Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King is a 2008 direct-to-DVD animated comedy horror fantasy film, and the twelfth in the series of Scooby-Doo direct-to-video films produced by Warner Bros. Animation (though it used a Hanna-Barbera logo at the end of the movie). It was dedicated to Paulette Oates, who helped resurrect Warner Bros. Animation in the late 1980s. All the main voice actors of Mystery, Inc. reprise their roles.[1] The DVD was released on September 23, 2008. This is the first Scooby cartoon produced entirely without either one of the original creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The Blu-Ray released on October 13, 2020 in United States.
The Mystery, Inc. gang visits a Halloween carnival on Halloween night. When the magician "The Amazing Krudsky" (voiced by Wayne Knight) does not allow Scooby to see his show, he and Shaggy accidentally expose Krudsky as a fraud during one of his acts, resulting in the gang getting kicked out of the carnival. The rebellious Fairy Princess Willow (voiced by Hayden Panettiere) later enters Krudsky's tent, secretly revealing his wishes to become a real magician. The fairy inadvertently causes Krudsky to notice her on the Goblin Scepter in a spellbook, which can be combined with fairy magic to control Halloween. Krudsky then gets an idea to obtain the scepter and rule the world with it. Willow decides to toy with him, but while flying, she accidentally slams her small body against a metal chair knocking her out; Krudsky then crushes her with his flyswatter. When he notices her cry of pain from being crushed, he sees that she is a real fairy, kidnaps her, and absorbs her magical powers, thus becoming a real magician.
Meanwhile, Scooby-Doo and the gang go trick-or-treating all night. Shaggy's and Scooby's last stop is a spooky-looking house that claims to be a "genuine magic shoppe". However, a very loud thunderstorm also begins, frightening the heroes. Inside, they meet the kind Mr. Gibbles (voiced by Wallace Shawn), who reveals that magic really does exist. At that moment, Willow enters being chased by Krudsky; he captures her and turns Gibbles into a rabbit, and steals the magic equipment before leaving. Mr. Gibbles explains to an astonished Shaggy and Scooby that Krudsky, after capturing the good magic of the princess, will now want the bad magic held in the scepter of the Goblin King, which will, as well, cause an imbalance in the supernatural order which will make Halloween remain forever and as a result will turn every human into horrifying monsters. Shaggy and Scooby board the Grim Reaper Railway, which flies them to the spirit world. Once they arrive, the two realize that they need to get the scepter before Krudsky can, and return home before sunrise, or else they will be trapped in the magic world forever. Before they depart, Gibbles gives them magic cards that perform spells just by reading the inscription on each one; however, they have to be saved for emergencies because each card can only be used once, and each spell is temporary. Shaggy and Scooby are magically disguised by being transformed into monster-like versions of themselves to make it less suspicious-looking.
While looking for Shaggy and Scooby, Fred, Daphne, and Velma see Krudsky conversing with the Goblin King through a mirror where the Goblin King (voiced by Tim Curry) agrees to exchange his scepter for Princess Willow at midnight at a clock tower. However, seeing that all the evil magic and the Goblin King are real causes Velma's rational mind to shut down; Fred and Daphne leave Velma to rest in the mystery machine to be continued and go to the tower and set a trap for the Goblin King and Krudsky.
Back in the magic world, Shaggy and Scooby go to a bar owned by a werewolf (also voiced by Tim Curry). During the song "Bump in the Night", Shaggy adds in the lyric on how to get to the Goblin King's castle. Shaggy and Scooby-Doo find that everyone is afraid of the Goblin King and will not help them upon running off. The Goblin King's two bumbling goblin henchmen, Glob and Glum (voiced by James Belushi and Larry Joe Campbell) attempt to capture Scooby and Shaggy, but the latter two are saved by Jack O'Lantern (voiced by Jay Leno), a living pumpkin who leads them to three witches while running away from the Headless Horseman. Along the way, they avoid the chasing monster (who was Jack's former body) by heading across a covered bridge which he cannot cross. Finally, the three of them arrive at the Witches' Hut, where they meet the Grand Witch (voiced by Lauren Bacall) and her two fellow witches (voiced by Grey DeLisle and Russi Taylor). The witches send Shaggy and Scooby on a ride on their flying broomstick named "Broomy" towards the Goblin King's castle, but they are shot down by Glob and Glum by a goblin gun-like cannon.
Landing in a fairy village, Shaggy and Scooby find three fairies named Sparkplug, Honeybee, and Tiddlywink, who help them to the Goblin King's castle entrance. Reluctantly using a potion from the witches (made from someone called "Scratch"), Shaggy and Scooby disguise themselves as Daphne (Shaggy) and Velma (Scooby) for Glob and Glum to let them into the castle. Shaggy and Scooby try to run off with the scepter only a few minutes away from midnight but are captured and sent to the dungeon by the Goblin King, who heads off to meet with Krudsky. Krudsky and the Goblin King are almost through with their trade at the clock tower when Fred and Daphne release a trap and run off with the princess. But the trap only catches the Goblin King, and Krudsky takes the scepter, turning himself into the new Goblin King before turning the Goblin King into a goose.
