Ranking the Villains | Scooby-Doo Renaissance: Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- This is it! The final film of the Scooby Renaissance!
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Awesome shirt! How proud are you for coming up with that catchphrase? I think one episode of American Dad was about how close to impossible is creating a catchphrase that actually sticks. You've done it!
It wasn't my intention, to be sure.
I just like running gags because I'm lazy. 😃
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Cyber-Chase was part of this weird trend during the time that video games were becoming popular enough that studeos wanted stories about them, but no one actually writing, directing, or producing films or tv shows had any idea what they were, how they worked, or what programming on a computer even was. They had some wacky ideas of what VR was or how it worked.
It reminds me of how annoying I always found one particular scene in the first 'Jurassic Park', a film I otherwise adore.
Grant, Sattler and Malcolm are touring the lab and one of the scientists is wearing a sci-fi helmet and gloves and the narrator describes them as using VR to locate gaps in the gene sequencing. This always struck me as a nauseatingly obvious attempt to cram in a science trope that was popular at the time.
A DNA sequence gap would be recognized as a missing letter in a molecule chain and not something a scientist would need to "move around in cyberspace".
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I think the craziest thing about the movie is how all the retro villains besides The Creeper were from the Scooby doo show?? Surely there’s no way those were the most iconic were they? I didn’t even know the Scooby doo show existed as a kid, so I always assumed I just missed a bunch of episodes as a kid
Also why were they only on the last level? Why wasn't the Space Kook on the moon or the Pterodactyl Ghost in the prehistoric Jungle?
You'd be surprised but most of them except the Gator Ghoul were actually repackaged as Scooby Doo Where Are You Season 3
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Meanwhile in the videogame versions.
Charlie the Robot as the main boss of the big city level (PS1), while as a minor enemy in two levels (GBA)
The Caveman from SDWAY as a recurring enemy in the prehistoric jungle stage. (GBA only)
The green ghost as a recurring enemy in two levels in the GBA version.
The ghost clown as a recurring enemy in two levels of both versions.
Could you say the same about Monsters Unleashed for their choice of monsters to bring back like I watched the Negative 10 rewrite video
@@jamesenglebert9149good point
I actually feel kinda bad for the Phantom Virus. He didn't ask to be created, he was just following his programming, and he died before he had barely begun to live.
Another victim of the Frankenstein's Monster school of villany!
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I'd argue about something you said about the moon level; they may not have limited oxygen. Same with how NPCs can die by being shot in the leg as opposed to the torso or head, or how a character could glide normally but fly in challenge stages, the function has to be programmed in as so the action can happen. For all we know, the gang could've been in that level indefinitely
yeah, it's not like air was something Eric would think he would have to code in, the moon level might've just had different textures and reduced gravity, like how the backyard level from the montage might just have everything in the level scaled up rather than having the gang actually be made smaller.
That is true, but from the Gang's perspective, it should have felt like they were literally on the surface of the moon and Velma, at least, should have shown more concern because as far as she knew, oxygen was limited.
So much of this video game was insanely lifelike, I wouldn't put it past Eric having programmed a ticking clock by way of losing your air supply after a given amount of time!
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My personal favorite of the movies!
My question is: Why would he program a deadly computer virus to share his hobbies and interests??
Maybe he's just really vain. At least that's what I think the writers were going for.
It was dumb of Bill, which is why I'm willing to concede it may have been unintentional on his part.
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The inconstancies regarding Phantom Virus's powers makes sense once you really think about it: Bill based his virus data-code on himself, that means the Virus has the same egocentric and baseball-loving personality as Bill. Spindly Johnny here is so full of himself that his overconfidence hinder his potential of being a actual threat. For example: He could very well use his powers to hijack and control Scooby's robot but decided not to for the sake of his own pride.
AHH! SPINDLY JOHNNY!
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!
It's like evil always has within itself the seeds of its own destruction.
Hmm. That sounded like something an angel would say.
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Bill's ability to create the virus and bring it to life makes his villainy all the more questionable. Although, I guess hackers are incredibly skilled and some of them still use those skills to steal from others.
Sometimes it's possible to hack without even trying to.
I won't go into it here because it's a very long story, but a couple of decades [ACE DECADE] ago, I inadvertently hacked into software for my industry because their security settings were almost criminally too low.
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@@JoeGoesOver, that must’ve been a wild experience. Can’t imagine how you would explain that to your kids 😊
Amother thing, Bill didn’t even need to trap them in Cyberspace as they had no reason to suspect him at the time. As for the plot hole involving getting things out, they didn't test it on living things like you said prior by a few minutes, so it was more than likely a hypothesis.
Personally, just saying i think the gang should have been divided in two. Fred, Velma, and Daphne in the real world, figuring out the virus and unraveling its origin point and finding out it was Bill that made it. While Shaggy and Scooby Try to survive in the video game as the virus targets them.
I like that idea, Silent. Fred and the girls would be yelling instructions into the microphone to Shaggy and Scooby, or even controlling them directly with a joystick!
There were a whole lot of unanswered questions in that film, that's for certain!
I'd go with Scooby-Doo: Frankencreepy, on the grounds it's the first film to bring back past villains of the Scooby-Doo franchise. Not to mention the dark implications that the film points out about Mystery Inc.'s actions have caused.
There is that one, to be sure.
Can you imagine that story but with the aesthetics of 'Zombie Island'?
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Actually, Ztyran, “Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights” would probably be the first project to “bring back past villains”; not to mention, it isn’t the “first film” to do so, as “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” became the first televised Scooby project to center around past villains; despite Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase doing that first, it was more of an afterthought.
@robbiewalker2831 "Night of 100 frights" might be the first project, but I wouldn't count Scooby-Doo 2 for the same reason that I wouldn't count the monsters in this film, they constructs based on past villains. Not to mention, for all intentions, the former Pterodactyl Ghost in that movie was a completely new character, as his motives are different from his animated counterpart.
