Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Directed by	Raja Gosnell
Produced by	Charles Roven Richard Suckle
Written by	Screenplay: James Gunn Characters and Series: William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Starring	Sarah Michelle Gellar Freddie Prinze, Jr. Matthew Lillard Linda Cardellini Seth Green Peter Boyle Tim Blake Nelson Alicia Silverstone Neil Fanning (voice)
Music by	David Newman
Cinematography	Oliver Wood
Editing by	Kent Beyda
Studio	Mosaic Media Group Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	March 26, 2004
Running time	93 min.
Country	United States Canada
Language	English
Budget	$125 million
Gross revenue	Worldwide; $181,185,387
Preceded by	Scooby-Doo
Followed by	Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is a 2004 film, and sequel to 2002's Scooby-Doo based on the Hanna-Barbera series classic, Scooby-Doo. It was directed by Raja Gosnell, who also directed the first film, and was written by James Gunn, who also wrote Scooby Doo. It was released on March 26, 2004.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Voices 4 Featured Villains 4.1 Monsters 4.2 Monster Costume Cameos 5 Trivia 6 Reception 7 Soundtrack 8 Prequel 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

[edit] Plot

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Mystery, Inc. - Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo - are attending the grand opening of the Coolsonian Criminology Museum in Coolsville, the evening's premiere exhibition is the costumes of the many monsters Mystery Inc. has faced over the years. Velma has a crush on the museum's curator Patrick Wisely (Seth Green), while news reporter Heather Jasper-Howe (Alicia Silverstone) seems to berate Fred and Daphne's relationship. However, the night turns into a crime scene when an Evil Masked Figure (Scott McNeil) attacks the museum with the Pterodactyl Ghost costume that has come to life. They escape with the Black Knight Ghost and the 10,000 Volt Ghost costumes.

The press start a smear campaign against the gang led by Howe. Shaggy and Scooby take responsibility for the troubles at the museum and decide to make themselves better detectives. The gang figure that the Evil Masked Figure is one of their old foes wanting revenge. After ruling out the original Pterodactyl Ghost's portrayer, Jonathan Jacobo, after his apparent death, the gang select "Old Man" Jeremiah Wickles (Peter Boyle) as the culprit, Wickles being the original portrayer of The Black Knight Ghost in their first case. The gang visits Wickles' manor where they find strange green footprints that lead to the library where they find a book that is basically an instruction manual on how to create monsters. Meanwhile, Shaggy and Scooby find a note that has "Faux Ghost-Tonight". Afterward, they are attacked by the reanimated Black Knight who is fought off by Daphne until Velma uses the book to find the knight's weak point, kicking him in the crotch, and the gang escapes.

Shaggy and Scooby sneak off to the Faux Ghost that turns out to be a nightclub where they encounter many of their old adversaries such as C.L. Mangus (the original Red Beards Ghost), Aggie Wilkins (The Ozark Witch) and Timmy Belafonte (the original Cotton Candy Glob) who wore monster costumes. While in disguise, they managed to speak to Jeremiah Wickles. They barely managed to get out after their cover is blown. Shaggy and Scooby then stalk Wickles to Coolsville's old mining factory. The others discover the key ingredient to making the monsters is a substance called Randamonium, and along with Patrick, they go to the museum where they discover all of the other costumes have been stolen. Fred, Velma and Daphne also go to the mining factory where Wickles is proven innocent when he is revealed to be planning to turn the factory into a summer camp. Shaggy and Scooby find a laboratory where they mess around with some chemicals, transforming into various forms until they blow up a wall, attracting the attention of the others. Reunited, the gang investigate a hidden room where a massive monster-making machine is located. Shaggy and Scooby turn it on, transforming the Zombie, Miner '49er, Captain Cutler, and The Tar Monster. when they try to flee, a pair of supercharged wires connected to what seems to be some kind of small powerplant create the 10,000 Volt Ghost.

