, "The Backstage Rage," becomes infinitely more creepy when the one person you
thought you could ask for help mysteriously turns into a lifeless puppet. Here's the thing, though. Locations are a bit harder to evaluate than monsters, for example. Nearly every episode of
"Scooby-Doo" has a location that ticks off at least
one of these checkboxes. Sometimes, they do more than one. And perhaps we should
be focusing on episodes that embody most, if
not all of these traits, but we still have 16 episodes left, and that's a lot to get through. You know what, we're gonna come back to locations at the end, just to sort of wrap everything up. I think what can help us out right now is by filtering all of our episodes through one last pillar, one last idea of what makes an episode of "Scooby-Doo" so terrifying, and that idea is... Smudged. Was it smudged the whole time? Uh, well, it's supposed to s-
(startling music) That's for sure the last
jump scare in this video, the last one that I will do. We're gonna talk about
jump scares in the cartoon. That's what this next section is about. It's about jump scares. (dramatic spooky music) I think we instinctively
understand this one. We know why jump scares are scary, right? They're startling. They catch you off guard. You're expecting nothing, and then suddenly and
violently, something. There is a fantastic video by Scaredy Cats that goes much deeper into
the usefulness of jump scares. I will link to it in the description, because you should watch it. In short, they can make a film scarier, taking away your sense of security, frightening you when you least expect it, or they can make a film less scary by providing a release of the
tension that they've built up. This is why we can't ju... I dropped my marker. This is why we can't just give points to the episodes that had
the most jump scares, right? Sometimes, the lack of a jump scare, the lack of that release
of building tension, that's what makes it scary. So what we're looking for here is not which episode does
the most jump scares, but rather which episodes
have the most effective use of jump scares. That can mean not using them at all and letting the tension build in a scene, or more likely it'll mean jump scares that are genuinely surprising and will rob us of our sense of comfort. Thankfully for me, "Scooby-Doo" utilizes
jump scares sparingly. Did I mention I'm a coward? Typically, you find it
with that classic gag where the monster reaches
in from out of frame and then the gang eventually
makes eye contact with them and the camera gives us a
startling POV shot of the ghoul. Other times, the camera
just quickly hard-cuts into extreme close-ups
of the monster's face as it laughs and the music swells, which is honestly very similar to more old-school-style jump scares, like this moment from "Frankenstein." That was an early form of a jump scare. It feels tame by today's standards, but we can see "Scooby-Doo"
utilized similar tactics. In fact, episode 20 with the
Creeper has a hard-cut zoom-in that looks almost intentionally similar. (loud suspenseful music) And this one from episode
6 caught me off-guard. - Hey, was Uncle Stuart
wearing a blue suit, red tie, and tennis shoes? - Yeah, when we last saw him. - Then I think we found him, only he looks a little older now. - Why! I guess that ghost wasn't kidding. - But here's an incredible
one from episode 7. - Watch this shot. - Run, roo, ree. - Eight ball in the corner pocket. - And of course, I have
to mention yet again episode 15 with the Space Kook. - Just try it.
(lively playful music) (quiet menacing music)
(Scooby gasps) (Space Kook cackling) - I have probably seen this episode more times than any other episode of "Scooby-Doo Where Are You!" but there is a second
jump scare in this one that gets me every time because I always forget
when it's happening. - I wonder where Freddie
and the girls are. We gotta warn them about Ghost Man. Might as well look in here.
(low disquieting music) What's that?
- Huh? - Let's get out of here!
