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Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost is the second in a series of direct-to-video films based upon Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. It was released on October 5, 1999. Like a number of direct-to-video animated films released in the late-1990s and early-2000s, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost features real ghosts or monsters in addition to the minor appearance of simple antagonistic characters in masks.

Premise[]

The Mystery Inc. gang travel to a New England town called Oakhaven after being invited by horror writer Ben Ravencroft, but soon find that the ghost of Ben's ancestor is haunting the town.

Synopsis[]

The hauntings in Moonscar Island weren't enough. Ben Ravencroft, a famous horror writer of whom Velma is a big fan, assists the Mystery Inc. gang in solving a case at a museum. Afterwards, Ben invites the gang to his home town of Oakhaven.

But when they arrive there, they find that the town has been built up by its mayor into a tourist attraction, complete with a replica of the town in the 17th century and a supposed ghost of a witch who haunts the town. The mayor and pharmacist Mr. McKnight explains that the ghost is of Sarah Ravencroft, a relative of Ben's, who was persecuted as a witch by the town in the 1600s. But Ben says that Sarah was actually a wiccan who used natural herbs to heal people, and even has a diary of all her patients that Ben wants to find to prove her innocence. Scooby and Shaggy find what appears to be a shoe buckle, and then go to a local diner for food, owned by the friendly Jack.

Ben, Fred, Daphne, Velma, and many visitors stay out late in order to see the witch, but do not, while Scooby and Shaggy are chased by the fireball-throwing witch, and run into Ben and the gang returning home. The gang finds some broken branches at the scene, as well as a local goth girl rock band named the "Hex Girls", comprising of Thorn, Dusk, and Luna.

The gang then split up; Fred and Daphne follow the Hex Girls, Velma and Ben explore an old barn, and Scooby and Shaggy follow the Mayor. Fred and Daphne see Thorn doing some sort of ritual, and become convinced that the Hex Girls are actually witches. Velma and Ben find a cherry picking truck in the barn. Scooby and Shaggy see the Mayor talking to and giving things to many of the townspeople. They then run into the witch again, who chases them past to Mayor and into Velma and Ben. Velma then tells the Mayor that she has a plan to catch the witch.

The Gang, Ben, and the Hex Girls meet in the woods. The witch appears and gives chase, but is captured by Daphne and Fred. The witch is revealed to be McKnight, who is Thorn's father. Velma then locates the truck among the trees. She explains that the truck lifted the witch and made her appear to fly, and also deduces that many townspeople were in on the trick, including Jack and the Mayor. Ben scolds the people involved for exploiting Sarah's good name for their benefit.

Back at Ben's house, the gang apologize to the Hex Girls, and Thorn explains the ritual was just to improve her vocals, and that she is actually 1/16th wiccan. The Mayor and McKnight then arrive, explaining that they thought they "had to" use the witch to boost the towns economy because of lack of tourists. They then confess that they did find the head marker for Sarah's grave, but still don't know where the grave is located. Velma then remembers the buckle Scooby found, and realizes that it is actually the lock on Sarah's diary in Ben's painting of her.

The gang, Ben, The Hex Girls, McKnight, and the Mayor go to the spot where Scooby found the buckle. Scooby digs deeper and discovers a chest. An excited Ben opens the chest to find not a diary, but a grimoire. He then explains to a horrified Mystery Inc. that Sarah was indeed a witch, and that he created the case at the museum in order to meet the gang so they could find the book for him. Becoming insane with his new magical powers derived from the book, Ben captures McKnight, The Mayor, and the Hex Girls before resurrecting Sarah. But Sarah's ghost rejects Ben's idea of ruling the world together, and instead wants to destroy it. Horrified by this, Ben attempts to imprison Sarah back into her book, but she says only a wiccan can return her. Velma then gets an idea, and frees Thorn, Dusk and Luna and asks Thorn to read the spell because only Wiccans imprison Sarah, and sends Scooby and Shaggy to get the book. A fight for the book ensues. The gang tries to get it many times, but Sarah's ghost keeps turning pumpkins, trees, and even a turkey into monsters to stop them. Eventually, The gang obtains Sarah's book, each throwing it to another person when they get captured, until it reaches Thorn. Thorn reads the spell, sending Sarah and Ben, whom she grabbed hold of at the last second, back into her book. A burning branch falls on the book, disintegrating it. Scooby's gang then free the other victims, and the witch's monsters turn back to normal (except for the enormous turkey which the town can now use as a tourist attraction replacing the destroyed Puritan village).

