β | Guess that goes to show that sometimes, the only thing scarier than monsters and ghosts...is real life. Specifically old people having sex. Weird, kinky sex in a dungeon. Boy, that is...that is some dark shit. | β |
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"Journey to Spooky Island" is the 5th episode of the first season of Camp Camp and is the 5th episode overall.
Official Synopsis
β | After a suspicious Quartermaster warns them not to, Max, Neil, and Nikki venture out to the mysterious Spooky Island to hunt for ghosts, but the kids get more than they bargained for. | β |
Plot
David attempts to tell the campers a scary campfire story, only to bore others as they roast marshmallows. Various other "scary" stories told next prove that Max is "unscareable" since he is able to use logic to see through everything. As the Quartermaster scares them, he decides, along with David and Gwen, to take Space Kid to get shots for possible rabies. Curious about Quartermaster's attempts to keep them away from Spooky Island, Neil and Nikki aspire to meet a ghost or the secret the Quartermaster is hiding. Max, Nikki, and Neil take a boat to Spooky Island and soon run into Jasper. As they go deeper into the forest, they find Cameron Campbell's old summer home. As they enter and they try to turn the light on, they activate a secret switch in the library and find a lab, to Neil's happiness. When Max flicks on the lights, it can be seen that various unsettling experiment specimens are in jars. As Nikki sees a trail of blood and hair leading to a basement, she is unsettled to find bloody tools and walls, declaring she doesn't want to be there. As Max, in another attempt to prove he isn't scared and that there are no such things as monsters, he discovers the real reason the Quartermaster was so eager to keep him out: it's a sex dungeon and he's hosting an orgy full of old people having kinky sex. A scarred Max, Neil and Nikki are taken back to Camp and, in a twist, Jasper, the camper they encountered in the island, disappears, revealing he was a ghost the entire time.
Features
Main Characters
Supporting Characters
Minor Characters
Location
- Camp Campbell
- Spooky Island
- Campbell Manor (first appearance)
- Laboratory
- Campbell Manor (first appearance)
Objects
- Camp Campbell boat
- Quartermaster's dildo hook
- "Fuck the Police" rock
- Nikki's pocket thermin
- stuffed bears
Music
- "Camp Camp Song Song" (Opening Theme)
- "Spooky Island Cypher" (Ending Theme)
Trivia
- Various hints throughout the episode foreshadow Jasper's reveal at the end of the episode as a ghost:
- According to Quartermaster, since it is the new moon, ghosts walk the island.
- Jasper speaks in dated terminology and wears an equally outdated clothing style.
- Jasper's reason for being happy that Max, Neil and David are on the island is that he believed they are there to stop "the evil". It's possible that "the evil" killed him and he was trying to solve his unfinished business.
- Jasper lacking a shadow for the entirety of the episode.[1]
- It's revealed Cameron Campbell has an old summer home on the island. The catapulted boulder from "Mascot" is briefly seen in front of it.
- The credits state that the friendly pirate kids are voiced by animators Yssa Badiola, Gil Calceta, and Andrew Lhotsky.
Cultural References
- Jasper's name is likely a reference to Casper the Friendly Ghost.
- When the Quarter Master talks about the new moon he was talking about demons climbing from the hole (could be referencing "The Well to Hell hoax"alternative version of the story, which was set in Alaska where 13 miners were killed after Satan came roaring out of hell.)
- When Max turns the lights on, the full room can be seen. Another poster, labeled "Hilarious Surgeries", depicts the rear view of a person accompanied an eyeball (labeled "Eye") with an arrow pointing to the butt (labeled "Butt"). There are also glass jars around the room filled with various creatures and body parts: a rat, an anglerfish, a goldfish, a brain with eyes on it, a heart, another brain labeled "Abby Normal" (a reference to the Mel Brooks film Young Frankenstein), some sort of eel or sea serpent, and what appears to be the head of the character Shrek.
- Another shelf contains several "Totally Questionable Experiments", including an eyeball with over 10 fingers sticking out of it. Another tank contains "Spanish Fly Trial #263", which seems to be a giant fly with a duck bill and duck feet. Another contains an octopus with what appears to be the head and teeth of the xenomorph from the Alien film series (Max suggests that it is probably the sort of thing that goes into fast food). A final tank, labeled "Take a Cartoon Literally #305", contains two rats, but one has a giant brain and the other's head has been replaced with a human pinky finger, an obvious reference to the cartoon series Pinky and the Brain. (The brainy rat breathes on the glass and then writes "kill me" with its finger.)
