Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is a 2004 film, and sequel to 2002's Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo (film)
Scooby-Doo is a 2002 American comedy film based on the Hanna-Barbera television cartoon series Scooby-Doo about a group of young detectives and their talking dog. It is the first installment in the Scooby-Doo live action film series...

based on the Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

 series classic, Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo is an American media franchise based around several animated television series and related works produced from 1969 to the present day. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears in 1969...

. It is the second installment in the Scooby-Doo Live-Action film series. It was directed by Raja Gosnell
Raja Gosnell
Raja Raymond Gosnell is an American film director and editor best known for directing films like Never Been Kissed, Big Momma's House, Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and most recently, The Smurfs...

, who also directed the first film, and was written by James Gunn, who also wrote Scooby Doo. It was released on March 26, 2004.

Plot

Mystery Inc. (Fred, Daphne
Daphne Blake
Daphne Anne Blake is a fictional character in the long-running American animated series Scooby-Doo. Daphne, depicted as coming from a wealthy family, is noted for her red hair, her fashion sense, and her knack for getting into danger...

, Velma
Velma Dinkley
Velma Dace Dinkley is a fictional character in the American television animated series Scooby-Doo. She is prone to losing her glasses. She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange sweater, short pleated skirt , knee socks, and Mary Janes...

, Shaggy
Shaggy Rogers
Norville "Shaggy" Rogers is a fictional character from the American animated television series Scooby-Doo, about the adventures of four crime-solving teenagers and Shaggy's pet great dane, Scooby-Doo. Shaggy is a cowardly slacker more interested in eating than solving mysteries. He is the only...

  and Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo (character)
Scoobert "Scooby" Doo is the eponymous character and the protagonist in the Scooby-Doo animated television series created by the popular American animation company Hanna-Barbera...

) are attending the grand opening of the Coolsonian Criminology Museum, the primere exhibit displaying the monster costumes of criminals they dealt with in past cases (Shaggy and Scooby look at the Pterodactyl ghost costume, which blinks at them, before running away). However, the opening is crashed when a reanimated Pterodactyl Ghost attacks. A masked figure (better known as the Evil Masked Figure) appears on the window pane, who promises to end Mystery Inc.'s career. He and the Pterodactyl escape with two stolen monster costumes, the Black Knight Ghost and the 10,000 Volt Ghost. Journalist Heather Jasper-Howe starts to slander the gang, insulting their poor performance, prompting Shaggy and Scooby to attempt to become better detectives. Velma finds a pterodactyl scale, noting its strange green tint.

The gang suspect one of their old enemies is responsible. After removing the deceased Pterodactyl Ghost's portrayer Jonathan Jacobo from the suspect list, they conclude Jeremiah Wickles, the Black Knight Ghost's portrayer and Jacobo's old cellmate is the prime suspect. Visiting his ancestral manor, they split in search of clues. Daphne, Velma and Fred go to a library in the mansion, while Shaggy and Scooby wander off further into the mansion. Meanwhile, Velma finds a book on how to make monster in Wickle's library, but they hear the cries of Shaggy and Scooby, who have run into a re-animated Black Knight Ghost. Daphne fights with the Black Knight Ghost, only to have him destroy her weapon. Velma defeats him by kicking him, before the group escapes back to their headquarters.

Scooby, who had found a piece of paper in the mansion saying "the Faux Ghost Tonite", and Shaggy decide to head over to the Faux Ghost nightclub to investigate. They disguise themselves in order to get into the night club, where they find Wickles as well as a number of criminals they put away. However, they are quickly un-disguised, and they escape through rubbish chute. Velma learns the key ingredient in the book is a substance called randomonium which comes from mines, and concludes that it was mined in Coolsville's old mining town. Fred, Daphne and Velma head off, accompanied by the museum's curator Patrick whom Velma has a crush on, but they stop by the museum, discovering the rest of the costumes have been stolen. Shaggy and Scooby follow Wickles to the mining town, but lose track of him, and find a hidden laboratory. The others confront Wickles who is revealed to be innocent, actually at the mining town on a business proposition. The gang reunite and find the Monster Hive, a chamber where a large machine stands. Shaggy and Scooby fiddle with the control panel, causing several costumes to be reanimated as monsters. The gang flees the mining town with the control panel as the monsters conquer the city.

Fleeing to their high school clubhouse, the gang figure out they can reverse the control panel's effects the turn the monsters back into harmless costumes. However, the ghost of Captain Cutler finds them, forcing the group to flee back to the mining town. The group split apart to take on the ghosts, Shaggy and Scooby regaining their confidence in the process. Velma finds a shrine dedicated to Jacobo, Patrick appearing and hinting he idolized Jacobo since he taught Patrick in the past. Patrick saves Velma from falling from an unsteady catwalk but is kidnapped by the Pterodactyl Ghost. The gang enter the Monster Hive, but are captured by the Tar Monster, then saved by Scooby who uses a fire extinguisher to freeze the latter. He inserts the control panel into the machine and turns the monsters back to costumes. The Evil Masked Figure tries to flee but falls from the catwalk.

