Trick or Treat
[The scene opens with a fade into a pumpkin, face carved into a Jack-o-Lantern with a candle burning bright inside its mouth. The camera slowly pans towards the lone pumpkin, surrounded in darkness, before panning out to reveal it is on a wooden porch. Another transition cuts to someone's legs as they walk past to the right, transitioning to a similar shot of a white figure's legs, only that they are covered up. The scene transitions to the inside of a house in front of a green wooden door, the interior is dimly lit as something is heard knocking on the other side. The shot pans out to reveal Courage standing what appears to be several yards away as the knocking comes again]
Courage: [shivers] Oooooooooooooh…
[Hesitantly, the small pink dog makes his way over to the door, sweating bullets as the knocking comes again and the shot switches between a POV from Courage's perspective to him reaching the door. With a shaky arm, he reaches for the doorknob and turns it, the wooden door slowly creeping open as the canine dreads to see what's on the other side with his eyes closed]
?: Trick or Treat!
[Courage slowly opens one eye to see Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, dressed up as a pirate, detective, and werewolf respectively, and holding buckets for candy. He breathes a sigh of relief as Muriel appears from behind holding a bowl of candy]
Muriel: My, my, what lovely costumes ya' have.
Apple Bloom: I'm Captain of the Seven Seas, aaargh!
Sweetie Belle: [tipping her hat up] The name's Belle, Sweetie Belle.
Scootaloo: I'm on the hunt for people to join my pack!
Muriel: Hehehe, well, I think you all deserve a treat, pick out what ya' like.
[The three fillies grab an assortment of treats to put in their bags]
Muriel: You girls be safe now, and have a Happy Halloween.
Apple Bloom: Thank you!
Sweetie Belle: Happy Halloween!
Scootaloo: Aw-aw-awooooooooooo!
[As the girls are about to go down the steps, Eustace springs out of nowhere with his trademark mask]
Eustace: OOOGA-BOOGA-BOOGA!
Courage, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
[The fillies race from the house in a frenzy before Eustace pulls the mask up]
Eustace: HO, HOHO, HAHAHAHA!
[The scene cuts to the girls rushing past their respective guardians, Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash, dressed as a lumberjack, corpse's bride, and Shadowbolt respectively]
Applejack: Shoot, what's gotten them all spooked? Looked like they'd seen a ghost.
[The off-screen sound of a roller pin making contact with a head is heard, followed by Eustace crying "OOF!"]
Rarity: I think that answers that question.
Rainbow Dash: Hehe, serves him right.
[The shot pans out to reveal several other people out and about, Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz going up to a house, dressed as a dame, artist, and musician respectively, joined by Oliver dressed as a ghost, while Duchess dressed as a queen, Rita dressed as Rosie the Riveter, and Georgette dressed as Marilyn Monroe stand behind them, Trixie dressed as a changeling talking to Starlight dressed as a Frankenstein creation, Queen Beryl dressed as a Sailor Guardian walking away to the right, Top Cat dressed as a vampire walking to the left, Flora dressed as Little Bo Peep talking to Nala dressed up like Morticia Addams, Jake and Hunter walking together, dressed as a mad scientist and sports jock respectively, Nick and Wolfrun walking past each other, dressed as Robin Hood and a beatnik artist respectively, the Eds; Eddy dressed in an outfit similar to Elvis Presley, Double D dressed as a bacteria and Ed as a Viking standing next to each other, Jinks dressed as a mummy and Snagglepuss dressed as a bat walking side by side, and Dr. Facilier and Jafar standing together wearing each other's outfits. It then cuts to a scene of a house nestled by gravestones and pumpkins, cutting to inside from the keyhole to reveal the Sanderson Sisters huddled together in front of a cauldron]
Winifred: Aaaaahahaha! Halloween is finally here, sisters! The time when there are no rules or bounds for trickery and we get to indulge ourselves!
Mary: Oooooh, what were you thinking of this year, Winnie, a shower of bones on the townsfolk?
Sarah: Perhaps something a little more hypnotic? The eyes of a hundred snakes, hissssing and getting everyone under our control?
Winifred: Of course not! I never use the same trick twice, this year, sisters, we'll do something that will turn the whole island upside down!
Boooooooooooook!
[A dusty brown book with an eye close to the lock floats over to its mistress and is set down on the mantle]
Winifred: Aaaaaah, let's find that spell, shall we…?