@@JoeGoesOveryes especially that Scooby Doo and the gang don’t have a nemesis like Sherlock Holmes has Professor James Moriarty but I guess Professor Parrotices is the closest thing like you have seen in the previous videos that that one or two can’t pull it off
The one thing about Eric's video game that really bothers me (and an issue that also carries over to the real world movie tie-in game as well) is that it's based on Mystery Inc who are known for solving mysteries, and yet the game itself has literally nothing to do with mystery solving or even the paranormal. The game as shown in the movie is essentially just some sort of collect-a-thon platformer/sandbox game with level themes picked seemingly at random with no coherent theme; the final level is the only one that has anything even remotely related to the Scooby Gang and is also the only one that includes references to their past mysteries, which is insane to me since the game being based on their past mysteries was the premise that Eric gave when describing it originally. Even the last level is only slightly related to the gang and their mysteries since there still isn't a mystery to be solved! All of the monsters are real and are unable to be unmasked, so it's not really about solving a mystery and enemies like The Creeper in this level are essentially no different than the random and generic enemies seen in other levels. Eric seems like a really bad game dev and he essentially just made a clusterfuck of a game and slapped the names and faces of his friends onto it despite it actually having very little to do with them when viewed objectively, which is just so weird. Imagine if a friend said that they were going to make a game starring you but instead of the game being at all related to you or the things that you're known for or your interests, it's basically just a generic and basic platformer that's destined to be forgotten and dumped into the discount bin at the local game shop. I've always thought that it would have made more sense for the game Eric made to be more similar to the real life Scooby-Doo video games that came later during the PS2 era, like Night of 100 Frights for example, which were much more about solving mysteries and many of the levels even featuring iconic villains from the franchise.
Eric apparently was ahead of the curve when it came to mindless smartphone games!
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I really love your T-shirt it looks good on you! And I also really like your analysis,review, and even some good details on the last ranking Scooby-Doo Renaissance movie. It's one of my favorite Scooby-Doo movies ever as a child. Also one final note, I absolutely love The Phantom Virus. He's so cool! Great job Joe and keep moving forward!!!😊😊😊
What I like the most about these renaissance Scooby Doo films. It’s how they aged up the gang. For they appear to be older in these movies, I’d guess more in their twenties.
Which I like just because I think it was refreshing to see them as not just teenagers again. Like time had started to move on from being stuck in the Where Are You ? Time frame sort of thing. Plus these were cool films and well put together with more depth and realism than what had been done before. After this movie is where I believe it started to get goofy and more akin to what we were used to before these movies came out. As a kid these were my favourites and still are. Along with the og series. Cyber Chase is just a good movie, far fetched sure but still entertaining.
Of course, the main danger of aging the Scooby Gang is the average life expectancy of a Great Dane.
The Renaissance films were definitely a high water mark in the franchise. It's just a pity that the studio purportedly interfered a lot with this one (and the previous); otherwise would could have had a darker, more mature story here.
Maybe then they might have had a discussion about the ethics of creating self-aware AI only to trap it inside a video game.
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Maybe you should rank biggest villains who never got caught. Or like biggest villains who never got treated as villans (like the professor for the radioactive produce).
That's a good idea for a future video! I'm keeping a list, but unfortunately I don't have the time to devote to other Scooby related videos other than the Villain Rankings, since those seem to be what most viewers want.
That's not to say I may not post the odd non-Scooby video here and there, but in general if you see one of those, they're a one-off that didn't take nearly the amount of time a normal upload takes to produce.
@@JoeGoesOver don’t forget the secret syndicate
@JoeGoesOver I'll definitely watch that video
34:33 If I recall correctly, the Professor says to boot up the game in demo mode to show the gang how the laser works. That's why he can retrieve the box of snacks immediately. However, needing to play through the whole game to get the gang out is still a massive design flaw on Eric's part.
I think the idea of a sentient virus originating from a game that can manifest itself in the physical world was enough to carry the movie. The whole subplot of the laser beaming the gang into the game wasn't needed, especially considering most of it was just reduced to a montage.
I'm not sure how "demo mode" could be any different from "regular" mode as they both involve firing the laser.
Perhaps "demo mode" transports the items to a blank area whereas the Gang were put directly into the game.
Good catch, regardless!
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I'd guess Bill was joking about the radioactive tomatoes, maybe he'd heard from eric how shag and scoob are with food and thought it was a simple way to get them to not eat the tomatoes
yeah, they were probably part of another experiment, and Bill just didn't want someone's work to get eaten
With how gigantic those tomatoes are? How on earth could anyone not be tempted to steal them to eat?
I think Mokuba sums this villian up well with the phrase "What a digital dummy"
I think that's unfair.
The Phantom Virus is only as good as his programmer.
BILL was the dummy!
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My guess for why they couldnt just beam the gang back out is because they werent stationary. The items were in the same space and therefore the same code. Plus they were items.
If the gang moved even the tiniest bit, their "code" would be different.
Also as to why Eric might not have had a developer's cheet codes: they got wipped during the first attack.
Interesting theroy
I like the first theory as it's plausible.
The second one, however, doesn't hold water because if the cheat codes were wiped, so would all the surrounding code.
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@@JoeGoesOver I didn't think of that!
my guess for why beating the game might've defeated the virus was that the game despawned the monsters upon beating the level since enemies sometimes disappear or are frozen upon you entering the "stage complete" screen. Though I guess the game didn't see a problem with there being 2 sets of player characters (the real and cyber gangs).
I would like to see you cover the red shirt era of the Scooby Doo films, like Scooby Doo meets the Boo Brothers (which is my favorite from that era) and possibly Ghoul School, but I feel that falls more in line with like 13 Ghosts. But awesome video as usual Joe!!
But then there’s no guy in a costume in those movies except the Boo Brothers so I would honestly skip over them
The Red Shirt Shaggy era seems to be the popular choice, but as mentioned by Striker, they might offer their own issues when it comes to the formula.
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Lets go. Been waiting for the video for a long time and you did a great job with it. Thanks Joe
Thank you very much for saying so! I hope it doesn't suck!
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Considering this guy created a being of living energy that can manipulate technology, do you think he would’ve able to make more money off The Phantom virus.
Bill seemingly had to go out of his way not to make money from the Phantom Virus.
Hell, even if you set aside the obvious military applications, if properly trained, a sentient virus could conceivably enter any software and instantly check the code for bugs and other issues.
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I have a theory This movie uses synthetic magic to use the special characteristic crystal to make a laser from the reflective glass, this crystal is in the machine, the laser through the crystal of the machine mixed with the mathematical formula to virtualize the organic matter into computer data is my theory for this movie
Was just watching the Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost and Alien Invader videos the past few days and was waiting for this. Great video again
I'd love to see the Red shirt shaggy movies at some point down the line too. As movies they're not on par with these four but I think they'd make interesting videos anyway, especially Ghoul School
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I think the next movie focus is likely to be the Red Shirt Shaggy era as it seems to be the ones most mentioned in the comments.
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@JoeGoesOver Sounds good Joe. Will always make time for your video, the effort you put in is always appreciated. Can't wait to watch the new ones!
@@JoeGoesOver, makes sense, plus we got some fun stuff like Ghoul School which is my personal favorite of the Red Shirt Shaggy era, or as I would call it, the Monster Shaggy era. Cause why not? He’s the beacon for supernatural activity and too ingrained into the world of the supernatural to really be anything less. He’s Ultra Instinct after all, we can’t ignore that..
