Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (film)


 * For other uses, see Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (disambiguation).

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! is a 2007 mystery horror comedy direct-to-video film based on the What's New, Scooby-Doo? TV series in 2002. It was released by Warner Home Video through the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label on September 4, 2007. It was written by Joe Sichta and Adam Scheinman, and produced and directed by Sichta. The film is the eleventh installment in the Scooby-Doo direct-to-video film series, and the fifth to be based on the aforementioned What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Fred, Velma, and Daphne have to find Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, who have got lost in the Himalayas, at the same time the mythical Abominable Snowman has been spotted.

Memorable quotes
Daphne: I'm starting to think this abominable snowman may be less snow and more man.

Characters
In order of appearance:

Non-speaking characters are in italics


 * Abominable Snowman
 * Pemba Sherpa (James Sie)
 * Professor Jeffries (Alfred Molina)
 * Daphne Blake (Grey DeLisle)
 * Fred Jones (Frank Welker)
 * Velma Dinkley (Mindy Cohn)
 * Scooby-Doo (Frank Welker)
 * Shaggy Rogers (Casey Kasem)
 * Pilot (Jeff Bennett)
 * Alphonse LaFleur (Rene Auberjonois)
 * Pemba Sherpa (Kim Mai Guest)
 * High Lama (James Hong)
 * Del Chillman (Jeff Bennett)

Locations

 * Himalayas
 * Mount Everest
 * Monastery
 * Mt. Everest Weather Station
 * Ice cave
 * Shangri-La
 * Paris, France
 * Eiffel Tower
 * Le Todd Café
 * United States
 * Rockaway Beach
 * Coolsville
 * North Pole

Objects

 * Le Intellectual
 * Fred's cellphone
 * Shaggy's cellphone
 * Scooby Snacks

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine

Aftermath
It was dedicated to Iwao Takamoto, the original designer of the Scooby-Doo characters. It was also the final Scooby-Doo movie Joseph Barbera, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera, worked on before his death, but this and none of the subsequent Scooby-Doo movies have carried a dedication to him, although he does receive one in the computer game, Scooby-Doo! Case File 3: Frights! Camera! Mystery! He was also given one in Warner Bros. Animation's other DTV, Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale.

It was also the last Scooby-Doo DTV under the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment line.

Music
Thomas Chase Jones composed the music.

Behind the scenes

 * The High Lama is a parody of the Dalai Lama. The idea of a "High Lama" was also done previously in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest episode "Expedition to Khumbu".
 * Del Chillman last appeared in the seventh DTV, Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster.
 * Shangri-La is a place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton.
 * Del's calendar says July.
 * Shaggy deejaying mirrors Casey Kasem's other job.

Errors

 * Technically, "Sherpa" shouldn't be considered Pemba and Minga's last name. This comes from the fact that the Sherpa people only have a first name, and put down "Sherpa" as a last name in census forms, not realizing that others outside of their own community also only used a first name.
 * The couple who walk past the café at the beginning of the film, are also at the end of the film, this strolling a baby along, even though the woman wasn't pregnant the first time, and not much time had past while the gang were in the Himalayas.

Marketing and promotion
Chill Out had its TV premiere via Cartoon Network on August 31, 2007, a few days before it was released on DVD.