Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
Movie, 2009, Live action, Set in How the gang met
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins is #21 of 27 in release order and #22 of 27 in chronological order in the Scooby-Doo.
The story
Unjustly accused of staging a spooky practical joke complete with ghosts, Daphne, Velma, Fred and Shaggy are suspended from Coolsville High. To clear their names, they team up to solve the supernatural mystery…and head straight into nonstop laughs and adventure.
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins recap
A live-action TV film about how the gang first met. Scooby is a stray puppy who can talk, adopted by Shaggy Rogers, a lonely teenager at Coolsville High. Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma, four students who barely know each other, all end up in detention together when ghosts attack the school and they are blamed for the pranks. When the school is shut down and they are suspended by Vice Principal Grimes, they investigate to clear their names. They learn the school stands on the site of an old academy destroyed in a flood while its students were burying a time capsule. A cloaked figure called the Dark Specter captures Scooby and Grimes and forces the gang to dig up the capsule. Nick Palatas plays Shaggy, Robbie Amell plays Fred, Kate Melton plays Daphne and Hayley Kiyoko plays Velma, with Frank Welker voicing Scooby. It premiered on Cartoon Network in 2009.
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins ending explained
The gang banishes the ghosts with a spell book, and Scooby takes down the Dark Specter, who is unmasked as Principal Deedle. The capsule held a valuable misprinted stamp, and he summoned the ghosts to empty the school and claim it. Deedle is arrested, Grimes becomes principal and apologises, and the four friends decide to keep solving mysteries together, heading off to a haunted museum. The sequel, Curse of the Lake Monster, followed in 2010.
Where to watch Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 5.3/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, before Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
- Chronological order: after Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, before Scooby-Doo.
What to watch before Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
In release order, the essentials before Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009) are Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004).
Cast
- Nick Palatas as Shaggy
- Hayley Kiyoko as Velma
- Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo (voice)
- Robbie Amell as Fred
- Kate Melton as Daphne
- Benita Ha as Mom
- Shawn Macdonald as Principal Deedle
- C. Ernst Harth as Janitor
- Garry Chalk as Vice Principal Grimes
- Kurt Evans as Dad
- Kira Clavell as Reporter
- Lorena Gale as Librarian
Directed by Brian Levant.