Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009) (TV)

Director:

Brian Levant

Writers (WGA):

Daniel Altiere (written by) &
Steven Altiere (written by)

Release Date:

13 September 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Mystery

Tagline:

The Greatest Mystery Is How It All Began

Plot:

The story of how Mystery Inc. was formed. |

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Punctuation In Title | Animal Name In Title | Exclamation Point In Title | Great Dane

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 27

6:30 PM

TOON

Cast

Kate Melton	...	Daphne
Hayley Kiyoko	...	Velma
Robbie Amell	...	Fred
Nick Palatas	...	Shaggy
Frank Welker	...	Voice of Scooby Doo (voice)
Shawn Macdonald	...	Principal Deedle
Gary Chalk	...	Vice Principal Grimes (as Garry Chalk)
Leah James	...	Prudence
Brian J. Sutton	...	Ezekial (as Brian Sutton)
Al Rodrigo	...	Voice of Ezekial (voice)
Dee Jay Jackson	...	Bus Driver
C. Ernst Harth	...	Janitor
Lorena Gale	...	Librarian
Devon Thomas	...	Beefy Jock
David Hurtubise	...	Mr. Pupperman (as Dave Hurtubise)

Also Known As:

Scooby Doo 3 (USA) (working title)
Scooby Doo: In the Beginning (USA) (working title)
Scooby-Doo! L'origine du mystère (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild peril.

Runtime:

120 min (with commercials) | 82 min (DVD)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG (#45234) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG | Canada:G | Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:9

Filming Locations:

Cloverdale, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Warner Premiere

Trivia:

As stated on the side of the school buses, Coolsville High is in school district #1969. 1969 is the year "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" (1969) premiered.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the teens are serving their detention in the library and the weather storm begins, at one point Velma says "unusual 'climactic' anomaly" referring to the impending weather storm. In fact Velma should have said "unusual 'climatic' anomaly. Her use of the adjective is in error as "climactic" refers to the word "climax" whereas "climatic" would be the adjective to use when referring to "climate."

Quotes:

Fred: So, the Bears really slaughtered those Dolphins last night, huh?
Shaggy: What? That's terrible! Who in their right mind would bring bears to the beach?

Movie Connections:

Features House of Wax (1953)

Soundtrack:

You And I

If you like the first 2 films, this one is not worth it!

I thought I would give this movie a go, knowing that it would have no premise what so ever on the first couple of movies because it's made by Cartoon Network and not WB, but that is no excuse for how poor this movie is.

I have been a fan of Scooby Doo and the gang for about 15 years and I gotta say, this is very disappointing. Remember when Cartoon Network re-released the new Scooby and Shaggy cartoons? Remember how different they were to the original? Well, thats how this film makes you feel. It's gunna have different actors, fair enough, but these guys are rubbish. Scooby Doo looks like he has been on a diet, and Fred! Well I didn't know who Fred was until the end credits! He just looked nothing like what you would expect.

Maybe I was just looking for a third big Scooby blockbuster, or maybe this film is actually rubbish. If it's a cold, lonely Sunday afternoon with nothing else on TV, go to the pub, don't watch this!