History WesternAnimation / ScoobyDooLegendOfThePhantosaur

** [[spoiler: The ''Allosaurus'' preserved in crystal (itself a bizarre example of this) is HUGE, looking more like a ''Saurophaganax''. It's also missing its brow horns in a few shots and has pronated wrists.]]

The sixteenth ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' Direct to Video film. With Dinosaurs!

* SnakePit: [[spoiler: When the main characters are trying to escape the mines when they are about to blow up, they find a pit of snakes they have to cross.]]

The sixteenth ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' Direct to Video film. [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs With Dinosaurs!]]

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: ''Ghost'' dinosaurs, no less.

* HotScientist: Professor Svankmajer is a very attractive scientist.

** ''Horned'' [[RaptorAttack Velociraptors with scaly skin]]. Well, at least they were just costumes.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Massospondylus'' and ''Appalachiosaurus'' are mentioned.

-->'''Fred:''' Isn't it illegal for a five-year old to ride a motorcycle?
-->'''Daphne:''' Yeah, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint but how was I supposed to know? I was only five.]]

* BikerBabe: In this movie, we learn that [[HiddenDepths Daphne is one]]. She's had experience driving motorcycles ever since she was a ''young girl''.

* HollywoodNerd: Winsor, who looks almost exactly like a [[SpearCounterpart male Velma.]]

* NerdsAreSexy: One can say this about Professor Svankmajer. Winsor and Velma definitely think so, about [[HollywoodNerd each other.]]

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Shaggy basically defies gravity by biking straight up a mountain to gain the momentum needed to jump that chasm. Tropes Are Not Bad, however, because it's cool as hell.

** At one point, Shaggy refers to his brave side as [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk the other guy]].

* BungledHypnotism: Mr. Hubley's hypnosis technique for Shaggy to make him brave is so strong, he ends up hypnotizing ''himself'' as well.

* DefeatEqualsFriendship: After the initial beatdown, the head biker challenges Shaggy to a race through various "Dead Man's" roads. When he later loses that race, too, he helps out Mystery Incorporated when the town is attacked by dinosaurs. The fact that Shaggy saved him from a cliff face probably helped.

* GeekyTurnOn: Velma and Winsor instantly become attracted to one another when they discuss dinosaur fossils at the dig.

* HypnoPendulum: Mr. Hubley's equipment is much different than swinging a pocket watch in front of your face. Until an actual pendulum appears. The word that Shaggy needs to hear to turn into a serious badass happens to be "bad", but Scooby never realizes this until later.

* ImprobableAge: While it's quickly pointed out that it was photoshopped, for Scooby's Rescue Dog card to have been issued in 1969 as it claimed, Scooby would have to be at least 42 years old, an age which no Great Dane (or even dog in general) has come close to reaching. InMediasRes: The movie starts just after a mystery had already been solved, and the gang recounts what happened.

* SlipperySkid: Done to the raptors with a jar of marbles.

* SternTeacher: Fred's teacher says that since he helped recover the greatest dinosaur find in history, he'll bump his grade up to a C-.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: The mine snakes affected Velma the most.

** It gets worse; namely when Velma identifies the skeleton of a ''20-foot-long theropod'' as a JUVENILE ''Dilophosaurus''. And Windsor, a PALEONTOLOGIST, only corrects her about a mistake about its finger bones.

When it is discovered that Shaggy has a condition that causes a HeroicBSOD with every scare, the gang decides to take him somewhere relaxing, La Serena Spa, the least haunted town on Earth. Of course, it would be boring if nothing happened but relaxation, so a giant ghost dinosaur is thrown in to shake things up. This strikes Shaggy into one of his break downs, so Mr. Hubbley, the owner of the spa, decides to take matters into his own hands with a little bit of hypnotism. Every time Shaggy hears the keyword, he is filled with uncontrollable bravery. The only problem is, Mr. Hubbley forgets the keyword. And to make matters worse, Shaggy accidentally hears it and goes all out on a biker gang at a G-Rated Pub, and agrees to race their leader on a motorcycle down Dead Man's Curve while he's brave.

* ContinuityNod: Freddy's JerkAss GPS returns from ''Abracadabra Doo.'' This time he gets them to where they want to go without nearly getting them killed.

* DramaticIrony: Mr. Hubley ends up forgetting the trigger word "bad" which makes Shaggy brave and return to normal, yet the audience already knows and the gang doesn't realize it until later in the movie.

** The doctor forbids Shaggy to get into the Mystery Machine. So what does Fred do? He paints over the letters to create the ''Mustard'' Machine.

* ImprobableAge: While it's quickly pointed out that it was photoshopped, for Scooby's Rescue Dog card to have been issued in 1969 as it claimed, Scooby would have to be at least 42 years old, which has never even come close to being reached by a Great Dane.
* InMediasRes: The movie starts just after a mystery had already been solved, and the gang recounts what happened.

** At around the hour mark of a ninety minute movie, the gang has already caught one group of criminals.

* MindControlEyes: Shaggy's eyes briefly turn into spirals as a result of Mr. Hubley's hypnosis, every time he becomes brave or returns to normal if he hears the word "bad".

* CoversAlwaysLie: I didn't know the Phantosaur drooled green... Or is that...? Ew!

* HypnoFool: While Mr. Hubley hypnotizes Shaggy to make him brave, he ends up hypnotizing himself as well.

* ShoutOut: At one point, Shaggy refers to his brave side as [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk the other guy]].

* MythologyGag: Winsor's car has a bumper sticker that says "Been to Camp City", a reference to a location in the previous film "Camp Scare".

** Velma identifies the supposed ''Velociraptor'' tracks as belonging to "Dromosaurus theopod, of the Mongoline species" which is... [[ArtisticLicenseBiology complete and utter gibberish.]]She should have said it was a "Dromaeosaurid theropod of the Mongolioensis species."

** Velma identifies the supposed ''Velociraptor'' tracks as belonging to "Dromosaurus theopod, of the Mongoline species" which is... [[ArtisticLicenseBiology complete and utter gibberish.]]

* ToiletHumor: When Shaggy is threatened by the bikers.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Shaggy basically defies gravity by biking straight up a mountain to gain the momentum needed to jump that chasm. TropesAreNotBad, however, because it's cool as hell.