| FADE IN: 1 EXT. SWIRLING FOG - NIGHT |
| We MOVE THROUGH a thick fog; its tendrils swirl and EMBRACE us. As we CONTINUE MOVING, a curl of mist floats BEFORE us. The curl twists and transforms into a misshapen, screaming clown, then twists again into a formlessness. And, as we PULL BACK, AWAY FROM the shape, it transforms again -- into the full moon. This moon hangs over -- |
| WOW-O TOY FACTORY |
| a sprawling wonder from the dawn of the industrial age. Monolithic smokestacks loom. Unearthly lights flicker in the windows. THUNDER CRACKS. CRICKETS CHIRP piercingly. And a swarm of BATS, the ugly kind, flutter up past us, SCREECHING. Another rush of fog swirls in BEFORE us, and it solidifies into the TITLE of this, our humble tale: |
| SCOOBY-DOO |
| 2 INT. WOW-O TOY FACTORY - NIGHT |
| A stack of clown doll boxes sits, still. Then, suddenly, they fly apart. |
| LUNA GHOST |
| comes crashing through the boxes. He is an eerie, Victorian-era clown with billowing headdress, cloth-covered eyes and a mischievous, malignant grin. He leaps weightlessly through this turn-of-the-century factory, bouncing from machine to machine. |
| He grips gorgeous redhead DAPHNE BLAKE (20) over his shoulder. Her shapely body is tightly bound with colorful children's rope. She's screaming -- not out of terror, but frustration. |
| The Luna Ghost leaps again, impossibly high. Daphne's lime scarf trails them like a tail. |
| They land on the cement floor. Hardly making a sound. Beyond them. . . |
| CUT TO: |
| WOODEN BARREL |
| sits by a conveyor belt, trembling from inside. We hear TEETH CHATTERING. |
| The barrel stops quivering a moment. Then it trembles and TEETH CHATTER again. The CAMERA WHIP TILTS UP TO -- |
| VELMA DINKLEY |
| standing on a catwalk over the factory. She is a cute, but too-busy-to-care tomboy. She sports thick spectacles and an orange cowl-neck sweater. She peers up from the trembling barrel to the glowing ghost approaching it. |
| Velma speaks into a headset as she hurries down the catwalk. |
| FRED JONES |
| is practicing an elaborate martial arts move with a fire hose as a weapon. Fred's handsome in a frat-boy way, with blond hair hanging over his ears. He wears a red ascot, loose white shirt, powder blue boot-cut slacks, anda headset. He catches his reflection in the polished steel of a nearby machine, and winks. |
Fredster here, Velma. |
INTERCUT Fred and Velma: |
A white bucket is perched precariously on the edge of the conveyor belt. |
CUT TO: |
| LUNA GHOST |
| creeps near the barrel. He notices Scooby's tail flicking nervously out a knothole. Daphne's mouth is now gagged with her lime scarf. |
| The ghost produces a flaming wick from within his flowing robes. He blows a plume of fire from his mouth. It scorches Scooby's tail. |
| SCOOBY-DOO |
| the gargantuan Great Dane we know and love, throws the lid off the barrel. He springs upward as he slaps out his fiery tail. |
| SHAGGY ROGERS pops up. He is a skinny dude with a scruffy goatee and a messy mop of hair. He and Scooby are face to face. Scooby whimpers, holding his scorched tail. |
| Scooby sees what Shaggy doesn't, the Luna Ghost, just a few feet away, staring directly at him. Scooby stares frozen, unable to speak, teeth chattering. |
| Shaggy turns slowly and sees the Luna Ghost standing there. Shaggy and Scooby shriek like girls. The ghost unleashes another torrent of fire toward them. |
| Scooby and Shaggy quickly dip back into the barrel, barely avoiding the flame. |
| VELMA |
| panics; she activates the conveyor belt, spilling the oil onto the floor. |
| SCOOBY-DOO |
| again, pokes his head out of the top of the barrel. Shaggy's legs pop out below, knocking off the bottom. They stand, an awkward Scooby/Shaggy creature, and attempt to run from the ghost. Due to the slick oil, they succeed only in running in place. |
| Fred leaps heroically over the conveyor. But Scooby/Shaggy finally get going and bowl him over beside a display of Pamela Anderson dolls. |
| The Luna Ghost, with an exasperated Daphne, chases Shaggy/Scooby. |
| Fred, on his back, blasts the hose at the Luna Ghost, but misses as the ghost leaps over him. His shot goes wild. It strikes Velma, knocking her off the catwalk. Her ankle gets stuck in a line. |
| The line unravels as Velma plummets, then comes to an abrupt stop. She dangles upside down, dripping wet. |
| Freddy continues shooting the hose, sliding back in the oil. He accidentally trips a pulley, causing the net to fall down on top of him. |
| SCOOBY/SHAGGY |
| accidentally steps on a skateboard lying beside a shelf of toy stock. They zoom forward, struggling to stay upright on one foot. |
| The conveyor belt runs beside them, with various dangerous machines: MOLDING INJECTORS SLAMMING together, CUTTERS SLICING, and SMASHERS MASHING down. |
| The Luna Ghost moves up on the conveyor belt beside them. He grabs at Scooby, but, just in time, Scooby hits a ramp -- a plank propped on a piece of machinery. Scooby/Shaggy flies into the air, avoiding the ghost. |
| They plummet toward a MOLDING INJECTOR SMASHING together. They land between the injector's iron stamps, just barely missing being smashed. They skateboard forward on the conveyor belt. |
| The Luna Ghost leaps off the conveyor belt behind them. |
| SHAGGY |
| inside the barrel, closes his eyes and head butts a hole. Shaggy's face is now visible. |
| He sees a scythe-like device spinning ahead of them. Shaggy jumps over the spinning device, and down onto the skateboard again... About to be sliced by a paint machine slashing up and down directly in front of them. |
| Shaggy banks right, hard. Scooby/Shaggy rolls up along the wall, barely avoiding the slicing paint machine, and down again to the conveyor belt. |
| Then, Scooby and Shaggy's eyes widen in terror as a gigantic METAL CRUSHER SMASHES up and down at the end of the line. Shaggy tries the brakes. But it's too late: They slide toward the machine, soon to become a man-dog pancake. Shaggy screams. |
| But Scooby eyes a hook sliding on an overhead rail. He grabs it. The pair is wrenched off the conveyor belt just in time. The skateboard continues, under the crusher, where it is decimated. |
| Scooby and Shaggy smile; but their triumphant moment is short-lived, as they see themselves swinging toward the leaping Luna Ghost. |
| The ghost grimaces. Daphne screams through her gag. Scooby and Shaggy slam full speed into the ghost. |
| The lot of them crashes into a towering shelf of Pamela Anderson dolls. The toys avalanche, burying all. |
| FRED AND VELMA |
| disheveled and dripping, run from a stairway. They find the pile of Pamela Anderson doll boxes with limbs belonging to Scooby, Shaggy, the Luna Ghost, and Daphne sticking out at awkward angles. |
| Daphne's gag has slipped beneath her chin. She's buried, her face pressed against Scooby's bony buttocks. |
| Shaggy's and Scooby's smiling faces pop up out of the toys. |
| Shaggy and Scooby share a trademarked chuckle. |
| Just then, the colorful MYSTERY MACHINE VAN SMASHES through a corrugated METAL delivery DOOR, raining toys everywhere. It SKIDS to a stop just feet away. |
| The driver -- this adventure's celebrity guest -- is PAMELA ANDERSON. She's beautiful, blonde and buxom. As she emerges from the van, a crowd of press and public follow from outside, all applauding and cheering. |
| Photographers flash photos. TEENAGE GIRLS scream: |
| Fred is the Carson Daly of crime. He autographs a Teen Beat magazine with a dreamy airbrushed photo of himself on the cover. He shoots a finger pistol and winks at girls holding handmade signs. They shriek. Swoon. |
| Police officers yank the Luna Ghost out of the pileup, cuffing him. |
| REPORTERS thrust their microphones at Fred. |
| Daphne, with the tired grace of Vanna White turning letters, removes the ghost head to reveal -- |
| The KID ROCK song "Batwitdaba" KICKS IN. |
| Pamela does a slinky lambada move. |
| Pamela embraces Rock. He drops her into his arms and kisses her passionately. Fred pulls Pamela off him. |
| Daphne pulls the mask off Kid Rock to reveal... |
| OLD MAN SMITHERS is ninety, wrinkled as a prune, toothless... and those are his more appealing features. He is astoundingly hideous. Pamela wipes her mouth, disgusted. |
| Velma unzips the back of the Luna Ghost costume, revealing inflatable silver bags lined along his back. |
| Velma flicks a switch. The bags inflate. The helpless Smithers rises into the air. |
| 3 EXT. WOW-O TOY FACTORY PARKING LOT - NIGHT |
| As the crowd breaks up, we PUSH DOWN ON the colorful Mystery Machine van. Daphne and Velma lead the way. Fred signs the last few autographs. Shaggy and Scooby lag behind, bogged down by the supplies -- they're the only ones carrying anything. The gang may have just solved the case, but they aren't happy. |
| Velma turns on Fred as he re-caps his Sharpie. |
| Daphne snatches the glasses off Velma's face. |
| Velma accidentally strangles Fred. |
| Fred backs away. |
| Velma snatches her glasses off Daphne's face. |
| They each walk off in separate directions, leaving Shaggy and Scooby alone by the Mystery Machine. Scooby is confused and frightened. |
| Shaggy sadly opens the van door. |
| Scooby climbs in. Shaggy follows. |
| 4 EXT. WOW-O TOY FACTORY - NIGHT |
| The Mystery Machine cruises out of the parking lot. It jerkily stops and starts. |
| Scooby is in the back window, his paw against the glass. He watches his friends as they drive away. |
DISSOLVE TO: |
| 5 EXT. SIDEWALK NEAR OCEAN - DAY |
| We PAN DOWN FROM a cloudy sky. REGGAE MUSIC PLAYS. SUPERIMPOSE: |
| The Mystery Machine is parked beside the curb. The van has seen better days. |
| Smoke billows from the Mystery Machine. We hear Scooby and Shaggy chuckling giddily. |
| It's not hard to guess what they're doing inside. |
| 6 INT. MYSTERY MACHINE - DAY |
| Barbecuing! A hibachi is loaded with a gluttonous feast. Shaggy is pouring chocolate syrup on eggplant. |
| Scooby pours Tabasco sauce on top of that. He licks his lips. His giant tongue can almost reach his ears. |
| 7 EXT. SIDEWALK NEAR OCEAN - DAY |
| An ISLAND EMISSARY approaches. He's dressed in a combination suit/native warrior garb. He's carrying a yellow envelope addressed "NORVILLE 'SHAGGY' ROGERS AND SCOOBERT DOO, CORNER OF 5TH AND OCEAN, COOLSVILLE, USA." He sees a sign in front of the Mystery Machine that reads: |
| PAN TO a folding table covered with a clay flower pot. |
| He knocks on the driver's side door. |
| 8 INT. MYSTERY MACHINE - DAY |
| Shaggy and Scooby hear the knock and freeze, afraid. |
| Shaggy and Scooby scoop up hot eggplant, etc. |
| 9 EXT. SIDEWALK NEAR OCEAN - DAY |
| The Island Emissary watches the van bounce as Shaggy and Scooby crash around inside. He moves to the side of the vehicle -- |
| Just as Shaggy and Scooby tumble out the side door, knocking him over, clutching more food than they can handle. Scooby's jowls are filled like a hamster. |
| They all stand. The Island Emissary holds up a yellow envelope. |
| Shaggy and Scooby shiver and bite their fingernails. |
| Shaggy and Scooby gulp, shivering more and more. |
| Scooby and Shaggy instantly stop shivering. They smile. |
CUT TO: |
| 10 INT. AIRPORT - DAY |
| A vacation poster on the wall reads "SPOOKY ISLAND." A joyful Shaggy and Scooby CROSS FRAME, carrying bags. Scooby wears an inflatable travel pillow around his neck. |
| Fred Jones enters the airport, not noticing his former comrades. THREE YOUNG WOMEN look at Fred and scream. |
| The girls run around Fred and to their sister, who is holding a new baby behind him. It's a sad realization Fred: No one recognizes him anymore. No one except... |
