I love that the movie ends with Shaggy saying he’ll be ok while still acknowledging that he’s going to need some time to get over his broken heart. Shaggy getting to feel his emotions without being laughed at sets a good example for kids and you don’t see things like that often enough.
Totally, I was dealing with my parents breaking up/getting back together constantly as a kid and this part of the movie really helped me understand that better
It actually reminds me of something I liked in Scooby-Doo Monsters Unleashed. It's that moment by the lake when Shaggy is genuinely sad he always screws up and you can see a little sliver of desire for him to "Be a hero on purpose."
Considering who currently oversees the parent company, and how much of a misfire Return to Zombie Island was...yeah, you're unfortunately likely right.
I like how she has black hair...the brown orange hair had already been taken...plus she has more fine skin and its darker than the usual Scooby-Doo skin colors
I always felt that it was unfair how The Hex Girls became recurring characters within the franchise(they're kickass don't get me wrong), but Amber and Crystal didn't. I really enjoyed Crystal's hippie's design and wished to see more of it.
Imagine if Crystal and Amber had actually come back in Mystery Incorporated. Shaggy and Scooby could've had an endgame. Plus Amber and Crystal being aliens could've had some plot relevance
Considering how MI played with canon, I wouldn't be surprised if they were introduced in an aliens-centric episode, were teased to be the real aliens, and then it turns out they were just completely normal people who are never seen again (or, at best, are beamed into the mothership in the last 10 seconds of the episode when nobody else is looking)
Now I wish they had been in the show. The Hex Girls (which I love) were able to come back in different iterations of the franchise, like Mystery Incorporated. So why can’t Crystal & Amber come back?
Another detail I appreciated as a kid: Crystal and Amber are trying to blend in with Earth culture, but because they were so many light years away, the intel they got from Earth was decades old, which is why Crystal dresses and talks like a hippie from the 1960s.
The fact that government employees were gone for hours building an underground lair without notice is probably the most realistic thing about this movie🤷♂️
I think part of why Groovy is so endearing is because it's definitely written as a classic 60's - 70's love ballad, particularly with the inclusion of the horns. It's very honest to the characters and their dreams.
This movie and zombie island were my absolute favorite as a kid. Especially this one because Crystal is Native American coded and as a Native American kid with barely any representation it didn't matter that she was an alien. Crystal is just a cool character and for her to be a love interest with my favorite character, Shaggy I was happy :)
At a time it was probably my least favourite of the four, because it's probably the least original where the setting and monsters are concerned but looking back, you do realise that it's probably the most mature movie of them for how it tackles love, romance and heartbreak. As a kid it's probably the first time I understood what a romantic partnership feels like
@@PrimeParadiso For me Witch's curse fits that roll. They take a positive more accurate representation of Wicca, and then just throw their arms up in the air and say "christians were right for burning & torturing a religious minority to near-extinction."
This and Cyber Chase were my favorite movies as a kid. Crystal and Amber were the best love interests for Scooby and especially Shaggy hands down. I even really liked the villains for just being humorously dumb Scooby is very close to my heart. I grew up with these movies and the gang are like old friends to me, so seeing someone go back and point out the beauty of these films and the characters is wonderful. Thank you so much.
Same. And recently I just learned that Mark Hamill voiced one of the villains of Alien invaders (he was Steve to just for the record). It's honestly funny when you look at how commonly Mark Hamill has appeared throughout the various incarnations of the franchise. The New Scooby-Doo Movies What's New, Scooby-Doo? Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness He's been in so many of them that it's amazing! And he's been involved in the franchise since the 70's! He's been appearing in Scooby-Doo media for nearly half a century!
same, seeing this thumbnail unlocked some deep memories i forgot. this and cyber chase were the 2 i CLEARLY remember now. i had both on VHS and would watch them on repeat as a kid.
The cyber Chase you mean the One with the humanoid virus made of energy? However these two really have something more than any others even good graphic.
My favorites were reluctant werewolf and ghoul school but I absolutely did ship crystal and amber for shaggy and scooby heavily I even teared up a bit ❤
As a kid I felt really bad for shaggy and scoob in this movie. I guess I really wanted them to have a happy ending. I remember it being a bittersweet ending very summer love/ puppy love vibes.
One of the saddest parts of this movie was that this was Mary Kay Bergman's last time as Daphne Blake before she died. 😔 May she rest in peace. 🙏 Mary Kay Bergman (1961-1999)
Mary Kay probably would have kept voicing Daphne into the “What’s New, Scooby-Doo?” era. To be fair though, Grey DeLisle was the perfect successor. It’s just a shame it had to come under such tragic circumstances.
I remember watching this movie over and over on the VHS as a kid, I think it was my introduction to Scooby Doo, and I enjoyed it a lot. Another honorable mention was that at the end of my Alien Invaders VHS they include the "Return the Slab" episode of Courage, which was my first interaction with Courage and it terrified me.
A note on Crystal: her human guise resembles someone of North American Indigenous descent (the fan wiki just says "tan", but I think her design was more intentional than that). Considering the violent history of European immigration on Indigenous people, I find it interesting that the real aliens in this film chose a guise like Crystal's. Anyways, love this film and Crystal and Amber were a great addition!
I’ve never considered the ramifications of the four films in which the monsters are actually real. Thinking back it was so refreshing to have an actual supernatural occurrence bc it broke the expectations of Scooby doo having an unmasking, thank you for pointing that out!
