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Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo
	File:Scooby doo.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Raja Gosnell
Written by	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera; James Gunn
Produced by	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Starring	Freddie Prinze, Jr.; Sarah Michelle Gellar; Matthew Lillard; Linda Cardellini; Neil Fanning; Rowan Atkinson
Cinematography	David Eggby
Edited by	Kent Beyda
Music by	David Newman
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	June 14, 2002
Running time	86 min.
Country
Language	English
Budget	$84 million
Box office	$275.7 million

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Scooby-Doo is a 2002 live-action film, based on the popular Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon of the same name. The film was directed by Raja Gosnell and written by James Gunn. It was produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle for Warner Bros. Pictures and starred Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne, Freddie Prinze, Jr., as Fred, Linda Cardellini as Velma, Neil Fanning as the voice of Scooby-Doo (who was created on screen using computer-generated imagery) and Rowan Atkinson as Emile Mondavarious. Pamela Anderson made an uncredited appearance at the beginning of the movie.

In 2004, this film was followed by a sequel titled Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Plot

In 2000, after solving the case of the Luna Ghost, Daphne was saved by Shaggy and Scooby and the crime-solving team known as Mystery, Inc. splits up following a major argument, leaving Scooby-Doo and Shaggy to continue as Mystery Inc. and to take care of the Mystery Machine.

Now it's 2002, the gang are reunited (against their wishes) as each is individually invited to Spooky Island, a "frightfully" popular theme park owned by Emile Mondavarious (Rowan Atkinson). Mondavarious tells the gang that students are mysteriously becoming mindless zombies and only utter pop phrases. Of course, Fred (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), Velma (Linda Cardellini), and Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar) do not agree to team up and so they go in different directions.

Shaggy soon falls for a girl named Mary Jane (Isla Fisher), while Velma discovers of a group of so-called demons that inhabit the island and seek revenge. A man named N'Goo Tuana and a masked wrestler try to spook Velma, but she ignores them. Daphne finds a man trying to protect himself through voodoo (Miguel A. Nunez Jr.) who tells her not to go the Spooky Island castle but she goes anyway. Scooby gets attacked by a demon, but escapes him. The gang investigates the castle and Fred and Velma discover an odd kind of "training" video as if there were real monsters living on the island. Daphne discovers an odd item called the Daemon Ritus—a magical artifact that absorbs energy, particularly souls. The bad guys nearly track them down, but the gang escape (disguised as costumed statues of the ride) to their hotel.

Unfortunately, the demons attack and kidnap a bunch of tourists including Fred and Velma. The following morning, everything seems to be normal, until Fred appears to be a zombie. Daphne is captured and becomes a zombie as well. Shaggy, Scooby and Mary Jane flee from the chasing zombies, but Scooby discovers that Mary Jane is a monster in disguise. Scooby falls down a hole and Shaggy follows. He discovers a pool full of protoplasmic heads. He rescues Fred, Velma and Daphne from the pool and then spies the Daimon Ritus. Velma is the first to return to her body and then discovers that the demons were inside their bodies and died when they were exposed to sunlight. Velma also discovers that Fred and Daphne are in each other's bodies.

The gang is reunited, except for Scooby, and they randomly switch bodies until they return to their own. They then encounter the voodoo man who explains that the demons will rule the world for 10,000 years if they get their hands on the Daemon Ritus and complete their ritual (the "Darkopolypse Ritual", as said by the voodoo man). But they also need a purely good soul as well: Scooby-Doo.

The gang set up a trap to save the world and destroy the demons but it messes up and Fred and Velma discover that Mondavarious is the main villain. Shaggy knocks Mondavarious out and rescues Scooby. Velma and Fred find that Mondavarious is a robot and the one manipulating him is Scooby's nephew, Scrappy-Doo, who is the 'real' main villain, wanting revenge on Mystery, Inc., for abandoning him 4 years ago.

The Daemon Ritus sticks to Scrappy's chest, morphing him into a giant monster named Scrappy Rex and he chases Scooby and Shaggy about while the Scooby-Doo, Where are You song is played. Fred and Velma flee from minions while Daphne fights the wrestler on top of the island. She kicks him down the vent, releasing light that destroys all of the demons and releasing the rest of the tourists' souls back to their bodies. Unfortunately, Scrappy Rex is immune to the light and traps Fred and Velma while holding Scooby until Shaggy tells him that he's a very bad puppy and uses a machine (which was used in the ritual) to take the Daemon Ritus off of him, transforming him back to a puppy. Scrappy tries to fight back in his normal form using his usual line of he can take anyone, but Scooby just rolls his eyes annoyed and punches him into a wall with a flick of his paw knocking him out. Shaggy finds the real Mondavarious locked in a hole and the police arrest Scrappy and his minions. But before the gang can even relax, the news of another case arrives.

During the credits, Scooby and Shaggy get their free all-you-can-eat meal, and Scooby desperately tries to find a way to stop overheating after eating a jar of chili peppers. Shaggy helps by pouring ketchup on his tongue. then Shaggy grabs two jars of chili peppers. On a count of three, they ate the peppers and the next scene shows the restaurant's exterior and steam coming out of the voodoo mask's eyes.

