Oct. 24, 2025

Scary Cartoons- Animated Frights

Scary Cartoons- Animated Frights
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A spooky look at the animated shows that entertained and frightened us through the decades, featuring mystery-solving pets, monster rock bands, friendly spirits, and creepy families.

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Callaroga Shark Media Greeting's trivia fans. I'm Mark Ellison, and

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today we're diving into the world of scary cartoons, those

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spooky animated shows that entertained and frightened us through the decades.

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Question one, What mystery solving Great Dane has been helping

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his teenage friends unmask villains since nineteen sixty nine? Question two?

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What nineteen seventies animated series featured a rock band of

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monsters including Frankie, Drack and Wolfie performing at Horrible Hall.

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Question three? In the Adams Family animated series, what is

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the name of the family's butler, who is actually a

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disembodied hand? Question four? What friendly ghost known as the

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Friendly Ghost has been the star of cartoons since the

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nineteen forties? Question five? In the nineteen sixties sitcom turned

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cartoon The Monsters, what type of creature is the family's patriarch,

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Herman Munster. We'll be right back with these spooctacular answers

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after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers.

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Question one, What mystery solving Great Dane has been around

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since nineteen sixty nine? Answer Scooby do Scooby Doo Where

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Are You premiered in nineteen sixty nine and introduced Scooby

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and the Mystery Ink Gang. The show's formula of unmasking

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supposedly supernatural villains has spawned countless spin offs and movies

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over decades. Question two what nineteen seventy series featured a

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monster rock band? Answer The Groovy Goolies. This animated series

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ran from nineteen seventy to nineteen seventy one and was

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a spinoff of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The show featured

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musical numbers, comedy sketches, and jokes told by the monster

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characters living in Horrible Hall. Question three, what is the

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Adams Family Butler's name? Answer? Thing Thing. T Thing is

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a disembodied hand that lives in a box and communicates

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through gestures. The character appeared in the original TV series

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and all subsequent adaptations, becoming one of the most iconic

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members of the Creepy and Kooky Family. Question four, what

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friendly ghost has starred in cartoons since the nineteen forties?

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Answer Casper. Casper the Friendly Ghost first appeared in a

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nineteen forty five children's book and made his animated debut

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in nineteen forty five. Unlike other ghosts who try to

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scare people, Casper just wants to make friends, though his

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ghostly appearance often frightens people anyway. Question five, What type

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of creature is Hermann Munster? Answer? Frankenstein's Monster or a

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Frankenstein like creature. Herman is a lovable but bumbling character

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who resembles the classic universal monster. The Monsters was adapted

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into an animated series in the nineteen seventies and has

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had several cartoon revivals over the years. That concludes today's

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five Daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison Sea Monday,