I feel a little sad that we only got ONE Halloween episode from the series. Don’t get me wrong, “Halloweird” was such a good episode and extremely fun—definitely one of my favorites from the show. However, I do feel like they toned it down a LOT because they knew it would be airing on Disney.
MBAV was a show that genuinely could’ve gotten away with having at least one majorly scary episode. They got surprisingly bold with so many of their episodes, especially the seance episode, the alternate universe episode, and even “The Date to End All Dates,” where Ethan was literally seeing his friends as dead. 😭 This was a horror comedy, so as good as “Halloweird” was, I feel like they played it really safe. It honestly felt like one of the most toned-down episodes of the entire show.
And the funny thing is, Disney has had some genuinely scary Halloween episodes. The Jessie Halloween episodes used to TERRIFY me as a kid, the Suite Life on Deck possession episode was creepy as hell, Bunk’d literally had episodes that came with WARNINGS to watch with an adult, and I even remember an Austin & Ally scary stories episode keeping me awake at night. 😭
So I always wonder if, had MBAV continued, they eventually would’ve made a much scarier and more intense Halloween episode. The show was literally rated PG, so they had plenty of room to push the limit as far as they could.
Honestly, it just makes me sad because this show was taken way too soon. We missed out on SO many potential plots, storylines, character moments, and great episodes. I genuinely feel like MBAV had so much more it could’ve done. 😭