Audio Description Narrator (HBO Max)

The menu selection seen on HBO Max

> *"The elevator lowers into a dim cavern." - Audio Description Narrator, Transformers (HBO Max Audio Description)*
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The **Narrator** is the voice heard when listening to Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed on HBO Max with the Audio Description turned on.

The narration is provided by Xanthe Paige.

## History

During Transformers, they will occasionally describe things happening on screen to visually impaired viewers. They will typically not talk over the character dialogue, and use long stretch of silence to describe things. This sometimes means they will have to describe events before or after they happen.

However, there are times they do end up talking over dialogue.

* Shaggy saying "Go ahead" and Scooby saying "R'ok" in Shot 5.
* Michael Buffer saying "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" in Shot 26.
	+ This is part of the soundtrack, however, and not dialogue.
* Buff Shaggy saying "Check it out Dude" in Shot 27.
* Scooby Brainiac shouting "No!" in Shot 37.
* Buff Shaggy saying "Go Boom" in Shot 43.
* Scooby Brainiac saying "It appears..." in Shot 48.

When the scene starts, they say "With Shaggy", to indicate that the perspective of the film has now changed to him.

They refer to the potions usually by shape (beakers, vials, test tubes) or color. They only call them potions twice, both referring to the antidote.

When talking about Monster Scooby's eyes, they call them "anten-eyes", a portmanteau of "antenna" and "eyes". This could be considered a joke, something the audio description does not do otherwise.

They refer to Tasmanian Devil Scooby as simply the Tasmanian Devil and Taz, even though it is supposed to still be Scooby.

They describe Scooby Brainiac's white hair, but make no mention of his glasses or that he's now standing on his hind legs. Although they do mention that he falls back onto all fours.

## Quotes

> *With Shaggy.*
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> *The elevator lowers into a dim cavern.*
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> *Vials of glowing liquid cover long tables.*
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> *Shaggy and Scooby exit the lift.*
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> *As they step away, it rises behind them.*
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> *Scooby gets on his hind legs and sniffs a table of chemicals.*
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> *Scooby looks around and walks by a mirrored glass.*
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> *He rushes back.*
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> *He rubs his paws together and opens the door.*
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> *He peers at an assortment of colorful beakers.*
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> *Scooby slurps a yellow liquid. His snout swells.*
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> *Scooby has anten-eyes.*
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> *His green body blobs onto the floor and separates into tentacles.*
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> *Scooby looks in the mirror.*
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> *Shaggy gives him a blue liquid then licks his own hand.*
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> *Scooby downs the beaker.*
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> *Their bodies twist and contort.*
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> *Scooby's eyes tangle around each other.*
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> *Shaggy turns around and grins.*
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> *His eyes bulge.*
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> *Shaggy's reflection reveals a crop top over his now curvy figure.*
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> *He stands with his legs crossed.*
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> *Shaggy turns around.*
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> *He faces the Tasmanian Devil.*
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> *Shaggy searches through the shelves of the fridge.*
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> *He throws a test tube over his shoulder then grabs a vial with a turquoise substance and throws it on Taz.*
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> *Shaggy drinks the remaining drops and chucks the glass.*
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> *As Shaggy bends over his arms bulge into thick, muscular appendages.*
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> *Taz does a tornado spin into Scooby with a head of white hair.*
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> *Shaggy flexes his chest.*
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> *Shaggy throws a beaker and liquid spirals out of the glass.*
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> *Fred and the girls race out of the warehouse.*
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> *They ride the elevator down to the lab.*
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> *Smoke clouds the area.*
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> *The gang runs past the laboratory tables and spots a huge hole in the wall.*
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> *Shaggy and Scooby lie embedded in the opposite wall.*
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> *Scooby throws a potion on him.*
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> *As Shaggy falls off the wall, Scooby drinks the potion.*
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> *He flexes one paw, then wibbles and wobbles.*
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> *Coming back to all fours, he shakes off his white hair.*
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> *Shaggy's large muscles vanish.*
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## Trivia

* The line "With Shaggy" is said before Shot 1, meaning it is technically not a part of the scene itself, despite being relevant to the scene's setup.
* Interesting, never does the narrator describe the transformations as such, simply describing how they change into them.