Cast

Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Fred Jones
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne Blake
Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers
Linda Cardellini as Velma Dinkley
Neil Fanning as Scooby-Doo (voice)
Scott Innes as Scrappy-Doo (voice)
J.P. Manoux as Scrappy Rex (voice)
Rowan Atkinson as Emile Mondavarious
Isla Fisher as Mary Jane
Sugar Ray as Themselves
Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Voodoo Maestro
Sam Greco as Zarkos aka The Masked Luchador
Pamela Anderson (uncredited) as Herself

Novelization

Scholastic Inc. released a novelization of the story in conjunction with the film. The novel was written by American fantasy and science fiction author Suzanne Weyn.

Records

To date, the theatrical live-action Scooby-Doo films were the only ones produced in a widescreen format, and the animated direct-to-video Scooby-Doo films, are only produced in the 4:3 format.

References to other media

The official trailer that was released was a running gag to make it sound like the film was based on Batman, the narrator describing things that the Batman usually does, the music even had the distinct style of a Batman film. Then, when Scooby Doo is shown in silhouette, it is first made to look like Batman from behind, but then it reveals to be Scooby. The narrator explains "he will be called upon to save the world, once again..." and Scooby replies "Who me? Ruh-uh!".

Astute watchers may notice several references to the film Aliens in the film - notably when the monsters pull Freddy under the floor it parodies almost exactly Hudson's demise, being dragged away under the floor by the Alien. Another is the way the monsters emerge from the chests of their victims. It mimics the way the larval aliens ("chestbursters") emerge from their hosts.

In a flashback scene half-way through the movie, Scrappy is thrown out of the Mystery Machine in front of a sign that said "Yukaa Flats 6 miles". Yukaa Flats is where Scrappy and his uncle Yabba-Doo solve mysteries in one of the TV shows. Also when he is kicked out, he stated that he was as cute as a Powerpuff Girl.

Daphne in this movie acts very similar to Sarah Michelle Gellar's previous character, Buffy Summers.

Parodies

On the hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on which Sarah Michelle Gellar played the title role, her group of mystery-solving, supernatural-fighting friends were called the Scooby Gang because of their similarities with the original cartoon's mystery-solving team. In Looney Tunes: Back in Action, the animated versions of Shaggy and Scooby are seen having lunch with Matthew Lillard. The animated Shaggy berates Lillard for his performance in this movie, and said, "Like, what was that?! You made me sound like a total space cadet man!

Trivia

Much of the Scooby-Doo movie was filmed at the Warner Bros. Movie World studios located in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. There is also a roller coaster at the theme park based on the film.
At the end, Scrappy says "And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling sons of -!" before the doors to the helicopter he is in close, vulgarly parodying the typical line given by the villains in the television shows, after they are captured and unmasked ("And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids and your stupid dog!").
All but one of the shots of Scooby Doo are CGI. When Daphne gets up out of the pile of toys in the opening scene, her head is below a robotic "Scooby-butt" when she says "I'm so over this damsel in distress nonsense".
At the end of the film, Scrappy-Doo is the villain. Originally, "Old Man Smithers", AKA the Luna Ghost, from the beginning was going to be behind the events of the film.
Many of the attractions at Spooky Island are parodies of attractions at Disneyland, including the "It's A Dead World" electrical parade (Disney's "It's A Small World") and the Splatterhorn (Disney's "Matterhorn Bobsleds"). The haunted castle was also inspired by Disney's Haunted Mansion ride and the Spooky Island sign is made to mimic that of the Hollywood sign.
This movie is one of the few films to be released on VHS, DVD, UMD, Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD.
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Daphne) and Freddie Prinze Jr. (Fred) are married in real life.
According to Velma, Scrappy-Doo is an adult with a glandular problem.

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 ==References to other media==
-The official trailer that was released was a running gag to make it sound like the film was based on [[Batman]], the narrator describing things that the Batman usually does, the music even had the distinct style of a Batman film. Then, when Scooby Doo is shown in silhouette, it is first made to look like Batman from behind, but then it reveals to be Scooby. The narrator explains "he will be called upon to save the world, once again..." and Scooby replies "Who me? Ruh-uh!". A similar trailer appeared in 2006 for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.
+The official trailer that was released was a running gag to make it sound like the film was based on [[Batman]], the narrator describing things that the Batman usually does, the music even had the distinct style of a Batman film. Then, when Scooby Doo is shown in silhouette, it is first made to look like Batman from behind, but then it reveals to be Scooby. The narrator explains "he will be called upon to save the world, once again..." and Scooby replies "Who me? Ruh-uh!".
 Astute watchers may notice several references to the film [[Aliens (film)|Aliens]] in the film - notably when the monsters pull Freddy under the floor it parodies almost exactly Hudson's demise, being dragged away under the floor by the Alien. Another is the way the monsters emerge from the chests of their victims. It mimics the way the larval aliens ("chestbursters") emerge from their hosts.