Heartwarming / Scooby-Doo (2002)

• Shaggy is the only one trying to keep the gang from bickering with one and other, but the most prominent occasion was his banana split analogy. When he mentions who the toppings are, he mentions that Velma is the "sweet and sour mustard sauce that goes on top." Before quitting, Velma does show appreciation to Shaggy. This shows in its own way that even though Fred and Velma argue about who should get credit, Shaggy's at least the only person who knows where credit is due.
• Shaggy and Scooby are fighting, but the instant Scooby gets dropped down a hole, Shaggy goes to rescue him.
  Shaggy: Friends don't quit.
• After Shaggy rescues Velma and the others, she says "I always knew you were a hero, Shaggy"
• Fred stops his attention seeking at the end to give Velma a chance to be in the limelight.
• This exchange between Daphne and Fred.
  Daphne: What can I do? The only thing I'm good for is getting caught.
  Fred: You never let that stop you before. And if that's not a true hero, then I don’t know what is.
• After their earlier argument, Shaggy tries to talk Scooby into running away before the sacrifice can be performed.
  Shaggy: Who's your best buddy?
  Scooby: Raggy.
  Shaggy: Right. And who's my best buddy in the whole wide world?
  Scooby: Rooby-Doo?
  Shaggy: That's right, Scoob, you are. And we're like two trippy peas in a far out pod, man.
  • Made even more heartwarming by the fact that Shaggy is Scooby's owner in the cartoons; Shaggy evidently picked Scooby to be his dog.
• Despite the break up of the gang the feuds do not spill over to Shaggy and Scooby, who none of the gang treat badly. Most noticeably when Fred and Velma meet at the airport they display frustration, heighten and reciprocated by seeing Daphne. When Shaggy sees them? He excitedly greets his friends and Velma's reaction is to ask where Scooby is.
  • The novelization also says that Daphne (from whose POV this chapter is written) is still thrilled to see Shaggy.
    • Daphne later (in the movie) brings Shaggy and Scooby to search the Spooky Island Castle with her, despite wanting to solve the mystery herself and something that neither Fred nor Velma think to do. Daphne is also insistent that, after Fred and Velma are taken, that it's time for her and Shaggy to be the heroes. This seems to suggest she sees herself and Shaggy as kindred spirits being overlooked.
  • Actually Fred and Velma first meeting at the airport seem to be on relatively decent terms and they almost look happy to be on the same flight.
• Once Mary Jane is freed from possession, she thanks both Shaggy and Scooby for saving her - giving Scooby a kiss (in spite of her allergies).
• Before Scooby can be absorb, Shaggy saves him quipping: "Nobody absorbs my pal!" Showing how much he loves his dog.
• The gang seeming much closer after their experience at the amusement park. In particular Velma and Daphne's relationship, with them immediately putting together what they've found out individually and forming a basis for the mystery. By the time they get back to the hotel to tell Mondavarious what they've found out, you'd think they'd been together years.
  • That everybody ended up at the same place to start the investigation. Former friends still think alike.
• Daphne being the most insistent on rescuing Fred and Velma after they get taken away by the monsters. She even makes the point that Fred and Velma were the ones who always figured out everything before. Considering how much she seemed not to get on with them before, it shows she still respected their skills.
• People helping up the man Scooby knocked over when he ran away from the monster.
• When Velma is sharing her experiences while at the bar, she calls her past with them the best years of her life.