Appearances in Other Media

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Transformers, and the potions in it, from Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed can be seen in **other media** related to the movie. Many of these instances are too small to dedicate entire pages to.

## Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Trailers

Few **trailers** for the film show any shots from the Potion Scene.

### Theatrical Trailer

The **Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed theatrical trailer** was the second trailer shown for the film, after the teaser trailer.

When the characters are introduced near the end of the trailer, Shaggy's clip is during the Transformers scene where he says "I'm Buff" (Shot 28).

### "Now Showing at Cinemas" VHS Promo

A short **VHS Promo** was put onto some VHS tapes to advertise the film now being in theaters. The promo itself is a shorter version of a TV commercial, using the same lines but cutting out the "do it with style" point.

When advising to "do it with grace" a scene of Scooby drinking from the Lemonade Potion in Shot 6 is shown. It gets cut off by Shaggy drinking from the Medicinal Potion in Shot 15 before coming back to shown Scooby's nose start to swell. There's a quick fade to his nose continuing to swell to make the shot quicker.

In the original version, these shots were instead ones of Shaggy and Scooby in-disguise inside the Faux Ghost.

### "Now Playing" April TV Commercial

A short 15 second **TV Commercial** aired in April of 2004 while the film was still playing in theatres, promoting good critical and audience responses.

When the narrator is asking "what are audiences flocking to this easter weekend?", shots 49, 50, and 45 are used as reactions from Velma, Fred, and Daphne respectively. Because these shots are so short, they are each played in almost their entirety.

### ABC Family "Premieres Next" Promo

A 30 second **TV Promo** aired in 2006 on ABC Family to promote the premiere of the film on TV.

Similar to the "Now Playing" April commercial, shots 50, 45 (which is flipped horizontally), and 44 are used as reactions from Fred, Daphne, and Velma respectively when the narrator says "root for the underdog".

## 'Scooby-Doo 2' Cast Interviews

**Hollywood.com** did interviews with all of the main cast members, including the animated Scooby-Doo character.

For Scooby's interviews, the backgrounds are from Jonathan Jacobo's Lab, with several potions seen bubbling in the background.

## Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Novelization

**Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed** is a Novelization of the film, with most scenes being described from the point and view of the characters.

Chapter 11, told from Shaggy's perspective, is the novel's version of the Transformers scene.

### Audiobook

There is an audiobook version of the novelization as well, with a different narrator voicing each main character's chapters.

## Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (PC Game)

**Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed** is a point-and-click computer game based on the film.

The scene was adapted into the mini-game Mutate Madness. A picture of Buff Shaggy (from shot 28) is an unlockable clue within the mini-game's point and click segment, found in the Elevator area.

### A Sticky Situation

In the mini-game "A Sticky Situation", Scooby must traverse the entire underground lab to save the gang. Many more potions can be seen around the explored rooms, with one room in particular baring a resemblance to the one where Shaggy and Scooby transform.

### Game Manual

On page 10 of the game's manual, there's a section on the "Abandoned Silver Mine" location which briefly references the mini-game. It reads "And never, ever ride mine carts through creepy tunnels into a mad scientist's lab. What's that? You're already there? Oh... too bad."

### Theatrical Trailer

The Theatrical Trailer is in the game as well, which has Shot 28 of the potion scene. The file associated with it is from February 16th, 2004.

## Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (GBA Game)

**Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed** is a platforming Gameboy Advance game based on the film. While the scene itself is not present in the game, there is elements of the scene in parts of the game.

Multiple levels in the Coolsville Mining Town and The Monster Hive use architecture similar to Jonathan Jacobo's Lab, such as chains and moving platforms.

### Level 3-2

In the ending cutscene, Shaggy and Scooby accidentally find the elevator while running from The Skeleton Men.

### Level 3-3

In the opening cutscene, Velma, Daphne, and Fred arrive at the Monster Hive and hear an explosion. They rush over to find Shaggy and Scooby cowering in the elevator, covered in black soot from the explosion (the origin of which is never specified) that has blown off a large iron door.

While the area is said to be the Monster Hive, an actual picture of Jonathan Jacobo's Lab is used in the opening cutscene. The photograph is taken from an angle that was never used in the film; it may have been taken as visual reference or as an additional asset for adaptations. In game, the image is heavily compressed (both low-resolution and posterized) to comply with the hardware limitations of the Gameboy Advance. Some parts of the image are overexposed, especially near the table Shaggy investigates in shot 5, making it difficult to determine what assets are present. The image lacks the detail necessary to determine when the original photograph was taken.

