Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (film)


 * For other uses, see Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (disambiguation).

'Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!' is an American pirate 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 19, 2006. It was written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, and Margaret M. Dean, and produced and directed by Chuck Sheetz. The film is the tenth installment in the Scooby-Doo 2-D animated direct-to-video film series, and the fourth to be based on the aforementioned What's New, Scooby-Doo?

The Mystery, Inc. gang is caught in the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle while vacationing on a cruise, courtesy of Fred's parents for his birthday.

Memorable quotes
Shaggy: Like, man, no more mysteries. Finally, a trip where there are no monsters, ghosts, aliens, mummies, or haunted tikis. Nothin' but R, R and R: Rest, relaxation, and round-the-clock eats.

Shaggy: I know I'm not gonna like the answer, but I'll ask anyway: What was that? Rupert Garcia: Ghost pirates. Shaggy: Told you I wouldn't like it. Zoinks. Scooby: Yeah, zoinks.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rupert Garcia
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Freddy Rodriguez
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Galaxy Gazer captain
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Captain Skunkbeard
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ron Perlman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Woodenleg Wally
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dan Castellaneta
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Casey Kasem
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mindy Cohn
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Mysterio
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dan Castellaneta
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Skip Jones
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tim Conway
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Peggy Jones
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Edie McClurg
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sunny St. Cloud
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kathy Najimy
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Captain Crothers
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Arsenio Hall
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Alexandra Viggi
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lloyd Mbuku
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chris
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Terry
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Biff Wellington
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ron Perlman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sea Salt Sally
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Edie McClurg
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Arsenio Hall
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Alexandra Viggi
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lloyd Mbuku
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chris
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Terry
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Biff Wellington
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ron Perlman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sea Salt Sally
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Edie McClurg
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Biff Wellington
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ron Perlman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sea Salt Sally
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Edie McClurg
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sea Salt Sally
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Edie McClurg

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated

Locations

 * Earth
 * North Atlantic Ocean
 * Bermuda Triangle
 * United States

Objects

 * Heaven's Light

Vehicles

 * Galaxy Gazer
 * The Mystery Machine
 * Poseidon's Paradise

Music
The music was composed by Steven Argila.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 19, 2006 on DVD

Behind the scenes

 * Unlike the poster, the title card does not use a second exclamation mark.
 * Scooby Snacks do not appear.
 * Shaggy alludes to past DTV adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?, and Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
 * This is the first appearance of Fred's parents.
 * Biff Wellington is a parody of Richard Branson.

Errors

 * When the ghost pirates attack the Galaxy Gazer at the beginning of the movie, Rupert swings his door open into the passage outside. When he sees the pirate ship with cannons at the ready pull up beside him, he backs up and slams his door shut from the inside.
 * When Daphne is first in view in the Mystery Machine, she's clearly sitting regularly, but when it switches to up-close, she's in the middle of painting her toenails.
 * Daphne is barefoot while in the Mystery Machine, but when she gets out she is not only wearing her shoes but also her full-length stockings/tights.
 * The name written on the vessel of Poseidon was originally called Poseidon's Paradise. After it's out of the dock, the name disappears, and from then on it's simply referred to as the Poseidon.
 * Skunkbeard's ship's size seems to change from colossal (while grappling the cruise ship) to the size of a small brig (during the last scenes). A ship from that time period would certainly be nowhere near as large as a modern cruise ship.
 * The pirates' motive for attacking the cruise ship was a reach at best. One could argue that Skunkbeard knew he needed Rupert to decode the map, but captured Skip instead because he was wearing the castaway clothes. But how did they know he was cast adrift (and not drowned) when his ship went down? How did they know he was rescued by that ship? Wellington arrived after Rupert was taken below deck. Why didn't they come back to search for him when they found he wasn't among the captives? Surely, Mysterio could have asked Rupert's crewmates what he looked like.
 * When Skunkbeard and Wally are searching Rupert's modest-sized quarters for him, what are the odds they wouldn't look under that bed?
 * It's simply impossible for a few solid cannonballs to sink a ship with the size and structure integrity of a modern cruise ship, like the Poseidon. Even with some damage, it should still have more than enough momentum and speed to ram Skunkbeard's ship (with the disastrous consequences to the latter).

Everlasting influence

 * 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 19, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! on DVD.

Trailers
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