W.B.'s Scooby-Doo 002- Monsters Unleashed (2004)

**Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed** (also referred to as **Scooby-Doo 2**) is a 2004 American ***horror comedy film*** based on the animated franchise ***Scooby-Doo***. It is the second installment in the ***Scooby-Doo live-action film series*** and the sequel to 2002's Scooby-Doo, and was directed by ***Raja Gosnell***, written by ***James Gunn***, and released by ***Warner Bros. Pictures***. The film stars ***Freddie Prinze Jr.***, ***Sarah Michelle Gellar***, ***Linda Cardellini***, ***Matthew Lillard***, ***Seth Green***, ***Tim Blake Nelson***, ***Peter Boyle*** and ***Alicia Silverstone***, with ***Neil Fanning*** reprising his role as the voice of Scooby-Doo.

## An Scooby-Doo 002

### Produced by

Template:\* Charles RovenTemplate:\* Richard Suckle

The film was released on March 26, 2004. Like the first film, it received generally negative reviews from critics and although financially successful it wound up grossing considerably less at the box office than its predecessor. The reception resulted in a third film, set to be written and directed by Gunn, being cancelled. However, a direct-to-video spin-off film ***Daphne & Velma*** was released in 2018 serving as a prequel to the film series, and two ***telefilm*** reboots aired on ***Cartoon Network*** in ***2009*** and ***2010***, both directed by ***Brian Levant***.[not verified in body]

## Plot

Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo attend the opening of an exhibition at the Coolsonian Criminology Museum commemorating their past solved cases with monster costumes on display. However, the celebrations are interrupted by a masked man known as the Evil Masked Figure who steals two costumes using the reanimated Pterodactyl Ghost. The gang are ridiculed by journalist Heather Jasper Howe, who starts a ***smear campaign*** against them. Shaggy and Scooby, after overhearing the rest of the gang criticizing their tendency to bumble every operation, and especially their most recent offense in failing to secure the Pterodactyl Ghost at the museum, resolve to better themselves and become real detectives. Concluding an old enemy is the mastermind, the gang revisit old cases. They dismiss the former Pterodactyl Ghost, Jonathan Jacobo, as the culprit due to his apparent death during a failed ***prison escape***. They guess that Jeremiah Wickles, the Black Knight Ghost's portrayer and Jacobo's cell mate in prison, is the culprit.

Going to Wickles' manor, the group find a book that serves as an instruction manual on how to create monsters. Shaggy and Scooby-Doo find a note inviting Wickles to visit the Faux Ghost nightclub. They are attacked by the Black Knight Ghost, but escape when Daphne fights him off while Velma discovers its weak spot and disables it. Before fleeing, the rest of the gang discover through the book that the key ingredient to creating the monsters is "randomonium", a substance that can be found at the old silver ***mining town***. Daphne, Velma and Fred go to the museum accompanied by the curator Patrick Wisely, but discover that the rest of the costumes have been stolen. Heather Jasper Howe turns the city against them.

Following the lead from Wickles' note, their first clue ever, they sneak into the Faux Ghost, where the criminals whom the gang had unmasked hang out. Wearing disguises to try and solve the mystery, they speak to Wickles and hear how he has mended his evil ways. Scooby causes a scene and his disguise falls off, and the two escape through a trash chute. On their way out, they spot Patrick uncharacteristically assaulting someone who appears to be a member of his staff, ordering him to find answers to who vandalized his museum. Shaggy and Scooby then spot Wickles leaving the club and follow him. Fred, Velma, and Daphne go to the mines, finding Wickles' plans to turn it into an ***amusement park***. They confront Wickles, who states that he and Jacobo were cell mates that hated each other and denies having any connection to the museum robberies.

The gang then find the Monster Hive where the costumes are brought to life as real monsters. Shaggy and Scooby play around with the machine's control panel, accidentally bringing several costumes to life, and the gang flees with the panel as the Evil Masked Figure terrorizes the city. Escaping to their old high school clubhouse, the gang realizes they can reverse the control panel's power by altering its wiring. Captain Cutler's Ghost emerges from the ***bayou***, forcing the gang to head back to the mines, encountering the various monsters along the way. In the mines, Velma finds a shrine dedicated to Jacobo built by Patrick. However, Patrick proves his innocence by helping Velma after a catwalk unexpectedly gives way under her.

