Scooby-Doo (film)

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Scooby-Doo is the 2002 live-action adaptation of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini and Rowan Atkinson, written by James Gunn and directed by Raja Gosnell.

After a sudden break up of Mystery Inc. the gang had gone about their separate ways for some time. Until one day they're all invited to a mysterious island to once again solve a mystery together. The film got mixed-to-negative reviews but was financially successful, which resulted in the release of Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Tropes used in Scooby-Doo (film) include:

• Adaptational Villainy: Scrappy-Doo.
• Animated Credits Opening: The movie was originally intended to have an animated opening that would transition into live action but it was cut. It can still be seen completed as a Deleted Scene.
• Amusement Park of Doom: Spooky Island
• Big Bad: Emile Mondavarious, who really turns out to be Scrappy Doo.
• Blind Without'Em: Velma
• Body Horror: Scrappy morphs into a giant version of himself in the film's climax after he absorbs almost all of the islanders' souls with the Daemon Ritus.
• Breaking the Fellowship: The gang decides to break up Mystery Inc. and go about their own paths.
• The Cameo: Pamela Anderson
• Chekhov's Gag: Melvin Doo. Also, Scrappy-Doo pulling a Syndrome.
• Conveyor Belt O' Doom: The opening scene.
• Damsel in Distress: Daphne, of course; Zarkos says this word for word when he first captures her. Considering the deconstructive nature of the film and her history with the trope, it's not a smart move in retrospect, and ultimately it ends up turned back on him (see Who's Laughing Now?).
• Deconstructive Parody: The film enjoys taking apart the tropes of the Scooby Doo Universe, Daphne getting kidnapped, warning of obviously dangerous and scary locations and examining the roles of the team.
• Dramatic Unmask: In standard Scooby Doo fashion with the Luna Ghost in the opening, with Velma naturally being the only one unsurprised at the reveal of the culprit.
• The Dog Was the Mastermind: Literally.
• Freaky Friday Flip: Mystery Inc. minus Scooby after their souls were transferred to different bodies.
• Getting Crap Past the Radar: Shaggy mentions that "But you don't need to know what 'Voulez-vous coucher avec moi' to love that song!" Kinda justified in that it is in a song, but it still means 'Do you want to sleep with me?'.,
• Live Action Adaptation
• Let's Split Up, Gang!: The team decides to go off on their own for a while to investigate diffrent aspects of their new mystery.
• Magic Skirt: Linda Cardellini had her skirt taped to her legs so it wouldn't flip over in the scene where she (as Velma) dangles upside down by one foot in a scaffold chain. This was Warner Bros.' edict to help preserve the "family film" integrity.
• My Name Is Not Durwood: Fred can't ever say Mondavarious' name correctly. Though funny enough he does say it properly once.
• Noodle Incident: According to Fred about Scooby:

"This is more embarrassing than the time you started cleaning your beans at Don Knotts' Christmas party."

• One-Winged Angel: Scrappy after absorbing the souls.
• Pre-Mortem One-Liner:

Shaggy: "Like, dude..." Scrappy Rex: "WHAT?" Shaggy: "You're a bad puppy!"

• Shout-Out: Upon being thrown out of the Mystery Machine, Scrappy-Doo yells at them as they drive away, saying that he'll get his own show because he's "as cute as a Powerpuff Girl!"
• Totally Radical
• Wham! Line: Mystery Inc. deduced that the villains need a pure soul for their plans. Fred wonders where they are going to find a pure human soul.

Velma: "I didn't say human."

• Who's Laughing Now?:

Daphne: (having just overpowered Zarkos) "Now who's the damsel in distress?" Zarkos: "Me?" Daphne: "Straight up!"