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Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico

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This article is about the film. For other uses, Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (disambiguation).

Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico is the sixth in a series of direct-to-video films based upon Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. It was released on VHS and DVD on September 30, 2003.

Premise[]

Scooby and the gang are in Mexico for the Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) when they discover a frightening Chupacabra on the loose!

Synopsis[]

One night in Veracruz, Mexico, El Chupacabra attacks a musical celebration.

Sometime before the attack, Alejo Otero, a pen pal of Fred's, invites him and Mystery Inc. for the Day of the Dead celebration. Alejo owned the Villa Bella Hotel with a coffee shop managed by his brother, Luis, and his fiancée, Charlene. They also meet Alejo's wife, mother, son, and pet: Sofia, Dolores, Jorge and Chiquita. During dinner, the gang meets Diego Fuente a business partner of Alejo and Luis's deceased father who wanted to buy the hotel.

During rain, Alejo explained the Chupacabra attacks that started after he emailed Fred. They decided to stay in the hotel for the night just to be safe. However, after hearing stranger noises, they found footprints outside, Velma thinks they scared whatever made that noise away. However, the next morning, a message on the Mystery Machine said "Sal ahora o no veras el dia de manana!" or "Leave today or you won't see tomorrow!" The gang decided to go with Alejo and Luis around town for clues, Charlene gives Luis a medallion for good luck. Fred, Daphne and Velma encounter a statue of Quetzalcoatl and met El Curandero, who warmed them that they are in grave danger. Alejo briefly got separated from Luis and encountered El Chupacabra on a cliff. He fell but managed to grab a branch, Luis claimed that Chupacabra hit him on the head and knocked him out. Meanwhile, Scooby and Shaggy find their friends in the Mystery Machine, but somebody drained their brake fluid preventing the van from stopping. El Chupacabra chased Fred, Daphne, Velma, Alejo and Luis until Shaggy and Scooby picked them up. Luckily, the Mystery Machine ran out of gas miraculously in front of a gas station.

The next morning, they visit a museum about the ancient Aztecs. The museum guide gives them a personal tour and show. However, during the show, she has Daphne volunteer for something and disappears with her. While searching the place, Velma finds a piece of cloth saying "Mile Enter" and Fred finds a secret passageway. It opened up a crazy ride where everyone eventually ended up outside near the Aztec pyramids, where they find Daphne on top of one. Back at the bottom, another statue of Quetzalcoatl (which apparently wasn't there where they first arrived) crumbles and a cage suddenly appears over the seven. A "magical eagle" named Paco convinces the tourists that the gods will wrath upon Mexico unless the seven are run out.

After managing to escape, encountering living statues on the way, they return to Veracruz for the Day of the Dead celebration, where Dolores reveals that El Chupacabra kidnapped Charlene. As the Otero family give offerings to Alejo and Luis' father, they are visited by his ghost, who urges them to sell the hotel to get rid of a curse. However, after Fred discovered that Luis' medallion was actually a tracking device, Scooby and Chiquita found a tomb where a skeleton man was controlling the ghost. The man was Mr. Smiley, who wanted to build a theme park by scaring off the citizens. He never learned Spanish resulting in him misspelling "Mañana", "Mile Enter" actually meant "Smiley Entertainment", Alejo and Luis' father only spoke Spanish, and Smiley made those animatronics like Paco to scare everyone away.

Suddenly, El Chupacabra appears, but the gang manages to catch it with bees and wiring. El Chupacabra turned out to be the museum guide, who was actually an actress at one of Smiley's theme parks, they fell in love, but she told Luis he'll never see Charlene again. However, when noticing that all of the offerings except for Charlene's are gone, Velma realizes that the museum guide is Charlene! She only loved Luis for his money and planning on sharing with Smiley if their scheme was successful. At this moment, Fuente returns, revealing he had actually grown to accept Alejo and Luis' father's decision about the hotel, and was actually trying to warn them about Charlene and Smiley. After the two are taken into custody, Luis confesses that he faked being knocked out due to being too cowardly to confront El Chupacabra. Alejo forgave saying there are worse things than being a coward, Shaggy agrees saying he's the king of them. Then, everybody celebrates the Day of the Dead.

Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

Other characters:

  • Jorge Otero (only appearance)
  • Musician 1 (only appearance)
  • Musician 2 (only appearance)
  • Ricky (only appearance)(picture)
  • Skunk (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Customs officer (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Bull (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Oliver (only appearance)
  • Natalia (only appearance)
  • Cristina (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Fernanda (only appearance)(no lines)(no lines)
  • Carolina (only appearance)
  • Mirelia (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Gabriella (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Sebastian (only appearance)
  • Señor Otero (only time mentioned)(deceased)
  • Street painter 1 (only appearance)
  • Street painter 2 (only appearance)
  • Old woman 1 (only appearance)
  • Uncle Flaco (only time mentioned)
  • Bulldog (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Ice cream vendor (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Coyote (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Hen (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Suspicious tourist (only appearance)
  • Yogi Bear (mask)(cameo)
  • Woman 1 (only appearance)
  • Old woman 2 (only appearance)
  • Woman 2 (only appearance)
  • Little girl (only appearance)
  • Police officers (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Woman 3 (only appearance)

Locations[]

Objects[]

Vehicles[]

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/Reason
Diego Fuente He had been trying to get Alejo and Luis to sell their family hotel to him.
El Curandero He knew all about the Chupacabra. He warned the gang they were in great danger.
Luis Otero He said he was hit on the head by the monster, but he did not have a bump on his head.
Museum guide She and her warrior friends kidnapped Daphne.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/Reason
Charlene as the Museum guide and the Chupacabra
Mr. Smiley 		To get the Oteros' land where their hotel was so they could build an amusement park over it.

Cast[]

Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones
Skunk

Chupacabra

Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Heather North Kenney Daphne Blake
Nicole Jaffe Velma Dinkley
Jesse Borrego Luis Otero
Musician 2
Suspicious tourist
Maria Canals Sofia Otero
Old woman 2
Brandon Gonzalez Jorge Otero
Castulo Guerra Diego Fuente
Street painter 1
Benito Martinez El Curandero
Street painter 2
Darlene Mendoza Natalia
Little girl
Candi Milo Charlene
Museum guide
Old woman 1
Rita Moreno Dolores Otero
Woman 3
Allyse Rivera Carolina
Casey Sandino Sebastian
Oliver
Eddie Santiago Alejo Otero
Musician 1
Rip Taylor Mr. Smiley
Ghost of Señor Otero
Ted Cassidy[Note 1] Chupacabra

Songs[]

Song Credits Performed by
"Viva Mexico" Written by Rich Dickerson & Gigi Meroni Maria Carmen Diaz
"Scooby Cha Cha Doo" Maria Carmen Diaz & Rich Dickerson
"Sol (Batucada)" Written by Gilberto Cerezo, Ulises Lozano, Carlos Chairez, Omar Gongora, and Cesar Pliego Kinky
"A Donde Vas" Written by Kike Santander & Javier Gaviria Carolina
"Mueve Mi Sangre" Written by Artro Santillanes & Janko Rodriguez Plastiko

Continuity[]

Production[]

The working title was Scooby-Doo! Beware of the Bigfoot, as mentioned by actor Rip Taylor in the DVD's behind the scenes extra.

Notes/Trivia[]

Miscellaneous[]

Cultural references[]

  • Instead of the correct reptilian (or canid) monster, a purple Bigfoot was used for the Chupacabra.
  • Throughout the entire film even the characters native to Mexico say the Chupacabra's name as it's adapted in English. In Spanish it's spelled Chupacabras.
  • The Chupacabra's roaring sounds are the same stock roars originally recorded for Hanna-Barbera's Godzilla animated series from 1978–1979, as performed by Ted Cassidy.
  • One of the lyrics in the "Viva Mexico" song is "Let me hear you scream '¡Ándale! ¡Ándale!'", which was a common exclamation from another Warner Bros. Animation character, Speedy Gonzales.
  • At the beginning of the Day of the Dead ceremony, a child is wearing a Yogi Bear mask.
  • There are a couple of references to the film The Wizard of Oz:
    • Velma, Fred, and Daphne mention "Coyotes, jaguars and boars, oh my", which is a reference to the line "Lions, and tigers and bears, oh my".
    • Mr. Smiley's line, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" is a paraphrase from the Wizard of Oz's line "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain".
  • The wheel spun by the museum guide stopped when the needle pointed to 1325. That was the year the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán (where modern-day Mexico City is located) was founded.[Note 2]
  • The intro with "you've got mail" is referencing the late AOL internet service which had just merged with Warner in one of the biggest mergers in history.

