Scoob! (film)


 * For other uses, see SCOOB! (disambiguation).

SCOOB!, or Scoob!, is a 2020 supernatural action comedy film based on Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo property with elements of the company's other intellectual properties, effectively making it the beginning of a theoretical "cinematic universe." The film went into official production in 2015 when Warner Animation Group hired Tony Cervone as director. The film had several writers connected, with the final on-screen credits going to a screenplay written by Adam Sztykiel, Jack C. Donaldson, Derek Elliot, Matt Lieberman, and the story to Lieberman, Eyal Podell, and Jonathon E. Stewart. It was also produced by Pam Coats and Allison Abbate. What would've made this film unique among other Scooby-Doo films, is this was the first one intended to be released into theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on May 15, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they switched it to direct-to-streaming as is the tactic most studios were taking due to the pandemic. It eventually received a short theatrical release between May 21-May 23, 2021.

The film chronicles the first encounter between Scooby and Shaggy, their founding of Mystery Inc. with Fred, Daphne, and Velma, who go onto solve many crimes that usually involve a person wearing a ghostly disguise. Just when they think they've seen it all, the stakes are raised even higher as the world comes under the threat of Dick Dastardly's "dogpocalypse," and are called into action by superheroes Blue Falcon and Dynomutt.

In 2022, HBO Max will stream their exclusive follow up with the midquel and not a sequel (so stop calling it that) SCOOB! Holiday Haunt. Tony Cervone did not direct this, but did return as a writer.

Memorable quotes
Dick: I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for you mismatched meddling miscreants!

Characters
Will Forte Zac Efron Gina Rodriguez Amanda Seyfried Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Officer Gary
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kevin Heffernan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Squiddly Diddly (artwork)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Iain Armitage (young)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Iain Armitage (young)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Iain Armitage (young)
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Bobby Vinton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pam Coats
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Liquid Man (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Multi-Man (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Coil-Man (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blue Falcon (photo, poster, etc.)
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 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| David Letterman (photo)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dynomutt
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ken Jeong
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Secret Squirrel (artwork)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Snagglepuss (artwork)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Atom Ant
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Hyde (artwork)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Franksenstein Jr. (artwork and hologram)
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 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bully #1
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 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bully #2
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pierce Gagnon (young)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Hyde (artwork)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Franksenstein Jr. (artwork and hologram)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bully #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"|
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bully #2
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pierce Gagnon (young)
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bully #2
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pierce Gagnon (young)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pierce Gagnon (young)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Arianna Greenblatt (young)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Arianna Greenblatt (young)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mckenna Grace (young)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mckenna Grace (young)
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Wonder Woman
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ruth Bader Ginsburg
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| "Judge Judy" Sheindlin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Rigby
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tony Cervone
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Officer Frank
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ghost of Elias Kingston
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Phantom
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Kook
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ghost of Captain Cutler
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Charlie the Funland Robot
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 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Simon Cowell
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judy Takamoto
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maya Erskine
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dee Dee Skyes
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kiersey Clemons
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Keith (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Henry Winkler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Blue Falcon (Brian)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mark Wahlberg
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cerberus
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dick Dastardly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jason Isaacs
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Cogswell (billboard)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mr. Peebles
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Daphne's father
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Pedro Sanchez
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Huckleberry Hound
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Boom Bhurioun
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dick Dastardly's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Muttley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Billy West
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mark Wahlberg
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cerberus
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dick Dastardly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jason Isaacs
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Cogswell (billboard)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mr. Peebles
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Daphne's father
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Pedro Sanchez
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Huckleberry Hound
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Boom Bhurioun
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dick Dastardly's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Muttley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Billy West
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Pedro Sanchez
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Huckleberry Hound
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Boom Bhurioun
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dick Dastardly's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Muttley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Billy West
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dick Dastardly's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Muttley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Billy West
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Billy West
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Peritas (painting and statue)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hong Kong Phooey (artwork)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dusk (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Thorn (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Luna (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fleegle (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Drooper (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bingo (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Snorky (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Butch Cassidy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jabberjaw
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Biff (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Clamhead (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shelly (poster)
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 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Gérard Depardieu
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alexander the Great (painting and statue)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Yankee Doodle Pigeon (stuffed)
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 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Chris Hemsworth
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Liam Hemsworth
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Kelly Clarkson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pterodactyl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Captain Caveman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tracy Morgan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Old Man Jenkins
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jamie Rivera
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Justina Machado
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grape Ape
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doctor Benton Quest
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| R.O.S.I.E. (blueprint)
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 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penelope Pitstop (blueprint)
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 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Chris Hemsworth
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Liam Hemsworth
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Kelly Clarkson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pterodactyl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Captain Caveman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tracy Morgan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Old Man Jenkins
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jamie Rivera
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Justina Machado
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grape Ape
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doctor Benton Quest
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| R.O.S.I.E. (blueprint)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penelope Pitstop (blueprint)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grape Ape
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doctor Benton Quest
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| R.O.S.I.E. (blueprint)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penelope Pitstop (blueprint)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penelope Pitstop (blueprint)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Los Angeles Police Department
 * Kurinsky's (mentioned)
 * The Impossibles (poster)
 * Mystery Incorporated
 * Falcon Force
 * Cogswell Cogs (mentioned)
 * Canine Global Kennel Club
 * The Hex Girls (poster)
 * The Banana Splits (poster)
 * The Neptunes (mentioned)
 * Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids (mentioned)
 * Vulture Squadron (poster)
 * The New York Shopper
 * Ascot Weekly
 * Eyeglass Cement (billboard)
 * The Daily News

