- This article is about the film. For other uses, see Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (disambiguation).
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon is the twenty-fifth in a series of direct-to-video films based upon Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 9, 2016, preceded by a Digital HD release on July 26.
The film was made due to the success of the home video sales of the twenty-first direct-to-video film, Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery, released two years before.
Premise[]
Scooby-Doo and the gang meet old and new friends alike, when the wrestlers of the WWE turn to off-road racing. But while out on the road, they meet the monster racer, Inferno.
Synopsis[]
Shaggy and Scooby are operating a food truck while the WWE Muscle Moto X is underway. The racers are going through the time trial to determine the order for the first part of the 3 day race. Among them is: the Too Awesome, by the Miz and Paige; the Celtic Cruiser, by Sheamus, Goldust and Stardust; the Pamplona Especial by the Los Matadores; and the Moscow Express by Team Russia. Paige is annoyed by Miz's ego, Sheamus is not too keen on teaming up with Goldust and Stardust, and Team Russia is determine to win for Mother Russia. Mr. McMahon makes an interview with Micheal Cole, where he explains that the whole race was his daughter, Stephanie's, idea. Micheal asks his favorite to win, and guesses that it's his daughter, and her husband Triple H, but McMahon says that she's too busy back at WWE. However, they see a replay of Stephanie and Triple H, as the Authority, in the Company Car, much to McMahon's annoyance. Shaggy and Scooby close up the food truck to watch the Undertaker begin his time trial. They join up with the rest of the gang eating DC pretzels, which stand for "Dead Mans Curve", because the pretzels are an exact copy of the shape of the route. The Legendmobile shows up with Team Legends Dusty Rhodes and the Undertaker himself, although Shaggy and Scooby are fans they find him scary in real life. As they're going down the track, another car storms in on the track pursuing the Legendmobile, the driver is a ghost with red skin proving he's no superstar. The rig uses a mechanical scorpion tail to crash the Legendmobile. The team is unharmed, but the demon reveals himself as Inferno and warns them to end the race. As a response Dusty attacks the demon, but he throws him down injuring him. Inferno escapes, but the Undertaker vows to make him pay.
Dusty's unable to race until he recovers, but states that he won't give up on his dream of using the money reward to buy his grandchildren a ranch. WWE reporter Kofi Kingston asks Undertaker if he'll withdraw, but he answers that he'll find the demon and take him down. Shaggy and Scooby attempt to leave, but Mr. McMahon offers them the task of stopping the demon, and Fred accepts.
That night, they go onto the track where the Demon Rig escaped, but found that the tracks don't lead anywhere. Velma does research on Marauders Mountain where, in the 1930s, there used to be races on the mountain in homemade hotrods. One day there was a driver who challenged them all. But, during the race, he approached Dead Mans Curve, and was too late to stop. He fell down to his demise, but they say his ghost still haunts the mountain. Fred finds something different in the dirt and Velma identifies it as brimstone. At that moment the producer of the race Walter Qualls shows up and tells them to keep the mystery going as it means great publicity, but Fred refuses.
They head into the garage where the superstars are checking the engines for the race, they split up to ask about the demon. Shaggy and Scooby run into the Undertaker, who recognizes them as Skinny Man and Dead Meat, who defeated the Ghost Bear. Although they were afraid of him at first, they see that he's not that scary. El Torito suddenly climbs on Scooby's back, amusing everyone. Velma asks Diego and Fernando, but they say they don't have any reason to stop the race, as they do it for the matador's honor. Fred and Daphne meet up with Triple H, who introduces Stephanie to them. Stephanie and Daphne immediately take a liking to each other, although Velma doesn't exactly. Mr. McMahon shows up and disapproves Stephanie competing for the race, but she's determined to prove that she can think of Muscle Moto X, plan it and win it. Qualls then announces that dinner's ready which gets Shaggy and Scooby's attention.
Shaggy and Scooby see the case with the million dollar prize for the race and talk about what to buy with it. Dusty is annoyed that Qualls is going on with the race, despite the demon, and leaves. Taker understands his feelings and says that he's out as well. Qualls is against this, but Stephanie walks by and says that Scooby and Shaggy would make great teammates. Qualls accepts this right away, McMahon offers them the chance, and, although they're both scared, they accept.