It explains why Daphne is so insisant on finding real monsters in Zombie Island. She and Shaggy are the ones who went through the 13 ghosts but she has no proof. She can't act like sh'es really scared of things around Fred/Velma because they both think it's all fake. But Daphne is way more understanding of caredy cat Shaggy/Scooby after Zombie Island. Seems like she's cutting them some slack The zombies/Cat people is all because of a cat God. So what else is that Cat god doing around the world? They should have had the Cat God working with the 13th Ghost.
I can't believe I never noticed the babies are in the Pup Named Scooby-Doo artstyle, I love it when they do that. Also they technically befriend the Zombies in Zombie Island so I guess that would count.
@@offbeatkiki The only Zombie who acts aggressive to the good humans, is one of the Priate Zombies. Those aren't good zombies and shouldn't be expected to act as such
I _guess_ they technically befriended the Boo Brothers? Oh, and in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, there _was_ one real ghost that they helped from winking out of existence.
I loved this as a kid. The whole Shaggy/Crystal romance is great, and Crystal and her dog turning out to be aliens was great twist I did not see coming, and their designs are great.
No joke this movie's aesthetic lit a lifelong burning love within me for southwestern sci-fi settings. I snap up every morsel I can find, but there's honestly very little; Kid Cosmic kinda felt like a miracle when it dropped.
I’ve always adored the “Groovy” musical sequence, probably my favorite piece of animation in the whole series. Mook Animation really did a fantastic job with these films, especially the first three. It’s sad that this was the last piece of Scooby media to be done with traditional cels as I don’t think the series has ever looked quite as good since then. edit: After doing some research it seems the animator responsible was Koji Nanke, although this is just a presumption. He specialized in opening and ending theme animation and is remembered for his work on classic anime series like Gatchaman, Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura. Yatsura in particular is interesting because that’s a show about a normal dorky guy dating a cute alien. Sound familiar? Maybe that’s what drew Nanke to Alien Invaders.
Child me had no idea that twist ending was coming, and i just loved it so much, it was such a breath of fresh air even young me could tell it was so new and unique
This one's definitely my favorite out of the 4. I just love how its more about Shaggy and Scooby than the rest of the gang(much like how Zombie island was more about Daphne and Witch's ghost was about Velma).
I use premium so don't get ads but I have always wondered why people don't do ad breaks like what you did instead of just cutting the video randomly. Then layering it with related actual commercials is top notch editing
This pulls the new forumula on its head. It is evil costumed villains with real monsters as the heroes, and the gang must save the real monsters from the costumed criminals. It shows how dangerous their classic enemies are.
You know, I’d never even considered that angle before, but it’s true. Zombie island treats the “man in a mask” villains like harmless, bumbling idiots, but this movie shows that they can be even more threatening than the real monsters.
This is actually perhaps my favorite. I enjoyed both Zombie Island and Witch's Ghost for the 'monsters and magic are real' elements (I love both scenarios where 'monsters are fake' and 'monsters are real' in the saga) but there is just something pure and wholesome for having Crystal and Amber being the 'real monsters' yet never being evil or wicked.
It was a smart subversion of the new formula. Three consecutive movies with evil monsters would’ve caused the novelty of the movies to start to wear off, so they flipped it around and had the monsters be the good guys (and the love interests to the two characters who are most terrified of monsters, which allowed them to undergo character development and learn to overcome their fear). Genius writing right there.
I really wish crystal and amber would come back someday. There could be A literal out of this world mystery for mystery Inc to solve and those 2 would get involved somehow. This movie brings back such nostalgic memories to me. They were and still are the best love interest for shaggy and scooby.
I have to admit, that romance in this has always stuck with me. It started out cute and innocent, then ended on such a sad and bittersweet note. It kind of gave me a strange feeling. I think it was one of the first times I was given the notion that not everything will go the way you want it to go. There are some things you can't change, and you will just have to live with it. I didn't think Scooby Doo and The Alien Invaders of all things would give me that feeling, but it did and I appreciate that.
Fun fact. Out of all SD movie time frames, this is the quickest mystery. Velma literally solves this mystery from beginning to end in an afternoon. She meets the three suspects and not even a couple hours later when she’s captured she knows its them 😂.
Been on a nostalgia trip with Scooby Doo as of late and ngl, Alien Invaders really does hit the nerves now, Crystal and Amber were definitely Shaggy and Scooby's definitive love interests IMO. Would love for them to reunite in some way though Warner Bros would probably fuck it up royally
Alien Invaders is my favourite of the 4 Mook Studios animated films. I disagree on thinking the villains weren't interesting just based on how gleeful they are, and seemingly all on board with murdering together. They've honestly got a stronger friendship than the Mystery Inc Gang in this. As for later animated movies outside these 4, the most recent Trick or Treat (The one that got headlines for Velma having a girl crush) was super great, would love to see you review it
Of the 4 straight-to movies, this was the one I was raised on most and had the biggest attachment to. I haven't seen it in a while, but even just seeing the little clips in the video took me right back to when I was 4-5 years old and throwing this in the VCR player every other day. Funnily enough, the romance between Shaggy, Scooby & Crystal, Amber was my favorite aspect of the movie. Like you mentioned, it was cute to me even as a kid to see the coward characters actually have the spotlight in this movie and have this sweet thing happen to them even with the ending. Now I just really want to rewatch this movie again in full.