The gang confront the Evil Masked Figure as the Tar Monster captures all of them but Scooby, who uses a ***fire extinguisher*** to freeze the Tar Monster's body. He reactivates the control panel, turning the costumes back to normal. The gang takes the Evil Masked Figure to the authorities, unmasking him as Heather. Velma then peels Heather's face off, revealing she is actually Jacobo in disguise. He had survived the fall from the prison wall, sought to get revenge on the sleuths by discrediting them and turn the press against them, and also framed Wickles by putting the instruction manual and the Black Knight Ghost in his mansion. His cameraman Ned is also arrested as an accomplice.

The sleuths are praised as heroes in Coolsville. In the Faux Ghost, they celebrate their victory with the reformed criminals.

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### Premise

Mystery Inc. have saved the world from certain doom, but that means nothing to their hometown, when a cloaked figure with a vendetta against the gang, brings to life the would-be monsters they unmasked in the past. Now Coolsville's "most wanted" for all the wrong reasons, they must prove once and for all they really are heroes, by putting an end to the mysterious fiend that's out to get them.

### Synopsis

Having become celebrities of their hometown of ***Coolsville***, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred of Mystery Inc., have been invited to the grand opening of the ***Coolsonian Criminology Museum*** as the guests of honor, where their screaming fans watch them walk past. Accompanied by the gorgeous news reporter ***Heather Jasper Howe*** and other members of the press, the gang enter the museum to open an exhibit which is full of costumes of their former foes from past mysteries.

Shaggy and Scooby are frightened by the costumes, despite the fact that they are not alive. Velma reveals to Daphne and Fred that she has fallen in love with the museum's curator, ***Patrick Wisely***. Unfortunately, both of them are too afraid and worked up in their jobs to become a couple and both walked away.

But this momentous occasion turns sour when a storm causes a power cut in the museum and then a bolt of lightning shatters a window. In this distraction, Daphne notices a strange green mist floating about one of the glass cabinets. Daphne removes a curtain covering the cabinet and finds herself face to face with a terrifying and alive ***Pterodactyl Ghost***. The prehistoric predator somehow became real and breaks free of its cage. The gang, believing it is simply a criminal in the costume, attempt to capture the pterodactyl in some curtains, but Shaggy and Scooby mess it up and are sent on a wild ride when their wrists get caught in the rope binding the pterodactyl and fly around the museum causing mayhem.

Then a mysterious masked villain calling himself the ***Evil Masked Figure*** appears and announces this is just the beginning of Mystery, Inc.'s demise. And with that, the Pterodactyl Ghost snatches up two monster costumes from the display, dumps Shaggy and Scooby into the Chickenstein costume and then takes off into the sky with the Evil Masked Figure in tow. After the robbery, Velma discovers a secret passage the pterodactyl came out of and also a real reptilian scale.

The following morning, Heather reports on the robbery and harshly criticizes the gang's tactics in the robbery and even takes context from early video footage to make it sounds like Fred dislikes Coolsville. Shaggy and Scooby decide they will from now on act like real detectives and join the other three in the laboratory. Velma gets data from her reptile scale and it says it is real! The gang proposes that it is one of the foes they unmasked. Daphne believes ***Jonathan Jacobo***, the original Pterodactyl Ghost is the culprit, but Velma reveals he died after a prison escape. The gang then decide that ***Jeremiah Wickles***, the ***Black Knight Ghost***, is behind the mystery and set out to his mansion.

Upon arriving at the mansion, the gang fall into a trap set up by Wickles, but Daphne frees the gang with her makeup kit and also a pair of salesmen and a buttercup scout who fell into the trap. The gang split up to search for clues. Scooby easily finds clues, but is oblivious to them and picks up sunglasses and underwear. Shaggy finds a stereo-phone and breaks it. Fred, Velma and Daphne find shiny green footprints that lead to the library. Velma states that Wickles is mad about the supernatural. They find a book that instructs how to create carbon-based predators or in other words: how to create monsters.