Thanks for the shout-out, Joe! That’s Scooby-tastically nice of you!
Oh, may I have an unusual question for you? How do you manage to keep making Scooby-Doo videos without UA-cam tagging them as "Content Made for Kids"? I ask because whenever I make a Jonny Quest review, I frequently run into this issue. I always appeal, but within minutes, my appeal gets rejected. Every single time! It’s incredibly frustrating, especially since my videos often include clips from R-rated horror movies, which are obviously not kid-friendly (also, what kid watches videos on obscure old cartoons in the first place?). The worst part is that once a video is tagged as "Made for Kids," the comment section is disabled, so there’s no room for discussion.
I once made a video on innuendos in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, referencing things like f*tishes and gloryh*les, and UA-cam still flagged it as kid-oriented. I even re-uploaded it, only for it to be tagged again. I’m stuck in this weird middle ground. I don’t want to include n*dity or coarse language on purpose because "Adult Restricted Content" isn’t my goal either. But it really grinds my gears that UA-cam’s bots (or whoever) can’t distinguish between content meant for nostalgic adults and content for children.
Anyway, thanks for being awesome! I’ve been watching you since you had just around 2,000 subscribers, and I really admire your work.
Happy to do so! I appreciate your own shout out of my channel as well!
I really wish I could help you with your UA-cam issue. Unfortunately, I have enough issues with my own stuff, particularly when it comes to content matching. Every upload is nerve-wracking for me as I await the dreaded red notification icon on my smartphone.
I wouldn't mind the content match so much if they would list ALL sections of my upload that triggers it, rather than just the first one they find. This means I adjust my video to meet their demand, spend four hours encoding and another hour uploading and rendering, just to get another ding. Worse is when I get the green light, only to get hit with a match a few days later, after I already amassed views and comments which are deleted upon a re-upload.
All I can suggest is if you use the "copy settings" from previous videos to make it easier to tag and label your new uploads, try not doing that and getting a fresh start. Perhaps there's a checkbox clicked somewhere that's triggering it?
As unhelpful as they are, you might try sending a DM to UA-cam directly (presuming you haven't already).
Good luck and you have all my sympathy!
@@JoeGoesOver Thank you for your thoughtful and lengthy response. It's amazing how patient and generous you are with your time for your supporters, subscribers, and regular viewers.
Every UA-camr, big or small, has stories about UA-cam's strange decisions and lack of support. My favorite one involves Sony claiming one of my videos for copyright infringement, alleging a clip I played contained music they own. The ironic part? I had deliberately replaced the original score with a royalty-free track that sounded nothing like the original!
Anyway, I hope the UA-cam gods are merciful to you, Joe.
@@Land_Far_Awayhi I just noticed that you were mentioned in this video and I just saw the Wolfman remake were it’s nothing like the original movie and it gives Jeff Goldbulm’s the fly vibes
I've heard from verious UA-camrs who make content over things that YT deems as "For Kids" that adding the occasional swear word into the closed captions. It might not be the catch-all solution, but it apparently does help.
Okay your shirts just get better and better 🎉
Also...helleva mug you've got there😊 (thank you)
Tangent: Arroz con Pollo is awesome
Hah! I'm glad you noticed! I was afraid I was being too subtle as usual.
I really need to get my merch store activated. I want to offer my stuff to Patreon supporters at cost, but there's no way to do it. From what I can tell, the UA-cam merch store doesn't even offer the opportunity to give coupons or gift certificates.
Indeed it is. It's all I get from any of the three local Mexican places and even the one in Cincy when I'm visiting my sister.
Imagine my shock to learn that REAL arroz con pollo isn't that!
Yeah, its crazy getting authentic Mexican vs 'authentic Mexican'
When you find it, you savor it😁
I mean you were subtle, but my bad movie deduction skills helped me suss it out.
I wish you luck getting the store setup🥳 I know I'll be picking up a mug or something cool😁
I was watching cyber chase a couple months, ago. Because of how nonsense of transforming real world objects into digital data. When Eric was explaining how the machine works; I blurted out calmly "are you a witch?" and we decided that it would be Fred's line
Well, we do know that witches exist in that particular section of the Scooby-Dooniverse...
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The answer to end your spoilers running gag is obviously baseball.
EVERY time one of your videos uploads I feel like my day is just that much better
That means so much to me! I sincerely mean it!
While overall fun, there are aspects of working on this channel that can be a real slog (particularly when it comes to working the kinks out of new equipment).
Enthusiasm from those watching what I produce keeps me motivated to keep going!
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Again, I was JUST thinking last night it was about time that another one of your videos was going to come out! Thanks as always! 🍻
I appreciate the thoughts!
I try my best to get two out per month, but sadly it's not always possible.
It's daunting sitting down to a blank Word document, yet somehow a week or so later it's filled with text that I somehow have to put to screen. How that happens is still a mystery to me.
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@@JoeGoesOver I'm hoping to have some extra money for Patreon at some point....though I can't decide between the name "Karl der Stuntman" and "Carlos el Hombre de Stunt"... ;P
Thank you so much for another episode of this series! I never considered all the serious and grim implications of the various aspects of the story as a kid and it hits comepletely different now! Like nightmare fuel level of hitting different. I never realised how dangerous the laser and the digitalisation of the gang could be! Also, seeing how reckless and careless the proffessor was with the safety concerns in the lab makes me at least worried and at most furious. Like, I wonder how any of the people working here are still alive!
Your ranking makes sense, even if the virus' desing scared me as a child and still makes me at least uneasy, I see why it isn't really scary.
So as always, great episode! I will probably come back to it many times while waiting for the new ones!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
I never set out to ruin childhoods, but rather point out the things that usually only adults would notice.
It was a bad habit I picked up when first starting to watch Scooby-Doo with my daughter as a child.
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I was just about to take a coffee break from my exam revision anyway. Welcome back Joe.
Don't forget to wash your hands!
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That shirt is amazing lol 😭🔥
Hah! Thanks!
I hope to get my merch channel running soon!
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This video made my day. I have been waiting for the Cyber Chase ranking. It's my favorite of the Renaissance movies. I remember getting the DVD and the "premiere" on Cartoon Network. This video brought back so much nostalgia 😄.
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I hope it didn't suck!
I don't remember 'Cyber Chase' coming out nearly as much as 'Zombie Island', as I can recall seeing the tie-in products for the latter at my local Wendy's.
