Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire

Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire
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Directed by	Scott Jeralds
Written by	Mark Turosz
Based on	Scooby-Doo by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears
Produced by	Margaret M. Dean Kathryn Page
Starring	Frank Welker Casey Kasem Nicole Jaffe Heather North Jennifer Hale Kimberly Brooks Jane Wiedlin Phil LaMarr Kevin Michael Richardson Jeff Bennett Tom Kenny Michael Neill
Edited by	Joe Gall
Music by	Rich Dickerson
Production company	Warner Bros. Animation
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	March 4, 2003 (2003-03-04)
Running time	72 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire is a 2003 direct-to-video animated comedy horror film, and the fifth in a series of direct-to-video films based upon the Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. It was completed in 2002, and released on March 4, 2003 and it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, but included a copyright for Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc..

It is the first Scooby-Doo direct-to-video film to have the flatter, bright animation style of the What's New, Scooby-Doo? series, departing from the darker shading and effects used in the four prior released films, the first to return to the original format where the monster is not real and the first to return to a lighter tone than that of the prior and darker Scooby made-for-video films.^[2]

This film served as Joseph Barbera's first solo animated production effort without longtime partner William Hanna (who died on March 22, 2001, due to throat cancer) and is one of two direct-to-video films to reunite the surviving classic 1969–73 voice cast consisting of Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, and Heather North. Since Don Messick (the original voice of Scooby) died on October 24, 1997, Welker provides Scooby's voice (in addition to voicing Fred Jones).

Plot[]

Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang have arrived in Australia for a vacation. After seeing various sights throughout Sydney, the gang decides to go to the outback and see the music festival at Vampire Rock. When they arrive, they meet the Hex Girls, (the band the gang had met before in Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost and have since become close friends with) who are the opening act. They also meet the managers of the show, Daniel and Russell, and Daniel's eccentric father, Malcolm, who is against the festival. Malcolm tries to warn Daniel about what has happened and drives off. Daniel tells them that most of the performers have left because they are too scared of vampires after another act, Matt Marvelous, was attacked and kidnapped by several of them. Daniel and Russell then tell them about Wildwind, a musical group who performed at the Vampire Rock Music Festival the year before. It is believed that the members of Wildwind - Dark Skull, Stormy Weather, and Lightning Strikes - have been turned into vampires by the Yowie Yahoo, a vampire who lives in the caves of Vampire Rock.

Fred decides the best way to solve the mystery is to enter the contest as a band in order to drive the Yowie Yahoo to capture them. While they are practicing (but not very well), a golf cart approaches them. In it are Jasper Ridgeway, a snotty manager, and his band, the Bad Omens. They criticize the gang's playing and make them leave the stage so they can practice. Then the gang learns that Jasper was once the manager of Wildwind. The gang grows suspicious of Jasper and thinks he might have put his band up to masquerading as vampires and getting rid of all the other performers. They split up, with Fred, Velma and Daphne going to Jasper's trailer and Shaggy and Scooby staying at the food stands.

At the trailer, Fred, Velma and Daphne find that Jasper has many mementos of Wildwind, including the band members' old stage costumes. They also wonder why Jasper did not come to his trailer (later revealed as he was trying to aggressively get the Hex Girls to sign him as their manager so their image can help him get over losing Wildwind) when he said he was going to. Meanwhile, Scooby and Shaggy get chased by the Wildwind Vampires around the concession stands, but eventually lose them. They end up back at the stage, where the Bad Omens are rehearsing. There, they witness the Yowie Yahoo and the Wildwind vampires capture the Bad Omens is the same way they captured Matt Marvelous. Fred decides that everyone should sleep at the same place, so no one gets taken. During the festival, the Yowie Yahoo and the Wildwind vampires appear and capture the Hex Girls.

Inside, Fred, Velma and Daphne find the Wildwind vampires and get chased. Scooby and Shaggy get trapped by a group of dingoes. The sound of Fred, Velma and Daphne running scares off the Dingoes, but then the whole gang gets trapped by the vampires and the Yowie Yahoo. The gang is able to avoid them until the sun comes up. The sun reflects off Scooby-Doo's collar, which shines on the Yowie Yahoo and destroys him. However, the Wildwind vampires are not affected by the sun or running over water, and give chase to the gang. The Wildwind vampires chase them until the gang and Daniel unleash a trap and capture the "vampires". The gang reveals that it was Two Skinny Dudes, a hippie band they met prior, and Russell. Daniel and Jasper are surprised, but get even more surprised when it is shown that Skinny Dudes and Russell are really the members of Wildwind in masks. They explain how they wanted to start up their career, so they posed as dead and were planning to perform again. However, when they realized that they were not allowed to perform at the festival again, they took advantage of the rumors surrounding what happened to them by disguising themselves as vampires, infiltrating the show, and sabotage the other performers so they can make a 'miraculous comeback'. When asked about the missing performers, they said they sent them away on free Great Barrier Reef Scuba diving tours (except for the Hex Girls, who were dumped in the Outback when they refused to play along).

The members of Wildwind are arrested and sent to jail. Daniel realizes that since all the other bands are out of the competition, that makes Scooby and the gang the winners by default. The film ends with the gang performing to the cheering crowd and getting their band name, the Meddling Kids, joined by the Hex Girls.

Voice cast[]

• Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo and Fred
• Casey Kasem as Shaggy
• Nicole Jaffe as Velma
• Heather North as Daphne
• Phil LaMarr as Daniel Illiwara and King
• Jeff Bennett as Jasper Ridgeway, Jack and Lifeguard #1
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Malcolm Illiwara, the Yowie Yahoo
• Jennifer Hale as Thorn and Queen
• Jane Wiedlin as Dusk
• Kimberly Brooks as Luna
• Michael Neill as Russell/Dark Skull and Matt Marvelous
• Tom Kenny as Harry/Stormy Weathers, Barry/Lightning Strikes and Lifeguard #2

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