History Trivia / ScoobyDoo2002

** Creator/JamesGunn later apologized for making Scrappy the villain of the film, especially upon realizing there were ''actual'' fans of the character.

** Although Zarkos' [[PartsUnknown nationality is not known]], it is implied that he is Latin American. His actor Sam Greco is not Latin American nor of Latino descent. He's an Australian of Italian descent.

* GodNeverSaidThat: For a long time, it was reported that Tim Curry was originally supposed to play Mondavarius, but turned it down after learning that Scrappy, a character he despised, was going to be in the movie. James Gunn has since [[https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1570423863183540225 stated]] that the story is completely false.

* GodNeverSaidThat: For a long time, it was reported that Tim Curry was originally supposed to play Montavarius, but turned it down after learning that Scrappy, a character he despised, was going to be in the movie. James Gunn has since [[https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1570423863183540225 stated]] that the story is completely false.

** Most of the cast have mixed feelings about the film. Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr had low opinions on the wardrobe of Fred, specifically the ascot. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was once asked in an interview which of her films she would forbid her children from watching, ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' or ''Film/CruelIntentions'', and [[TakeAThirdOption she chose this film]]. Creator/LindaCardellini was also dissatisfied with the final cut, finding it too raunchy for a children's film. Creator/MatthewLillard initially hated the film but eventually warmed up to it (his performance as Shaggy was [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously consistently praised]] even amongst the critics who hated the rest of the film) and as a result led to him being able to voice Shaggy in future animated ''Scooby-Doo'' productions.

* OldShame:
** Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr (Fred) and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar (Daphne) don't think very fondly about the live action film. Among other things, Prinze hated wearing the trademark ascot, and Gellar hated wearing Daphne's trademark Go-go boots. She was once asked which of her movies she wouldn't let her children watch, ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' or ''Film/CruelIntentions''. [[TakeAThirdOption She picked this one]]. Though nowadays, Freddie has embraced having played in ''Scooby-Doo'' and pokes fun at it sometimes.
** Originally Creator/MatthewLillard stated that he regretted working on the live action films as it seemed to ruin his movie career, but once he became the full time voice of Shaggy in the cartoons following Creator/CaseyKasem's retirement he's since changed his mind, and now thanks the movies for leading into a consistent role for him to play.
** Creator/JamesGunn, who, to this day is pretty satisfied with [[spoiler: having Scrappy be evil]], though he was fairly chastened after encountering child fans distraught over it.
-->'''James Gunn:''' ''(Pre Release)'' It’s the parents we have to appease. The kids don’t care.
-->'''James Gunn:''' ''(Post Release)'' Something I really didn't understand was Scrappy's popularity with five and six year olds.

** Creator/ArturoMercado voiced Scrappy-Doo and his son Creator/ArturoMercadoJr voiced Shaggy.

* ExecutiveVeto: Creator/JamesGunn said he wanted Velma to be a lesbian and for her to kiss Daphne but ExecutiveMeddling insisted the movie be more child friendly.

** In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Creator/OrlandoDrummond and Mário Monjardim reprised their roles of Scooby and Shaggy, respectively, which they'd been playing since the first series (Monjardim stopped voicing him for a brief period in the 80's and Drummond voiced Scooby non-stop for ''40 years!'').

** Daphne and Velma are voiced by real life sisters Xóchitl and Gaby Ugarte, respectively.

* AwesomeDearBoy: According to the DVDCommentary, several of the music acts, including Shaggy ([[NamesTheSame the reggae singer, not the character]]) and Music/OutKast agreed to appear on the soundtrack because the name "Scooby Doo" was fun to sing.

** Creator/LindaCardellini (Velma) states that she felt that the final cut of the film could've been adjusted a bit more.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Fred and Daphne are played by husband and wife Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar.

** Creator/JamesGunn was more than happy to write an adaptation of his favorite cartoon. Although this does bother some fans due to his not playing the material straight, that is a reminder there are more than one way to be a fan.

** Likewise, at the end, he mentions that [[spoiler:Scrappy]] kidnapped him during an evil elf auditions two years earlier. Casting for this movie would have begun in 2000.

** As shown above, Creator/JamesGunn later on apologized for making Scrappy the villain of the film, especially upon realizing there were ''actual'' fans of the character.

** Most of the cast have mixed feelings about the film. Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr had low opinions on the wardrobe of Fred, specifically the ascot. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was once asked in an interview which of her films she would forbid her children from watching, ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' or ''Film/CruelIntentions'', and [[TakeAThirdOption she chose this film]]. Creator/LindaCardellini was also dissatisfied with the final cut, finding it too raunchy for a children's film. The lone exception is Creator/MatthewLillard, who initially hated the film but eventually warmed up to it, as his performance as Shaggy was [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously consistently praised]] even amongst the critics who hated the rest of the film. In fact, it led to him being able to voice Shaggy in future animated ''Scooby-Doo'' productions.