Later that night the Hex Girls (and the gang) give a concert to the townspeople and the tourists.

Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

Other characters:

Locations[]

Objects[]

Vehicles[]

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/reason
Mayor Corey Seemed excited about the publicity generated by the ghost.
Hex Girls Performed a ritual that looked like witchcraft.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/reason
Opening mystery
Griswald
and Perkins
as the Babylonian mummies
Wanted revenge on the curator for cutting their funding. (This later turns out to have been a hoax so Ben could meet the gang.)
Main plot – Fake ghost
Mr. McKnight as the Witch's Ghost,
assisted by
Mayor Corey,
Jack,
Willard,
and Molly Parken
To make the town a tourist attraction.
Main plot – Real ghost
Ben Ravencroft To become all-powerful, and to rule the world.
Sarah Ravencroft Wanted revenge on the town for imprisoning her.

Cast[]

Scott Innes Scooby-Doo
Shaggy Rogers
Babylonian mummies
Mary Kay Bergman Daphne Blake
Witch's Ghost
Girlfriend of tourist wearing shirt jacket
Female tourist wearing overalls
Horrified female customer
Frank Welker Fred Jones
Turkeys
Enormous turkey
Babylonian mummies
B.J. Ward Velma Dinkley
Tim Curry Ben Ravencroft
Kimberly Brooks Luna
Jennifer Hale

Thorn
Butter churner

Jane Wiedlin Dusk
Bob Joles Jack
Tress MacNeille Sarah Ravencroft
Peter Renaday Mr. McKnight
Neil Ross Mayor Corey
Exhibit voice

Songs[]

Main article(s): Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (soundtrack)
Song Credits Performed by Character performance by
"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" Written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh
Produced by John Kelton and Keith Stegall
Billy Ray Cyrus N/A
"Hex Girl" Music by Bodie Chandler
Lyrics by Glenn Leopold
Produced and arranged
by Gary Lionelli & Bodie Chandler
Jennifer Hale, Jane Wiedlin and Kimberly Brooks Hex Girls
"Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air"
"The Witch's Ghost" Terry Wood, Angie Jaree and Gigi Worth

Full credits[]

The following credits are how they are displayed on-screen (or as close as possible).

Opening credits[]


Closing credits[]


