Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase is the fourth and final installment of the series of Scooby films made before the style changed. These four movies are distinct. The clothes are distinct, the villains are distinct, and art style — though a little varied — is distinct, unique to these four movies alone.
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Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
After Witch’s Ghost, there comes a notable divide in the four movies. A lighter tone that started with this movie and only grew with the next. It is the last time the late Mary Kay Bergman plays Daphne due to her passing in 1999. And, to me, it is the last of the four movies to really feel like a film with Scooby characters rather than just a stretched out episode.
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After the surprising success of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Warner Bros. Entertainment started seeing dollar signs in the Scooby-Doo franchise again. And with those dollar signs came increased executive oversight and movies, much more movies.
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Ah, October.
The time of year where obnoxious kids and teenagers bang on your door demanding sweets I don’t have. People won’t shut up about spooky skeletons. And sadistic teenagers and adults scare the life out of people for fun.
So, what do I like about Halloween?
TV.
While I’m not fond of the holiday itself, I do like the Halloween specials that used to air but rarely ever do anymore because big coroporations think they’re above re-running holiday specials. I especially liked Scooby-Doo marathons, so to me October was not Halloween season as much as it was Scooby-Doo season.
And this Scooby-Doo season, I’m going to visit some Scooby movies. Why not continue with the original show or any of its successors? Because I want to talk about Zombie Island. So let’s get started.
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I love Scooby-Doo. I know it doesn’t seem like it considering that I never even knew the day the show aired, let alone that it’s fifty years old, but I love all things Scooby-Doo, even when I probably shouldn’t (like the live-action Scooby-Doo movies).
So, I’m going to try and do something I’ve been thinking about all year, says the author whose been silent for the bulk of said year.
For the Halloween-laden month of October, I plan on visiting at least four Scooby-Doo related things. And I want to start it off with that which started the Scooby-Doo franchise:
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Revisiting Fiction 