(both screaming) - But remember, we're not just looking at the use of jump scares. We're also using at times when they could have used
jump scares but refused to, where they kept that release from us. I'm saying release a lot, and I don't mean for it
to sound sexual, but... Episode 4 with Miner 49er
has a great scene with this. Shaggy and Scoob walk up to
an old, dusty bar counter and jokingly order drinks. To their surprise, drinks
actually come to them. All we see is a hand shoving them along. You would think that the next shot would be Shag and Scoob spotting the creep as the camera gives us a nice close-up of the miner, but it doesn't. You're trapped in this
lingering moment with the duo, and you don't get a glimpse of the miner until minutes later. This episode does, however, have three back-to-back jump scares that do make it more comedic than scary. In fact, a lot of jump scares in "Scooby-Doo" are played comedically, which will impact our rankings. As much as I was touting episode 16, "A Night of Fright is No Delight," for having a fantastic setting that's spooky on multiple levels, and the Phantom Shadows
are terrifying monsters, its only use of a jump
scare is strictly for a joke and isn't actually scary. On the reverse of that, episode 24 attempts a lingering scare as the werewolf follows
Scooby and Shaggy around, but again, we see that it's
mostly played for laughs. It isn't actually
evoking a sense of dread. Episode 10, "Bedlam in the Big Top," episode 13, "Which Witch is Which?," and episode 17, I believe,
yes, "That's Snow Ghost," none of those have any
strategic use of jump scares, nor do they have a strategic
un-use of jump scares, so they're all eliminated
immediately, which honestly sucks, because the Ghost Clown is
one of the scariest monsters and an eerily empty circus is easily one of the more uncomfortable
settings from the show. But it doesn't matter what I think. The whiteboard's in charge here, not me. If you're mad, you're mad at this. You're not mad at me. You're not allow... Don't be mad at me. On the note of settings, though, I think we have eliminated enough episodes through our jump scare category that we can revisit this one. So from now on, we're gonna dock points from episodes that don't have at least two of these scary location
traits or from episodes that completely violate
one of these traits. For example, episode 2
with Captain Cutler's ghost takes place in a
fantastically scary location. Underwater in a sunken ship? Incredible! But unfortunately, the episode shatters any sense of isolation
by having the gang drive to a malt shop in the middle
of solving the mystery. Episode 12 with the
Mummy does this as well, so they're both eliminated. If you have the freedom to
stop whatever you're doing and go get an ice cream, then you are never truly in any danger. At least, that's what the throw pillow I bought on Etsy said. Similarly, as much as I enjoyed episode 6's haunted mausoleum, the gang yet again leaves
in the middle of the mystery to go check out a totally
different part of town, where they run into at
least one normal bystander. Doesn't really feel like they're secluded. The only person trapped in
seclusion is their friend Sharon, who they just left tied
up as they drove away. I would probably look into
getting better friends. At the very least, they could've
returned with ice cream. Episode 18 has a fantastic use
of withholding a jump scare when Scooby and Shaggy
rummage around the attic as a shadow lingers in wait. (Scott sighs) But the setting is boring. At most, it checks off that
it's slightly dangerous with the swamp alligators
again, but otherwise, it's just a house that has people in it. It doesn't even feel
that lonely or liminal. The most cursed thing is when Shaggy lets out a singular zoink. - [Shaggy] Zoink! - And as much as I loved the jump scare from episode 7, "Never Ape an Ape Man," and that abandoned movie
set is incredibly liminal, that's really all it is. It doesn't check off
any other boxes for me. So as of right now, this
formula, this recipe, I think... I used the recipe joke in a different "Scooby-Doo"
video, didn't I? Welcome back to "Binging
with Babish." Just kidding. Whatever, thanks to this,
we have eliminated 19 out of the original 25 "Scooby-Doo
Where Are You!" episodes. That leaves us with a measly, a mere top six episodes of "Scooby-Doo." Not top six, the scariest ones. You get it. You know why we're here. Here they are in chronological order. Episode 4: "Mine Your Own Business." Episode 8: "Foul Play in Funland." Episode 9: "The Backstage Rage." Episode 15: "Spooky Space
Kooks." Still in it! Episode 20: "Jeepers It's the Creeper." And episode 25: "Don't
Fool With a Phantom." I gotta tell you, this
is a pretty iconic list. Every single one of these episodes has a menacing monster, a spooky setting, and jump scares that'll
make your heart pound. I couldn't figure out how to
make the alliteration work for that one. I mean, sure, maybe the Wax Phantom and the puppet master aren't as popular of "Scooby-Doo" villains as
the Creeper or Miner 49er, but their sets are what sets them firmly into the top six scariest episodes. I mean, horrifying
hijinks at a wax museum? Phantom at the opera? Scary stuff, folks. But only one of these
episodes can be the scariest, and according to my math, the scariest episode of
"Scooby-Doo Where Are You!" is not "The Spooky Space Kook." What? That's impossible. What other episode is
