DVD : Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy?

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Rating:

- Scooby & Gang Go To Egypt
The DVD begins with an advertisement for the Batman vs. Dracula DVD then jumps to 41BCE with the Romans sacking Egypt. Cleopatra narrates and sets the the background information for the film's curse and treasure. Immediately after the monologue the credits start with familiar voice talents,like Casey Kasem, for the main characters. (Credits for the voice talents are also shown at the end of the film but this time there's a screen shot of the character in addition to the name).

Velma discovers an ornament while working with Prince Omar on a reconstruction/refurbishment of the fabled Sphinx. The discovery leads to more discoveries and the arrival of a crew of greedy treasure-hunters lead by Dr. Amilia Von Butch. Typical of the Mystery Machine it overheats in the desert when the rest of the gang is on their the way to the site to see for themselves what Velma has been doing for the last 6 months. Cancelled TV show host Rock River of "Fear Faces" (The tie-in with actual television is hard to miss) tries to get his once-popular but now off-the-air program back on the air with photos of the gang's scared faces and hopes to get pictures of the "Army of the Undead"-Mummies who protect the riches. In a sidelight, Scooby is mistaken for a Pharoah by a group of people who have moved from around the world to live in Egypt and want to live their lives just like the ancient Egyptians. The comedy scene actually ties-in to the plot and it is funny to see Scooby & Shaggy ham-it-up.

Like previous shows there are a series of mishaps, chase scenes with musical interludes, traps, silly disguises by Shaggy and Scooby, disappearences, creepy mummies, Velma loses her glasses, Scooby snacks, split-ups, hide & seek, always hungry Scooby/Shaggy and good & false clues, etc. The only big change in the format has to do with the "good guys" at the end during the unmasking.

The DVD contains extra features:

National Geographic's "Curse of Scooby's Lost Lunch" provides some photos and cartoons of ancient Egyptian sites along with a brief history on a level intended for kids. The National Geographic character "KID Y" helps Shaggy and Scooby in this feature. There are also some advertisments for National Geographic products.

"Mummy Wrap" Music Video is a cartoon with photos of Ancient Egyptian sites and cultural items with Scooby-Doo & Shaggy that is also a learning tool for youngsters.

Three deleted scenes are next on the DVD extras. The first has the character "Triple A" and cartoon info on camel's spit (Shaggy & Scooby get hit in the face). The second deals with a King Cobra snake and music played by "Triple A" who charms the snake rather than kill it. The third deleted scene involves scorpions-everybody, even "Triple A" runs!

The next to last extra is a section on the "Mystery Voices" where the voice actors talk about doing their character (Virginia Madison as "Cleopatra", Ron Perlman as "Hotep", etc)

The last extra item on the DVD is a game called "Escape From the Ankh Chamber Challenge". The cartoon game makes you dodge booby traps, decipher codes, etc.

This DVD also had a long list of advertisements for other DVDs at the very end on the extra's section.

The DVD comes in English Audio Only, but has subtitles for English, French, and Spanish. I wish it was also available in Spanish and French Audio, in order to reach a larger audience and help kids with learning other languages in a fun way.

Rating:

- Fun!
I love this movie it's really funny. The only bad thing is is that velma is behind the mask.

Rating:

- Great.
This one was a very good Scooby movie, actually. "Aloha" and "Alien Invaders" were kinda of a let down, and the best one will always be "Witch's Ghost". But this one is very good, looks like we're going back to the time where the Scooby movies were better.

Rating:

- No Scooby movie deserves only one star!
Yeah I can't stand to see just one star when I look at this movie. I mean, come on! Scooby is the greatest cartoon of all time! All the movies were good so why shouldn't this one be, too? This is one Scooby I'm definetly going to get. As I will all Scoobys that come out. I highly reccomend this to anyone, you can't go wrong with Scooby!

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