Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? is the ninth in a series of direct-to-video films based upon Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. It was given a limited theatrical release in select cities of the United States on November 5, 2005 by Kidtoon Films. (rated G by the MPAA), before being released on DVD on December 13, 2005.
Premise
The Mystery Inc. team is in Egypt, where a curse by the last Egyptian pharaoh, Cleopatra, may be the source of trouble for Egypt.
Synopsis
Velma is helping Prince Omar with restoring the famous Sphinx. She uncovers Cleopatra's ankh, and shows it to Prince Omar, during which it shines a light out to Cleopatra's hidden tomb beneath the Sphinx.
Meanwhile, the rest of the gang are on their way to meet Velma, who have missed her for six months, especially Scooby. Unfortunately, their engine dies. Suddenly, an Egyptian nomad, Amahl Ali Akbar, (nicknamed "Triple A" by the gang) and his hawk Horus, appear to help. Triple A leaves them outside of the work site of the Sphinx, where they meet Fear Facers host, Rock Rivers, who's trying to regain credibility by filming the that's supposedly been unleashed from finding the tomb. This scares Scooby and Shaggy, until Scooby catches a whiff of Velma, leading to a reunion.
The nasty grave robber named Dr. Amelia von Butch and her minions soon arrive to claim the riches within the tomb. The walls around the tomb speak of an undead army rising and people turning into stone. Against the wishes of Velma and Omar, Dr. von Butch and her team use explosives to open the tomb, unleashing a sandstorm, which apparently turns Prince Omar into a stone statue. Dr. von Butch decides to enter the tomb anyway; Scooby and the gang, after much trepidation, follow. Scooby accidentally sets off a trap, which they all survive, but the undead army have now risen, leading to some of Dr. von Butch's minions and Velma to be turned to stone, while Scooby-Doo and Shaggy discover a Lost City where they are mistaken for the returning Pharaoh Ascoobis and his faithful manservant.
In a town, Fred and Daphne are attacked by a disguised Dr. von Butch and her henchmen Campbell and Natasha, being hit by a sleeping powder as Dr. von Butch steals the ankh from them. Later that night, "Triple A" uses a herb to wake up Fred and Daphne and tells them that Horus is looking for Shaggy and Scooby. Horus finds Scooby's collar and leads them to where he found it.
Meanwhile, the Lost City's leader Hotep, attempts to feed them to his Spirit of the Sand, a giant scorpion monster that turns out to be a robot he had built. Fred and Daphne arrive with "Triple A," who reveals Hotep to be the brilliant civil engineer named Armin Granger, who is illegally damming the Nile River.
After this, Fred & Daphne tell Scooby & Shaggy that Velma has been turned to stone. All seems lost, but Fred still has a plan. Inside the tomb, Fred Shaggy, and Scooby find Rock as a statue, and von Butch, Natasha, and Campbell being taken prisoner by mummy Cleopatra's army. Natasha and Campbell are turned to stone, with von Butch next, who pleads for her life. Meanwhile, Scooby and Shaggy disguise themselves as soldiers, but Scooby's tail gives him away. They find a secret room of cement before seeing Fred's signal, which begins a battle between the Ancient Ones army led by Daphne (pretending to be Cleopatra) and Cleopatra's undead army. In the choas, the evil Amelia von Butch sneaks into the chamber of Cleopatra, stealing the crown of Cleopatra and causing the Nile River to burst through the tomb, undamming the Nile and flushing out the riches hidden in the tomb, thus restoring the treasure to the people of Egypt according to Cleopatra's last wish. The mystery is solved when it is revealed that Cleopatra's mummy is really Velma, who had planned the whole thing along with Prince Omar and his workers in order to scare away all the treasure hunters. They had made cement copies of themselves to pass off as victims of "the curse". Prince Omar tells Rock they used his camera to film inside the tomb, which will guarantee Rock's comeback. Dr. von Butch and her team (who were never turned to stone, just copies like Velma and Omar), are tied up, possibly be taken to jail.
Later that night, the Sphinx is finally restored. "Triple A" thinks Velma has done a great job. But Shaggy fires a firecracker, which hits the Sphinx's nose. Prince Omar states that the Sphinx looks that better like that, and they all laugh.
