"The Crazy Carnival Caper" was one of the first episodes of 'The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show' watched, along with "The Creature from Chem Lab", "Quagmire Quake Caper" (never cared for that) and "Who's Minding the Monster". "The Mark of Scooby" was seen not long after. Have always found "The Crazy Carnival Caper" very enjoyable, but it took me a while to come round to "The Mark of Scooby".
Fom a young adult perspective, "The Crazy Carival Caper" is still very enjoyable, while "The Mark of Scooby" has grown on me a lot and better than its premise suggests. The double bills (which was almost all of the show apart from the two two parters that concluded it) were often a case of one episode being better than the other, sometimes by a little (like here) and sometimes there is a big difference ("Hound of the Scoobyvilles"/"The Dinosaur Deception" for example), the quality was pretty equal here.
"The Mark of Scooby" (7/10)- A lot more interesting than it sounds. It's fun and cute, with some very clever role playing, a quite colourful setting and amusing moments. It was a nice change of pace and didn't have issues with most of the major components.
It does feel like filler, the story does feel very thin towards the end and the middle is a bit bland.
"The Crazy Carnival Caper" (8/10)- The better one of the two. Loved the carnival setting, which did make me feel nostalgic. It was nice to get some insight into the gang's personal lives, the mystery was quite fun and the villain gave me the creeps as a child and anybody who is afraid of clowns are not going to be converted.
It is brought down by one major thing, the convoluted final solution, especially with the mirrors. This made no sense to me as a kid and it still strikes me as unnecessarily complicated in a franchise where a lot of the reveals are obvious.
Overall, nice. 7/10.
Fom a young adult perspective, "The Crazy Carival Caper" is still very enjoyable, while "The Mark of Scooby" has grown on me a lot and better than its premise suggests. The double bills (which was almost all of the show apart from the two two parters that concluded it) were often a case of one episode being better than the other, sometimes by a little (like here) and sometimes there is a big difference ("Hound of the Scoobyvilles"/"The Dinosaur Deception" for example), the quality was pretty equal here.
"The Mark of Scooby" (7/10)- A lot more interesting than it sounds. It's fun and cute, with some very clever role playing, a quite colourful setting and amusing moments. It was a nice change of pace and didn't have issues with most of the major components.
It does feel like filler, the story does feel very thin towards the end and the middle is a bit bland.
"The Crazy Carnival Caper" (8/10)- The better one of the two. Loved the carnival setting, which did make me feel nostalgic. It was nice to get some insight into the gang's personal lives, the mystery was quite fun and the villain gave me the creeps as a child and anybody who is afraid of clowns are not going to be converted.
It is brought down by one major thing, the convoluted final solution, especially with the mirrors. This made no sense to me as a kid and it still strikes me as unnecessarily complicated in a franchise where a lot of the reveals are obvious.
Overall, nice. 7/10.