### Level 5-2

This level's opening cutscene takes place in the "Underground Laboratory" (represented by a picture of Jonathan Jacobo's Lair), like in the film. Around midway through the level, you enter a room full of shelves and tables with potions. Most of these tables look identical, with the same potions on each, but on one table, the green potion on the right is empty, matching the color of the wall behind it. Because this is the only instance of this, it is most likely a mistake.

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## Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Website

**The Scooby Doo 2 Movie website** (using the URL www.scoobydoo2movie.com) was created to promote the film's release. It was closed around 2008-2009, and the URL now redirects to the current WB website. But can still be accessed using internet archives, like the Wayback Machine. The site included games, downloads, and videos. While many of it's functions are now broken, some parts are still able to be viewed.

### Soundboard

On the site's soundboard for Scooby, one of the sound clips is of him saying "I invented a potion!" from shot 55.

Scooby's soundboard, including the line "I invented a potion!"

### Photos

The background of the site's photo gallery has a picture of Jonathan Jacobo's Lair. However, it's debatable whether this is the same location as Jonathan Jacobo's Lab.

### Video

The video section of the site features a "Final Trailer," which is the theatrical trailer described above. It still only contains the "I'm buff" clip from Shot 28.

### DVD Extras

This section of the site has short bios of the cast and crew who worked on the film. Each cast member has a picture of their face from a moment in the film, except for Matthew Lillard whose picture appears to be from promotional material. Notably, the image of Tim Blake Nelson is from the flashback of Jacobo in his lair, which, has stated above, may or may not be the same location as his lab.

## Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Scholastic Reader)

**Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Scholastic Reader)** is a book based on the film. It is a simple picture book summarizing the events from the film, using the original Scooby-Doo cartoon character designs.

On pages 18 and 19, the scene is directly adapted, with Scooby and Shaggy drinking potions.

### Summary

Shaggy and Scooby find a "strange room", containing a refrigerator full of bottles. Scooby takes a sip from a "bottle" he thinks is yogurt and turns into a nonspecific monster (although it can be assumed to be Monster Scooby). Shaggy tries to cure him, giving him another bottle to drink. Scooby drinks it and turns into a "super smart geek". Shaggy spills some of it on himself, turning him big and strong. Super Smart Scooby then creates a potion to turn the two back to normal.

### Differences from the Original

* Jonathan Jacobo's Lab looks very different from the film, looking more like a modern kitchen.
* Shaggy Chick and Tasmanian Devil Scooby do not appear, and Monster Scooby is not pictured.
* The refrigerator looks more like a common white fridge.
* The "Lemonade" potion is confused for yogurt instead.
* Scooby Brainiac has no physical differences to normal Scooby.
* Buff Shaggy's outfit does not transform, instead staying the same.
* Buff Shaggy does not attempt to stop Scooby Brainiac from creating the antidote.

## Scooby-Doo 2 Movie Storybook

**Scooby-Doo 2 Movie Storybook** is a book based on the film. It uses screen-caps and short descriptions to summarize the events.

On page 23 and 24, the scene is directly adapted. It is all text based, with the only visual being two unrelated pictures.

### Summary

Shaggy and Scooby find Jonathan Jacobo's Lab. They somehow accidentally spill strange potions on themselves. They were instantly transformed into monsters, with Shaggy turning into a muscle man and Scooby growing a huge brain. Using his new smarts, he creates a potion to transform them back to normal. Fred, Daphne, and Velma find them, and discover the hole Shaggy created while under the effects of Scooby's concoction.

Page 23Page 24
### Differences from the Original

* They do not drink any potions to start, instead having them accidentally spilled onto them through unclear means.
* Monster Scooby, Shaggy Chick, and Tasmanian Devil Scooby do not appear at all.
* The hole created by "Highly Combustible" Potion is instead created by Buff Shaggy.
	+ How is never explained, but we can assume he may have smashed a hole in the wall after drinking Scooby's antidote.

## Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Ladybird)

**Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Ladybird)** is a book based on the film. Like the Movie Storybook, it tells the events of the movie through screen-caps and short descriptions.

