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Daphne has an uncle who is directing a horror movie about a crazy Ape Man. The Ape Man has problems following direct orders, and trouble commences. It turns out the Ape Man is apparently real and is terrorizing people on the set. The stuntman Carl shows up in a treasure box, telling people the Ape Man threw him in there. The Gang is inquisitive as usual, and wants to solve the mystery. This was another fantastic episode. I don't find apes all that threatening, but I enjoyed myself heavily, nonetheless. Scooby does something very rare for him, and that's act tough and fearless in a couple scenes. It was really funny to watch him stare The Ape Man down successfully, and scare him off. I'm so used to him hamming it up by being scared, he does do that here, obviously, but he does act macho as well. There are some great gags in this one as well. I loved how the ape man fiddled with a Scooby Doo Mask, while Scooby looked in the mirror. Scooby & Shaggy clowning around with masks at the end was hilarious as well. Like most Scooby villains, the culprit is highly predictable. I also thought the ending was anti climatic, and the ending didn't have the panache that a Scooby episode usually has. It's extremely entertaining stuff overall, and a hoot to watch. Very much recommend for Scooby lovers

8.6/10

The Ape Man is not a classic Scooby Doo villain in my opinion, not because he isn't a good villain, he is, but because somehow I have never heard of him. It's strange because all the other's are familiar even if only by their name or face namely Miner '49er. But the Ape Man reminds me of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Piltdown Man not a perfectly good Scooby Doo episode!

Ik I might be giving a little to much of a high rating, but it's hard, this one was a favorite of mine as a kid. The monster is not scary, the person who it is probably the most obvious in the whole original series, but this is prolly one of my most rewatched episodes.

Pros- This one is way more funnier than most not really being that creepy, but the (pretty close to) abandon movie set is really good atmosphere which this show always seems to nail. The gang are showing up here because Daphne's uncle is a famous movie director, which I'm not gonna gripe on for to long, because I could believe Daphne has a famous movie director uncle, but when they do it over and over and they know every single celebrity it's get a little old. There is some of my favorite gags in this episode like Shaggy and Scooby trying on wigs and playing pool in the billiards room. Shaggy and Scooby steal this episode and the scene in the billiards room is iconic with Scooby counting the heads on the wall and one is missing and shaggy is distracted by pool. The music slaps and I'm a sucker for the Hanna Barbera and Will Hanna 60s animation. Also quick add amazing performance by Carl when he was "shoved" in the trunk and locked in by the ape man. It was a good attempt but sadly did not work. Also they did a good job at making the ape man a threat for his design. The scene when the apeman almost kills Candy on the bridge is iconic as well as Scooby saving her 🍑. This scene showed brave Scooby which we don't get nearly enough of, he didn't even ask for a Scooby snack bruh. Really good episode.

Cons- Well let's start with the obvious it was Carl, when I was younger I was really hoping they didn't go with this ending but they did, normally the pool of suspects isn't that wide but it's not gonna be Daphnes uncle, cause he wouldn't wreck his own shoot. The only other person was Candy who left earlier in the episode. Also I wasn't a huge fan of the way the figured out it was Carl, I mean I liked the idea of taking a picture of the culprit without their mask on its cool, it was just executed poorly. If you show the bald head of someone and there is only bald person in the episode, that's gonna ruin the surprise for when you try to reveal it 🤦.

It's not a perfect ep and I did have some complaints but honestly this is a really fun one if you ain't looking for a "super scary" episode, and some great gags. The Ape Man is pretty intimidating when he almost wrecked Candy he is a threat even though if he isn't real scary. I'll give them props when he shows his teeth and starts roaring he looked pretty ferocious there.