Scooby-Doo Goes Full Five Nights at Freddy's with Animatronic Pizza Party Horror

Summary

Fans of
Scooby-Doo
and
Five Nights at Freddy’s
will enjoy the parallels in the latest
Scooby-Doo
comic.
Elliott the Elephant brings eerie similarities to Freddy Fazbear, adding a spooky twist to the story.
The crossover-like dynamic between the two franchises creates an exciting and unique storyline for readers.

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #129! Sometimes, two separate franchises that will likely never get an official crossover just belong together, and one such example is Scooby-Doo and Five Nights at Freddy’s. Both are primarily set in an ‘amusement park’-style location made for kids, both utilize masked bad guys hiding dark mysteries, and both have Matthew Lillard in their live-action adaptations. And while they probably will never get an official crossover, fans are about to be treated to the next best thing.

In a preview for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #129 by Derek Fridolfs and Valerio Chiola, Fred takes the Mystery Gang to his favorite childhood restaurant, Pizza Playhouse, to celebrate a job well done after solving a slew of mysteries. Pizza Playhouse was basically a Chuck E. Cheese, but with an elephant mascot instead of a mouse.

When they get there, however, Fred is disappointed to find that the children’s restaurant has closed down, and a sports bar opened in its place. And it seems Fred isn’t the only one disappointed by this development, as the new restaurant, Munch Madness, is being terrorized by a sinister version of the Pizza Playhouse’s former mascot, Elliott the Elephant.

Scooby-Doo’s Latest Mystery is Basically the Plot of Five Nights at Freddy’s

A Chuck E. Cheese-alike children’s restaurant that’s closed down, and its location is now ‘haunted’ by a corrupted, decrepit version of its mascot? That’s the plot of Five Nights at Freddy’s. Well, aside from the child murder, supernatural soul-bonding, and an insidious serial killer, anyway. But, strictly broad-strokes, this new Scooby-Doo mystery is undeniably reminiscent of Five Nights at Freddy’s, and the villainous Elliott the Elephant is definitely the biggest reason why.

Like Freddy Fazbear of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza in Five Nights at Freddy’s, Scooby-Doo‘s Elliott the Elephant is hellbent on terrorizing anyone who steps foot in the location of the former Pizza Playhouse. In fact, the situation in Scooby-Doo might be even more terrifying, since that location is open for business as another restaurant, meaning Elliott the Elephant is guaranteed to collect victims, while Freddy Fazbear has to settle for security guards hired to watch over an abandoned building.

Five Nights at Freddy’s Teases Scooby-Doo and the Gang Might Have More in Store for Them

The evil animatronics from Five Nights at Freddy's.

In Five Nights at Freddy’s, Freddy Fazbear is far from the only mascot/animatronic that is terrorizing people, as the entire cast of the fictional band that would play for kids’ birthday parties at Freddy Fazbear’s is included in the terrifying lineup. While Scooby-Doo fans only see Elliott the Elephant in this preview being a menace in the present day, the flashback to Fred’s childhood shows Elliott was far from the only mascot in the restaurant, meaning each one is prepped to make their horrific return – just like in Five Nights at Freddy’s.

Obviously, the horrors that Elliott the Elephant will bring about in Scooby-Doo will be nothing compared to those shown in Five Nights at Freddy’s, but the fact that there are so many similarities is exciting for fans of both franchises. It’s almost like a G-rated crossover, allowing fans to see how Scooby-Doo and the gang would fare if they were forced to spend ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’, and that alone is something worth celebrating.