Shaggy and Scooby are reunited, Scooby carrying a pile of random items and dumping them. Scoob starts singing into a toilet brush and Shaggy discovers a sticky note on his paw. It reads that Wickles is visiting the ***Faux Ghost***, a club in the dark corners of the city. They discover they have just discovered a clue and start dancing in their discovery. But a sudden evil chortle causes them to jump in shock. Scooby lands in the arms of their arch enemy, The Black Knight. Instinctively, Shaggy and Scooby leg it and try to keep the Black Knight from entering the room by piling furniture in front of the door, but the knight appears through a secret passage.

Fred and the others appear and the Black Knight Ghost knocks out Fred. Daphne picks up an axe and battles the Black Knight, vandalizing Wickles' house in the process, all the while Velma scans the book for his weakness. The Black Knight beats Daphne but Velma finds his weak spot and kick him in the "round tables" as the Black Knight cries.

The gang return to their headquarters and Shaggy and Scooby sneak out to the Faux Ghost to question Wickles. Velma announces that the glow of the footprints at the mansion and the reptile scale are both made of a substance called randomonium. Patrick appears and Daphne turns Velma into a "glamorous, mysterious, adventurous jet-setter hot babe" in an attempt to try and make Patrick like Velma. The four get into the Mystery Machine and head off to solve the mystery. About this time the 10,000 Volt Ghost and Black Knight Ghost steal the rest of the costumes from the museum and the Skeleton Men and Cotton Candy Glob are made into real monsters.

Shaggy and Scooby arrive at the Faux Ghost and find that the place is haunted by all of the criminals that had dressed up as monsters. They disguise themselves and find Wickles, but discover he has nothing to do with the monsters. They are then found out and chucked out of the club.

The others discover that the Coolsonian has been robbed again by the monsters and they have hijacked all of the other costumes. Patrick disappears and the gang are booed by their fans.

Shaggy and Scooby bump into Patrick and he tells them the news and they quickly dash off to follow Wickles to the Old Tyme Mining Town nearby. The two lose track of Wickles and explore the silver plant nearby, but run into one of the ***Skeleton Men***. The two flee from him and activate an elevator which they clamber into. Fred, Daphne and Velma arrive at the mine and discover Wickles planning to make the mine a theme park.

Shaggy and Scooby find a laboratory and find a fridge full of potions. They morph into several things including an alien, a woman, ***Taz*** from the *Looney Tunes*, a muscle-bound dimwit, and an intelligent scientist dog. Scooby uses his new-found intelligence to create an antidote but Shaggy, wanting to remain strong, throws away one of the beakers Scooby's holding, causing an explosion and has them found by the rest of the gang. Scooby managed to get them both back to normal. The five then find a ***hidden room*** that has a giant machine in it. Velma figures that Patrick is the culprit. Fred, Daphne and Velma go to explore the rest of the caves nearby, leaving Shaggy and Scooby alone with the machine. The two find a ***control panel*** and unknowingly activate the machine, bringing more monsters to life.

Shaggy and Scooby turn around and find themselves surrounded by ***the Zombie***, ***Captain Cutler's Ghost***, ***Miner 49er*** and the formidable ***Tar Monster***. The other three return and help Shaggy and Scooby escape, Fred snatching the control panel and dodging his way in a Matrix-style through the attacks of the monsters. Mystery, Inc., flee to the elevator and a surge of electricity flies overhead and the ***10,000 Volt Ghost*** appears. The gang get separated and flee from the 10,000 Volt Ghost and the Skeleton Men. The Evil Masked Figure confronts his new minions and tells them to hunt down the gang and get the control panel back.