| Fred sees Velma approaching him. |
| They stare at each other an awkward moment. |
| Velma nods. They exchange phony smiles as they walk. |
| Fred pulls the book out of his bag, displaying it. |
| 11 FLASHBACK - INT. HOTEL BALLROOM - DAY |
| A LOW HERO SHOT of Fred behind a microphone. A banner proclaiming "FAN-CON-O-THON XIV" waves in the b.g. |
| Fred picks up the Black Knight Ghost mask, displaying the evidence. |
| We REVEAL that he is mostly ignored by the awkward fan boys, grown men dressed as super heroes, and starlets in skimpy femalien costumes milling around several other booths. |
| A maladjusted PLUMP KID raises his hand. |
| Everyone laughs at Fred. Fred attempts to laugh along. |
| 12 BACK TO SCENE (PRESENT) |
| Velma hides a look of extreme jealousy as they walk. |
| 13 FLASHBACK - INT. PSYCHOLOGIST'S OFFICE - DAY |
| An uncomfortable Velma suffers through group therapy. |
| A beat, then... |
CUT TO: |
| 14 INT. AIRPORT GATE - CONTINUOUS ACTION (PRESENT) |
| Now it's Fred's turn to look jealous. |
| Fred and Velma stop at the same gate. They look at their tickets, then each other, surprised. In the b.g., they hear: |
| Velma and Fred see Daphne with 11 carry-on pieces piled around her. |
| Daphne turns to see them. She's upset. |
| They all look at each other, recognizing this as true. Daphne kicks her foot on the ground. |
| Fred and Velma bite their lips and make squeaky noises, trying not to burst out into hysterics. |
SMASH CUT: |
| 15 FLASHBACK - EXT. COUNTRYSIDE - DAY |
| CRACK! A BOARD SPLINTERS INTO CAMERA |
| REVEALING Daphne with a look of extreme concentration. She wears an eggplant martial arts robe with a lime belt. |
| She screeches, turns with a spinning roundhouse and annihilates a second board. |
| We are in a countryside covered with willow trees. Daphne's ancient, wise, Chinese INSTRUCTOR is beside her. |
| Under the shadow of a willow tree, a warrior appears, ready for battle. |
| Daphne shrieks her battle cry. She back flips across the grass, and leaps, building momentum for what promises to be a battle of Matrix-worthy coolness. |
| Her opponent steels himself, poised to attack. But Daphne has disappeared completely. He looks around: Nothing. |
| Finally he looks up: Daphne is dangling from the willow tree by her belt, completely helpless. |
| Her instructor and warriors gather below her. |
| To the others, in Chinese: |
| 16 BACK TO SCENE (PRESENT) |
| Shaggy appears in the hall. He happily approaches them. |
| Daphne spots something which horrifies her. |
| Scooby approaches down the hall -- he is having a difficult time staying upright in high heels. He's dressed in an old lady costume: gray wig, flower-patterned dress, floppy bonnet, and a pair of teardrop, jewelry-studded glasses, and an obscene amount of lipstick. Daphne and Velma stare shocked as Scooby joins the group. |
| A pleased Scooby gives Fred a big tongue-licking. A gate attendant is on the loudspeaker. |
| The gang looks at each other, unsure. |
| Scooby puts his paw on Shaggy's hand, lifts it up. |
| Scooby puts his paw back down. Shaggy stares at the others, pumped up, grinning widely. |
| Fred, Daphne and Velma head to the boarding gate. |
| Shaggy and Scooby stand alone, their fake smiles fading, Scooby's paw still on Shaggy's hand. |
| 17 EXT. SPOOKY JET - DAY |
| The spooky JET SCREAMS overhead. It's black with a shark's smile painted on. |
| 18 INT. SPOOKY JET - DAY |
| College students party onboard. |
| Shaggy sits with Scooby/Grandma. He's holding a sandwich on French bread, ready to eat it, when... |
| Shaggy looks up to see a young woman, MARYJANE KIRK (22), getting out of her seat between two rowdy students. |
| Maryjane is the supreme granola chick: a braided, Eurorail-pass holding, Berkeley world studies major. There's a genuine radiance to her. It's like she drinks sunlight for breakfast. Shaggy stares at her as if she were an angel; she walks in SLOW MOTION down the aisle. Knowing an opportunity when he sees one, Scooby rolls his tongue around Shaggy's sandwich, sucking it in. Maryjane leans in toward Shaggy. |
| Shaggy giggles girlishly as she squeezes past him and Scooby toward the window seat. Halfway there, she sneezes. And sneezes again. |
| She sneezes again. She starts to stand. |
| He follows her awed gaze to Fred, who's several rows back, sitting uncomfortably with Velma. Shaggy feels his chances crumble. |
| Maryjane sneezes again. |
| Shaggy looks at Scooby, who's panting a bit, tongue dangling. Shaggy winks at him. |
| Scooby looks at him. Shaggy clears his throat toward Maryjane. Scooby gets it, but his feelings are hurt. |
| Scooby awkwardly stands and heads to the back of the plane. |
| FRED |
| stares wistfully from his seat at Daphne, who is stuffing a bag into an overhead bin. Her blouse rises up, revealing a tantalizing slice of midriff. |
| PAN TO -- VELMA |
| who stares in a similar manner at Daphne. |
| MARYJANE |
| pulls a bag wrapped with a rubber band from her hemp purse. It's a bag of Scooby snacks. She eats one. |
| She notices Shaggy staring and becomes embarrassed. |
| DAPHNE |
| sits in a window seat, trapped and horrified, as a hugely fat dude sleeps on her shoulder, snoring and drooling onto her blouse. |
| FLIGHT ATTENDANT rolls a cart beside Velma. |
| Velma shoots Fred a dirty look as Scooby, seated beside them, stares sadly up the aisle at Shaggy and Maryjane, who are giggling and tossing Scooby Snacks into each other's mouths. |
| Scooby hears a HISS. He notices a CAT on the lap of an UPPER-CRUST COED across the aisle. Scooby's womanly lips curl. |
| The CAT HISSES at him again, MORE LOUDLY. |
| Scooby suddenly loses it, barking at the cat. Everyone looks at the barking old lady. |
| Scooby turns to Fred. Fred flicks Scooby on the nose. Scooby stares a moment. |
| Then he punches Fred in the face, three times, hard. |
| The cat leaps out of the coed's arms, running down the aisle. Scooby, wildly barking, gives chase. The college students, most of whom are a few margaritas into the trip, cheer. |
| As Scooby steps on Maryjane's head... |
| They're so close they could almost kiss, but Scooby barrels back between them in pursuit of the cat. |
| 19 EXT. SPOOKY ISLAND - LATE AFTERNOON |
| We SWEEP ACROSS the brilliant blue water. TILTING UP TO reveal the appropriately-named Spooky Island. Built around a large mountain, the amusem*nt park is nestled into the cliffs and beaches on the west side of the island. A halo of clouds circles the mountaintop, with dark storms looming on the horizon. |
| 20 EXT. SPOOKY ISLAND PIER - LATE AFTERNOON |
| LOUDSPEAKERS emit SCARY MUSIC, as the visitors disembark the barge, noticeably rowdier. A terrifying STATUE looks down at them with flashing eyes. It raises its arms in a horrifying manner. |
| The Statue stops. It stares at Mystery Ink as they disembark the barge. It says in a quieter voice: |
| The gang, excepting Daphne, stops and stares at the giant statue. |
| The Statue starts turning awkwardly as whoever is inside it attempts to get out. One of its giant arms swings, smacking over a passing student. |
| Suddenly, part of a man and his arm slips out the side of the Statue. He's stuck. His hand gestures. |
| Shaggy begins to pull him out. |
| A thin, strange man, EMILE MONDAVARIOUS, emerges. |
| Daphne, the last off the barge with her many bags, looks at him and drops her bags at his feet. |
| They stare at him. |
| Mondavarious turns, leading them like a tour guide. Some henchmen pick up Daphne's bags. They pass "natives" -- employees of various ethnicities wearing grass skirts and war paint -- who vend skull key chains, T-shirts, and plastic leis formed to resemble intestines. |
| Shaggy and Scooby shiver, afraid. |
| 21 EXT. SPOOKY ISLAND ENTRANCE - CONTINUOUS ACTION |
| The gang walks beneath the Spooky Island entrance. Mondavarious points out the young people heading to and from the Barge of the Damned. He whispers: |
| At the end of the walkway, Mondavarious stops. Sincerely: |
| Beside them, a QUEASY DUDE and his pal lean over the rail. |
| The two dudes high-five in triumph. Mondavarious is teary-eyed. |
| The gang, excepting Daphne, looks at Mondavarious, taken in by his plea. |
| The gang watches Mondavarious depart. He weirdly scratches his neck like a dog. |
| Beside them, the gang sees a dude in black with spiky black hair, BRAD THE GOTH, entering, as he spots a stylish, pixyish woman, CAROL, exiting. |
| Carol continues staring at him, not recognizing him. |
| Carol tries to pass Brad, but he gently touches her. |
| Carol picks Brad the Goth impossibly high over her head and shakes the terrified young man like a rag doll. She tosses him down, and heads toward the barge. Velma, Fred, and Daphne stare in shock. |
| The three head in separate directions. PAN TO Scooby, shivering wildly in Shaggy's arms. |
| Shaggy spots Maryjane, beside them, looking around for someone. She sees him and smiles. |
| Maryjane smiles and giggles excitedly as they head off together. |
| 22 EXT. NIGHTMARE BOULEVARD - NIGHT |
| Gaudy animatronic statues loom on either side of the lane. The statues are weathered, with parts chipped away: monsters, cheesy ghosts in sheets, and skeletons missing bones. |
| They chomp and grab at the eight passenger trams that shuttle passengers to the park and hotel. A METAL HEAD and Velma are on a moving tram. |
| The Metal Head stares back at Shaggy and Scooby, who are in another tram, forking down another path. |
| Deep down, Velma's a little excited to be recognized, even if it did take a while. |
| As the tram passes a cavern, we notice a gaggle of glowing hellfire eyes staring out at them, then disappearing. |
| 23 EXT. MAIN STRIP - NIGHT |
| Daphne is on a crowded walkway with carnival games on both sides, and signs pointing to: "BOTCHED SURGERY WATER SLIDE," "BOATING FATALITY BUMPER BOATS," "DEN OF BRUISES," etc. She spots the creepy VOODOO MAESTRO, a Rastafarian with yellow toad eyes. He looks around, making sure no one's looking as he makes a mysterious deal with an arriving student. |
| He gives the student money and takes from him a shopping bag. Daphne starts to follow him when... |
| Daphne looks off at the Voodoo Maestro, distracted. |
| Fred looks at her, confused. Daphne sees the Voodoo Maestro moving into a wooded area. |
| Daphne heads toward the wooded area. |
| As Fred watches her go, he doesn't see two students behind him scurry up a climbing wall like super-speedy tarantulas. |
| Fred looks down. In the sand he sees a monstrous footprint. He smiles. |
| He looks up and sees footprints leading into the forest. |
| 24 EXT. VOODOO MAESTRO'S SHACK - MOMENTS LATER |
| Daphne comes upon this dilapidated shack. She peers inside the doorway and sees... |
| 25 INT. VOODOO MAESTRO'S SHACK - NIGHT |
| The Voodoo Maestro sits in front of a wrapped, storebought Tyson chicken hanging by a string from the ceiling. He's ready to plunge a knife into it as he mutters ritualistic gibberish and nonsense sounds. |
| The Voodoo Maestro points out the window to a classic Transylvanian castle sitting on a hill. Daphne smiles -- she's onto him. |
| Daphne marches out. The Voodoo Maestro stares at the door, trying to work out what she just said. |
| A beat later, Daphne reenters, worried. |
| 26 EXT. DEAD MIKE'S - NIGHT |
| Maryjane, Shaggy, and Scooby enter this outdoor bar. Sections are covered by canopies. A large disco ball hangs from the rafters. Maryjane looks around. She sneezes. |
| Maryjane pulls Shaggy along with her. A BARTENDER holds up a phone. |
| A young dude half-raises from his seat. |
| The Bartender speaks into the phone. |