Alien Invaders and Cyber Chase were the videos that my family owned growing up. I want to say Invaders is the movie I have the most nostalgia for, but it's hard to say which one we rewatched more often. I remember playing the chapter chase video game over and over, only to keep getting stuck somewhere in the middle. I also want to say that it is my personal head cannon that after Crystal and Amber, Scooby and Shaggy developed a love for space, which is why in The Monster Of Mexico, you can see that Shaggy has a giant mural of Outerspace on his wall.
ok you’ve given me a new appreciation for “alien invaders.” as a kid i didn’t like this one as much as “zombie island” and “the witch’s ghost” so i watched it only once or twice (about 20 years ago lol) but i think i’m gonna check it out again.
This was the only one of these movies that I had growing up, and honestly its one of the 2 pieces of Scooby Doo that I enjoy along with the first live action movie. I think its because both broke the mold of what makes scooby doo, I never super enjoyed anything besides those 2 movies and the original series.
This and Witch's Ghost were my favorites of the four videos. I found Alien Invaders to be sweet and heartbreaking at the end. The downside I feel is the mystery aspect and the suspects came right out of left field.
I haven't seen Scooby Do and the Alien Invaders in years. It was the most amazing story of my childhood. I always keep in mind that Crystal is perfect for Shaggy and I wished for them to reunite so badly, so they could unite two planets in one union.
I've got to say while I'm putting these classics in a separate category...Scooby Doo Camp Scare is my favorite. It's a very good mystery that actually gave me the creeps. The very beginning of the movie gave me such creepy vibes and feels as an introduction to the movie. I truly felt like the gang was in mortal danger like on the level of Mystery Incorporated. To top it off the camp stories in the special features use to really creep me out LOL. The history of the setting of the movie with how it's linked to certain villainous characters was done well in my opinion. Like never thought I'd see a gangsta in a Scooby Doo movie firing off bullets.😂
GOD FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE as someone who's watched almost just about every piece of Scooby Doo media I could access growing up and has been rewatching a bunch of it lately, Camp Scare has always also been my absolute favorite and still is to this day. There's just something about it's overall vibe and atmosphere that feels unique compared to most Scooby Doo films especially out of the all the much more modern ones imo. I just adore the setting of the two camps themselves and the designs and ideas behind all the camp legend monsters. Not to mention all the action and suspenseful scenes are such a treat to watch. When they were in the boat and crashed into the cafeteria of the bigger camp, when they were in the canyon with the hitchhiker ghost, when Scooby was driving the van as the dam exploded and burst, when they were actually in the abandoned city when all the water was gone and the woods man was there- like holy shit the setting and atmosphere were so amazingly crafted. Not to mention I personally thought the pacing of the film was great where it felt decently long. I could go on but I really don't see enough other people talk about Camp Scare so much specifically as I'd wish lmao it makes me wish we'd get more Scooby movies with similar vibes and feel to it so much.
Don't think I ever saw zombie island but this was absolutely my favorite. Mostly just rambling for some comment points on your video, hope you can keep making things!
The thing I always found interesting about this one is that the setting seemed particularly weird for Scooby Doo. I just don't remember them being in desert-y settings that often.
I have also grown a new found appreciation with this film over time, I hated it as a kid, all because the ending absolutely broke me, and I do hope that Crystal and Amber will appear again one day
I don’t care if she was an alien lol shaggy & crystal were absolute fucking perfection. Like most times whenever a long running franchise makes a new character for the specific reason to be a love interest usually aren’t the best characters, but crystal was great. If she would have just been a human, her & shaggy would have been end goals. Was genuinely so happy for shaggy the first time I saw this movie. He clearly liked her but she liked him back as well, they did our boy shaggy dirty
All four of those movies really great, I still got zombie island and witches ghost on DVD wish I got the other two on DVD but I still watch all four of those movies. I wish Crystal and Amber was in future movies and shows, that will be nice.
So I have watched the Negative 10 rewrite and it got me thinking about Scooby Doo Monsters Unleashed, the real aliens not being the villains would have been predictable but at least they have creative designs.
I always assumed the ship they see at the start of the movie was the real one, since it looked so much different from the one WE saw at the start. The gang could not see it fully from their perspective.
I agree, what Alien Invaders has always stood out for is the love line between Shaggy and Scooby, and yet they did it well and it doesn't look out of place.
The only other time I can think when they befriended actual monsters would be Scooby Doo meets the Boo Brothers... it's similar to Ghoul School in that it's Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy.
Yeah, but the Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy movies are their own thing. Monsters being real are just accepted as fact in those. There’s rarely a time when a character will stop and think “Monsters aren’t real. That’s just someone in a costume.” These 4 movies operated off of classic “Scooby Doo, Where are You?” logic where monsters were supposed to be guys in masks. Also, there’s a theory that all the “monsters” and “ghosts” in the Scrappy movies are just guys in masks as well. They’re just portrayed as being real since Velma, Fred, and Daphne (the rational characters) aren’t there, and we’re seeing the movie from the perspective of Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy, who instantly believe that all monsters are real (Shaggy and Scooby bc they’re cowards, and Scrappy bc he’s young and naive).
Would love to see a video on monster of Mexico. Idk when I was a kid there were so many great Scooby Doo movies and that one. Movie was so poorly written and acted and is truly love to know what went wrong
This movie tickled my emotions when I was a kid. I'm almost 26 now and it still does. I forgot how tragic it was that Crystal/Amber and Shaggy/Scooby couldn't be together. :(
I remember watching this as a kid! It made a big impact on me! I feel it was just well done. I also live in the southwest so it was also nice seeing that landscape.
