Tear Jerker / Scooby-Doo (2002)

• The entire gang splits after Velma quits, leaving only Shaggy and Scooby. Shaggy drives the Mystery Machine away while Scooby looks out the back window for the others, heartbroken. What a great way to start a movie.
  Shaggy: It looks like it's just you and me for a while.
  • The fact that as the gang are fighting, Shaggy tries to smooth things over, and as they quit, he can just softly protest, begging them not to leave.
  • Even more of a Tear Jerker if you consider The Mystery Begins to take place in the same continuity and you learn how Shaggy and Scooby came to join Mystery Inc. in the first place, Scooby had been rejected countless times until he was adopted by Shaggy, who was a Shrinking Violet that had trouble making friends until he met Fred, Daphne and Velma and the reason he stays with the group is that he considered them to be his friends. To have his closest friends, whom he has been with for such a long time to suddenly break up and not speak to each other for two years must have been really hard for him, even more so if you consider what he said to Scooby.
  Scooby: (sadly) Do I quit?
  Shaggy: (somberly) No, Scoob. Friends don't quit...
  • The delivery of Shaggy's line above hurts even more — he audibly sounds on the verge of tears, but tries hard to stay strong for Scooby's sake.
• Adding on to the above, not only has the group been separated for two years, but even after all that time, they still hold a grudge with each other. It's sad for anyone remembering the show for their friendship.
  • In the deleted scenes, Fred's, Velma's and Daphne's descriptions of their lives since the gang split up show that, despite their claims, their lives were not going well since they left the gang.

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