Mystery, Inc., flee out of Coolsville as the monsters invade it. They retreat to their old high school clubhouse in the swamps. The gang discover that they can reverse the randomonium effect and destroy the monsters. Shaggy and Scooby wait outside and criticize their role in the gang. Captain Cutler suddenly appears and the gang try to escape in the Mystery Machine but are paused by Cutler when he fires some chains from his spear gun. Fred reverses the Mystery Machine into Captain Cutler causing him to go flying into the lake. Mystery, Inc., are chased across the city by the Pterodactyl Ghost and the ***Zombie*** nearby almost runs them over while driving an oil tanker truck. The gang lose the pterodactyl when it collides with a billboard.

The gang arrive at the mine and are confronted by the Black Knight Ghost who rides an armored horse. Fred finds a motorbike and uses a pipe as a lance and jousts against the Black Knight Ghost. The gang runs into the 10,000 Volt Ghost who traps Daphne from the others. Daphne tries to fight the electrical ghoul but is electrocuted and sent flying into the air and crashes down next to Fred. Fred is defeated by the Black Knight Ghost and the two villains surround Fred and Daphne. Fred admits to Daphne he was scared and afraid to show his sensitive side the whole time.

The other three nearly run into the Skeleton Men and Shaggy and Scooby spill the beans to Velma that they are not heroes, but she makes them change their minds when she tells them they are like idols to her and she wishes she could be more like them. Shaggy and Scooby bump into Miner 49er and run from him after he tries to fry them with his fiery breath and he literally rips down a fence in order to chase them. Velma distracts the skeletons and one tries to hit Velma by lobbing the other skeleton's head at her, but it misses and the skull ends up stuck in a door. Fred and Daphne are trapped by the Black Knight Ghost and 10,000 Volt Ghost. Daphne spies some jumper cables in the Mystery Machine. Fred connects the cables to the Black Knight Ghost and Daphne hurls a metal rod with attached jumper cables into the 10,000 Volt Ghost's body knowing she'll get electrocuted again. The two flee as the 10,000 Volt Ghost's body is sucked into the Black Knight Ghost, causing an explosion. The 10,000 Volt Ghost is destroyed and the Black Knight Ghost's charred helmet rolls away, his last words were "Oh, crap!"

Velma escapes the Skeleton Men by jumping into a coal chute, tumbling down into an underground mine. Shaggy and Scooby lure Miner 49er into a trap. Scooby farts at the same time the miner breathes fire and fries Miner 49er. Velma discovers a shrine to Jacobo and the Pterodactyl Ghost. The shrine belongs to Patrick and Velma flees from him. Velma nearly falls to her death, but Patrick saves her and Patrick is captured by the Pterodactyl Ghost. Shaggy and Scooby run into the giant, but edible form that is the ***Cotton Candy Glob*** and eat him alive, with him screaming that he'll give them serious cavities.

The gang are reunited and run into the ***Monster Hive***, but are confronted by the Zombie, Miner Forty-Niner and a fused form of the Skeleton Men. Fred attempts to race to the monster machine, but the Tar Monster appears and traps him in tar. He then grabs Daphne, and Velma, who is lying on the floor, and grabs Shaggy with tar tentacles afterward. Scooby is cornered but finds a fire extinguisher which amazingly freezes the Tar Monster's body. Scooby flies about freezing the Tar Monster and then smashes through his body. He then falls into chunks of ice with his eye landing on the body-shaped ice with an ice block sealing back up the body. Scooby leaps over the Skeleton Men, pulls down the Zombie's trousers to reveal underwear and he uses Miner 49er's pickaxe like a springboard and flies into the air. The Pterodactyl Ghost swoops in to try and snag the control panel Shaggy tosses to Scooby. Scooby grabs the control panel and the Pterodactyl Ghost flies straight into the Tar Monster's belly and drowns.

Scooby activates the machine and the monsters all die out, the Pterodactyl Ghost presumably crushed or drowned by the Tar Monster's body, as he is a remote control monster and is defeated, but a costume remains. Miner Forty-niner and the Zombie fall to dust (although the Miner 49er and Zombie's clothes were the ones that didn't fall to dust, except for their skin) and the Skeleton Men transform back to costumes soon after. The Tar Monster releases the gang from his grasp and then drowns in his own body, his single eye exploding (although his body turned into a costume and the eye fell back on the costume). The Evil Masked Figure tries to flee, but collapses on the catwalk and surrenders.