** Most of the cast have disowned the film and hate it. Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr had low opinions on the wardrobe of Fred, specifically the ascot. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was once asked in an interview which of her films she would forbid her children from watching, ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' or ''Film/CruelIntentions'', and [[TakeAThirdOption she chose this film]]. Creator/LindaCardellini was also dissatisfied with the final cut, finding it too raunchy for a children's film. The lone exception is Creator/MatthewLillard, who initially hated the film but eventually warmed up to it, as his performance as Shaggy was [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously consistently praised]] even amongst the critics who hated the rest of the film. In fact, it led to him being able to voice Shaggy in future animated ''Scooby-Doo'' productions.

* AwesomeDearBoy:
** According to the DVDCommentary, several of the music acts, including Shaggy ([[NamesTheSame the reggae singer, not the character]]) and Music/OutKast agreed to appear on the soundtrack because the name "Scooby Doo" was fun to sing.
** Inverted with Creator/TimCurry, a lifelong ''Scooby-Doo'' fan who turned down the role of Mondavarious once he learned that Scrappy-Doo was in the film, because he hated that character.

** Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr (Fred) and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar (Daphne) don't think very fondly about the live action film. Among other things, Prinze hated wearing the trademark ascot, and Gellar hated wearing Daphne's trademark Go-go boots. She was once asked which of her movies she wouldn't let her children watch, ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' or ''Film/CruelIntentions''. [[TakeAThirdOption She picked this one]].
** Downplayed with Creator/LindaCardellini (Velma), who states that she felt that the final cut of the film could've been adjusted a bit more.
** Originally PlayedStraight but later {{averted}} with Creator/MatthewLillard. Originally he stated that he regretted working on the live action films as it seemed to ruin his movie career, but once he became the full time voice of Shaggy in the cartoons following Creator/CaseyKasem's retirement he's since changed his mind, and now thanks the movies for leading into a consistent role for him to play. Though nowadays, Freddie has embraced having played in ''Scooby-Doo'' and pokes fun at it sometimes.
** Downplayed with Creator/JamesGunn, who, to this day is pretty satisfied with [[spoiler: having Scrappy be evil]], though he was fairly chastened after encountering child fans distraught over it.

** Averted with Creator/SarahMichelleGellar though, who just wore a red wig, as she was still filming Season 6 of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JimCarrey was originally cast as Shaggy, while Creator/LochlynMunro auditioned.
** Creator/JenniferAniston and Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt were considered for the part of Daphne Blake before Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was cast.
** Creator/CarlaGugino, Creator/AlyssaMilano and Creator/ChristinaRicci were considered for Velma Dinkley before the casting of Creator/LindaCardellini.
** Creator/TimCurry was the first choice to portray Mondavarious before Creator/RowanAtkinson was cast, but turned it down when he heard that Scrappy-Doo was going to be in the film -- as he has always ''despised'' the character.
** Creator/AnthonyAnderson was considered to play the Voodoo Maestro but had schedule conflicts with ''Film/KangarooJack''.
** Music/{{Weezer}} was asked to make appearances as actors, but rejected the offer.
** The original script was more faithful to the series and acted as a prequel story, explaining how the gang came together; with the gang being in a college that had a newly instated 'No Dogs Allowed' rule that brought in a sadistic dogcatcher, forcing Shaggy to hide Scooby. Daphne would have been an aspiring reporter for the school's newspaper who was danger prone as she was in the series and is invited to attend and write about a part at the old Kingston Mansion (from the classic series episode "What The Hex Going On?") on campus grounds but her roommate Velma comes with her due to a power outage and would meet Shaggy and Scooby, who were delivering pizzas, at the party. The party would have been broken up by the ghost that was rumored to haunt the place, but a series of events leads Scooby to knocking the ghost down and Velma unmasks him to be none other than Fred, who was doing it as a House Initiation Dare. The now five members of the gang would have been left in the mansion where the plot would take off and be attacked by the Ghost of Elias Kingston and they'd stumble into the film's mystery. There was also going to be a more serious romance arc between Daphne and Fred, who initially dislike each other but come to care deeply for one another, especially when Daphne discovered Fred is homeless and lives in what becomes the Mystery Machine. Other characters from the show such as Mr. Wickles ("What a Night for a Knight") and Old Hank ("Mine Your Own Business") would have appeared along with other Creator/HannaBarbera properties making cameos, such as WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats appearing as a band at the party, an inanimate WesternAnimation/{{Speedbuggy}} in a parking lot, ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' playing on TV, and William Hanna and Joseph Barbera themselves were also intended to make cameos at the end as the presidents of the university, praising Mystery Inc. for saving the school. The original script and the final film don't have much in common, other than a darker and higher stakes story than the series with an end of the world scenario, a character arc with a love interest unintentionally coming between Shaggy and Scooby (though the original script had her as more of a goth/grunge girl who shared Shaggy's passion for food as opposed to the Mary Jane character in the final movie), and risque humor with jokes about the old rumors that Shaggy was a pothead, hinting Mr. Wickles was a transvestite, and Scooby would have called the dogcatcher an 'rasshole'. Ironically, it ended up having more in common with the later direct-to-DVD prequel film, ”Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins”, released 7 years later.
** Hadley Kay was going to voice Scooby, reprising his role from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', as shown [[https://youtu.be/VkQbwJsXj9E?t=780 here]], before he was replaced by Neil Fanning.
** Scrappy wasn't supposed to appear in the movie at all (not even being ditched by Scooby and the gang as part of the backstory), though Creator/JamesGunn's original draft does have the U.S. Coast Guard threaten to put Scooby to sleep, with Shaggy adding, "Like what happened to Scrappy." The main villain was instead supposed to be Old Man Smithers, the Luna Ghost from the beginning of the movie, living up to his vow of revenge; this is why the Luna Ghost's shadow is so prominent on the posters, home releases, and promo materials.
** A full-sized stand-in puppet of Scooby was built by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop for the film but it ultimately went unused and Scooby became a CG character instead.
** Development of the film dated back to the mid-1990s when Turner Pictures was being setup; Creator/KevinSmith [[https://www.viewaskew.com/press/aicn.html was at one point linked to the project]] before Turner and Time Warner merged.