  • Starring the Voices Of: Scott Innes as Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, Mary Kay Bergman as Daphne, Frank Welker as Fred, B.J. Ward as Velma, Tim Curry as Ben Ravencroft, Kimberly Brooks as Luna, Jennifer Hale as Thorn, Jane Wiedlin as Dusk, Bob Joles as Jack, Tress MacNeille as Sarah Ravencroft, Peter Renaday as McKnight, Neil Ross as Mayor
  • Associate Producer: Diana Ritchey
  • Production Coordinator: Stephen DePace
  • Special Story Consultant: Glenn Leopold
  • Additional Development: Lance Falk, Michael Diaz
  • Voice Director: Kris Zimmerman
  • Casting Director: Collette Sunderman
  • Animation Timing Directors: Robert Alvarez, Frank Andrina, Jeffrey Hall, Herbert Moore, Ron Myrick, Kunio Shimamura, James T. Walker, Allen Wilzbach
  • Storyboards: Aluir Amancio, Barry Caldwell, Armando Carrillo, Vic Dal Chele, Jerry Eisenberg, Jeff Gordon, Tim Maltby, Phillip Norwood, Mario Piluso, Marcus Williams
  • Storyboard Clean-Up: Dublin Evans, Vaughn Tada
  • Background Key Design: Drew Gentle, Ed Haney, Greg Martin, Charles W. Proctor, Junnita Tramell
  • Character Design: Rogerio Nogueira, Matthew Taylor
  • Prop Design: Mark Bachand, Vaughn Tada
  • Character Clean-Up: Barbara Krueger, Mark Lewis
  • Character Design Consultant: Iwao Takamoto
  • Artwork Coordinator: Lance Falk
  • Background Paint: Bonnie Callahan, Ruben Chavez, Michael Chen, Al Gmuer, Greg Martin, Jim Mondares, Craig Robertson, Rustico T. Roca Jr.
  • Animation Checking: Sandy Benenati, Karl Jacobs
  • Songs:
  • Music Supervisor: Bodie Chandler
  • Scoring Mixer: John Richards
  • Orchestrations: Lolita Ritmanis
  • Orchestra Conductor: Jeffrey Schindler
  • Orchestra Contractor: Patti Zimmitti
  • Music Editor: Marty Wereski
  • Music Preparation: Janice Hayen
  • Music Scoring Facility: Paramount Scoring Stage M
  • Ink and Paint Supervisor: Geno DuBois
  • Color Stylists: Artin Achamalian, Kathleen Irvine, Linda Redondo
  • Painters/Mark-Up: Kim Bowen, Kim Dahl, Lisa Leonardi, Eric Nordberg, William Ohanesian Jr.
  • Xerography: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
  • Shipping: Bill Ryan
  • Animation Services: Mook Co., Ltd.
  • Animation Director: Hiroshi Aoyama
  • Assistant Directors: Satoshi Saga, Yoshio E. Chatani, Toru Ishida, Kentaro Mizuno
  • Key Animators: Kiyoshi Nakamura, Yoshishige Kosako, Kenichi Shimizu, Koji Nanke, Shuichi Seki, Masahito Kimura, Hiroshi Takaguchi, Genichi Murakami, Hiroyuki Abe, Yumiko Uematso
  • In-Betweeners: Misa Watanabe, Hiroto Fukunaga, Hiroyuki Onishi, Hiromi Sakai, Naoki Yamauchi, Hideki Takahara, Masayuki Ozaki, Yasuhide Yoshida, Masahito Yamada, Keiichi Nagano, Yoshifumi Katsuta, Tetsuro Moronuki, Niandai Animation, Park Young, Pak Production, Sung San Animation, To Production, White Line, Young Woo Production
  • Color Stylists: Hiroko Akimoto, Aiko Hirao, Takahiro Kanakubo, Yukie Haneshi, Niandi Animation, Park Young, Pak Production, Sung San Animation, To Production, White Line, Woo In Production, Young Woo Production
  • Background: Studio Tombo/Noboru Tatsuike, Pak Production
  • Camera: T-Nishimura/Masahide Okino
  • Production: Tetsu Kumase, Toshitsugu Mukaitsubo, Takeshi Ogawa, Kazuo Aoki, Shu-Bee Lee
  • Manager of Post Production: Tim Iverson
  • Post Production Coordinator: Julianne Lins
  • Video Post Supervisor: Gil Iverson
  • Supervising Recording Engineer: Edwin Collins
  • Recording Engineers: Jeff O. Collins, Michael D. McLean
  • Track Readers: Carol Iverson, Joseph Trueba, Michael Trueba, Fred Salinas
  • Dialogue Editing: Jim Hearn, Kerry Iverson
  • Sound Effects Design: Tim Gedemer, M.P.S.E
  • Sound Editor: Rick Hinson, M.P.S.E.
  • Editorial Facility: Glenwood Editorial, Inc.
  • Foley Editorial: Stuart E. Ablaza
  • Foley Artists: Vincent Guisetti, Monette Holderer
  • Foley Mixer: Andrea Lawson
  • Negative Cutting: William E. DeBoer, Jr., Kelly Weyer
  • Color Timers: Ron Sanders, Ed Weyer
  • Video Post Production Facility: Complete Post, Inc.
  • Colorist: Trent Johnson
  • On-Line Editor: Cheryl Campsmith
  • Laboratory Services: C.F.I
  • Production Assistants: Roma Barba, Joe Bova, Sharra Gage, Nancy Grimaldi, Linda Moore
  • Production Accountants: Joanne Halcon, Douglas Marshall
  • Production Administrators: Athena Christianakis, Maria Womack
  • Production Supervision: Haven Alexander, Ken Duer, Clive Nakayashiki, Joe Sandusky, Howard Schwartz, Scott Sederberg
  • Creative/Development Supervision: Linda Steiner
  • Production Management: Andy Lewis
  • Special Thanks To: Joe Ruby and Ken Spears
  • Music from the Soundtrack Available On: Kid Rhino
  • Dolby Surround
  • ©1999 Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.
  • All Right Reserved
  • Hanna-Barbera
  • A Time Warner Company

