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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Daniel Altiere (written by) &
Steven Altiere (written by)
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Release Date:
13 September 2009 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Tagline:
The Greatest Mystery Is How It All Began See more »
Plot:
The story of how Mystery Inc. was formed. | Full synopsis »
Awards:
1 nomination See more »
NewsDesk:
DVD Playhouse--September 2009
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 26 September 2009, 1:01 PM, PDT)

User Reviews:
Don't' Believe All the Negative Comments See more (22 total) »

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kate Melton ... Daphne

Hayley Kiyoko ... Velma

Robbie Amell ... Fred

Nick Palatas ... Shaggy

Frank Welker ... 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 ... 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)
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Additional Details

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)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild peril.
Runtime:
120 min (with commercials) | 82 min (DVD)
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Trivia:
It's release on September 13, 2009, marked the 40th anniversary of the release date of the original "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" (1969). See more »
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." See more »
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?
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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Don't' Believe All the Negative Comments, 11 December 2009
Author: CromeRose from Valley Village, CA

I think I read one comment that started with "If you're a fan of the cartoon series, watch the first two movies but ignore this" or something to that affect. Well, I just want to put in my two cents and give this movie the support it deserves, as I think it was great and am surprised at all the negativity about it. I am a huge fan of the cartoon (always watched it while growing up and still love it now), and in my opinion the first two movies DO NOT capture the cartoon at all and are badly cast, whereas this movie TOTALLY embodies the spirit of the cartoon, and as far as I'm concerned seemed like a live-action episode of the cartoon, or a cartoon episode "come to life" if you will - even the ghosts and villain in a mask were perfect. The casting of each member of the Scooby Gang was perfect, yes, even the Asian Velma (which for some reason seems to bother a lot of folks - come on people, Hayley Kiyoko depicted Velma to a tee!); and one reviewer berated that Fred was a douche-bag jock, but I don't think he came across as that; I believe in the movie that he was supposed to be a high school senior and in my experience none of the jocks were as nice as he came across - they were all total bullies. Someone else griped that Scooby Doo looked so small it seemed like he'd been starved, but they are forgetting that Scooby Doo is supposed to be younger in this movie; possible still a puppy. Anyway, all in all I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and would love to see it as a live-action series.

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