Outside, the press and the citizens of Coolsville flock into the mine like sheep. Mystery, Inc., unmask the villain and reveal it to be Heather Jasper Howe, and her cameraman Ned is arrested for helping her in her plot. But then Heather's face is ripped off to reveal Dr. Jonathan Jacobo. Everyone is quite taken back by this, especially Wickles and a female police officer who literally leaps back in surprise. Jacobo survived his fall off the prison wall and into the ocean, and plotted against Mystery, Inc., by creating the falsified "Jasper-Howe" persona to turn the press and the Coolsville citizens against them and then framing Wickles by putting the book and the Black Knight Ghost in his mansion. Jacobo and Ned are arrested and taken away and everyone in Coolsville loves Mystery Inc. again.

Velma and Patrick become an item, Fred and Daphne embrace each other in a kiss and Shaggy finds Captain Cutler's lifeless helmet and puts it on as the press takes pictures of him. However, Scooby mistakes him for a monster and clobbers him with a sound speaker. Upon Shaggy revealing himself to just wearing a helmet, Scooby pounces him and starts licking his face. Afterwards, Mystery Inc., Patrick, Wickles and the rest of Coolsville dance to "***Shining Star***", sung by Ruben Studdard.

## Characters

**Main characters:**

* Mystery Incorporated ***(final appearance)(main story and flashback)***
	+ Scooby-Doo ***(final appearance)(main story and flashback)***
	+ Shaggy Rogers ***(final appearance)(main story and flashback)***
	+ Daphne Blake ***(final appearance)(main story and flashback)***
	+ Fred Jones ***(final appearance)(main story and flashback)***
	+ Velma Dinkley ***(final appearance)(main story and flashback)***

**Supporting characters:**

* ***Patrick Wisely*** ***(only appearance)***
* ***Jeremiah Wickles*** ***(only appearance)(main story and flashback)***

**Villains:**

* ***Evil Masked Figure*** ***(only appearance)(Jacobo/Heather Jasper Howe's disguise)***
* ***Heather Jasper-Howe*** ***(only appearance)(Jacobo's disguise)***
* ***Pterodactyl Ghost*** ***(only appearance)(no lines)***
* ***Dr. Jonathan Jacobo*** ***(only appearance)(main story and flashback)***
* ***Pterodactyl Ghost*** ***(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)(Jacobo's disguise)***
* ***Black Knight Ghost*** ***(only appearance)***
* ***Cotton Candy Glob*** ***(only appearance)(eaten)***
* ***Tar Monster*** ***(only appearance)***
* ***Miner 49er*** ***(only appearance)***
* ***Captain Cutler's Ghost*** ***(only appearance)***
* ***Zombie*** ***(only appearance)***
* ***10,000 Volt Ghost*** ***(only appearance)***
* ***Skeleton Men*** ***(only appearance)***
* ***Ned*** ***(only appearance)***

**Other characters:**

* Patrick O'Brien ***(only appearance)(cameo)***
* Chaffeur ***(only appearance)***
* Daphne's tattooed fans ***(only appearance)***
* Dinkley Brigade ***(only appearance)***
* ***C.L. Magnus*** ***(only appearance)(cameo)***
* ***Aggie Wilkins*** ***(only appearance)(cameo)***
* Big Brovaz ***(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)***
* Justin Timberlake ***(only time mentioned)***
* Ruben Studdard ***(only appearance)(cameo)***

## Locations

* ***Coolsville*** ***(main story and flashback)***
	+ ***Coolsonian Criminology Museum***
	+ Mystery Incorporated headquarters
	+ ***Coolsville State Penitentiary*** ***(flashback only)***
	+ ***Wickles Manor***
	+ ***Faux Ghost***
	+ ***Coolsville Mining Company***
		- Jacobo's underground laboratory
		- ***Monster Hive***
	+ ***Investigative Probe*** building
	+ Mystery Incorporated clubhouse