This film was always my 2nd favourite after Zombie Island as a kid, revisiting it hasn’t replaced it and it has a lot to do with how Witch’s Ghost ends on a dance party. As for monsters being in the gang’s side this was actually first done on Zombie Island where the titular zombies were trying to warn and protect the heroes the whole time. Great vid!
This and Cyber Chase were the only ones I saw from those four Scooby movies so I’ve got a lot of nostalgia for those two. The rest of the ones I watched were all from the What’s New era when they mostly abandoned the real monsters.
I remember watching this on DVD several years back. But it was a rental DVD, and it was damaged at the climax of the movie, so never really got to see how the villains suddenly got the upper hand.
This is one of my favourite scooby doo movies. I loved it so much when I was a kid and I still love it now. It’s a classic and my childhood. And that ending still makes me cry. Shaggy and Scooby were in love with Crystal and Amber and them having to see them leave is so emotional 😭 Amazing movie
Outside of these four films, I personally found Camp Scare to be pretty decent. I would have loved to see that story told in the universe these movies exist.
This is my favorite Scooby-Doo movie ever. I wish that Shaggy could have ended up with Crystal so much. I hope we see her again someday. Also, Shaggy and Scooby kind of become friends with the Fairy from the Goblin King movie. I really recommend that movie. It had a great plot in my opinion.
Not having the happy ending is a good thing. In that way, it will become like a fairy tale. That's why Samurai Jack Season 5 is a masterpiece because it did not end happily ever after.
I'd say what made these movies so great were the cell animation and criminally underrated scores in the background. I like Cyber Chase, but it just doesn't feel the same as the other three.
I always identified a lot with Shaggy when I was a boy (shaggy haired, goofy, always hungry, loved my dog, easily frightened) and his sweet, pure relationship with a space-alien hippie may have set my expectations for future romance too high. I DID briefly date a space-alien hippie but I fumbled that pretty hard.
While not befriending in a sandcastle building contest episode there's a genuine coral monster who waves goodbye to them at the end so like that's one of the few real monster I remember there being.
It would be cool if they went to Crystal and Amber's home planet someday! It would be strange for a Scooby Doo film, but then again the Kiss crossover movie exists. I too would like to see these two again and am curious about where they're from! Trying to solve a mystery on an unfamiliar planet would be a challenge. They could do some really creative stuff with it.
I’ve watched your last 2 videos now and I love your aesthetic, like the purple helps you stand out and the cute little ad breaks remind me of adult swim.
This is tied w/ Cyber Chase as my favorite direct-to Scooby movie. My sister recorded this movie off a Cartoon Network broadcast with a blank VHS, commercials and all (example; PS2 games), I rewatched it for YEARS and i was devastated when it stopped working
I've been recommended your scooby doo videos by yt (seems like my only good recommendation so far) and I'd have to say those video essays are amazing! It's a great trip down the memory lane, especially with scooby doo and the zombie island.
I love that the movie ends with Shaggy saying he’ll be ok while still acknowledging that he’s going to need some time to get over his broken heart. Shaggy getting to feel his emotions without being laughed at sets a good example for kids and you don’t see things like that often enough.
But then they ruined it all with scooby snacks. Although I understand that it was made for little fans.
Totally, I was dealing with my parents breaking up/getting back together constantly as a kid and this part of the movie really helped me understand that better
This 💯
Shaggy had to use 100% of his power for that moment.
It actually reminds me of something I liked in Scooby-Doo Monsters Unleashed. It's that moment by the lake when Shaggy is genuinely sad he always screws up and you can see a little sliver of desire for him to "Be a hero on purpose."
The fact that they have yet to bring Crystal and Amber back is a tragedy, but then they'd probably ruin them anyway
Considering who currently oversees the parent company, and how much of a misfire Return to Zombie Island was...yeah, you're unfortunately likely right.
Considering how much of a shitshow that Return to Zombie Island was, you’re probably right
I like how she has black hair...the brown orange hair had already been taken...plus she has more fine skin and its darker than the usual Scooby-Doo skin colors
Shaggy deserves to live happily with his hot alien girlfriend
I always felt that it was unfair how The Hex Girls became recurring characters within the franchise(they're kickass don't get me wrong), but Amber and Crystal didn't. I really enjoyed Crystal's hippie's design and wished to see more of it.
Imagine if Crystal and Amber had actually come back in Mystery Incorporated. Shaggy and Scooby could've had an endgame. Plus Amber and Crystal being aliens could've had some plot relevance
Considering how MI played with canon, I wouldn't be surprised if they were introduced in an aliens-centric episode, were teased to be the real aliens, and then it turns out they were just completely normal people who are never seen again (or, at best, are beamed into the mothership in the last 10 seconds of the episode when nobody else is looking)
okay, but scooby doo DOES have an alien endgame in the show iirc
Now I wish they had been in the show. The Hex Girls (which I love) were able to come back in different iterations of the franchise, like Mystery Incorporated. So why can’t Crystal & Amber come back?
Dont do this to me
Maybe someday
Another detail I appreciated as a kid: Crystal and Amber are trying to blend in with Earth culture, but because they were so many light years away, the intel they got from Earth was decades old, which is why Crystal dresses and talks like a hippie from the 1960s.
If Crystal were a real person, I bet she would’ve gotten along very well with my mom and dad, as they were both born in the 1960s.
The fact that government employees were gone for hours building an underground lair without notice is probably the most realistic thing about this movie🤷♂️
I think part of why Groovy is so endearing is because it's definitely written as a classic 60's - 70's love ballad, particularly with the inclusion of the horns. It's very honest to the characters and their dreams.