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * California
 * Los Angeles
 * Venice
 * Venice Beach
 * Ruby's Subs
 * Alexander's Great Gryros!
 * Casey's Creations
 * Mystery Inc. Supernatural Mystery Solvers
 * Rogers residence
 * Rigby residence
 * R&S Coffee Shop
 * Takamoto Bowl
 * Carlton Way
 * Hanna's Barber Shop
 * Barbera's Pizza
 * Peebles Pet Shop
 * Silverman's Service Station
 * Dastardly Demolition
 * Burbank (mentioned)
 * Walmart (mentioned)
 * Florida (indirectly mentioned)
 * Palm Beach (mentioned)
 * Bubbleland (mentioned)
 * Jellystone National Park (billboard)
 * New York
 * New York City
 * Times Square
 * Quest Labs
 * Europe (mentioned)
 * England (mentioned)
 * France (indirectly mentioned)
 * Paris (mentioned)
 * South America (indirectly mentioned)
 * Peru (mentioned)
 * Machu Picchu (mentioned)
 * Waka Waka Way (mentioned)
 * West Africa (indirectly mentioned)
 * Nigeria (mentioned)
 * Lagos (mentioned)
 * Canada (mentioned)
 * Quebec (indirectly mentioned)
 * Montreal (mentioned)
 * Australia (mentioned)
 * Melbourne (mentioned)
 * Asia (map)
 * Gobi Desert
 * Balkans
 * Romania
 * Funland
 * North Pole
 * Messick Mountain
 * Mystery Island
 * Greece
 * Athens
 * Spain
 * San Pedro
 * The Moon
 * Underworld

Objects

 * Shelby and Sandy
 * Scooby Snacks
 * Hanna-Barbera Presents #1
 * Dogfancy
 * Time
 * Blue Falcon Funko Pop
 * Dynmomutt Funko Pop
 * Police Code Book
 * Pitstop (billboard)
 * Phooey Phighter
 * Laff-A-Lympics
 * Space Stars
 * Questpad (billboard)
 * Blue Falcon Confidence Pack
 * Blue Falcon Nutrition Guide
 * No Falcon Around
 * Just Falcon Around
 * Winchell's Motor Oil (photo)
 * The New York Shopper newspaper
 * The Daily News newspaper

Vehicles

 * Falconcar (toy)
 * The Mystery Machine
 * Falcon Fury
 * The Mean Machine

Development
In 2013, Matt Lieberman pitched the idea of movie as S.C.O.O.B., which stood for Special Covert Organization of Otherworldly Beasts. This involved Blue Falcon leading several other Hanna-Barbera characters, including Grape Ape, Jabberjaw, and Atom Ant. This was altered because there was too many to service.

Filming
During the making of the film, several scenes were cut:


 * The opening of the film was different concerning how Shaggy met Scooby. We see him and his family recently moved into their house, with Shaggy having difficulty making fitting into his new school, and having trouble with the bullies who later took his candy. So his parents take him to a farm where he picks the not so different Scooby. Even then he's not named Scooby, but Shaggy tells him they'll figure out his name later.
 * There was more of Shaggy and Scooby at Halloween, with Shaggy pointing out where all the best houses for candy are.
 * Dick disguises himself as an archaeologist Dr. Fitzhugh, so he can steal the first skull in Machu Picchu. The archaeologist who was helping him, Sandra, tells Dick that Blue Falcon will stop him.
 * Scooby and Shaggy make a sandwich.
 * Dee Dee sees what's inside Scooby and Shaggy's brains to know why Dick would want them. It turns out the inside of their brains is something we shouldn't see.
 * Dick's mustache gets too much to handle.

It was copyrighted in 2020.

Music
The music was produced, programmed, orchestrated, and mixed by Tom Holkenberg. Original songs have also been written and performed for the film, including "Summer Feelings" by Lennon Stella featuring Charlie Puth, and "On Me," by Thomas Rhett and Kane Brown, featuring Ava Max.

In 2019, YouTuber CG5 was approached by Artist Partner Group of Warner Music Group to audition a song, which didn't make the cut. On May 8, 2020, he uploaded "Mystery Machine," the uploaded the finished product of what could've been in the film.