| Scooby points to himself. The Bartender shrugs. Scooby grabs the phone. |
| Scooby grins, dazed with the tempting thought of burgers. |
| Scooby hangs up. Prances toward the front. |
| 27 EXT. RING OF FIRE - NIGHT |
| The large stone bowl covered with carvings of demons is in the center of a weed-choked platform. |
| Velma is interviewing a skeleton warrior in front of some statues. |
| The skeleton warrior shakes his head. As Velma notes this, two figures, N'GOO TAUNA and ZARKOS, emerge from the shadows around her, where they blended with the statues. She is startled. |
| N'goo is a large, overacting man with a bizarre, nonexistent accent. Zarkos is a huge Mexican wrestler. A mask covers the upper half of his face. He wears crossed suspenders. |
| N'Goo approaches a podium and microphone on the altar. |
| A Native strikes a huge gong with a giant mallet. Flames shoot up from the bowl in the center of the platform. Drummers drum. NATIVES do a Samoan-like synchronized war dance. They chant a strange, unearthly song: |
Ba bingam tom anani fett Ree kimio an rako ling This is what we demons sing. |
| Velma notices a group of zombie-like humans unthinkingly singing along. |
| N'goo circles the bowl, continuing his speech over the ceremony. As he speaks, corresponding holographic images appear in the fire. |
| Velma listens as N'Goo continues his speech. |
| Velma is intrigued. To Metal Head: |
| Suddenly, N'goo becomes legitimately spooky and threatening. The MUSIC gets LOUDER. |
| N'Goo points to the fire. It bursts upward, exploding. This creates shadows on the wall of giant demons. |
| The tourists step back in awe. |
| Velma sees one of the zombie-like humans falling to his knees, his arms up in the air in a frenzied prayer. The human next to him taps him, making him realize he's gone out of control. |
| N'Goo leans over to Velma, gesturing toward the shadows. |
| Velma points out lenses projecting the demons onto the wall. |
| N'goo rubs Velma's head like a dog. The crowd laughs. She furiously slaps his hand away. |
| 28 EXT. FOREST - NIGHT |
| Scooby arrives at a tree with a scrawled note pinned to it that reads: "HAMBURGERS, THIS WAY," and an arrow. |
| He looks up. Numerous similar notes are pinned to other trees leading deep into the dark, spooky forest. Eerie branches loom over the pathway like phantoms' arms. |
| Scooby licks his lips and happily follows the signs. |
| He arrives at a tree with a potato sack that reads: "HAMBURGERS" crudely tied to it. Salivating, he opens the bag. He jams his hand in... and pulls out a handful of gravel. He stares at it, aware he's been bamboozled. |
| REVEAL behind him, a humongous slit pair of red eyes, a combination of flesh, flames and black ember. |
| Scooby turns and sees the eyes. He screams. The dark shape grabs at him. |
| Terrified, Scooby claws up the tree, climbing it. |
| He shimmies up the tree, not looking back. He doesn't notice that the tree is slowly bending over. By the time he arrives at the tip, the branches of the tree are brushing the ground. |
| Scooby turns to see the huge, dark creature on the tree behind him, its weight adding to his and bending the tree. Its huge claw swipes at Scooby. |
| Scooby springs off the tree. |
| With Scooby's weight gone, the tree flings back up. The little spot of the monster flies over the forest. |
| Scooby runs in a panic back to Dead Mike's. |
| 29 EXT. DEAD MIKE'S - NIGHT |
| Shaggy and Maryjane are playing Pong, giggling. The blip goes amazingly fast and zooms past Shaggy's paddle. |
| Shaggy spots a fifty-cent crane machine filled with stuffed animals beside him. |
| Shaggy drops quarters into the machine. He works the crane expertly, picking up a plush dismembered head. |
| Shaggy easily drops a head in the bin. Maryjane is in awe. He hands the head to her. She is touched. |
| Shaggy and Maryjane move their faces toward each other, about to kiss. Suddenly, a screaming Scooby-Doo runs through the entrance of Dead Mike's. He leaps up into Shaggy's arms, between Shaggy and Maryjane, stopping their kiss. Shaggy is bummed. Scooby points outside, wails: |
| A PARTY-HARDIER wearing a Spooky Island hat with two beer holders on the sides with tubes leading into his mouth runs in after Scooby, waving a Spooky Island flag. |
| Shaggy drops him. Scooby looks in disbelief at the Party-Hardier. He shakes his head. |
| Maryjane sneezes. |
| Maryjane goes to pet Scooby, but sneezes in his face. She smiles, guilty. Scooby wipes the crap out of his eyes. |
| She kisses Shaggy on the cheek with the dismembered head. And leaves. |
| Shaggy watches her adoringly. Scooby swings his head back and forth between the two of them, threatened. |
| At the door, Daphne leans in, motioning for them to join her. |
| 30 EXT. SPOOKY CASTLE RIDE - NIGHT |
| Dark, creepy, and abandoned. "DANGER" and "DO NOT ENTER" signs block the entrance. Shaggy turns TOWARD CAMERA. |
| Scooby holds up a limp paw and dog-whimpers. Daphne pulls a Scooby Snack from her pocket. |
| Scooby smiles broadly, tongue dangling. |
| Scooby-Doo does some kung-fu moves. |
| Not looking where he's throwing his hands, Scooby chops Shaggy in the face. |
| Shaggy rubs his eye. Scooby points at Daphne. |
| Scooby opens his mouth to receive the Scooby Snack. Daphne throws it up in the air. |
| Shaggy dips his face in front of Scooby, stealing it from Scooby and catching it -- in his throat. Shaggy grasps his neck, choking. |
| Scooby gives Shaggy the Heimlich maneuver. Shaggy coughs the snack up high in the air. Scooby swallows it with a grin, and licks his lips. |
| They push open the huge oaken door. We TRACK BACK TO the Voodoo Maestro spying on them in the bushes. |
| 31 INT. CASTLE RIDE FOYER - NIGHT |
| Everything Shaggy was afraid of, times ten. Medieval Gothic meets the Spanish Inquisition. |
| Life-size knights wield mace and crossbow, hooded monks, executioners, and the castle's mascot: A ghostly jester that beckons to the portal beyond. Old castle carts, also featuring the Jester, sit in a line by an entrance. Shaggy and Scooby grasp each other, shivering wildly. |
| Suddenly, Fred slams through the doors beside them. Shaggy shouts and jumps, trembling, into Scooby's arms. |
| Daphne shrieks as a grim reaper grabs her. Velma sticks her head out from behind the grim reaper statue. She giggles as she comes out from hiding behind it. |
| Shaggy and Scooby opt for the most innocent-looking door, marked: "STAFF ONLY." |
| 32-33 OMITTED |
| 34 INT. DINING HALL - NIGHT |
| Scooby fearfully pushes this door open, leading into one of the sets. His and Shaggy's eyes go wide. A feast is laid out before them. An animatronic chamber maid displays tarts and cleavage. The jester is perched on the chandelier in a frozen welcome. A wall of meat is covered with hunks of fake ducks, turkeys, ham and beef. |
| 34A INT. CASTLE RIDE FOYER - NIGHT |
| Daphne walks along abandoned tracks where carts once traveled toward her assigned pair of doors. She tries to open them, but they're locked. Daphne closes her eyes. She brings back her fist and hums, summoning her chi. |
| 35 INT. CASTLE HALLWAY - NIGHT |
| Fred and Velma walk along the tracks, past a hallway lined with suits of armor, medieval wax figures, and oil portraits of the jester in both male and female aristocrat garb. |
| They pass a portrait of the jester as child. We PUSH IN ON the eyes, which follow them. |
| 36 INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT |
| A tiny HENCHMAN stares through the eye holes at Velma and Fred. He slams on a circuit breaker on the control panel. |
| 37 INT. SERIES OF SHOTS - RAPID CUTS - NIGHT |
| The jester in each room lurches to life, his head bobbing with an evil cackle. |
| The entire ride shudders as rusted GEARS, PULLEYS and WINCHES GRIND to life. |
| The castle carts jerk forward. |
| In individual CLOSEUPS: Daphne, Velma and Fred, and... |
| 38 INT. DINING HALL - NIGHT |
| Shaggy and Scooby. |
| Each piece of meat on the wall of meat opens a hidden, gum-diseased grin and laughs. Shaggy and Scooby leap back. |
| Twines of sausage links shoot out of the wall, and wrap, whipping around Shaggy and Scooby's limbs. They scream. |
| 39 INT. CASTLE RIDE FOYER - NIGHT |
| Daphne, fist in air, looks back to see a castle cart, fronted with headlights and the jester's laughing face, speeding toward her. It strikes her, head on. She holds on to the front of the cart as she screams. The double doors swing open and she flies through them. |
| 39A INT. CASTLE HALLWAY - NIGHT |
| The knight's armor on either side of Velma and Fred slash their weapons up and down. Velma and Fred run past nearly sliced and diced, into... |
| 40 INT. PENDULUM PIT - NIGHT |
| The door slams shut behind Velma and Fred in this wide room blanketed with book shelves of ancient texts. Velma and Fred see a massive blade, like the one in The Pit and the Pendulum, rushing toward them. A mechanical jester rides the bridge of the blade. |
| 41 INT. DINING HALL - NIGHT |
| The sausage links drag a screaming Shaggy and Scooby, slamming them against the wall of laughing meats. |
| 42 INT. PENDULUM PIT - NIGHT |
| Velma and Fred jump out of the pendulum's path. Velma starts throwing books off a bookshelf. |
| Fred follows suit, tossing books as the blade swings. |
| 43 INT. CASTLE TRACKS - NIGHT |
| Daphne tries to climb into the cart, but her skirt is lodged in a joint. She can't go free. Worried, she mutters her mantra: |
| Daphne glances behind her: Part of the ceiling, revealing sharp machinery and gears, has fallen in the path of the cart. The cart rushes toward it. |
| 44 INT. DINING HALL - NIGHT |
| The sausage links stretch Shaggy and Scooby's limbs on the wall of meat. They scream in agony. |
| Shaggy and Scooby attempt to eat the plastic meat away from their bodies and stave off being drawn and quartered. It's fairly pathetic. |
| 45 INT. PENDULUM PIT - NIGHT |
| Velma spots the blade rushing toward an unaware Fred. |
| Velma tosses a thick volume toward Fred. He turns toward her, catching it in front of his chest just in time. The tip of the blade enters the book but not Fred's body. It scoops him up and launches him through the air. He smashes through a mirror and into... |
| 46 INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT |
| Fred lands on the ride's control panel, hitting the same switch the Henchman did. The RIDE GRINDS to a halt. The Henchman hides behind a counter. |
| 47 INT. CASTLE TRACKS - NIGHT |
| The cart comes to rest right as a sharp metal gear rests against her back. Daphne collapses with relief. |
| 48 INT. DINING HALL - NIGHT |
| The links stop pulling, loosening. Shaggy and Scooby breathe a sigh of relief. Then, suddenly, the entire wall falls backward, our heroes still attached. It slams on the floor. |
| 49 EXT. PENDULUM PIT - NIGHT |
| Fred appears in the smashed mirror. Velma smiles at him. |
| Fred, touched, smiles back. |
| Velma looks around, noticing that all the books on all the bookshelves have been removed... except one. Velma removes the single book. The bookshelf swings open, exposing the control room. |
| 50 OMITTED |
| 51 INT. CASTLE TRACKS - NIGHT |
| Daphne moves debris away from a large door. She opens it. |
| 52 INT. DAEMON RITUS ROOM - NIGHT |
| Daphne looks at this large, circular room. A podium is in the center of the room. On the podium is a small, metallic, pyramid-shaped object. We'll call it the DAEMON RITUS. |
| Daphne approaches the mysterious device, and she picks it off the stand. As soon as she does, bars flip up around her, forming a cage. Daphne leaps through a gap, just barely avoiding being captured. |
