Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword is the thirteenth in a series of direct-to-video films based upon Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. It was the second film released under the Warner Premiere label.
== Premise ==
Mystery Inc. travel to Tokyo, Japan, where they have to stop the Black Samurai from conquering the world.
== Synopsis ==
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== Characters ==
Main characters:
* Mystery Inc.
** Scooby-Doo
** Shaggy Rogers
** Fred Jones
** Velma Dinkley
** Daphne Blake (main story and flashback)
Supporting characters:
* Mr. Takagawa (only appearance)
* Kenji (only appearance)
* Kerry Kilpatrick (only appearance)
* Sapphire Sonja (only appearance)
* Mad Dog Hashimoto (only appearance)(no lines)
* Matsuhiro (only appearance)
* Green Dragon (only appearance)
Villains:
* Ghost of the Black Samurai (only appearance)(Sojo's disguise)
* Miyumi (only appearance)(main story and flashback)(redeemed)
* Miss Mirimoto (only appearance)
* Sojo (only appearance)(main story and flashback)
* Robot ninjas (only appearance)(no lines)(main story and flashback)(destroyed)
* Ronin (only appearance; dies)(main story and flashback)(possessed)(redeemed)
* Muramasa (only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)
* Black Samurai (only appearance)(ghost)(ronin's transformation)
* Remote Pacific island tribe (only appearance)(redeemed)
* Remote Pacific island chief (only appearance)(redeemed)
Other characters:
* Miscellaneous Japanese citizens (only appearance)(no lines)
* Hachikō (only appearance)(statue)
* Miss Mirimoto's students (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
* Masamune (only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)
== Locations ==
* Japan
** Tokyo
*** Tokyo Museum of Cultural History (old)
*** Shibuya
**** Shibuya Station
*** Tokyo Museum of Cultural History (new)
*** Green Dragon Sushi
** Mirimoto Academy
** Remote Pacific island
*** Temple of 1000 Steps
** Mount Fuji
*** Gate of Earth
*** Gate of Air
*** Gate of Fire
*** Gate of Water
*** Green Dragon's cave
== Objects ==
* Kenji's walkman
* Floor scrubber
* Mop
* Black Samurai armour
* Scooby Snacks
* Vending machine
* Sushi
* Destiny Scroll
* Velma's laptop
* Origami book
* Origami
* Scissors
* Sword of Doom
* Mini-jetpack
* Miso soup
* Sword of Fate
* EMP disruptor
* Matsuhiro's megaphone
== Vehicles ==
* Train
* Automatic Hover Plane
* Kenji's motorbike
== Suspects ==
Suspect	Motive/reason
Sojo 	He has the same size as the Black Samurai.
=== Culprits ===
Suspect 	Motive/reason
Miss Mirimoto 	To bring the real Black Samurai back to life and make it serve them.
Sojo as the Ghost of the Black Samurai	To get the Sword of Doom.
Ronin as the Black Samurai 	The new sword Muramasa gave to a ronin was possessed by the former's evil, that transformed the latter into a tyrant bent on ruling the world.
== Cast ==
Frank Welker 	Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones
Kerry Kilpatrick
Mad Dog Hashimoto
Casey Kasem 	Shaggy Rogers
Mindy Cohn 	Velma Dinkley
Grey DeLisle 	Daphne Blake
Sapphire Sonja
Kelly Hu 	Miyumi
Miss Mirimoto
Sab Shimono 	Mr. Takagawa
Keoni Young 	Matsuhiro
Kevin Michael Richardson	Sojo
Ghost of the Black Samurai
Remote Pacific island chief
Black Samurai
Gedde Watanabe 	Kenji
George Takei 	Old Man Samurai
Brian Cox 	Green Dragon
== Songs ==
Song 	Credits 	Performed by 	Character performance by
"Do You Do the Samurai?"	Music by Thomas Chase Jones
Lyrics by Joe Sichta and Thomas Chase Jones
Produced by Thomas Chase Jones	Molly Pasutti	N/A
"Domo Arigato Sayonara" 	Music by Thomas Chase Jones
Lyrics by Joe Sichta and Thomas Chase Jones
Produced by Thomas Chase Jones	Molly Pasutti	N/A
"Surf the Molt" 	Music and orchestrations by Thomas Chase Jones	N/A 	N/A
"Cave Voices" 	Music and orchestrations by Thomas Chase Jones	N/A 	N/A
== Production ==
== Notes/Trivia ==
* There's no Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (theme song) in this movie
* Even though it was released in 2009, it has a 2008 copyright. This suggests the movie was produced and completed in 2008, around the same time as Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King, but was pushed back so Goblin King could be released in time for Halloween.
