Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006) (V)

Director:

Chuck Sheetz

Writers:

Margaret M. Dean (written by)
Jed Elinoff (written by)
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Release Date:

16 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Mystery

Plot:

Scooby and the gang take a mystery-themed cruise through the Bermuda Triangle, but what starts out as staged hi-jinks soon turns into the real thing...

Plot Keywords:

Bermuda Triangle | Cruise Ship | Pirate | Ghost | Hijack

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Mr. Mysterio / Woodenleg Wally (voice)
Mindy Cohn	...	Velma (voice)
Tim Conway	...	Skip Jones (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Daphne (voice)
Arsenio Hall	...	Captain Crothers (voice)
Casey Kasem	...	Shaggy (voice)
Edie McClurg	...	Peggy Jones / Sea Salt Sally (voice)
Kathy Najimy	...	Sunny St. Cloud (voice)
Ron Perlman	...	Captain Skunkbeard / Biff Wellington (voice)
Freddy Rodríguez	...	Rupert Garcia (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)

Directed by
Chuck Sheetz

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Margaret M. Dean		written by
Jed Elinoff		written by
Scott Alan Thomas		written by (as Scott Thomas)

Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	executive producer
Margaret M. Dean	....	producer
Vera Morales	....	associate producer
Sander Schwartz	....	executive producer
Chuck Sheetz	....	producer

Original Music by
Steven Argila

Film Editing by
Susan Edmunson

Production Management
John Diaz	....	production manager

Sound Department
Mike Draghi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Menichini	....	supervising sound editor

Animation Department
Edmund Fong	....	story artist
Jeffrey Gatrall	....	animation timing director
Shahen Jordan	....	background artist
Mike Mangan	....	animatics
Justin Schultz	....	animation checker
Heather R. Wilbur	....	animation timer

Music Department
Stephen Krause	....	score mixer

Other crew
Christopher Keenan	....	development and creative supervisor
Dane Taylor	....	production technology

Production Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions
• Warner Bros. Animation
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2006) (USA) (all media)

Runtime:

80 min | France:72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Finland:K-7

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

This is another direct-to-video production by Warner Bros, taking over from Turner Home Entertainment.

Quotes:

Fred: [addressing the upset crowd] Sorry everybody, we didn't mean to ruin the cruise for you.
Daphne: There's still the ping-pong championship. Or maybe the potholder weaving seminar?
[everybody gives her a dirty look]
Daphne: The popsicle stick sculpture class.
[everybody gives her a blank look]
Daphne: Anyone for checkers?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Yo ho ho and a whole load of Scooby fun!

I really enjoyed Scooby Doo: Pirates Ahoy! and I honestly think it is one of the better movies in the Scooby Doo franchise. Like any film with pirates, it was fun, colourful and hugely enjoyable, and my only complaints are that it is too short, and I wasn't hugely keen on Frank Welker's Scooby voice, I much prefer Don Messick. Still, the animation is very colourful, and the music is great. I loved the plot, about the gang cruising in the Bermuda Triangle, and falling foul of ghost pirates. The voice acting was fantastic, Casey Kasem is just a hoot as Shaggy, and Dan Castallenetta was excellent as Magician Mysterio. Ron Perlman was not only charming as Biff Wellington, but deliciously sinister as the villainous pirate captain, and his laugh was quite scary- and I thought Tim Curry's Pennywise's laugh was scary. All in all, despite a couple of minor flaws, an unexpected delight for Scooby Doo fans, a similar thing I said about last year's Goblin King, and I do recommend it. 8/10 Bethany Cox