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Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King is a 2008 American animated comedy horror musical film,[3] and the twelfth in the series of Scooby-Doo direct-to-video films produced by Warner Bros. Animation (though it used a Hanna-Barbera logo at the end of the film). It was dedicated to Paulette Oates, who helped resurrect Warner Bros. Animation in the late 1980s.[citation needed] The DVD was released on September 23, 2008. This is the first Scooby cartoon produced entirely without either one of the original producers, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
| Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King | |
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| Directed by | Joe Sichta |
| Written by | Joe Sichta |
| Based on | Scooby-Doo by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears |
| Produced by | Joe Sichta |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Joe Gall |
| Music by | Thomas Chase |
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| Distributed by | Warner Home Video[2] |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
This film calls back to the shared premise of The Boo Brothers, The Ghoul School, and The Reluctant Werewolf films from the late 1980s, where the fantastical elements of the story are genuine, and Scooby and Shaggy alone discover and befriend an entire society of supernatural beings.
Plot
editMystery Inc. attends the annual Coolsville Halloween carnival, where they encounter a magician called "The Amazing Krudsky". After he refuses to let Scooby-Doo see his latest show for causing an accident, Scooby and Shaggy Rogers retaliate by publicly exposing Krudsky as a fraud, causing him to swear revenge while the gang are thrown out of the carnival. Nonetheless, they decide to go trick-or-treating.
Meanwhile, Fairy Princess Willow enters Krudsky's tent and accidentally reveals the existence of a powerful artifact called the Goblin Scepter. When he decides to find it and use it to take over the world, Willow tries to stop him, but knocks herself out, allowing Krudsky to capture her and absorb her magic to become a real magician.
Concurrently, Shaggy and Scooby discover a "genuine magic shoppe". The proprietor, Mr. Gibbles, reveals to them that magic is real before Krudsky interrupts them while recapturing Willow. He then turns Gibbles into a rabbit and steals his magical equipment before leaving. Realizing Krudsky's plot, Gibbles urges Shaggy and Scooby to stop him, grants them monstrous disguises, sends them to the spirit world, and warns them to return before sunrise or they will be trapped there forever. Upon their arrival, the pair struggle to find the Goblin Scepter's owner, the Goblin King, but eventually encounter Jack O'Lantern and the Grand Witch, who uses her flying broomstick "Broomy" to transport them to the Goblin King's castle, only to be shot down by the monarch's bumbling henchmen, Glob and Glum. Crash-landing in a fairy village in the woods outside the castle, Shaggy and Scooby encounter fairies who help them reach the entrance. They use a potion the Grand Witch gave them to assume new disguises and infiltrate the castle, but they wear off, leading to them being captured and sent to the dungeon, though they are saved by Jack, the fairies, and Broomy.
Elsewhere, the rest of Mystery Inc. discover Krudsky conversing with the Goblin King, who reluctantly agrees to exchange his scepter for Willow, his daughter, at midnight. As Krudsky engages in supernatural chaos, Velma Dinkley faints from being unable to comprehend the events while Fred Jones and Daphne Blake formulate a plan to stop the trade. When midnight arrives, the duo spring their trap, but only succeed in capturing the Goblin King while Krudsky obtains the scepter and leads an army of goblins in taking over the world and turning people into monsters. Soon enough, Shaggy, Scooby, Jack, and Broomy arrive, with Jack sacrificing himself to defeat Krudsky. Scooby grabs the scepter and breaks Krudsky's spells before returning it to the Goblin King. Afterward, the Goblin King grounds Willow for causing the mayhem; helps Gibbles resurrect Jack; takes Krudsky prisoner; returns his army, Willow, Jack, Broomy and Gibbles to the spirit world; and erases Fred, Daphne, and Velma's memories to keep his world safe, though he allows Shaggy and Scooby to keep theirs since they proved their courage.
Voice cast
editThe cast for the movie is shown below:[4]
- Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, Fred and Afterworld Express Conductor
- Casey Kasem as Shaggy
- Mindy Cohn as Velma
- Grey DeLisle as Daphne, Cat Witch and Honeybee
- Hayden Panettiere as Fairy Princess Willow
- Wayne Knight as Amazing Krudsky
- Wallace Shawn as Mr. Gibbles
- Jay Leno as Jack O'Lantern
- Tim Curry as Goblin King and Werewolf
- James Belushi as Glob
- Larry Joe Campbell as Glum
- Lauren Bacall as Grand Witch
- Thom Adcox as Sparkplug
- Russi Taylor as Owl Witch and Tiddlywink
Original Songs
edit- "Who's at the Door?" - Sung by Wallace Shawn
- "Bump in the Night" - Sung by the Halloween Monsters
- "Goblin Oogie Boogie" - Sung by Jim Belushi
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/%E2%80%9Cscooby-doo-goblin-king%E2%80%9D-frightfully-entertaining-original-full-length-film-scares-loads [bare URL]
- ^ https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/%E2%80%9Cscooby-doo-goblin-king%E2%80%9D-frightfully-entertaining-original-full-length-film-scares-loads [bare URL]
- ^ DeMott, Rick (September 23, 2008). "SCOOBY-DOO AND THE GOBLIN KING (2008) (**)". Animation World Network. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ "Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King". TVGuide.com.
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