Continuity[]

  • Ben finds out about Mystery Inc. from seeing them in the paper after solving the Moat Monster case which happened in a flashback in the previous film, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.
  • Daphne wears the same purple suit she wore in the previous film.
  • This is the second film to make reference to a possible romantic relationship between Daphne and Fred. Fred says that he and Daphne should follow the Hex Girls, and Velma wonders why they're always pairing off causing Daphne to blush and Fred to answer nervously. Later when they're alone, Daphne asks Fred why they always pair off and he hesitantly begins to answer, but is distracted by the Hex Girls approaching. This is a nod to the original series, where Fred and Daphne always paired off when splitting up, albeit usually with Velma.
  • The scene in which Ben boosts Velma so she can enter a locked barn through a window, after which she crashes to the ground to open the door for him, is reminiscent of the scene in which Fred boosts Shaggy in What a Night for a Knight.
  • After they find a recently used cherry-picker, Ben wonders, "But who would be driving it this late at night?" Velma replies, "That's the mystery!", a line she delivered to Daphne in the previous movie.
  • Ben misunderstands Scooby's pronunciations of "ghost" and "box" as "roast" and "rocks," much as Shaggy misheard "Mojo" as "Rojoe" in the previous movie.
  • Like Simone Lenoir and Lena Dupree, Ben turns out to be the main antagonist of the respective movies, but isn't the monster the gang initially investigated.
    • However, Ben isn't directly responsible for the fake ghost, whereas Simone and Lena did create the zombies.
  • The green swirl that appears when Ben summons Sarah is identical to the ones seen when the zombies' spirits were freed.

Production[]

After Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island proved to be a success, Warner Bros. wanted more control and hired "two live-action writers", according to Lance Falk. The film originally ended with the fake Witch's Ghost, but a real one was then added by Glenn Leopold to fit the theme of real monsters like the first one had. He was credited for "story by" in the next film to get the residuals he missed out on this one.[1]

Notes/Trivia[]