Characters
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Prince Omar Karam (only appearance)
- Amahl Ali Akbar (only appearance)
- Rock Rivers (only appearance)
Villains:
- Ghost of Cleopatra (only appearance)(Velma in disguise; redeemed)
- Army of the undead (only appearance)(no lines)(Omar and his helpers in disguise; redeemed)
- Dr. Amelia von Butch (only appearance)
- Natasha (only appearance)
- Campbell (only appearance)
- Amelia's other associates (only appearance)(no lines)
- Hotep (only appearance)(Armin Granger's disguise)
- Spirit of the Sand (only appearance; destroyed)(no lines)(robot)
- Armin Granger (only appearance)
Other characters:
- Cleopatra (only appearance)(flashback only)(deceased)
- Prince Omar's uncle (only time mentioned)
- Triple A's camels (only appearance)(no lines)
- Ancient Ones (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
- Pharaoh Ascoobis (only appearance)(pictograph)
- Shagenkhamen (only appearance)(pictograph)
- [[]] (only appearance)(pictograph)
- Peggy Jones (mentioned)
Locations
- Giza, Egypt
- Great Sphinx of Giza
- Cleopatra's
- Nile
- Lost City of the Ancient Ones
- Unnamed town
- Great Sphinx of Giza
Objects
- Cleopatra's ankh
- Prince Omar's cellphone (destroyed)
- Prince Omar's sunglasses
- Scooby's umbrella hat
- Scooby's sunglasses
- Umbrella
- Lemonade
- Ice cubes
- Mystery Machine's engine
- Scooby Snax box
- Scooby Snacks
- TV Gab
- Velma's glasses
- Cement molds
- Cement bags
- Cleopatra's mask
- Cleopatra's crown
Vehicles
- The Mystery Machine
- Motorcycles
- Jeep
- Helicopter
- Boats
Suspects
| Suspect | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Rock Rivers | He wanted the gang to be scared. |
Culprits
| Culprit | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Velma as the Ghost of Cleopatra Prince Omar disguised as the leader of the army of the undead |
To protect the riches of Cleopatra. |
| Dr. Amelia von Butch | To steal the crown of Cleopatra. |
Cast
Songs
| Song | Credits | Performed by | Character performance by |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Mummy's Rags and Riches" | Written by Thomas Chase Jones and Joe Sichta Lyrics by Thomas Chase Jones Produced by Thomas Chase Jones |
Joe Pizzulo | N/A |
| "Which Curse is Worse" | Bobette Jamison-Harrison and Molly Pasutti | N/A | |
| "Pharaoh's Rag" | Written and produced by Thomas Chase Jones | N/A | N/A |
Notes/trivia
- This is one of the few cases in which one of the mystery gang is the monster of the movie. Velma was also the culprit in the live-action movie, Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster.
- One of the background characters at the bazaar resembles Camel Sam from the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode, Template:WSNSD202.
- This was the first animated Scooby-Doo film to be filmed in widescreen and high-definition formats, although the Region 1 DVD was in full screen (cropping the left and right of the image), though not pan and scan as the camera stays directly in the center of the image. Like other television shows and films filmed in high-definition, the monitor the animation team would have worked from would have 16:9 and 4:3 safe areas so that the full screen version would not crop off too much of any important visual elements (such as characters). However, the film is broadcast in widescreen on Cartoon Network HD.
Miscellaneous
- Disguises: Shaggy and Scooby as female mummies; Shaggy, Scooby as mummy warriors, and Fred as "Other" Cleopatra's warrior; Daphne as "Other" Cleopatra.
- Scooby Snacks bribe:
- "Ruh-roh" count:
- "Zoinks" count:
- "Jeepers" count:
- "Jinkies" count:
- Velma loses her glasses.
Cultural references
- The piece of music that plays during Shaggy and Scooby's mirage scene is Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers", from his ballet The Nutcracker.
- Dr. Amelia von Butch is based somewhat on the video game character Lara Croft.
