Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog

'Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog' is an American fantasy/supernatural comedy direct-to-video (DTV) film based on the respective TV series of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1969 and Courage the Cowardly Dog in 1999. It was released by Warner Home Video on September 14, 2021. It was written by Mike Ryan, and produced and directed by Cecilia Aranovich. The film is the thirty-third installment in the Scooby-Doo 2-D animated direct-to-video film series.

Mystery Incorporated follows another mystery in the strange town of Nowhere, Kansas, where another timid, yet loyal dog lives, one Courage. Courage teams up with Mystery Inc. to uncover the appearance of a cicada swarm and other abnormal occurrences take place.

Memorable quotes
Eustace: Stupid meddling kids!

Fred: Hold the phone! There's a horrible, ugly monster driving that truck. Muriel: Call him Eustace, dear.

Katz: And we would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling--. Frau Glockenspiel: Hold it right there, Katz!

Katz: And we would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling--Ow, ow, ow! Fred: I don't understand. What is happening? Velma: His rubber mask is really stuck on there? Daphne: It's so realistic. Katz: That is because, I can assure you, mystery-solving kooks, that this is indeed my very own face.

Le Quack: And we would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you annoying, meddling teenagers.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clown
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Marty Grabstein
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kate Micucci
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. McGill
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Marty Grabstein
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Courage
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marty Grabstein
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Eustace Bagge
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Bergman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phantom Shadow
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Muriel Bagge
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Thea White
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Creeper
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spooky Space Kook
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ghost of Redbeard
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bergman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Butler
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Glockenspiel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chuck Montgomery
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Frau Glockenspiel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brian
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Katz
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Schoeffler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Le Quack
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Schoeffler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lieutenant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chuck Montgomery
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| General
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Butler
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Glockenspiel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chuck Montgomery
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Frau Glockenspiel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brian
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Katz
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Schoeffler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Le Quack
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Schoeffler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lieutenant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chuck Montgomery
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| General
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Schoeffler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lieutenant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chuck Montgomery
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| General
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| General
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated
 * Nowhere News

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Kansas
 * Bank
 * Nowhere
 * Bagge residence
 * Bank of Nowhere
 * Rome (mentioned)
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Velma's tablet (Kate Muccucci)
 * Nowhere News newspaper
 * El Sandwicho Extra Grande
 * Courage Snacks
 * Dark matter meteor
 * Courage's computer (Jeff Bergman)

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine
 * Eustace's truck

Development
The idea of a crossover between Scooby-Doo and Courage the Cowardly Dog expanded from being a potential episode for Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? In late 2019, TCM briefly had the film listed as Scooby-Doo and Courage the Cowardly Dog. Between then and June 22, 2021 when it was officially announced via Syfy Wire, miscellaneous crew people had added the film to their résumé.

Maxwell Atoms, creator of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, had been approached to direct the film but turned it down as John Dilworth, creator of Courage the Cowardly Dog, was not involved with the film at all and Atoms wanted to respect his wishes. However he did express that given the change to produce a turn-of-the-century Scooby Doo crossover, he would go for a different show.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2021.

Music
The music was composed by Jody Gray and Andy Ezrin.

Songs

 * 1) "Game of Life" - Andy Sturmer
 * 2) "Straight Outta Nowhere" - Jeff Bergman
 * 3) "The Opposite of Fear is Fun" - Andy Sturmer

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 14, 2021 on DVD

Behind the scenes

 * The film is a play on the song, album, and film Straight Outta Compton.
 * Scooby and the gang and Courage previously met unofficially in bumpers during Cartoon Network's 2000 Scooby-Doo/Courage the Cowardly Dog Scare-a-Thon.
 * Daphne says "Jeepers" four times.
 * Shaggy says "Zoinks" thrice.
 * Fred says "Hold the phone" twice.
 * Velma says "Jinkies" five times.
 * Scooby says "Ruh-roh" once.
 * The Mystery Machine's license plate reads, "ZOINKS."
 * The film is dedicated to Thea White, the voice of Muriel, who had died a month before the film was released.
 * This is also the final film Ken Spears and Joe Ruby were given their special thanks credits before they both died.

Errors

 * Eustace says that the bread hurts his teeth, but he doesn't have any.

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
 * September 13, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog on DVD.
 * In the United States:
 * September 14, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * September 15, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog on DVD.