- In another shot, a jar labeled "Γber-Aids" with the SS logo and "Nuremburg" [sic] written below it is visible on the same shelf as the xenomorph-octopus.
- They make a reference to the Scooby Doo cartoon franchise, in which the Harlem Globetrotters have made several guest appearances.
- The lab contains, among other things, a list of "parts needed" that consists of: toenails, lung nerves, pubic hair, ears, and enamel. There is also a blueprint on the wall next to it labeled "$6,000,000,000 Man", with the number crossed out and replaced with "$100", referencing the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man. Arrows pointing to various parts of the person are labeled "homemade stereo speaker" and "grabby claw thing". The poster beside these two is labeled "Unaccounted For Test Subjects". The Campbell Corp tank beside the posters is labeled "Blue Dye #40".
- Upon entering the basement dungeon, Jasper loses his nerve, suggesting that they all go home, and says they could play some Pogs. Max then throws open the large door to discover the source of the wails, only to find a room of debauchery (including three old people in gimp suits with BDSM paraphernalia, and three others in fursuits) with a banner hanging overhead labeled "Fantasy Island - No Limits β€οΈ No Shame". The Quartermaster (wearing a censored purple dildo in place of his usual hook) stands at the center of the room, behind a table with grapes, cheese, wine, and a Campbell Corp box of "Erectile DisFUNction Pills".
Continuity
- The rock that says "Fuck the Police" that Max catapulted in "Mascot" is seen again in the background.
- Quartermaster doing his guilty pleasure acts on Spooky Island is referenced again in "NIGHT OF THE LIVING ILL" after he is seen in one of the rooms of the mansion doing other sexual acts.
- One of the people involved in Quartermaster's BDSM party is seen again later in "Into Town" as a customer of Lester's 'Lectronics.
- The way Quartermaster stated how "the revolution has begun," was a callback to "Mascot" when he killed the Squirrel King, expecting his fellow squirrels to get back at him for slaughtering their leader.
- The two stuffed bears are seen again in the episode "Jasper Dies at the End" but back then both were still alive.
- It is revealed that Cameron has slaughtered them and since then kept them as knick-knacks for his summer home.
- A running gag where a character mentions Spooky Island causes thunder and lightning to strike down from the sky is first shown in this episode. It is shown later again in "NIGHT OF THE LIVING ILL."
Errors
- The boat that the trio used to travel to Spooky Island becomes a motorboat by the time Quartermaster used it to take them back to the camp.
- Gwen is not seen standing beside David after he becomes frightened after assuming that Pirate Camp was actually a ghost ship sailing through the night. But she is then seen standing beside him after the Quartermaster snuck up behind them. She disappears again after they all scream at the Quartermaster.
Transcript
- The transcript for "Journey to Spooky Island" may be edited here.
- *Insert spoopy music here* βοΈ
- *wolf howling* βοΈ
David: The thing drew closer, βοΈ
David: With its inhuman breathing, βοΈ
David: and claws clicking against the floor with each step... βοΈ
David: Desperately, βοΈ
David: The young boy pulled the sheet off the creature to reveal... βοΈ