This movie and zombie island were my absolute favorite as a kid. Especially this one because Crystal is Native American coded and as a Native American kid with barely any representation it didn't matter that she was an alien. Crystal is just a cool character and for her to be a love interest with my favorite character, Shaggy I was happy :)
Definitely one of my all time favourite Scooby Doo films as a romantic. Very sweet and stands on its own quite well.
At a time it was probably my least favourite of the four, because it's probably the least original where the setting and monsters are concerned
but looking back, you do realise that it's probably the most mature movie of them for how it tackles love, romance and heartbreak. As a kid it's probably the first time I understood what a romantic partnership feels like
@@PrimeParadiso For me Witch's curse fits that roll. They take a positive more accurate representation of Wicca, and then just throw their arms up in the air and say "christians were right for burning & torturing a religious minority to near-extinction."
Jesus loves you man
@@scrubbingdoubles8585 He really doesn't or shouldn't.
I spy a Grimgar fan.
This and Cyber Chase were my favorite movies as a kid. Crystal and Amber were the best love interests for Scooby and especially Shaggy hands down. I even really liked the villains for just being humorously dumb
Scooby is very close to my heart. I grew up with these movies and the gang are like old friends to me, so seeing someone go back and point out the beauty of these films and the characters is wonderful. Thank you so much.
Same. And recently I just learned that Mark Hamill voiced one of the villains of Alien invaders (he was Steve to just for the record). It's honestly funny when you look at how commonly Mark Hamill has appeared throughout the various incarnations of the franchise.
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness
He's been in so many of them that it's amazing! And he's been involved in the franchise since the 70's! He's been appearing in Scooby-Doo media for nearly half a century!
same, seeing this thumbnail unlocked some deep memories i forgot. this and cyber chase were the 2 i CLEARLY remember now. i had both on VHS and would watch them on repeat as a kid.
So…about that Velma show 😅
The cyber Chase you mean the One with the humanoid virus made of energy?
However these two really have something more than any others even good graphic.
My favorites were reluctant werewolf and ghoul school but I absolutely did ship crystal and amber for shaggy and scooby heavily I even teared up a bit ❤
As a kid I felt really bad for shaggy and scoob in this movie. I guess I really wanted them to have a happy ending. I remember it being a bittersweet ending very summer love/ puppy love vibes.
Same
Yassssssssss
Shaggy is such a good character. A pure hearted dude who just wants to get stoned and go on adventures with his dog. We need more Shaggy’s around
One of the saddest parts of this movie was that this was Mary Kay Bergman's last time as Daphne Blake before she died. 😔
May she rest in peace. 🙏
Mary Kay Bergman (1961-1999)
Mary Kay probably would have kept voicing Daphne into the “What’s New, Scooby-Doo?” era. To be fair though, Grey DeLisle was the perfect successor. It’s just a shame it had to come under such tragic circumstances.
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 true.
That “Groovy” song is etched into my brain forever. It’s super cute
I remember watching this movie over and over on the VHS as a kid, I think it was my introduction to Scooby Doo, and I enjoyed it a lot. Another honorable mention was that at the end of my Alien Invaders VHS they include the "Return the Slab" episode of Courage, which was my first interaction with Courage and it terrified me.
OMG such a scary episode. I think the first one I saw was the evil eggplants episode because it was on my powerpuff girls birthday bash VHS?
@@offbeatkiki Dang, I think that's how I first saw that episode too.
@@offbeatkiki That was the only episode my High School math teacher ever watched of Courage. I think it might have been for the same reason.
I think I had the exact same childhood experience
That's exactly what happened to me, although I don't recall ever being terrified of that episode, just kinda weirded out
A note on Crystal: her human guise resembles someone of North American Indigenous descent (the fan wiki just says "tan", but I think her design was more intentional than that). Considering the violent history of European immigration on Indigenous people, I find it interesting that the real aliens in this film chose a guise like Crystal's. Anyways, love this film and Crystal and Amber were a great addition!
I’ve never considered the ramifications of the four films in which the monsters are actually real. Thinking back it was so refreshing to have an actual supernatural occurrence bc it broke the expectations of Scooby doo having an unmasking, thank you for pointing that out!
It explains why Daphne is so insisant on finding real monsters in Zombie Island. She and Shaggy are the ones who went through the 13 ghosts but she has no proof. She can't act like sh'es really scared of things around Fred/Velma because they both think it's all fake.
But Daphne is way more understanding of caredy cat Shaggy/Scooby after Zombie Island. Seems like she's cutting them some slack
The zombies/Cat people is all because of a cat God. So what else is that Cat god doing around the world? They should have had the Cat God working with the 13th Ghost.
I can't believe I never noticed the babies are in the Pup Named Scooby-Doo artstyle, I love it when they do that.
Also they technically befriend the Zombies in Zombie Island so I guess that would count.
yeah but then they tried to eat them!!
@@offbeatkiki For a moment I thought you meant the babies lol
Wait??? I don't recall the zombies trying to eat them. Are you sure assumptions aren't just being made because they're zombies?
@@offbeatkiki The only Zombie who acts aggressive to the good humans, is one of the Priate Zombies. Those aren't good zombies and shouldn't be expected to act as such
@@offbeatkiki Lol they didn't try to eat them
What I loved about this film is that it gave the mascot characters a satisfying arc.
I _guess_ they technically befriended the Boo Brothers? Oh, and in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, there _was_ one real ghost that they helped from winking out of existence.
Also the 13 ghosts in a way several old school scooby doo stuffs had real monsters
Even season 1 had real ghosts (floating bone and Candlestick in seperate episodes) and a real yeti in a flashback.
