''Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' is a 2004 American

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film based on the animated franchise ''

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''. The second installment in the ''Scooby-Doo'' live-action film series and the sequel to ''

'' (2002), it was directed by

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, from a screenplay written by

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, and stars

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and

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, with

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reprising his role as the voice of

. ''Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' was released by

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on March 26, 2004. Like the first film, it received mostly negative reviews from critics but eventually amassed a

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. While profitable, the film grossed less at the box office than its predecessor, resulting in a third film, set to be written and directed by Gunn, being canceled.

Plot

Mystery Inc. Fred Jones,

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Velma Dinkley Velma Dinkley is a fictional character in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise. She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange turtleneck sweater, a short red pleated skirt, knee high socks, Mary Jane shoes, and a pair of black square glasses, which she ...

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and

, attends the grand opening of the Coolsonian Criminology Museum, featuring an exhibit of monster costumes from Mystery Inc.'s past cases. However, the celebrations are crashed by an "Evil Masked Figure", who announces the gang's impending downfall, before stealing two costumes with help from a supernatural version of the

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Ghost. After that, a smear campaign against the gang is started by journalist Heather Jasper Howe. Shaggy and Scooby, feeling responsible for ruining the plan to prevent the villain's escape, reflect on how many times they have previously blundered. They then vow to stop bungling up in cases, making attempts to solve the mystery and better themselves, which confuses the others. The gang suspects that a former enemy may be the culprit and after dismissing the former Pterodactyl Ghost,

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Doctor Jonathan Jacobo, due to his apparent death during a failed

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, they settle on his cellmate, former Black Knight Ghost Jeremiah Wickles. The gang visits Wickles' mansion, where they find a

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previously owned by Jacobo that serves as an instruction manual for creating real monsters through

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and mad science. Meanwhile, Shaggy and Scooby find an invite to the "Faux Ghost"

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, a hang-out for unmasked criminals. They are suddenly attacked by the Black Knight Ghost, but the gang escapes. Shaggy and Scooby sneak out to the Faux Ghost in disguise to interrogate Wickles, but escape when the patrons see through their ruse. Velma identifies a key ingredient in the grimoire as "randominium", located in the old

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. Fred, Daphne and Velma then visit the museum, accompanied by its curator Patrick Wisely, whom Velma has a crush on. However, they find out its entire exhibition has been stolen. Patrick is distraught and leaves to solve the mystery himself. Fred, Daphne and Velma confront Wickles at the mines, but they learn that he is planning to reopen them as an amusement park. Upon learning Wickles hated Jacobo, they conclude that he is innocent. The gang reunites upon finding the Monster Hive, containing a machine that transfigures the stolen costumes into monsters. Shaggy and Scooby play with the machine’s control panel, carelessly activating it and transfiguring the rest of the costumes. The gang flees from the newly created monsters with the panel. The Evil Masked Figure, along with the monsters, begins to terrorize Coolsville, forcing the gang to flee to their old high school clubhouse in shame, where they realize they could reprogram the control panel by altering its wiring. When the Ghost of Captain Cutler emerges from the nearby

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, the gang races back to the mines to reinstall the reprogrammed panel. One by one, the gang split off to lure away the monsters, leaving Shaggy and Scooby to deliver the panel to the Hive. Velma finds a shrine dedicated to Jacobo seemingly built by Patrick, leading her to suspect that he is the Evil Masked Figure; however, this is proven false when he saves her from a collapsing catwalk, before he is caught by the Pterodactyl Ghost. The gang oppose the Evil Masked Figure and the other monsters at the Hive, but are all captured one by one by the Tar Monster and about to be suffocated to death. Luckily, Scooby deters it with a

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, before reconnecting and reactivating the control panel, reconfiguring the monsters back into costumes. Mystery Inc. then unmasks the figure as Howe, only to reveal she is actually Jacobo in disguise. Having unintentionally faked his death, he plotted revenge against the gang, even framing Wickles to cover his tracks. With Jacobo brought back to justice, the gang is praised as heroes once again. Fred and Daphne begin a relationship, Velma finally dates Patrick, Shaggy and Scooby regain their self-confidence and they all celebrate their victory at the Faux Ghost.