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@JoeGoesOver Your videos never suck! Zombie Island has the best music, I find myself listening to Terror Time at the most random times. Cyber Chase was the first Scooby Doo movie I owned, and the idea of being able to be transported into a video game was revolutionary to 5 year old Kirsten 🤣.
I'm loving these pateon perks.
Hopefully, I'll shortly be opening my merch store.
I would like to make it at cost for Patreon supporters (meaning they'd pay what I pay, with no markup for the channel owner's profit), but the UA-cam merch store doesn't offer that.
I'll definitely make an announcement on Patreon once (or if) I get that sorted.
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No way, I just got home and saw this in my emails from patrion, I literally just got hold of the phantom virus Funko Pop today. It has just now arrived while I was out. How strange they both collide. Looking forward to watching this in a bit. And I expect you are referring to Scrappy in the post. He’s actually good in the boos brothers movie. He actually helps move the plot and is very amusing in that movie.
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I love Cyber Chase, definitely my 2nd favorite after Zombie Island. I just love the game aspect and the funky montage. It's been super fun catching up on your videos. I love having them in the background for work or games and getting distracted by your jokes and facts. Can't wait to see which other Scooby films or series you cover.
I'd love for you to cover Legend of the Vampire or Monster of Mexico. Those films exist in such a weird space where they remix Where Are You's score in a lot of places because it's still Pre-What's New. Revisiting those two movies took me out after realizing that and seeing the Where Are You influence
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It's likely I will eventually hit all the DTVs at some point, but sadly as I'm just one guy and there are other financial obligations in my life, it will be long, slow road to get to them all.
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14:30 So you're telling me that red-shirt Shaggy is trapped in hell, looking up at heaven?
Hell for him, if for nothing else than having to wear that godawful color!
I'm not much of a fan of the color red.
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I so badly wanted to hear you say something like "a super powerful laser is used to digitize someone into a computer game. They discover that the programs have the personality of their creators. They have to play a game that might kill them in order to escape. Where have I heard that before?" And then we see Tron pop up.
That would’ve made for an awesome joke too..😆
I did consider putting in Tron references, but to be fair, I only ever saw that film once and it was so long ago I couldn't honestly recall much other than how hot Cindy Morgan was in it.
It's a movie that just didn't resonate with me as much as others, so it wouldn't have lent itself well to my inclusions.
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14:58 since they are in a video game, maybe video game inventory logic applies. The object is recorded to be in his inventory, but doesn't really "exist" or have an effect until he pulls the magnet out and "uses it".
As soon as I saw Memento again, it made my day!! The second time was unbeatable, but here we are. Keep up the great work.
I tend to write myself into corners.
I'm just surprised I haven't had to explain the punchline.
This either means nobody cares or everybody knows what it means.
I'm... not sure how to feel about it.
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@@JoeGoesOver, but wouldn’t it be better to go use another movie as well? Because if you keep reusing Memento, eventually it’ll piss off people who don’t like repetition. I would know, I am one of those people, but on the less annoying side. Just saying, it’s not worth it. We could use something else like An American Werewolf In London for The Reluctant Werewolf, or once we get to Scooby Doo Where’s My Mummy?, a reference to The Mummy trilogy involving Brendan Fraser (those films are my childhood, baby!)..
16:10 It gets a lot funnier when you realize that the Scooby Gang is having to geal with their teeenage selves.
Hah!
And Daphne still hasn't outgrown her snarky fixation on fashion!
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Great ranking again. For you future breaks in between seasons, I for one would be interested in you covering some of the 80's movies like Ghoul School and the Reluctant Werewolf.
That's probably the plan at this point. The Red Shirt Shaggy era seems to be the overwhelmingly popular choice at this point.
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That opening was excellent.
Eric is a goddamn sociopath!
Sad to see the end of the renaissance. Sad what's next but tons of scope for comedy.
Excellent video as ever.
Hah! Thank you very much for saying so!
Like I said in the video, the more I watched the more those uncomfortably thoughts came to me!
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This is one of my favorite Scooby Doo movies especially the soundtrack as the gang goes through cyber space it’s a really great soundtrack and seeing the gang meet their in game selves was amazing continue the amazing work @joegoesover I can’t wait to see the next series you cover even though it’s has he shall not be named
I've already broken ground and have a lot of the preliminary art done, and have started the script.
With any luck, I'll be out of this era before I know it!
And you're spot on about the soundtrack. That techno beat was in my head for days during editing!
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Hi Joe! Hmm.. ive never considered all the issues with the plot for this one before. Its all highly interesting once thought about. 🤣 Shout out to the increasingly awesome and hilarous patreon members. I dont have much else to say, my head is spinning about all the points you brought up. Might have to watch this a second time and take notes! Haha, great as always Joe. Much love to you and your family.
0:45 -- Better than anything I could think of.
1:53 -- "Will Scooby hit a homer..."
Y'know, I really don't think I'd mind a genuine Scooby-Doo/The Simpsons crossover special. I really do.
2:15 -- And located in MORAL OREL's Statesota
14:00 -- These same kinds of questions occurred to me the first time I saw WRECK-IT RALPH... maybe even earlier than that when REBOOT was on TV.
23:50 -- Sadly, I fear Scrappy may become the new Carl for the next couple videos 😭
25:40 -- He does look like an electrical villain from the INVINCIBLE comic book, now that I think of it.
40:42 -- I kind of sound like a loop of this whenever my sister and her husband visit for the holidays, and I take all their "dead soldiers" to the glass drop-off site.
I have a bad habit of writing myself into corners.
I did have "Bagged Me a Homer" when writing that bit, if only briefly.
I miss that series.
It's best not to dwell on certain questions if you want to enjoy a film or TV show without feeling unsettled.
I'm doing my best to not let my distaste for the little potato to show through in my current script.
I've never watched or read 'Invincible'. Most of my comic reading is isekai manga these days.
Some films leave an indelible moment in our psyches.
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I love watching these videos! I've recently started re-watching all of the red shirt shaggy movies and I think that would be amazing to analyze. It is definitely different since most of the gang isn't included but I'd love to hear your take on the quality and design of the movies. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for reviewing the Scooby Renaissance. I've been watching your SD villians ranking series for quite some time. & I think now is the right time to start commenting on your channel. Its a good idea & reminds me of my top 100 SD Monsters List. Aside from the tangents you make, [Which I dont care for.] I do like your analysis on the villians including the D.O.O. scores for them. I'll continue to watch these videos & exspect to see more comments from me in the future. Until then SCOOBY DOOBY DOOOOO!
Also the funny thing is my job is lasers so seeing this laser is still the funniest thing ever
Wait.
Do you mean lasers don't work like they do in the film?
