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The Tale of Watcher's Woods

Season 3, Episode 3, Aired Jan 22, 1994

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Long ago, three girls attending camp got lost in the woods, only leaving behind their whistles. At the same exact time, a camper went crazy and started babbling about a Watcher within the woods, creating the nickname Watcher's Woods. When two present day campers get lost, they find that there's definitely something evil in the woods.moreless

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Sheena Larkin

Boss Hag
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Abby Tenenbaum

Stephanie
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Jewel Staite

Kelly

JoAnna Garcia

Samantha (Seasons 3-5)
Jason Alisharan

Frank (Seasons 1-4)
Ross Hull

Gary (Seasons 1-5)
Jodie Resther

Kiki (Seasons 1-5)
Daniel DeSanto

Tucker (Season 3+)
Raine Pare-Coull

Betty Ann (Seasons 1-5)

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In 1919, three campers got lost in Watcher's Woods. All that was found were their whistles. Decades later, two girls are paired together for a summer camp activity. They lose each other in the woods and find the girls who disappeared 75 years earlier.moreless

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By chasmatic, Jan 20, 2011

This is one of the greatest tales to come from Are You Afraid Of The Dark? It is a well written, very intricate and interesting plot. And! For once the costumes / monsters / ghoulish characters do not look unbearably cheap. The story itself comes from Sam, a new friend of Betty Ann's wishing to be initiated. It follows two girls, one an overachiever who is new to the camp, and the other is a returning camper who is reluctant and bitter about being there. They don't get along at first, but they are assigned to work with each other in an activity in the woods. After they are get separated and both end up trapped in Watcher's Woods, they must work together to save one another and the trapped spirits of the other lost campers.moreless
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One of my most favorite episodes of AYAOTD. When a few kids go into the woods and get lost and stumble upon some strange events.

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By Miexon, Jan 20, 2011

This is probably one of the most memorable episodes of AYAOTD for me. It was kind of scary to me on account i live in the woods.. but it was not the scariest one there was in the series. I remember the witches and them riding into a school and getting lost in the woods and having to use a whistle of some sort.
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One of my favorites episodes in the shows history.

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By clockworx23, Jan 20, 2011

This episode is one of the classic ones of this series. Whenever i think of this show i immediately think of this episode. Plus it makes you think twice about wandering off in the woods.

The episode takes place at a camp and the two main characters are complete opposites. One is the new, ideal camper fit with all kinds of merit badges while the other is a veteran of the camp and mad about being there. The veteran tells the newbie a tale about Watchers Woods. Supposedly three young girls got lost in the woods back in 1919 and were never heard of again. The only thing that searchers found were their whistles. Out on a hike the next day the two campers get seperated from each other and end up in Watchers Woods. One of the girls encounters three witches who trap her and want to make her dinner. It turns out the witches are actually the three young girls that got lost 75 years earlier. They say that the only way to break the spell is for them to get their whistles. Just in the nick of time the other girl retrieves the whistles and everyone is set free.moreless
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Three girls disappear leaving behind only their whistles

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By nejihyuga21, Dec 01, 2008

Kelly is such a brat. This story wasn't at all interesting to watch except when it comes to the killing part. the Watcher was not scary (not like Nosferatu) and um, it really didn't have much of a plot. I've seen a film like this. this episode is a mixture between medevil times and modern day campers. How on earth could you be having a camp at 1919? This was like when the stock market crashed or something like that. In the end, the ghosts come back and finally Sam is taken in. They should've blindfolded her like Frank in my opinion.moreless
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- Goof: When Kelly enters into the woods, through the tunnel there is a green fog, but once she passes through it and the shot changes the fog is blue.
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- The name of the summer camp the girls attend is Camp Crindleston.
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- The song that the girl is playing on the piano when the girls are making fun of Sarah's vest is Fur Elise By Beethoven.
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- A night-vision camera is clearly used in the shots of the rats in the bucket.
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- One of the only Nickelodeon shows to show a character about to light a cigarette.
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QUOTES (5)
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- Sarah: So where is this place? Watcher's Woods? Stephanie: Nobody knows... Some people say it moves like a shark... looking for prey.
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- Watcher: Welcome... To my woods!
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- (Story Intro) Sam: I had lots of stories I could have told, but I picked on that kinda fits the setting. There are tons of ancient legends about the woods. Legends of spirits, like the Manahe, or the Wendigo, but whatever happened to the spirits once people showed up to hack down their worlds? Many moved on, but some say the truly evil ones clung to home... With twisted hearts full of revenge for all who dare to destroy their home. Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story... The Tale Of Watcher's Woods.
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- Boss Hag: Oh dearie, we don't believe you!
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- Boss Hag: "Welcome to Watcher's Woods....dearie!"
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NOTES (7)
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- David Winning won the 1994 Bronze Award for "Television Series Direction" for this episode.
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- Alliteration Alert! (Watcher's Woods).
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- Tom Rack, who played Watcher, also wrote the episode The Tale of The Pinball Wizard. He played the Security Guard in that episode, as well.
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- Jewel Staite, who played Kelly, also played Cody in The Tale Of The Unfinished Painting.
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- Sheena Larkin, who played the Boss Hag, also played Nanny in The Tale Of The Lonely Ghost.
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- This episode marked Joanna Garcia's (Sam) first appearance on the show.
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- This story was told by Sam as her initiation story.
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- This episode is similar to the Disney horror film, The Watcher In The Woods.
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- Lord of the Flies: The head on the stick could be an allusion to The Lord of the Flies where stranded kids put a pig head on a stick and worship it.
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