The gang and Taker meet Big Earl, the head mechanic, who's annoyed that he's paying for his kids in college. He shows them that the Legendmobile is in pieces, and all that's left is the wheel. Fred offers to give Earl a hand in giving Taker new wheels. They also find powder on Earl's shoulder, which Velma says is talcum powder that they use in airbags. Stephanie and Triple H leave to get manicures and invites Daphne's to join them to Velma's dismay.
Fred works with the mechanics all night, and makes quite an impression on them.
The next day was the first day of the Muscle Moto X. The first leg will take them past the Deadwood Forest, they'll use sky drone camera's to keep an eye on the race from the air. Team Takers new wheel happens to be the food truck Shaggy and Scooby worked in now called "The Scoobinator". Undertaker isn't sure about it being a food truck, but Shaggy and Scooby don't have any problem with it. Fred's very sleepy from working all night and falls asleep right before he could tell Undertaker how to get more speed. The race begins with the cars taking off, but the Scoobinator is going way too slow, much to Taker's annoyance. Kofi Kingston rides on one of the drones to follow the superstars and see's Team Russia has already took damage, but each superstar is equipped with magnetic boots to make repairs as the race goes on. El Torito jumps on the hood of the Celtic Cruiser, causing Sheamus to go off-road, while El Torito gets back on the Pamplona Especial safely. Sheamus is annoyed by Goldust and Stardust, so he tells them to get lost, and, to his surprise, they disappear. The Company Car takes the lead and Daphne is cheering Stephanie on, with Velma reminding her that Shaggy and Scooby are in the race as well. The Russians hit the Too Awesome, but Miz doesn't do anything about it, and just brags about himself annoying Paige. The Demon Rig shows up again before they could reach Deadwood Bridge, which Inferno sets on fire. The superstars waste no time, and make it past the burning bridge safely. The Rig goes after the Company Car, Kofi tries to get in close, but the drones got messed up when he tries. Daphne fears for Stephanie, but Velma notices that Mr. McMahon hasn't appeared in any of the cameras. Daphne wakes up Fred, who shouts to push the red button on the dashboard. The Scoobinator approaches the burning bridge and, while cowering, Scooby pushes the red button, and boosters emerge from the rear, and the truck takes off like a rocket. They make it across the bridge safely, and quickly catch up to the Demon Rig, but Inferno creates a smoke screen and vanishes. The Company Car crosses the finish line first, followed by the Scoobinator in second and the Pamplona Especial in third. Sheamus, angered that he lost, is surprised to find the brothers returned, but they didn't say where they went.
At dinner, Micheal and Kofi gives interviews with the superstars. Stephanie and Triple H won the 30 second head-start for the next race. Lana is outraged that she lost, and openly mocks Rusev, angering him. Team Taker is praised for taking second place despite their setbacks. Miz is, once again, bragging about himself and how terrible Paige was. Outraged, Paige gets into a fight, bringing Triple H, Rusev and Lana in as well. Mr. McMahon breaks up the fight, and the superstars complain about their teammates. McMahon puts Rusev and Miz in the Moscow Express, and Lana and Paige in Too Awesome. Dusty, Goldust, and Stardust see everything, and think that the curse of the demon is just beginning. Velma suggests that they should look for clues, but Daphne has plans to talk to Stephanie about employment opportunities as a wrestle-wear designer for WWE. Velma acts bitter about this and Daphne doesn't know why.
Later that night, Shaggy and Scooby run out of food while sleeping and go to the Scoobinator to make sandwiches. They spot Inferno on the hood of the Company Car and pursues them when they spot him. Miz is out jogging when he intercepts the demon, determined not to get mauled like he did before. They engage in a match, waking everyone else. When Miz used his Figure-four-leg lock on Inferno, but he retaliates, knocks him down and disappears. Miz couldn't believe that he got out of it, fearing he's losing his awesome.
Earl examines the Company Car and the only damage was that the oil line was cut while the other cars were ok. Undertaker praise Shaggy and Scooby for stopping the demon from sabotaging the other cars and Velma finds talcum powder on the ground. Triple H answers that he changed the airbags right after the race. McMahon tries to talk Stephanie out of the race, but she wouldn't back down because she's driving the next race.
The second leg of the race begins with the Company Car getting a 30-second head start, Lana and Paige are in the Too Awesome and Rusev and the Miz in the Moscow Express. As they head out, the gang saw Mr. McMahon leave wondering where he's going.