The gang escape with the machine's control panel and are forced to flee the city when the monsters attack it, in the process of which, the Evil Masked Figure appears on what seems to be Captain Cutler's ship on a very crowded street, telling everyone there to turn in Mystery Inc. The Tar Monster then appears and basically explodes, sending massive amounts of Tar across the entire street, and capturing the people there. In the swamplands, the gang find their old clubhouse where they discover that they can reverse the machine's effects by altering the control panel's system. The gang return to the mining town after escaping Captain Cutler, the Pterodactyl Ghost and the Zombie driving an oil tanker. Fred and Daphne split off from the group to fight the Black Knight and the electrical 10,000 Volt Ghost. They defeat the two ghosts by channeling the 10,000 Volt Ghost through a pair of jumper cables into the Black Knight who acts as a conductor, causing the two to explode.

Velma finds a shrine to Jacobo and is saved from death by Patrick although he is carried off by the Pterodactyl Ghost. Shaggy and Scooby get a boost of confidence from Velma and defeat their first monster, the Cotton Candy Glob by eating him. The gang reunite in the Monster Hive but all except for Scooby are captured by the Tar Monster. Scooby uses a fire extinguisher to freeze the Tar Monster and then makes it past the other monsters to the machine where he places the control panel and destroys the monsters. The Evil Masked Figure makes a run for it but falls upon a collapsing walkway. He is unmasked to the press and public to be revealed as Heather Jasper-Howe, and then unmasked again as Dr. Jonathan Jacobo (Tim Blake Nelson). Jacobo survived his escape from prison, was in prison with Wickles whom he framed, and used the Howe persona to turn the press against the gang. Howe's cameraman Ned is also arrested for his part in the act by posing as the Evil Masked Figure when Jacobo was posing as Heather. The film ends with the cast dancing in the Faux Ghost to Ruben Studdard, who is singing.

[edit] Cast

• Matthew Lillard as Norville "Shaggy" Rogers
• Neil Fanning as Scooby Doo
• Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Fred Jones
• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne Blake
• Linda Cardellini as Velma Dinkley
• Seth Green as Patrick Wisely
• Tim Blake Nelson as Doctor Jonathan Jacobo
• Peter Boyle as Jeremiah Wickles
• Alicia Silverstone as Heather Jasper-Howe
• Zahf Paroo as Ned
• Pat O'Brien - Himself
• Ruben Studdard - Himself
• Scott McNeil - The Evil Masked Figure
• Kevin Durand - Black Knight Ghost
• C. Ernst Harth - Miner 49er
• Christopher R. Sumpton - Zombie

[edit] Voices

• Dee Bradley Baker - 10,000 Volt Ghost, Pterodactyl Ghost, Red-Eye Skeleton, Zombie (voice)
• Neil Fanning - Scooby-Doo (voice)
• J. P. Manoux - Scooby Brainiac (voice)
• Scott McNeil - The Evil Masked Figure (voice)
• Bob Papenbrook - Black Knight Ghost (voice)
• Michael Sorich - Cotton Candy Glob, Tar Monster (voice)
• Terrence Stone - 10,000 Volt Ghost (voice)
• Wally Wingert - Green-Eye Skeleton (voice)

[edit] Featured Villains

• Doctor Jonathan Jacobo, (Disguise as Heather Jasper-Howe) the main villain of the film
• Ned

[edit] Monsters

The film featured a number of monsters from the classic Scooby Doo cartoons. The monsters were either portrayed in costumes with CGI effects or completely made from CGI animation. Some of the monsters look entirely different from their appearances in the cartoons, although this was done for realism. Also, some of the characters who posed as the monsters in the movie are not the same characters from the series. The monsters in the film were:

