Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
Movie, 1988, The Scrappy years, Set in Grimwood's Finishing School
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School is #8 of 27 in release order and #8 of 27 in chronological order in the Scooby-Doo.
The story
Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are on their way to Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they've been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that not only is it actually an all-girl school of famous monsters' daughters but there's a villainess out to enslave the girls.
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School recap
Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy take jobs as gym teachers at Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, which turns out to be a school for the daughters of monsters. The students are Sibella, Dracula's daughter; Elsa Frankenteen, daughter of Frankenstein's monster; Winnie, the Wolfman's daughter; Tanis, the Mummy's daughter; and Phantasma, a ghost. Shaggy and Scooby want to run, but the girls win them over. They coach the girls to a volleyball win over the cadets of the neighbouring Calloway Military Academy and survive a parents' visit from the monster fathers, who warn them to keep their daughters safe. The witch Revolta, with her henchman the Grim Creeper, wants the girls as her slaves. She hypnotises Shaggy into taking them on a field trip to Barren Bog, captures them and plans to give them an evil potion at midnight. Shaggy, Scooby, Scrappy and Miss Grimwood's pet dragon Matches storm her castle.
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School ending explained
At midnight, Shaggy and Scooby reverse Revolta's potion just as it reaches the girls, and Elsa throws the witch's wand into the brew, blowing up her lab. The Calloway cadets, now on the girls' side, fly everyone out in a pedal-powered helicopter while Revolta swears revenge. At a party back at school, new monster parents arrive to enrol their daughters, and Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy flee in terror.
Where to watch Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.8/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, before Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf.
- Chronological order: after Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, before Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf.
What to watch before Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
In release order, the essentials before Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988) are Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969), The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972), The Scooby-Doo Show (1976), Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979), The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985), and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988).
Cast
- Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers / Mirror Monster (voice)
- Don Messick as Scooby-Doo / Scrappy-Doo (voice)
- Glynis Johns as Ms. Grimwood (voice)
- Susan Blu as Sibella Dracula (voice)
- Patty Maloney as Tanis the Mummy (voice)
- Pat Musick as Elsa Frankensteen (voice)
- Marilyn Schreffler as Winnie Werewolf (voice)
- Russi Taylor as Phantasma (voice)
- Frank Welker as Matches / Papa Werewolf / Well Dweller (voice)
- Andre Stojka as The Grim Creeper / Mummy Daddy (voice)
- Zale Kessler as Daddy Dracula / Frankenstein Senior (voice)
- Hamilton Camp as Phantom Father (voice)
Directed by Charles August Nichols.