| 53 INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT |
| Velma and Fred notice their surroundings: 20 chairs, lined up in rows, face a series of giant video monitors. |
| Velma laughs at her hilarious joke. Fred, who doesn't want to blow their recent camaraderie, pretends to laugh along. Pats her on the shoulder. |
| FOOTAGE - VIDEO MONITORS |
| Various scenes taken from MTV's Spring Break. Girls dance in bikinis, guys pour beer on their heads, etc. |
| A young woman is superimposed over the footage. She speaks with the cadence of a Learn English Now! tape. |
| Fred and Velma exchange a glance. |
| 54 INT. TRAINING ROOM - NIGHT |
| Shaggy and Scooby untangle themselves from the wall of meat. Shaggy rubs his full belly, looking sick. |
| Shaggy and Scooby dig back into the plastic. |
| Scooby looks up at the rest of the room. He pokes Shaggy in the side. Shaggy turns to see. . . |
| The room is a replica of a slightly-outdated suburban family room, with two differences: One wall is a mirror, and every object in the room is labeled in two languages, one English, and one an alien foreign language, for instance: "COUCH =!@#$," "FIREPLACE = $%&*M," etc. Scooby burps. He and Shaggy snicker over this. |
| Shaggy burps louder. They giggle some more. |
| 55 INT. DAEMON RITUS ROOM - NIGHT |
| Daphne looks over the pyramidi Daemon Ritus. It's covered in ancient hieroglyphic photographs. Daphne runs her finger through a groove beside a depiction of a demon, and, suddenly, the device unfolds into three connected parts. |
| 56 INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT |
| Fred and Velma continue watching the TV screens. They don't notice the Henchman, crawling across the floor behind them toward a stairway. |
| FOOTAGE - VIDEO MONITORS - INT. HALL |
| The young woman is still leading the demonstration. |
| Two college-age guys act out a skit. |
| There's a guy with a box, and a soda-drinking guy. They are walking in opposite directions when the guy with a box accidentally bumps into the soda-drinking guy. |
| The young woman appears again on screen. |
| Again, the two guys are walking in opposite directions when the guy with a box accidentally bumps into the soda-drinking guy. |
| FOOTAGE - VIDEO MONITORS - INT. OFFICE |
| The young woman again appears on-screen, supered over this bare-bones office space (desk, white walls). |
| A young fellow walks into his office, sitting down at the desk with a Businessman. |
| The Young Fellow picks up the entire desk and begins slamming the Businessman with it. The Young Woman appears again on screen. |
| BACK TO SCENE |
| Fred and Velma don't see the ONE-WAY MIRROR behind them, through which Scooby is burping, his mouth open wide, and Shaggy is laughing hysterically. |
| 57 INT. TRAINING ROOM - NIGHT |
| Scooby lets out an enormous burp, as Shaggy cracks up. |
| Shaggy slaps the back of his head and makes a burp fall into his hand, clutching it. He opens his hand and lets the burp out of his hand (burping again). |
| Scooby pulls on his tail and farts. |
| Shaggy cracks up and sticks his butt to the side. His face contorts. He forces out a long, uneven fart. |
| Daphne enters the doorway behind Shaggy, holding the Daemon Ritus. Shaggy doesn't see her. |
| Scooby slices his finger across his throat in the "cut it out" gesture. |
| Shaggy laughs hysterically as he passes an inhuman amount of gas. Scooby surreptitiously points behind Shaggy. Shaggy, still laughing and farting, glances behind him. |
| Daphne stares at him. Shaggy's smile disappear. His fart stops in mid-sound. |
| 58 INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT |
| The fearful Henchman finally makes it beneath the stairwell. There, he presses a button marked "ALARM." |
| 59 INT. TRAINING ROOM - NIGHT |
| A SIREN sounds throughout the castle. Shaggy, Scooby, and Daphne look around. |
| 60 OMITTED |
| 61 INT. CASTLE - HALLWAY - NIGHT |
| Fred and Velma run out into this hallway as the SIREN continues to sound. Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby run out to meet them. Daphne has the Daemon Ritus. The knights and wax figures line the halls. They move quickly toward a door at the end of the hall. |
| A DOOR at the end of the hall starts to UNLOCK. Our heroes freeze with fear. |
| 62 INT. CASTLE - RIDE FOYER - NIGHT |
| Zarkos flings open the exit door. |
| 63 INT. CASTLE - STAFF HALLWAY - NIGHT |
| As Zarkos and the natives enter, the hallway where the gang just stood is suddenly empty and dark. Zarkos and the natives move down it, look around. A native picks a torch off the wall and uses it for light. |
| After they pass the wax figures and knights, they don't realize that some have been replaced by our gang. Shaggy and Fred are in knight's armor. Daphne is dressed like a princess. Scooby has jammed fake fangs into his mouth and is frozen as a fanged dragon. Velma is an alchemist. |
| The Henchman runs in from the other side. |
| Inside his armor, Shaggy is struggling not to pass gas. A little FART escapes. It makes a HOLLOW WHISTLING sound in the can of his armor. |
| Zarkos and his henchmen move down the path again. They quickly leave the room. The henchman with the torch sets it on a stand beside Shaggy and follows. |
| Shaggy relaxes, letting loose an enormous FART. The gas hits the torch beside him and goes off like a bomb inside of a tin can, leaking out of every seam. |
| Shaggy removes his helmet, a sweet, relieved smile on his blackened face. He has a little flame on top of his head. |
| Then he realizes his hair is on fire. He panics, slapping it out. |
| 63A EXT. CASTLE STAFF ENTRANCE - LATER |
| The gang exits, stepping out of their outfits. |
| 64-68 OMITTED |
| 68A EXT. SPOOKY HOTEL - LOBBY - LATER |
| The gang enters the front door. |
| 69 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - LOBBY - NIGHT |
| The gang laughs, excited about the new clues -- this is by far the happiest we've seen them. Mondavarious approaches. |
| Mondavarious sputters, astounded by the accusation. |
| Daphne and Velma high five and go in separate directions. Mondavarious to Fred: |
| Fred puts his hands on his shoulder, comforting him. |
| Shaggy turns to see Maryjane arrive. |
| 70 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - BAR - LATER |
| Velma is at the bar, examining pictures in the Daemon Ritus: Dancers, a monster pulling a bubble out of a human, a bubble with an arrow pointing to a human, a monster crawling in a human's mouth. |
| Metal Head comes up behind her to order a drink. They make eye contact, recognize each other. Velma looks away. |
| Velma looks away shyly. |
| The Metal Head nods to the Bartender. The bartender delivers drinks in gruesome skull mugs. Velma sips hers. It's strong, but tasty. |
| Velma thinks back. .. |
| HOKEY TRANSITION: |
| 71 OMITTED |
| 72 FLASHBACK - INT. MYSTERY MACHINE - DAY |
| Somehow, all five of our gang are sitting in the front seat. Shaggy and Daphne are laughing. Shaggy has a strawberry shake with a straw. While he's not looking, Scooby sucks up Shaggy's shake. Everyone laughs. |
| We PAN ACROSS them in SLOW-MOTION as Velma speaks. First, Shaggy and Scooby. |
| PAN TO Daphne, who's laughing also. |
| PAN TO Fred, who laughs while he drives. |
| Velma sits, laughing hysterically. This is the happiest we've seen her. |
| Scrappy-Doo's freaky little head pops up behind them. |
| He pushes his way up into the front seat, where he was definitely not wanted. The gang groans at the pushy little runt dog. He combines the worst qualities of Tom Arnold and Pippi Longstocking. He walks across their laps, yelling in their faces. |
| Daphne squeals. |
| Fred SLAMS ON the BRAKES. Everyone lurches forward. |
| He climbs up on the steering wheel. |
| The gang trades a look. |
| CUT TO: |
| 73 EXT. MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - MOMENTS LATER |
| The Mystery Machine drives off, kicking up a plume of dust. Scrappy waves it away, standing beside his too-big suitcase, looking furious and hurt. |
| HOKEY TRANSITION: |
| 74 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - BAR - NIGHT (PRESENT) |
| A now blitzed Velma nearly slips off her stool. The concerned Metal Head helps her stay up. |
| Velma looks at the bottom of her mug. There's nothing left. She calls out to the bartender. |
| 75 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - DAPHNE'S HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT |
| Daphne's looking out the window. |
| DAPHNE'S POV |
| down below, in front of the hotel, N'goo and Mondavarious are arguing. |
| BACK TO SCENE |
| Daphne strains to hear what they're saying, but she can't. There's a KNOCK at the door. |
| As Daphne heads for the door there's another KNOCK. It's coming from the inside door. She opens it. Hey, it's Fred, holding his toothbrush. |
| Fred enters. Daphne puts her hand on him, stopping him. |
| Fred scoffs, upset. |
| Daphne starts to close the door, but Fred puts his hand on it. |
| Daphne is perhaps moved a moment... then hides it. |
| She closes the door in his face. |
| 76 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - FRED'S HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT |
| Fred stands in front of the closed door, sadly stroking his ascot. He yells at the door: |
| Fred shuts up, realizing he's making no sense at all. |
| 76A EXT. VOODOO MAESTRO'S SHACK - NIGHT |
| The Voodoo Maestro is doing a strange ritual dance around a fire, swinging a Tyson chicken on a string over his head. |
| 77 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - LOBBY - MOMENTS LATER |
| The evil-looking N'goo appears at the top of a stairwell, decked out in finery. Everyone watches the enigmatic figure as he approaches the piano and sits down. He plays the opening chords of what seems to be a Liberace-esque torch song. Suddenly, Velma crawls drunkenly onto the piano. And she sings, breathy: |
| Daphne, descending the stairwell, stops, terrified by what she sees. Fred joins her. |
| Fred and Daphne meet at the bottom of the stairs. |
| She points up at Fred and Daphne. |
| It becomes clear that this is a Liberace-esque version of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons classic, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You." The audience looks on in a mixture of shock and approval. Shaggy, Maryjane, and Mondavarious are also watching. |
| Velma swings her sweater over her head. She's wearing an industrial-strength bra. |
| Scooby sits in a corner, sadly watching Shaggy and Maryjane sitting close. He glances out a window beside him, and notices a... |
| Giant demon's face filling the window. |
| Scooby screams at the top of his lungs. He darts away, leaping over a coffee table, and diving under a table of comely coeds, knocking drinks everywhere. |
| Everyone in the lobby looks at Scooby. Fred is mortified. |
| Velma wavers drunkenly on the piano. |
| All the college kids laugh hysterically. |
| The lights go out. Emergency lights snap on. The college students look around, confused. Scooby covers his eyes. He shivers, dog-whining. |
| Scooby does an impression of the monsters, gnashing his teeth and lurching forward. |
| An enormous DEMON, twelve feet tall, SMASHES through the WINDOW. His eyes are flames. His flattened head sinks into his monstrously muscular body. His horrible claws are three feet long. His body is protoplasmic. It's safe to say this is no man in a mask. |
| The demon picks up a freaked-out Fred, who looks down at Scooby. |
| The demon breathes a green mist on him that promptly knocks him unconscious. |
| College students scream. They scurry in fear. The room chaos. |
