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SCOOB! is a 2020 American 3D computer-animated mystery comedy film based on the Scooby-Doo! franchise, and is the first segment of the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe with Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, all created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, and based off characters created over at Hanna-Barbera Productions, produced by Warner Animation Group, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, and the film was also directed by Tony Cervone. The film was released on May 15 on Video-On-Demand due to the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic that closes down movie theatres across the globe.

Plot
Since childhood, Scooby-Doo met Shaggy Rogers, and then joined young detectives Fred Jones, Velma Dinkley, and Daphne Blake to form the Mystery Inc., as they have all been solving mysteries across the globe through scientific reasoning accompanied by Shaggy's pet dog, Scooby-Doo. Now, with hundreds of cases solved and adventures shared, their biggest, greatest, and most challenging mystery together comes in a turn of events when the Blue Falcon recruits Shaggy and Scooby to thwart Dick Dastardly and his canine cohort Muttley from causing a global "dogpocalypse" in a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world, in which the gang also discovers that Scooby-Doo has a secret legacy and an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Although the first two live-action Scooby-Doo! aren't very good films back then, Scoob! itself isn't exactly anything better, due to the fact that the main issue that the movie is a standard "find the MacGuffin" film with more focus put on action and comedy like most modern cinematic universes with very little of mystery solving, the story also suffers from some plot clichés. Particularly when Shaggy and Scooby-Doo's friendship breaks apart, coming off playing the "jealous best friend forces friend to choose sides" cliché.
 * 2) *What's more, giving Scooby-Doo a heritage as a plot element is nothing really new in the franchise as Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated has already done this plot element that was very complex and also ties well into the concept of Mystery, Inc as a whole, and it also ties well into Scooby's relationship with the members of Mystery, Inc. The heritage in this movie is more based on typical sacrificing the chosen one to make things right that's been done in many movies already.
 * 3) While most of the characters were funny and likable, Brian Crown/Blue Falcon was very annoying and unlikeable, as many were disappointed that the classic Blue Falcon wasn't in this movie.
 * 4) The film focuses on the idea of setting up a Cinematic Universe for Hanna-Barbera, rather than being a movie, the film feels cluttered as it tries to throw in a lot of Hanna-Barbara elements without taking that much time to explore much of those elements, particularly Captain Caveman's appearance, who didn't end up getting that much screen time and is then left out and forgotten about after being defeated into protecting the third skull of Cerberus.
 * 5) Despite being part of the main cast, Fred, Velma, and Daphne feel rather pointless, as they spend most of the film away from Scooby-Doo and Shaggy ending up getting kidnapped by Dick Dastardly in the process of trying to find them.
 * 6) *In fact, they actually get the least amount of screen time out of the major characters (with the exception of Captain Caveman) as Scooby-Doo and Shaggy are the characters that the story gives the most focus to. It wouldn't even be that much of an issue to cut them from the story since they didn't appear in several movies and shows in the 1980's.
 * 7) While the animation is great, it tends to look uncanny like Simon Cowell's incredibly realistic rendering that doesn't gel well with the Tex Avery-esque cartoony designs of the other characters.
 * 8) There are some dated pop culture references, some modern teen slang, and some product placement used in the film. Such as Blue Falcon dabbing in one scene, the scene where Captain Caveman referred the Mystery Machine as some "dope" wheels, the mention of toxic masculinity from Velma that comes out of nowhere, and the mentions of IKEA, Netflix, and Walmart.
 * 9) Even though this isn't the first time the franchise has done crossovers, this film's crossover is not done too well as there are too many Hanna-Barbara characters in the film, resulting in Mystery Inc. not getting a lot of focus as Scooby.
 * 10) *Also, even though Scooby-Doo crossovers with Blue Falcon before, it was done way better because the primary focus of the film was kept on Mystery Inc. interacting with Blue Falcon, giving them an even number of screen time, and mystery solving was the main theme instead of typical superhero action and adventure.
 * 11) There are some dated pop culture references, some modern teen slang, and some product placement used in the film. Such as Blue Falcon dabbing in one scene, the scene where Captain Caveman referred the Mystery Machine as some "dope" wheels, the mention of toxic masculinity from Velma that comes out of nowhere, and the mentions of IKEA, Netflix, and Walmart.
 * 12) The story can get rather a cliche. Particularly when Shaggy and Scooby-Doo's friendship breaks apart, as it plays the jealous best friend forces friend to chose sides cliche.

Good Qualities

 * 1) It doesn't have the spirited to the live-action Scooby Do film, it tends to steer away from its usual mystery genre, it manages to stay rather faithful to the Scooby-Doo! franchise through its heart and comedy.
 * 2) It does has some good messages about friendship and teamwork; two of the main themes of the source material, and yet this movie takes them to the most elaborate, with examples such as how friendship can live on and how teamwork can lead to more than just the sake of pairing up with one another, which are positive influences on the film's character development and for its target audience.
 * 3) The CGI animation is great, it works well with the film's tone, and it creates very spooky-themed aesthetics.
 * 4) It does have an amount of fast and thrilling action that ties into the film's cartoony and adventure-like tone, especially when Blue Falcon battles against Dick Dastardly in the beginning.

Reception
Even though SCOOB! receiving mixed reviews from critics and audiences, it received favorable reviews by the fans of Scooby-Doo and Hanna-Barbera in general alike. Though some fans claimed it's a great installment of the Scooby-Doo franchise, others dismissed that it's a disappointing installment.

Trivia

 * This movie is the first installment of the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe from the Warner Animation Group.
 * This is the first Warner Animation Group movie to have a reboot and adaptation of a particular source material from Warner Bros.
 * This is the seventh overall film from the Warner Animation Group.
 * Simon Cowell does guest star in the movie as himself, with his son Eric Cowell involved in the voice work as well.
 * With introductions of Dynomutt and Blue Falcon in the film, their first appearances were tied together to "The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour".
 * Many more Hanna-Barbera characters such as Top Cat, Magilla Gorilla, Squiddly Diddly, JabberJaw, Atom Ant, every other Wacky Races character aside from Dick Dastardly and Muttley, and a lot more were planned to appear in the film according to the original script. They were likely scrapped for possible future HBCU projects (including a planned Wacky Races movie) due to the result of pointlessly over-stuffing that much Hanna-Barbera characters into one film, especially those that don't actually involve mystery-solving crews as with Dynomutt and Captain Caveman, easily judging which ones would easily fit into belonging in the world of Scooby-Doo out of all, let alone as a kickstart to the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe.