The Three Halloween Specials from our Green Sweater Vested Friend-DOUG's HALLOWEEN ADVENTURE, DOUG'S BLOODY BUDDY, & NIGHT OF THE LIVING DOUGS

DOUG some reason has Three Halloween episodes.

And it's split between both the Nickelodeon and Disney Series.

For this edition of DOUG & Halloween posts, I'll do a blogpost about the three Halloween Episodes broadcast for DOUG between 1991 to 1999.

The first we'll discuss is probably the most famous of all:

First broadcast on Nickelodeon on October 30 1993.

This was the first Halloween episode of DOUG and the second to be a full HALF-HOUR long episode after the season 1 episode DOUG BAGS A NEEMATOAD back in August 18 1991.

This was one of the attempts to bring DOUG's imagination and his bragging rights to be a real-man into full circle.

But in order to create something different to differentiate from the competition is to have the character go to a Haunted House called BLOODSTONE MANOR.

Just so he can prove to Roger that he's a REAL MAN!

Among the references is this guy inside the mirror who goes by the name of 

RACE CANYON.

He's a parody of INDIANA JONES.

And considering this Halloween Episode aired in 1993,

Only the Trilogy(Not counting the YOUNG INDY TV SERIES) existed.

No CRYSTAL SKULL or DIAL OF DESTINY yet.

There are many gags to Marvel at.

First is a personal favorite of mine:

Roger hiding his head underneath his Leather Jacket, pretending to be decapitated.

"OOOOOOOoooooo!! WHO CHOPPED OFF MY HEAD!!!???"

other's include this somewhat ominously disconcerting face made by Patti's father CHAD when he tells Doug and Skeeter the haunting tales of the missing participants of Bloodstone Manor.

All while Patti is watching her father.

Also, did you know CHAD MAYONNAISE is crippled below the waist?

He made Paraplegics cool before Joe Swanson from FAMILY GUY.

Others include this bit where Skeeter tells the story of how BloodStone Manor was founded, complete with some wonderful lighting to set the mood.

“He forgot to put in a floor!!!”

Though I would have preferred if Skeeter would have impersonated Rod Serling or Alfred Hitchcock during that particular moment.

At least Skeeter saved his ROD SERLING shtick for 1996.

You know what, here's some more screenshots which I procured from my AMAZON DVD which I ripped the contents using VLC PLAYER's Convert Tool.

 Also, I found out something very interesting.

I read BILLY COORE's CAROLINA CIRCLE CITY Blog and I found out that in October 1994, he went to a CAMELOT MUSIC at the former CAROLINA CIRCLE MALL and bought an Orange VHS Tape featuring a myriad of then-current at the time Nicktoons Halloween Specials.

DOUG's HALLOWEEN ADVENTURE was among one of them on the tape.

Little do DOUG and friends know that behind the scenes at VIACOM, a movie deal fell through after VIACOM acquired PARAMOUNT PICTURES which therefore froze JUMBO's budget, pissed off JIM, and a sale was underway which interfered with the fictional ASN Network......

WHOOPS!!! I'M OFF AT A TANGENT. 

Where was I? OH YES!

Next we have...

First broadcast on ABC on October 26 1996

After a few rough starts with this Brand Spanking New! revival of DOUG at...

The Disney Afternoon, (It predated ONE SATURDAY MORNING by a year) 

What with the older fans and stuff, 

Then came this Halloween special.

So what's the plotline of this half-hour episode?

Beebe Bluff Middle School(Aka Bluffington Middle School or KOOL SKOOL) has traded in their Halloween festivities for a Football game against BLOASTBURG.

But the main story is really about DOUG trying to prove that his best friend Skeeter is not the infamous Bluffington Vampire.

All because of Connie developing an obsession for Gossiping.

"Keep a watch on the Bluffington Vampire my dudes."

"Rumor has it.... SIR!"

Connie's actions prove damaging not only for Skeeter...

But also for the School's Band Teacher BOB FORT.

MR. FORT is Beebe Bluff Middle School's Band Class Teacher, who according to the 1997 Disney Series' Production Bible, is sort of the General Patton of the Faculty.

I always think of this guy as being more of a PHYS ED Teacher instead of a Band Teacher...

Just so he can give COACH BUZZCUT from BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD, 

And COACH MCGUIRK from HOME MOVIES

a run for their money.

