Yeah, when I saw the trailer for this, I was excited. As a kid, I saw 13 Ghosts Of Scooby-Doo sometimes, and it was good, since it dared to do something different with the famous mystery-solving Great Dane and had him and his friends face off against real ghosts. Sadly, it was cancelled after only 13 episodes, and with all but the 13th and final ghost being sent back to the Chest of Demons. Now, 27 years later, Warner Bros. releases this original DTV movie, and sadly, they do not do a good job tying up loose ends.

The first problem with the film is Daphne becoming the leader like in the original series. However, this DTV special also has Fred and Velma, who were not present in the original, involved. This causes the two to go into an out of character moment, where Fred tries to find what he is good at, and Velma trying to disprove the 13 Ghosts are real ghosts (which is strange, considering she saw real monsters in Zombie Island and The Witch's Ghost).

Another problem with it is how the story is done. In the original, Scooby, Shaggy, and Daphne were joined by Scrappy and a con-artist named Flim-Flam, however, in this film, while Flim-Flam returns (as a teenager),Scrappy is nowhere to be seen. The intro never displays him, and when Flim-Flam mentions him, Velma asks him "What's a Scrappy?", which is a clear sign that this movie basically erased Scrappy-Doo from the continuity, which is sad. I know Scrappy gets a lot of hate, but he should've returned, especially since Flim-Flam, who also got his fair share of negative criticism, was allowed to return. Also, Weerd and Bogul, the two ghosts who serve as henchmen for the ghosts and were the reason why Scooby and Shaggy opened the chest, are also absent, which makes no sense.

But the worst part of this whole movie is the fact that it takes the plot of 13 Ghosts and destroys it. Basically, in the end, the 13th ghost is revealed to be just another guy in a mask, in this case, Vincent's old ally, Mortifer, who discovered the chest with him. Also, it drops the bombshell that the 13th ghost, Asmodeus, is an ancestor of Vincent, and in the end, Velma dismisses the events of the movie and the 13 Ghosts series as a hallucination.

In conclusion, this movie does not give the ending to 13 Ghosts that some Scooby fans wanted. In fact, watching the film, it seems that the people who made this film either never watched 13 Ghosts before making this or were forced to change the ending to make it as it is seen. The only good parts are the flashbacks that add backstory as to how Vincent came across the Chest of Demons, and the fact that Maurice LaMarche does a good job voicing Vincent Van Ghoul. sadly, the movie is littered with numerous continuity errors that would make diehard Scooby fans go on the internet and rage. While the younger Scooby fans may be interested in this, as they probably won't know this is based on a cartoon from the 1980's unless they have it on DVD or saw said series on Boomerang or somewhere on the internet, and probably won't care, longtime Scooby fans should stay away.

Scooby Doo has been around long enough for there to be fans of the various genres of the franchise. The review and opinion I am about to share is from what I grew up with. Let the record show, I hate Scrappy Doo. I know there are plenty of Scrappy fans out there and that's okay, I respect that. I don't expect many if any fans to agree with my review, but here it goes. Since this is primarily a negative review, I will start off with the good. I loved Scooby Doo and Shaggy, you can always count on them to stay the way they are with their comedy, love of food and fear of ghosts, It was great to actually see Fred and Velma in the same movie as Vincent Van Ghoul and that Flim Flam character (UGH!) as opposed to their absence in the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo series. And of course, the animation quality of today. But that's as far as the positive reviews go. Now for the cold hard truth .

