Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (Video 2014)

Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery: Directed by Brandon Vietti, Seung-goo Jo, Young Won Jung, Jinsung Kim. With Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard. Shaggy and Scooby win tickets for a WWE City trip. All five go. While there, they’re attacked by a huge monster ghost bear. Wrestlers help them. The five have a mystery to solve.

“Not the best Scooby Doo film or among the best, but still great entertainment from start to finish. Some of the story can feel over-stretched, the film could easily have been shorter and still be effective, and the final solution did feel over-complicated, a lot goes on but some of the explanation is rushed. The animation is top-notch however, there is so much detail in the backgrounds that has a uniquely interesting style, all the characters look great and the colours are warm and vibrant. The soundtrack is still groovy with some very catchy moments, and the writing, a vast majority of the story and characters hit the spot excellently. The writing is goofy but of a endearing and hilarious kind that is remarkably true to that of the classic Scooby Doo, and there is a lot of heart. The story never feels dull and the mystery is a good one apart from some padding and an over-complicated final solution, plenty of suspense and the clues as ever are very fun to spot. The ghost bear is a solid and initially scary villain that could have been utilised more, though you do know straight away from the usual formula that it is a person behind a mask, unlike some people here the culprit wasnu0026#39;t that obvious to me. The cross-over of Scooby and WWE worked excellently, Iu0026#39;m a huge Scooby Doo fan if not so much wrestling but the smart dialogue, chemistry between characters and colourful characterisations really worked. The Scooby Doo characters donu0026#39;t disappoint, Shaggy and Scooby have the lionu0026#39;s share of the funniest moments and the best bits are hilarious, but their friendship has a lot of heart to it. Velma(whose personality since the Sander-Schwatz outings has taken some getting used to), Daphne and Fred are likable and do things that are interesting and different to one another. The WWE characters are a huge amount of fun with their personalities as colourful as in real life without being exaggerated yet donu0026#39;t swamp the gang too much, the balance between the two are just right. The voice work doesnu0026#39;t disappoint, Matthew Lillard and John Cena standing out particularly but it is great from all the voice actors and is actually one of Wrestlemania Mysteryu0026#39;s strongest assets. All in all, lots of fun and excellent as a cross-over. 8/10 Bethany Cox”