I always liked Scrappy Doo. I remember kid me being kinda appalled with them making him the main villain of the movie. Dude literally tried to absorb his uncle's soul..
Looney toons used to be dark...there was a cartoon(was on Max now I can't find it) with porky and him cousins and they inherited some money, the lawyer, who informed them of the inheritance, left the home, went into their basement and took a Dr jekell/Mr Hyde that turned him into a monster and he took out the cousins one by one. The end of the cartoon is so bizarre I don't even want to spoil it...
*Scrappy-Doo is a dear to my heart, but do you know who else is ACTUALLY loud, annoying and obnoxious??* *Dee-Dee.* *The PowerPuff Girls.* *Lola Bunny from The Looney Tunes Show.* *Teen Titans Go.* *ThunderCats Roar.* *Bloo, Cheese and Goo.* *Lazlo, Raj and Clam.* *Jake Spidermonkey.* *The teens from Total Drama... EXCEPT Ezekiel.* *Elliot Kid.* *SpongeBob SquarePants.* *Timmy Turner from The Fairly OddParents.* *Peter Griffin.* *Eric Cartman.* *Bart Simpson.* *The cast of American Dad.* *Space Ghost from Space Ghost Coast to Coast.* *Master Shake.* *Billy & Mandy.* *CHOWDER. (Goddamn' Chowder...)* *Uncle Grandpa.* *Donkey from Shrek.* *The characters from Madagascar.* *Woody from Toy Story.* *The Cuphead Show.* *AND the entire Lego Movie franchise...* *...SO WHY THE WHOLE WORLD STILL DON'T GIVE A SH💩T???*
Wow - these vids are always SO well researched, they could be used in a thesis on ani-mation. Can't wait to see what the Dog-Day vid will bring to light. Again - a fantastic job ... well done and please keep them coming.
I blame the first live-action movie of Scooby-Doo for doing this to poor Scrappy, turning him into a villian for no damn reason nor without an explanation. The film was entertaining but the plot needed serious work!
So this Door Gag existed in the 15th century, but because it was popularized by some new thing some decades ago, it's always called the Scooby Doo Door gag... so now everybody has to call it after the new thing that virtually came out of nowhere, and forget everything else that came before it like it never mattered... ...kinda reminds me of Gen-Z. 😄
So Ub Iwerk started it, as he'll be involved with Alice In Wonderland years later. It happens so many times for him, as proven with Sleepy Hallows, Skeleton Dance, and an owl professor.
I've once seen a version of this gag on a live stage, where one of the setpieces had a single row of doors and two characters entered and exited through them, narrowly missing each other. Also my favorite variant of this is when things get progressively more absurd, like different groups mixing, characters or props that were not part of the original chase appearing, costumes changing etc.
My friends and I watched this in our early twenties. I loved the joke credits they'd sneak in. Things like "Catering by Lunchpack of Notre Dame." Another running gag was those four hapless thieves, who would repeatedly fall while scaling the castle. Despite being roped together, it'd always be "Thud! Thud! Thud! (pause) Thud!"
The first time I was introduced to this gag, it was in Disney's Alice in Wonderland, where Alice is chased by the Queen of Hearts, her guards, and everybody residing in her kingdom.XD
Last released! The actual last show was Bugzburg which came so close to release had it not been for L'Oreal shutting down the studio. Such a shame. Had that not happened, Bravo (it was a pseudo-spin off in the end, detached from Bravestarr) would've also gotten released followed by sequel Masters of the universe series (which was swiftly moved to Jetlag productions where it became New Adventures of He-Man). And most notably... those shows would've not relied on stock animation system so that would've been quite a sight (as evident by their experiment with Sherlock Holmes backdoor pilot). Based on business articles of the time, it appears they were banking on switching to digital ink & paint to make that switch permanent which in itself would've been quite interesting to see how much their effort would've compared to earlier Hanna-Barbera digital ink & paint usage. Oh, and BTW, their collaboration with Mattel goes back to late 70's, with Mattel making toys based off their Tarzan and Flash Gordon.
"The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh" episode "Eeyore's Missing Tail" has Tigger having an imaginative detective scene pursuing a slippery person in the form of Eeyore's tail with a hat. All the while, Tigger is talking in a detective poem called "Never Fear, Tigger The Private Ear Is Here". The climax, shown here (0:04) has Tigger chasing Eeyore's tail through a lot of doors ending with Tigger emerging from the door on the floor, mostly inspired by the very first animated door trope in Flip The Frog (4:35), where Tigger moves to a door ending his poem before looking back to see a clone of Eeyore's tail peeping out of the doors with Tigger saying "oh dear" before laughing in his Tigger way.
There was a fakeout door gag in an episode of the web series Evil Josh and Billy where someone goes through a door and you think they're gonna do the door gag but then it just cuts to the next scene. 😂
I watched this video hoping it would mention the Wuzzles and it did! I loved that series and even had some of their books. Sadly, when talking with friends, it seems I am the only one to remember it. I really wish it was on Disney+ too.
I had no idea how far back this trope actually goes - not only pre-cartoons, but even pre-America. Given that it's centuries old, I'm surprised it took so long for it to get an official name. Thanks for researching and posting this intriguing video essay! 137th Like.
This was a fun video! An early animated take on the hallway of doors bit can be found near the end of the 1930 Mickey Mouse short, "The Gorilla Mystery". It's more of a search than a chase, but most of the elements are there.
The weekend Ego Trip premiered on Cartoon Network I watched it four times as it was aired several times over 48 hours. I loved it. It was the cartoon's final form!