Adaptations[]

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

  • Scooby's fore legs vanish for a split-second the moment he touches the water in the pool. (Though it's almost impossible to notice without slow motion.)
  • When Doña Dolores was talking about Diego Fuente, her skirt and Velma's were switched to each other.
  • When Charlene hands Luis the "protective charm" and tells him about its power, her collar is as pink as the rest of her blouse.
  • When Chiquita was giggling at Scooby for walking into a gravestone, and laughing at the Chupacabra tripping over a pumpkin, her eyes were colored black instead of brown.
  • When the Ghost of Señor Otero appeared, Sofia's right wrist band is missing.
  • When Alejo tried to wake up Doña Dolores when she fainted, and Alejo comforting Luis, his wristwatch on his left arm is missing
  • When Fred shows the gang how a tilde is used in the Spanish word for "tomorrow," he writes the symbol over the wrong n, spelling the word as "manaña" instead of "mañana."
  • On the VHS and DVD front covers, Daphne's scarf is purple instead of green.
  • During the "Mueve Mi Sangre" chase when Velma is getting ready to throw the pumpkin, the entirety of El Chupacabra's face is a shade of purple instead of just it's chin/mouth area

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

  • While in split-screen, the gang go from speaking out loud to themselves then to typing, and finally to just speaking without typing and somehow everybody seemingly knows what each other is saying. The four-way split-screen could be breaking the "fourth wall" for them, a narrative device so that the viewers will not be bored by watching an extended silent scene of people typing.
  • It's unexplained how Fred, a teen, got in contact with Alejo, a family man, with a business. (Although this is by no means the only such oddity in the franchise.)
  • Only Jorge is supposed to be Alejo and Sofia's kid, but Carolina, Sebastian, and Natalia are given the Otero name in the credits. It could be that they are distant cousins.
  • El Chupacabra is claimed by to be Mexico's version of Bigfoot, although such a description is grossly inaccurate for two reasons:
    • El Chupacabra is described is quite different from Bigfoot. There's two popular depictions of the creature: 1) A strange reptilian (sometimes humanoid) beast with big red eyes and sharp teeth or 2) a strange rabid wolf- or dog-like creature with gray fur.
    • El Chupacabra has its origins in Puerto Rico, not Mexico.
    • These mistakes could be explained as made by the ignorant American villains, but none of the locals point out any discrepancies.
  • Velma incorrectly states that Teotihuacan (the pyramid complex where the gang emerges after following a secret passage from the Museum of Anthropology) was built by the Olmec civilization. Teotihuacan is thought to have been established around 200 BCE, in the highlands of Central Mexico, near Mexico City. The Olmec civilization flourished from 1500 BCE to 400 BCE in the Gulf Lowlands to the east and south.
  • During the scenes of Paco framing the Mystery Inc and Alejo and Luis just before the tourists started chasing them on top of the Aztec pyramid, Alejo's clothes suddenly changed into the same colors as Luis'. Also, the angry tourists keep swapping positions.
  • When Charlene is unmasked as the museum guide, only her wig and glasses are removed, even though she clearly wears a mask while disguised as the museum guide.
  • Doña Dolores and Sofia witnessed El Chupacabra abducting Charlene off-screen, but it was later revealed that Charlene was El Chupacabra.
    • Mr. Smiley was likely the one in the costume for that particular incident.

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Greek Scooby-Doo! και το Τέρας του Μεξικού Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
Russian Скуби-Ду и монстр из Мексики Scooby Doo and the Monster from Mexico
Turkish Scooby Doo: Meksika Canavarı Scooby-Doo: Mexican Monster

Home media[]

Quotes[]

Mr. Smiley: We could've made billions if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.

Gallery[]

Videos[]

Images[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ↑ Archived audio from Hanna-Barbera's Godzilla cartoon.
  2. ↑ Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, The (August 29, 2019). Tenochtitlán. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

External links[]

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