Retsuko and the Ghost of the Living Room

Retsuko and the Ghost of the Living Room is the second episode of the third season and the forty-first episode overall in the reboot series Retsuko's Clues & You!. It's a new version of both "Retsuko's Big Mystery" and "What Is Retsuko Afraid Of?"

Summary
Robin and Retsuko are throwing a Halloween party and all our friends are in costume! Retsuko’s a unicorn, Issabelle’s a mouse, but wait, who’s that mysterious, silly ghost gliding about the Living Room? We’ll look for clues as we go through a haunted house skidoo!

Plot
Robin and Retsuko play Retsuko's Clues to figure out who's under the ghost costume. The 3 clues are paw prints, a tail, and triangles. Who's under the ghost costume? The answer is Dot.

Elements

 * Question: Who’s under the ghost costume?
 * Clues:
 * Paw prints
 * A Tail (from Jigglypuff's dragon costume)
 * Two Triangles
 * Answer to Retsuko's Clues: A Human (later revealed to be Dot)
 * Living room picture: Haunted House
 * Skidoo location: Haunted House

Trivia

 * This is the first season 3 episode to be a remake of two different episodes: What Is Retsuko Afraid Of? and Retsuko's Big Mystery. Retsuko's Show and Tell Surprise and Retsuko's Beach Bonanza have previously been remakes of two different episodes.
 * This is the first episode where Dot celebrated Halloween, but he has not celebrated Halloween with either of the three hosts because he was not introduced until Retsuko's Big Mystery and Our New Neighbor.
 * Even though Dot is introduced before Corrin became the host of Retsuko's Clues, no Halloween-themed episodes were produced during Corrin's tenure as host.
 * Robin is dressed up as a werewolf in this episode, he is seen wearing a furrier version of wolf ears from "Story Time with Retsuko", wolf paw gloves and a wolf's tail. he also howls like a real wolf.
 * Pitch wore her Clock Girl costume from Superfriends and The Thinking Squad (specifically the one from the remake).
 * Potch wore the same costume, an octopus, like in both Retsuko's Big Costume Party and Spooky Costume Party with Retsuko.
 * Pikachu and Jigglypuff wore the same costumes, a firefighter and a dragon respectively, as in "Retsuko Makes a Movie with You!".
 * Pin's pirate hat is the same one she wore in Retsuko's Treasure Hunt.
 * This is the sixth episode in the franchise where someone was a firefighter. The others being The Anything Box, Playdates, Retsuko's Big Imagination, Retsuko's Big Neighborhood Adventure, and Retsuko Makes a Movie with You!.
 * This is the third episode in the franchise where Halloween was celebrated. The first two being Retsuko's Big Costume Party and Spooky Costume Party with Retsuko. This is also the first Halloween reboot episode that was based on a non-Halloween original episode.
 * This is the second episode where eyes were seen. The first being Spring is Here!.
 * This is the second episode in the franchise where paw prints were drawn. The first being Inventions.
 * This is also the first time in which paw prints were the first clue because in Inventions, it was the third clue.
 * This is the third episode in the franchise where a tail was drawn. The first two being Retsuko's Big Mystery and Animals in Our House?.
 * This is also the second time in which a tail was the second clue with Retsuko's Big Mystery being the first. However, in Animals in Our House?, it was the first clue.
 * This is the second episode in the franchise where the 2 triangles are a clue. The first being Imagine Nation.
 * Coincidentally, this is also the second time in which 2 triangles were the third clue with Imagine Nation being the first.
 * This marks the third episode in the franchise where Pitch was dressed as a superhero. The first two being Superfriends and The Thinking Squad.
 * This marks the third episode where someone said, "spooky". The first two being Retsuko's Big Costume Party and Spooky Costume Party with Retsuko when Pit and Robin both said, "spooky" when every time they opened their notebooks, there was a door creaking sound effect and an evil laughter sound effect in the background.
 * The door opened up to show the next scroll. Like in Retsuko's Big Costume Party and Spooky Costume Party with Retsuko when Pit and Robin both opened the tallest door, went up the stairs with more steps and through the room with the small number of black tiles, which was omitted from the remake, (the black tile part), and got the next scroll to help Boo find Oogla Boogla.
 * This is the first Season 3 episode in the reboot to not feature an incorrect answer to the Retsuko's Clues game.
 * Robin showing us his Halloween notebook after he got it from Pin is similar to Happy Birthday Retsuko and It's Your Birthday! when Robin showed us his two Birthday notebooks.
 * This marks the fourth episode in the franchise where someone said, "Boo" and made them jump in surprise. The others being What Is Retsuko Afraid Of?, Retsuko's Big Costume Party, and Spooky Costume Party with Retsuko when Pit and Robin mentioned Boo the Ghost’s name, and Boo got scared.
 * In this episode, the viewers say "boo" instead of Robin saying "clue" in the "Play Retsuko's Clues" song.
 * Robin said, "interesting" like he and Pit did in What Experiment Does Retsuko Want to Try? and Science with Retsuko when Pit and Robin found the third clue on two plastic bottles.
 * This marks the twelfth episode in the franchise when something was drawn in groups of four. The others being What Is Retsuko Afraid Of?, when Pit drew four circles when he drew the owl's sound, Retsuko's ABCs and ABC's with Retsuko when Pit and Robin drew the word, "jump,", Retsuko's Big Holiday when Pit drew four little prints, Words when Pit drew the words, "make," and, "poem", which have four letters, Patience when Corrin drew four pieces of wood, Contraptions! when Corrin drew four seeds, Retsuko's Big Band when Corrin drew four beans, Playdates when Corrin drew water, and Retsukostock (Original/Remake) when Corrin and Robin had the first clue with four music notes.
