Scooby-Doo Review

Messages: Friendship and teamwork are less important herethan in other Scooby-Doo features,as the gang tries to salvage their teamdynamic; buttheir efforts areovershadowed by strange zombies and amadman's attempt at mind control. The action takes place on anislandalongside partying college kids. These peers are moreseriouspartiers than seen in any previous Scooby-Doo features -- and Velma gettingdrunkraises a big flag.

Role models: Since most of the characters in this movie are college age, expectactivities like drinking, partying, the cruising of "chicks," and saidchicks wearing tight clothes. Also watch out for a prolonged scenewhere Scooby and Shaggy have a belching and farting contest. Fred is painted as a womanizer, Daphne as materialistic.

Violence: Lots of toothsome, scary faces, zombies, evil men in charge of teens on an island. Lizard monsters and zombies chasing the gang, even inhabiting the bodies of Velma, Fred, and Daphne.

Sex: Fred is transferred into Daphne's body and says, "Hey! Now I can look at myself in the mirror!" Fred and Daphne kiss. Plenty of short skirts and tight tops that don't leave much to the imagination. Fred fashions himself as a womanizer and includes Pamela Anderson as one of his admirers -- though he does admit to Velma that "I'm a man of substance; dork chicks like you turn me on, too."

Language: Besides "zoinks" and "jinkies," there are little slips, like "beeatch," booty, "your mom eats cat poop," and for the French speakers out there: "Voulez-vous couchez avec moi, c'est soir."

Consumerism: The consumption of food is the devoted past time of Shaggy and Scooby. Daphne is materialistic, carrying seven matching bags onto the plane. Telemundo is mentioned, so is NASA.

Drinking, drugs and smoking: It is obvious that Shaggy is into pot, by the way the song "Pass the Dutchie on the Left Hand Side" plays while smoke rises from his van. But wait, they are just grilling some eggplant burgers in there. Sure. And Shaggy's love interest is named Mary Jane. "Mary Jane is my favorite name," he says dreamily. Velma gets drunk at a bar on a tiki drink.