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

Awards:

1 nomination

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)

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:

On first seeing the broken down van (with 300,000 miles on it) at Daphne's house, Velma exclaims, "it's a mystery this machine is still running." This is a reference to the eventual name of the van, i.e., The Mystery Machine.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene in the library before the ghosts appear, it starts to get really cold. Shaggy breathes and you can see his breath. However, when the others in the room speak, you can't see theirs.

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:

Spoofs "So You Think You Can Dance" (2005)

Soundtrack:

American Jig

Stays true to the cartoon.

If you liked the cartoons you will like this movie. It is enjoyable and will keep the kids entertained. The story is simple the characters stay true to the cartoon ones and the best part is everybody loves Scooby Doo. This takes us back to when they first combine as an investigative group, having to defend their names at high school after some strange mishaps. I am not sure what the budget was on the film some simple effects have been used to keep production costs down. I give it a 6 out of 10 as it is lacking some substance, but still puts allot of bigger budget movies to shame. Overall worth watching with the kids and I hope they continue on and make more of this series.