Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Animation |
| Distributor | Warner Home Video |
| Release date | September 15, 2020 |
| Starring | Frank Welker Matthew Lillard Grey Griffin Kate Micucci Cassandra Peterson Bill Nye Dwight Schultz David Herman Kamali Minter Bumper Robinson Roger Craig Smith Fred Tatasciore |
| Executive producer(s) | Sam Register |
| Producer(s) | Maxwell Atoms |
| Music composed by | Steve Rucker Robert J. Kral |
| Screenplay by | Maxwell Atoms |
| Director(s) | Maxwell Atoms Kris Zimmerman Salter (voices) |
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Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! is an American animated campy horror direct-to-video (DTV) film based on the TV series Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1969. It was released by Warner Home Video on September 15, 2020. It was written, produced, and directed by Maxwell Atoms, and voice directed by Kris Zimmerman Salter. The film is the twenty-ninth installment in the Scooby-Doo 2-D animated direct-to-video film series.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Fred: There is no "I" in Mystery Incorporated. (looks knowingly) Except for the obvious one.
Characters
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Organizations
- Mystery Incorporated
- Red Herring's Party Screams (logo)
- Daily Stuff (mentioned)
- U.S. Federal Reserve
- Crystal Cove Police Department
- Toe Omni-Tech (mentioned)
- The Three Stooges (mentioned)
- The Crystal Epitaph (mentioned)
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- California
- Pennyslvania
- Nye residence
- Gotham City (mentioned)
- Arkham Asylum (mentioned)
- Louisiana (mentioned)
- New Orleans (indirectly mentioned)
- Moonscar Mansion (mentioned)
- New Orleans (indirectly mentioned)
- Guam (mentioned)
- Atlantis (mentioned)
- United States
- The Moon
Objects
- Daily Stuff newspaper
- Drones
- Scooby Snax
- The Crystal Epitaph newspaper
Vehicles
- Elvira's parade float hearse
- The Mystery Machine
- Red's truck
- Agent Malarkey's car
- Sheriff's police car
- Prison van
- Plymouth Fury
- Mystery Machine X
- Tanker truck
- Cutler's sports car
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Steve Rucker, with additional music from Robert J. Kral.
Songs
- "The Spookiest Time of the Year" - Morgan Kibby and Steve Rucker
- "Look At Us Now" - Susanna Benn and Andy Sturmer
Crew credits
- Editor: Michael Mangan
- Line producers: Shaun Avnet, Colin ABV Lewis
- Executive producer: Sam Register
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 15, 2020 on DVD; October 6, 2020 on Digital on Demand
Behind the scenes
- Mystery Inc. is in its hometown of Crystal Cove, the same hometown setting of the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated TV series.
- Trini Lee is advertised on the front of a theater for her one-night-only performance, which is a reference to her being a singer on the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated TV series.
- Elvira appeared in the previous film, Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island.
- Citizens are dressed on Halloween as the following:
- Old Blue Falcon from the 2013 DTV film Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon.
- Dorothy Gale and Tin Man from the 1939 MGM musical film The Wizard of Oz.
- Scooby's DIY Dynomutt costume from the 2013 DTV film Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon.
- Mystery Incorporated had heard of the Scarecrow after spending time in Gotham City in the 2018 DTV film Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold. They also personally had involvement with him in the Scooby-Doo! Team-Up Issue #2, although the comic may not be canon.
- Red Herring was the neighborhood bully from the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo prequel series.
- There is a kid who resembles Elliot Blender from the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episodes "Space Ape at the Cape" and "Big Appetite in Little Tokyo."
- Fred mentions that the previous Halloween the gang was up past midnight catching the ghosts of the Three Stooges, which is a reference to them meeting the Three Stooges in The New Scooby-Doo Movies episodes "Ghastly Ghost Town" and "The Ghost of the Red Baron."
- Velma mentions how they have been solving mysteries "since they got a pup named Scooby-Doo," a reference to the prequel series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
- Although not directly referenced, Velma has kept in touch with Bill Nye since they first met in the Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode "Space Station Scooby."
- Elvira asks if Daphne has done circus work before, to which she responds by saying she hasn't done official circus work. She likely meant from an off-screen experience, but Daphne has been part of circus acts in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Bedlam in the Big Top," and the DTV film Big Top Scooby-Doo!
- When the Mystery Machine X first starts driving, the holographic Bill Nye dons a deerstalker hat and pipe like Sherlock Holmes.
- While Daphne uses a blowtorch, she uses Fred's middle name, Herman, first used in the 2005 DTV movie Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
- Mike mentions having watched the 1973 film Westworld, which was also remade as a 2010s TV series.
- Daphne once pretended to be Phyllis Diller at one point, which is an indirect reference to the real Diller being a guest in The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode "A Good Medium Is Rare."
- At the end of the movie, a house party parent/host is dressed as Fred Flintstone from the TV series The Flintstones.
- A guest is dressed as Harley Quinn, another Batman villain.
- Grey Griffin is uncredited as Victoria Hasselbaum.
Errors
- Given that A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was set in Coolsville, this movie contradicts this by renaming the city Crystal Cove.
- The Mystery Machine is back without explanation, despite Fred having sold it in Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost.
Marketing and promotion
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- September 14, 2020: Warner Home Video releases Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! on DVD.
- April 11, 2023: Warner Home Video releases Best of WB 100th Anniversary: Scooby-Doo! 10-Film Collection on DVD.
- In the United States:
- September 15, 2020: Warner Home Video releases Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! on DVD (Walmart exclusive).
- October 6, 2020: Warner Home Video releases Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! on DVD.
- In Canada:
- October 6, 2020: Warner Home Video releases Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! on DVD.
- In Australia:
- October 7, 2020: Warner Home Video releases Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! on DVD.
