History YMMV / ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Great idea, Daphne. Try to beat a ghost made of living electricity by ''kicking it''. Obviously didn't take 6th grade science.
** Shaggy and Scooby accidentally create ''more monsters'' while randomly screwing around with a machine they knew nothing about. Granted, they didn't ''know'' it made monsters, but they've done this song and dance enough to know better than to mess with that sort of stuff now. ''Especially'' given that they were trying to become more serious detectives.

* ItWasHisSled: [[spoiler: Jonathan Jacobo is still alive and is Heather Jasper-Howe.]]

** The Miner 49er is a fire-breathing thug with rotting skin and a prominent BadassBeard.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Black Knight Ghost is brought to the screen via a mix of CGI and PracticalEffects, other Ghosts such as the Miner 49er, Captain Cutler, the Zombie and the Cotton Candy Glob also aged fairly well in a film filled with [[SpecialEffectsFailure rather dated CGI]].

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: In a movie filled with [[SpecialEffectsFailure rather dated CGI]], the Black Knight Ghost looks and has aged the best due to him being brought to the screen via a mix of CGI and PracticalEffects.

** The scene where [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-think-coolsville-sucks Fred's line]], "You're trying to make it look like I think Coolsville sucks!" is cut down to just "I think Coolsville sucks!" in the news is often either used in response to real-life ManipulativeEditing, or used for further satire with other characters and public figures (like UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump) saying "I think Coolsville sucks!"

** Scooby-Doo flirting with a human woman while disguised as a normal man.

** The BigBad using a disguise as [[spoiler:a woman to further his plans]] would be reused by [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies another Warner Bros. property]], and then again to [[MemeticMutation memetic effect]] in [[WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}} yet another]].

* FanonDiscontinuity: Inverted. The first movie was pretty much not mentioned at all, which made hardcore fans extremely happy.

* OneSceneWonder: The Cotton Candy Glob. He's not a villain from any Scooby-Doo cartoon in the past, but nobody could ignore his single scene.

* SignatureScene: Daphne and Velma fighting the Black Knight Ghost is an extremely cool and fondly-remembered scene.

%%* SignatureScene: The potion scene.

* ShockingSwerve: While the identity of the BigBad is obvious from the start, [[spoiler: Ned the cameraman being his accomplice came seemingly out of nowhere due to his [[CluelessMystery lack of screentime that would have painted him as such]].]]

* VindicatedByHistory: Somewhat. While nobody today is gonna claim the film to be a masterpiece or what not, the reception towards the film has softened over time and nowadays, it’s mostly regarded by many as an SoOkayItsAverage kids film with some good moments here and there and is better appreciated now for being more faithful to the spirit of the cartoon and for having a more consistent tone and focus than the original film, which is still a far cry from the near universal negative reception the film had back in the day.

* VindicatedByHistory: Somewhat. While nobody today is gonna claim the film to be a masterpiece or what not, the reception towards the film has softened over time and nowadays, it’s mostly regarded by many as an SoOkayItsAverage kids film with some good moments here and there and is better appreciated now for being more faithful to the spirit of the cartoon and for having a more consistent focus than the original film’s more [[UncertainAudience confused tone]], which is still a far cry from the near universal negative reception the film had back in the day.

** The scene where [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-think-coolsville-sucks Fred's line]], "You're trying to make it look like I think Coolsville sucks!" is cut down to just "I think Coolsville sucks!" in the news is often either used in response to real-life ManipulativeEditing, or used for further satire with other characters and public figures (like Donald Trump) saying "I think Coolsville sucks!"

* MemeticMutation: Captioning an image of the Tar Monster with [[Film/Venom2018 "We... are... Venom."]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In addition to ignoring the [[Film/ScoobyDoo previous movie]], the overall tone feels a lot closer to the cartoons, having fun hitting on familiar Scooby Doo beats instead of making fun of them.
** Also, Mystery Inc. had their negative traits toned down a lot more.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Cotton Candy Glob scene ''probably'' would've lasted longer if that particular monster didn't meet [[BigEater Shaggy and Scooby]].
** Even earlier, Shaggy and Scooby mess with potions in the villain's hideout, mutating into various forms. The resulting explosion reveals the Monster Hive and reunites them with the rest of the gang, but the rest of the sequence is bizarre even for this movie. Although, it could be {{foreshadowing}} of the fact that a potion to [[GenderBender turn men's body into that of women's]] exist, which [[WildMassGuessing was probably used]] by [[BigBad Dr.]] [[MadScientist Jonathan Jacobo]], to pretend to be a woman (given that he had a perfectly feminine physique, and had to just wear a [[LatexPerfection mask]]), but it is never addressed as such.

* EvilIsCool: A lot of the classic Scooby-Doo monsters thanks to undergoing AdaptationalBadass changes.

** Creator/WallyWingert voiced a Green-Eyed Skeleton Man and he later voiced Riddler in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''.

* MemeticBadass: Hilariously, Scooby-Doo turns into one thanks to his bizarre action scene.
* MemeticMutation:
** "I think Coolsville sucks!"
** "Who's your mommy?" "My... mommy?"
** "UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Secret Code"
** Captioning an image of the Tar Monster with [[Film/Venom2018 "We... are... Venom."]]
** "This is tied for the most terrifying day of my life!"

* {{Sequelitis}}: Zig-zagged. Many critics at the time of its release considered it inferior to the first one, but many ''fans'' thought [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel the exact opposite]].

* SignatureScene: The potion scene.
** Fred being filmed saying "I think Coolsville sucks" then having it broadcasted without the proper context.

** Realistically, this might be the best way to take the film by non-fans, or people older than kid age. It's been pointed out in places, most recently by the WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic, that the film actually has a decent amount of comedic potential, it's just that the actors didn't have the comedic potential to make it all work that well, or maybe got poor direction, despite the fact that Creator/JamesGunn wrote the script.

* TrailerJokeDecay: The second trailer showed off some of the good jokes before the film came out.

** The Tar Monster, who steals the show during the final battle and almost takes out the heroes all by himself.

* TrailerJokeDecay: The second trailer showed off some of the good jokes before the film came out.

** Even earlier, Shaggy and Scooby mess with potions in the villain's hideout, mutating into various forms. The resulting explosion reveals the Monster Hive and reunites them with the rest of the gang, but the rest of the sequence is bizarre even for this movie.