History WesternAnimation / ScoobyDooAndTheLochNessMonster

* CoolBoat: Sir Ian Locksley's got an impressive boat. Professor Fiona's as well if you count [[spoiler: the fact that it has a Nessie submarine docked under it.]]

** Professor Pembroke would want more people to believe in the monster in general to help her research.[[spoiler: In reality she just wanted to make a believer out of Ian, frustrated with his cynicism.]]
** While he doesn't seem to have a motive, Sir Ian clearly has the funds to create the sort of aquatic machinery needed to fake the monster and shows up very eager to hunt it down.[[spoiler: He just wanted to end the hoax and stop the threat to the games.]]
** Dell Chillman thinks the games are making Nessie angry and causing other problems, so the gang think he may be behind the monster to scare people off. [[spoiler: He's not, though his van is stolen and used in the hoax.]]
** Colin and Angus would want to potentially scare away competition from the games.[[spoiler: They don't really care about the games but were involved anyway because they thought it was a good prank.]]
** Mr. Haggart, Colin and Angus's dad, wants more people to believe in Nessie because it will increase business for his inn.[[spoiler: He's not involved with the hoax at all.]]

* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler: Colin and Angus]] only help the culprit with their scheme because they think it's a good prank.

* TheMutiny: [[spoiler: Sir Ian's crew]] turn out to have ambitions of their own and try to catch the monster for themselves, interfering with the gang's trap.

* NonMaliciousMonster: Ambiguously done with [[spoiler: the real Nessie who’s only seen at the end passively swimming alongside the Mystery machine]].

* ThePrankster: Colin and Angus like to play practical jokes.[[spoiler: This is how Fiona got them involved in the plot.]]

* ScoobyDooHoax: [[spoiler: ''Three'' fake monsters - one that chases Shaggy and Scooby at Blake Castle at the start, and later chases them into a pit (it turns out to be Colin and Angus); Professor Pembrooke's mini-sub that chases them in the loch; and Del's van when it's made out to look like a monster.]]

* StockNessMonster: It's the real deal.[[spoiler: Well, actually, one is a submarine, one's a land-based costume, and a third is Del's van, but there's potentially a real one too.]]

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: There is no “Blake Castle” on the shores of Loch Ness, there is a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Castle Blake’s Castle]] but it is in Ireland not Scotland, it’s likely that “Blake Castle” is based on the famous real-life “[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urquhart_Castle Urquhart Castle]]” which is close to the village of Drumnadrochit and does overlook the Loch.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: There is also no “Blake Castle” on the shores of Loch Ness, there is a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Castle Blake’s Castle]] but it is in Ireland not Scotland, it’s likely that “Blake Castle” is based on the famous real-life “[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urquhart_Castle Urquhart Castle]]” which is close to the village of Drumnadrochit and does overlook the Loch.

--> '''Daphne:''' Not the time Velma.

The seventh ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' direct-to-video film where the gang encounters the Loch Ness Monster. ''Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster'' was produced by [[Creator/WarnerBros Warner Bros. Animation]] and Creator/HannaBarbera credited as the copyright holder despite the former fully absorbing the latter by this time. It was released on June 22, 2004.

Mystery Inc. travels to Loch Ness in UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} to see the famous Blake Castle, where Daphne's cousin Shannon lives, and where the Highland Games are being held. But there's a problem. Apparently, there was a recent attack by none other than [[StockNessMonster Nessie]] herself. Shannon also claims to have seen the creature before, and claims that it is real, siding with local enthusiast [[NewAgeRetroHippie Del Chillman]] and Professor Pembrooke, a scientist who staked her whole career on proving the monster's existence. However, Sir Ian Locksley, the head judge of the games, thinks just the opposite, causing a mutual hatred between him and Pembrooke.\\
The next night, Shaggy and Scooby are chased by the monster, ruining the game field in the process. The gang searches the area for clues, and sure enough, they discover that the monster tracks lead into town instead of toward the loch. Whether they like it or not, they've got a mystery on their hands.

Mystery Inc. travels to Loch Ness in Scotland to see the famous Blake Castle, where Daphne's cousin Shannon lives, and where the Highland Games are being held. But there's a problem. Apparently, there was a recent attack by none other than Nessie herself. Shannon also claims to have seen the creature before, and claims that it is real, siding with local enthusiast [[NewAgeRetroHippie Del Chillman]] and Professor Pembrooke, a scientist who staked her whole career on proving the monster's existence. However, Sir Ian Locksley, the head judge of the games, thinks just the opposite, causing a mutual hatred between him and Pembrooke.\\

Also, as from here until ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheSamuraiSword'', this movie has Mystery Inc. wear their outfits from''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'', and has them voiced by their regular voice actors, no longer having the retro feel of the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire previous]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheMonsterOfMexico two]] films.

Also, as from here until ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheSamuraiSword'', this movie was produced in the same animation as ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'', no longer having the retro feel of the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire previous]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheMonsterOfMexico two]] films.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: The Mystery Machine drives past a road sign for the A83 towards Loch Ness. The road number is right -- but the sign is an American-style shield, not the road signs used in the UK.

Creator/GreyDeLisle returns voicing Daphne and remains as such from here through the rest of the franchise so far. It’s also the first time Creator/MindyCohn voices Velma in the films after first assuming the role in WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo. She would remain in the role until 2015.

** Sightings of the Loch Ness Monster in water mainly involves the creature's back poking through the surface, with the iconic long neck being attributed to hoaxes. This is reflected by the (possibly) real Nessie in the movie.

** Sightings of the Loch Ness Monster in water mainly involves the creature's back poking through the surface, with the iconic long neck being attributed to hoaxes. This is reflected by the (possibly) real Nessie.

* ShownTheirWork: This is one of the few media depictions to depict the Loch Ness Monster as amphibious rather than fully aquatic. The initial wave of Nessie sightings involved the creature walking along on land or resting on the shores of the lake rather than swimming.