  • The beginning of this animated film is set in San Francisco, California due to its obvious visual landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge. It is seen during the scene of Scooby's gang on their road trip to Oakhaven with Ben.
  • The appearance of the Hex Girls briefly spurred interest from Warner Bros. Animation to talk with the film's writers Rick Copp & David A. Goodman in developing a spin-off TV series. Despite not succeeding, since then it's still something Cartoon Network have expressed some interest towards Copp with.[2]
  • This marks Scott Innes' debut as the voice of Shaggy, taking over from Billy West from the previous film. This is the second time one cast member has voiced both Scooby and another member of the group; the first was Don Messick, who voiced both Scooby and Scrappy-Doo.
  • Country musician Billy Ray Cyrus sings the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? theme song in the museum chase scene. He is the father of the well-known actress and singer, Miley Cyrus.
  • This is the first time in the (canon) continuity that Velma has been attracted to someone. Unlike when she made it clear to Beau Neville in the previous film that she was only interested in detective novels and not detectives like him, this was a little more obvious in how much she loved Ben's work and them traveling together alone to Oakhaven in his car (while the others who were in the Mystery Machine). She also felt very betrayed by him, and was comforted by Daphne who put her hands on the former's shoulders.
  • The middle-aged man wearing a plaid shirt and overalls also has a cameo as a customer at Sergio's Diner in the next film.
  • Some of the tourists in this film are far more anime-looking than the others. When Ben turns evil and hovers into the air he also is designed to be more anime-esque.
  • The Hex Girls' appearance was drastically toned down when they returned in the DTV Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode The Vampire Strikes Back, respectively.
  • Sarah's spell book may or may not have inspired the Tome of Doom from the video game, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem.
  • Interestingly, the Goblin King, another one of Tim Curry's characters in Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King, has an opposite arc. Ben starts off as someone who appears to be an ally to the gang, but is then revealed to be one of the movie's two "big bads" at the beginning of the third act. At the beginning of the other movie it appears that the Goblin King is going to be the "big bad", but in the third act it's revealed that he's not so bad after all (although that's a matter of perspective).
  • The way the gang throw the spell book to each other after being caught also similarly happened in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed and the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode Come Undone, although those ended with Scooby catching the object which saves them (basically the reverse of what happens here).
  • The scene at the end with the gang playing along with the Hex Girls is a nod to what the original idea for a Scooby-Doo series was before it was changed. Originally, the show was going to be about a group of teens who are in a band with their dog that travel around performing while solving mysteries. The instruments the gang plays are the same ones they were going to play in the show which even included Scooby on the bongos.
  • "The Witch's Ghost" song is credited to the Hex Girls, the fictional band within the film, but instead of using Jennifer Hale, Jane Wiedlin, and Kimberly Brooks, the singing voices of the characters' within the film, they were replaced by Terry Wood, Angie Jaree, and Gigi Worth.
  • Ben's apartment is likely in Europe as that's where he said he spent his time when he's not in Oakhaven.
  • This is the only time most of the gang (particularly Fred) hate being called "meddling kids" (or "kids"), although Daphne makes a remark about it in Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
  • Perkins and Griswold pinning the blame on Ben instead of Mystery Inc. foreshadows the fact Ben set up the museum mystery to lure the gang to him.
  • The licensed board game Betrayal at Mystery Mansion utilizes the pumpkin ghosts seen in this film as tokens for haunts.
  • It is Tim Curry's second time he performed as a wizard/warlock in any film. The first time was in HBO's 1986 British live action television film "The Worst Witch". It is based on Jill Murphy's 1974 children's fantasy novel of the same name. The contrast is the Grand Wizard is a benevolent character and Ben Ravencroft is a malevolent character.
  • Ben Ravencroft's permanent fate in Sarah's book marks one of the very few instances a villain actually "dies" in the franchise.

Miscellaneous[]

Cultural references[]

  • Ben Ravencroft is a combination of horror authors Stephen King (who lives in Maine, New England),[3] and H.P. Lovecraft.
    • Stephen King may have been flattered by this reference, as his 2001 novel Dreamcatcher includes scenes of characters fondly discussing the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
  • When Scooby pretends to play guitar, he duck walks like Chuck Berry.
  • When Velma fake falls, she cries, "Help me – I've fallen and I can't get up!" which was a frequently parodied catchphrase in the 1980s and '90s, following its use in commercials for medical alert systems.
  • Shaggy tries melting Sarah Ravencroft by chucking a bucket of water on her, as that's what happened to the Wicked Witch of the West in the MGM musical film The Wizard of Oz.
  • Shaggy asks Scooby, "who's the man?" which was a common sports phrase of the time. A popular commercial made by the USA Ad Council a year prior highlights the use of the phrase.
  • Earth, Wind, Fire, & Air may be a nod to Ted Turner's conservationist efforts over the decades. The term "eco-goth" was first coined by this film.

Adaptations[]

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

Animation mistake or really same sex couple

Intentional or animation mistake?

