Really enjoyed the first part of the "The Night the Clown Cried" two parter. A first part that not only achieved extremely well what a first part of a two plus parter should do, but also managed to be a very good, if not quite great, 'Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated' episode in its own right. "The Night the Clown Cried Part 2: Tears of Doom" follows on directly from where the first part left off and builds upon it, on first watch my thoughts were that this was done quite impressively.
Thoughts that are pretty much the same and actually even better with more to appreciate and the good things making bigger impressions. "The Night the Clown Cried Part 2: Tears of Doom" is every bit as good as the first part, with the same strengths plus more on the way despite a couple of imperfections different to before. The title sounds very cheesy and silly, or at least the second part of it, but my advice is not to let that put you off as it is very tacked on sounding and the episode is nothing like it implies.
So many good things are here in "The Night the Clown Cried Part 2: Tears of Doom". The elaborately detailed and atmospheric animation quality still remains, with some particularly cool visuals in the climax, 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.
Voice acting is excellent all round, with Frank Welker's voice work being a lot more like how Scooby always sounded in the past (in the first part he did at times sound too human which didn't quite work for a character whose speech impediment was referred to constantly throughout the franchise. Furthermore, the writing is smart and thought provoking, and had no problem with Scooby's dialogue which was too talkative in Part 1. The storytelling improves here, it was very well done before but here it is more involving and more eventful.
It was great too that it resolved what was seen in Part 1 and doing it so well. The action in the climax excites and Fred's very active role in it was awesome and the most heroic he's been in ages.
By all means the episode is not perfect, with the last act generally being rushed and the reveal is not as strong as the rest of the episode with it also feeling too hastily resolved. The perpetrator was not a surprise at all, actually had a strong suspicion on them early on in the first part, and the motive was wackiness taken to extremes.
All in all, very good. 8/10.
Thoughts that are pretty much the same and actually even better with more to appreciate and the good things making bigger impressions. "The Night the Clown Cried Part 2: Tears of Doom" is every bit as good as the first part, with the same strengths plus more on the way despite a couple of imperfections different to before. The title sounds very cheesy and silly, or at least the second part of it, but my advice is not to let that put you off as it is very tacked on sounding and the episode is nothing like it implies.
So many good things are here in "The Night the Clown Cried Part 2: Tears of Doom". The elaborately detailed and atmospheric animation quality still remains, with some particularly cool visuals in the climax, 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.
Voice acting is excellent all round, with Frank Welker's voice work being a lot more like how Scooby always sounded in the past (in the first part he did at times sound too human which didn't quite work for a character whose speech impediment was referred to constantly throughout the franchise. Furthermore, the writing is smart and thought provoking, and had no problem with Scooby's dialogue which was too talkative in Part 1. The storytelling improves here, it was very well done before but here it is more involving and more eventful.
It was great too that it resolved what was seen in Part 1 and doing it so well. The action in the climax excites and Fred's very active role in it was awesome and the most heroic he's been in ages.
By all means the episode is not perfect, with the last act generally being rushed and the reveal is not as strong as the rest of the episode with it also feeling too hastily resolved. The perpetrator was not a surprise at all, actually had a strong suspicion on them early on in the first part, and the motive was wackiness taken to extremes.
All in all, very good. 8/10.
