Witch's Night Out

Witch's Night Out is a 1978 Canadian, Halloween, television animated special. It was produced by Leach/Rankin Productions, originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company channel (NBC), and is the sequel to The Gift of Winter.

Plot
A witch hasn't had any requests to transform others into whatever or whoever they'd like to be for Halloween in quite some time. But that all changes when some multicolored people use her mansion as the place to hold a Halloween party. A couple of kids and their babysitter are the first to experience this game of masquerade in quite a while. After two citizens who aren't such fans of the holiday steal her wand after some chaos ensues and attempt to use it for their own pleasures, she plots to get it back. After everything is cleared up, she becomes popular again.

Why It Rocks
1. This is a grand improvement from the previous special, both in terms of animation quality and story especially. It's one of the exceptional sequels that actually outdoes the originals.

2. While the character designs of the main cast look familiar, the art of them is somewhat crisper and, again, the animation of the characters in this is much better. This may well be one of the better animated 1970s cartoons.

3. The story is not only a greatly creatively one, but it's not as incomprehensible as The Gift of Winter.

4. Fantastic characters, especially the Witch, who steals the show.

5. The voice cast is as great as in the earlier special, with the most notable standouts being the late Gilda Radner as the Witch and Catherine O'Hara as Malicious.

6. Catchy electro-disco theme song.

7. The names of the main cast of citizens may be odd, but at least most of them still make sense in defining their characters or what they are. With Mayor Goodly and Nicely, they counter Rotten and Malicious. Siblings Small and Tender are a couple more examples that define what they represent.

8. Cleverly written dialogue and funny lines.

9. Plenty of funny moments.

10. The message about the spirit of Halloween is well-given.

11. The people who come in various colors showcases the meaning of diversity.

Bad Qualities
1. The babysitter's name, Bazooey, doesn't give any definitive representation about him as it's plain nonsensical.

2. The scene with Nicely being transformed into a vampire as she requested by the Witch may be too sexy and inappropriate in appearance for younger viewers (despite being a parental bonus and providing fan service on the other hand).

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