@JoeGoesOver well I work on medical lasers and any type of laser is used for cutting and sealing up wouns is necessary under them but lasers and general produce heat when outputed the laser in this movie is like a sci-fi scanner and teleporter like you were using examples of but I guess I normally scientific standers I just don't classify as a laser lol
All I know is no matter how bad my vision gets, I probably won't do LASIK!
Its funny because im starting in a new building at my work place so it gets its kinda fitting saying goodbye to the movie's and the shows and well moving foward but man its gonna be hard with the next series but at least after that the shows will get better and better
I am VERY much looking forward to getting to the 2000s series.
There just so much... Him... in between!
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It's time to playyy ball! Give props, to be dedicated to baseball so much you put the "Plates" in a coliseum stage. Also love the Phantom Virus the voice really freaking sells it.
I didn't focus very much on the voice, did I? I tend to dwell on the visuals more than the sound in my rankings, with the obvious exception being Space Kook.
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25:49 "there's absolutely nothing terrifying about its features" you say while showing it giving a slasher smile
How many friends do the gang have outside each other? Like they seem to have an outstanding amount of friends we never hear about until the just show up
I'll give Eric and Bill credit for doing their research on the Scooby Gang. Several of their past foes made appearances in the game, and the Virus certainly used them to his advantage. The Creeper, the Tar Monster, Old Iron Face, Jaguaro, and the Gator Ghoul. An interesting selection of bosses, to say the least...
Eric was clearly a fan of the later Scooby Gang adventures!
He was smart enough to avoid Carl the Stuntman at any rate!
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F****** Carl the Stuntman...
Tech in the doo verse: “A laser digitizes you to cyberspace? Old hat dating back from at LEAST the 1800s. Now a computer game? THAT’S first prize material!”😂
Hah! So true!
Hell, they've had working lifelike holograms since at least the turn of the century!
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When you get to a pup named Scooby Doo, I think you should remember that the reason a lot of fans like is basically the reason you defended the be cool Scooby Doo but about two or three decades earlier the fact that it’s also one of the first shows to give Fred Daphne and Velma some real personality because that’s face it after watching the pre-scrappy shows I think you can see they didn’t have that much personality. In fact, even the original creators of Scooby Doo thought those three were boring and the last reason of a pup named Scooby Doo is liked one of the few Scooby media where the audience figuring out who the mastermind is actually written into the story. Heck, the theme song even says you can help us solve the crime. I know there’s a Scooby movie where Velma figures out who the mastermind is just because she’s a text writing font snob
I know 'A Pup Named Scooby-Doo' has a LOT of fans, and this is going to sound hypocritical considering I made a video that basically said "Don't judge a series based on the animation", but I really, REALLY hate the animation for 'A Pup Named Scooby-Doo', almost to the point of it being an entire deal-breaker.
You do make a good point and it's unfair of me to go into it with that mindset, but it's just sooooo harrrrrrrrd to dooooooo.
Glen Kennedy is to animation what John Wayne Gacy is to home foundation work.
When the time comes, I will do my best to judge the series on more than just how much it offends my eyeballs.
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@ and like I said it’s one of the few shows where the mystery is written into every episode or at least tries to. I know two episodes of mystery Inc. Where the villains are someone who only made a quick cameo or we’re just unwanted posters. OK, there are at least two episodes where main villain war disguise isn’t recognized in the masking, but those are just two episodes.
Great job Joe your videos rock dude 🤘🏻
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Possibly the best movie about AI that became sapient about its nature and overall game world is "Free guy" released in 2021
In general, I like Ryan Reynolds, so I'll probably check that film out eventually.
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Another great episode Joe
Thank you so much for saying so! I really means the world to me!
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My favorite Scooby Renaissance film… but I knew it would be the worst rated. I still love it! Thanks for your hard work as always, Joe.
To be fair, even as the bottom of the Renaissance barrel, 'Cyber Chase' is still in the upper crust of all Scooby DTV releases!
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“ AHHH SPINDLY JONNY!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!” -caddicarus from his review of Scooby doo and the cyber chase. (The phantom virus is spindly Jonny)
Imagine if Scooby Doo did a crossover movie where they meet the kids from the PBS cartoon "CyberChase" and it doubles as a sequel to this movie, somebody make a fanfic based off this idea this would rule!
Yeah I was thinking of the crossovers that Scooby Doo should have teamed up with.
It's actually amazing that there aren't more media properties out there with the words "cyber" and "chase" in them, considering how much people who write titles love alliteration.
Then again, the whole "cyber" craze has pretty much wound down from the early days of the internet.
Today, the concept of cyberspace is as fresh and exciting as a rotary telephone.
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An idea for what could serve as a pallet cleanser could be the Live Action Scooby-Doo Movies (either including that 2018 Daphne & Velma movie or not)
I appreciate the suggestion and as much of a fan as I am of the Gunn films, the popular consensus seems to be wanting me to hit the Red Shirt Shaggy era when the time comes.
But I definitely want to discuss the villains in those films eventually!
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Aaah! It’s Spindley Johnny! Run for your lives!
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I've seen that expression pop up quite a few times now!
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Quick point:
If Bill claimed that the baseball personality was derived from his game, he could claim that Eric’s game made the virus lethal, considering that many people had malicious intent when it comes to the gang.
The lethality can come from the plans of Scooby villains, and the baseball personality can come from Bill’s with the diamond an attempt to frame Bill.
Ohh, that's a TERRIFIC point!
Of course, from a legal standpoint, Bill was the one who actually created the Phantom Virus, so even if it pulled killing intent from another source, he was the one who set things in motion.
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lovely work as always your videos are always a blast to watch :)
as for looking for a pallet cleanser one of the what's new scooby doo movies maybe neat. has some interesting ones like where's My Mummy Witch was one of the more interesting twist monsters, legend of the Vampire with the Hex Girls again or just Pirates Ahoy if you just want to just make fun of Ritch people :)
Thank you for the kind words!
From what I'm seeing in the comments, the consensus seems to be to focus on the Red Shirt Shaggy era from the 1980s, so that's where I'm leaning at this point, despite preferring the films from the 'What's New?' time period myself.
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I personally would love to see you cover the What’s New Scooby Doo era films as I like to call them. As much as I love Ghoul School and The Reluctant Werewolf, and as much as they fit the era you’re covering, I have been waiting so long for the What’s New Scooby Doo despite only being on this channel for just a few months since September at least (I think, I graduated from high school and I’m still waiting for that college application approval or the Publix job position I’ve been begging for so I’m currently living life like it’s summer vacation compared to my siblings. I lost track of time, I just remember that that it was several months before the news of Liam Payne’s death 😢). The movie I’m most excited to see you cover is Scooby Doo Where’s My Mummy?. I love that one-the song “Mummies Rags and Riches” is a personal favorite banger of mine. I also enjoy the film for the awesome twist (spoiler alert) that Velma was the monster all along. I also can’t wait to see you make a joke about the fact that the gang’s main ally, Amahl Ali Akbar or Triple A as he’s called, is voiced by Oded Fehr aka Ardith Bay from the Mummy trilogy featuring Brendan Fraser (one of my favorite movie trilogies ever). I think the biggest obstacle you’d have to face when covering Where’s My Mummy is the fact there’s not 1 but rather 3 villains all working separately and independently from each other (technically there’s 4 but Velma is one of the main characters and she’s working with one of them so she and Prince Omar are likely gonna be ranked together), which is a far cry from the usual two villains plotting. I took the time to think about everything I’ve learned from your videos to analyze each one of their plans, and I can confidently say that Omar and Velma’s scheme is not only the best of the three schemes, but technically they won. Not only was Omar the prince of Egypt (I have never seen the movie but it’s hard not to make a joke from that title) and thus likely to be exempt from legal consequence if caught, but he was also the person in charge and presumably the one who funded the expedition that uncovered Cleopatra’s tomb, which means he would most likely have a legal right to the treasure, especially since it was located in and had historical significance to his country and culture. Omar’s goal was to discourage greedy treasure hunters seeking the treasure of his country, which while not original since it’s the same plot as Penrod Stillwall from Haunted House Hang-Up is a very justifiable goal and thus would be the international country equivalent of defending your belongings from a would be robber. Not to mention that he had the help of Velma working with him instead of against him, which meant he had someone who was an expert in supernatural hauntings and thus knew the tricks of the trade in fooling people into believing the supernatural. Omar’s plan was also highly profitable, as we see that the treasure is vast, and while the scene of the tomb being destroyed would probably destroy some of it, the fact that the treasure is later washed up in the Nile river and easily recovered means the treasure would mostly survive and thus recoverable regardless of a tomb accident. The only two flaws I could see in his plan was 1) the Scooby gang’s surprise arrival, which considering they didn’t want to kill the gang meant they were stuck babysitting and preventing harm from happening to them while still doing their plan because they decided not to tell them about the plan, and 2) hiring Rock Rivers as the cameraman. It’s established earlier in the film that his show (which Fred is clearly a big fan of) was cancelled because he faked footage of supernatural events, so if the video of the mummy incident got out, they’d probably assume it was fake. Rivers is lucky this was before Twitter or current UA-cam, because the guy wouldn’t even last a day without faking backlash. Overall a not original but immensely rewarding and sorta justified scheme, had very few risks, and as Omar had the aid of a member of the Scooby gang’s working with him instead of against him, he had the advantage needed for his scheme to win, with the only obstacle being his poor choice in not involving the rest of the gang in his scheme not even for extra labor. As for the main villain herself Amelia Van Booch, she’s a unit all her own. Velma describes her as an archeologist and world class treasure hunter, while Omar emphasizes that she’s a treasure thief, which would imply that she resorts to questionable actions to get what she wants. She was willing to put everyone’s lives at risk for the treasure, even going so far as to steal, gas Fred and Daphne, and even trigger the tomb’s destruction, so props to her for her resolve to commit murder but also screw her for allowing greed to be her primary motivation. Then again, if she’s a world class thief, it may not even be greed that’s her primary motivation, because as anyone who’s seen Japan’s anime Lupin III (Lupin the third is the half-Japanese grandson of Arsene Lupin), and is likely already familiar with Selina Kyle aka Catwoman or even the Italian comic book villain Diabolik and his love interest Eva, can attest to, the world’s greatest thieves rarely stop at just greed as motivation for their crimes. Then we have the B villain of the movie Hotep (which I’m pretty sure is meant to be a reference to Imhotep from the Mummy trilogy) or as he’s actually known, Armand Granger. He basically just wants to run a cult, and like a hypocrite, he creates a robotic creature designed to resemble a giant scorpion and use Shaggy and Scooby in his scheme somehow (I will never get over how they both just conveniently appear to be the exact same as the legend the cult in question have about the reincarnation of a Scooby Doo themed Anubis and his human servant. Somehow I’m not convinced that Granger didn’t stalk them and secretly use their likeness to trick his cult) to run a cult while damming the Nile River. His scheme falls apart because not only does Triple A easily identify him (Triple A appears to be some sort of noble holistic police in this movie now that I think about it) which means he’s on the radar, but the cult quickly and smartly turn on him when he’s revealed as being the one damming the Nile River. Overall, if you choose not to cover the WNSD era movies, I understand, but I would greatly appreciate it..
Believe me, I'd also love to get to the 'What's New?' era, but for the purposes of fair ranking, particularly when it comes to how original a scheme is, I need to handle the episodes in as close to chronological order as possible (despite the occasional forays into other eras in one-off videos).
Another gland slam of a ranking video!
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Another great episode.
They would easilly win the science fair unless they are against a soda volcano. 🤭
Or a potato battery. Those never fail to amaze!
Just ask GLaDOS!
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Thank you for making me a video is really helpful. My mental health I love Scooby Doo. I have a whole Scooby Doo room. I have a Scooby doo essay I may not have everything Scooby doo but I know a lot and I love it and again thank you for making these videos and all the hard work that you put into the videos
Thank you very much! That really means a lot to me!
And just remember this: even if I sometimes get mean in my scripts, it's all out of love.
Even to a much, much, much, MUCH lesser extent, for Him.
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Please do Legend of Vampire Rock, please. And thank you for making these videos, I love having a new point of view on one of my favourite shows.
Thank you for the kind words!
It appears I'll be hitting the Red Shirt Shaggy era when the time comes to do another Scooby film, but I would eventually love to hit all the Scooby media (at least those that fit the formula).
So while I won't rule out 'Vampire Rock', it might be a while.
Hopefully when I do, you'll still be here!
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I think Scrappy heard how you feel about him and funny thing I actually like Scrappy's character. Also Fond of Misfortune Fred did it again but became what you called him this time around and maybe they were working under the assumption that they were human beings and a talking Great Dane that they had to play and beat the video game to get out unlock the Phantom Virus which is technically something that originally comes from cyber space and inanimate objects like let's say a real world box of Scooby Snacks and didn't want to risk pulling the gang out to soon just in case. Bill also could've given the Phantom Virus parts of both Eric and the Professor for good measure thus making it harder for it to be traced back to him. I think you should do the Red Shirt Shaggy movies next since this movie had a Shaggy in a red shirt in a way and it was mentioned that that was an outfit from the past with the exception of the shoes because Real Life Shaggy wore brown shoes with his red shirt outfit while Cyber wore the usual black shoes that Shaggy is known for either way I got off topic there but the Red Shirt Shaggy movies should be next because one appearing here in a way and it seems like a nice set up for it. By the way cool video.