Sheamus gets rammed after getting distracted by the brothers, and they disappear once more. The racers approach the end of the road by the river, but the cars are rigged to drive on water. As the race continues on water, Paige realizes that Lana is holding back so Rusev can win. Suddenly, the Demon Rig emerges from the water and begins attacking the Celtic Cruiser with the Scorpion Tail, causing it to fall behind. It turns its attention to the Too Awesome, seeing Lana in trouble, he sacrifices his position to save her. The Rig goes after the Company Car, Triple H gets out to brawl with Inferno. He's knocked back into the Company Car and the Scoobinator attacks the Rig. They came upon a fork in the river and the Scoobinator and the Demon Rig take the wrong route, the Rig destroys the engine with the Scorpion Tail and to make matters worse they were heading right for a waterfall. Kofi tries to help, but Inferno causes his drones to crash, although Kofi survives with the camera. The rest of the racers return to the land and the Company Car finishes in first place once again, but Kofi shows that Team Taker's in danger. Undertaker grabs a link of sausages. The Scoobinator goes over the falls and explodes. When it seemed that Team had died, they find that they survived by using the sausages as a lasso. Everyone is relieved that they're ok, but the gang notices that the demon is getting more dangerous. They go over the suspects, Mr. McMahon, who is nowhere to be found, and Big Earl, since he needs money.
That night, the racers have a meeting, and Mr. McMahon states that the show will go on despite Inferno. Team Taker is disappointed that they're out, especially Taker, who wanted to use his share of the prize money to create a puppet show. Stephanie announces that The Authority gets another head start, but the other superstars are disgusted that they won twice, even though the demon showed up, and Stephanie announces that they won't use the head start for the final race after all. The gang asks McMahon where he went for the two races, but he was rather upset that they consider him a suspect, and assures them that he's innocent.
Daphne attempts to comfort Stephanie about her father, but she says that he works them hard because they're family, and she worked harder than anyone to impress him. Daphne says that her father is a wealthy businessman too, but could never work for him, but it didn't make Stephanie feel better because she's frustrated about the race.
Daphne tells this to Velma, who warns her that Stephanie may turn on her, but she doesn't mind because Velma's her real best friend.
Shaggy and Scooby play toro with El Torito, glad that they won't have to race. But it seems they spoke too soon when they see that the Mystery Machine is their new car for the race.
The final leg of the race will take them to Mauraders Mountain and back to the first starting line. The rest of the gang goes with them for the final race, as they have an idea to stop Inferno. They found that the drones from the previous races have been disrupted, meaning that the Demon Rig could be operated by remote control, but when he shows up for the final race, they're going to override his signals and stop him. As the race begins up the mountain, Sheamus begins to like the brothers, who were playing bagpipes. The Company Car takes the lead when the Demon Rig shows up again and knocks the Mystery Machines parachute off, making the drive Dead Mans Curve more dangerous. One by one, the Rig knocks the cars aside. When it goes for the Too Awesome, Lana orders Rusev to take the Demon Rig, leaving Miz in the Moscow Express, and Lana joins him, abandoning Paige. They were knocked off the Rig and landed on the Moscow Express. Miz and Paige decide to take down the demon, and text the others to join in. They all work to stop the demon. Sheamus climbs aboard the Rig with the Celtic Sword and slices off the scorpion tail. When he attempts to attack Inferno, he knocks him off, and everyone gets left behind. The Mystery Machine gets past them, and Fred attempts to disrupts his signals, but he drops the remote out the window. Undertaker decides to face down Inferno personally, and has Shaggy and Scooby drive. As they wrestle, Fred tells them to stay on Inferno, but they aren't sure about it. Daphne increases their confidence by reminding them that the DC pretzels are an exact copy of the route. As they drive off Dead Mans Curve, the Rig and the Company Car's parachutes pop out, and the Mystery Machine fires cables to the Rig, saving them. The weight between the two vehicles causes the Rig to fall faster, the Mystery Machine takes the lead. Inferno jumps on the Mystery Machine while Undertaker takes control of the Rig. The Mystery Machine finishes first, and flings Inferno away after coming to a screeching halt. The Rig finishes second, and Taker wastes no time resuming the fight with Inferno. Inferno recovers after being knocked down, but Taker grabs him and performs the Tombstone Piledriver on him, knocking him out cold.