Before the public and press, the gang unmask him as Heather Jasper-Howe, but then unmasks her to reveal Jacobo, who survived the escape from prison in which he disappeared, to get revenge on the gang. He and Heather's cameraman Ned are arrested. The film ends with the gang dancing with Ruben Studdard
Ruben Studdard
Christopher Theodore Ruben Studdard , best known as Ruben Studdard, is an American R&B, pop, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol...

 to the song "Shooting Star" at the Faux Ghost.

Cast

  • Freddie Prinze, Jr.
    Freddie Prinze, Jr.
    Freddie James Prinze, Jr. is an American actor. He rose to fame during the late 1990s and early 2000s, after starring in several Hollywood films aimed at teenage audiences, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer , as well as She's All That , Summer...

     as Fred Jones
    Fred Jones
    Frederick Terrell Jones is an American professional basketball player who plays at the shooting guard position.-Early career:...

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar
    Sarah Michelle Gellar
    Sarah Michelle Prinze , known professionally by her birth name of Sarah Michelle Gellar , is an American actress, singer and executive producer...

     as Daphne Blake
    Daphne Blake
    Daphne Anne Blake is a fictional character in the long-running American animated series Scooby-Doo. Daphne, depicted as coming from a wealthy family, is noted for her red hair, her fashion sense, and her knack for getting into danger...

  • Matthew Lillard
    Matthew Lillard
    Matthew Lyn Lillard is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his roles as Stu Macher in Scream, Stevo in SLC Punk , and Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo film series and the Animated reboot series.-Early life:Lillard was born in Lansing, Michigan, and grew up in Tustin, California...

     as Shaggy Rogers
    Shaggy Rogers
    Norville "Shaggy" Rogers is a fictional character from the American animated television series Scooby-Doo, about the adventures of four crime-solving teenagers and Shaggy's pet great dane, Scooby-Doo. Shaggy is a cowardly slacker more interested in eating than solving mysteries. He is the only...

  • Linda Cardellini
    Linda Cardellini
    Linda Edna Cardellini is an American television and film actress. She is best known for her roles as high school student Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks, as Velma Dinkley in the live-action Scooby-Doo films, and as Samantha Taggart on ER.- Early life :Cardellini was born in Redwood City,...

     as Velma Dinkley
    Velma Dinkley
    Velma Dace Dinkley is a fictional character in the American television animated series Scooby-Doo. She is prone to losing her glasses. She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange sweater, short pleated skirt , knee socks, and Mary Janes...

  • Seth Green
    Seth Green
    Seth Benjamin Green is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer. He is well known for his role as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as Dr. Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, Mitch Miller in That '70s Show, and the voice of Chris...

     as Patrick Wisely
  • Peter Boyle
    Peter Boyle
    Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein ....

     as Jeremiah Wickles
  • Tim Blake Nelson
    Tim Blake Nelson
    Tim Blake Nelson is an American director, writer, singer, and actor.-Early life:Nelson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Ruth Kaiser Nelson, who is a noted social activist and philanthropist in Tulsa, and a geologist father...

     as Dr. Jonathan Jacobo
  • Zahf Paroo as Ned
  • Alicia Silverstone
    Alicia Silverstone
    Alicia Silverstone is an American actress, author, and former fashion model. She first came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith, and is perhaps best known for her roles in Hollywood films such as Clueless and her portrayal of Batgirl in Batman & Robin .-Early life:Silverstone...

     as Heather Jasper-Howe

Voices

  • Neil Fanning
    Neil Fanning
    Neil Fanning is an Australian voice actor. He is known for voicing Scooby-Doo in both of the theatrical live-action Scooby-Doo films, Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.-Filmography:-External links:...

     voices Scooby-Doo
    Scooby-Doo (character)
    Scoobert "Scooby" Doo is the eponymous character and the protagonist in the Scooby-Doo animated television series created by the popular American animation company Hanna-Barbera...