 * This marks the thirty-fourth episode in the franchise where a clue representing two of the same object was drawn. The others being What Does Retsuko Want to Make?, What Experiment Does Retsuko Want to Try?, Science with Retsuko, Math!, 123's with Retsuko, What Does Retsuko Want to Do on a Rainy Day?, Retsuko's Rainy Day Rainbow, The Lost Episode!, Animal Behavior!, Retsuko's Big Mystery, Dot Misses His Friend, Imagine Nation, Retsuko's Big Imagination, The Anything Box, Adventure, Superfriends, The Thinking Squad, Retsuko's New Place, Bugs!, Something To Do Retsuko, Corrin's First Day, The Scavenger Hunt, Story Wall, Retsuko Takes You to School, Retsuko's Show and Tell Surprise, Look Carefully..., Soccer Practice, Retsuko's Night Before Christmas, Retsuko's Big Dance Party, What I Like About Retsuko, Spring is Here!, Retsuko's Beach Bonanza, It's Your Birthday!, and Our New Neighbor.
 * This is the second episode of the series in which the answer to Retsuko's Clues is known before the episode has aired, the first being Retsuko's Big Dance Party.
 * This is the eighteenth time where there were riddles and rhymes that were used and rhymed. The others being in Pitch's Favorite Nursery Rhyme, Retsuko's News, What Does Retsuko Want to Build?, Retsuko's Big Treasure Hunt, Retsuko's Big Costume Party, Retsuko's Big Pajama Party, Adventure, Rhyme Time, Bedtime Business, Big News with Retsuko, Pajama Party with Retsuko, Spooky Costume Party with Retsuko, Corrin's Clues, The Legend of the Retsuko Puppy, Retsuko's Night Before Christmas, What I Like About Retsuko, and It’s Your Birthday.
 * This is the second time that Dot was the answer to Retsuko's Clues, the first was Retsuko's Big Mystery when Retsuko left three clues on footprints, a curvy, skinny tail and a picture.
 * Robin howls like a wolf at the end of the "Mailtime" song instead of shouting "Mail!". Similarly, Mario And Luigi, as a cow, replaces "Mail" with "Moo" and Robin calls him "Cow Mario And Luigi", similar to how Pit called Mario And Luigi as a monkey "Monkey Mario And Luigi" in "Animal Behavior!".
 * This is the third time when someone called Mario And Luigi a different name. The first two being Animal Behavior when Pit called Mario And Luigi Monkey Mario And Luigi and Blocks when Pit called Mario And Luigi Mario And Luigi Blocks.
 * This is the fourth time in the reboot to not feature The So Long Song, the first three were "Retsuko's Night Before Christmas", "Retsuko's Show and Tell Surprise" and "It's Your Birthday!".
 * This episode ends with the song "It's Time for Halloween" instead.
 * Coincidentally, all of these episodes have a different song at the end, pertaining to the episode.
 * This is the third time where a unicorn was seen. The first two being Retsuko's Show and Tell Surprise when Retsuko made Luna the Unicorn and Retsuko's Big Costume Parade when the Pawprint was dressed as a unicorn despite that episode being part of season two but not airing until October 29, 2021.
 * This is the fourth episode where opposites were used. The first three being Issabelle Comes Over and Playdate with Issabelle when Pit, Robin and Retsuko helped Big Bill and Brenda make race cars that were opposite and The Wrong Shirt when Pit and Retsuko learned about different opposites besides Retsuko’s favorite opposite being On and Off when Retsuko left three clues on an Up Light Switch, a Lamp, and a Down Light Switch.
 * Pikachu and Jigglypuff wanting the opposite of Biggest and Smallest is similar to what happened in Issabelle Comes Over and Playdate with Issabelle when Big Bill and Brenda wanted the same thing.
 * In those episodes, Big Bill wanted the biggest circles and Brenda wanted the smallest circles.
 * Happy and sad were seen again like in Pitch's Favorite Nursery Rhyme when Pit helped Jack, Corrin, John, and Julia with riddles, in which the second riddle was "When you’re happy, you smile. When you’re sad you frown."
 * This is the second episode where Robin said “I don’t got it!” when trying to help someone. The first was Retsuko's Big Beat Band when Robin said “I don’t got this!” when he was playing a clapping game with Felicia and when he and Retsuko helped Bunny Jo get to a concert with his band.
 * This marks the seventeenth episode in the franchise where any type of shape was drawn. The others being Mechanics!, Imagine Nation, Retsuko's Big Imagination, Big Bill and Brenda Day, Let's Plant, Retsuko's School, Retsuko Takes You to School, Retsuko's Show and Tell Surprise, Retsuko's First Holiday, Soccer Practice, Meet Retsuko's Baby Brother, Retsuko's Big Beat Band, Retsuko's Treasure Hunt, Welcome to Retsuko's Bistro, Retsuko's Big Baking Show, and Retsuko's Anywhere Box Surprise.
 * This is the fourth episode to be written by the original host of Retsuko's Clues. The first three were Welcome to Retsuko's Bistro, Retsuko's Night Before Christmas, and Retsuko's Beach Bonanza.
 * This is also the first episode in which the original host wrote an episode of Retsuko's Clues & You! without directing it because he directed Welcome to Retsuko's Bistro, Retsuko's Night Before Christmas, and Retsuko's Beach Bonanza besides writing them.
 * Dot as the ghost skidooed to Haunted House. This is the third time Dot skidooed. The first two times were Dot Misses His Friend and The Big Book About Us.
 * At the end of the Mailtime song, Robin howls like a werewolf instead of saying "Mail!", which is similar to Corrin saying "Goal!" instead of "Mail!" at the end of the mailtime song in Soccer Practice.
 * However, unlike Robin, Corrin corrects himself by saying "I mean... Mail!".