Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (film)


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'Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico' is an American animated mystery/horror-comedy direct-to-video (DTV) film based on the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! TV series in 1969. It was released by Warner Home Video through the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label on September 30, 2003. It was written by Douglas Wood, and produced and directed by Scott Jeralds. The film is the sixth installment in the Scooby-Doo 2-D animated direct-to-video film series, and the last to be based on the aforementioned Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! until the fourteenth DTV, Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo in 2009.

Fred's pen pal, who happens to run a Mexican hotel, invites the gang to visit him and his family. While there, they unravel the mystery of El Chupacabra.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jorge Otero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Brandon Gonzalez
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alejo Otero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Eddie Santiago
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chiquita
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chupacabra
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ted Cassidy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ricky (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Heather North Kenney
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nicole Jaffe
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Casey Kasem
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Smiley
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rip Taylor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dolores Otero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rita Moreno
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sofia Otero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maria Canals
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Oliver
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Casey Sandino
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Natalia
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Darlene Mendoza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cristina
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fernanda
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Carolina
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Allyse Rivera
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mirelia
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gabriella
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sebastian
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Casey Sandino
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Luis Otero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jesse Borrego
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Charlene
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Candi Milo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Diego Fuente
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Castulo Guerra
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paco
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Señor Otero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rip Taylor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Carolina
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Allyse Rivera
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mirelia
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gabriella
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sebastian
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Casey Sandino
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Luis Otero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jesse Borrego
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Charlene
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Candi Milo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Diego Fuente
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Castulo Guerra
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paco
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Señor Otero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rip Taylor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Diego Fuente
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Castulo Guerra
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paco
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Señor Otero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rip Taylor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Señor Otero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rip Taylor

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated

Locations

 * Earth
 * Mexico
 * Veracruz
 * Los Tacos
 * Customs and immigration building
 * Villa Bella Hotel
 * Movie theater
 * Gas station
 * Museum of Anthropology
 * Cemetery
 * Mexico City
 * Angel of Independence
 * United States
 * Fred's residence
 * Velma's residence
 * Daphne's residence
 * Shaggy's residence
 * Mister Smiley's Fantastic Funland (billboard)

Objects

 * Scooby Snacks

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine

Casting
This was the final time Nicole Jaffe and Heather North performed the voices of Velma and Daphne, respectively. Jaffe was glad to relinquish the role, as she didn't find it as easy to do as before, as she found her voice had lowered.

Music
The music was composed by Gigi Meroni and Rich Dickerson.

Songs

 * 1) "Viva Mexico" - Maria Carmen Diaz
 * 2) "Scooby Cha Cha Doo" - Maria Carmen Diaz and Rich Dickerson
 * 3) "Sol (Batucada)" - Kinky
 * 4) "A Donde Vas" - Carolina
 * 5) "Mueve Mi Sangre" - Plastiko

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 30, 2003 on VHS and DVD

Behind the scenes

 * The Chupacabra's roaring sounds are the same stock roars originally recorded by Ted Cassidy for Hanna-Barbera's 1970s Godzilla TV series.
 * At the beginning of the Day of the Dead ceremony, a child is wearing a Yogi Bear mask.
 * There are a couple of references to the film The Wizard of Oz:
 * Velma, Fred, and Daphne mention "Coyotes, jaguars and boars, oh my", which is a reference to the line "Lions, and tigers and bears, oh my".
 * Mr. Smiley's line, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" is a paraphrase from the Wizard of Oz's line "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain".
 * It's not outright confirmed that the gang currently lives in Coolsville.
 * A theater advertises a movie at the top of its doors called Legend of the Vampire, in reference to the previous Scooby-Doo movie, Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire.
 * This film, along with the previous film Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire, is dedicated to animator Bob Onorato.

Errors

 * It's unexplained how Fred, a so-called teenager, got in contact with Alejo, a full-grown man with a family and a business.
 * While in split-screen, the gang goes from speaking out loud to themselves then to typing, and finally to just speaking without typing and somehow everybody seemingly knows what each other is saying. The four-way split-screen could be breaking the "fourth wall" for them.
 * When Shaggy and Scooby are at their computer, Shaggy's bed is up against the wall, but when they pack, there is a trunk behind Shaggy's bed.
 * When Doña Dolores was talking about Diego Fuente, her skirt and Velma's were switched with each other.
 * When Chiquita was giggling at Scooby for walking into a gravestone, and laughing at the Chupacabra tripping over a pumpkin, her eyes were colored black instead of brown.
 * When the Ghost of Señor Otero appeared, Sofia's right wristband is missing.
 * Alejo's wristwatch is missing when he tries to wake up Doña Dolores when she fainted, and comforts Luis.
 * When Fred shows the gang how a tilde is used in the Spanish word for "tomorrow," he writes the symbol over the wrong n, spelling the word as "manaña" instead of "mañana."
 * Only Jorge is supposed to be Alejo and Sofia's kid, but Carolina, Sebastian, and Natalia are given the Otero name in the credits.
 * El Chupacabra is claimed by to be Mexico's version of Bigfoot, although such a description is grossly inaccurate, as the chupacabra described is quite different from Bigfoot. There are two popular depictions of the creature: 1) is a strange reptilian (sometimes humanoid) beast with big red eyes and sharp teeth. 2) a strange rabid wolf or dog-like creature with gray fur.
 * This movie portrays the Chupacabra as a Mexican legend in origin; however this is not accurate since the Chupacabra has its origins in Puerto Rico. It should be noted, however, that most of these mistakes were made by the ignorant American villains. They chose how their monster costume would look. Although the villagers had noticed the discrepancy.
 * Velma incorrectly states that Teotihuacan (the pyramid complex where the gang emerges after following a secret passage from the Museum of Anthropology) was built by the Olmec civilization. Teotihuacan is thought to have been established around 200 BCE, in the highlands of Central Mexico, near Mexico City. The Olmec civilization flourished from 1500 BCE to 400 BCE in the Gulf Lowlands to the east and south.
 * During the scenes of Paco framing the Mystery Inc. and Alejo and Luis just before chasing them on top of the Aztec pyramid, Alejo's clothes suddenly changed into the same colors as Luis'. Also, the angry tourists keep swapping positions.

Everlasting influence

 * Models of characters have been reused to represent new characters in other Scooby-Doo (and on one occasion non) media, due to the fact that director Scott Jeralds was working on them, too.
 * The design for Chiquita is reused for Mammoth Mutt in the Krypto the Superdog TV series.
 * The design of the museum guide was reused for Paige Turner in DC Comics' Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #76.
 * The designs of Alejo, Sofia, and their kids, Natalia and Sebastian, are reused for a family in DC Comics' Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #112.
 * Doctor Phineus Phibes shows footage of the film in the Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! episode "Mystery of the Missing Mystery Solvers."

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * September 30, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico on VHS.
 * September 30, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico on DVD.
 * March 12, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico on Blu-ray Disc.
 * February 19, 2019: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Spring Break on DVD.
 * June 4, 2019: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Spring Break (50th Anniversary Collection edition) on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * October 20, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico on VHS.
 * October 20, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico on DVD.
 * July 4, 2016: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! 3-DVD Summer Edition on DVD.

Trailers
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