Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! explained

Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!
Director:Audie Harrison
Producer:Sam Register
Audie Harrison (executive producers)
Screenplay:Audie Harrison
Laura Pollak
Daniel McLellan
Story:Daniel McLellan
Audie Harrison
Based On:
    Starring:Frank Welker
    Grey DeLisle
    Matthew Lillard
    Kate Micucci
    Myrna Velasco
    Anthony Carrigan
    Music:Ryan Shore
    Editing:John Soares
    Studio:Warner Bros. Animation
    Distributor:Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Studio Distribution Services)
    Released:[1]
    Runtime:72 minutes[2]
    Country:United States
    Language:English

    Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! is a 2022 American animated direct-to-video supernatural horror comedy mystery film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.[3] It is the thirty-seventh direct-to-video Scooby-Doo film and was released digitally on October 4, 2022, and was released on DVD on October 18, 2022.

    Premise

    Mystery Incorporated are summoned to a Nepal ski resort under siege by a cat monster. After the gang captures it by triggering an avalanche, it's revealed to be one of the owners of the resort, trying to keep her step-mother out of the business. Mystery Inc. takes and analyzes a whisker from the cat costume, learning that it is made with the same materials as costumes used by villains in their previous mysteries. They determine that the costumes were made by the same person, Coco Diablo, a high-end Halloween costume designer. Scooby Doo and Shaggy disguise themselves as potential buyers and after Coco offers to give them a costume if they kill the mystery gang, she is caught and sent to prison.

    A year passes with Fred, Daphne and Velma growing more depressed by the lack of truly difficult mysteries, while Shaggy and Scooby are having a much better time for they were able relax due to the lack of danger. After solving a tax scheme, only for the perpetrator to get away with it, Fred makes a wish in a wishing well for more mysteries.

    The gang attends a local carnival and are attacked by a ghost that resembles Fred and blows up the Mystery Machine. They go to Coolsville Penitentiary to interview Coco and meet the warden, who allows Coco to leave with them.

    After finding a clue at the carnival in the remains of their booth, they do research at the local library. At the library, they are attacked by ghosts but escape and confront Trevor at his new shop when Coco determines that the costumes matched his style of design.

    Trevor reveals that he sent four costumes of Victorian-era style to Coolsville Penitentiary, and the gang discoverers that Coco broke her heart monitor and escaped. They follow her to her factory and trap the ghosts with the alligator pit, revealing that the ghosts are robots in costumes.

    Coco offers a false confession, but the gang sees through it and determines that the warden is holding Esteban hostage and is behind the whole thing. He confesses and is arrested, but when trying to assure Mystery Inc. that they were never in any real danger, he accidentally releases all the inmates at the penitentiary. They escape, and to round them up, the gang dresses up in costumes of criminals from their past cases. After re-capturing the inmates, Shaggy and Scooby reluctantly return the candy the inmates stole to the trick-or-treaters and Trevor gives them a large bag of candy while reveals himself to be a surfer using a disguise while Coco willingly returns to prison.

    Cast

    Music

    The film's original score was composed by Ryan Shore.

    Release

    Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! was released digitally on October 4, 2022, and was released on DVD on October 18, 2022, by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (through Studio Distribution Services).

    The film made its TV premiere on Cartoon Network on October 14, 2022, at 7pm ET/PT, and then streaming on HBO Max the next day.[5]

    Reception

    In a review for Autostraddle, Heather Hogan called the film "A very funny movie for people who grew up on Scooby-Doo."[6] James McDonald of Irish Film Critic gave the film 3/5 stars and said "those who enjoy Scooby-Doo will have a blast."[7] Overall, the film has three reviews on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes.[8]

    Depiction of Velma Dinkley

    Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! made headlines for depicting Velma Dinkley "crushing big time" on female character Coco Diablo, in accordance with long-held fan speculation that Velma was a lesbian/bisexual, a concept previously considered for depiction in the first theatrical live-action Scooby-Doo film Scooby-Doo (2002) and the TV series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013). Lesbian actress Hayley Kiyoko, who played Velma in the live-action television Scooby-Doo films directed by Brian Levant, said she was "happy for her".[9] [10] In response to speculation that Trick or Treat would lead to Velma being depicted as a lesbian in all subsequent Scooby-Doo media, Mindy Kaling clarified on International Lesbian Day that Velma would not be depicted as such in her adult-oriented metafictional HBO Max series Velma, instead involved in a "love quadrangle" with Fred, Daphne, and Shaggy, specifically with a crush on Fred.[11] [12]

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: August 23, 2022 . 'Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo!' Trailer, Artwork & Release Details; Arrives On Digital October 4 & On DVD October 18, 2022 From Warner Bros Screen-Connections . August 24, 2022 . screen-connections.com . en-US . August 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220823174250/https://screen-connections.com/2022/08/23/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo-dvd-digital-release-details-trailer/ . live .
    2. Web site: Borget . Jennifer . Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! . . https://web.archive.org/web/20221011203932/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo . October 11, 2022 . 2022 . live.
    3. Web site: 'Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!' Trailer Sees the Return of Mystery Inc's Classic Villains Collider . . August 23, 2022 . August 24, 2022 . August 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220824163931/https://collider.com/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo-trailer-warner-bros/ . live .
    4. Web site: New Scooby-Doo Holiday Special Coming to DVD Comicbook.com . August 24, 2022 . August 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220824164003/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/new-scooby-doo-holiday-special-dvd-trick-or-treat-holiday-haunt-cancelled/ . live .
    5. Web site: Watch An Exclusive Clip From Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! . Romper . September 28, 2021 . September 21, 2021. September 21, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220921142543/https://www.romper.com/entertainment/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo-movie-exclusive . live.
    6. Hogan . Heather . Jinkies! Velma's Actually Gay in "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" . . The Excitant Group LLC . October 4, 2022 . October 6, 2022 . October 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221005072702/https://www.autostraddle.com/jinkies-velmas-actually-gay-in-trick-or-treat-scooby-doo/ . live.
    7. Web site: McDonald. James. DVD Review: "Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo!" Will Keep The Kiddos Entertained. Irish Film Critic. November 7, 2022. March 7, 2024.
    8. trick_or_treat_scooby_doo . movie . Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! . October 13, 2022.
    9. Shanfeld . Ethan . Velma Is Officially a Lesbian in New Scooby-Doo Film, Years After James Gunn and More Tried to Make Her Explicitly Gay . . . October 4, 2022 . October 6, 2022 . October 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006185343/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/scooby-doo-velma-lesbian-gay-1235392668/ . live .
    10. Web site: Calfee . Joel . Former Velma Actress Responds to Viral News About Scooby Doo Character Being Gay: 'Happy for Her' . PureWow. Gallery Media Group. October 6, 2022.
    11. News: Mindy Kaling's Scooby-Doo Sleuth Uncovers a Mystery in the Velma Trailer . Sabina . Linda . Graves . Codega . . October 6, 2022 . October 6, 2022 . October 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006233622/https://gizmodo.com/mindy-kaling-velma-hbo-max-animated-trailer-scooby-doo-1849626070 . live .
    12. Velma . Velma (TV series) . velmatheseries . 1578097414463926272 . My secret crush on Fred has everything to do with @GlennHowerton's casting .