| Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo | |
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| Directed by | Spike Brandt Tony Cervone |
| Screenplay by | Alan Burnett Paul Dini Misty Lee |
| Story by | Alan Burnett |
| Based on | Scooby-Doo byWilliam Hanna,Joseph Barbera,Iwao Takamoto,Joe Ruby, &Ken Spears |
| Produced by | Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone |
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| Edited by | Jhoanne Reyes |
| Music by | Robert J. Kral |
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| Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
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Running time | 75 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo is a 2010direct-to-DVDanimatedcomedy horrormysteryfantasy film, and the fourteenth entry in a series ofdirect-to-videoanimated films based upon theScooby-DooSaturday morning cartoons. The film is directed bySpike Brandt and Tony Cervone.[2] It was produced in 2009 byWarner Bros. Animation and it was released on February 16, 2010. It made its television debut on July 10, 2010 onCartoon Network.[3] The film performed well on iTunes, reaching the Top 10 on the Kids & Family film charts and the Top 40 on the iTunes film charts. The DVD sold 61,341 units in its first week and as of January 2013, it has sold approximately 433,000 units.[4]
This marks the firstScooby-Doo animated film to featureMatthew Lillard voicingShaggy Rogers (having previously played the character in the theatrical live-actionScooby-Doo films), as well as the first direct-to-videoScooby-Doo film sinceScooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase not to feature Shaggy's original voice actorCasey Kasem as his voice. This marked the finalScooby-Doo role ofJohn Stephenson before his death in 2015. This is also the first Scooby-Doo project to haveAndrea Romano as the voice director sinceA Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
The art style and visuals are now in a different format, with a darker, more realistic look similar toScooby-Doo on Zombie Island andScooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, and this marks the third film where the characters are in their original outfits and designs from theScooby-Doo, Where Are You! series, followed byScooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire andScooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico.
After helping Mystery Inc. solve a factory mystery,Velma Dinkley receives a call from her mother to check on her younger sister Madelyn, a student of the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, after learning it is being terrorized by agryphon. Upon their arrival, the gang meet Madelyn, who has a years-long crush onShaggy Rogers; the academy's namesake Whirlen Merlin; his brother Marlon, the academy's cook and butler; Crystal, Whirlen's former stage assistant; Amos the groundskeeper; and Alma Rumblebuns, the school's head maid. They also learn that the gryphon has been scaring off students and staff.
Madelyn takes Shaggy on a tour of the school, explaining that the gryphon originally protected the castle the academy is based in before they are attacked by the beast. As the remaining students save for Madelyn leave, Mystery Inc. attend classes themselves. Amidst this, they learn of ice cream mogul Calvin Curdles' repeated attempts to buy the castle and suspect him of being behind the attacks. Velma andDaphne Blake soon find a secret passage leading to the school's attic, where they learn Rumblebuns used to date Curdles. Meanwhile, Madelyn finds a book on Lord O'Flannery, the castle's original owner who wielded a staff said to be able to control the gryphon and was laid to rest on a nearby island that is said to be haunted by abanshee. Despite this, the gang travel to O'Flannery's crypt and successfully recover the staff, but are chased off by the banshee before the gryphon attacks them. In the confusion, Shaggy and Madelyn lose the staff. She attempts to retrieve it, but is kidnapped by the gryphon. Concurrently, the others learn that Amos is secretly working for Curdles, but are forced to focus on saving Madelyn while Curdles renews his effort to make Whirlen sign over the castle.
While moving through the castle, they discover the Banshee is a hologram before the gryphon separates Shaggy and his dogScooby-Doo from the others, who flee to get help. Nonetheless, Shaggy uses the staff to locate the gryphon's roost and rescue Madelyn before throwing it at the beast, causing it to lose control and eventually crash, revealing it was actually a puppet operated by Marlon via a blimp hidden by a fog machine. After discovering O'Flannery used hidden mechanical devices to make outsiders believe the castle was protected by a gryphon, Marlon restored them and created the banshee illusion to scare off trespassers. Having grown tired of Whirlen taking credit for his work, Marlon sought to use the devices to go solo, but was forced to use them to facilitate Curdles' plot to make the necessary capital. Marlon subsequently apologizes, which Whirlen accepts. Additionally, Velma reveals Amos knew of Marlon's work with the gryphon and told Curdles, who reveals further he wanted the castle to win back Rumblebuns.
Afterward, Curdles and Rumblebuns renew their relationship, the Merlin brothers make Madelyn their apprentice, and Curdles sponsors the academy's reopening.
AnEPsoundtrack was released exclusively toiTunes Stores in the U.S. on September 14, 2010.[5]
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