  • Presumably it's intentional, but the guards' nametags are empty.
  • When Scooby takes a picture of himself and Shaggy, the teal in Scooby's dogtag is dark red.
  • From a distance, Velma and Ben while in the latter's car have little detail given. Velma's mouth is missing, as is Ben's jacket.
  • When the Mystery Machine parks in Oakhaven, the right window is empty.
  • There seems to be possible confusion over the gender of the female African American tourist's partner. From afar the partner looks to be a male with a ponytail, but close-up shots have the partner looking more feminine wearing lipstick and has breasts.
  • Most of the tourists are given flesh colored scelera at the Puritan village.
  • When the plaid-shirted middle-aged tourist takes a picture of Shaggy in the pillory, the blue stripe on the right side of his baseball cap switches to the left.
  • The pre-ill customer has flesh colored scelera and his face is off-model when he laughs at Shaggy in the pillory.
  • The butter churner's face is randomly off-model every time she's seen from a distance.
  • The back of Scooby's dogtag is purple instead of teal, when he laughs after Shaggy says the corn husk doll hat makes a good fit on the former.
  • The Mayor's sclera is flesh colored when he talks with Ben and Velma at the Puritan village, and later when the waitress walks past him, Shaggy and Scooby, and when he points out Jack.
  • The two children who run past the mayor, Ben, and Velma as they talk, also have flesh colored sclera.
  • The customers standing outside the restaurant have no detail on their face, except for the few that have a line drawn across.
  • When Shaggy tells Jack he and Scooby will have two orders of everything, the booth next to them is noticeably empty.
  • As Fred, Daphne and Velma walk into during which the customer who Scooby made ill run past them and out of the restaurant, Fred's scelera is flesh colored.
  • When Jack says he has to make a trip to the market, Daphne's pupils are kind of bugged-out.
  • The gray hair around the male African American tourist's head changes with each turn he makes as he talks.
  • At night the pictures of Ben's framed works are full of mistakes (not to mention it has replacements and additions (see more below)):
    • The Dead Mall now says "Dead The".
    • At a distance, it looks like the "u" in Skull Cap has been replaced with an "i". There are also two other unidentifiable words after "Skull", although the last one is presumably "Cap". The "u" is missing when Fred apologizes to the Hex Girls.
    • What is presumably a building in The Catenate Mall, is drawn differently to how it looks up-close. It also has the yellow hand prints of S.A.T.B. Camtempt.
    • From a distance, the first word on the fourth one goes from "Stab" to "S.A.T.B." when the screen goes to a close-up. Also from a distance, the second and last word looks scribbled in. (More on this picture's problems below.)
    • When Mr. McKnight and Mayor Corey walk into the study, the writing and images on all four are missing, with an obscure shadowy/silhouette on the first one.
  • The black holes in the chest should've really already revealed some of the spell book.
  • Velma's face is off-model when Daphne asks Ben why go through the elaborate plan of getting their help. This also happens after Velma answers for her that they wouldn't have if they knew the truth.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]