* This was the last Scooby-Doo production to feature Casey Kasem as Shaggy before Kasem's death in June 2014. However, Kasem would later voice Shaggy's father for the TV series, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
* This is the final Scooby-Doo production animated in the same style as What's New, Scooby-Doo?.
* Daphne's martial art skills are finally displayed in full.
* The plot by Miss Mirimoto is very similar to Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, released ten years before. Mirimoto and Ben Ravencroft staged a mystery to attract the gang to find an artifact of power, only to have the summoned spirit turn on the summoner.
* When Shaggy, Scooby, Daphne, and Velma each say their catchphrase in a row, Fred retorts how he still doesn't have one. Later on, however, he would say "Hold the phone" for a while (which was incorporated from Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated).
* This is the last direct-to-video movie to have the Zooming Hanna-Barbera logo at the end of the film.
* This is one of the few times where Shaggy and Scooby are willing to save the day from a villain.
** This is also marks the first time Shaggy and Scooby used actual weapons and engaged in battle face-to-face with the villain in the final showdown
* This is the first movie in which the Mystery Machine doesn't appear, though it was mentioned.
=== Miscellaneous ===
* Disguises: Scooby and Shaggy as sumo wrestlers, geisha girls, and cooks.
* Traps:
* Clues:
* Scooby Snacks bribe: 1
* "Ruh-roh" count: 3
* "Zoinks" count: 12
* "Jeepers" count: 1
* "Jinkies" count: 2
* Series running gags: Velma loses her glasses.
=== Cultural references ===
* The story of Hachikō by the Shibuya Station is real.
* The tale involving Murasama and Masamune is based on Japanese mythology.
* Sojo says "The plane! The plane!" in the manner of Tattoo in the TV series Fantasy Island.
* The gauntlet of booby traps in the cave contains some visual references to Raiders of the Lost Ark.
* Scooby and Shaggy riding the Green Dragon in flight from Mount Fuji to Tokyo is similar to Chihiro riding on Haku's back in his dragon form in the Japanese anime movie Spirited Away.
=== Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches ===
* After the magnetic pulse caused a power outage, Kenji's goatee was missing.
=== Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities ===
* None known.
== In other languages ==
Language	Name 	Meaning
Greek 	Ο Scooby-Doo! και το Ξίφος του Σαμουράι	Scoooby-Doo! and the Sword of the Samurai
Russian 	Скуби-Ду и меч самурая 	Scoooby-Doo and the Sword of the Samurai
Turkish 	Scooby Doo: Samuray Kılıcı 	Scooby-Doo: Samurai Sword
== Home media ==
* Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword DVD released by Warner Home Video on April 7, 2009.
* Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Blu-ray Disc released by Warner Home Video on March 12, 2013.
== Quotes ==
Shaggy: Zoinks!
Scooby: Yikes!
Daphne: Jeepers!
Velma: Jinkies!
Fred: Dang! I still don't have a catchphrase!
Shaggy: Like, all aboard the Samurai Express!
Shaggy: Miso soup? Sounds perfect. Like, me so hungry.
Shaggy: We may just have to leave Scooby here and take the statue home.
Shaggy: It's like there's a party in my stomach, and everything's invited!
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== Releases ==
* DVD: April 7, 2009
* Blu-ray: March 12, 2013
== External Links ==
* Scooby-Doo Wiki: 
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