Cast

Live action

as Fred Jones ** Ryan Vrba as the young Fred *

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as the young Daphne *

** Cascy Beddow as the young Shaggy **

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additionally portrays Shaggy's likeness when he briefly gains

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from a serum at the Monster Hive. *

** Lauren Kennedy as the young Velma *

as Patrick Wisely *

as Jeremiah Wickles *

as Doctor Jonathan Jacobo *

as Heather Jasper Howe *

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as Aggie Wilkins *

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and Aaron Ydenberg as a trio of

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as a

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-riding youngster * Stephen E. Miller as C.L. Magnus * Zahf Paroo as Ned * Christopher R. Sumpton as The Zombie *

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as The Miner 49er *

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as The Black Knight Ghost

Voice cast

** J. P. Manoux additionally portrays Scooby when he briefly gains high

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from a serum at the Monster Hive. Manoux had previously voiced

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Rex in the first film. *

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as The Evil Masked Figure *

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as the vocal effects of the Pterodactyl Ghost, the Zombie and the red-eyed Skeleton Man * Bob Papenbrook as The Black Knight Ghost *

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as the Tar Monster and the Cotton Candy Glob * Terrence Stone as The 10,000 Volt Ghost *

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as the vocal effects of the green-eyed Skeleton Man

Cameos

* Pat O'Brien *

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Production

In June 2002, at the time of the release of ''

'', Dan Fellman, the president of

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, confirmed that a sequel was in the works and was slated for a 2004 release. In March 2003, it was announced that

and

would reprise their roles in the sequel. Filming for the sequel began on April 14, 2003 in

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, with

and

joining the cast. During the film's 20th anniversary in 2024, screenwriter

revealed that the original title for the sequel was ''Scooby-Doo Unleashed''.

Reception

Box office

''Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' opened March 26, 2004, and grossed $29.4 million (over 3,312 theaters, $8,888 average) during its opening weekend, ranking No. 1. It grossed a total of $84.2 million in North America, and went on to earn $181.5 million worldwide, more than $90 million less than the $275.7 million worldwide ''

'' grossed two years earlier. It was the twenty-ninth highest-grossing film of 2004, and ranks as the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time featuring a dog (animated or otherwise) as a major character. The film was released in the

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on April 2, 2004, topping the country's box office for three straight weekends before being dethroned by '' Kill Bill: Volume 2''.

Critical response

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, ''Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' holds a rating of 22% based on 119 reviews and an average rating of 4.3/10. The site's consensus reads: "Only the very young will get the most out of this silly trifle." On

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, the film has a score of 34 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by

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gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, an improvement over the previous film's "B+".

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of the ''

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'' gave the film two stars out of four, stating, "This is a silly machine to whirl goofy antics before the eyes of easily distracted audiences, and it is made with undeniable skill."

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of ''

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'' gave the film a negative review, saying, "In the strictly secular-humanist world of ''Scooby-Doo'', there are no real ghosts, but only humans desperate for attention who disguise themselves as supernatural figures."

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of ''

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'' gave the film a two out of five stars, stating, "it's straight down the line family fare, nothing inspired, nothing objectionable: a few funny lines." Nick DeSemlyn of ''

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'' also gave the film two out of five stars, saying, "This sequel is a step up from the first. Scooby's animation is improved, there are some fun action sequences and a smattering of amusing moments. But the same manic mugging that spoiled the original mars this movie, and the result is a film only a six year-old on a sugar rush could love."

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gave the film two out of five stars, saying, "Sequel is milder than original; potty humor, peril, violence." The film won the

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for Worst Remake or Sequel.

Home media

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released the film on

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and

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on September 14, 2004, in both full-screen and widescreen editions. The DVD included deleted scenes from the film's production and other special features, such as two music videos, a "making of" and trailers. On November 9, 2010, Warner Bros. released both the film and its predecessor as a double feature

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Video games

Two video games loosely following the plot of the film were released in 2004 to coincide with the film's release; a 3D point and click adventure on the PC and a 2D

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. In both games, one ending could only be seen by entering a code displayed at the end of the film after the credits.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack was released on March 23, 2004, on

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's " The Way".

Canceled sequel

In October 2002, Warner Bros. approved production of a third film. Dan Forman and Paul Foley were hired to write the script for ''Scooby-Doo 3''. In August 2004, Matthew Lillard said in an interview that the third ''Scooby-Doo'' film was canceled because the second had not done as well as expected, which he attributed to Warner Bros. releasing it at an inappropriate time. In a 2019 interview,

revealed that he was set to write and direct but the film did not happen due to the financial disappointment of the previous film, stating, "although it did well, it didn't do well enough to warrant a third, so the movie was never made."Gunn tweeted the plot for the canceled film in 2020. Which was that "The Mystery Inc. gang are hired by a town in Scotland who complain they are being plagued by monsters but we discover throughout the film the monsters are actually the victims. Scooby and Shaggy have to come to terms with their own prejudices and narrow belief systems."

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