** Creator/LindaCardellini (Velma) states that she felt that the final cut of the film could've been adjusted a bit more.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Plans for a live-action film had started when producer Charles Roven bought the rights in 1994. By the end of the decade, the combined popularity of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', along with the addition of the script and updated digital animation led Creator/WarnerBros to fast track production. In July 1998, it was reported that Creator/MikMyers would be playing Shaggy and co-writing the script with Jay Kogan. The film was officially green-lit in 2000 and production started in Feburary 2001 and wrapped in June of that year.

** The original script was more faithful to the series and acted as a prequel story, explaining how the gang came together; with the gang being in a college that had a newly instated 'No Dogs Allowed' rule that brought in a sadistic dogcatcher, forcing Shaggy to hide Scooby. Daphne would have been an aspiring reporter for the school's newspaper who was danger prone as she was in the series and is invited to attend and write about a part at the old Kingston Mansion (from the classic series episode "What The Hex Going On?") on campus grounds but her roommate Velma comes with her due to a power outage and would meet Shaggy and Scooby, who were delivering pizzas, at the party. The party would have been broken up by the ghost that was rumored to haunt the place, but a series of events leads Scooby to knocking the ghost down and Velma unmasks him to be none other than Fred, who was doing it as a House Initiation Dare. The now five members of the gang would have been left in the mansion where the plot would take off and be attacked by the Ghost of Elias Kingston and they'd stumble into the film's mystery. There was also going to be a more serious romance arc between Daphne and Fred, who initially dislike each other but come to care deeply for one another, especially when Daphne discovered Fred is homeless and lives in what becomes the Mystery Machine. Other characters from the show such as Mr. Wickles ("What a Night for a Knight") and Old Hank ("Mine Your Own Business") would have appeared along with other Creator/HannaBarbera properties making cameos, such as WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats appearing as a band at the party, an inanimate WesternAnimation/{{Speedbuggy}} in a parking lot, ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' playing on TV, and William Hanna and Joseph Barbera themselves were also intended to make cameos at the end as the presidents of the university, praising Mystery Inc for saving the school. The original script and the final film don't have much in common, other than a darker and higher stakes story than the series with an end of the world scenario, a character arc with a love interest unintentionally coming between Shaggy and Scooby (though the original script had her as more of a goth/grunge girl who shared Shaggy's passion for food as opposed to the Mary Jane character in the final movie), and risque humor with jokes about the old rumors that Shaggy was a pothead, hinting Mr. Wickles was a transvestite, and Scooby would have called the dogcatcher an 'rasshole'. Ironically, it ended up having more in common with the later direct-to-DVD prequel film,”Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins” released 7 years later.

** Scrappy wasn't supposed to appear in the movie at all (not even being ditched by Scooby and the gang as part of the backstory), though Creator/JamesGunn's original draft does have the U.S. Coast Guard threaten to put Scooby to sleep, with Shaggy adding, "Like what happened to Scrappy." The main villain was instead supposed to be Old Man Smithers, the Luna Ghost from the beginning of the movie, living up to his vow of revenge, this is why the Luna Ghost's shadow is so prominent on the posters, home releases, and promo materials.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Plans for a live-action film had started when producer Charles Roven bought the rights in 1994. By the end of the decade, the combined popularity of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', along with the addition of the script and updated digital animation led Creator/WarnerBros to fast track production. In July 1998, it was reported that Creator/MikMyers would be playing Shaggy and co-writing the script with Jay Kogan. The film was officially green-lit in 2000 and production started in Feburary 2001 and wrapped in June of that year.

* GayPanic: Creator/JamesGunn revealed on Website/{{Twitter}} that he had wanted to make Velma a lesbian, but that the studio had vetoed that -- forcing him to make her AmbiguouslyGay, then not giving her a love interest at all, and then giving her a boyfriend in the sequel.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film had been in DevelopmentHell as far back as the 1990s, with Creator/JimCarrey as Shaggy Rogers and [[Series/{{Roseanne}} Sara Gilbert]] as Velma Dinkley. Creator/KevinSmith was also attached to direct the movie at one point as well (Mystery Inc.'s cameo in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' suddenly makes a lot more sense).

** Creator/MikeMyers was approached to portray Shaggy Rogers before the casting of Creator/MatthewLillard.