Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico
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| Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico | |
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 Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Scott Jeralds |
| Produced by | Margaret M. Dean Scott Jeralds |
| Written by | Douglas Wood |
| Starring | Frank Welker Casey Kasem Nicole Jaffe Heather North |
| Music by | Rich Dickerson Gigi Meroni |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Home Video |
| Release date(s) | September 30, 2003 |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (2003) |
| Followed by | Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster (2004) |
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Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico is the sixth of a series of direct-to-video animated films based upon the Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. It was released on September 30, 2003, and it was produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. It also is popular for claming "Chupacabra is Mexico's version of Bigfoot.",witch is obviously incorecct, becuse the chupacabbra is described as nothing like that.
[edit] Plot
Fred gets invited by his pen-pal Jorge Otero, who lives in Veracruz, Mexico for Fred and the rest of the gang to visit him and his family there. Fred and the rest of the gang talk about it until they decide to go. However, after Jorge sent the invitation to Fred, an unrealistic-looking monster started to terrorize the population of Veracruz. Both Jorge and his son see the monster, and the locals start calling it El chupacabra. Later, when Mystery, inc. arrives in Veracruz, they meet Jorge who recognizes them all from Fred's letters. Jorge runs a huge and fancy hotel, and he shows them around and where they will be staying. He then shows them his family which include his wife Sofia, his mother Doña Dolores, his brother Luis, and Luis's fiancée, Charlene. Luis tells the gang he met Charlene when he visited America, at a theme park run by Mr. Smiley. The gang and the Family enjoy a meal, and Dolores talks about her late husband. Then, a man named Señor Fuente comes in and asks to speak with the Jorge and Luis. Dolores tells the gang that Fuente has been trying to get her to sell the hotel to him ever since her husband died. Meanwhile, Jorge and Luis tell Fuente once again that they do not want to sell the hotel. Fuente leaves and the family go inside because of a fierce storm. When inside, Jorge is forced to tell the gang about the monster. He says that he does not have many other guests besides the gang because El chupacabra has been scaring them away. Luis and Charlene tell the gang to lock their doors when they go to sleep.
During the night, Shaggy and Scooby Doo get scared when they think they hear a noise. They then hear a loud growl, and run screaming out of their cottage. They wake up Fred, Velma, and Daphne. After seeing that there was footprints outside of Shaggy and Scooby's window, Fred declares that there is a mystery they have to solve.
The next day, the gang, Jorge, and Luis set out to search for the monster. Charlene gives Luis a charm for good luck. Daphne interviews the townspeople, but none of them are able to find El chupracabra. When they get back to the van, they find someone has written on it telling them to either go away or not see tomorrow. The gang realizes this is serious and decide to search at night. Fred, Velma, and Daphne go one way, Jorge and Luis go another way, and Shaggy and Scooby stay at the van.
At night, Shaggy and Scooby sleep in the van, while someone takes away their brake fluid. Fred, Velma, and Daphne search the woods, and find El Curandero, or a medicine man. El Curandero tells them they need to look at history and that they are in grave danger.
Meanwhile, Jorge and Luis are searching when Jorge sees EL Chupracabra. he gets chased and nearly falls off a cliff, but manages to hold on. He calls for Luis, but there is not answer. The monster disappears and Luis shows up, saying he was hit on the head by the monster. Luis helps his brother up.
Shaggy and Scooby start driving, but when they realize they cannot stop, get scared. They meet up with Fred, Velma, Daphne, Jorge, and Luis who where being chased by El Chupracabra. Eventually, the van runs out of gas and stops right in front of a gas station. The van gets fixed, and Jorge gets some ice for Luis's blow to the head, but Luis does not have a bump on his head. Luis says he is fine.
The gang drives along and finds a sign to a history museum, and thinking that is what the medicine man said, go to it. When they get there they meet and suspicious and hyper museum guide who leads them into an auditorium. There they see a performance about Mexican customs. The guide then makes Daphne volunteer, and she kidnapped her and vanishes with a puff of smoke. The rest of the gang find a secret passageway and follow it, until they come to Aztec pyramids. They find Daphne at the top of one and rescue her, but the tourists chase after them, thinking they have stole something. After a long chase scene, they finally get back home. However, it is reviled the good luck charm Luis has is really a tracking device.
The next day is the day of the dead, and all go to the cemetery, where they find from Dolores that Charlene has been captured by El Chupracabra. The family gives offerings to the grave of Señor Otero, and hope Charlene can be found. Suddenly, the ghost of Senor Otero comes out of his grave and tells them to sell the hotel and the land or they will by in danger. The family cannot believe that Senor Otero would want them to sell, but Scooby realizes something is fishy. He follows as sent until he finds a man in a skeleton suit controlling the ghost. The gang catches him, and he is reviled to by Mr. Smiley. Then, El Chupracabra appears and scared everyone. After chasing the gang, the monster gets caught up in some wiring. The gang pulls off the mask and it is revealed the museum guard they say earlier is the monster. She tells them she loves Mr. Smiley and that they were going to get all the land. Luis asks what happened to Charlene, and the guard tells him he will never see her again and he should forget about her. Velma then guesses something is up and realizes the face the guard has is a mask, and pulls of off. It is revealed that Charlene was the guard and EL Chupracabra. Fred says that the message written on the van was not in proper Spanish, so it had to be someone who did not speak Spanish. Senor Fuente says that he did want the land, but respects that the family does not want to sell. Charlene and Mr. Smiley are taken to jail, and everyone enjoys the day of the dead.
[edit] Cast
- Frank Welker as Fred Jones, Scooby-Doo
- Heather North as Daphne Blake
- Nicole Jaffe as Velma Dinkley
- Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers
- Brandon Gonzalez as Jorge Otero
- Jesse Borrego as Luis Otero
- Candi Milo as Charlene Otero/Museum Guide
- Rita Moreno as Doña Dolores
- Maria Canals as Sofia Otero
- Rip Taylor as Mr. Smiley/Ghost of Señor Otero
- Castulo Guerra as Senor Fuente
- Benito Martinez as El Curandero
- Eddie Santiago as Alejo Otero
[edit] Trivia
- The film Wizard of Oz (1939) is referenced in two sets of quotes from the film:
(Fred, Velma, and Daphne are lost in the woods, and do their own little tribute to the famous "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!" sequence).
- Daphne: Do you suppose we'll meet any wild animals?
- Fred: We might.
- Velma: Mostly coyotes, and jaguars, and boars.
- Daphne: Coyotes?
- Fred: And jaguars?
- Velma: And boars.
- Daphne: Oh, my!
(the gang find a man in a skeleton costume controlling a fake ghost)
- Skeleton: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
- This movie portraits the Chupacabra as an Mexican legend in origin, however this is not accurate since the chupacabras has it's origins in Puerto Rico.
- When the gang is chased by the Chupacabra the theatre they are next to during the chase has the previous movie Legend of The Vampire written.
