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Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf

Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf

Animation · Family · TV Movie · 1988

Shaggy is turned into a werewolf, and it's up to Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy's girlfriend to help him win a race against other monsters, and become human again.

Movie details

Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf

“The New Scooby-Doo Movie You'll Howl For!”

1988 Animation · Family · TV Movie 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.6 / 10

5.7K votes

TMDB

7.4 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Shaggy is turned into a werewolf, and it's up to Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy's girlfriend to help him win a race against other monsters, and become human again.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ray Patterson

Written by

Jim Ryan

Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem

Shaggy Rogers (voice)

Don Messick

Don Messick

Scooby-Doo / Scrappy-Doo (voice)

B.J. Ward

B.J. Ward

Googie / Repulsa (voice)

Hamilton Camp

Hamilton Camp

Dracula (voice)

Pat Musick

Pat Musick

Vanna Pira (voice)

Rob Paulsen

Rob Paulsen

Brunch (voice)

Frank Welker

Frank Welker

Crunch (voice)

Court is in session

Put Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.