Thank you for the nice comments.
I think the next movie I hit will likely be something from the Red Shirt Shaggy era, based on the comments received so far.
I'm more than halfway through writing (and filming, but not editing) my next Ranking Video so I'm fully in the middle of Scrappy now. So far, though, his involvement has been less than what I expected, though I would hazard to guess it will only get worse as the series progress.
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@@JoeGoesOver You're welcome also be warned about the Red Shirt Shaggy movies have two Draculas based on what Scoobypedia said which seems to be backed up in the movies themselves.
I think the closest analog to what the cyber Scooby gang would experience while the game is off as being put under anesthesia. Or a medical coma perhaps.
That's literally what convinced me there's no afterlife.
Waking up from my first surgery with zero recall of any sense of time passing or dreams or anything really drove home the point.
I was like, "If this utter, blank, black void is what my brain is like when it's alive, but merely in a drug-induced sleep, what must it be like being actually dead?"
Sorry for going so deep here, but you inadvertently hit one of my seminal life moments with your comment!
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@@JoeGoesOver Bummer.
So ends the mini series of films that revived the franchise.
If you need some new materials for your opening gag, maybe try Movies that are some what similar to one of the two episodes plots.
Since the first two episodes that featured the annoying nephew involved a Comic book hero and a London Ghoul, maybe one of the many movies involving something similar like the Blue Beetle movie or the Werewolf in London or Homes' films.
Great ranking as always! I'm going to miss these Renaissance rankings. I've always loved this movie and the Phantom virus but I can see why it ranked so low.
As for what to do next after the first season of Scrappy. I'd say do the movies in release order... although I really want to see you cover Camp Scare so maybe that instead?
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I am doing my best to try and stay in as chronological order as possible since a portion of my analysis involves comparing a villain to those that came before, but I will occasionally jump around a bit based on the circumstances (like how I covered the London Olympics DTV film with Dan from TYTD Reviews).
I won't rule out doing some of the other films out of order, but that will be quite some time in the future based on my current pace.
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@JoeGoesOver no problemo its true :D Doing them in chronological order is definitely the best way I'd say, although that's mainly because I'm more likely to forget/think I've done something if I don't do it in order. If you was to do any out of order I'd say maybe Curse of the 13th Ghost would be the best to do that with, like you could cover that series then to wrap it up do the movie since that was wrapping up the series... as much as I hate the movie with a passion and enjoy the series
No problemo thank you for the amazing content as always ^^
I love your wallpaper. You know your stuff.
It's a tossup whether I like 'Tsukimichi', 'Am I Actually the Strongest?' or 'Trapped in a Dating Sim' the most.
I'm a true connoisseur of isekai, and thus an otaku pariah.
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I always thought that the phantom virus resembled the ice demon from A Pup Named Scooby Doo. I wouldn't be surprised if they just went "base the design off the ice demon but alter it a little bit.
"The Phantom Virus is not particularly scary".
Says you. He creeped the hell out of me when this movie came out.
I could be wrong but isn't this movie the first time the monster bumps into Fred, Daphne, and Velma first instead of Shaggy & Scooby?
I don't know if it's the first time that happened in a Scooby story, but it's certainly rare enough to ask that question!
And no offense intended for dismissing how the Phantom Virus' appearance might affect others. We all have our phobias and they are so much more raw as children.
For example, I'm still freaked out by glowing red eyes in windows!
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I do remember the red shirt Shaggy movies from my childhood. Might I recommend Scooby-Doo meets Courage the Cowardly Dog or Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo
It's probably a foregone conclusion at this point that the next DTV films I'll be hitting are from the Red Shirt Shaggy era.
To be BROOT-ally honest, I wasn't much of a fan of the Courage crossover. I feel they really dropped the ball and missed a good opportunity there.
At some point in the future I will likely discuss it, provided, you know, there IS a future.
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My vote is for the red-shirt Shaggy movies next. Also, I loved all the forced baseball wordplay at the start.
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And from the comments I've received so far, Red Shirt Shaggy will likely be the focus when next I do a DTV film.
That's not taking into account any odd collaboration videos I do with other UA-camrs.
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I had this Scooby-Doo movie on VHS 📼
I think the only copy I ever had was on DVD.
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I’m surprised you didn’t bring up the Ice Monster from a Pup Named Scooby-Doo for the similar character design, since you already brought up the fact that Velma’s invention was hacked in an episode.
It's more a case of offering a single example rather than every instance of a repeat.
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Ooh, I would LOVE to see your opinions on "Ghoul School", if that's on your radar! It's ridiculous in many senses, but it's one of my favorites from Shaggy's red shirt era.
It sounds like the Red Shirt Shaggy era will be the next films I cover (between series), so we'll see what happens then!
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Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase was a hard DVD for me to get, in a reasonable price. For a long time, my nostalgia told me that it was a real good movie that I really liked from my childhood, and so I would frequently check online resale marketplaces for Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase. I could never find it for a good price, and it never came on any streaming service that I was subscribed to. Until one day I found it, I think it was at a Goodwill auction: in a bundle with some other Scooby media (Scooby-Doo and the Arabian Nights, and a couple books) After some vigorous bidding, I won it, and I soon got my Cyber Chase DVD I always wanted to add to my Scooby-collection.
Then I rewatched it and it was quite disappointing. And the disc is also hard to rip into an mp4 format, so I can't store it as a digital copy as well. I'll always remember the Phantom Virus as what I thought as a real cool villain, and I'll always remember Cyber Chase as not being as good as I thought. At least now I can re-watch whenever I want. (Sort of, I just need to have the disc and a functioning disc reader)
Back before streaming, I used to constantly rip DVDs into portable files with questionable success at times.
Whatever protection 'Ice Age 2' had on it deserves to be used by the Pentagon to safeguard our nuclear codes, because I NEVER got that one to work properly!
Anymore, if I need a digital copy of anything, I'll usually try a torrent site because it's more than likely going to be much better than what I could come up with ripping a Blu-ray or recording a streaming channel.
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Ooh, but what if the rest of the Scooby-Doo universe is just their adventures in the virtual world? Everything from the original series through the latest iterations. This would at least explain a lot of the issues that've been brought up over and over again in these videos, like why gold is so light, why they live in a world that can have dramatic changes in the level of technology, or even why Scooby can talk.
