Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (film)

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Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf
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Production company Hanna-Barbera
Distributor Worldvision Enterprises
Release date November 13, 1988
Run time 1:30:43
Starring Don Messick
Casey Kasem
B.J. Ward
Hamilton Camp
Rob Paulsen
Frank Welker
Pat Music
Jim Cummings
Joanie Gerber
Ed Gilbert
Brian Mitchell
Alan Oppenheimer
Executive producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Producer(s) Berny Wolf
Music composed by Sven Libaek
Screenplay by Jim Ryan
Storyboard artists Bob Taylor
Director(s) Ray Patterson
Gordon Hunt (voices)
Animation director(s) Ray Patterson
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Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf is an American animated supernatural comedy television film based on the early 1980s Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo shorts. It is the third and final Scooby-Doo entry and the ninth overall in the Hanna-Barbera's Superstars 10 movie anthology series. It aired on November 13, 1988 in syndication. It was written by Jim Ryan, directed by Ray Patterson, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

To fill in a missing racer for the annual Monster Car Race, Count Dracula transforms Shaggy into a werewolf and forces him to drive in the cross-country event. Shaggy wants to return back to normal, however, so he, his girlfriend Googie, and Scooby-Doo must win the race in order to reverse the effect.

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Characters

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Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1988.

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Sven Libaek.

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Release

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Behind the scenes

  • The races are a parody of Hanna-Barbera's own Wacky Races TV series which aired in 1968.
  • In the stands of the Tyler County race is a cameo of Hanna-Barbera co-founder William Hanna.
  • When Dracula gets annoyed he says things like "To the Moon!" and "Bang! Zoom!" catchphrases of Jackie Gleason's character Ralph Kramden from the 1950s TV series The Honeymooners.
  • Vanna Pira is a parody of both Vampira, the character name of actress Maila Nurma, and Vanna White, the co-host of the game show Wheel of Fortune.
  • The Grimness Book of Records is a parody of the Guiness World Records, then known as the Guiness Book of Records.

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Everlasting influence

  • Shaggy's werewolf disguise in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "A Scooby-Doo Halloween," was based on his werewolf form in this movie.
  • In the Torchwood book Slow Decay, Jack Harkness expressed his dissatisfaction with the film, marking it to be a low point in Hanna-Barbera's output.
  • In the 2019 direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island, Velma somehow has obtained photos of Shaggy as a werewolf and marked it as an unsolved case despite not appearing in Reluctant Werewolf herself.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Greek Ο Scooby-Doo! και ο Απρόθυμος Λυκάνθρωπος Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf
Turkish Scooby-Doo: Kurt Adam Scooby-Doo: Werewolf

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