David: THE DOG THAT GOT TANGLED UP IN HIS LAUNDRY! βοΈ
David: Booooo! βοΈ
David: And THAT'S why you should always βοΈ
David: Properly fold and put away your laundry. βοΈ
David: Well, uh, it was scary when it happened to me. βοΈ
David: I was VERY innocent and impressionable back then! βοΈ
Gwen: ...So, last week? βοΈ
Max: What's scary is how much I want to kill myself right now. βοΈ
Gwen: Okay, okay, I got this. βοΈ
Gwen: So once, there was this girl, that no one really understood- βοΈ
Max: So help me if this involves vampire romance. βοΈ
Gwen: I-it could've been werewolves. βοΈ
Gwen: You dunno! βοΈ
Max: Here's a horror story, βοΈ
Max: Go look at the job market you're dealing with βοΈ
Max: After this camp shuts down. βοΈ
Space Kid: ...So nothing scares you, Max? βοΈ
- *Nikki eating loudly* βοΈ
Space Kid: Not even ghosts? βοΈ
Max: People in sheets got me concerned, βοΈ
Max: But nah, not even ghosts. Just not a screamer. βοΈ
Space Kid: What about space ghosts-eh... oh-that's strange βοΈ
Space Kid: Uhh, mission control, I don't feel so good. βοΈ
- *gurgling noises* βοΈ
- [Squirrel-splosion] βοΈ
- *Space Kid screams* βοΈ
- *David, Nikki, & Neil scream* βοΈ
Revenge Squirrel: *growls and shakes its fist-like paw* βοΈ
David: Wait a minute! βοΈ
David: How is it that you weren't even fazed by THAT? βοΈ
Max: Might've help if I hadn't put it in his suit to begin with. βοΈ
David: Alright, tough guy, βοΈ
David: So you think you're soβ βοΈ
- *Moaning and wailing in the distance* βοΈ
David: Tough? Wh-what do you think about that moaning and wailing? βοΈ
Max: Pssh, it's just teenagers from that church camp working on those repressions again. βοΈ
Max: Not that I know anything about it, βοΈ
Max: Just being a kid and all. βοΈ
David: AHHHH, what about that ghost ship? βοΈ
- *more moaning and wailing* βοΈ
- *David, Nikki, & Neil scream* βοΈ
Max: Pirate camp's practicing night sailing. βοΈ
Pirate kid: Arrr... mateys! βοΈ
- *Scary rustling in the underbrush* βοΈ
Neil: Uh, guuuuuuys? βοΈ
Nikki: GUYS! βοΈ
David: Please be puppy (x4) βοΈ
Quartermaster: What the blue ball blazes is happenin' here? βοΈ
- *David, Nikki, & Neil scream* βοΈ
- [ Opening β "Camp Camp Song Song" ] βοΈ
David: Oh! Whew! Hey, Quartermaster. βοΈ
Quartermaster: Someun' out here killin' campers? βοΈ
Gwen: We're fine, QM. βοΈ
Gwen: We're just having some good old campfire scary stories is all. βοΈ
Quartermaster: So... no dead campers then? βοΈ
David: Nope! We're good! βοΈ
Quartermaster: ...Damn βοΈ
- *Campers & counselors blink* βοΈ
Quartermaster: And to be sure; no one's doin' anything stupid, βοΈ
Quartermaster: Like trying to get over to SPOOKY ISLAND βοΈ
- *Dramatic sting and thunder* βοΈ
David: What? No, of course not! βοΈ
Quartermaster: Not even on the night of the new moon, right? βοΈ
Quartermaster: When ghosts walk the island, an' demons rise from the pit, an' aliens kidnap any trespassers an' probe their tender- βοΈ
Gwen: Ohohoho, okay... βοΈ
Gwen: We get it, don't we, kids? βοΈ
Quartermaster: ...Anuses. βοΈ
Quartermaster: ...I was gonna say "Anuses." βοΈ
Quartermaster: ...What's with space case? βοΈ
Max: Squirrel-splosion. βοΈ
Quartermaster: Ah. βοΈ
Quartermaster: So the revolution has begun. βοΈ
Quartermaster: Well, best be gittin' you back to the camp for a rabies shot. βοΈ
Space Kid: Aww, not again... βοΈ
Quartermaster: Heed my words: βοΈ
Quartermaster: You better stay away from Spooky Island, no reason to go there, definitely not spooky, stay awaaaayyy.... βοΈ
