Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster

Infobox Film
name = Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster


caption = "Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster" DVD cover
director = Scott Jeralds
Joe Sichta
producer = Joe Sichta
writer = George Doty IV
Ed Scharlach
Joe Sichta
Mark Turosz
starring = Frank Welker
Casey Kasem
Mindy Cohn
Grey DeLisle
music = Thomas Chase
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Warner Home Video
released = June 242004
runtime = 74 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico" (2003)
followed_by = "Aloha, Scooby-Doo!" (2005)
website =
amg_id = 1:306376
imdb_id = 0418141

"Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster" is the seventh of a series of direct-to-video animated films based upon the "Scooby-Doo" Saturday morning cartoons. It was released on June 24, 2004, and it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation (although Warner Bros. had fully absorbed Hanna-Barbera Cartoons by this time, Hanna-Barbera was still credited as the copyright holder and the movie ended with an H-B logo). In it the Mystery Inc. gang encounter the Loch Ness Monster.

Plot

Mystery Inc. visit Scotland to see Daphne's cousin, Shannon, but their holiday turns into a major mystery when the mythlogical Loch Ness Monster appears and wreaks havoc at Blake Castle. Not only will this affect the lives of the locals but it will destroy the traditional Games that are held at Blake Castle every year. It's up to the gang to solve the mystery and answer that has baffled mankind for years: "Is the Loch Ness Monster real?" Although the monster that is seen throughout the movie ends up to be fake, it is strongly suggested at the end that the Loch Ness Monster does exist when Scooby sees it.

Cast

* Frank Welker as Fred Jones, Scooby-Doo, Lachlan Haggart
* Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers
* Grey DeLisle as Daphne Blake, Shannon Blake
* Mindy Cohn as Velma Dinkley
* Sheena Easton as Professor Fiona Pembrooke
* Jeff Bennett as Del Chillman/Sir Ian Locksley
* Phil LaMarr as Angus Haggart
* John DiMaggio as Colin Haggart
* Michael Bell as Duncan MacGubbin/Mcintyre

Trivia

*This is the first Scooby-Doo direct-to-video movie that shows the Mystery Inc. Gang in the same clothes they wear in What's New, Scooby-Doo?
*This is the first feature length Scooby-Doo movie to be set in Scotland but it is not the first time the Gang have "been" to Scotland.
*It is revealed in this movie that Daphne has Scottish relatives.
*The Scooby films are now no-longer produced in the retro feel that the previous two films were, and the gang is now voiced by the current voice cast.
*This movie features the only appearance of Daphne's cousin, Shannon who looks exactly like Daphne only with short hair grundge clothing and a Scottish accent..
*Del Chillman returns in Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!.
*The main monster strongly resembles The Giant Behemoth.
*Daphne is danger-prone because it runs in the family, a running gag in the old episodes for Daphne to be danger-prone.
*Fred made up nicknames of: Velma=Mama Bird and Fred=Baby Bird, he did other names like Alpha, Bravo, Charle and Delta which are possibly for Shaggy, Scooby and Del.

Novelization

Scholastic Inc. released a novelization of the story in conjunction with the film. The novel was written by American fantasy and science fiction author Suzanne Weyn.