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- The Scooby-Doo Project is a intelligent mash-up of The Blair Witch Mission and Scooby-Doo, utilizing live-action backdrops and animation to create a spooky environment.
- The brief captures the essence of The Blair Witch Mission with numerous nods and parodies to the movie, whereas nonetheless sustaining a family-friendly and comedic tone.
- Like different Scooby-Doo parodies of horror films, akin to Scream and The Addams Household, The Scooby-Doo Mission is a brilliantly executed and entertaining look ahead to the spooky season.
In 1999, there have been two main cultural occasions. First was the discharge of the found-footage phenomenon The Blair Witch Mission, and the second was the Scooby-Doo: The place Are You? marathon on Cartoon Community. Now think about if by some means, someway, there was a crossover between the 2… effectively it doesn’t should be imaginary as a result of it actually did occur, and it was aptly titled The Scooby-Doo Mission. It aired in items throughout business breaks and was later aired in full on the finish of the marathon. The brief is a mixture of live-action and animation, with the Thriller Inc. characters being positioned over live-action backdrops, creating an eerie environment that managed to make a family-friendly spoof really feel genuinely scary at occasions.
Scooby-Doo’s ‘Blair Witch Mission’ Spoof Sends the Thriller Inc. Gang to the Woods
The Scooby-Doo Mission sees the gang investigating a monster that’s reportedly haunting the woods. It kicks off with Velma introducing every member of Thriller Inc. and explaining that she is documenting the thriller, which turns into a working gag all through the brief. The gang does interviews with locals concerning the monster, and as Velma factors out, the entire tales are totally different. Their ultimate interview is with a lady warning them to not go close to the woods. A little bit scare has by no means deterred the gang earlier than although and so they go forth with their investigation. They arrive on the Casper County Woods the place Shaggy remarks that the woods look extra real looking than they’re used to, a cheeky nod to the live-action background used all through. In reality, there are a number of moments like this the place the gang type of breaks the fourth wall, like when Shaggy exclaims in terror that any time music performs they get chased. It’s a cute and humorous addition to what’s surprisingly a quite spooky brief.
The gang investigates the monster within the woods with many comedic beats, akin to Velma discovering their backpacks have been damaged into and their meals is lacking, solely to search out Scooby is the offender, due to course he’s! Scrappy-Doo reveals up, which appears to scare the gang greater than the precise monster. On the finish of the brief, the Thriller Machine is discovered deserted and search events recall discovering piles of Scooby snacks across the space. It’s actually an effective way to capitalize off of the recognition of The Blair Witch Mission whereas nonetheless making one thing enjoyable and distinctive. Plus, it’s utterly family-friendly, although it undoubtedly leans into the scariness at occasions.
Scooby-Doo Pays Homage to ‘The Blair Witch Mission’ With Each Concern and Laughs
Provided that the piece is supposed to be a parody of The Blair Witch Mission there are some nice nods to the movie. Except for the apparent being the opening title card, and the lacking posters of the gang, some photographs pay family-friendly homage to the supply materials. One morning the gang wakes as much as discover a pile of Scooby snacks exterior their tent, similar to how the trio discovered a pile of rocks exterior their tent in The Blair Witch Mission. Or the scene when Velma is holding the digicam beneath her face and shakily chatting with it, saying “Possibly this time, we shouldn’t have meddled. We shouldn’t have meddled!” That is after all a direct homage to an analogous scene in The Blair Witch Mission wherein Heather is apologizing and tearfully saying she’s going to die within the woods. Then after all there’s the well-known and chilling shot in The Blair Witch Mission of Mike going through the wall, unspeaking and unmoving, as Heather screams his title. That is parodied in The Scooby-Doo Mission with Shaggy going through the wall, not for any malevolent purpose although, simply because he’s “scared man! Like, scared!”
The Scooby-Doo Mission is really a superb piece of labor and expertly dances the road between spooky and comedic, capturing sufficient of The Blair Witch Mission’s aura whereas nonetheless managing to be acceptable for younger audiences. It’s an incredible look ahead to the spooky season and a formidable one at that given the way it all got here collectively!
What Different Films Has Scooby-Doo Parodied?
The Blair Witch Mission will not be the one horror flick that was Scoobified — the Scooby universe has many a horror parody beneath its belt. One of the iconic is the Scream spoof which was used as a promo for The New Scooby-Doo Films. Daphne takes on the Drew Barrymore position, answering the telephone to a creepy voice modulator who asks her if she likes Scooby films. The decision is revealed to be from Shaggy, an particularly humorous nod while you understand that Matthew Lillard (who performed one half of Ghostface in Scream) would later go on to play Shaggy within the live-action Scooby-Doo films. In The New Scooby-Doo Films, The Addams Household was spoofed in a 1972 episode titled “Wednesday is Lacking.” And the way concerning the time Supernatural transported its characters into the animated world of Scooby-Doo? The episode was aptly titled “Scoobynatural” and noticed Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) assist the Thriller Inc. gang clear up a thriller. So, whereas The Scooby-Doo Mission might not have been the one time the Scooby gang spoofed a horror flick, it was the scariest, and for that, it’s in a league of its personal.