Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders

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Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
Image:Scooby doo and the alien invaders.jpg Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders DVD cover
Directed by	Jim Stenstrum
Produced by	Davis Doi Joseph Barbara William Hanna
Written by	Davis Doi Glenn Leopold Lance Falk
Starring	Scott Innes Frank Welker Mary Kay Bergman B. J. Ward
Music by	Louis Febre
Editing by	Rob Desales
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Home Video
Release date(s)	October 3, 2000
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
Followed by	Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001)
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Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders is the third of a series of direct-to-video animated films based upon the Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. It was released on October 3, 2000, and it was produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.

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The story starts off when the Mystery Machine driving through a desert town. A sand storm kicks in, and Shaggy makes an accidental turn into government property. The sight of a UFO causes Shaggy to lose control of the vehicle, and find themselves on the outskirts of a small town. While Scooby and Shaggy stay with the van, the rest of the gang walks into a local diner to ask for directions.

Shaggy and Scooby run in the diner in panic while the Scooby-Doo, Where are You theme song is played, claming to have seen aliens. An old man named Lester claims to have been abducted once before, and believes the two. He also says that he has pictures, so the gang goes to his house to see them. They turn out to be nothing more than paintings by Lester, who offers to let the gang stay for the night.

Scooby and Shaggy sleep on the roof, and are abducted. After some struggle on the ship, the two find themselves in the middle of nowhere the next morning. They are awakened by a hippie-chick photographer, Crystal, and her golden retriever, Amber. Scooby and Shaggy find themselves in love. Velma, Fred, and Daphne meet the crew of SALF: the Search for Alien Life Forms, and Velma becomes suspicious when she sees dried mud on their boots, since they are in the desert. Later, she decides to take the gang to a canyon where she presumes a river might run. The canyon proves to be dry, but they find mining equipment, and in the caves, gold. The SALF crew capture them and hold them hostage as they explain that they stumbled upon this cave when searching for ground to place another SALF dish. Since it was on government land, they decided not to report it, and plan to keep it that way. They are also revealed to be the aliens who abducted Scoob and Shag; the UFO was nothing more than a dressed-up helicopter. At the end of the film, Crystal and Amber prove to be aliens from 20 light years away, and are dressed like they are because their interpretations of the way humans are dressed were derived from 1960s television broadcasts. The UFO that ran Shaggy off the road was actually Crystal's.

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[edit] Trivia

In a part of the movie when Shaggy and Crystal are far away talking, you can hear him telling her about his and Scooby's first encounter with the Witch's Ghost from the previous animated movie. This is not the first time continuity was shown in the movies, as a scene from the Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost also shows evidence of continuity from some events in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, also, Shaggy and Scooby meet the Hex Girls again after their previous meeting (Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost) in Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire, a future movie.
Jennifer Love Hewitt performed Scooby Doo, Where Are You? for the film. The track was played when Shaggy and Scooby were being chased by the "fake aliens".
"Groovy", another main movie track, performed by Scott Innes as Shaggy (and in part, Scooby Doo) saw Shaggy in one of the most rare scenes where he kisses a girl in the lips (Crystal), but it was all just a dream sequence.
One of the men eating at the diner, in a yellow plaid shirt, was previously seen in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, where he was a crowd member, waiting for the ghost's arrival.
Alien Invaders is notable for Mary Kay Bergman's final performance as Daphne as this film is dedicated to her. Grey DeLisle would take over after Bergman's passing.

Scooby-Doo characters
Scooby-Doo • Shaggy Rogers • Fred Jones • Daphne Blake • Velma Dinkley • Scrappy-Doo • Scooby-Dum • Yabba-Doo
Scooby-Doo television shows
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1972) • The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1974) • The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–1977) • The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–1979) • Laff-A-Lympics (1977–1979) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980–1983) • The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show / The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1983–1985) • The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985–1986) • Scooby's Mystery Funhouse (1985–1986) • A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991) • What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006) • Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006– )
Scooby-Doo programming blocks
Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics / Scooby's All-Stars (1977–1979) • The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–1982) • The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–1983)
Scooby Doo television films and specials
Scooby Goes Hollywood (TV special, 1979) • Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987) • Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988) • Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) (Scooby-Doo in) Arabian Nights (1994)
Scooby Doo direct-to-video films
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) • Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999) • Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000) • Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001) • Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (2003) • Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico (2003) • Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster (2004) • Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005) • Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005) • Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)• Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007)
Scooby Doo theatrical films
Scooby-Doo (2002) • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
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