[As Winifred begins to flip through the pages, a knock is heard at the door]
Winifred: Who art thou at the door?! We never have company!
Mary: Oh, hold on, I'll go see…
[Mary peeks through the window behind one of the shelves and sees a blue cat and a bipedal goldfish standing outside the house, the former dressed as a devil and the latter dressed as an angel]
Mary: Why, it's a pair of children…
Sarah: Children, you say, hmmhmmhmm…
Mary: Hehehe, indeed, two little boys to be exact…
Sarah: Ooooooooh, I adore the company of little boys, hahahaaaaaaaa…
[The scene cuts to the outside of the house, the goldfish is visibly shaking]
Darwin: Gumball, do we have to ask from this house?
Gumball: Why not, it's Halloween, what house isn't gonna have candy besides the dentist?
Darwin: It's just that…
[Darwin looks over at two of the gravestones placed on the lawn, shuddering as he thinks he sees a hand sticking out from one of them]
Gumball: Well, whoever decked this place out knows their stuff.
[The feline knocks on the door again, cutting to inside where Mary has been listening in on the conversation]
Mary: So, it's treats they're after, we wouldn't happen to have any?
Sarah: Ooooooh, so sad, whatever will we give to those poor darlings?
[At that moment, having overheard, something clicks in Winifred's head and a grin slowly forms on her face]
Winifred: I know just the spell…
[The scene cuts back to the outside of the house]
Darwin: Well, we tried, no one's home, now let's get out of here cuz this place is giving me the creeps.
Gumball: [sighs] Fine, let's go…scaredy cat.
[Suddenly, the door opens dramatically behind them, revealing the trio with Winifred in particular holding a bowl in her hands]
Winifred: Weeeeeeell, what do we have here?
Darwin: GEH! Uh, h-hi…?
Winifred: …An angel, I see…hmmhmmhmm, and what appears to be the Devil himself, nice…very nice…
Gumball: [clears his throat] Uh, yeah, uhhh, trick or treat?
[Gumball holds up his bag while Darwin hesitantly does the same]
Winifred: Ah, but of course, trick…[flicks her hand from the bowl to manifest two candy bars]...or treat.
Gumball: Oh, thanks…[nudges Darwin]
Darwin: HUH, oh, yeah, th-thanks, well, Happy Halloween and all that good stuff.
Winifred: Oh yes…[with Mary and Sarah]..."Happy Halloween"...
[The witches slide back into the house as the door closes with a bang]
Gumball: Well, that wasn't so bad, and you were creeped out by this place.
Darwin: Yeah, yeah, yuck it up, let's just go and…Gumball?
Gumball: Yeah?
Darwin: Your arm…
[Gumball pulls his arm up, still holding the candy bar to reveal spiders crawling all over it. He screams as he tries to shake off the insects, Darwin pulls up his own arm to reveal something red and gooey sticking up to it. He shrieks in fright as the two run away from the Sanderson residence, still shouting and shrieking as they go before it cuts back to the trio]
Winifred: AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Mary: Ooooooohohoho, Winnie, you got 'em good with that one.
Sarah: Yes, the petrified screams of those little boys send shivers down my spine.
Winifred: Don't I know it…I know what we're going to do tonight, sisters…we're going to give the saying 'Trick or Treat' a whole new meaning, hmmhmmhmm. It's time for us…to take flight!
[The witches summon their broomsticks and hop on board as the large window in their house opens]
Winifred: Beware, mortals! The Sandersons have left the building!
[The trio set off into the night, cackling as they hover above the ground below]
Mary: Oooooh, I never get tired of doing this.
[Winifred suddenly pulls out a fiddle and begins a tune as the witches fly in-synch with each other]
Winifred: What's that moving in the corner? What's that shadow on the wall?
Mary and Sarah: "Don't be afraid, don't be scared, it really is nothing at all."
Mary: But I saw something in the corner!
Sarah: I saw that shadow on the wall!
Winifred, Mary, and Sarah: It's not your imagination.
Winifred: No, it's all real.
BOO!
Winifred, Mary, and Sarah: Boo boo, choo choo! Be afraid of the dark!
When we're on the prowl, you'll hear us howl
"Things go bump in the night!"
BOO!
Boo boo, choo choo! Don't wander from your mark,
Or you will find, you will find what lurks about in the dark!