| Velma swirls to see what's happening and tumbles off the piano. Her glasses fall off. She squints, unable to see. |
| A DEMON kicks in the FRONT DOOR. It SHATTERS, spraying wood. N'Goo sees the Daemon Ritus sitting unattended on the bar. He moves for it, going to grab it, when Daphne snatches it out of his grasp. She, Mondavarious, Brad the Goth, and the Upper-Crust Coed jump out of the way. Daphne puts the Daemon Ritus in her purse. |
| Another DEMON comes SMASHING down from a SKYLIGHT, landing on the floor in a crouch. The DEMON emits an incredibly loud, piercing SHRIEK. Shaggy and Maryjane jump behind a bar. As a demon passes over them: |
| VELMA'S POV |
| Vague blob shapes; then, her glasses are handed to her. |
| BACK TO SCENE |
| Velma stands, putting on her glasses. She looks to see who handed them to her. |
| It's a grinning demon. Velma snickers. |
| The monster picks her up. Velma yanks on his HORN-LIKE thingies; they stretch out and SNAP back into place. She realizes he isn't what she thinks. |
| The demon breathes green mist on her, knocking her out. |
| Daphne stands in front of a shivering Mondavarious, harnessing her chi. |
| A DEMON's ARM SMASHES UP through the FLOORBOARDS hand grabs Mondavarious' leg and yanks him down Daphne swirls. She sees that he's gone. |
| Another hand rushes up the hole towards her. She shrieks and girl-slaps at it, stumbling back. She runs away. |
| A worried Shaggy turns around, looking for his pal. |
| A demon approaches Shaggy. He screams and runs away. An UP-TEMPO POP SONG PLAYS. |
| BEGIN MONTAGE: |
| 78 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - LOBBY - NIGHT |
| A demon passes a pile of suitcases. After he does, a large suitcase moves toward the door. The demon turns quickly toward it. . . and it stops. |
| The demon lumbers away again. The suitcase moves toward the door again. The demon turns and sees it move. |
| The demon picks up the suitcase-with-a-cut-out-—bottom. Scooby, tip-toeing toward the door, doesn't notice at first. |
| Then the demon grabs at him. Scooby notices. He runs. |
| 79 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - STAIRWELL - NIGHT |
| Daphne runs from some demons. She takes the Daemon Ritus out from her purse. She holds out, over the railing, threatening to drop it. The DEMONS stop in place, afraid of coming any closer. They GROWL and GNASH at her. |
| PAN FROM one DEMON GROWLING and throwing his claws around menacing TO another, TO another, TO... |
| Scooby-Doo, who's pretending to be a demon, growling and gnashing along with the rest of them. |
| He continues to do so, completely caught up in the theatrics of terrifying Daphne, until, little by little, he comes to realize the other demons have stopped and are staring numbly at him. |
| Scooby freezes, his "claws" in the air. He looks at the demons out of the corner of his eye. He manages a growling peep. And takes off. |
| 80 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - LOBBY - NIGHT |
| Scooby gallops toward the bar. He grabs a pitcher of beer and tosses its contents onto the long counter. |
| He jumps onto the counter, sliding on the beer down the table and toward a fire exit. |
| Scooby slides past a long hero sandwich and OUT OF FRAME. |
| Quickly, Scooby reemerges IN the FRAME. The sight of the sandwich has made him forget everything. He licks his lips and is about to eat a piece. |
| Shaggy is on the second level above him. |
| Scooby looks up to see a demon reaching for him. He darts away. |
| 81 OMITTED |
| 82 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER |
| Shaggy, Daphne, and Maryjane enter the hall, running. |
| Scooby-Doo emerges from a side hall, pushing a large luggage cart. Several demons are chasing him. Scooby jumps on the back of the cart, riding it. Shaggy, Maryjane, and Daphne are hit, and are barely able to hold on to the front of it. |
| Scooby glances back at the demons as they leave them behind. He gives them a pompous little finger-wave. |
| Then Scooby turns and sees a large window at the end of the hallway. |
| The UP-TEMPO POP SONG ENDS. |
| 83 EXT. SPOOKY HOTEL - CONTINUOUS ACTION |
| The luggage cart flips up, and Maryjane, Shaggy, Daphne, and Scooby CRASH out the WINDOW. |
| They plummet and land on an awning below. They each bounce off of the awning and land painfully in some bushes. |
| The demons leap out the window after them. But, because of their tremendous weight, they CRASH through the AWNING. They land painfully on the cement. |
| 83A EXT. SPOOKY HOTEL - NIGHT (MOMENTS LATER) |
| Some demons pass four huge, ornate vases looking for our gang. They don't see them. They pass by, carrying students on their shoulders. |
| After they pass, four heads -- Shaggy's, Daphne's, Maryjane's, and Scooby's -- rise from the vases, looking at the demons heading away. |
| They start to get out of the vases. |
| Daphne leaps down off the vase, following the demons. Shaggy and the rest surrender and follow. |
| 84 EXT. RING OF FIRE - MOMENTS LATER |
| Daphne sees the Ring of Fire through some bushes. The demons carry the students into the giant, shadowy mouth of a stone creature. Maryjane dials her cell phone. Scooby and Shaggy don't want to be here. |
| Daphne is about to follow the demons when all of a sudden they disappear. |
| 85 EXT. CCOAST GUARD STATION - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT |
| The Coast Guard station beside the ocean. |
| 86 INT. COAST GUARD STATION - NIGHT |
| A goateed cop, FITZGIBBON, answers the phone. |
| INTERCUT Maryjane and Coast Guard. |
| Fitzgibbon hangs up. Beat. He looks at a fellow Coast Guard officer at the desk beside him. He speaks in high, girly, mocking voice. |
| The two Coast Guards let out loud, demonic laughter for a few seconds, then abruptly stop. |
| 87 EXT. SPOOKY ISLAND - DAWN |
| The sun peeks over the tropical fun park, bleaching away the terror of the night. |
| 88 EXT. BEACH BY PIER - DAY |
| Everyone is asleep. Scooby is on his back, snoring, his tongue out, his legs up. Daphne turns the Daemon Ritus in her hand. It sparkles in the sunlight. Scooby makes tiny noises as he runs in his doggy dreams. |
| Suddenly, a volleyball hits Daphne smack in the head. She wakes with a start. She hears MUSIC. |
| The others wake. |
| They see what Daphne does: the Spooky Hotel is pristine. The shattered windows, smashed doors, and tattered awnings are new and clean. |
| Daphne looks up to see the Upper-Crust Coed wearing a skimpy bikini. Daphne tosses her the ball, and follows her up the hill. The others follow. |
| 89 EXT. SPOOKY HOTEL - POOL AREA - MOMENTS LATER |
| A perplexed Daphne, Scooby, Shaggy and Maryjane travel through this poolside fiesta of hollering frat boys and bikini babes. It is an exact replica of the MTV Spring Break footage Velma and Fred saw. The great beach band SUGAR RAY plays on a small stage. There is something odd about the way they move. Daphne looks at the happy surroundings, disturbed. |
| Maryjane and Daphne head off in different directions. Daphne passes the stage. Mark McGrath, the lead singer of Sugar Ray, kneels in front of her, staring into her eyes and singing. Daphne smiles at first, but as she looks deeper into his eyes, there's something more there. something threatening. She moves away. Mark watches her go, then exchanges an eerie smile with his bandmates. |
| Scooby sniffs the ground. He follows a scent through the crowd, until he comes to. |
| It's Fred, but he's wearing sunglasses, a muscle-T and shorts -- no ascot. He's standing in a group of dudes, including a cleaned-up Metal Head and Brad the Goth. Fred has become indistinguishable from these Sigma Whatevers. |
| His buddies high-five him and laugh. |
| Fred finally turns. It's not clear if he recognizes them. |
| 90 INT. WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM - DAY |
| Daphne heads through this locker room crowded with scantily-clad young ladies, coming out of the showers, etc. They are dancing on benches, shaking their butts, etc. Daphne sees Velma wearing a sexy bikini, dancing on a bench with the others. |
| The other girls whoop their support. |
| Velma struts back and forth like a co*cky girlfriend on Jerry Springer. |
| Velma stops, her back toward Daphne, thinking. |
| Velma looks at Daphne over her shoulder; her eyes wash over bright red. She opens her mouth and releases a loud, piercing SCREECH. Suddenly, everyone in the locker room is red-eyed and SCREENING. Daphne rushes out of the bathroom... |
| 91 EXT. WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM - DAY |
| Daphne slams the door behind her. She jams a nearby chair under the doorknob, trapping them in. She turns... |
| ...straight into Zarkos, the wrestler. He easily flips her and pins her in an elaborate wrestling hold. |
| 92 EXT. SPOOKY HOTEL - POOL AREA - DAY |
| Shaggy looks around, hearing the WOMEN'S SCREECH O.S. |
| Shaggy turns to see Fred and the bro-hahs around the pool, smirking, their eyes red. |
| They SCREECH too, jumping up on tables around Shaggy with super-leaping abilities. Sugar Ray is in on it as well, they leap off the stage and toward our heroes. |
| Shaggy and Scooby run from the possessed humans. They see a storage shack up ahead, and they run into it. |
| 93 INT. STORAGE SHACK - DAY |
| Shaggy slams the door and clamps a slab-lock. An ARM SMASHES through the rotted WOOD on the door. |
| Scooby screams with unrelenting terror. Shaggy stares at him, nonplussed. It keeps going for a while. |
| 94 EXT. STORAGE SHACK - DAY |
| Sugar Ray and other possessed humans super-leap onto the top of this storage shack. The guitars are used as axes, smashing into the shack. |
| They slam their fists through the rotting wood as if it were paper. They tear away planks, fling them to the sides. They SCREECH, hungry for revenge. |
| 95 INT. STORAGE SHACK - DAY |
| Scooby and Shaggy cower as the faces of the possessed humans appear through the cracks. Then Scooby turns, seeing something in the shack. He smiles. |
| 96 EXT. STORAGE SHACK - MOMENTS LATER |
| Scooby-Doo, wearing a helmet and goggles and riding a QUAD-RUNNER, SMASHES through the ROTTING WOOD of the SHACK. He's wearing a helmet and goggles. He flies over the possessed humans. Shaggy ZOOMS up behind him, also flying over their heads. |
| 97 EXT. NIGHTMARE BOULEVARD - DAY |
| Our twin heroes land, zipping past and around the animatronic statues. Shaggy hears a WOMAN SCREAM. |
| He sees Maryjane stumbling onto the road in front of him, panicked. Shaggy SKIDS to a stop in front of her. |
| Maryjane jumps onto the back of Shaggy's QUAD-RUNNER, gripping tightly onto her hero as he TAKES OFF. |
| Brad the Goth leaps after them. He grabs onto the back of the quad-runner seat, holding onto it and growling, dragging for a moment, then falling away. |
| Shaggy pulls up beside Scooby. Scooby looks behind him -- the possessed humans are far behind them now. |
| Scooby smiles and looks happily over at Maryjane. She is smiling back at him. She doesn't see the low-hanging branch ahead. Shaggy ducks. She doesn't. The branch smacks her in the side of the skull. Scooby's smile fades as he sees... |
| Maryjane's face is partially knocked off by the blow -- another face is partially sticking out of her wide open mouth. Maryjane uses her arm to block her face, so Scooby can't make out the monstrous features, which are smoking in the sunlight. Then, as quickly as it happened, Maryjane yanks her mouth back over her head. She looks at Scooby. Her eyes, nose and mouth are askew. With a tug, she snaps them back into place. |
| Shaggy pulls his quad-runner up to... |
| 98 EXT. RING OF FIRE - DAY |