Nikki: ...You think he's hiding something? βοΈ
Neil: Uh, YES? βοΈ
Nikki: *Gasp!* Maybe it was the ghost he was talking about! βοΈ
Nikki: Could you IMAGINE meeting one!? βοΈ
Max: Pssh, ghosts don't exist. βοΈ
Max: You die, and then you're faced with eternal nothingness. βοΈ
Max: It's gonna be great. βοΈ
Nikki: HOW DO YOU KNOW? YOU'VE NEVER DIED! βοΈ
Nikki: Ooh, could you imagine being the first person to find a ghost?! βοΈ
Nikki: *Gasp!* Or a MONSTER?! βοΈ
Nikki: You'd make the cover of Science Magazine! βοΈ
Neil: Hey! That's a magazine about Science! βοΈ
Max: SHUT UP! βοΈ
Max: There's nothing to be afraid of! βοΈ
Max: And I'll prove it. βοΈ
- *Ominous Music* βοΈ
Nikki: Alright, Spook-hunters! βοΈ
Nikki: Let's hunt some Spooks! βοΈ
Max: Don't say that... βοΈ
Nikki: Do we actually have a detective team name now? βοΈ
Nikki: Ooh! We need a theme song! βοΈ
Nikki: *Plays a spooky theme on the pocket theremin* βοΈ
- *WHAM* βοΈ
- *clunk* βοΈ
Nikki: HEY! Do you know how hard it is to find a good pocket theremin?! βοΈ
Max: I'm counting on it. βοΈ
Max: Now focus! Unless that's your backup singer, we've already got company. βοΈ
Jasper: *Screaming* βοΈ
Nikki and Neil: *More Screaming* βοΈ
Max: Who the hell are you? βοΈ
Jasper: Me? I'm Jasper. βοΈ
Jasper: ...But who are you? What are you doing here? βοΈ
Jasper: This is the last place you want to be on a night like this... βοΈ
Jasper: ...Real spooky night. βοΈ
Jasper: Terrible creatures seek out the mansion, βοΈ
Jasper: And the wailing... βοΈ
Jasper: Oh, gosh... the wailing... βοΈ
Jasper: And then the bumping in the night starts, βοΈ
Jasper: And they bump, and they bump, and... βοΈ
Jasper: ...Hey, where'd you go? βοΈ
Platypus: *Muack.* βοΈ
- *Spooky Organ music plays* βοΈ
Nikki: Whoa... βοΈ
Neil: ...What is this place? βοΈ
Max: Looks like Campbell's old summer home. βοΈ
- *Moaning and wailing* βοΈ
Neil: What the hell was THAT?! βοΈ
Jasper: I told you, dude! βοΈ
Jasper: There are THINGS inside... βοΈ
Nikki: THINGS!?! βοΈ
Nikki: Like monsters?! I knew it! βοΈ
Jasper: Wait, are you guys here to help stop the monsters? βοΈ
Jasper: Are you like a gang of mystery solvers? βοΈ
Jasper: Like the Harlem Globetrotters?! βοΈ
Neil: ...Pretty much. βοΈ
Jasper: Oh wow, you guys got a theme song? βοΈ
Nikki: We're working on it. βοΈ
Jasper: Radical. βοΈ
Max: Look, man, you're kinda ruining our dynamic. βοΈ
Max: We're a comedy TRIO. βοΈ
Max: Besides, there's nothing inside. βοΈ
Nikki: THERE'S SOMETHING INSIDE! βοΈ
- *Spookiness and thunder* βοΈ
Neil: A MONSTER!!! βοΈ
Max: Yawn. βοΈ
Nikki: We'll see who's yawning when we're all DEAD! βοΈ
Max: Why would we...? βοΈ
- *Wham* βοΈ
Nikki: ALRIGHT, SASQUATCH! βοΈ
Nikki: LET'S TANGO! βοΈ
- *Growl* βοΈ
- *THUNDER!* βοΈ
- *Neil and Jasper scream* βοΈ
Max: Calm down, the storm just tripped the power. βοΈ
Jasper: Aww... If only I had my L.A. gear light-up shoes... βοΈ
Jasper: "They light up the night!" βοΈ
Max: Wonderful... βοΈ
- *Screaming* βοΈ
Max: It's a stuffed bear! βοΈ
Neil: Oh... βοΈ
- *Screaming* βοΈ
Max: It's a SECOND stuffed bear! βοΈ
Neil: Oh... βοΈ
Nikki: That seems redundant. βοΈ
Max: Yeah, and I think endangered... βοΈ
Neil: Let's just get the power back on... βοΈ
Nikki: Right! We shall not waver on our quest for the undead! βοΈ
Max: Nikki, there is NOTHING HERE. βοΈ
Jasper: Hmm.... βοΈ
- *Neil screaming again* βοΈ
Nikki: NEIL! βοΈ