...and now my brain hurts.
That's a popular concept for science fiction.
One of the best old 'Red Dwarf' episodes explored that very idea.
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@@JoeGoesOver My favorite was the episode of Buffy where she wakes up in a mental hospital and the doctors all tell her that Sunnydale and all her friends were just a coma dream. And if she just accepts that she can go on to live a totally normal life.
The villain might have laughed, but if he growled sometimes, he should laugh instead of growl
Too much more laughter and they'd have had to pay a licensing fee to DC Comics for trademark infringement!
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Out of all the Mook films, this one is the one I know about the least. I always thought I was tolerant of sci-fi as a genre, mostly because I watched the entire Star Wars film saga, Star Trek Into Darkness, WALL-E, and The Fifth Element. Apparently though, that’s not the case, as I recently discovered that psychological horror is now one of my favorite genres. While a lot of factors like my own Tangled esque experiences and my nostalgia for Goosebumps got me to this point, I like to thank UA-camr Alex Bale for essentially contributing to my awakened love for horror. Who knew the guy responsible for arguably the most iconic SpongeBob theory channel on UA-cam could help turn someone into a horror fan? Between Alex Bale reviving my nostalgia for SpongeBob SquarePants, and you reviving my love for Scooby Doo, I can definitely see being a horror fan was always in me, but for years I had denied it and now the beast inside is howling in anticipation..😂😊❤
It's funny how I'm not a personal fan of horror or bad movies, but my favorite UA-cam channels are devoted to horror and bad movies.
It's like, I won't watch 'em, but I'll watch the hell out of people talking about watching 'em.
@ , you and me both Joe. You and me both..
Yeah ,this is definetely the movie where the staff said "F*** it ,let's have fun " at least in terms of plot .The idea of the Scooby gang getting trapped in a video game based on themselves is very cool ,but I have to question some of the levels ,if the goal of each level is to solve the mistery and find the Scooby Snax ,then why are the gang on the moon ,in a prehistoric jungle ,shrunken in a backyard or in medieval Europe ? The choices of monsters for the final level is good ,but i feel kinda bad that Creeper is the only villain from the original series ,i would've swapped Jaguaro for someone more appropriate for the pier setting like the Ghost Clown or Charlie the robot ,even Space Kook would fit .
As for what we are going to review in between season i feel like we should try the older, red shirt Shaggy ,movies there is Scrappy in there ,but i don't remember him being that annoying in those movies .I feel like we should let the What's New era movies for when we actually get to the What's New show .
Popular consensus is I should focus on the Red Shirt Shaggy era, so that's likely where I'll go when the time comes!
When it comes to "f*** it", that has to be in the second episode of 'Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo' the I'm currently in the middle of scripting. My brain hurts trying wrap itself around what's actually going on in that episode!
I hope you'll be here for it when it's finished!
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I didn't know the b-52's sang the theme song for The Cyber Chase. That's pretty cool!
Also, you should probably cover the red shirt shaggy movies first.
About the radiation part, the most surprising part about all this is how Shaggy and Scooby are both still alive. Then again, this is the same duo that survived a full on wax shower back in Scooby Doo Where Are You, and somehow survived long enough to not burn into a crispy skinless chicken body like the Nazis back in Raiders Of The Lost Ark (I thought Donovan’s death in the Last Crusade was traumatizing, but the Lego Indiana Jones video game really undersold the horror of Raiders Of The Lost Ark) or even suffocate to death while in there like Ryan Reynolds in Buried (never saw the movie but the horror of being buried alive is not a pleasant experience, just ask everyone’s favorite unfortunate former Robin Jason Todd). Surviving radiation is the least impressive part of their overall power..
Hell, perhaps this was the origin of Ultra Instinct Shaggy's powers?
Radiation exposure is a good catch-all for explaining superhuman abilities, when in real life it just leads to tumors.
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Honestly I'd love to see you review Reluctant Werewolf
Don't get me wrong, it's bad, but I watched it all the time as a kid and it's still my favorite of the red shirt Shaggy movies, plus it's just a really fun time imo
It's practically a done deal at this point that the next movie I'll be focusing on will come from the Red Shirt Shaggy era.
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I. Need. That. Shirt. 😂😂 Absolutely loved this video, but most importantly, I need that shirt ❤
I recently opened up my merch store, but can't seem to add the link to existing videos, unless I'm doing something wrong.
Which could very well be the case.
I couldn't find a way to offer coupons to my Patreon supporters, so I sent them a direct link and I've set the site to "non-profit" until March, meaning anyone who makes a purchase pays the lowest possible amount because I won't earn anything from it. This was the best I could offer my channel supporters.
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Omg Red Shirt Shaggy suggestion would 100% be Ghoul School!
For your palette cleanser, maybe you could take a break from ranking villains to instead rank the episodes of Where Are You from worst to best? Or maybe cover Phantosaur for the origin of the Ultra Instinct Shaggy meme.
I need to focus on villain rankings, or I'll NEVER get to the end!
If the day comes where I can focus on my channel full time, I'd have the time to focus on divergent topics like this, though.
I am keeping a running list of potential future "non-ranking" video topics, though.
Watched Cyberchase only a few weeks ago, great film but defiantly one of the more out there ideas Scooby has had in terms of realism with that laser, sure is interesting when you think of all those complications of something like that existing 😅It would be interesting to see the rankings for the Scooby movies going forward, sure is alot of them 😅
Even though the Phantom Virus doesn't get any points in the scare factor, I still really like his design, he would fit perfectly as a boss in a 90's or early 2000 platformer. I wonder if that was the intention with his design, something more videogamey and less scary.
It does look much like what a video game mid-boss might look like at the time, but let's not forget the bad guys in video games could still be terrifying.
I saw the Cyber Demon from 'Doom' in my nightmares on more than one occasion!
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You're a legend of the game
Hah! Thank you very much for saying so! I really appreciate the enthusiasm!
I've always had a hell of a time through the years when it comes to praise, whether giving it or receiving it.
When giving it, I'm always afraid I'll come across as insincere and when receiving it, I'm always afraid the person is just being nice.
I think a part of growing up is just shutting up and accepting the nice sentiments!
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This was my least favourite of the four Mook films, but I applaud them for embracing technology and trying to remain relevant in a new era. They were great palate cleansers amid the older episodes. I’m conflicted as to whether I would love to see you continue this iteration of the Scooby gang when they head to Mexico and Australia or if it would be great to pivot to the red shirt Shaggy and maintain a supernatural element. Seems like you have a multitude of choices 😀. I look forward to seeing more videos and how you manage to write yourself out of that corner…lol