I loved this as a kid. The whole Shaggy/Crystal romance is great, and Crystal and her dog turning out to be aliens was great twist I did not see coming, and their designs are great.
No joke this movie's aesthetic lit a lifelong burning love within me for southwestern sci-fi settings. I snap up every morsel I can find, but there's honestly very little; Kid Cosmic kinda felt like a miracle when it dropped.
I’ve always adored the “Groovy” musical sequence, probably my favorite piece of animation in the whole series. Mook Animation really did a fantastic job with these films, especially the first three. It’s sad that this was the last piece of Scooby media to be done with traditional cels as I don’t think the series has ever looked quite as good since then.
edit: After doing some research it seems the animator responsible was Koji Nanke, although this is just a presumption. He specialized in opening and ending theme animation and is remembered for his work on classic anime series like Gatchaman, Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura. Yatsura in particular is interesting because that’s a show about a normal dorky guy dating a cute alien. Sound familiar? Maybe that’s what drew Nanke to Alien Invaders.
Child me had no idea that twist ending was coming, and i just loved it so much, it was such a breath of fresh air even young me could tell it was so new and unique
This one's definitely my favorite out of the 4. I just love how its more about Shaggy and Scooby than the rest of the gang(much like how Zombie island was more about Daphne and Witch's ghost was about Velma).
I use premium so don't get ads but I have always wondered why people don't do ad breaks like what you did instead of just cutting the video randomly. Then layering it with related actual commercials is top notch editing
thanks so much!! i try to at least make them bearable to deal with, i can't stand when videos just cut in the middle of the sentence
This pulls the new forumula on its head. It is evil costumed villains with real monsters as the heroes, and the gang must save the real monsters from the costumed criminals. It shows how dangerous their classic enemies are.
You know, I’d never even considered that angle before, but it’s true. Zombie island treats the “man in a mask” villains like harmless, bumbling idiots, but this movie shows that they can be even more threatening than the real monsters.
This is actually perhaps my favorite. I enjoyed both Zombie Island and Witch's Ghost for the 'monsters and magic are real' elements (I love both scenarios where 'monsters are fake' and 'monsters are real' in the saga) but there is just something pure and wholesome for having Crystal and Amber being the 'real monsters' yet never being evil or wicked.
It was a smart subversion of the new formula. Three consecutive movies with evil monsters would’ve caused the novelty of the movies to start to wear off, so they flipped it around and had the monsters be the good guys (and the love interests to the two characters who are most terrified of monsters, which allowed them to undergo character development and learn to overcome their fear). Genius writing right there.
This movie scared the hell out of me as a kid
Me too as well. 😅
I really wish crystal and amber would come back someday. There could be A literal out of this world mystery for mystery Inc to solve and those 2 would get involved somehow. This movie brings back such nostalgic memories to me. They were and still are the best love interest for shaggy and scooby.
Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy be friend a Warlock named Vincent Van Ghoul in a Mini Series called The 13 Ghost Of Scooby-Doo.
I have to admit, that romance in this has always stuck with me. It started out cute and innocent, then ended on such a sad and bittersweet note. It kind of gave me a strange feeling. I think it was one of the first times I was given the notion that not everything will go the way you want it to go. There are some things you can't change, and you will just have to live with it. I didn't think Scooby Doo and The Alien Invaders of all things would give me that feeling, but it did and I appreciate that.
Fun fact. Out of all SD movie time frames, this is the quickest mystery. Velma literally solves this mystery from beginning to end in an afternoon. She meets the three suspects and not even a couple hours later when she’s captured she knows its them 😂.
this is so funny. they rlly were not slick, it was just that before no one in town cared
Been on a nostalgia trip with Scooby Doo as of late and ngl, Alien Invaders really does hit the nerves now, Crystal and Amber were definitely Shaggy and Scooby's definitive love interests IMO. Would love for them to reunite in some way though Warner Bros would probably fuck it up royally
Alien Invaders is my favourite of the 4 Mook Studios animated films. I disagree on thinking the villains weren't interesting just based on how gleeful they are, and seemingly all on board with murdering together. They've honestly got a stronger friendship than the Mystery Inc Gang in this.
As for later animated movies outside these 4, the most recent Trick or Treat (The one that got headlines for Velma having a girl crush) was super great, would love to see you review it
Dang, this video is calling out Daphne's mom shorts.
it's a cute look!!!
I'm loving these Scooby Doo videos! the VHS quadrilogy is such a classic!!!
Of the 4 straight-to movies, this was the one I was raised on most and had the biggest attachment to. I haven't seen it in a while, but even just seeing the little clips in the video took me right back to when I was 4-5 years old and throwing this in the VCR player every other day. Funnily enough, the romance between Shaggy, Scooby & Crystal, Amber was my favorite aspect of the movie. Like you mentioned, it was cute to me even as a kid to see the coward characters actually have the spotlight in this movie and have this sweet thing happen to them even with the ending. Now I just really want to rewatch this movie again in full.
Alien Invaders and Cyber Chase were the videos that my family owned growing up. I want to say Invaders is the movie I have the most nostalgia for, but it's hard to say which one we rewatched more often. I remember playing the chapter chase video game over and over, only to keep getting stuck somewhere in the middle.
I also want to say that it is my personal head cannon that after Crystal and Amber, Scooby and Shaggy developed a love for space, which is why in The Monster Of Mexico, you can see that Shaggy has a giant mural of Outerspace on his wall.
