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Cartoon
The Scooby Doo/Dynomutt Hour

Animal
That guy from that one commercial for Dr. Mario

Outfit: ceremonial mask / zombie / letters to Cleo

Tagline: "Arise, chicken.   Arise.  Arise, chicken.  Arise."

Plot summary: The gang (still reeling from the death of Johnny, the only person they ever loved) are invited to a private concert and album screening by their good friend and rock legend ALEX SUPER. Super, who's parents were trying less to give birth to a son and more to design a game for the Sega Master System, makes the mistake of debuting his new song (based on an ancient voodoo chant) on a plantation full of angry dead people and before you know it the dead are walking and a ghostly voodoo witchdoctor is chasing Scooby and friends out of certain doors, across the hallway, and into other doors.

In case you were wondering who Mamba Wamba turned out to be under the mask, my Best Week Ever pop-culture observational handbook tells me the answer: it was "OLD MAN AT AMUSEMENT PARK."  (more)

User Comments: Looking like E. Honda from Street Fighter's gross baby with a lion, Mamba Wamba's furry headdress and flamboyant cape strike fear into the hearts of all who are lowered by their local high school's mascot. Like any good witchdoctor Mamba wears dangly necklaces and carries a skull-capped staff, and his boots help him get up again if he is knocked down, going with the idea that you're never gonna keep him down.

Scooby Doo is a great cartoon because it teaches us that even realistic scary things like a voodoo witchdoctor should not be feared because they are dumb enough to not only fall for simple tricks from Home Alone, but for also the less impressive "I stuck my leg out and you tripped over it into a pile of my other extended leg" Home Alone 4 praftfall gags. All in all I think Mamba Wamba's scary getup contributed to his brief reign of terror at Alex Super's wonderfully named "Plantation Maison DuPree," whether he was consistently able to scare a group of kids who are scared shitless by changes in the tide or not. Mother and Father Shango should be proud.

User Rating: 5.5/10 (77,300 votes)