To be fair this movie does not have one of Scooby's best mysteries nor one of the franchise's best monsters, but for the sheer amount of laughs this film is probably Scooby's funniest movie. I laughed out loud watching this film more than any other Scooby movie. This is on A Pup Named Scooby-Doo! levels of pure cartoon silliness and self referential satire. This film even features some of the high energy cartoon animation associated with that series (best of all being Scooby after accidently having caffine). It is not until the last act that the focus actually turns to the mystery. Throughout most of the movie the focus remains on the comedy and the characters. This is a dangerous thing to do because if the comedy failed to work, the whole movie wouldn't work. Luckily for us almost every joke hits perfectly. From Velma's schoolgirl crush keeping her from actually helping solve the mystery to Shaggy's hilarious subplot of becoming brave (or reverting back to being a coward) every time he hears the word bad making him have to compete in a life threatening motorcycle race (despite never having even been on a motorbike before) to the delightfully zany Mr. Hubley (one of the funniest supporting characters in the whole franchise), this movie brings laugh after laugh at a steady and energetic pace. The ending is definitely the funniest ending to a Scooby-Doo! movie yet.
I hope this movie makes you laugh the same as it made me.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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