Many of the characters are named after famous figures in cartooning and animation: Jan Svankmajer, Winsor McCay, John Hubley, Faith Hubley, Gene Deitch, Kim Deitch, Art Babbitt, Preston Blair, Shamus Culhane, Friz Freleng, and Tex Avery.
Scooby-Doo's fake ID states his date of birth as 1969 - the year Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969) premiered.
Winsor's line to Velma, "Did you get those at Specmasters?" is a paraphrase of Specsavers' strapline of "Should have gone to Specsavers."
The working title was Scooby-Doo! Attack of the Phantosaur.
This movie was included in Cartoon Network's Scooby-Doo! Back to School Marathon (August 10-11, 2013).