Legend of the Phantosaur gave Shaggy unexpected character development too, and it made for a fantastic film.
ok you’ve given me a new appreciation for “alien invaders.” as a kid i didn’t like this one as much as “zombie island” and “the witch’s ghost” so i watched it only once or twice (about 20 years ago lol) but i think i’m gonna check it out again.
This was the only one of these movies that I had growing up, and honestly its one of the 2 pieces of Scooby Doo that I enjoy along with the first live action movie. I think its because both broke the mold of what makes scooby doo, I never super enjoyed anything besides those 2 movies and the original series.
You would like mystery incorporated. It breaks the mold and then some.
@@agonzgonzalez7748 By turning Velma into a terrible person who makes Shaggy choose between her and Scooby (essentially the child he adopted).
This and Witch's Ghost were my favorites of the four videos. I found Alien Invaders to be sweet and heartbreaking at the end. The downside I feel is the mystery aspect and the suspects came right out of left field.
the animation was so chill
Cyberchase was the one I saw the most (Zombie Island freaked me out too much) but this one I saw one summer on the tv and have fond memories of -W-
They should make part 2 for alien invaders.
I haven't seen Scooby Do and the Alien Invaders in years. It was the most amazing story of my childhood. I always keep in mind that Crystal is perfect for Shaggy and I wished for them to reunite so badly, so they could unite two planets in one union.
I've got to say while I'm putting these classics in a separate category...Scooby Doo Camp Scare is my favorite. It's a very good mystery that actually gave me the creeps. The very beginning of the movie gave me such creepy vibes and feels as an introduction to the movie. I truly felt like the gang was in mortal danger like on the level of Mystery Incorporated. To top it off the camp stories in the special features use to really creep me out LOL. The history of the setting of the movie with how it's linked to certain villainous characters was done well in my opinion. Like never thought I'd see a gangsta in a Scooby Doo movie firing off bullets.😂
GOD FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE as someone who's watched almost just about every piece of Scooby Doo media I could access growing up and has been rewatching a bunch of it lately, Camp Scare has always also been my absolute favorite and still is to this day. There's just something about it's overall vibe and atmosphere that feels unique compared to most Scooby Doo films especially out of the all the much more modern ones imo. I just adore the setting of the two camps themselves and the designs and ideas behind all the camp legend monsters.
Not to mention all the action and suspenseful scenes are such a treat to watch. When they were in the boat and crashed into the cafeteria of the bigger camp, when they were in the canyon with the hitchhiker ghost, when Scooby was driving the van as the dam exploded and burst, when they were actually in the abandoned city when all the water was gone and the woods man was there- like holy shit the setting and atmosphere were so amazingly crafted. Not to mention I personally thought the pacing of the film was great where it felt decently long.
I could go on but I really don't see enough other people talk about Camp Scare so much specifically as I'd wish lmao it makes me wish we'd get more Scooby movies with similar vibes and feel to it so much.
This honestly was my favorite growing up. I loved Crystal and Shaggys chemistry it was Amazing
This movie was my childhood, by far my favorite Scooby doo movie
Don't think I ever saw zombie island but this was absolutely my favorite. Mostly just rambling for some comment points on your video, hope you can keep making things!
The thing I always found interesting about this one is that the setting seemed particularly weird for Scooby Doo. I just don't remember them being in desert-y settings that often.
I remember when I had this on DVD back then. (Also yes they did befriend monsters in "Ghoul School" and that small ghost in "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo").
I have also grown a new found appreciation with this film over time, I hated it as a kid, all because the ending absolutely broke me, and I do hope that Crystal and Amber will appear again one day
I don’t care if she was an alien lol shaggy & crystal were absolute fucking perfection. Like most times whenever a long running franchise makes a new character for the specific reason to be a love interest usually aren’t the best characters, but crystal was great. If she would have just been a human, her & shaggy would have been end goals. Was genuinely so happy for shaggy the first time I saw this movie. He clearly liked her but she liked him back as well, they did our boy shaggy dirty
All four of those movies really great, I still got zombie island and witches ghost on DVD wish I got the other two on DVD but I still watch all four of those movies. I wish Crystal and Amber was in future movies and shows, that will be nice.
Can we just appreciate how beautiful and majestic Crystal looks in her true alien form? Seriously, that girl looks incredible. 😍
So I have watched the Negative 10 rewrite and it got me thinking about Scooby Doo Monsters Unleashed, the real aliens not being the villains would have been predictable but at least they have creative designs.
I always assumed the ship they see at the start of the movie was the real one, since it looked so much different from the one WE saw at the start. The gang could not see it fully from their perspective.
Yeah, it's the one Crystal and Amber were sent from, shown when they leave.
even as a kid the ending made me sad
same
This movie was cutting edge from 2000
It blew everyone's minds
I agree, what Alien Invaders has always stood out for is the love line between Shaggy and Scooby, and yet they did it well and it doesn't look out of place.
Finally more appreciation for this movie!
Alien invaders was my favorite Scooby film growing up back in the 2000’s thanks to my late grandmother
The only other time I can think when they befriended actual monsters would be Scooby Doo meets the Boo Brothers... it's similar to Ghoul School in that it's Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy.
they encountered real world monsters in the earlier movie Scooby-Doo & the Reluctant Werewolf Vampire Mummy and Frankstein
Yeah, but the Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy movies are their own thing. Monsters being real are just accepted as fact in those. There’s rarely a time when a character will stop and think “Monsters aren’t real. That’s just someone in a costume.” These 4 movies operated off of classic “Scooby Doo, Where are You?” logic where monsters were supposed to be guys in masks.
