Warner Home Video Now Available Attraction Bumpers

Written by fig2090 and yeow95 Editions by McDonald's1 and Nate Spidgewood

Note: The following bumpers were a part of a series of Warner Home Video VHS bumpers spliced into clips of classic cartoons in the Warner Bros. film library, and will be referred to by the cartoon that was spliced within the bumper.

Scooby-Doo! Bumper (2000)

Note: The bumper takes place during a clip of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.

Bumper: We start with a black background, which waits for about a second. Suddenly there is a very bright lightning flash, revealing what appears to be a tall and empty hall of a supposedly haunted castle, with some wooden doors closed in the distance. We start to fly with the camera very fast towards the wooden doors only to be cut off by another very bright lightning flash, revealing a closer look at the wooden doors. We slowly pan with the camera a little more towards the wooden doors, followed by us getting cut off by a third very bright flash of lightning. The very bright lightning flash reveals the wooden doors very close to the camera, with two green hands of a scary monster tearing the wooden doors off. The camera soon switches to the monsters point of view. Within the green room the monster tore the wooden doors off of, the Mystery Incorporated (Inc. for short) gang is seen screaming and running off to the left and right of the screen. The order they do so and the direction they are running are in this list:

Fred, Velma, and Daphne. They run to the left. Shaggy and Scooby-Doo. One runs to the left and the other runs to the right. As soon as Shaggy and Scooby-Doo run off of the screen, the dust takes about a second to clear up, revealing the bumper (the Warner Home Video logo with the gold text "NOW AVAILABLE FROM" arched in gold above it) superimposed on the wall behind where the Mystery Incorporated gang was hiding. The monster's shadow is seen behind the bumper as we slowly pan towards it with the camera.

FX/SFX: The entire Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island clip. The superimposed bumper (the WHV logo and the gold text above it) itself is still, and the clip freezes as it appears.

Music/Sounds: Typical horror music comprised of ominous horns, accompanied by the sounds of thunder as the lightning flashes, the doors being ripped apart, the howls and growls of the monster, the screams of all five Mystery Inc. members, and cartoon sound effects for when Shaggy and Scooby exit the scene.

Availability: Rare. Can be found only on 2000 VHS tapes of Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders.

Scare Factor: None to low. Some may be startled by how bright the lightning flashes are.

Merrie Melodies Bumper (1999/2000)

Bumper: We fade into a scene from the Merrie Melodies short Bedeviled Rabbit, in which we see the Tasmanian Devil (Taz for short) spinning onto the screen, in the middle of a very strange forest. He then stops spinning and searches the area, looking for something to eat, and immediately takes notice of Bugs Bunny, who we see sitting on a rock reading a book. The camera then changes to Bugs' point of view looking at the pages. The Tasmanian Devil then turns a page of Bugs' book that reveals the bumper as a giant picture in the book that takes up an entire page. The bumper features the Warner Home Video logo superimposed on the standard cloudy sky background, with the gold text "NOW AVAILABLE FROM" stacked with "NOW" going on top, "AVAILABLE" going in the middle, and "FROM" on the bottom above the Warner Home Video logo. The book is then suddenly eaten and chewed up by the Tasmanian Devil.

FX/SFX: The scene of Bedeviled Rabbit, with the moving cloud background of the WHV screen that is boxed within the short as a page of Bugs's newspaper.

Music/Sounds: Just the audio of the short, which is accompanied by a triumphant fanfare for when the Tasmanian Devil turns the page of Bugs' book, followed by biting sounds for when the Tasmanian Devil is seen chewing on Bugs' book.

Availability: Extremely rare. Can be found only on a VHS of Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights.

Scare Factor: None.