## Objects

* ***Go-go boots***
* Scooby Snack
* Randomonium
* ***Monster control panel***

## Vehicles

* The Mystery Machine (limo)
* The Mystery Machine

## Suspects

 ***Patrick Wisely*** | He appeared unstable after the museum was vandalised. He was in a shrine of Jonathan Jacobo.

### Culprits

 ***Ned*** as the Evil Masked Figure

## Cast

### Live action

* ***Freddie Prinze Jr.*** as Fred Jones
	+ Ryan Vrba as Young Fred
* ***Sarah Michelle Gellar*** as Daphne Blake
	+ ***Emily Tennant*** as Young Daphne
* ***Matthew Lillard*** as Shaggy Rogers
	+ Cascy Beddow as Young Shaggy
	+ ***Nazanin Afshin-Jam*** as Shaggy Chick
* ***Linda Cardellini*** as Velma Dinkley
	+ Lauren Kennedy as Young Velma
* ***Seth Green*** as Patrick Wisely
* ***Peter Boyle*** as Jeremiah Wickles
* ***Tim Blake Nelson*** as Dr. Jonathan Jacobo
* ***Alicia Silverstone*** as Heather Jasper Howe
* ***Karin Konoval*** as Aggie Wilkins
* ***Joe MacLeod*** as Skater Dude No. 1
* ***Brandon Jay McLaren*** as Skater Dude No. 2
* ***Rasmus Nøhr*** as Skater Dude No. 3
* ***Calum Worthy*** as Kid on Bike
* Stephen E. Miller as C.L. Magnus
* Zahf Paroo as Ned
* Christopher R. Sumpton as Zombie
* ***C. Ernst Harth*** as Miner 49er
* Kevin Durand as Black Knight Ghost

### Voice cast

* ***Neil Fanning*** as Scooby-Doo and ***Tasmanian Devil***
	+ ***J. P. Manoux*** as Scooby Brainiac
* ***Scott McNeil*** as Evil Masked Figure
* ***Dee Bradley Baker*** as the voice of Pterodactyl Ghost, Zombie, and Red-Eyed Skeleton
* ***Bob Papenbrook*** as the voice of Black Knight Ghost
* ***Michael Sorich*** as the voice of Tar Monster and Cotton Candy Glob
* ***Terrence Stone***/Dee Bradley Baker as the voice of 10,000 Volt Ghost
* ***Wally Wingert*** as the voice of Green-Eyed Skeleton

### Cameos

* ***Pat O'Brien***
* ***Neil Fanning***[citation needed]
* ***Tasmanian Devil***
* ***Ruben Studdard***
* Kester Moorhouse
* ***Big Brovaz***

## Production

In June 2002, at the time of the release of Scooby-Doo, Dan Fellman, the president of ***Warner Bros.***, confirmed that a sequel was in the works, and was slated for a 2004 release. In March 2003, it was announced that ***Freddie Prinze Jr.***, ***Sarah Michelle Gellar***, ***Neil Fanning***, ***Matthew Lillard*** and ***Linda Cardellini*** would reprise their roles in the sequel. Filming for the sequel began on April 14, 2003 in ***Vancouver***, with ***Seth Green*** and ***Alicia Silverstone*** joining the cast.

## ReceptionEdit

### Box officeEdit

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed opened March 26, 2004, and grossed $29.4 million (over 3,312 theaters, $8,888 average) during its opening weekend, ranking No. 1. It grossed a total of $84.2 million in North America, and went on to earn $181.5 million worldwide, more than $90 million less than the $275.7 million worldwide Scooby-Doo grossed two years earlier. It was the twenty-eighth highest-grossing film of 2004, and ranks as the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time featuring a dog (animated or otherwise) as a major character. The film was released in the ***United Kingdom*** on April 2, 2004, topping the country's box office for three straight weekends before being dethroned by ***Kill Bill: Volume 2***.

### Critical response

On ***Rotten Tomatoes***, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed holds a rating of 22% based on 119 reviews and an average rating of 4.3/10. The site's consensus reads: "Only the very young will get the most out of this silly trifle." On ***Metacritic***, the film has a score of 34 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by ***CinemaScore*** gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, an improvement over the previous film's "B+".