But MR. FORT lost the PHYS ED position to COACH SPITZ who transferred from Bluffington Elementary to Beebe Bluff Middle School in-between the Nick and Disney Series just because the Bluffington School Board can't afford to hire another new Gym Teacher for their then new School Property.

In this version, Coach Spitz now sounded like a got sick from his own spoiled tomatoes instead of sounding like a strict MR. PIPE from Ren & Stimpy which hilariously resulted in his students taking him less seriously.

"And I blame this spoiled tomato for making me sick, then making my voice sound 

as Goofy and stuffed as that JEFF BERGMAN.

Now both MR. PIPE & ZAPP BRANNIGAN is gonna laugh their asses off because of my voice!"

(Now Read that above quote in Billy West's MR. PIPE voice.)

Doesn't even matter though as Mr. Fort likes his position as Band Teacher and would go through great lengths to humiliate his hated rival BARON VON WERDERBERGER, 

all because the Baron swapped out Fort's Musical Sheet back in their school days.

"He was jealous.

BECAUSE I GOT THE TRUMPET SOLO!!!"

*Plays the wrong notes*

"D'OH!!! I feel like a big DOPE!!!"

But yeah, this Episode has many things that's still befitting a Halloween Special:

The Scooby-Doo Parody as the episode's cold opening

With a few twists:

Beebe is still being her usual Jerry Seinfeld-esque NEAT-FREAK self even when she's playing DAPHNE BLAKE.

"Aw NEMATODES!!!"

"IT BETTER BE CLEAN DOWN THERE!!!"

And Doug's less than stellar attempt to imitate CASEY KASEM's SHAGGY ROGERS.

"ZOINKS!!!!"

English Literature teacher EMILY KRYSTAL dresses like a dominatrix

Then she reads DRACULA,

DOUG suffering his first Nightmarish Double Dream,

"I hate double dreams!"

Doug playing the latest of Fighting Games such as...

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS' HORROR KOMBAT

A Parody of two player fighting games that were popular in the 90s like

STREET FIGHTER, TEKKEN, & MORTAL KOMBAT.

I named the game UNIVERSAL STUDIOS' HORROR KOMBAT because of the blatant appearances of both FRANKSTEIN's Monster & THE MUMMY.

Both from UNIVERSAL STUDIOS.

This game is available exclusively for NONTENDU ULTRA-32.

??????

What happened to his SUPER PRETENDO from the Nickelodeon Series?

He got rid of it because it cost him his Juicy A+ from Mrs. Wingo.

"You should have been paying attention to your homework 

instead of getting your 8-Bit Revenge on me FUNNIE!!!"

So in 1996, DOUG got a new Console despite sharing a Similar Game Controller.

And yes, the NONTENDU ULTRA-32 name is a parody of the Nintendo 64, the 32-Bit era of Video Games, and the fact that despite being a true 64-Bit Console thanks to it's 93.75MHz NEC R4300 CPU, N64 games could only run 32-bit instructions.

Yes, there are jokes that can make you laugh.

The Double Dreams nightmare,

Skeeter unknowingly scaring the Bejesus out of everyone in the Cafeteria, 

"Hey Guys."

"Hello? *HONK...HONK*"

Gotta love that DRY BRUSH blur effect

This is not the first time he unknowingly scared the Bejesus out of his friends.

He did the same thing earlier with Roger Klotz and Willy White

As I've said before:

LET NO SLEEPING KLOTZ'S LIE!!!

Skeeter advertising VAMPIRE COLA,

"I'd rather drink this than bite my BEST FRIEND."

"Aw Dang, Nematodes!!! I spoke too soon....

Or is someone trying to frame me?"

Yes I used the Nematodes joke but only because I’m still at heart a SpongeBob fan.

Roger's failed attempt to to melt Skeeter by using finger crucifixes

"Everybody, Do this!!!"

"MELT!!! MELT!!!"

"WHY ISN'T HE MELTING!?"

"Alright! WHO'S NOT DOING THE FINGERS!?"

Be careful when you say that ROGER

as it's pretty clear BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD's overseas animation studio PLUS ONE clearly animated everybody doing the finger crucifix.

Roger making a lame-joke about being the SCARED KNIGHT.

"How'd you like my performance?

That was my costume: THE SCARED GUY!"

DOUG and friends don't buy it, therefore here's DOUG's comeback:

"Yeah right, SIR ROGER CHICKEN-HEART!"