  • For some reason Fred was not given blue irises in this film.
  • Shaggy calls Dr. Dean "Professor", while Velma calls him "Doctor."
  • Ben seems uncomfortable hearing about the graphically gruesome retelling of one of his book's ending from Velma, and therefore likely relieved that they arrived at the same moment in Oakhaven. Even if this was a part of his act, he still wrote it and a little hypocritical of him to act that way. It could be considered a clue to his actual evil nature.
    • He may also have just been uncomfortable with Velma's crush on him, or simply tired at hearing a retelling of a past story he was already well-antiquated with.
  • The tourists are so friendly it's a little unclear who's supposed to be with who. For instance:
    • The male African American tourist was holding the arm of a blonde mother's young son.
    • The middle-aged man wearing a plaid shirt and overalls even looked like he had a family when watching Scooby with the butter churn, a young child of ambiguous gender had his or her arms wrapped around his legs. (His purported wife was also in other parts of the village by herself, too.)
    • The man who was made sick by Scooby smiling at him when his face was full of cranberry sauce, was earlier laughing at Shaggy in the pillory, and he was standing particularly close to a woman, possibly his wife.
  • It's unclear what the corn husk dolls are doing on the tree stump, whether the villager is showing his or work or they're actually for sale. (Since there was already a gift shop there as well.)
  • In the last shot of some of the tourists watching Shaggy in the pillory, the blonde mother disappears. Possibly because she's already moved onto watching the butter churner, even if it is a tad bit fast.
  • At one point, the male African American tourist and a few other tourists are laughing at Scooby with the butter churn, but quickly disappear.
  • The young woman in the pillory is presumably the girlfriend of the young man wearing the shirt jacket (since he's with the woman in the pillory), but her hair is in a ponytail, she's not wearing her jacket, and she's now wearing hoop earrings.
  • The Puritan boy has modern-day sneakers.
  • The mayor uses the word ayuh, which is predominantly found in Maine, though Oakhaven is in Massachusetts.
  • A minor note, but Scooby didn't find another "shoe buckle" for Shaggy when he asked the former.
  • Inside the Oakhaven Restaurant, there's a life-size thermometer on the wall next to the entrance.
  • Scooby's disliking bones is contrary to what's shown in other episodes, such as What a Night for a Knight and 3-D Struction.
  • The man Scooby was disturbing (or harassing) must've had a big appetite as he had both a steak and a burger on the same plate.
    • During Scooby's harassment of the same customer, a kid in a booth behind them from afar was frozen as he went to put a spoon in his mouth.
  • The customers in the booth next to Scooby and Shaggy are already looking over at them when they just sit down, making them look a little rude. Maybe they read the same newspaper as Ben or it their scene was mixed up with their later reactions to the duo's monstrous appetite and table manners?
  • Why doesn't the fake ghost appear to tourists, if that was the main idea of the scam, but always attacked only Shaggy and Scooby, instead?
  • The first time the picture of Skull Cap is seen the words are darkened and the skull image has holes in the shape of teeth. Seconds later, is now in red and the skull is designed a little differently with the top of the mouth filled with teeth.
  • When Fred, Daphne, and Velma are in Ben's study during the day, the wall with framed pictures includes The Dead Mall, The Caretaker's Coffin Nails and Skull Cap (the former two were also referenced), but when the gang and the Hex Girls (and shortly later joined by Mr. McKnight and the Mayor) are there at night, The Caretaker's Coffin Nails has been replaced with The Catenate Mall (the images in both pictures do actually look alike), and a fourth one, S.A.T.B. Camtempt, has also been added. From a distance, "S.A.T.B." was actually closer to "Stab", and at first the second and last word isn't distinguishable (as noted above), only in a close-up does it say "Camtempt". Since "camtempt" isn't a word, it mostly likely was supposed to say "contempt". This isn't known for sure, but if the change was intentional, it may have meant to say "Stab Contempt", which would be pushing an already borderline dark film meant for kids. What this says about the yellow hands and if they're a substitute for red is equally as unknown.
  • The sound of the mayor tapping on the door of Ben's study cuts right before his last one.
  • The patient treated by Sarah in Ben's twisted fantasy and the "grateful patient" who supposedly painted the picture of Sarah could be connected, but this isn't outright confirmed.
  • Wicca did not appear until the 20th century, though similar nature-oriented spiritualities could very well have existed in the 1600s.
    • Additionally, since Wicca is a religion, not an ethnicity, Thorn's assertion that she's "one-sixteenth Wiccan" is nonsensical. It would be equivalent to saying she was (for instance) one-sixteenth Catholic.
  • Velma is correct in stating that the modern-day word for witch comes from the word wicca. However, wiċċa is a masculine Old English word that means sorcerer, meaning that wicca and witch could be considered synonyms.
  • The man who's about to vomit from seeing Scooby smiling at him while his face is covered in cranberry sauce, suddenly replaces the group that had already been occupying the booth before him (who had also been reacting to how much (and how) they were eating). It could be argued that the group before him quickly left, if it weren't for the fact that, that when he rushed out, he put a check on the counter.
  • The way the young woman at night leaves after saying that maybe the Witch's Ghost would return the next day, it looks like it's in reverse of her turning to say something, only her dialogue removed.
  • The timing of Ben finding the gang's Moat Monster case is inconsistent with how it was depicted in the previous film. In the previous film it was a case long ago for the gang, but Ben is just finding it as if it's recent. The photo also troubles the timeline, as Daphne and Fred both wear the new outfits introduced in the previous film, when they should be wearing their original ones, making it appear as if that case had been retconned as one of the newest ones.
  • At the end of the last film, the gang and Detective Neville were supposed to back up each other's stories that werewolves and zombies were real. From an in-universe point of view it could be assumed that no one believed them, but from the writer's perspective (considering both films have the same principal crew) it would be a continuity trap. The point of the last film was to bring them "back together", not make them famous or even professional. In fact, Daphne's whole role of a TV journalist/presenter is dropped which was presumably the whole point of even giving her the more professional wardrobe to begin with.
  • Hopefully the gang actually informed Dr. Dean of his corrupted security guards.
  • Ben didn't need to be so elaborate since the gang were none the wiser until it was too late anyway.
  • It's unknown why Sarah would have a banishment spell in her own spell book, unless it was the Wiccans who wrote the passage.
    • Likewise, why would she have a spell to summon her, since she wouldn't have expected to be imprisoned in the book?
  • Sarah seems to be a tangible ghost as she can touch objects and people, she can get wet, and a bucket can get stuck on her head.
  • Sarah incorrectly uses the words thy and thine interchangeably; thy means your, whereas thine means yours.
    • Since thee/thou/thy/thine were used when speaking to someone to whom one was close, as opposed to the more distant and/or respectful you/your/yours, Sarah would not have addressed the other characters using them anyway.
  • Apparently the enormous turkey either crashed or was hiding in a house after it ran away from Scooby and Shaggy.
  • Despite reading from the same page, Thorn recites a slightly different spell than Ben.
  • It's unknown why the enormous turkey doesn't revert like the other transformed objects when Sarah is defeated.
  • None of the people watching the Hex Girls perform "Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air" are the tourists from the beginning of the film. It's possible the ones who are watching it are citizens.
  • The gang don't seem to have a problem with playing their instruments, but later in Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire, they're more realistically portrayed as terrible musicians, instead of automatically being good. It's possible they were only miming with the Hex Girls.
    • The latter possibility is strengthened by none of their instruments being heard except for Scooby's bongos, and Velma's keyboard not being plugged in.
  • Thorn looks like she's waving to the viewer(s) as opposed to the audience watching them (though this could have been a deliberate case of breaking the fourth wall).