Inferno is unmasked as Triple H, the gang suspected he had to be a superstar when he broke out of Miz's wrestling hold, but he wasn't the only one behind all of this, and they all look at Stephanie, who doesn't deny it. Paige doesn't get it, because they were both seen in the car during the races, but what they saw was an inflatable airbag dummy. Stephanie was driving the Company Car with remote motion control gear, so she could drive while sitting in the passengers seat, while Triple H controlled the Rig with the same gear. But in the second race, they swapped positions in case anyone suspected Triple H. When Inferno cut the oil line, he was really swapping the airbags between the dummies, which explained the talcum powder. He only cut the line to cover his tracks when Shaggy and Scooby saw him. Mr. McMahon explains that he wasn't at the races because he was practicing the national anthem, which he plans to sing at the closing ceremony. Stephanie says that the reason she did it was to show her father that she could win and make Muscle Moto X a huge success. He tells her that he always knew she could, and that the only reason he didn't want her to race was that he didn't want her to get hurt. He still turns them over to the authorities, but is confident that they'll learn their lesson and his lawyers will have it sorted out in a day since the couple really are that good.
Team Taker wins the money, Undertaker will use his share to create his puppet show, but Shaggy and Scooby decide to give their share to Dusty for his American dream. Dusty is really thankful and that he feels all better. Lana and Rusev give them flowers as a sign of good sportsmanship. Taker announces that the bell tolls to honor Team Takers triumph and all the WWE superstars.
Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Michael Cole (final appearance)
- Los Matadores (only appearance)
- Team Russia (only appearance)
- Goldust (only appearance)
- Stardust (only appearance)
- Sheamus (only appearance)
- Paige (only appearance)
- The Miz (final appearance)
- Team Legends (only appearance)
- Dusty Rhodes (only appearance)
- Undertaker (only appearance)
- Vince McMahon (final appearance)
- Kofi Kingston (only appearance)
- Big Earl (only appearance)
- Walter Qualls (only appearance)
Villains:
- The Authority (only appearance)(main story and flashback)
- Stephanie McMahon (only appearance)(main story and flashback)
- Triple H (final appearance)(main story and flashback)
- Inferno (only appearance)(main story and flashback)(disguises of the Authority)
Other characters:
- Stadium audience (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
- Restaurant patrons (only appearance)(no lines)
- Family watching at home (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
- Cameraman (only appearance)(no lines)
- Paradmedic (only appearance)(no lines)
- Hotrod racers (only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)
- Racer of Inferno legend (only appearance)(dies in flashback)
- Nedley Blake (mentioned)
- Miscellaneous mechanics (only appearance)(no lines)
- Ghost Bear (mentioned)
- Police officer 1 (only appearance)(no lines)
- Police officer 2 (only appearance)(no lines)
- Police officer 3 (only appearance)(no lines)
- Vince McMahon's lawyers (only time mentioned)
Locations[]
- Muscle Moto X Off Road Challenge
- Broadcast booth
- Marauders Mountain (main story and flashback)
- Dead Man's Curve (main story and flashback)
- Garage
- Chalet
- Motel
- Deadwood Forest
- Deadwood Bridge (destroyed)
- Spire Lake
- Moscow, Russia (mentioned)
Objects[]
- Burgers
- TV
- Sky drone cameras
- D.C. Pretzels
- Skinny Man's Dead Meat on a Bun
- Super Duper Scooby Dooby Sub Sandwich
- Velma's tablet
- Scooby Snacks box
- Fred's flashlight
- Sulfur
- Daphne's Takemotos
- Talcum powder
- Popcorn
- Rusev's magnetic boots
- Pizza
- Doughnut (mentioned)
- Triple H's magnetic boots
- Pencils
- Sheamus's Celtic sword
- Airbag dummies
Vehicles[]
- Legendmobile (destroyed)
- Too Awesome
- Company Car
- Celtic Cruiser
- Moscow Express
- Pamplona Especial
- Scoobinator (destroyed)
- Demon Rig
- Ambulance
- Big Earl's pick-up
- The Mystery Machine
Suspects[]
| Suspect | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Vince McMahon | To get his daughter out of the race. He always left suddenly during the races. |
| Walter Qualls | For publicity. |
| Big Earl | He had the same powder on his clothes that Inferno cut out of the Company Car's airbags. |
| Triple H and Stephanie McMahon | Despite of Inferno's attacks they made first place twice in a row. |
| Dusty Rhodes | He was sneaking around after some of Inferno's attacks. |
