Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (TV Series) That's Snow Ghost (1970) User Reviews

They picked the wrong time for a ski trip

[callanvass · 8/10 · 9 January 2014]

The gang stays at the "Wolf's End Lodge" for their ski trip. The proprietor warns them about a snow ghost that is haunting the area. It's a yeti that terrorizes the gang. The gang must uncover the mystery of this Yeti before it is too late. This one is very enjoyable. The change of climate is rather refreshing as well. All the snow makes for some great atmosphere, and the situations all the more dangerous. The villain is above average as well. He is definitely cool looking, and has a great roar. Even though he uses invisible ski's, I still thought it was cool how the Yeti could fly. The gags aren't featured as much as they usually are, but we still get some dandy's. Check out Scooby using his teeth to be a beaver to save Velma's life, as well as Scooby using his tail as a boat motor to get the gang out of trouble. The only thing I found overly silly was when Shaggy & Scooby get frozen from thin ice, and have a block of ice around them. Nothing of consequence happens, other than being thawed out. You could get severe hypothermia. That is a major plot hole, but it's the nature of cartoons, so it didn't bother me. I just couldn't help but notice it. The identity of the snow ghost is way too predictable, but I had a fun time. It's very entertaining

8.3/10

Scooby Doo meets the Snow Ghost

[TheLittleSongbird · 8/10 · 28 July 2016]

There are better episodes of 'Scooby Doo Where are You' than "That's Snow Ghost", but even when 'Scooby Doo Where are You' was not at its best it still delivered. That's the case with "That's Snow Ghost".

Admittedly, while it is not one of my favourites of the show and that was the case when younger as well, there is a soft spot for "That's Snow Ghost", being one of my first ("What a Knight for a Knight" was what introduced me to the show). Definite plus points to the episode go to the beautifully drawn and atmosphere-filled wintry setting and the very cool-looking and to a child quite frightening Snow Ghost.

Likewise with the vintage Scooby Doo dialogue and the gags and nice individual scenes. Especially the quite tense scene with the log, Shaggy as a ghost, the hilarious but logic-defying scene with the ice and the pursuit before it and the intriguing scene with Mr. Chi. The mystery is nicely paced and beautifully told, if not quite as atmospheric as other episodes before and after. The gang are still great characters and still gel so well together, and who cannot help resist the timelessly charming and fun relationship between Shaggy and Scooby.

Don Messick, Casey Kasem and Frank Welker stand out of the voice acting as always, Messick and Kasem are without equal as Scooby and Shaggy and one cannot believe that it's been nearly 50 years and Welker's still voicing Fred with no signs of fatigue or inconsistency. The rest of the voice acting is very good, though Hal Smith is slightly too over-the-top as Mr. Greenway, that laugh was overkill somewhat.

The animation is lively, atmospheric, lushly coloured and nicely drawn as always. The music adds to the impact the atmosphere creates, and it is very difficult to resist the classic theme song, along with the opening credits where it is so fun spotting and recognising the villains, that is one of the most iconic in animation.

Only real complaints really with "That's Snow Ghost", along with Smith's voice acting not being to my taste, was a slightly rushed and somewhat too convenient final trap and the painful over-obviousness of the perpetrator's real identity (one of about five in the show where the person in question goes right to the top of the list immediately when introduced).

Issues aside, "That's Snow Ghost" is still a winner of an episode. 8/10 Bethany Cox

That's Snow Ghost

[MrFilmAndTelevisionShow · 8/10 · 16 August 2021]

Not the best episode of the season but a good one to end on I feel. I liked that the culprits were shown at the beginning, they both turned out to be guilt, despite the fact only one of them was suspect at the beginning.

That's Snow Ghost

[Michael_Elliott · 14 October 2013]

Scooby Doo, Where Are You!

S1E17: That's Snow Ghost (1970)

Scooby and the gang investigate a mysterious snow creature who has the ability to turn people into ghosts. Before long Scooby is going face to face with the creature. This seventeenth and final episode in season one turns out to be a winner even though it certainly doesn't rank among the best. I think this one here benefits mostly from the great villain. The look at the tall creature is certainly quite memorable as are the scenes of it flying through the air. The snow locations actually make for a couple great laughs including one where Scooby and Shaggy get turned into ice cubes. The sequence with Velma about to be cut in half at the saw mill is another highlight. The one thing lacking here is the actual mystery as things are pretty simple to figure out. With that said, fans of the show will certainly enjoy seeing this one as there are enough laughs to make it worth sitting through.

Episode: B