- Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
Infobox Film
name = Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
caption = "Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase" DVD cover
director =Jim Stenstrum
producer =Davis Doi Joseph Barbara Jean MacCurdy Kathryn Page
writer = Joseph BarberaWilliam Hanna Mark Turosz
starring =Scott Innes Frank Welker Grey DeLisle
B. J. Ward
music =Louis Febre Richard Wolf
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =Warner Home Video
released =October 9 ,2001
runtime = 75 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders " (2000)
followed_by = "Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire " (2002)
website =
amg_id = 1:246631
imdb_id = 0290057"Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase" is the fourth of a series of
direct-to-video animated films based onHanna-Barbera 's "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! "Saturday morning cartoon s. It was released onOctober 9 ,2001 . It features the Mystery, Inc. gang, which includes Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Freddy, Daphne and Velma. As is the case with all Scooby-Doo-related projects, the film is produced byWarner Bros. Animation , yet carries a "Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc." copyright and logo. It is recognized as the last "official" Hanna-Barbera production, as Warner Bros. had fully absorbed Hanna-Barbera after the passing of co-founderWilliam Hanna .A video game based on this film was made by
THQ for the Sony PlayStation.This is the first direct-to-video movie to have the flatter, bright animation style of the new TV series, departing from the darker shading and effects used in the three prior released movies. It is also the first Scooby-Doo movie to slightly return to the original format where the monster isn't real, though the overall plot still varies significantly from the established formula. In this case, the villian is a venomous
computer virus created by someone, so it can be argued that the monster was never considered real. However, since the virus was exactly what it claimed to be, it can also be considered 'real' at the same time. The Scooby-Doo movies would not feature real supernatural creatures again until "Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King ".There is also a GameBoy Advance version of this game.
Plot
The mystery gang visits Freddy's friend Eric at Eric's college. Eric invited them because he made a prize-winning
computer game based on their adventures using a high-techlaser . They arrive at the same time a scary beast called the Phantom Virus is causing mayhem. It is established that the monster has been "materialized" from the Phantom Virus which has infected Eric's program and that it can be weakened by using high-poweredmagnets . The suspects appear to be Eric's teacher, Professor Robert Kaufman; Bill, a fellow student who is abaseball -lovingprogrammer ; and a grumpypolice officer . During one of the Phantom Virus' scare runs and after the "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" theme song is played, the gang and the virus are beamed into Eric's ten-levelvideo game .To finish each level, they have to find Scooby Snacks, or Scooby Snax.
Level one is set on the
moon where the Phantom Virus chases them with spookymoon ghost s. The second level includes the Phantom Virus unleashing three spookyGladiator s and alion inAncient Rome . The third level includes aprehistoric jungle where they encounter T. Rex,pterosaur s, andwoolly mammoth s. The fourth level takes place under the sea where they get attacked by giantoctopus es,electric eel s, andshark s. The fifth level includes a backyard where they are chased bycaterpillar s andant s. The sixth level takes place in theSamuri era. The seventh takes place inAncient Egypt where they get chased bymummies . The eighth includesmedieval times withdragon s andogre s. The ninth takes place at theNorth Pole where they seepolar bear s,penguin s, andwalrus es.On the tenth level, the gang discover cyber-versions of themselves (based on how they looked in the original "
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! " series) at a resteraunt. They help the gang deal with the Phantom Virus and the guardians of the last box of 'Scooby-Snax' boxes - which are monsters that the gang had faced before: Jaguaro, Gator Ghoul, The Tar Monster, Ol' Iron Face, and The Creeper... all of them are real in this game, whereas originally in reality, they were people in costume. The Phantom Virus leads the villians. After a chase through theamusement park to theVideo arcade , they find the Scooby Snax box there. Scooby-Doo and his cyber-twin defeat the Phantom Virus. Back in their real world the gang, using the Phantom Virus'sbaseball terms, unmasked his creator, Bill, who was upset that his game wasn't picked, since he been at the college longer than Eric.Cast
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Scott Innes - Scooby-Doo, Cyber Scooby-Doo, Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers, Cyber Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers
*Frank Welker - Fred 'Freddy' Jones, Cyber Fred 'Freddy' Jones
*Grey DeLisle - Daphne Blake, Cyber Daphne Blake
* B.J. Ward - Velma Dinkley, Cyber Velma Dinkley
*Joe Alaskey - Officer Wembley
*Bob Bergen - Eric Staufer
*Tom Kane - Professor Robert Kaufman
*Mikey Kelley - Bill McLemore
*Gary Sturgis - Phantom VirusExternal links
*imdb title|id=0290057|title=Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
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