| Goldust and Stardust | They kept on disappearing before Inferno showed up. They also sneaked around with Dusty. |
Culprits[]
| Culprit | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Triple H and Stephanie McMahon as Inferno | To win the race contest and make Muscle Moto X a huge success. Stephanie was also mad at her father for not letting her join the race. |
Cast[]
| Frank Welker | Scooby-Doo Fred Jones |
|---|---|
| Matthew Lillard | Shaggy Rogers |
| Grey Griffin | Daphne Blake |
| Kate Micucci | Velma Dinkley |
| Undertaker | Himself |
| Triple H | Himself |
| Stephanie McMahon | Herself |
| The Miz | Himself |
| Paige | Herself |
| Sheamus | Himself |
| Goldust | Himself |
| Stardust | Himself |
| Lana | Herself |
| Rusev | Himself |
| El Torito | Himself |
| Fernando | Himself |
| Diego | Himself |
| Kofi Kingston | Himself |
| Dusty Rhodes | Himself |
| Vince McMahon | Himself |
| Steven J. Blum | Inferno |
| Phil Morris | Walter Qualls |
| Eric Bauza | Big Earl |
Songs[]
| Song | Credits | Performed by | Character performance by |
|---|---|---|---|
| "No Pain, No Gain" | Written by Andy Sturmer | Andy Sturmer | N/A |
| "Ole Ole" | Written by Jim Johnston | Jim Johnston | N/A |
| "Stars in a Golden Sky" | |||
| "Rest In Peace" | |||
| "Stars in the Night" | Written by John Alicastro, Michael Lauri, Lenard Skolnik, Gregg Wattenberg | CFO$ | N/A |
| "Kings of Kings" | Written by Jim Johnston | Motörhead | N/A |
| "I Came To Play" | Downstait | N/A | |
| "Roar of the Lion" | Written by Lenard Skolnik and Gregg Wattenberg | CFO$ | N/A |
| "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Lyrics by Francis Scott Key Music by Ryan Shore |
Vince McMahon | Vince McMahon |
Continuity[]
- Mystery Inc. are at Muscle Moto X, because of solving the mystery of the Ghost Bear at WrestleMania in the direct-to-video film, Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery.
Notes/trivia[]
- Kate Micucci who voices Velma in the TV series, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, replaces Mindy Cohn.
- Grey Griffin is credited as Grey DeLisle Griffin in the trailer.
- Some of the stadium members are reused character models of the waitress and Laura from the direct-to-video films, Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery and Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, respectively.
- It's revealed that Daphne's pair of Mary Jane shoes are from a make called Takemotos, and that her father bought them. It's unknown if she meant the pair she was wearing in this film or since the beginning of the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! TV series.
- "The Star-Spangled Banner" is uncredited.
- This film is dedicated to Dusty Rhodes who died in 2015.
Miscellaneous[]
- Disguises: None (although Scooby and Shaggy do dress up Dead Meat and Skinny Man, respectively).
- Scooby Snacks: bribe.
- "Zoinks" count: 3 (or 4 if one counts one of them being used in a flashback).
- "Zoink" count: 1 (by Scooby).
- "Jeepers" count: 0.
- "Jinkies" count: 1.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]
- None known.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- In the opening credits Michael Cole is listed as "Micheal Cole".
- It's unknown if Lana and Rusev are married like they are in real-life.
- Velma's tablet says both "Marauders Mountain" and "Marauder's Mountain".
- Shaggy says he doesn't know how to drive, which is most certainly not true, as even in the recent DTVs such as in Chill-Out, Scooby-Doo!, and Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright, he drove, and had a license in Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness.
Home media[]
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon Blu-ray Disc/DVD combo released by Warner Home Video on August 9, 2016.- Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon DVD released by Warner Home Video on August 9, 2016.
- Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon DVD released by Warner Home Video on August 8, 2016.
- Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon DVD released by Warner Home Video on August 10, 2016.
Quotes[]
Shaggy: (to Fred) Don't say it. Please don't say it. |
Shaggy: One nightmare canceling out the other is, like, a dream come true. |
Shaggy: Like, I can't eat on a partially empty stomach. |
Stephanie McMahon: (scoffs) There's a difference between millions and billions, honey. |
Velma: You better be prepared, Daphne. Before this is over, Miss Bossy McRustlepants might unfriend you. |
Stephanie McMahon: My plan would've worked, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids and your—your speedster dog! |
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