| Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur | |
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| Based on | Scooby-Doo byJoe Ruby andKen Spears |
| Written by | Doug Langdale |
| Directed by | Ethan Spaulding |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Robert J. Kral |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Spike Brandt Tony Cervone |
| Running time | 75 minutes[1] |
| Production company | Warner Bros. Animation |
| Original release | |
| Release | September 6, 2011 (2011-09-06) |
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur is a 2011 American animatedmystery television film based onScooby-Doo. The film was released on September 6, 2011.[1]
AfterShaggy Rogers discovers he suffers from a disorder that causes him to irrationally overreact to frightening stimuli, he fears that he can no longer remain involved with Mystery Inc. His friends take him to a spa in the town of La Serena to help him calm down. There, they meet the spa's owner and hypnotherapist, Mr. Hubley, along with paleontologist Professor Svankmajer and her assistant Windsor, who are overseeing a paleontological dig. When a large "ghost dinosaur" attacks the site, Shaggy becomes paralyzed with fear, thoughScooby-Doo rescues him beforeFred Jones uses Mystery Inc.'s van, the Mystery Machine, to knock the dinosaur off of a cliff.
Hubley explains the ghost dinosaur was the "Phantosaur", which legend says was summoned by Native Americans to regain their land from European colonists, before hypnotizing Shaggy into switching between his regular personality and a fearless persona when hears a specific keyword. However, nobody remembers what it is. As Fred,Daphne Blake, andVelma Dinkley investigate the dig site for dinosaur tracks and what appear to be snake trails, Shaggy fights a biker gang at a buffet and is invited to join a motorcycle race after hearing the keyword, "bad". Later that day, Daphne and Fred witness members of a mining company retrieving a dinosaur tooth. Before the race, Daphne teaches Shaggy how to ride a motorcycle. Upon hearing the keyword once more, Shaggy takes part in the race and rescues the bikers' leader, Tex, from falling off a cliff, earning his respect. Suddenly, the Phantosaur and a group ofVelociraptors interrupt the race.
Meanwhile, Daphne, Fred, and Velma notice a van owned by the mining company containing cables and whose tires match the snake trails they found earlier. They and the bikers soon flood the van, revealing the Phantosaur was an animatronic operated by someone they believe wanted to scare off Svankmajer's team so they can tap into a silver mine. When Hubley arrives, saying his hypnotherapy equipment was stolen, Mystery Inc. try to investigate further, only to encounter another Phantosaur before it disappears.
The next day, the group head to the mine to present their evidence to Svankmajer, who reveals her camp was attacked and claims she sent Windsor home and intends to do the same. However, the group soon realize that Svankmajer hired graduate students to pose as theVelociraptors, the second Phantosaur was a projection that she and Windsor created using Hubley's stolen equipment, and used super-heated air andpaint strippers to achieve the animatronic Phantosaur's fire breath. Svankmajer reveals her team had found a dinosaur skeleton preserved in quartz crystal and sought to scare off La Serena's citizens so they could claim it for themselves. Though the paint strippers set off explosives that the paleontologists intended to seal off the mine with, Shaggy overcomes his fear and gets outside to gain help from Tex's gang in rescuing the others.
Afterward, Svankmajer and her team are arrested while Shaggy is unhypnotized, only for Hubley to accidentally hypnotize the rest of Mystery Inc. into believing they are Shaggy.
Common Sense Media gave it 3 out of 5 stars, but said that it was "too spooky for young kids" recommending it for ages 7 and over.[2]
On October 12, 2017,YouTube user Midya uploaded a video titled "Ultra Instinct Shaggy," consisting of an edited scene from the film of Shaggy fighting Tex's biker gang. The title is in reference to the anime seriesDragon Ball Super, from which the Ultra Instinct form (a powered-up state where the user can react to attacks instinctively) originated; the video makes use of the "Kyūkyoku no Battle" track and slows down the footage at certain points so that Shaggy appears to have gained the power. It quickly wentviral and became part of a wave ofmemes depicting Shaggy with superhuman or even godlike abilities, often requiring only a small percentage of his power to perform inhuman tasks or to defeat ostensibly more powerful opponents. Variations of the meme use frames from abehind-the-scenes featurette of the 2002 filmScooby-Doo with fake subtitles describing Shaggy's power.
The meme's popularity coincided with the development ofMortal Kombat 11, and a petition consequently launched onChange.org to include Shaggy asDLC. The petition received thousands of signatures and received the attention ofMortal Kombat co-creatorEd Boon and Shaggy's voice actorMatthew Lillard. Lillard also tweeted posts and retweeted fan art in support of the idea and Boon jokingly petitioned to includeScooby-Doo inInjustice 2. It was later confirmed that Shaggy would not appear in anyMortal Kombat games.[3][4][5][6][7]
The meme was referenced in the animated filmMortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms. During its intro, Shaggy, surrounded by a glowing aura and with glowing green eyes, appears from theWarner Bros. Animation logo and grabsScorpion, referencing the latter's catchphrase and attacks.[8] It is later referenced in the video gameMultiVersus, which features Shaggy as a playable character; in the game, he gains superpowers after eating what appears to berock candy, and some of his lines reference the meme, including a verbatim quote from the film.
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