Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! (2021 TV Special)
7/10
Neat Idea For A Documentary
19 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Mystery Inc. Arrives at the Warner Bros. Studio, as they are given their own reunion special (despite being together for the past 52 years, as Daphne points out). Going into Sound Stage 12, where the first Scooby-Doo series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You, was filmed, and they reminisce about the good times, and meeting host Janel Parrish, but soon, they have another mystery to solve, as a snow ghost haunting the studio.

A special is mostly a documentary, this will bore younger Scooby fans as it delves more into the history of the franchise and has segments from actors like Seth Green, Frank Welker, and even other people like David Silverman, and even cameo appearances from other cartoon characters like Marvin, Wendy and Wonder Dog from the first Superfriends cartoon, Jabberjaw, one of the many Scooby clones created by Hannah-Barbera to capitalize on the success of the show's formula, The whole thing is done good, with the Scooby characters as cartoons in a live action setting.

However, there are some things I did not like that keep it from being perfect, like the gang bashing Scrappy-Doo when Janel brings her up (which has Scooby and the gang going way out of character, which is Warner Bros.'s way of continuing the Scrappy hate, which has gotten old and needs to stop, as the gang would never treat Scooby's over neglected nephew like dirt, or even a villain like James Gunn did, which serves as yet another low blow by the company to cater to the Scrappy haters who have gotten their way for far to the point of being toxic). Also, some of the classic clips are revoiced by the current VAs for the characters, which is wrong and disrespectful to the original VA for Velma, Nicole Jaffe. Also, making the snow ghost a live action actor cosplaying as one of the classic ghosts was meh, but then again, it creates some good moments (like Shaggy and Scooby dressed as two of the Banana Splits during the chase scene). Despite the tiring Scrappy bashing and other flaws, this is a good documentary for older Scooby fans who not only want to relive Scooby's history, but also have a mystery mixed in.
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