  • Dee Bradley Baker
    Dee Bradley Baker
    Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor. He is noted as his long-running-role as Klaus Heissler in American Dad! and other various characters including Squilliam Fancyson in the hit TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, Nightcrawler in X-Men: Legends and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance...

     voices the 10,000 Volt Ghost, the Pterodactyl Ghost, the Red-Eye Skeleton and the Zombie
  • J. P. Manoux voices Scooby Brainiac
  • Scott McNeil
    Scott McNeil
    Scott McNeil is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...

     voices the Evil Masked Figure
  • Bob Papenbrook
    Bob Papenbrook
    Robert DeWayne "Bob" Papenbrook was an American voice actor. Fellow voice actors often nicknamed him "Pappy". He was very well known in the worlds of anime and video game voice-overs for his voice acting of "gruff" characters...

     voices the Black Knight Ghost
  • C. Ernst Harth
    C. Ernst Harth
    Cary Ernst Harth is a Canadian actor.Harth was born in Galt, Ontario, Canada. He got his first taste of acting in grade school when the drama club cast the school's largest child to play Santa in their Christmas pageant. Harth was just a kindergartner at the time...

     as the Miner Forty-Niner
  • Christopher R. Sumpton as the Zombie
  • Kevin Durand
    Kevin Durand
    Kevin Serge Durand is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J. Dukes in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the Archangel Gabriel in Legion, and Little John in Robin Hood....

     as the Black Knight Ghost
  • Michael Sorich
    Michael Sorich
    Michael John Sorich is an American voice actor who is also a screen actor, writer, director and voice director.- Biography :...

     voices the Tar Monster
    The Tar Monster
    The Tar Monster is a villain in the Scooby Doo series. He is a monster made entirely out of tar, and is the guardian of the ancient city of Byzantius. He first appeared in The Scooby Doo Show episode, The Tar Monster...

     and the Cotton Candy Glob
  • Terrence Stone
    Terrence Stone
    Terrence Stone is an Irish-American voice actor who is also known as Terry Stone.-Anime Roles:* Ah! My Goddess as Photographer* Apocalypse Zero as Kagenari...

     voices the 10,000 Volt Ghost
  • Wally Wingert
    Wally Wingert
    Wallace E. "Wally" Wingert is an American actor and voice artist. He is originally from Des Moines, Iowa but he currently works and lives in Los Angeles, California. He is the current announcer for the second incarnation of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the current voice of Jon Arbuckle in...

     voices the Green-Eye Skeleton
  • The Tasmanian Devil
    Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)
    The Tasmanian Devil, often referred to as Taz, is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons. The character appeared in only five shorts before Warner Bros...

     as himself

Reception

On March 24, 2004 the film grossed $29,438,331
(over 3,312 theaters, $8,888 average) on its opening weekend. It grossed domestically $84,216,833, and earned $181,466,833 worldwide, lower than the $275,650,700 worldwide Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo (film)
Scooby-Doo is a 2002 American comedy film based on the Hanna-Barbera television cartoon series Scooby-Doo about a group of young detectives and their talking dog. It is the first installment in the Scooby-Doo live action film series...

grossed two years earlier. It also ranked #1 at the box office. It is the 28th most successful film of 2004.

The critical response was negative, gaining a 21% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 34 on Metacritic, indicating "Generally negative reviews". It also won a Razzie Award for "Worst Remake or Sequel".

Release

The film was released on DVD in 2004 and included deleted scenes from the film's production and other features such as a 'making of' and trailers. On August 18, 2010, it was announced by Warner Bros. that both the film and its predecessor would be released as a double feature on Blu-ray
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...

 in November 2010.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack was released on March 23, 2004.
  1. "Don't Wanna Think About You
    Don't Wanna Think About You
    "Don't Wanna Think About You" is a song by the pop punk band Simple Plan. It appeared on the Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Soundtrack, serving as the film's theme song.-Music video:...

    " by Simple Plan
    Simple Plan
    Simple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...

  2. "You Get What You Give
    You Get What You Give
    "You Get What You Give" is a song by the New Radicals. It was an international hit, the first and most successful single from their album Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too. It reached No. 30 on Billboard Hot 100 Airplay in January 1999, No. 36 on the overall Hot 100 and No. 8 on the Billboard...

    " by New Radicals
    New Radicals
    New Radicals were an American pop rock band active in the late 1990s, centered on frontman Gregg Alexander, who wrote and produced all of their songs and was the sole constant member...

  3. "Boom Shack-A-Lak
    Boom Shack-A-Lak
    "Boom Shack-A-Lak" is a song by Apache Indian, released as a single in 1993. The song was included on Apache Indian's 'Nuff Vibes' EP. which is his biggest hit in the UK, reaching number 5 in the charts in 1993....

    " by Apache Indian
  4. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
    Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
    "Thank You " is a 1969 hit single recorded by Sly and the Family Stone, recognized as one of the greatest and most influential funk songs of all time. The song, double a-sided with "Everybody Is a Star", reached number one on the soul single charts for five weeks, and reached number one on the...