(Even better if you read that above line in BILLY WEST'S FRY Voice.)

"ACK!!!!!"

"Let no sleeping KLOTZ's Lie!!!"

& my personal favorite and most meta moment,

Roger claiming to have bought the latest(At least for 1996) in Vampire Repellent Products.

Then Connie pulls something out of his duffel bag

"How does this stop Vampires?"

If the above liner joke fell flat, 

the real joke is that Roger's underwear has images of his original Nickelodeon series Haircut.

If Roger's Bacon Hair is not combed and is asymmetrical, 

it's his old Nicktoons haircut.

It looks like his mother EDWINA KLOTZ submitted the wrong photos to the NYC designers but at least her mistake still makes us Nick Series Elitists happy.

"As long as I was shopping, I got some personalized underwear.

Sometime around 1997, this episode, alongside several others, would eventually get the BOOK TREATMENT by both Disney Press & Scholastic.

Yes, the same people that would finally publish JIM JINKINS and JOE AARON's long-gestated 1984 book DOUG'S GOT A NEW PAIR OF SHOES,

Though like I said in previous posts, it necessitated a name change and update of artwork.

Finally, we have NIGHT OF THE LIVING DOUG'S

First broadcast on......OCTOBER 31 1998.

The only Halloween special that I know of that was literally broadcast on Halloween like it was intended to......

Unless you count the few SIMPSONS' TREEHOUSE OF HORROR episodes that did air on OCTOBER 31 like they were intended to do.

The episode plays out more of a Disaster Dominos/Chew Toy fodder for DOUG, 

First, his baby Sister DIRTBIKE destroys his LUCKY DUCK MONSTER Costume,

(Which for some viewers, creates a continuity snarl because Dirtbike wasn't born until Christmas 1996. So this episode implies it takes place during when DOUG and friends were already in the 8th grade in 1997.) (That's also why I don't have any screenshots of Dirtbike destroying the costume.)

Then Skeeter's family ignores the doorbell,

JUDY refuses to help out DOUG with costume choices.

Doug's bike has a flat tire at the worst possible moment,

Mr. Dink's Machines malfunctions at the worst possible time,

"STAND BACK DOUGLAS......*COUGH*"

Forcing Doug to run to the Costume Shop.

Roger is being his 1998 rich Jerkass self as usual, And he refuses to let DOUG in his Limo

"AND THANK NEMATODES THAT MR. BONEHEAD IS NOT AROUND TO GIVE ME DETENTION!!! "

Don't worry. Starting on November 1 1998, ROGER got sent to detention.

anyway,

Doug gets to the costume shop but it closes

and to top it off, Doug's favorite Ice Cream flavor BUTTERY BRICKLE gets.... 

DISCOUNTINUED!!!!

DOUG FINALLY SNAPS.

"AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

"FIRST TOMMY PICKLES STEALS MY EMMY IN 1992, 

THEN BILLY WEST LOST MY VOCAL CHORDS TO A SALARY DISPUTE,

THEN THE BEETS BROKE UP DUE TO MARK DAVID CHAPMAN, 

THEN I GOT BEAT BY DETWEILER, PEPPER ANN, DEXTER, RED GUY, ETC.

NOW MY FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR GOT DISCONTINUED!!!!!?????"

WOAH!!! SETTLE DOWN DOUG!!! 

YOU DON'T NEED TO GO ALL PETER FRAMPTON ON YOUR RANTS!

NOT WITH THAT TRUCK AND PUDDLE OF WATER BEHIND YOU.....

*SPLASH*

"NEMATODES!!!!!"

*Spits out water*

"Happy Halloween....."

Happy Halloween INDEED.

Now don't send that sarcasm to SHELDON COOPER or PETER FRAMPTON 

for the love of nematodes. 

Midway into the episode, DOUG notices his friends acting like him, complete with things like

Beebe acting like DOUG when she writes on her d...... er.... JOURNAL.

Guy Graham claiming DOUG submitted a cartoon

And what's the name is his cartoon?

"???????"

Patti getting annoyed about so many love letters being stuffed in her locker.

"I'm getting sick of this Locker Nonsense!"

Then why didn't you stomp on them letters like ASUKA did in EVANGELION?

All culminating in these sequences where everybody morphs into him.

They even had the gall to change the school to have DOUG's face

Not even the Downtown Bluffington DUPLEX Cinema is immune to the clone crisis.