On pages 16-19, the scene is directly adapted. Again like the Movie Storybook, the images shown are not from the scene. Although, on page 17, Scooby is standing in front of Jonathan Jacobo's Lair, a different lab from the one seen in Transformers.

### Summary

Shaggy and Scooby descend in the elevator into "a creepy old lab". Shaggy says it's "Cluetopia" and the two look around for clues. They both find some potions, and take a sip to quench their thirst. This turns them into nonspecific monsters. Drinking more and more in search of a cure, Shaggy grows massive muscles and Scooby becomes super-brainy. As Shaggy poses and preens at himself, the strange new Scooby used the beakers to create an antidote for them. However, the muscled Shaggy threw the antidote away and it exploded. As the smoke clears, the two are suddenly cured. The rest of the gang arrives, finding the explosion had created a hole to the Monster Hive.

Pages 16 and 17
### Differences from the Original

* Both Shaggy and Scooby drink the first potions at the same time.
* Their first transformations are not specified.
* Monster Scooby, Shaggy Chick, and Tasmanian Devil Scooby do not appear at all.
* Instead of throwing the "Highly Combustible" Potion, Shaggy throws the Antidote. It also explodes.
	+ The two are transformed back to normal through this explosion.

## Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Book of Monsters

    **Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Book of Monsters** is a movie scrapbook of the film, containing facts and pictures.

While none of the pictures in this scrapbook are from the scene and none of the facts reference it, one of the quotes is of Shaggy saying "Cluetopia", which is from Shot 5 of the scene. The picture included with the quote is not from the scene, however.

## Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Mad Libs

**Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Mad Libs** is a Mad Libs book based on the film. As with all Mad Libs books, the reader is meant to fill in the blanks of the book with specific word types (nouns, verbs, adjectives) to create a unique story. Aside from this, the book has most of the events from the film. Although, it does not strictly follow the same narrative, as many events have been rearranged and disconnected.

On pages 12-13, the gang investigates Jacobo's Abandoned (Type of Building) and discovers a lab that presumably also belongs to Jacobo. In the lab, they find computers, a TV camera, and a microphone, which they connect to Jacobo's alias, Heather Jasper Howe. Scooby flips a switch in the lab and accidentally brings monsters to life.

Page 12Page 13

On page 17, titled "Scooby-Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed, Part Six", Shaggy and Scooby finds themselves in a (Type of Room) with a refrigerator filled with several (Type of Container, Plural). Scooby mistakes the contents for "Root-runch!" (fruit punch) and drinks from the (Same Type of Container) and begins to transform. His (Part of the Body) starts to (Verb) and his (Part of the Body) turns (Color). Shaggy searches for something to change him back and finds something labeled "(Silly Word) Antidote". He gives it to Scooby who (Verb, Past Tense) it which reverts him back to normal.

### Differences from the Original

* The gang finds the lab while they're together, rather than Scooby and Shaggy discovering it on their own.
* No potions or transformations appear in the lab. Scooby transforms while in an abandoned mansion, rather than the lab.
* Scooby accidentally actives the machine that brings monsters to life while in the lab, rather than in The Monster Hive.
* Scooby mistakes a liquid for "Root-Runch" rather than "Remonade".
* Scooby cries out "Relp!" after the transformation, suggesting he noticed his first transformation before Shaggy.
* Scooby only transforms once.
* Shaggy does not transform.
* The Mad Libs style leaves some aspects of the scene blank, which must be filled in by the reader. These include:
	+ The room Shaggy and Scooby find the refrigerator.
	+ The containers the potions are stored inside.
	+ The first part of Scooby's body transforming and the way in which it is.
	+ The second part of Scooby's body transforming and what color it becomes.
	+ The way Scooby uses the antidote and how he transforms back to his normal self.

## Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed DVD

The **Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed DVD** is the film's home media release. It contains some behind the scenes content, though very little of it is related to the potion scene.

### The Scooby-Doo Monsters Unleashed Challenge

**The Scooby-Doo Monsters Unleashed Challenge** is a game available on the DVD of Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

The scene is alluded to after completing the shooting gallery minigame in the Coolsville Mining Town, as the potions (referred to as "a batch of Randamonium") are your reward for completing it.

Additionally, one of the bonus videos you can unlock in the game features a montage of Matthew Lillard behind the scenes. One of these shots shows him next to the fridge, flexing his arms like Buff Shaggy.