I am a purist fan of the original Scooby Doo cartoons, from Scooby Doo Where Are You? series from 1969 to the New Scooby Doo Movies from 1972, to the Scooby Doo Show (Scooby Doo/Dynomutt Hour & Laff a Lympics) from 1976-1978 and maybe Scooby and Scrappy Doo from 1979. This might be considered unpopular opinion, but of all the characters on Scooby Doo, Fred Jones (or Freddie sometimes) has always been my favorite character. I have always identified with the teenage guy who would be the handsome heroic leader of a group and that's what Fred was during the years I dated. Back in those days, Fred was not only the intelligent leader of the gang but also THE driver of the Mystery Machine And even when Fred guest appeared in select episodes of the New Scooby Doo Mysteries in 1984, Fred and Daphne both took leadership roles and Fred drove the Mystery Machine then. I have NEVER liked the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo because Fred and Velma were phased out of existence and replaced by not only Scrappy Doo, but this stupid kid named Flim Flam who I hated even worse, Anyway, on to the present. I was originally planning on buying the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo on DVD to have along with this movie. I watched the two episodes added as extras before the movie and I got the gravest disappointment ever. WHY??? Because the writer(s) of this movie apparently hated Fred to the point of completing ruining his character. He is NOT the Fred Jones classic fans like me have all known and loved. Fred has been reduced to an incompetent dufus who is literally muscled out of the leadership role by Daphne who also takes over as the driver of the new Mystery Machine because Fred can't drive a stick shift. And it is later revealed that Fred's absence from the 13 Ghosts series is because he was at CHEERLEADING CAMP?!! Seriously?!!!! And of course, after Daphne becomes the new leader, Fred becomes whiny and needy, questioning what his role is in the gang. I kept waiting for Fred to redeem himself in this movie, and all I got was more and more nauseas!! All the other characters were fine. But Fred was forever ruined. I believe it all started when Freddie was dumbed down in A Pup Named Scooby Doo, which was fine for that show, But starting with Zombie Island and everything that's followed, Fred has been slightly dumbed down, but was still a leader. And in Mystery Incorporated, Fred's niche was specializing in traps, I would have bought that reason for his absence, but becoming a cheerleader and cheering Daphne on as a new leader was the killing blow., I couldn't have cared less if Scrappy was not included. And Fred and Velma had little interaction with Vincent Van Ghoul. The ending was a huge disappointment to fans of the 13 Ghosts series since the final ghost is merely a man in a mask.

Finally, if you love the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo series or Flim Flam or Vincent Van Ghoul, of if you're a fan of Scooby Doo himself or Shaggy, Velma or the modernized Daphne, yes, it's a good movie, but if you're a fan of Fred Jones, this movie is absolute garbage!! Give me the classic Scooby Doo Where Are You over the 13 Ghosts series and this craptastic movie any day of the week!!!! Thankfully, I'm not the only one who feels this way. Read the RIP FRED JONES 1969-2019 review to see a similar but shorter review.

I have loved Scooby-Doo, ever since I can remember, and even after 20 years I still laugh watching a Scooby-Doo episode or movie or comic, never have I been more disappointed in this franchise than after watching this movie.

It started on a interesting point of gang being in the wrong, and planning on retiring (that was the only interesting part),but from there on out it is a mess of a movie, I think it was supposed to continue form where the Scooby-Doo and the 13 ghosts left as it was never finished and we only got to see 11 ghosts captured so even if they had just introduced those 2 ghosts and the old side character ghosts (the fat one and tall one do not remember their names) it would have been a better movie.

The Characters are butchered so amazingly that it is painful to watch, lets take it from top.

1. Vincent Van Ghoul - He was supposed to be the greatest warlock in the world in Scooby-Doo universe and here he is reduced to making bad puns.

2. Flim Flam - He was a smart and quick thinking kid and here he is doing merchandising and being no help whatsoever they could have just introduced him along with Vincent.

3. Fred Jones - Just because you want a strong female character that does not means that the leading male character becomes a bumbling buffoon with no character whatsoever why could they not have collaborated while Daphne shows him the ropes about the supernatural he uses his experience, and why the hell did he go to Cheer leading Camp.

Daphne and Velma character where handled with mediocrity.

It is hard to misuse Shaggy and Scooby so no comment on that.

They want to promote feminism, fine ,but don't do so if you cannot write a good story around it, and stop misrepresenting feminism.

And lastly (sorry it took so long) why are they shying away from Scrappy-Doo at least try and revive him, well I won't fault the movie to not include him but he was in the original series so they could have tried.