The twelfth
Scooby-Doo direct-to-video animated film produced by
Warner Bros. Animation,
Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King is the first of films produced without
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
This movie takes elements from
Zombie Island,
Witch’s Ghost,
Alien Invaders as well as
Cyber Chase by
having supernatural elements in the story as real. The movie’s significant in showing Shaggy and Scooby as main characters, something not seen since
Scooby Doo And The Ghoul School,
Scooby Doo Meets The Boo Brothers and
Scooby Doo And The Reluctant Werewolf, though not sure about
Scooby Doo In Arabian Nights. Though the film is a bit more light-hearted, it’s the fifth as well as the second to last movie that involves
monsters being real, instead of a person in a costume.
It's Halloween night, and the gang has decided to visit a Halloween carnival. However, when a magician, "The Amazing Krudsky", does not allow Scooby into his show, Shaggy and Scooby both decide to expose him as a fraud. After Shaggy and Scooby succeed in ruining his show,
Krudsky returns to his dressing room, where a fairy, Princess Willow, inadvertently causes him to discover an entry on the Goblin Scepter in a spell book. She decides to toy with him, but he eventually discovers her, and drains her magic so he can become a real magician.
Shaggy and Scooby, after trick-or-treating all night, persuade the gang to let them hit one more house. When they arrive, they meet Mr. Gibbles, who tells them that the building is actually a genuine magic shop, and that magic exists. However, Princess Willow flies in at that moment, being chased down by
Krudsky. He captures her, turns Gibbles into a rabbit and steals all the magical equipment before he leaves. Gibbles then explains to Shaggy and Scooby that the only way for
Krudsky to be stopped is for them to enter the world of magic via Grim Reaper Railway and retrieve the Goblin Scepter before
Krudsky does. But if they don't make it back before sunrise, then they'll be trapped in the magic world forever.
The film provides examples of the following Tropes:
- Afterlife Express: The Grim Reaper Railway.
- Big Eater: Shaggy and Scooby, as usual. Of course, they're trick-or-treating.
- Dark Is Not Evil: As it turns out, the Goblin King really isn't a bad guy. In fact, he's Willow's father.
- Continuity Porn: When Shaggy and Scooby are in the tavern, you can spot many of the monsters they encountered in previous series.
- Covers Always Lie The Goblin King is actually the good guy instead of the Big Bad as people may believe when looking at the cover.
- Distressed Dude: After making it to the castle of the Goblin King and sneaking in, Shaggy and Scooby blow their disguises, and are immediately sent to a tower in chains.
- Foreshadowing: Remember the part when Daphne, Fred and Velma look through the cutout board of a witch, vampire and werewolf at the beginning of the movie? Yeah, guess what they temporarily turn into respectively later in the film.
- Functional Magic
- Headless Horseman: Shaggy and Scooby are chased by one once in the world of magic.
- Heroic BSOD: Once Krudsky obtains real magic power, Velma's logical brain shuts down.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Jack O'Lantern. Don't worry, he gets better.
- Irony: Shaggy and Scooby are not afraid of Halloween, despite the fact that they get freaked out by guys in costumes every single day of the week.
- They have good explanation though, they know everyone is in costume and the point of the holiday is meant to be fun. So there's no reason to be scared (least by no one with malicious intent). Plus, y'know, free candy.
- Literal-Minded: Shaggy and Scooby gain magic potion made from scratch. Cue the scene shifting to one of the witches on a tombstone that reads "Here lies Scratch" and giving a wicked laugh.
- Magicians Are Wizards: Krudsky drains Princess Willow's magic to grant himself real magic powers.
- Man, I Feel Like a Woman : To get inside, Shaggy and Scooby drink a magic potion end up dressing like Daphne and Velma, respectively. This actually isn't the first film where they do it.
- Monster Mash
- Out of Focus: Fred, Daphne and Velma are in the story but play a bit role at best. This is all Shaggy and Scooby.
- Scooby-Doo Hoax: Surprisingly averted.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Scooby and Shaggy ruin Krudsky's act and don't even apologize.
- Though Krudsky was being a jerkass to them first. And it seems to imply that Krudsky is a Jerkass Woobie.
- Where They Were: How it ends.
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