| Scooby pulls in behind him. Scooby leaps between Shaggy and Maryjane. He bares his fangs and barks protectively at Maryjane. |
| Scooby points at Maryjane and screams at Shaggy in an utterly impossible-to-comprehend tirade. |
| Maryjane moves toward them again. Again, Scooby barks and growls at her. |
| Scooby looks accusingly at Shaggy and continues his angry, theatrical spiel at length. |
| Scooby nods, shouts more, louder, seemingly just the A's and R's. |
| Scooby, astounded that Shaggy would insult his mother, throws his fists up. He circles Shaggy like a pugilist. |
| Shaggy lifts up his fists. They circle each other like Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in 48 Hours. They're in the center of the Ring of Fire. |
| Suddenly, Scooby drops out of sight. The circular face in the middle of the altar has opened its wide mouth beneath him. We hear his surprised HOWL, ECHOING. |
| The mouth is starting to close. Shaggy dives inside just in time. |
| 99 INT. CATACOMB HUB - MOMENTS LATER |
| Shaggy falls from a tube in the ceiling into this cavernous hub, with tunnels leading in different directions. He hears the O. S. ECHOED MUFFLED PROTESTS OF SCOOBY-DOO as he is DRAGGED AWAY. |
| Due to the ECHO, Shaggy can't tell where Scooby's voice is coming from. He randomly chooses one of the tunnels. |
| 100 INT. CATACOMB - DAY |
| Shaggy shivers as he travels through the tunnel. Shaggy looks behind him. |
| He turns around to find himself with his face almost touching a huge, monstrous face. |
| He stumbles back in terror. Then he realizes the face is just a mask hanging on the wall. He looks around in a crevice/dressing room at various masks and ritualistic garb. |
| 101 INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| Shaggy arrives at a huge boulder, and he peers around it. He beholds something awesome. |
| The cavern belly is hundreds of yards high. In the center of the room eight vertical wooden slabs encircle a ten-foot high rusty iron and glass vat. Its contents glow. |
| Daphne struggles, bound to one of the slabs by weathered straps and metal buckles. Possessed humans wander about. One of them tightens Daphne's ropes. A henchman takes the Daemon Ritus out of Daphne's purse. |
| Zarkos ascends a short stairwell to a metal control station. He enters the station and places his hands on the controls inside. Simultaneously, the henchman takes the Daemon Ritus to a base beside the water. He fits the pyramid device into a corresponding slot. The Daemon Ritus glows. |
| SOUL SNATCHER |
| rises from the water; it's an upright metal device with an enormous pincer on the end. Zarkos works the controls; he guides the pincer toward Daphne's chest. |
| Shaggy watches, horrified, as the pincer mystically -- that is, without bodily injury -- enters Daphne's chest. She looks down at it, baffled. The pincer glows. It twists, digs, searches for something. |
| The pincer clamps shut. Daphne's body falls limp. |
| But, strangely, though her mouth has stopped moving, we still hear her MUFFLED VOICE. |
| The pincer emerges from her chest, yanking something translucent white and incandescent, pulling it like warm taffy through a pinhole. Eventually, it's free. We gaze upon. .. |
| Daphne's soul. The soul looks like Daphne's head, with a wispy spinal tail. |
| Daphne's soul shrieks. She abruptly stops when she sees her own limp body in front of her. |
| The demon moves beside Daphne's body and shoves his head down her throat. He shoves his arms inside. It's an ugly sight, but the demon gradually squeezes his whole shape through Daphne's mouth and into the soulless husk. |
| The pincer swings Daphne's soul over to the vat. The vat is filled with a glowing, mystical brew. Dim VOICES ECHO from it. The pincer stuffs Daphne's shell-shocked soul into the mix. |
| Daphne's body's eyes open. Possessed workers unstrap her. She manipulates her face, getting used to being in the body. She sits up. Rotates her shoulders. To another possessed human: |
| Shaggy sinks back against his boulder, afraid to even breathe. |
| CROSSFADE TO: |
| 102 INT. CAVERN BELLY - LATER |
| Shaggy watches as Daphne and the other possessed humans exit into a passageway. |
| He creeps up the steps to the brew. He puts his hands on the edge of the vat. Peers down into it. |
| OVERHEAD SHOT |
| Inside the vat are hundreds of swirling, agonized SOULS, white translucent faces, swirling, agonized, SCREAMING and CHATTERING and WHISPERING. |
| Velma's soul circles up and away from Shaggy and then swings back around again. |
| Shaggy fearfully plunges his hand in the vat and snatches up Velma's soul. He holds it up. Her soul whooshes to the side, tugging on his hand. |
| Shaggy, unsure, releases Velma's soul. She shoots away in a trichromatic streak of light and out of the cavern. |
| 103 INT./EXT. SPOOKY CASTLE - STAFF PASSAGEWAY - DAY |
| The possessed Daphne opens the door from the inside. Possessed students enter from the outside. |
| Possessed Velma is last in line. The streak of Velma's soul zips smack into Possessed Velma's face, knocking her off her feet. None of the other humans notice. |
| Velma's soul oozes into the mouth of the prone Velma. It travels through her neck like a rat through a snake. The body quakes and, suddenly... |
| A monstrous demon springs from her chest. |
| Slats of daylight stream down through tree limbs. Where sunlight meets the demon's body, it burns. The DEMON opens its mouth to scream, but instead EXPLODES into glowing, protoplasmic chunks. |
| Velma covers her face to protect herself, but the chunks dissipate into nothing. |
| She looks at the closing staff door. No one has seen. |
| Feeling her pockets, she finds her glasses. Puts them back on. |
| 104 INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| Shaggy snatches Fred's soul out of the vat. Shaggy holds it upside down by its wispy spinal tail. |
| Fred is, to say the least, rattled. |
| Fred's SOUL WHOOSHES to the side, flying out of Shaggy's hand and flying off in a colorful streak. |
| 105 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - LOBBY - DAY |
| The possessed Fred moves with his homies carrying a large, ornate palanquin through this perfectly restored lobby and toward a room behind the concierge desk. They open the door. |
| Fred's SOUL WHOOSHES through an open window, heading straight for his body. . . just as the possessed Fred closes the door behind him. His soul bounces off the door. |
| Fred's soul ricochets around the lobby. |
| Knocks over a lamp. Bounces back out the open window. |
| 106 INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| Shaggy snatches another soul from the vat. A MAN'S SOUL. |
| Shaggy stuffs the Man's soul back in the stew. He grabs another. It's Daphne's soul. She's steamed. |
| 107 EXT./INT. SPOOKY CASTLE - STAFF PASSAGEWAY - DAY |
| Velma leaves the door open behind her as she tails Daphne and the possessed humans. |
| Velma spots a soul streaking through the forest outside. She grabs Possessed Daphne and tosses her into... |
| 108 INT. MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY |
| The soul flies into Possessed Daphne's face. Velma slams the door shut, so the others don't see. |
| An enormous demon pops out of her chest. Only this time he doesn't explode. The demon looks at Daphne. He grabs her by the neck and slams her against the wall. |
| Velma pulls up a window shade. |
| The DEMON EXPLODES into dissipating chunks as the sunlight hits him. Daphne looks confused. |
| Daphne nods, but still seems dazed. |
| 109 INT. SPOOKY HOTEL - LOBBY - DAY |
| Possessed Fred emerges from the back room alone. He looks up, surprised, and sees an equally surprised Daphne's soul zooming toward him. |
| Daphne's soul slams into his mouth, knocking him over. |
| 110 INT. MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY |
| "Daphne" is freaked out. |
| Daphne's mood shifts. She grins. |
| Velma notices something on the wall behind Daphne, shocking her. Fred-in-Daphne turns around to see: This is a regular office, with a desk and bookcase -- but an enormous world map is on the wall; pegs are clustered in various cities. |
| Velma sees a wire with a nub on the end of it under the map. She plugs it into a random peg in Washington D.C. |
| On the adjacent wall, a huge photo of a young woman appears. An ELECTRONIC VOICE speaks out: |
| Velma pulls out the plug and puts it somewhere else. A photo of a young man appears on the wall. |
| 110A INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| Shaggy kneels down beside the base with the Daemon Ritus. He removes the Daemon Ritus. He hides it under his shirt, and moves out. |
| 111 EXT. FOREST - MOMENTS LATER |
| Fred stomps angrily through the forest, frowning, carrying a purse. He spots Velma and Daphne. Daphne is moving her breasts up and down. |
| Velma and Fred-in-Daphne see Fred stomp toward them. |
| Daphne tries to circle Fred, getting a better look at the backside. |
| Shaggy comes upon Daphne, Fred, and Velma. He hides behind a tree. With resigned trepidation, he peeks his head out. . |
| Shaggy gapes at them; then he looks at the put-upon Velma, who's obviously been hearing this for awhile. |
| Shaggy holds out the Daemon Ritus. |
| Suddenly, Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, and Velma all tremble. |
| The souls blast out of the mouths of all four bodies. They swirl around the upright lifeless bodies in trichromatic streaks a moment, and then burst back into the bodies before the bodies topple. |
| Shaggy-in-Velma turns toward Daphne, who holds open a compact mirror in front of him/her. He/she screams. |
| Their bodies shake again, and again the souls fly around them and re-enter their bodies. |
| The souls rearrange once again. |
| Fred and Shaggy cover their lips with both hands. Daphne grabs a surprised Velma and kisses her with an open mouth. The soul colors burst between their lips. They each fly backwards through the air. |
| Daphne and Velma wobble to their feet. |
| Velma grabs the Daemon Ritus, trying to read it. |
| Everyone looks at Fred like the madman he's become. |
| 112 INT. DAEMON RITUS ROOM - DAY (Omitted, reinserted from the March 17, 2000 draft and edited) |
| The Metal Head and two other possessed humans are playing a game at a folding table, using sinister-looking, octagonal cards. |
| Scooby looks around the murky room. A mischievous look crosses his face; he has an idea. |
| Scooby clutches his heart. He wheezes. He’s pretending to have a heart attack. |
| The guards stare blankly at him from their seats as he stumbles back and forth melodramatically. |
| Scooby flips onto his back. He gasps for air like a dying fish, raspy and without shame. |
| Then he "dies." The possessed humans continue staring, unmoved. |
| After a moment, Scooby squinches open one eye. |
| Scooby slaps his paw to his face. |
| 112A EXT. FOREST - DAY |
| The gang is trying to piece things together. |
| At that moment, they hear an EXPLOSION. The gang turns to see flames pouring up behind the trees, seemingly coming from the beach. |
| The gang moves toward the flames. |
| 113-114 OMITTED |
| 115 EXT. BEACH BY SHIPWRECKS - MOMENTS LATER |
| Daphne leads the gang. They see the Voodoo Maestro, charred from a small explosion. He makes his way back up to a flaming pit of stones. |
| The Voodoo Maestro picks carefully through the flaming stones, a man obsessed. |
| The Voodoo Maestro holds up something by the rear legs in the middle of the pit. The Arnouki beast is a disgusting animal, veiny and rotten with diseased, bulbous eyes. The gang jumps back, horrified by its hideosity. Daphne shrieks. |