"WAG THE DOUG? RESERVOIR DOUGS?"

"Me... the Movie!?"

Clones, Discontinued Ice Cream,

Yadda Yadda Yadda!

(Yes it's an obligatory SEINFELD joke I pulled here.)

????

Even the Statue of Bluffington Founder THADDEUS BLUFF morphs into DOUG.

Now this is what I call ATTACK OF THE CLONES.....

heh heh heh..... STAR WARS reference from 4 years before the movie in 2002.

Oh, and Patti dresses up as her favorite 1960's TV heroine JEANNIE

from the 1965 Screen Gems tv sitcom I DREAM OF JEANNIE.

Did Beebe buy Patti's Jeannie costume from Barbara Eden?

And guess who's dressing up as DOUG?

(PS: The acrylic cel paints on the right are a darker shade which is a dead giveaway)

Though in my mind, the costume is a bit of a letdown since it's not using the

sweater vest from either the Nick Series or the Florida Grapefruit Commercials.

Although there's another DOUG Halloween Special, that was a Disney Press BOOK released in 1998 so it doesn't count as I mostly focus on Animated Media on this Blog.

But if you think it should count, let me know in the comments and I'll update this post when the time permits.

I think people are going to prefer the NICKELODEON HALLOWEEN SPECIAL mostly due to the whole....

DOUG TRYING TO PROVE HE'S A REAL MAN plotline amongst other things,

Billy Coore's CAROLINA CIRCLE MALL Story,

And of course, BILLY WEST.

Everybody prefers a Detroit Born NYC Delivery Boy instead of a Chicago Gangster.

(Billy West is the man with the Hypno-Toad Shirt.)

And for once, I applaud you all.

Now if only PARAMOUNT hadn't decided to remove NICKELODEON's DOUG from PARAMOUNT+ but apparently the current brass under DAVID ELLISON has no faith in the ABSOLUTE ORIGINAL NICKTOON,

And no, the SKYDANCE merger was not responsible as the removal predated the merger by seven to eight months prior.

But even then, I don't trust SKYDANCE with the IP even if ELLISON decides to decide to bring it back because trust can be a difficult thing in these hard times.

(I still stand with Stephen Colbert)

So until SKYDANCE decides to LEASE THE STREAMING RIGHTS to DISNEY+ or TUBI,

Just go to ARCHIVE.ORG and look for any DVD rips

or AVERMEDIA/ELGATO screen captures of the Nick episodes before they were removed off PARAMOUNT+ in DECEMBER 2024.

Yes my DISNEY LEASE comment might by controversial but at this moment, 

THE MOUSE HOUSE would be a better fit for the streaming rights of the Nickelodeon Original.

After all, JIMMY NEUTRON is on DISNEY+ as well as the GREASE films due to Disney's licensing agreements with PARAMOUNT.... at least here in CANADA where I live in.

And the same can be said about the UNIVERSAL STUDIOS films I'm starting to see on the service since early October 2025.

I didn't mention NETFLIX due to the Warner Bros. Acquisition rumors and if NETFLIX did acquire WB if Paramount doesn't do it, this would create a copyright snarl since Disney owns the rights to the characters while Skydance still owns the rights to the original 52 episodes.

Oh and I made an update on the previous post where I found out that despite the fact that DISNEY STILL OWNS THE RIGHTS TO DOUG SINCE 1996, 

CHIBIVERSE for the time being cannot use the characters due to the fact that the character was one of the THREE ORIGINAL NICKTOONS.

and I got a hunch that the CHIBIVERSE Production crew would prefer to use DOUG's NICK ERA outfit instead of his BRAND SPANKING NEW! outfit like his FUNKO POP figure uses.

Plus, BEN SIEMON really wants BILLY WEST as the voice

(Obligatory FUTURAMA Reference.)

and not THOMAS *FRANCIS MCREARY* LYONS.

(Obligatory GTA IV Reference.)

Despite the legality dispute, BEN SIEMON still hopes DOUG FUNNIE will eventually join his fellow Disney Toons like LUZ NOCEDA, PEPPER ANN, DIPPER PINES, DOOFENSMIRTZ, ANNE BOONCHUY, etc.

But first is the negotiations with DAVID ELLISON, BOB IGER, KATHLEEN KENNEDY, JIM JINKINS, & BILLY WEST.

Then we'll see if DOUG will get his own CHIBI and PHILLIP J. FRY's Vocal Chords.