Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (also referred to as Scooby-Doo 2) is a 2004 American live-action/computer-animated horror comedy film based on the animated television franchise Scooby-Doo. It is the second installment in the Scooby-Doo live-action film series and a sequel to 2002's Scooby-Doo, and was directed by Raja Gosnell, written by James Gunn, and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Tim Blake Nelson, Peter Boyle and Alicia Silverstone, with Neil Fanning reprising his role as the voice of Scooby-Doo.

The film was released on March 26, 2004. It generally received negative reviews from critics and grossed $181 million, considerably less than its predecessor. Its poor reception resulted in a third film, set to be written and directed by Gunn, being cancelled.

Plot
Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo attend the opening of an exhibition at the Coolsonian Criminology Museum commemorating their past solved cases with monster costumes on display. However, the celebrations are interrupted by a masked man known as the Evil Masked Figure who steals two costumes using the reanimated Pterodactyl Ghost. The entire gang is ridiculed by journalist Heather Jasper Howe, who starts a smear campaign against them. Concluding that an old enemy of theirs is the mastermind, the gang begin revisiting old cases, dismissing the former Pterodactyl Ghost, Jonathan Jacobo, due to his apparent death during a failed prison escape three years ago, they guess that Jeremiah Wickles, the Black Knight Ghost's portrayer and Jacobo's cell mate in prison, is the culprit. Scooby and Shaggy, after overhearing the rest of the gang criticizing their tendency to bumble every operation, and especially their most recent offense in failing to secure the Pterodactyl Ghost at the museum, resolve to better themselves and become real detectives.

Going to Wickles' mansion, the group fall through a trapdoor and into a cage targeting unwelcome callers, but escape with the aid of Daphne's cosmetics. Inside, the gang find a book that serves as an instruction manual on how to create monsters. Scooby-Doo and Shaggy find a note inviting Wickles to visit the Faux Ghost nightclub. They are attacked by the Black Knight Ghost, but escape when Daphne fights him off while Velma discovers its weak spot and disables it. Before fleeing, the rest of the gang had previously discovered through the book found in Wickles' mansion that the key ingredient to creating the monsters was a substance called "randomonium", which can be found at the old silver mining town. Daphne, Velma and Fred go to the museum accompanied by the curator Patrick Wisely, but discover that the rest of the costumes have been stolen. Heather Jasper Howe turns the city against them.

Following the lead from Wickles' note, their first clue ever, Scooby and Shaggy sneak into the Faux Ghost wearing disguises to try and solve the mystery, only to discover it's a hangout for all the villains Mystery Inc. had unmasked in the past. After speaking to Wickles, they hear how he has mended his evil ways. Scooby causes a dance scene and his disguise falls off, and the two escaped through a trash chute. On their way out, they spot Patrick uncharacteristically assaulting someone who appears to be a member of his staff, ordering him to find answers to who vandalized his museum. Escaping an awkward interaction with Patrick, Scooby and Shaggy spot Wickles leaving the club and follow him. Daphne, Velma and Fred go to the mines, finding Wickles' plans to turn it into an amusement park. As they confront Wickles, he states that he and Jacobo hated each other and that he has no connection to the museum robberies.

The gang then find the Monster Hive where the costumes are brought to life as real monsters. Shaggy and Scooby play around with the machine's control panel, bringing several costumes to life, and the gang flees with the panel as the Evil Masked Figure terrorizes the city. Escaping to their old high school clubhouse, the gang realizes they can reverse the control panel's power by altering its wiring. Captain Cutler's Ghost emerges from the lake, forcing the gang to head back to the mines, encountering the various monsters along the way. When Velma tries to give Scooby and Shaggy the control panel they refuse to take it believing they'll just ruin everything and admit that they feel inadequate compared to the rest of the gang. Velma convinces them they are fine just the way they are. Velma sees Patrick in the mines, finding a shrine dedicated to Jacobo built by Patrick, but Patrick proves his innocence by helping Velma after a catwalk unexpectedly gives way under her, before being taken away by the Pterodactyl Ghost.

The gang confront the Evil Masked Figure as the Tar Monster captures all of them but Scooby, who uses a fire extinguisher to freeze the Tar Monster's body. He reactivates the control panel, transforming the costumes back to normal. The gang takes the Evil Masked Figure to the authorities, Velma and Daphne unmasking him as Heather. When asked why Heather did what she had to do, Velma suddenly pulls and peels Heather's face off, revealing she is actually Jacobo in disguise, who survived the fall from his failed prison escape and sought to get revenge on Mystery Inc. by discrediting them. Jacobo is sent back to prison and Mystery Inc. are praised as heroes once more. In the Faux Ghost, the gang celebrates their victory with the reformed criminals as the movie closes.

Live action

 * Freddie Prinze Jr. as Fred Jones
 * Ryan Vrba as Young Fred
 * Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne Blake
 * Emily Tennant as Young Daphne
 * Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers
 * Cascy Beddow as Young Shaggy
 * Nazanin Afshin-Jam as Shaggy Chick
 * Linda Cardellini as Velma Dinkley
 * Lauren Kennedy as Young Velma
 * Seth Green as Patrick Wisely
 * Peter Boyle as Jeremiah Wickles
 * Tim Blake Nelson as Dr. Jonathan Jacobo
 * Alicia Silverstone as Heather Jasper Howe
 * Karin Konoval as Aggie Wilkins
 * Joe MacLeod as Skater Dude No. 1
 * Brandon Jay McLaren as Skater Dude No. 2
 * Calum Worthy as Kid on Bike
 * Stephen E. Miller as C.L. Magnus
 * Zahf Paroo as Ned
 * Christopher R. Sumpton as Zombie
 * C. Ernst Harth as Miner 49er
 * Kevin Durand as Black Knight Ghost

Voice cast

 * Neil Fanning as Scooby-Doo, Tasmanian Devil
 * J. P. Manoux as Scooby Brainiac
 * Scott McNeil as Evil Masked Figure
 * Dee Bradley Baker as the voice of Pterodactyl / Zombie / Red-Eyed Skeleton
 * Bob Papenbrook as the voice of Black Knight Ghost
 * Michael Sorich as the voice of Tar Monster / Cotton Candy Glob
 * Terrence Stone/Dee Bradley Baker as the voice of 10,000 Volt Ghost
 * Wally Wingert as the voice of Green-Eyed Skeleton

Cameos

 * Pat O'Brien
 * Tasmanian Devil
 * Ruben Studdard
 * Kester Moorhouse
 * Big Brovaz