## Amazon.com

The **Amazon release** of the film includes several features via it's X-Ray option, the information of which mainly comes from IMDB.

### Scenes

The scenes in the Amazon release are listed differently from the DVD. This means that Transformers, scene 14 on the DVD, is instead listed as scene 23 and called "Shaggy and Scooby Find More Clues". Starting with Shot 38, the scene is part of scene 24, "Fred, Velma, and Daphne Find Shaggy and Scooby". Both scenes are said to take place in the "Mine Lab". This feature seems to have been removed.

### In Scene / Cast

In Scene lists the actors currently on-screen, while Cast lists all of them at once. For Transformers, these are:

* Neil Fanning as Scooby-Doo
* Matthew Lillard as Shaggy
* Nazanin Afshin-Jam as Shaggy Chick
	+ A picture of Shaggy Chick from Shot 21 is used in place of her actual face.
* Tazmanian Devil as Himself
	+ A picture of Tasmanian Devil Scooby from Shot 20 is used. Clicking on his icon for more information leads to an error message (likely because he has no IMDB page).
* J.P. Manoux as Scooby Brainiac
	+ His listing disappears after Shot 37, despite him continuing to voice the character later on.
* Freddie Prinze Jr. as Fred
* Linda Cardellini as Velma
* Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne
* Peter Boyle as Old Man Wickles

### Music

Music lists the music playing during the scene. There are options to jump each song's appearance and (when able) links to the song's page on Amazon Music. For Transformers, these are:

* Let's Get Ready To Rumble ®
	+ This track has no link to Amazon music. There is also no picture to represent the song.
* Get Ready For This by The Hit Crew
	+ This track has no link to Amazon music
	+ This incorrect, as The Hit Crew's version of the song is not the same as the one used in the movie.

Intro To Wickles' Mine and Shaggy and Scooby Discovered (along with all of the film's score) are not listed.

### Trivia

Trivia lists interesting facts from the film as they are relevant. These come in several categories, all of which come from IMDB's page on the film.

#### General Trivia

These are general facts about the film.

* There was a gag, created by the animators at Rhythm & Hues, where Scooby would turn into his cartoon version when he mistakenly drinks a potion. The gag was not in the script and was at one point chosen to replace a less-favored gag in which Scooby would turn into George W. Bush, mainly due to the film being released in an election year meaning there was a chance Bush wouldn't have been in the White House for much longer. In the end, Warner Bros. decided that they didn't want the audience to compare 2D Scooby to 3D Scooby, so they chose to have him turn into the Tasmanian Devil instead.

#### Crazy Credits

These are for surprising facts about the film's credits or casting.

* Tazmanian Devil - Himself

#### Goofs

These are errors in the movie.

* When Shaggy is flexing his muscles the refrigerator door is open and he's standing right in front of it but in the next shot when he throws the potion that Scooby made, the door is closed and he's standing off to the side.

### Subtitles and Audio

This release also includes an audio description track for the film.

There is also an option for "English Dialogue Boost: High" and "English Dialogue Boost: Medium". Both of these boost the audio of the character's speaking (by using AI) to help characters be better understood.

## Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again) Music Video

**Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again)** is a song from the soundtrack of Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

The music video (included on the DVD) includes clips and references to the scene from the film.

## Scooby-Doo Monsters Unleashed Trading Card Game

The **Scooby-Doo Monsters Unleashed Trading Card Game** was a simple collectable trading card game based off of the movie, containing cards of characters, monsters, clues, and major events.

The only card to directly reference the scene is card number BL-2: "Buff-O-Rama!".

However, other cards make brief mentions of the scene to varying degrees:

### Alley Oops!

This card makes mention that Shaggy and Scooby get scared by The Skeleton Men into activating a secret elevator. This elevator is what leads them into Jonathan Jacobo's Lab.

Front of the cardBack of the card
### The Wrong Guy

This card makes direct mention of the potions scene, saying how "Shaggy and Scooby share a transformative experience in a secret lab filled with mysterious potions" while Fred, Velma, and Daphne confront Old Man Wickles.

Front of the cardBack of the card

### It's Alive!

This card makes mention of the potion explosion (caused by the "Highly Combustible" Potion) revealing the Monster Hive.

Front of the cardBack of the card