| Velma opens the Daemon Ritus. Inside, she points out some writings. |
| The Voodoo Maestro stomps away. |
| Everyone stares at each other. |
| 116 INT. DAEMON RITUS ROOM - DAY |
| Scooby sits, dewy-eyed and pure. N'goo opens his cell. |
| 117 OMITTED (Merged with 119) |
| 118 EXT. BEACH BY SHIPWRECKS - DAY |
| 119 INT. MANAGER'S OFFICE - DAY |
| N'goo opens the door for Scooby. Inside, Mondavarious stands, crunching dog food from a tiny bowl he carries around with him. He is co*ckier than he was before. |
| Scooby notices a framed photograph of himself all on Mondavarious' desk. |
| Scooby shakes his head, sadly, no. |
| Scooby slaps a plaster kitten's head with a spring for a neck on Mondavarious's desk. He digs it. |
| Scooby points to himself. He can't believe his good luck. |
| 120 EXT. BEACH BY SHIPWRECKS - DAY |
| He grabs a bag of Scooby Snacks from Daphne's purse. |
| He downs a biscuit. He offers the bag to Velma. She looks unsure. Fred looks at her. |
| Daphne smiles, moved. He passes it to Daphne, who does the same. Then Velma. |
| After a moment of chewing, they all three look as if they're going to vomit. |
| Shaggy puts his hand out in the center of the group. Fred puts his hand on his. Daphne puts her hand on his. Velma puts her hand on all of theirs. |
| 121 EXT. DEAD MIKE'S - DAY |
| Fred and Shaggy take a disco ball in the shape of a skull from the corner of Dead Mike's. |
| 122 EXT. MAIN STRIP - DAY |
| Daphne and Velma grab rappelling gear, winches, and backpacks off a Spooky Island climbing wall. |
| 123 OMITTED |
| 124 EXT. SPOOKY CASTLE - STAFF PASSAGEWAY - DAY |
| Shaggy approaches two possessed guards at the entrance. He shakes his face back and forth, flapping his lips and making a weird sound. |
| The possessed guards nod and attempt the ridiculous face as they walk away. Shaggy gestures for Velma, Daphne, and Fred, who has the disco skull under a tarp on his back, and they all sneak into the passageway. |
| 125 OMITTED (Merged with 126A) |
| 126 INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| Fred and Daphne dangle from the ceiling, using rappelling gear. Daphne hangs the disco skull while Fred arranges a complex pulley system above the soul vat. Their eyes meet and they share a smile. |
| Shaggy and Velma pull on guide ropes from a rocky shelf halfway between the floor and ceiling. |
| Velma and Shaggy share an excited look. Shaggy gives the thumbs-up and rappels to the floor. |
| The disco skull is tucked into a cave high in the ceiling. Daphne pulls herself up toward one of the vents. Fred lowers himself onto the rocky shelf beside Velma. |
| Shaggy whispers up from below. |
| They hear TRIBAL DRUMMING. |
| Velma quickly lowers the last bit of rope to Shaggy. |
| Shaggy races to the vat and begins nervously clasping on the rope. Despite the danger, Fred and Velma are in their element. |
| Fred stares at her, doubting. |
| CHANTING VOICES can now be heard coming from the surrounding tunnels. |
| Fred and Velma grab onto the rope and jump. Unfortunately, Shaggy has unwittingly attached the clasp to his belt instead of the vat. |
| Fred and Velma's combined weight launches Shaggy up OUT OF FRAME just as the tribal drummers enter. |
| Shaggy slams into the ceiling, dislodging the central pulley. This sends him swinging across the room and plummeting into a dark corner. |
| The force of his impact also dislodges Daphne's pick point, sending her swinging in the other direction. She slams into a high rocky ledge as her support rope falls away. She clings for dear life as: |
| Mondavarious and N'Goo enter the cavern flanked by a posse of henchmen and skeleton warriors. Possessed humans follow. Mondavarious wears regal garb and an occult metal plate on the front of his chest. |
| Velma and Fred gather themselves. They push the pulleys into a dark corner behind them. |
| He and Velma see Daphne dangling high above. |
| Velma's eyes glaze over. |
| Fred sees the possessed humans approaching and attempts to glaze his eyes as well. The two of them, fearfully, line up with them. |
| Shaggy, picking gravel off his tongue, peeks around a passageway into the catacombs. In the distance, he sees a henchman, wearing a ritual mask, open a door. |
CUT TO: |
| 126A INT. DAEMON RITUS ROOM - SHAGGY'S POV - SAME TIME |
| Scooby is on a propped, gilded palanquin. He is adorned with garlands. Beautiful, possessed women feed him Scooby Snacks as if they were grapes. Scooby's loving it. The door closes. |
| SHAGGY |
| dislodges himself from the pulley, he looks around and moves toward it. |
| 127-130 OMITTED |
| 130A INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| The musician's drumbeat changes. N'Goo walks up into the Soul Snatcher's control booth, as Mondavarious takes his place on a raised ceremonial platform. |
| Daphne manages to pull herself up onto the ledge. She carefully looks down to Fred and Velma who signal her to keep going. She squeezes herself into a nearby vent, making her way up to the mountain top. |
| All the possessed HUMANS in the room, including Brad the Goth, the Upper-Crust Coed, the Metal Head, Melvin Doo and the Bartender, start to chant and do an elaborate synchronized war dance. Velma and Fred are the only ones who don't know the words or the choreography. They try to fake it. |
Ba bingam tom anani fett Ree kimio an rako ling This is what we demons sing! |
| 131-133 OMITTED |
| 134 PENTAGON - DAY |
| Yes, the apogee of U.S. military activity. |
| 135 INT. LIEUTENANT'S OFFICE - DAY (Omitted, reinserted from undated draft) |
| An OFFICER sticks his head into a lieutenant's office. |
| 136 INT. PENTAGON HALLWAY - DAY |
| A PRETTY OFFICER is doing the synchronized dance. Other officers stare at her in awe. |
| 137 INT. "DATELINE NBC" SET - DAY (Omitted, reinserted from undated draft) |
| Stone Phillips stands on the desk, doing the dance as the crew looks on in awe. |
| 138 EXT. COAST GUARD - DAY |
| Fitzgibbon dances with the other possessed Coast Guard. |
Go balli lala gingo hoy A raefa morrya ach otee This demon world forever be! |
| 138A INT. AIRPORT - DAY (Omitted, reinserted from undated draft) |
| The Hot Dog Man is also dancing. |
| 139 OMITTED (Merged with 139A) |
| 139A EXT. MOUNTAINTOP |
| Daphne lifts herself out of the vent, arriving at the top of the mountain. She kneels down beside a large lever beside the air vents. She grabs the lever and pulls it, straining. The rusted VENTS below RUMBLE and start to move when... |
| She turns to see Zarkos. He barrels toward her. |
| Daphne kicks at him. He grabs her ankle. She falls to her back. |
| 139B INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| The chanting builds to a crescendo. |
Bolevven taray pakin tun Ropoppo ee en loo en roo We are demons, you'll be too! |
| As the chanting stops, everyone freezes, then turns to stare at Fred and Velma, who freeze mid-dance move, a little too late. Fred fakes a smile. |
| Fred starts sliding away from the crowd, toward the passageway. He mutters under his breath to Velma: |
| Velma kinda sorta does the slide with him (lamely). |
| Henchmen grab Fred and Velma from behind. They sift through their backpacks, finding the Daemon Ritus. |
| A henchman affixes the Daemon Ritus to the plate on Mondavarious's chest. |
| The chanting starts anew. More urgent and energetic than ever. Colorful dancers lead a processional of henchmen wearing masks. They carry the palangquin with the ceremonially-adorned Scooby. The glass vase of Scooby Snacks is still beside him. |
Bolevven taray pakin tun Ropoppo ee en loo en roo Offer praise to Scooby-Doo! |
| Velma watches the procession from afar and notices that one of the henchmen lifts his mask. It's Shaggy. |
| Shaggy turns to Scooby. The possessed humans continue their loud chant which gives him the opportunity to whisper to Scooby, without being heard. |
| Shaggy looks at him, confused. Scooby points at himself, proudly. |
| SCOOBY-DOO Roo ron't rust me! |
| Scooby thinks, then, reluctantly, under his breath: |
| Scooby is moved. His lip quivers. A tear comes to his eyes. |
| Scooby smiles and nods at Shaggy. His tongue dangles. |
| Then, without warning, the Soul Snatcher slams down into Scooby's body. |
| Shaggy sees a grinning N'Goo working the controls. |
| The Daemon Ritus on Mondavarious's chest flips open into a flower shape. The knob in the center flips down, exposing a growing portal in his chest. |
| The pincer twists and yanks out Scooby's Soul. His body slumps over. Scooby's Soul looks sad and confused as he's pulled away. |
| As Scooby's Soul passes over soul vat, it begins churning, forming a vortex of screaming, stolen souls that fill the room. |
| A spectral wind swirls about them. The possessed humans remain frozen in a worship pose, staring at the soul tube. |
| Like water swirling down a drain, the souls begin to be sucked into Mondavarious's chest through the Daemon Ritus. |
| Mondavarious's body pulses, absorbing the power of five thousand souls. |
| In an act of pure heroism and desperation, Shaggy leaps, grabbing onto the soul snatcher. His weight and momentum sends the soul snatcher careening out of control. |
| The pincer slams into Mondavarious, knocking him violently to the ground and causing an abrupt end to his soul transformation. |
| The soul vortex withdraws, becoming smaller and hovering just over the soul vat. The possessed humans remain frozen in their trances. |
| An enraged N'Goo struggles for control of the soul snatcher. He jacks it hard to the right, slamming Shaggy back in to the palanquin, right beside Scooby's body. |
| Scooby's Soul is jerked free and rockets around the room. It bounces off a wall, off the base of the control station. |
| Henchmen scramble around the room, trying to catch Scooby's runaway soul. |
| In the confusion, Fred and Velma pull away from their captors. |
| Scooby's soul slams back into his body. Shaggy helps a dizzy Scooby stand. Scooby chuckles. |
| Velma and Fred race over to Mondavarious's prone body. A small latex rip has appeared at the edge of his face. Fred reaches for it. |
| He rips off the mask, revealing a robotic face. |
| Mondavarious's body sparks mechanically. They jump back as his rib cage cracks open, revealing. . . |
| Scrappy grins. He is wearing a bio-mechanical Mondavarious bodysuit on his own small form. The Daemon Ritus remains affixed to his chest. Fred reaches to grab him. |
| Scrappy's body starts pulsing. His nostrils flare. His brow thickens. His eyes turn dark. He burns the color of hot charcoal. His voice mutates as he grows up out of the suit. |
| Scrappy turns his attention to Scooby. Shaggy and Scooby's eyes go wide. |
| Scooby looks around, then points to himself. |
| He points to Melvin Doo beside him. |
| Henchmen block all the exits and close in on our heroes. Scrappy-Rex swipes Fred and Velma aside, sending them crashing into the rock wall. Fred gets an additional jolt when one of the hidden pulleys clunks him in the head. Velma's glasses have gotten pushed up on her forehead. she holds out her arms, searching. |
| She feels the glasses on her forehead. She pushes them back down, embarrassed. |
| The chase begins. A terrified Shaggy and Scooby dodge through the forest of possessed humans. Scooby runs atop their heads like an army private running through innertubes on an obstacle course. |
| 140 EXT. MOUNTAINTOP - DAY |
| Daphne handsprings away from Zarkos. He handsprings after her, equally proficient. |
| They trade blows, full-out kung fu madness. |
| Zarkos flips her down. He kneels on her chest, pinning her. |