- Horus is the name of the Egyptian deity who was the son of Osiris. He was conceived by Isis after she made out with the resembled corpse of her husband who had been killed by Set.
- Hotep roughly means "to be at peace". One of the most famous Ancient Egyptians to have this as part of his name was Imhotep who is credited with designing the Stepped Pyramid.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches
- Cleopatra's ghost's eyes keep changing from glowing white to regular eyes.
- When the gang's boat washed up, Daphne's hair was brown.
- When Scooby and Shaggy were being chased by the sand spirit they were wearing baseball clothes, but a close up of them cowering by a pillar shows Shaggy's shoulder with a green shirt. It changes back to a baseball shirt in the wide shot.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities
- In the opening of the film, Cleopatra says, "In the year 41 B.C.E...". The dating system of that era did not use the terms B.C. or B.C.E. However, as this can be considered a "breaking the fourth wall" with her "ghost" speaking to the modern-day audience, it can be dismissed.
- The events shown in the flashback are historically out of date. The invasion of Alexandria and the death of Cleopatra happened in 30 B.C.E., not 41 B.C.E.
- In the film, Cleopatra's tomb is hidden beneath the Sphinx. This is an unlikely place for her real tomb to be located. By the time Cleopatra was born in 69 B.C.E., the Sphinx and Pyramid had been standing for almost two-thousand years. While there is modern evidence of catacomb-like structures beneath the Sphinx, they're nearly impossible to get into. In Cleopatra's time, these catacombs (if they truly exist) would've been forgotten and both the Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings were abandoned as a sacred burial grounds. None of Cleopatra's family were buried there. Her actual tomb is most likely buried in modern day Alexandria hidden somewhere in the city or just outside of it. Another possible place was in a temple near her palace on the Island in which she lived. If this is the case she’s buried under 30ft of water as the island has since sunk beneath the waves.
- When Fred, Daphne, and Rock went into the tomb where the real undead army lay, it is obvious that they weren't the ones chasing the gang because of the color of their armor. The real army were wearing red and/or gold, but the fake army were wearing other colors like purple, blue, and orange.
- It is never shown or explained how they pulled off Natasha and Campbell being "turned to stone".
- The citizens of the Lost City of the Ancient Ones give up all modern conveniences and live as the ancient ones do. However, one citizen some wear sunglasses, prescription glasses, braces.
- It is never explained how they got the citizens of the Lost City down to the heart of the tomb without the Undead Army noticing.
- Prince Omar and the dig site would have been surrounded by military personnel in real life, not only because Omar was royalty, but also because the tomb was Cleopatra's. Had Amelia von Butch and her crew attempted to take over the dig in the same way they did in the movie, they would have been immediately arrested, if not killed.
- There is a rational explanation for everything that happens in the movie, except for the initial discovery of Cleopatra's tomb. Omar holds up the ankh necklace, the sunlight catches it, and this somehow causes stairs to appear beneath the Sphinx.
In other languages
| Language | Title | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Scooby-Doo em: Cadê Minha Múmia?! | Scooby-Doo in: Where's My Mummy?! |
| Polish | Scooby-Doo na tropie Mumii | Scooby-Doo on the Track of the Mummy |
| Hungarian | Scooby-Doo! A múmia átka | Scooby-Doo! The Curse of the Mummy |
| Italian | Scooby-Doo e la mummia maledetta | Scooby-Doo and the Cursed Mummy |
| Spanish (Spain) | Scooby-Doo! en el Misterio del Faraón | Scooby-Doo! in the Mystery of the Pharaoh |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Scooby Doo! y La Maldición de Cleopatra | Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of Cleopatra |
| Danish | Scooby-Doo Og Kleopatra Forbandelse | Scooby-Doo and the Cleopatra Curse |
| Greek | Scooby-Doo! Που Είναι η Μούμια; | Scooby-Doo! Where's the Mummy? |
| French | Scooby-Doo au pays des pharaons | Scooby-Doo in the land of the Pharaohs |
Home media
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? DVD released by Warner Home Video on December 5, 2005.
Quotes
Shaggy: For once in my life I don't want my mummy! |
Gallery
Videos
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References
External links
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