even remotely as terrify- Okay, you know what, that is fine. I can live with that one. But how did our formula arrive at episode 8, "Foul Play in Funland"? Well, for starters, Charlie the Robot is this
unsettling, unthinking force. He's incredibly strong,
so you can't trap him. He's nearly indestructible,
so you can't fight him. And he's a machine, so
you can't scare him, trick him, or reason with him. Unlike most of the monsters who go head-to-head with
Mystery Incorporated, Charlie rarely goes to attack them. For most of the episode,
he's just doing his own thing at a distance, sometimes
altogether unseen. When the gang first arrives at Funland, Shaggy and Scooby once
again get served food from an unknown source,
just like with Miner 49er. - Who did that? - [Scott] But it goes further than that. Fred plays that game where you
throw a ball at some bottles, and he's delivered a prize
so quickly and silently that no one there sees who did it. - Should we stack those bottles back up? - You're right, Daphne. - Look! The bottles are
all stacked up again. And what's that on the counter? - [Fred] It's a prize for
knocking down the bottles. And our backs were only
turned for a minute! - [Scott] Eventually, we catch a glimpse of the being that's behind this, but he's far away and moves
too quickly to be human. - Man, he's faster than a speeding bullet. - [Scott] Even more curious, when Scooby tries to track
the being down with his nose, a thing that has rarely
failed him in the past, he finds that he can't. He can't pick up any kind of scent. - Ro rent. - No scent?! He has to have a scent. Why, he'd have to be a
ghost not to leave a scent. Uh, did I say ghost? - [Scott] The first time
they confront the figure, he appears to look right through them, not acknowledging them at all. He doesn't grab Shaggy
or chase after Scooby. He doesn't even make a noise. This differs from, I believe, every other monster from this show, who moan and howl and
cackle in frightening ways. The Creeper's garbled voice- - Creeper! Creeper! - [Scott] The Wax Phantom's grunts- (Wax Phantom moaning) The Space Kook's laugh- (Space Kook cackling) God, that terrifying laugh, (Space Kook cackling) only rivaled by Scooby's
weird chuckle in episode 2. (Scooby chortling) Charlie doesn't do that. He just stares,
expressionless, motionless. Suddenly, while they're there, as they're all still puzzled
by this mysterious figure who keeps appearing and disappearing, the lights go out. Now, remember when I docked
points from some episodes where the gang would leave
the location of the mystery and go somewhere else
to talk to other people, and it just sort of
broke that sort of, uh, isolation, that isolated feeling? Um, I can explain. Yes, the gang does leave Funland
after the "Let's go out," but the place they go to
is just a couple steps away to a neighboring house. They don't pack into the Mystery Machine and drive to another part of town or go get a delicious malt. It's still on the beach. It's right off the pier. And even still, this episode manages to make this feel isolating in a new way, a psychological way. This elderly brother-sister
pair fully knows that there's a robot
running around Funland. They're the ones who built him. But when the gang comes
knocking on their door asking questions, these two
pretend to know nothing. You see, typically,
when the gang talks to, like, a local about a
strange figure they saw, the local is like, "Oh, yeah, of course, that's the ghost of, that's the ghost of Pumpkin Head. He doesn't have a head for a pumpkin. He just sort of has a pumpkin on his head. And he's a ghost! Did I mention the ghost part? That part's important. That's what makes him scary. You get it, you've seen him." But here, the gang is met with, "What are you talking about? There's no one out there. There's no one. You're seeing things. Go home." The gang is still all alone. In this way, the setting of the episode definitely checks the box of seclusion, but it also takes place
at an amusement park, after dark, with no one around. If there ever was a liminal space, the gang existing in a place outside of its designed context, this would be it. And everything is malfunctioning from concession stands to full rides, making the place hazardous. Isolation, danger, and liminality. It's the only episode of
"Scooby-Doo Where Are You!" that checks all those boxes simultaneously while having a horrifying monster and having a jump scare so good that they used it in
the opening theme song. ♪ And Scooby-Doo, if you come through ♪ ♪ You're gonna have
yourself a Scooby Snack ♪ ♪ That's a fact ♪ And that is what makes episode
8, "Foul Play at Funland," the scariest episode of "Scooby-Doo." Not according to me! According to this thing that I invented. But I'm passing the blame off. When you inevitably tell me
that I'm wrong in the comments, at the very least show
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Siig, Maher Saadaldeen, Merisa Wilson, Pete Temple!, that has an exclamation point at the end, so I have to say it
like that, SilvahDonut, and all of these other names
on the screen right now. Like I said, any and
all support on Patreon would be incredibly helpful,
especially right now. To find out why, you can
watch my previous video about how "A Pup Named
Scooby-Doo" helped me work through some depression. I've also got a bunch of other
"Scoob" videos you can watch. Once again, my name is Scott, reminding you to explore your favorite art through curiosity and vulnerability. See you.