    " by Big Brovaz
    Big Brovaz
    Big Brovaz were an R&B / Hip hop music group from London, England in their seven year career they released two studio albums and eight singles. There were three line up changes with two of the original members leaving half way through shaking up the dynamics of the group...

  5. "The Way
    The Way
    The Way may refer to a spiritual path:* The Way or "Tao" of Taoism* An early term for early Christianity * The Way of the Cross, a Catholic devotion to the Passion of Christ....

    " by Clay Aiken
    Clay Aiken
    Clayton Holmes "Clay" Aiken is an American singer, songwriter, actor, producer and author who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. RCA Records offered him a recording contract, and his multi-platinum debut album Measure of a Man was released...

  6. "The Rockafeller Skank
    The Rockafeller Skank
    "The Rockafeller Skank" is a song by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim. It was a hit single released from the 1998 album You've Come a Long Way, Baby....

    " by Fatboy Slim
    Fatboy Slim
    Norman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s...

  7. "Wooly Bully
    Wooly Bully
    "Wooly Bully" is a popular song originally recorded by novelty rock 'n' roll band Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs in 1965. Based on a standard 12-bar blues progression, it was written by the band's leader, Domingo "Sam" Samudio. It was released as a single on the Memphis-based Pen label and...

    " by Bad Manners
    Bad Manners
    Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone ska band. They quickly became the novelty favourites of the UK pop scene through their bald outsized frontman's on-stage antics, earning early exposure through their Top of The Pops exploits and an appearance in the live film documentary, Dance Craze.They were at...

  8. "Shining Star" by Ruben Studdard
    Ruben Studdard
    Christopher Theodore Ruben Studdard , best known as Ruben Studdard, is an American R&B, pop, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol...

  9. "Flagpole Sitta
    Flagpole Sitta
    "Flagpole Sitta" is a song by American rock band Harvey Danger from their 1997 debut album, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?. It was released as a single in April 1998. The song gained popularity after Sean Nelson gave a copy of the album to a KNDD DJ. Shortly after this, it was picked up by...

    " by Harvey Danger
    Harvey Danger
    Harvey Danger was an American indie rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1993, and rose to prominence in 1998 with the single "Flagpole Sitta." On August 29, 2009, the band played its final show at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle....

  10. "Get Ready for This
    Get Ready for This
    "Get Ready for This" was later remixed and re-released for 2 Unlimited's compilation album Greatest Hits Remixes.-Dancemania:The song has appeared on the eurodance compilation Dancemania series albums, including Dancemania Super Techno II , Dancemania Speed 6 and Dancemania Super Techno Best...

    " by 2 Unlimited
    2 Unlimited
    2 Unlimited is a Dutch Eurodance/Hi-NRG act formed in 1991. The project was the brainchild of Belgian producers Jean-Paul DeCoster and Phil Wilde, and was fronted by a Dutch duo, rapper Ray Slijngaard and singer Anita Doth. During five years of enormous worldwide popularity, the act scored 16 chart...

  11. "Play That Funky Music
    Play That Funky Music
    "Play That Funky Music" is a funk song written by Robert Parissi and recorded by the band Wild Cherry. The performers on the classic recording included the members of the band at the time: lead singer Parissi, guitarist Bryan Bassett, bassist Allen Wentz, and drummer Ron Beitle, with session horn...

    " by Wild Cherry
    Wild Cherry (band)
    Wild Cherry was a funk/rock band best known for their funk song "Play That Funky Music".-History:Rob Parissi was raised in the steel mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. Parissi graduated from Mingo High School in 1968. Rob formed the band Wild Cherry in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio, one mile north of...

  12. "Here We Go" by Bowling for Soup
    Bowling for Soup
    Bowling for Soup is an American pop-punk band which originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994...

  13. "Love Shack
    Love Shack
    "Love Shack" is a single by rock band The B-52's. Originally released in 1989 from their album Cosmic Thing, the single was the band's biggest hit song and first million-copy seller...

    " by The B-52's
    The B-52's
    The B-52's are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider , Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson , Ricky Wilson , and Keith Strickland . Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched to guitar...

  14. "Friends Forever" by Puffy AmiYumi
    Puffy AmiYumi
    or Puffy AmiYumi is a Japanese rock duo that is currently signed with Sony Music Japan. The group continues to go by the moniker of PUFFY in Japan, but in order to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, it has adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi outside of Japan...

  15. "Circle Backwards" by Mark Provart
  16. "Wanted Dead or Alive
    Wanted Dead or Alive
    Wanted Dead or Alive may refer to:In film and television:*Wanted: Dead or Alive , an American TV series, 1958-1961, starring Steve McQueen*Wanted: Dead or Alive , a 1987 sequel to the TV series starring Rutger Hauer...

    " by Bon Jovi
    Bon Jovi
    Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...

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