[A short instrumental sends the witches hovering over a black cat]
The little kitty wonders, why he's so afraid
"Everything's changed, it's not the same, daylight has turned to night"
Sarah: "Something moved in the corner?! That shadow on the wall!"
Winifred, Mary, and Sarah: Close your eyes, count to ten
Winifred: But remember, we're still here!
BOO!
Winifred, Mary, and Sarah: Boo boo, choo choo! Be afraid of the dark!
When the lights go out and you have your doubt why things go bump in the night!
BOO!
Boo boo, choo choo! Don't wander from your mark,
Or you will find, you will find what lurks about in the dark!
[An instrumental break shows the witches whooshing over Stepney sleeping in a shed before being startled awake. It then cuts to them whistling while standing on a pine tree each before several crows flee across the screen, showing them up in the air once more]
Or you will find, you will find what lurks about in the dark
[It then cuts to them hovering over Henry pulling a goods train, the green engine trying to speed up from the witches]
Boo boo, choo choo! Be afraid of the dark!
When we're on the prowl, you'll hear us howl
"Things go bump in the night!"
BOO!
Boo boo, choo choo! Don't wander from your mark,
Or you will find, you will find what lurks about in the dark!
[The scene cuts to Bluey, Bingo, and Augie, dressed as a doctor, pumpkin, and fairy respectively, about to trick or treat on a house as the witches take cover from behind the house]
Sarah: "What's that strange sound?"
Mary: "Whatever could that shadow be?"
Winifred: Be afraid, be scared, you know you can't hide it at all.
Mary: "But I saw something in the corner!"
Sarah: "A shadow across the wall!"
Winifred, Mary, and Sarah: Go and pick, you'll find our trick
Winifred: After all, trick or treat?
[As the pups reach into the bowl, a hord of bats come out, scaring them and sending them running past their guardians, Bandit, Chilli, and Doggie Daddy, dressed as Indiana Jones, a maid, and magician respectively]
Winifred, Mary, and Sarah: Boo boo, choo choo. Be afraid of the dark!
When the moon is out, there'll be no doubt
Things go bump in the night!
BOO!
Boo boo, choo choo, don't wander from your mark
Or you will find, you will find what lurks about in the dark
Or you will find, you will find…
Hmmhmhmhmhmhmhm!
What lurks about in the dark!
[The song plays the last few notes as the trio are seen popping up from different parts of a window]
BOO!
[An owl hoots]
[The scene cuts to the city where several people are out walking about in costumes, Rigby as a robber, Daphne as a witch, Streaky having a mask over his eyes while in his otherwise regular superhero outfit, Rei as a shogun, Legosi in a dress like a filmstar, and Derpy dressed as a muffin. The Sandersons touch down on the streets with Winifred summoning the same bowl from her cloak]
Winifred: Now then, what say we treat these fine folks?
Mary: Oh, that sounds nice, doesn't it, Sarah?
Sarah: Oooooooh, very nice indeed.
[Panther is seen walking decked out as The Phantom with Katz beside him decked out with black arms making him resemble a spider]
Sarah: Aaaaaaaah, bingo. Gentleman, can we be of service to you?
Katz: Normally, I would find that questionable, and I still do.
Panther: In what regard were you suggesting?
Mary: Oooooh, you know, just a little gratitude from us to you, we've got some exclusive treats on hand.
Winifred: Indeed, I seem to recall you being a fan of…[manifests a wrapped block of something green]...taffy, if I'm not mistaken.
Katz: [continues to stare unamused] At least you've got one thing right…
Winifred: And for you, my good sir…[whips out a purple bar]...only the finest chocolate…
Panther: Ah, appreciated, though the quality will speak for itself…
Winifred: Hmmhmmhmmmmmm, enjoy…
[The witches slip back into an alley without making a sound]
Katz: Hmph, that happened.
Panther: Well, it probably won't kill us anyway, so I'll just dig in…
[Panther unwraps the bar and takes a bite of the chocolate, before feeling something sticky in his mouth, pulling back to reveal green goo splattered on it]
Panther: Aaaaaaah, it's all over my teeth…
Katz: [rolls his eyes] Idiot…
[A loud slurp is heard from below, causing Katz's pupils to shrink. He looks down to see a puppy licking his paw. It looks up at the feline and reveals its uncharacteristically sharp teeth]
Panther: Well, I suppose goo isn't the worst thing that could happen to someone.
