History WesternAnimation / ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase

* IgnoreTheFanservice: After Shaggy defeats the dragon, he ignores the princess tied to the tree and grabs the bag of Scooby Snacks she was holding, even though ''she was trying to kiss him.'' And she wasn't a bad looking princess either.

* IdiotBall: Bill, the creator of the Phantom Virus is intelligent enough to program a dangerous virus while concealing his activity from his colleagues, use Professor Kaufman's invention to give it physical manifestation, and devise a plan [[HeKnowsTooMuch to get rid of Mystery Inc.]] by using said invention to send them into cyber-space. However, despite the his intelligence, he somehow managed to not realise that [[spoiler:programming his love of baseball into the Phantom Virus is the equivalent of painting a giant target on himself. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Nice Job Fixing It, Bill]]!]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bill, the creator of the Phantom Virus didn't exactly think things through with beaming the gang into Eric's game. Sure, the game being dangerous would've been an effective means of covering his tracks if the gang died, but had the Virus been stopped in the real world, there would've been almost no clues to convict its creator. Inside the game world the Phantom Virus simply doesn't stop leaving clues around ''[[DidntThinkThisThrough due to its programming]]'', which ends up foiling [[spoiler:Bill]] altogether.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The creator of the Phantom Virus didn't exactly think things through with beaming the gang into Eric's game. Sure, the game being dangerous would've been an effective means of covering their tracks if the gang died, but had the Virus been stopped in the real world, there would've been almost no clues to convict its creator. Inside the game world the Phantom Virus simply doesn't stop leaving clues around ''[[DidntThinkThisThrough due to its programming]]'', which ends up foiling [[spoiler:Bill]] altogether.

* IdiotBall: The creator of the Phantom Virus is intelligent enough to program a dangerous virus while concealing their activity from their colleagues, use Professor Kaufman's invention to give it physical manifestation, and devise a plan [[HeKnowsTooMuch to get rid of Mystery Inc.]] by using said invention to send them into cyber-space. However, despite the creator's intelligence, they somehow managed to not realise that [[spoiler:programming their love of baseball into the Phantom Virus is the equivalent of painting a giant target on themself. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Nice Job Fixing It, Bill]]!]]

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[[caption-width-right:261:Yeah, they made a video game out of it.]]

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When the gang is going over all the clues they found in the game about who created the Phantom Virus [[spoiler:Bill is briefly seen backing away from the rest of the group. Shortly after this, Eric realizes that all the clues are related to baseball, and Bill is seen trying to escape]].

The fourth installment in the series of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo DirectToVideo films, ''Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase'' was produced by [[Creator/WarnerBros Warner Bros. Animation]], yet still carries a [[Creator/HannaBarbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.]] copyright and logo; it’s considered as the last official project of H-B, after the passing of founder and creator William Hanna resulted in H-B's absorption into WB Animation. It the last movie to be animated by Creator/MookDLE, and using the character designs of the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland previous]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost three]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheAlienInvaders movies]]. It was also the final time Scott Innes voiced both Scooby-Doo and Shaggy (though he sometimes returned afterword for commercials and video games), and the final time Creator/BJWard did the voice of Velma. However, it marked the first time Creator/GreyDeLisle voiced Daphne following the passing of Creator/MaryKayBergman. This was also the very first ''Scooby-Doo'' project produced entirely digitally, though ''Alien Invaders'' had a few digital sequences and effects.

Oh, and the film [[LicensedGame had a video game adaptation]] for original UsefulNotes/PlayStation and UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance which sold well and became a "Greatest Hits" later on.

* MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The computer-generated Mystery Inc are based on the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' character designs. The computer-generated Shaggy wears the red shirt, blue pants and sneakers combo from ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'' and the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMeetsTheBooBrothers trilogy]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool of]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf movies]] with Scrappy in them.[[note]]As seen under the WhatCouldHaveBeen section for ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoOnZombieIsland'', Shaggy was originally going to wear the red shirt and sneakers combo, which meant had the plan gone through, Cyber Shaggy would have swapped to the classic look to match the Cyber Gang.[[/note]]

* MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The computer-generated Mystery Inc are based on the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' character designs. The computer-generated Shaggy wears the magenta shirt from ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'' and the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMeetsTheBooBrothers trilogy]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool of]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf movies]] with Scrappy in them.

* ScoobyDooHoax: All staged by [[spoiler:Bill. While the Phantom Virus is very real, a virus needs a creator -- Bill mad it to sabotage Eric's chances of winning the big cash prize at the science fair out of jealousy that Eric was more recent a student than he was, but Professor Kaufman liked Eric's game more.]] Played with, however, in that the Phantom Virus ''is'' real and very dangerous. He just happened to have been created to carry out one of these.

* AuthorAppeal: InUniverse. The creator of The Phantom Virus gets caught because [[spoiler: he couldn't resist programming his love of baseball into it]].

* BigNo: [[spoiler: The Phantom Virus utters one as he disintegrates right after Scooby beats him by getting the last box of Scooby Snacks]].
* BenevolentAI: The Cyber versions of Mystery Inc., who have obtained enough awareness to realize beating the game just puts them back on Level 1, and they like Level 10 so long as they stay out of the parts of the level where the monsters are. However, they're also just as compassionate as the ''real'' Mystery Inc. and gladly offer to do that to defeat the Phantom Virus and help them. [[spoiler:They also wave to their real life counterparts when they prepare to play the game.]]

* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: The Virus' voice continuously glitches and distorts [[spoiler: as he yells out upon being defeated and erased from existence.]]

* GoneHorriblyRight: The Phantom Virus was made to ruin Eric's game, but also ends up endangering Scooby and the gang. Though [[spoiler: it's unknown how Bill thought the virus would act like once it was created.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Bill outs himself as the perpetrator by having the virus reference baseball one too many times. Which clues the gang on to him as he mentioned earlier he was a baseball fan.]]

* ScoobyDooHoax: All staged by [[spoiler: Bill. While the Phantom Virus is very real, a virus needs a creator -- Bill mad it to sabotage Eric's chances of winning the big cash prize at the science fair out of jealousy that Eric was more recent a student than he was, but Professor Kaufman liked Eric's game more.]] Played with, however, in that the Phantom Virus ''is'' real and very dangerous. He just happened to have been created to carry out one of these.

* WhamLine: Eric when he finds out who the culprit is, [[spoiler: which was his partner Bill.]]
-->'''Eric:''' ''(after the gang have listed off their clues, the realization sinking in mid-sentence)'' All I'm getting is that the virus had a thing for... [[spoiler: ''BASEBALL! BILL!'']]

* FinalBoss: It's unknown if there was one programmed into the game originally ([[spoiler:the LegionOfDoom formed from the monsters the gang faced may count]]), but the Phantom Virus essentially takes this role on himself at the end of the game. Fittingly enough, he's also the final boss faced in the game of the movie. On a larger scale, he's the final villain of the films that depict the gang as adults.

-->'''Eric:''' ''(after the gang have listed off their clues)'' All I'm getting is that the virus had a thing for... [[spoiler: ''BASEBALL! BILL!'']]

* {{Technopath}}: The Phantom Virus can control machinery, making wires from a telephone burst forth and grab Eric's arm in its first appearance. Professor Kaufman states that this makes it exceptionally dangerous in modern, technology dependent society.

* {{Technopath}}: The Phantom Virus can control machinery.

* TheBusCameBack: All of the previous monsters come back in the final level.