Also, there’s a theory that all the “monsters” and “ghosts” in the Scrappy movies are just guys in masks as well. They’re just portrayed as being real since Velma, Fred, and Daphne (the rational characters) aren’t there, and we’re seeing the movie from the perspective of Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy, who instantly believe that all monsters are real (Shaggy and Scooby bc they’re cowards, and Scrappy bc he’s young and naive).
Would love to see a video on monster of Mexico. Idk when I was a kid there were so many great Scooby Doo movies and that one. Movie was so poorly written and acted and is truly love to know what went wrong
I have that movie on DVD. It's so bad, but hilarious at the same time.
WAIT- This WASN'T a very vivid dream I had growing up??
This movie tickled my emotions when I was a kid. I'm almost 26 now and it still does. I forgot how tragic it was that Crystal/Amber and Shaggy/Scooby couldn't be together. :(
Love all these movies sad to see Cartoon Network is gone now.
Not gone just absorbed into Warner studios
This one was my favorite growing up. They really nailed it with the 4 movies from the late 90's early 00's. They are something special in my memories.
I remember watching this as a kid! It made a big impact on me! I feel it was just well done. I also live in the southwest so it was also nice seeing that landscape.
This film was always my 2nd favourite after Zombie Island as a kid, revisiting it hasn’t replaced it and it has a lot to do with how Witch’s Ghost ends on a dance party.
As for monsters being in the gang’s side this was actually first done on Zombie Island where the titular zombies were trying to warn and protect the heroes the whole time.
Great vid!
This and Cyber Chase were the only ones I saw from those four Scooby movies so I’ve got a lot of nostalgia for those two. The rest of the ones I watched were all from the What’s New era when they mostly abandoned the real monsters.
about time people show this movie some love. the ending made me cry as a kid
Just seeing all of the clips together in the first seconds of the video made me tear up so hard. Quick hit of nostalgia right there
I remember watching this on DVD several years back. But it was a rental DVD, and it was damaged at the climax of the movie, so never really got to see how the villains suddenly got the upper hand.
This is one of my favourite scooby doo movies. I loved it so much when I was a kid and I still love it now. It’s a classic and my childhood. And that ending still makes me cry. Shaggy and Scooby were in love with Crystal and Amber and them having to see them leave is so emotional 😭 Amazing movie
Literally just finished watching your cyber-chase video 3 seconds ago. In the end you talk about looking at alien invaders next and here we are XD
I loved all the direct-to-DVD Scooby Doo movies as a kid. This one and Zombie Island are my favorite.
Outside of these four films, I personally found Camp Scare to be pretty decent. I would have loved to see that story told in the universe these movies exist.
I always loved this one, the Groovy song sequence is probably Mook Animation's best works for the franchise.
I completely forgot about this movie!
I use to watch this all the time as a kid.
What a nostalgic throw back!!! Thank you!
tbh my fav scooby-doo movies are tied with Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, and Scooby-Doo Where's my Mummy?
This is my favorite Scooby-Doo movie ever. I wish that Shaggy could have ended up with Crystal so much. I hope we see her again someday.
Also, Shaggy and Scooby kind of become friends with the Fairy from the Goblin King movie. I really recommend that movie. It had a great plot in my opinion.
Not having the happy ending is a good thing. In that way, it will become like a fairy tale. That's why Samurai Jack Season 5 is a masterpiece because it did not end happily ever after.
after being saddened by the newest scooby doo content this helps make me feel so much better! the righting really dropped off when corpos got involved
I'd say what made these movies so great were the cell animation and criminally underrated scores in the background. I like Cyber Chase, but it just doesn't feel the same as the other three.
i REFUSE to watch this movie again because the arc with shaggy and crystal made me too sad.
Literally just had a late night about how much this movie gives me the feels. Great video.
Witch’s ghost was the only one I hadn’t seen, but I rewatched the other three over and over
I always identified a lot with Shaggy when I was a boy (shaggy haired, goofy, always hungry, loved my dog, easily frightened) and his sweet, pure relationship with a space-alien hippie may have set my expectations for future romance too high.
I DID briefly date a space-alien hippie but I fumbled that pretty hard.
While not befriending in a sandcastle building contest episode there's a genuine coral monster who waves goodbye to them at the end so like that's one of the few real monster I remember there being.
I remember watching this and Witch's ghost constantly as a kid.
I remember watching this film after renting it from my library when I was like 6. Those are some good memories
It would be cool if they went to Crystal and Amber's home planet someday! It would be strange for a Scooby Doo film, but then again the Kiss crossover movie exists. I too would like to see these two again and am curious about where they're from! Trying to solve a mystery on an unfamiliar planet would be a challenge. They could do some really creative stuff with it.
I’ve watched your last 2 videos now and I love your aesthetic, like the purple helps you stand out and the cute little ad breaks remind me of adult swim.
The legend of the vampire is one of my favorites
This is tied w/ Cyber Chase as my favorite direct-to Scooby movie. My sister recorded this movie off a Cartoon Network broadcast with a blank VHS, commercials and all (example; PS2 games), I rewatched it for YEARS and i was devastated when it stopped working
That's so cool!!!
I've been recommended your scooby doo videos by yt (seems like my only good recommendation so far) and I'd have to say those video essays are amazing! It's a great trip down the memory lane, especially with scooby doo and the zombie island.
thanks so much for watching :)
When I watched this the first time when I was a kid, that ending was such a good emotional twist. Very good movie