Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular

Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular
Various characters imposed on a black background: a girl wearing a crown and a purple and pink ballet dress (bottom left), a ghost cat with yellow flashing eyes (bottom center), a werewolf wearing a blue button-up shirt with sheep on it (bottom right), a five-eyed purple monster with sharp teeth (middle left) and a smiling witch with a pointy noise, pointy hat, black wings, and a black skirt (top right). On the top left is green-and-white text surrounded by spider-web icons stating, "SCARY GODMOTHER HALLOWEEN SPOOKTAKULAR".
Promotional release poster
Genre
Created byJill Thompson
Based onScary Godmother
by Jill Thompson
Written by
  • Heath Corson
  • Jill Thompson
Directed byEzekiel Norton
Voices of
Music byBob Buckley
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Brett Gannon
  • Kim Dent Wilder
  • Phil Mitchell
Producers
  • Kevin Gamble
  • Sharan Wood
Running time48 minutes[1]
Production companyMainframe Entertainment
Original release
NetworkYTV
ReleaseJuly 18, 2003 (2003-07-18) (SDCC)[a]
Related
Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy
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Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular is a 2003 Canadian animated television special based on the Scary Godmother series of books by Jill Thompson, including a stage adaptation of the first book. The special depicts Hannah, while trick-or-treating with her cousin Jimmy and his friends, encountering the titular witch and her many friends for a Halloween party at the Fright Side. It stars Canadian voice actors Tabitha St. Germain, Britt McKillip, Garry Chalk, Noel Callahan, Alex Doduk, Brittney Irvine, Danny McKinnon, Scott McNeil and Adam Pospisil. It was directed by Zeke Norton (credited as Ezekiel Norton) and produced by Kevin Gamble and Sharan Wood with heavy involvement by Thompson.

Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular was produced by Vancouver-based animation company Mainframe Entertainment, and was the company's first production to use a Softimage XSI pipeline as previously they used Softimage 3D; its animation consists of 3D characters and backgrounds that appear 2D (although most of them were actually modeled in 3D and cartoon-edged to appear like 2D watercolored backgrounds a la the source material). The special was meant to launch an episodic Scary Godmother series, but the only other Scary Godmother media that has been released is the studio's sequel to the special, Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy (2005).

Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular premiered at San Diego Comic-Con on July 18, 2003 before it was released to region 1 DVD on September 3. It aired during that year's Halloween season in most territories except the United States, where it premiered on television the following year on Cartoon Network on October 1, 2004. The special was a ratings hit on its U.S. television premiere, well received by critics, and won Leo Awards for the program itself as well as its score and direction. It, along with The Revenge of Jimmy, continued to re-air every Halloween season on Cartoon Network in later years.

  1. ^ "Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular (2008)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.


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