Max: The hell'd you do?! βοΈ
Jasper: Don't have a cow, man! βοΈ
Jasper: I'm just trying to be part of the gang... βοΈ
Neil: >Oh my god, you have to get in here quick!< βοΈ
Nikki: Neil! What is it?! βοΈ
Neil: It's... beautiful.... βοΈ
Neil: A lab! βοΈ
Neil: Do you know how long it's been since I was in a real lab? βοΈ
Neil: This is where I wanted to be this summer! βοΈ
Neil: Oh, my sweet science! βοΈ
Max: Weird science, more like. βοΈ
Max: Check it. βοΈ
Neil: Oh, that's much- βοΈ
- *Nikki and Neil screaming* βοΈ
- *B-movie horror music* βοΈ
Neil: ALRIGHT! THAT'S IT! I'M DONE! βοΈ
Jasper: You can't go yet! You still have to rid the Island of the EVIL! βοΈ
Nikki: Yeah, come on Neil, shake it off! βοΈ
Nikki: Don't lose your sense of ADVENTURE! βοΈ
Neil: I AM NOT ABOUT THIS SHIT, NIKKI! βοΈ
Neil: SCIENCE HAS ITS LIMITS! βοΈ
Max: Don't be so naive. This is mild experimentation at best. βοΈ
Max: You have any idea what goes into fast food? βοΈ
- *splash splash* βοΈ
Max: Probably that. βοΈ
- *Ominous moaning and wailing* βοΈ
Nikki: *gasp!* βοΈ
Nikki: The tormented souls of the dearly departed! βοΈ
Nikki: And look! A trail of hair and blood! βοΈ
- *DUN DUN!* βοΈ
Max: WHO CARES?! βοΈ
Max: It's just going to be a wounded dog, or some other coincidental, colossal waste of time! βοΈ
Nikki: You're just sca~ared! βοΈ
Max: I am not scared. βοΈ
Max: I feel like we've established this by now. βοΈ
Nikki: Max is sca-ared! Max is sca-ared! Max is... βοΈ
- *DUN DUN DUUUUUNNNN!!!!!!!* βοΈ
Neil: Oh jesus fucking lord... βοΈ
Max: Whelp! We made it, Nikki! βοΈ
Max: Are you happy now?! βοΈ
Nikki: IDon'tWannaBeHere. βοΈ
Jasper: You know what? On second thought, maybe the evil's unstoppable. βοΈ
Jasper: We should all go home. We could... βοΈ
Jasper: ...play some Pogs! βοΈ
Jasper: Forget this ever happened! βοΈ
Max: Oh, no! βοΈ
Max: We have to find "Ghosts and Monsters," remember? βοΈ
Nikki: Idon'twannabehere... βοΈ
Neil: Max, come on! This is way too spooky... βοΈ
Max: No, it isn't. βοΈ
Max: You know what this is? βοΈ
Max: Proof that the founder of Camp Campbell is a rich piece of shit with terrible morals. βοΈ
Max: And who also potentially kills people! βοΈ
Max: ...ALL THINGS I WAS ALREADY PRETTY SURE OF! βοΈ
Nikki: Idon'wannabehere. βοΈ
Neil: BUT THE MONSTER! THE WAILS! βοΈ
Neil: YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT! βοΈ
Jasper: A-actually.... βοΈ
- *Moans and wails, spookier this time* βοΈ
- *Jasper and Neil screaming again.* βοΈ
Max: THE HELL I CAN'T! βοΈ
- >WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!< βοΈ
- >WAIT!< βοΈ
Max: There is no such thing as monsters! βοΈ
Max: There's no such thing as ghosts! βοΈ
Max: And there. IS NOTHING. TO BE. AFRAID OF!!! βοΈ
Jasper: Don't! βοΈ
Quartermaster: I WARNED YEEEEEOOOOUUUUU, CHIIIILLLDD!!!!!! βοΈ
Max: *Eye-twitch from being permanently scarred from this moment forth* βοΈ
Max: *in a girly tone* ... AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! βοΈ
Quartermaster: *grumble* Ruined my night. Probably next one too. βοΈ
Jasper: Guess that goes to show that sometimes, the only thing scarier than monsters and ghosts... βοΈ
Jasper: ... Is real life. βοΈ
Jasper: ...Specifically old people having sex. βοΈ
Jasper: Weird, kinky sex. βοΈ
Jasper: In a dungeon. βοΈ
Jasper: Boy, that is... βοΈ
Jasper: That is some dark shit. βοΈ
Jasper: Anyway... βοΈ
Platypus: *Muack.* βοΈ
Gallery
- Main article: Journey to Spooky Island/Gallery