BONUS: Scary Godmother 1 & 2

Scary Godmother Halloween Spooktacular is a film written by Heath Corson and Jill Thompson, directed by Ezekiel Norton, based on the Scary Godmother series of books by Jill Thompson, specifically a community theater stage production of the first book.

The special premiered at the 2003 San Diego Comic-Con on July 18th to favorable audience receptions reported by Comic Book Resources.

The special, along with The Revenge of Jimmy, became an annual tradition for Cartoon Network to air during the Halloween season, with the latest reported airing being in October of 2012.

It's been a minute.

Scary Godmother was really highly rated.

It was the most viewed cable program with kids, with over 1 million viewers from kids in the 6 to 11 demographic.

And it was the highest rated Cartoon Network special of 2004.

In 2020, the special resurged in popularity with the prevalence of TikTok videos of people syncing to the show's audio or dressing up as characters from the special.

The plot of Scary Godmother Halloween Spooktacular is Hannah Marie's Halloween is off to a spooky start with costumes and candy and scary stories from her cousin Jimmy.

But when Jimmy and his friends frighten her to tears, her scary godmother sets things right.

That's pretty ominous.

It's also true, though.

It is.

There's no murder involved.

That boy needs therapy.

He gets sitted from fucking.

That's the subtitle of

the sequel.

That boy needs therapy.

That boy.

Right.

He did get sitted.

So did we watch this as a kid? Is this our generation? It feels like 2004.

We're in that Cartoon Network watching

time.