• The Pterodactyl Ghost (The Scooby-Doo Show episode "Hang In There, Scooby-Doo") - A ghostly pterodactyl who steals the other monster costumes for their transformations. He is the first monster created by the Evil Masked Figure (aka Johnathan Jocobo who was the original Pterodactyl Ghost in the cartoon) as it was his original monster costume. The supposed origin of this Pterodactyl ghost is very different from the original ghost from The Scooby-Doo Show, which was merely a pawn in a music pirating operation.
• The Black Knight Ghost (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? episode "What a Night For a Knight") - The first monster Mystery Inc. faced. A haunted suit of armor, the Black Knight Ghost acts as a lieutenant to the Evil Masked Figure, capable of controlling his sword without holding it. He and the 10,000 Volt Ghost are beaten by Fred and Daphne when they use jumper cables to send the Volt Ghost's energy through his body.
• The 10,000 Volt Ghost (The Scooby-Doo Show episode "Whatta Shocking Ghost") - A ghost made of electrical energy. He is the most dangerous and most powerful of the monsters. He is defeated when Fred and Daphne use jumper cables to channel his energy through the Black Knight Ghost, causing them both to explode. Unlike the original 10,000 Volt Ghost, who was a person wearing a suit which made it look like it was made out of electricity, this version is actually made out of pure electrical energy.
• The Skeleton Men (The Scooby-Doo Show episode "A Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda Triangle") - A pair of one-eyed skeletons. The two that are used are a comical duo, capable of reforming their bodies into different shapes. The red-eyed one is the leader and is very smart while the green-eyed one is more cowardly and dim-witted.
• Captain Cutler's Ghost (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? episode "A Clue For Scooby-Doo") - The ghost of a deep sea scuba diver, who has a glowing helmet and attacks with a harpoon launcher. He is defeated when Fred pulls the Mystery Machine in reverse really fast, hitting Captain Cutler and sending him flying into a swamp where the Mystery Inc.'s old clubhouse is. His helmet is found in the ending by Coolsville newsreporters.
• The Miner 49er (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? episode "Mine Your Own Business") - A gargantuan miner who can breathe fire and wields a pickaxe. He only says one line, "I'll get you, ya varmints!", to Shaggy and Scooby.
• The Zombie (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? episode "Which Witch Is Which?") - A green-skinned, boggle-eyed zombie who spews slime over innocent victims.
• The Tar Monster (The Scooby-Doo Show episode "The Tar Monster") - A massive bulk of tar with one eye. A smart and formidable opponent who can ensnare multiple victims in his endless form. Unlike the original tar monster, he has a pupil and can manage to speak English.
• The Cotton Candy Glob - The Cotton Candy Glob is loosely based on the "green globs" from The New Scooby Doo Movies episode "The Haunted Candy Factory". In the movie, it is a large pink monster made from cotton candy that is eaten by Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.

[edit] Monster Costume Cameos

• Chickenstein (A Pup Named Scooby-Doo episode "Chickenstein Lives") - A "Frankenstein" type monster that looks like a chicken. He's not seen alive in the movie, but he is referenced by Velma as being one of the gang's "lousiest" villains. Shaggy and Scooby disagree, recalling that the monster tried to pluck them.
• The Creeper (Scooby-Doo, Where are You? epsode "Jeepers, It's the Creeper") - The Creeper's costume briefly appears when Shaggy and Scooby hide behind it when the Pterodactyl Ghost first appears.

[edit] Trivia

• All the monster costumes seen in the film were very similar to their cartoon adaptions, many practically identical. Each monster costume came with a plaque that described the monster's appearance in the show, complete with original artwork of the monsters.

[edit] Reception

On March 24, 2004 the film grossed $29,438,331 (over 3,312 theaters, $8,888 average) on its opening weekend.^[1] It grossed domestically $84,216,833, and earned $181,466,833 worldwide, lower than the $275,650,700 worldwide Scooby-Doo grossed two years earlier. It also ranked #1 at the box office. It is the 28th most successful film of 2004.^[2]

Like the first film, the critical response was mostly negative, gaining a 21% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 34 on Metacritic, indicating "Generally negative reviews". It also won a Razzie Award for "Worst Remake or Sequel".

[edit] Soundtrack

A soundtrack was released on March 23, 2004.

1. "Don't Wanna Think About You" by Simple Plan
2. "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals
3. "Boom Shack-A-Lak" by Apache Indian
4. "We Wanna Thank You (The Things You Do)" by Big Brovaz (UK theme song - bonus track)
5. "The Rockafeller Skank" by Fatboy Slim
6. "Wooly Bully" by Bad Manners
7. "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem
8. "Shining Star" by Ruben Studdard
9. "Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger
10. "Get Ready for This" by 2 Unlimited
11. "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
12. "Here We Go" by Bowling for Soup
13. "Love Shack" by The B-52's
14. "Strippin' in Honey" by Snoop Dog
15. "Friends Forever" by Puffy AmiYumi
16. "Circle Backwards" by Mark Provart

[edit] Prequel

Production on the Cartoon Network TV-movie prequel, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, began filming on August 4, 2008 in Vancouver.^[3]

[edit] See also

• Theatrically-released films based on Hanna-Barbera animations

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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