Krudsky and his new goblin army set off to take over the world. He turns the Mystery Machine into a living monster vehicle to chase Fred, Daphne, and the now-awakened Velma. They capture the three, and Krudsky uses his powers to turn Fred into a vampire, Daphne into a witch, and Velma into a werewolf (respectively). At that moment, Scooby, Shaggy, and Jack O'Lantern arrive, having been saved from the dungeon before sunrise by the fairies and Broomy. Jack apparently sacrifices himself to strip Krudsky of the staff of which Scooby uses to break Krudsky's spells, restoring his friends, the Mystery Machine, Mr. Gibbles, and the Goblin King back to normal where he reclaims his staff from Scooby-Doo and then uses his restored powers to imprison Krudsky.
The Goblin King is revealed to be Willow's father, who holds her responsible for all the trouble caused and grounds her for a year, though he does admit that he is relieved to have her back. Mr. Gibbles brings Jack back to life with the Goblin King's help, who then takes Krudsky prisoner for both his crimes and treason (the Goblin King tells him that he will have plenty of time to "work on his act"). Finally, he, the goblin army, Willow, Jack, Broomy, and Mr. Gibbles all return to the magical world. But before departing and to also keep the balance between the worlds, the Goblin King uses one final spell to erase the memory of the events from Fred's, Daphne's, Velma's, and the others' minds. However, Scooby and Shaggy are allowed to keep theirs as they have proven their courage.
As the morning comes, Fred, Daphne, and Velma forget what transpired (due to the effects of the memory-erasing spell) as Shaggy and Scooby-Doo come to pick them up. Scooby uses an unpacked mirror one last time to spook the gang as the film ends as the carnival packs up.
The monsters that are seen during the "Bump in the Night" song include the Werewolf Ghost from "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf", the Phantom Shadow from "A Night of Fright is No Delight", the Creeper from "Jeepers! It's the Creeper", the Mummy of Ankha from "Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too", the Snow Ghost from "That's Snow Ghost," the Ghost of Mr. Hyde from "Nowhere to Hyde", the No-Faced Zombie from "The No-Faced Zombie Chase Case", the Ozark Witch from "The Ozark Witch Switch", Penguin's Troll disguise from "The Caped Crusader Caper", a blue version of Roller Ghoster from "Roller Ghoster Ride", the Kelp Monster from "Scooby-Doo, Where's the Crew?", the Specter of Ebenezer Crabbe from "High Rise Hair Raiser", and the Ghost of the Great Haldane from "The Sorcerer's a Menace".
The Black Knight from "What a Night for a Knight" briefly appears during Mr. Gibbles' song "Who's At the Door".
In this movie and the following, Daphne's robe-like top introduced in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode There's No Creature Like Snow Creature, has been redesigned to be a regular top with a V-neck.
The book Krudsky looks at when he captures the fairy has a picture of Fangface, a lesser known Hanna-Barbera detective.
Ironically, the bar monsters in the film are actually friendly, which is in contrast to the people who dressed up as them.
At the amusement park, the Monstrous Machine crashes into a stand full of stuffed toys of Scrappy. Even though Scrappy himself doesn't appear, this is the only time he's used in a DTV film.
It was dedicated to Paulette Oates, whom helped resurrect Warner Bros. Animation in the late 1980s.
This is the only movie that the gang don't solve a mystery.
Hidden monsters from previous series/film[]
In the scene where Shaggy & Scooby-Doo enter the monster bar, in the part where all the monsters sing, some of the monsters from the cartoons, are part of the group:
The Werewolf from SDWAY: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf
A Phantom Shadow from SDWAY: A Night of Fright is No Delight
The Creeper from SDWAY: Jeepers, It's the Creeper
The Ghost of Witch McCoy from TSDS: The Ozark Witch Switch
The Mummy of Ankha from SDWAY: Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
A blue version of the Roller Ghoster from WNSD: Roller Ghoster Ride
Dracula (A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts) from SDWAY: A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
The Zombie (Which Witch is Which?) from SDWAY: Which Witch is Which?
Snow Ghost from SDWAY: That's Snow Ghost
Ghost of Mr. Hyde from SDWAY: Nowhere to Hyde
The No-Face Zombie from TSDS: The No-Face Zombie Chase Case
Penguin's Troll disguise from TNSDMovies: The Caped Crusader Caper
A Kelp Monster from TSDS: Scooby-Doo, Where's the Crew?
Specter of Ebenezer Crabbe from TSDS: High Rise Hair Raiser
Ghost of the Great Haldane from SD&SD (1st series): The Sorcerer's a Menace
Shadow Creature from SD&SD (1st series): The Ghoul, the Bat and the Ugly
Wax Phantom from SDWAY: Don't Fool with a Phantom
The Phantom from SDWAY: Hassle in the Castle
The Scarecrow from TNSDMovies: The Frickert Fracas
The Creepy Keeper from WNSD: Fright House of a Lighthouse
Production Notes[]
Errors[]
Mr. Gibbles' Genuine Magic Shoppe is missing an apostrophe on its sign.
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! • Shining Star • Scooby D • It's a Mystery • Bump in the Night • Grow Up • Here We Go • Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again) • Don't Wanna Think About You • Boom Shack-A-Lack • Whenever You Feel Like It • Man with the Hex • Freaks Come Out at Night • Words to Me • Thinking About You • Friends Forever • Play That Funky Music • Love Shack • Summer Feelings • On Me • I Fly
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