Katz: [with a visible vein on his forehead] Shut. Up.
[The scene cuts to a montage of the witches offering treats to various people, a bon bon to Scar dressed as a skeleton, several gummies to Snow White dressed as Grimhilde, a lollipop to Pink Panther dressed as Zorro, a pack of gumdrops to Pinnochio dressed as Honest John, a chocolate egg to Bugs dressed as a composer, and cotton candy to Vendetta. Scar's blows up in his face, coating him in ash, Snow White's ends up spraying blue goo on her face Pink Panther's ends up sticking to his mouth that he struggles to pry it with both hands, even when freed, it latches onto the side of his face, the gumdrops become rather stretchy and end up wrapping around Pinnochio, the chocolate egg latches onto Bugs' nose, and Vendetta's sprays water in her face, revealing a blue face, Charlotte in disguise. It then cuts to the witches flying above the sky, satisfied with their work]
Winifred: Hmmhmmhmm, who knew there could be such rewards in playing 'trick or treat'?
Mary: I still think my favorite one is the chocolate "bomb-bomb", heheheeeeee.
Sarah: Hmmmmmm, my personal favorite was the lollipop, it really knew how to get stuck, hmmhmmhmmmmmmmmmmm.
Winifred: Oooooh, how it was such a thrill at the beginning, those poor naive children, they never knew what hit them, HAHAHAAAAAA!
[At that moment, screams are heard from below, the witches look down to see Sagwa, Dongwa, and Sheegwa, dressed as a princess, ninja, and butterfly respectively running away, the shot panning out to reveal the Bagges' home, followed by the signature laughing of Eustace as he pulls up his mask]
Eustace: Never gets old.
Muriel: Oh, really, Eustace! I know it's Halloween, but ya' needn't frighten the poor dears so badly, it's meant to be fun.
Eustace: Blah blah blah, fun, schmun, it's my favorite part of the night and no one can say 'boo' about it, hehehe, apart from me that is, hohohaaaaa.
[Muriel shakes her head and turns to go back inside the house. Eustace spots the bowl of candy sitting on the table]
Eustace: Ooooooooh, heheheeeeee.
[Eustace rubs his hands greedily, reaching out to snag several pieces. Until he feels something off]
Eustace: What's-huh?
[The bowl of candy has turned into a bowl of maggots and leeches]
Eustace: DAUH! Get off a' me!
[The leeches cling onto Eustace's arm and he desperately tries to shake them off as the maggots start crawling towards him. Eustace runs out the door, screaming into the night as Muriel comes back to watch in confusion]
Muriel: Eustace? I wonder what that was all about…
[Courage looks out the window and notices the witches' silhouettes standing at least a mile away from the farmhouse. A flash of lighting reveals them giving wide grins, causing Courage to scream as a flash of lightning cuts the scene back to the Sandersons]
Winifred: Happy Halloweeeeeeen…
[A flash of lightning, accompanied by the witches' laughter, makes the scene cut to black]
Character Guide:
Winifred Sanderson, Mary Sanderson, Sarah Sanderson - Hocus Pocus (1993)
Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy - The Augie Doggie and Doggy Daddy Show
Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, Chilli - Bluey
Bugs Bunny - Looney Tunes
Charlotte - Making Fiends
Courage, Muriel Bagge, Eustace Bagge, Katz - Courage the Cowardly Dog
Daphne Blake - Scooby-Doo
Duchess, Marie, Toulouse, Berlioz - The Aristocats (1970)
Dr. Facilier - The Princess and The Frog (2009)
Ed, Edd, and Edd - Ed, Edd N' Eddy
Flora - Winx Club
Hunter - Road Rovers
Jafar - Aladdin (1992)
Jake Clawson - Swat Kats
Legosi - Beastars
Nala, Scar - The Lion King (1994)
Nick Wilde - Zootopia (2016)
Oliver, Rita, Georgette - Oliver and Company (1988)
Panther Caroso - Star Fox
Pink Panther - The Pink Panther
Pinnochio - Pinnochio (1940)
Queen Beryl, Rei Hino (Sailor Mars) - Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Trixie Lulamoon, Starlight Glimmer, Derpy Hooves - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Rigby - Regular Show
Sagwa, Dongwa, Sheegwa - Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat
Snow White - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Streaky - Krypto the Superdog
Top Cat - Top Cat
Wolfrun - Smile Precure
Henry, Stepney - Thomas and Friends