Despite the sheer amount of Scooby-Doo! TV shows and movies that followed it, Scooby-Doo! Where Are You is still just as entertaining today as it was when it first aired. All the reasons for this can easily be see in the episode Jeepers it's the Creeper.
One of the best things about this series is easily the sheer amount of atmosphere and this episode is chock full of it. Despite the series using limited animation, there was obviously a lot of effort put into the backgrounds and this episode's background art is one of my favorite examples. The detail of the woods is amazing and there is something about the way it looks that beyond enhances the creepy atmosphere. The mystery is quite a good one. With the lack of suspects it is not hard to figure out who did it, but the fun is figuring out how he executed his plan and why he wants the blank piece of paper. The Creeper himself is an excellent villain. He is creepy enough to be threatening, yet is never actually scary and therefore doesn't take away from the show's lighthearted feel.
The humor in this episode is quite good. Velma delivers one of the finest "you wouldn't hit someone with glasses" gags I have ever seen. The baby chick thinking of Scooby as his mother is quite funny and I love Scooby's attempt to tell the chick that they are not even the same species. The chase scenes are as fine as these sequences come with quite a few fun slapstick gags. The song is just what you want from a Sccoby-Doo! song. It is corny as all get out, but charming and fun.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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