***Roger Ebert*** of the ***Chicago Times*** gave the film two stars out of four, stating, "This is a silly machine to whirl goofy antics before the eyes of easily distracted audiences, and it is made with undeniable skill." ***Dave Kehr*** of ***The New York Times*** gave the film a negative review, saying, "In the strictly secular-humanist world of Scooby-Doo, there are no real ghosts, but only humans desperate for attention who disguise themselves as supernatural figures."

***Peter Bradshaw*** of ***The Guardian*** gave the film a two out of five stars, stating, "it's straight down the line family fare, nothing inspired, nothing objectionable: a few funny lines." Nick DeSemlyn of ***Empire Magazine*** also gave the film two out of five stars, saying, "This sequel is a step up from the first. Scooby's animation is improved, there are some fun action sequences and a smattering of amusing moments. But the same manic mugging that spoiled the original mars this movie, and the result is a film only a six year-old on a sugar rush could love." ***Common Sense Media*** gave the film two out of five stars, saying, "Sequel is milder than original; potty humor, peril, violence."

The film won the ***Razzie Award*** for ***Worst Remake or Sequel***.

## Home media

***Warner Home Video*** released the film on ***DVD*** and ***VHS*** on September 14, 2004, in both full-screen and widescreen editions. The DVD included deleted scenes from the film's production and other special features, such as two music videos, a "making of" and trailers. On November 9, 2010, Warner Bros. released both the film and its predecessor as a double feature ***Blu-ray***.

## Video games

Two video games loosely following the plot of the film were released in 2004 to coincide with the film's release; a 3D point and click adventure on the PC and a 2D ***beat 'em up*** platformer on the ***Game Boy Advance***. In both games, one ending could only be seen by entering a code displayed at the end of the film after the credits.

## Soundtrack

A soundtrack was released on March 23, 2004, on ***compact disc*** and ***cassette tape***.

1. "***Don't Wanna Think About You***" by ***Simple Plan*** (Simple Plan had also performed ***the titular theme song***)
2. "***You Get What You Give***" by ***New Radicals***
3. "***Boom Shack-A-Lak***" by ***Apache Indian***
4. "***Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)***" by ***Big Brovaz***
5. "***The Rockafeller Skank***" by ***Fatboy Slim***
6. "***Wooly Bully***" by ***Bad Manners***
7. "***Shining Star***" by ***Ruben Studdard***
8. "***Flagpole Sitta***" by ***Harvey Danger***
9. "***Get Ready for This***" by ***2 Unlimited***
10. "***Play That Funky Music***" by ***Wild Cherry***
11. "Here We Go" by ***Bowling for Soup***
12. "***Love Shack***" by ***The B-52's***
13. "Friends Forever" by ***Puffy AmiYumi***
14. "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" by ***MxPx***

## Cancelled sequel film

In October 2002, during the filming of Scooby-Doo 2, Warner Bros. approved production of a third film. Dan Forman and Paul Foley were hired to write the script for Scooby-Doo 3. In August 2004, Matthew Lillard said in an interview that the third Scooby-Doo film was canceled because the second had not done as well as expected, which he attributed to Warner Bros. releasing it at an inappropriate time. In a 2019 interview, ***James Gunn*** revealed that he was set to write and direct but the film did not happen due to the financial disappointment of the previous film, stating, "although it did well, it didn't do well enough to warrant a third, so the movie was never made." Gunn tweeted the plot for the canceled film was that "The Mystery Inc. gang are hired by a town in Scotland who complain they are being plagued by monsters but we discover throughout the film the monsters are actually the victims. Scooby and Shaggy have to come to terms with their own prejudices and narrow belief systems."

