Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

Year: 1988

Runtime: 93 mins

Language: English

Director: Charles August Nichols

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Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy arrive at Miss Grimwood’s Finishing School for Girls, hired as gym teachers. They soon discover the “girls” are actually the daughters of famous monsters, and a scheming villainess is plotting to enslave them. The trio must expose the plot and save the school.

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1

Arrival and hiring as gym teachers at Miss Grimwood's Finishing School

Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, and Scrappy arrive to work as gym teachers at Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls. They are initially wary upon discovering the school houses daughters of paranormal beings, but the girls quickly take a liking to them and convince them to stay.

Start of term Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls
2

Meet the pupils and strange residents of the school

The school is filled with extraordinary residents and pupils, including Sibella Dracula's daughter, Elsa Frankenteen, Winnie the Wolfman's daughter, Phantasma, and Tanis, daughter of the Mummy. There are quirky companions like a disembodied white hand, an octopus butler, a two-headed shark in the moat, and a helpful spider named Legs.

Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls
3

Volleyball match against Calloway Military Academy

During the annual volleyball match against Calloway Military Academy, the boys secretly rig the ball with a remote control. Scooby accidentally swallows the remote, allowing the girls to win the game. The moment confirms the school's unusual but endearing spirit.

During the volleyball match Volleyball court, Miss Grimwood's
4

Halloween open house and fathers' visit

The girls' fathers visit for an open house party on Halloween night. The party is lively and surprisingly cordial, but they warn Shaggy and Scooby not to let any harm come to their daughters. The warning reinforces the seriousness of protecting the girls.

Halloween night Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls
5

Revolta's plan to abduct the students

Power-hungry witch Revolta and her minion Grim Creeper plot to kidnap the girls and enslave them. Revolta hypnotizes Shaggy into taking the girls on a field trip to the Barren Bog.

Before field trip Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls
6

Field trip to the Barren Bog and a rescue attempt

The field trip to the Barren Bog begins, with Matches told to stay behind. The Calloway Cadets get stuck in quicksand, but Elsa and Tanis rescue them, proving the girls' resourcefulness.

During the bog field trip Barren Bog
7

Revolta's plan advances as spider bats capture the girls

Revolta's spider-bats begin capturing the girls one by one at the bog. Revolta completes a potion that is meant to turn them evil forever at the stroke of midnight.

Midnight Barren Bog
8

The gang heads to Revolta's castle

Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy, and Matches reach Revolta's castle to rescue the girls and confront the evil scheme. They face a Mirror Monster that can imitate anyone who looks into its mirror, a giant Well Dweller, and Revolta herself.

Midnight Revolta's castle
9

Midnight: the potion is meant to take effect and is reversed

At midnight, Revolta administers the potion to the girls through hairdryers, intending to turn them evil. Scooby and Shaggy interrupt and reverse the potion's effect.

Midnight Revolta's castle
10

Elsa destroys Revolta's wand and the potion explodes

Elsa throws Revolta's wand into the potion, triggering a violent explosion that destroys the potion and thwarts Revolta's plan. The castle's chaos ends and the heroes rally the students and Cadets to safety.

Midnight Revolta's castle
11

Cadets rescue and safety outside the castle

The Calloway Cadets arrive in a pedal-powered helicopter and rescue everyone from the danger outside. They fly the heroes and the pupils to safety, while Revolta swears vengeance.

Right after midnight Exterior of Revolta's castle
12

Celebration party at the school

The Cadets and Grimwood Girls throw a party to celebrate Revolta's defeat and everyone's bravery. The school is safe, and Shaggy and Scooby are celebrated despite being anxious about future monsters.

Soon after victory Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls
13

Farewell and the final werewolf howl

Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy flee the school in terror at the thought of new monsters enrolling their daughters next year. They wave goodbye to the girls and the rescued companions, sharing one last werewolf howl as they drive off into the night.

Night Road outside Miss Grimwood's

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