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Greek Scooby-Doo! Η Μάγισσα-Φάντασμα! Scooby-Doo! The Ghost-Witch!
Russian Скуби-Ду и призрак ведьмы Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost
Turkish Scooby Doo: Hayalet Cadı Scooby-Doo: Ghost Witch

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Quotes[]

Velma: (jokingly) Is there anything left in the kitchen?
Jack: (enters from kitchen) I'll be right back, boys. I've got to make a run to the market.


Shaggy: Thanks for everything, Jack. It was great. Especially those last twelve pies.


(Shaggy sees the Hex Girls coming toward them)
Shaggy: Girls!
Scooby: Yeah, rirls!
(they both pull up their full stomachs to look buff, and Shaggy styles his hair and poses like Johnny Bravo)
Shaggy: Like, hi, girls.
Hex Girls: (baring their fangs) Hi.
(Shaggy and Scooby look frightened, then drop their stomachs, scream, and run as the Hex Girls laugh)


Fred: Daph and I should keep an eye on [the Hex Girls].
Velma: (teasingly) Gee! Why is it that you always pair off with Daphne, Fred?
Fred: Uh – well –


Daphne: So Freddy, why do you always pair us up?
Fred: Uh – well – I've thought about that for the longest time, and there's never been a good time to tell you. (Daphne closes her eyes, smiles, and leans in) Maybe it's time that I – well, that I – (he sees the Hex Girls approaching) Hey! Here they come.


(The Hex Girls and Ben arrive to see Mr. McKnight unmasked as the ghost)
Thorn: Daddy?
Mr. McKnight: Hello, Sally.
Luna: Your dad's the ghost?
Fred: Your name is Sally?


Shaggy: (to Scooby as Ben summons Sarah) Like, I know what comes next, buddy: big trouble!


Ben: This isn't one of your silly little mysteries – you can't solve me so easily.


Fred: (taunting Sarah after she misses him with a fireball) Four hundred years hasn't helped your aim, lady!


(Shaggy throws a bucket of water on Sarah Ravencroft)
Sarah: What was that?
Shaggy: You're not melting. (to himself) Like, it worked in The Wizard of Oz.


(a burning branch falls on Sarah's spell book, in which she and Ben are imprisoned)
Velma: Ben Ravencroft's last book is one the world will never buy.

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References[]

  1. Falk, Lance (February 7, 2017.) "APNSD! Episode 03: Interview With Lance Falk (Part 1)". A Podcast Named Scooby-Doo! Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  2. White, Adam (October 31, 2019). "The Hex Girls: How a fictional Scooby-Doo rock band became cult, queer, girl-power icons". Independent. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  3. Falk, Lance (March 8, 2017). "APNSD! Episode 04: Interview With Lance Falk (Part 2)". A Podcast Named Scooby-Doo! Retrieved March 8, 2018.

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