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  Caption ''Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost'' DVD cover
  Director Jim Stenstrum
  Producer Davis Doi <br /> Joseph Barbara (''executive producer'')<br /> William Hanna (''executive producer'')
  Writer Rick Copp <br /> David A Goodman
  Starring Scott Innes <br /> Frank Welker <br /> Mary Kay Bergman <br /> B J Ward <br /> Jennifer Hale <br /> Peter Renaday <br /> Tim Curry
  Music Louis Febre
  Distributor Warner Bros Home Video
  Released October 5 , 1999
  Runtime 70 minutes
  Language English
  Preceded By '' Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island '' (1998)
  Followed By '' Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders '' (2000)
  Amg Id 1:181076
  Imdb Id 0196931


''Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost'' is the second of a series of Direct-to-video Animated films based upon Hanna-Barbera 's '' Scooby-Doo '' Saturday Morning Cartoon s. It was released on October 5 , 1999 , and it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation (although with a ''Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.'' copyright). The Mystery, Inc. gang, which includes Scooby-Doo , Shaggy , Fred , Daphne and Velma , travel to a New England town called Oakhaven after being invited by horror writer Ben Ravencroft.


PLOT


The Mystery, Inc. gang is invited by horror writer Ben Ravencroft (voiced by Tim Curry ) to his home town of Oakhaven. When they get to Oakhaven, they find out that the town is haunted by the ghost of a witch. Ben Ravencroft believes that the ghost is that of his ancestor Sarah Ravencroft, who was persecuted by the town members hundreds of years ago as a Witch . Ben tells the gang that Sarah was actually a benevolent healer-- a Wiccan -- and wants their help in clearing her name.

The gang meets a Goth Girl Rock Band named the Hex Girls during their investigation, comprised of Luna (voiced by Kimberly Brooks ), Dusk (voiced by Jane Wiedlin ), and Thorn (voiced by Jennifer Hale ). These characters would later reapear in the 2003 ''Scooby-Doo'' direct to video film '' Scooby-Doo And The Legend Of The Vampire '' and "The Vampire Strikes Back" episode of '' What's New, Scooby-Doo? ''.

The first two-thirds of the film play out like a regular ''Scooby-Doo'' cartoon, with the gang checking out clues & proving that the "ghost" was just a person in a mask. They deduct that the "ghost" is just a publicity stunt set up by the mayor and some of the townspeople. During the third act, however, it turns out that Ben was lying and his ancestor really ''was'' a witch. The ghost of Sara Ravencroft is brought from the netherworld by Ben, and it turns out that only Thorn, because of her Wiccan heritage, can stop the ghost from acting out her revenge. She recites the spell and Sara's ghost is sucked back in the book but before she goes, she takes a hesitant Ben with her. A burning branch falls on the book, destroying it. The townspeople thank the gang and the Hex Girls continue with their concert. They are backed up by the gang who play various instruments: Velma on keyboards, Daphne on tambourine, Fred and Shaggy on guitar, and Scooby banging on bongo drums.

Like a number of Direct-to-video '' Scooby-Doo '' Animated Film s released in the late- 1990s and early- 2000s , ''Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost'' features real ghosts instead of simple bad guys in masks. While some viewers dislike this aspect of these films' plots, others welcomed the change. The videos sold well and received generally positive reviews in the press.


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TRIVIA/GOOFS

  • Ben Ravencroft is similar to Stephen King

  • This movie serves as an unrelated sequel to Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island . When Ben Ravencroft explains his plan to Velma, he is shown reading a newspaper of the "Moat Monster Mystery" which was the mystery they solved at the beginning of that movie, evidence of the continuity, but "Mystery Inc" is shown in the image wearing their new movie cartoon clothes. In the "Moat Monster" segment of ''Zombie Island'' the gang is wearing their clothes from the original series.

  • When the gang is driving to New England, Daphne and Scooby are seen taking pictures of the countryside. The camera that Scooby is using has very similar color and design to a Kodak Single-use Camera .

  • In the scene in the museum, Fred says he hates it when the bad guys call him and the gang "those meddling kids," but in future films he doesn't seem bothered by it.

  • Daphne asks Fred why the two of them are always splitting off from Shaggy, Velma, and Scooby and going off alone. Fred has no awareness of the implication being made. This is a nod to the original series, where this happened a lot. The real explanation, however, was that the production team did not like drawing the two characters and looked for excuses to exclude them.

  • When Daphne, Velma, and Fred are trapped in the ring of fire, Daphne's lips are pink instead of red.

  • The end of the movie, with Mystery Inc. rocking out, pays homage to the original (abandoned) concept of the show, where they were similar to The Archies as a gang of teens solving mysteries and playing in a rock band. Their instruments even correspond with the original, complete with Scooby on bongos.

  • In both scenes when the Hex Girls are rehearsing and performing, the drumming that Dusk is playing does not match the audio heard. When she hits the toms, it makes a snare or cymbal sound.

  • During the Hex Girls' rehearsal, when Daphne jabs Fred with her arm, his side moves before she even touches him.

  • Daphne wears the same purple suit she wore in Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island .

  • In this film, "Witches" are bad, while "Wiccans" are good. In reality, most Wiccans consider themselves to be Witches, and do not consider "witchcraft" or "witch" to be negative terms.

  • Thorn is claimed to be "one sixteenth Wiccan blood." Wicca is a religion, not a race, and began in England in the 1950s. It is therefore impossible for Thorn's great-great-grandparent (or, for that matter, Sarah Ravencroft) to have been a Wiccan.



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