## Production

### Possible monsters

As with most films, not every scene and character make it to the final film. Early in production, it was planned to have all the monsters come to life. However, due to budget cuts and a change in effects studios, this plan was left behind. Though some made it further into production than others that were left on the concept stage. Some of which are listed below:

* ***Redbeard's Ghost***: One of the monsters that was to appear in the film, who sadly didn't make it. Although his costume, ghost ship and portrayer, ***C.L. Magnus***, appeared, played by Stephen E. Miller. This Monster did however appear in the THQ PC video game adaption. Since the ghost ship appears, that implied that the costume was brought to life and is steering the ghost ship off screen.
* ***Creeper***: The Creeper was one of the first three monster made for the film, but due to shooting the film in Canada, the previous effects team of Edge EFX was pulled off production and a Canadian studio took over instead. The Canadian studio decided to scrap the Creeper during this time. Concept art is still viewable in the DVD's special features.
* ***Ghost Clown***: The Ghost Clown was going to appear in the film and would've been played by Paul Becker. A picture of said actor in costume was taken proving this.
* ***Headless Horseman***: The Headless Horseman was going to appear in the film as is seen by an animatronic of the monster's head. The head was used in the costume seen in the movie though.

## Notes/Trivia

* The video version is re-edited slightly; the film caused controversy upon release when concern parents found its comical drug references to be a little too out-in-the-open and explicit for a film intended for children. The VHS and DVD releases excise some of this objectionable humor, and the theatrical version has never been re-released.[*citation needed*]
* On of the DVD's special features has a game which shows a new monster in the Museum: The Mermaid. It also shows that the Mermaid's Ghost has a cartoon version in the title about this gilled goon.
* Shaggy now wears a white sleeved undershirt beneath his green t-shirt and Shaggy is no longer a vegan in this movie, as he eats and references the fast food restaurants Burger King and/or KFC.
* Ruben Studdard was one of the winners of *American Idol*.
* There is product placement for either Burger King or KFC in 3 places, depending on the version you watch.
	+ In one, Scooby eats a BK Whopper in the Theatrical, VHS, and DVD version or a KFC Fried Chicken Sandwich in the Netflix version.
	+ When Scooby accidentally spills Shaggy's Milkshake on the chauffeur, it is either a KFC milkshake in the UK & Netflix version or a Burger King milkshake in the theatrical, VHS, and DVD version.
	+ When Shaggy says why the gang can't investigate a haunted Burger King, the line was redubbed to say KFC instead of Burger King on the UK & Netflix version.
* This movie and the previous one were teased in ***Looney Tunes: Back in Action***, when Shaggy and Scooby were berating ***Matthew Lillard*** about how he performed in the film.
* In an interview with *Daily Radar* about the ***previous movie***, James Gunn confirmed that events similar to the first ***two*** ***seasons*** of ***Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!*** and ***both*** ***seasons*** of ***The New Scooby-Doo Movies*** took place in the movie's alternate continuity.
* This movie also establishes, through the accumulated disguises in the ***Coolsonian Criminology Museum***, that events similar to ***all*** ***three*** ***seasons*** of ***The Scooby-Doo Show*** happened in this continuity, as well as the events of ***Chickenstein Lives***. Though since Mystery Inc. claims the ***Black Knight Ghost***was their first case, they may have faced off against ***Chickenstein*** at a later point in time, compared to their mainstream counterparts, who fought Chickenstein prior to the ***Black Knight***.
* The Pterodactyl Ghost in *The Scooby-Doo Show*'s ***Hang in There, Scooby-Doo*** was an armored truck driver named ***Johnny***, whose crime was bootlegging cassettes, not robbing banks.
* In order to promote the film a flash game called "Escape From The Coolsonian" was released. The game was a basic point and click adventure. The game is however infamous for having one of the scariest jump scares in a video game.
* As of 2021, this is the last live action *Scooby-Doo* production in which ***Frank Welker*** doesn't voice Scooby- Doo.

## Home media

* *Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed* VHS released by ***Warner Home Video*** on September 14, 2004.

## Quotes

**Daphne:** Think positive!
**Shaggy:** We're gonna die quickly!

**Scooby-Doo:** Scooby....Dooby....DOO!

## Gallery

### Posters

826738~Scooby-Doo-2-International-Posters.jpgInternational poster.
### Merchandise

Monsters Unleashed VHS cover.jpgVHS.Monsters Unleashed DVD cover.jpgDVD.