| 140A INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| Fred and Velma pick themselves up and look at Scrappy-Rex. |
| Fred follows Velma's look to N'Goo manning the soul pincer. |
| Velma runs for N'Goo when she is suddenly surrounded by evil henchmen. O.S., we hear a LOUD WHISTLE. |
| The Henchmen turn to see Fred wielding a pulley and rope like he did the fire hose at the beginning of our story. |
| Fred swings the pulley into one Henchman, knocking him out. Then another. And then another. The fight rages. |
| Scrappy closes in on Scooby. Shaggy clutches his buddy by the tail, and jumps down below the platform. |
| 140B INT. CAVERN BELLY - UNDER PLATFORM |
| Shaggy and Scooby take refuge under the platform. Because of his size, Scrappy can't quite get to them. He swipes his mighty claw inches from their faces. |
| They back further into the shadows. Shaggy suddenly finds himself face-to-face with Maryjane. She's holding herself, frightened. |
| She smiles. Her voice is a low growl. |
| She grabs Shaggy and Scooby by the necks and slams them against the wall. |
| She hands Scooby to Scrappy Rex, who clutches him in his giant claw. |
| 140C INT. CAVERN BELLY - CONTINUOUS ACTION |
| Scrappy-Rex holds up Scooby-Doo and roars to N'Goo. |
| N'Goo moves the pincer toward Scooby. |
| Fred and Velma have battled their way to the base of the pincer's controller, but can't get to N'Goo. They find themselves surrounded and outnumbered. |
| 141 OMITTED (Merged with 140B) |
| 142 OMITTED (Merged with 140) |
| 143 OMITTED (Merged with 139B) |
| 144 EXT. BEACH BY SHIPWRECKS - DAY (Omitted, reinserted from undated draft) |
| The Voodoo Maestro spouts some nonsense language, doing a ritual with the Arnouki beast in his lap. He looks up and sees: Possessed humans circling him. Gulps. |
| 145 EXT. MOUNTAINTOP - DAY |
| Daphne's exhausted. Nearly defeated. Zarkos grabs her neck in an iron fist. |
| She breaks free. |
| Zarkos stumbles. Daphne back-flips to standing. |
| Daphne administers a swirling triple kick to his chest. Zarkos stumbles back, clinging to the edge of the large air vent. |
| Daphne puts her face close to his. |
| Daphne drops him. He screams as he plummets. His body CRASHES back through the VENTS, SHATTERING them. |
| 146 INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| Zarkos smashes through the vent, sending debris and a brilliant shaft of sunlight into the cavern. He slams into the soul vat, knocking it over and releasing souls into the cavern. |
| 146A INT. CAVERN BELLY - UNDER PLATFORM |
| Maryjane's soul rockets into her body, knocking her over and freeing Shaggy. |
| 146B EXT. MOUNTAINTOP - DAY |
| Daphne pulls hard on the lever, succeeding in opening the air shafts. Then she reaches deep into one of the air vents, trying desperately to reach the disco ball rope. The souls stream up through the vent in bright colors all around her. It's beautiful. |
| She grabs the rope and gives a mighty pull. |
| 147 EXT. BEACH BY SHIPWRECKS - DAY (Omitted, reinserted from undated draft) |
| The possessed humans move closer to the Voodoo Maestro. |
| The humans screech and rush the Voodoo Maestro. He screams in utter fear. When, suddenly, the dead Arnouki beast rises into the air. Quickly, it zips around in a circle, smashing each human in the face, knocking them unconscious. Then the Arnouki beast plops at the Voodoo Maestro's feet. Beat. The Voodoo Maestro covers up his surprise. |
| 148 OMITTED (Merged with 146B) |
| 149 INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| The disco ball swings into position, sending bright shafts of sunlight throughout the cavern. |
| Demons are popping out of humans' chests everywhere -- the Metal Head, the Upper-Crust Coed. As they pop out, they instantly strike sunlight and EXPLODE. |
| In N'Goo's instant of distraction, Fred clocks him in the chest with the pulley. He falls to his knees and roars with anger, ready to counterattack. |
| Velma steps in front of N'Goo. |
| She places her hand on N'Goo's head and she jacks him in the face. And then again. N'Goo falls over, unconscious. |
| Fred stares at Velma in awe. |
| The Scrappy-Rex roars, still holding a helpless Scooby as the souls rush around him. He focuses his anger on Fred and Velma, raging toward them. |
| They cower, abandoning the pincer controls. |
| Scrappy-Rex leaps over the control booth, cornering them. Fred does what he does worst. Try to be sincere. |
| Scrappy-Rex brings back his deadly claw, ready to slash them. |
| When something SQUEAKY touches Scrappy-Rex on the back. He turns to see the Soul Snatcher nimbly tapping him. |
| The pincer shoots backward, away from Scrappy-Rex. |
| The Soul Snatcher shoots forward. Scrappy-Rex whimpers like a puppy. It slams into the Daemon Ritus and rips it off his chest. He hollers. Previously consumed souls streak from his chest and out of the cavern. |
| 150 EXT. MOUNTAIN - DAY (Omitted, reinserted from undated draft and edited) |
| The souls stream out of the mountaintop in vibrant colors, off into the sky. |
| 150A INT. AIRPORT - DAY (Omitted, reinserted from undated draft) |
| Demon incinerates out of Hot Dog Guy's body. |
| 151 EXT. PENTAGON - DAY |
| A soul SMASHES into a WINDOW |
| 152 INT. PENTAGON - DAY |
| The other officers watch as the colorful ball of light lands with a burst into the pretty officer, forcing out a demon that immediately incinerates. |
| 153 INT. COAST GUARD - DAY |
| Two DEMONS pop out of the two Coast Guards and EXPLODE. |
| 153A INT. "DATELINE NBC" SET - DAY (Omitted, reinserted from undated draft) |
| Stone quietly gets down from the desk. He giggles. |
| The crew is laughing. |
| 154 OMITTED (Merged with 149) |
| 155 OMITTED (Merged with 146B) |
| 156 INT. CAVERN BELLY - DAY |
| The Scrappy-Rex quivers, shrinking back down to size. Scooby now towers over him. |
| He tries to escape, but Scooby lifts him up by the collar, his little legs pumping helplessly in the air. |
| 156A INT. CAVERN BELLY - MOMENTS LATER |
| Everyone in the cavern cheers for Mystery Ink, rejoicing to be back in their bodies. |
| Velma and Fred smile at each other. A grateful Metal Head picks up Velma, swinging her around. She turns red, giggling. |
| Daphne rappels down next to Fred and gives him a little punch on his shoulder. |
| Fred gives her a little punch back. |
| They stop. They stare into each other's eyes. |
| They embrace and kiss passionately. Then, as quickly as it started, Daphne catches her lapse of reason and pushes Fred away. |
| Shaggy helps a bearded, long-haired Mondavarious out of a small circular chamber in the floor of the platform. Mondavarious is covered in dirt and slime. |
| Mondavarious embraces Shaggy. Shaggy shrieks. |
| Velma drops Scrappy in the chamber where Mondavarious was, trapping him in. |
| Mondavarious turns to embrace Velma. Shaggy then looks around the room for someone. |
| Shaggy sees his pal standing a few feet behind him smiling hugely, legs splayed. He gallops toward Shaggy, tongue wagging. He leaps, flying through the air. He lands on Shaggy's chest, knocking him over. |
| Scooby-Doo pins Shaggy there, licking his face. Shaggy laughs and protests the huge tongue, trying to stop it, but Scooby just can't give his best friend enough love. |
| Maryjane crouches beside Shaggy. Scooby stops, staring at her. |
| Maryjane smiles. Shaggy smiles back at her. |
| A tender moment passes between the two of them. |
| This does not go unnoticed by Scooby, who looks back and forth between them, threatened again. |
| All of a sudden she sneezes. Uh oh. |
| Maryjane looks up at Scooby. She smiles, excited. |
| Then she grabs his cheeks and rubs them. She smushes her nose against his, talking in baby talk. |
| But Scooby chuckles, bringing his paw to his face, embarrassed -- he loves it. Maryjane and Shaggy look at each other and laugh. The three of them laugh together. |
| 157 EXT. SPOOKY HOTEL - DAY |
| The gang -- Scooby, Fred, Velma, and Daphne -- emerge from the front of the hotel to a throng of CORRESPONDENTS and admirers. The admirers hoot and applaud as the gang marches toward them. Scooby leads the pack, getting up on his hind legs and smilingly high-fiving students with both front paws out to his sides as he passes them. Shaggy throws his arms up in victory. Fred and Daphne shake hands, give autographs, and high-five others. Velma autographs a Macho Honcho's chest with a Sharpie. The admirers hoot louder. |
| Scooby "raises the roof." |
| Their new friends follow in the wake of their goodwill -a cleaned-up Mondavarious, the Voodoo Maestro, Maryjane, and the Metal Head. They also smile and shake hands. |
| Police follow them. They carry a pissed-off Scrappy-Doo in a dog carrier case, holding the bars like a criminal in his cell. They push forward a handcuffed Zarkos, N'Goo, and the Henchmen. |
| Correspondents start to surround the gang. Press bulbs flash. The reporters stick microphones in Fred's face. |
| Fred notices Velma quietly gazing at the floor. |
| The Correspondents thrust their mikes toward a surprised Velma. She smiles. |
| The cops carry away Scrappy in his little carrying case. |
| Daphne hands the Daemon Ritus, now encased in a clear plastic container, to a CIA-looking dude in sunglasses and a black suit. |
| REVEAL: Old Man Smithers, standing at the rear of the crowd. He stares at the Daemon Ritus. He grins slightly and rubs his chin in an evil manner. That bastard's planning a sequel! |
| The crowd cheers. |
| The gang freezes. They all look to one another. Mystery Ink really back together? Shaggy answers |
| Fred looks to the others. They smile with affection. |
| Fred puts his hand out. |
| Shaggy puts his hand on his. |
| Daphne on his. |
| Velma on hers. Scooby on hers. They lift them up and hoot. |
| The crowd cheers again. As the CAMERA RISES OVER the beautiful emerald ocean, we hear... |
| Everyone laughs. |
| 158-160 OMITTED |
| FADE OUT. |
| THE END |
| 157 EXT. SPOOKY HOTEL - DAY (ALTERNATE VERSION) |
| The gang -- Scooby, Fred, Velma, and Daphne -- emerge from the front of the hotel to a throng of CORRESPONDENTS and admirers. The admirers hoot and applaud as the gang marches toward them. Scooby leads the pack, getting up on his hind legs and smilingly high-fiving students with both front paws out to his sides as he passes them. Shaggy throws his arms up in victory. Fred and Daphne shake hands, give autographs, and high-five others. Velma autographs a Macho Honcho's chest with a Sharpie. The admirers hoot louder. |
| Scooby "raises the roof." |
| Their new friends follow in the wake of their goodwill -- a cleaned-up Mondavarious, the Voodoo Maestro, Maryjane, and the Metal Head. They also smile and shake hands. |
| Police follow them. They carry a pissed-off, handcuffed Smithers. They also push forward a handcuffed Zarkos, N'Goo, and the Henchmen. |
| Correspondents start to surround the gang. Press bulbs flash. The reporters stick microphones in Fred's face. |
| Fred notices Velma quietly gazing at the floor. |
| The Correspondents thrust their mikes toward a surprised Velma. She smiles. |
| The cops carry away Old Man Smithers. |
| Daphne hands the Daemon Ritus, now encased in a clear plastic container, to a CIA-looking dude in sunglasses and a black suit. |
| The crowd cheers. |
| The gang freezes. They all look to one another. Mystery Ink really back together? Shaggy answers |
| Fred looks to the others. They smile with affection. |
| Fred puts his hand out. |
| Shaggy puts his hand on his. |
| Daphne on his. |
| Velma on hers. Scooby on hers. They lift them up and hoot. |
| The crowd cheers again. As the CAMERA RISES OVER the beautiful emerald ocean, we hear... |
| Everyone laughs. |