Songs

 * "California Love" - Tupac Shakur featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
 * "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" - Backstreet Boys
 * "One" - Three Dog Night
 * "Mr. Lonely" - Bobby Vinton
 * "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" - Best Coast

Release

 * United States: May 15, 2020 on digital media; June 26, 2020 on HBO Max; May 21-May 23, 2021 in theaters

Behind the scenes

 * In the opening to the trailer released during Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl, Shaggy refers to Scooby playing dead as the greatest death scene since the film Avengers: Endgame.
 * Ruby's Subs is named after Joe Ruby, co-creator of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The place sells free spears with its sandwiches, a bonus reference to the series other co-creator Ken Spears.
 * Alexander's Great Gyros! has been open since 1969 which is the same year ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! premiered.
 * Casey's Creations is named after Casey Kasem, the original voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
 * Young Shaggy and Scooby like liverwurst which was common for them in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
 * Shaggy says his real name is Norville which is taken from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, the TV series which also had the gang as little kids.
 * Scooby and Shaggy meet on October 31st, the date on Shaggy's phone.
 * Kurinsky's, who manufactured Scooby Snacks in the film, was named after the designer, Michael Kurinsky. Kurinsky's name is also on the IEC machine Velma uses.
 * Shaggy thinks Velma is dressed like the book character Harry Potter on Halloween.
 * Scooby says "Ruh-roh" once.
 * Daphne says "Jeepers" twice.
 * Shaggy says "Zoinks" thrice.
 * Velma says "Jinkies" once; Fred also says "Jinkies" once.
 * The montage of the kids growing up and investigating spooky places and running into ghosts is a direct homage to the opening theme to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
 * The vanity plate of the Mystery Machine is "SCBYSNK."
 * R&S Coffee Shop is another reference to Ruby and Spears.
 * Takamoto Bowl is named after Iwao Takamoto, who designed the look of each member of Mystery Inc. for the original series. The shape of the building mimics the design of Hanna-Barbera's studio offices on West Cahuenga Boulevard.
 * The Rotten robots are named after the Really Rottens, the evil group in the Laff-A-Lympics TV series. Dick Dastardly and Muttley couldn't be in that series due to legal prevention from Heatter-Quigley, forcing Hanna-Barbera to replace them with doppelgangers, the Dread Baron and Mumbly.
 * Hanna's Barber Shop and Barbera's Pizza are named after William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, respectively, who founded the Hanna-Barbera studio and directed the original Scooby-Doo series.
 * Lookyup is a parody of Google.
 * Brian breaks the fourth wall by saying they're in a PG-rated film.
 * Benton Quest is the inventor of the Questpad, an iPhone parody, and the "Q" laptop Velma uses, presumably a parody of the Apple Inc. logo.
 * Nstergrand is a parody of Instagram.
 * Messick Mountain is named after Don Messick, the original voice actor of Scooby.
 * Winchell's Motor Oil is named after Paul Winchell, the original voice of Dick in the TV series Wacky Races.
 * Dastardly apparently has a stuffed Yankee Doodle Pigeon, who was the foil of his Vulture Squadron in the TV series Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines.
 * Dastardly makes a Cinderella reference when he says, "And the slipper fits," after using Scooby's paw to unlock the Underworld door.
 * Cowell mentions the musical Cats.

Errors

 * The timeline of young Shaggy doesn't make sense because he owns both a Super Nintendo and Funko Pops. You could say that the Super Nintendo has been passed down to Shaggy, but the existence of the Funko Pops would make the present day actually set sometime in the future even though this clearly isn't the case.

Everlasting influence

 * In 2019, Warner Bros. Animation began development of a quickly aborted new Dynomutt series, which included an African American woman, who looked similar to SCOOB!'s iteration of Dee Dee Sykes, in its cast.
 * In the film Space Jam: A New Legacy, a poster of the film is on view at Warner Bros.' Burbank studio lot. Later, the models of Mystery Inc., the Mystery Machine, Captain Caveman, Blue Falcon, Dynomutt, Dick Dastardly, Muttley, and the Mean Machine are reused for their Serververse counterparts. The characters are summoned to watch the basketball game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad, having no personal preference to either team, simply reacting the same way to whatever happens.

Marketing and promotion
The first teaser trailer was debuted on ABC's morning show Good Morning America, on November 11, 2019. It featured the song "Without You" by Avicii. A full-length and final trailer was released on March 5, 2020. Between those two trailers was a special one aired on February 2, 2019, during Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl (a parody of the Super Bowl the same day).

Since the first trailer was dropped, the official social media accounts and the official website have encouraged fans to apply Scooby from the film to their selfies. It also uses social media to make GIFs and memes, seemingly putting more effort into this than the trailers going much beyond the first act.

A small level of merchandise has also been released to coincide, including Basic Fun's two-action figure sets and Mystery Machine toy, and Funko Pops based on the young versions of Scooby and Shaggy, all of which seem to be exclusive to Walmart. Random House have also published books, including a full junior novelization.

#ScoobMovieNight
In anticipation of the early home digital release for SCOOB!, Warner Bros. is hosting a virtual watch party (with a pre-show of SCOOB! moments from the cast and director) at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * July 21, 2020: Warner Home Video releases SCOOB! on Blu-ray Disc.

Trailers
Trailer #1:

Trailer #2: