Spirit of Halloween
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| "Spirit of Halloween" | ||||||
| Production company | Entertainment One | |||||
| Airdate | March 25, 2022 | |||||
| Writer | Hanah Lee Cook | |||||
| Directors | Paul O'Flanagan | |||||
| Animation studio | Boulder Media Studio | |||||
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Boys and girls of every age, wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
"My whole life is my happy place! Because my policy is to avoid things that scare me, or even make me the tiniest bit uneasy in any way!"
- —Dimlit explains his life philosophy
"Is it a store?! Or the physical manifestation of our most terrifying supernatural nightmares?! ...because, I might be kinda into that."
- —Clogstopper knows what he's about
Dinger: Will we all one day wake up to find our own stores infected by... Halloween?!
(crowd murmurs worriedly)
Sprinkleberry D'uhnut: ...BotBots.
(crowd murmurs positively)
- —Sprinkleberry always knows what to say
"You hear that, world? Dave participated!! And next year I'll do it again! ...probably, don't wanna get cocky, stay humble, Dave. Staaaaay humble."
- —Dave is a man who knows how to set realistic expectations
Notes
Continuity notes
- If both "Halloween" and "Christmas" are new concepts to the BotBots, then the energon storm had to have hit in very late December the prior year at the earliest. Which means that there's not a lot of time between the BotBots' creation and the start of the series, since Dave "celebrates" his February 29th birthday in "Escape from Snackatraz".
Real-world references
- The title and store name are references to Spirit Halloween, a store chain infamous for temporarily taking over empty storefronts everywhere in the months leading up to Halloween. These are often replaced by similar-ish short-lived Christmas-themed stores, particularly in malls.
- Frostferatu does the "nails on chalkboard" bit from Jaws to get the crowd's attention. He's even drawn himself in chalk like the shark illustration from that scene. He's a lot less successful in keeping everyone's attention than Quint was, though.
Animation and technical errors
Trivia
- While at first thought this would seem like the perfect place to include the Seasons Greeters, which features some Halloween and Christmas-themed BotBots, Specter Halloween and the Christmas store obviously weren't around for the energon surge that gave life to the BotBots. Also, it's just funnier this way.
