Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!

{{Infobox film

| name = Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!

| image = TRICK OR TREAT SD 2D-1152x1536.jpeg

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| caption = DVD cover

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| director = Audie Harrison

| producer = Sam Register
Audie Harrison (executive producers)

| screenplay = Audie Harrison
Laura Pollak
Daniel McLellan

| story = Daniel McLellan
Audie Harrison

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{{Based on|Characters|Hanna-Barbera Productions}}

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| starring = Frank Welker
Grey DeLisle
Matthew Lillard
Kate Micucci
Myrna Velasco
Anthony Carrigan

| narrator =

| music = Ryan Shore

| cinematography =

| editing = John Soares

| studio = Warner Bros. Animation

| distributor = Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Studio Distribution Services)

| released = {{Film date|2022|10|4|Digital|2022|10|18|DVD}}{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title='Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo!' Trailer, Artwork & Release Details; Arrives On Digital October 4 & On DVD October 18, 2022 From Warner Bros {{!}} Screen-Connections |url=https://screen-connections.com/2022/08/23/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo-dvd-digital-release-details-trailer/ |access-date=August 24, 2022 |website=screen-connections.com |language=en-US |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823174250/https://screen-connections.com/2022/08/23/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo-dvd-digital-release-details-trailer/ |url-status=live }}

| runtime = 72 minutes{{cite web |last1=Borget |first1=Jennifer |title=Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo |website=Common Sense Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011203932/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo |archive-date=October 11, 2022 |date=2022 |url-status=live}}

| country = United States

| language = English

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Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! is a 2022 American animated direct-to-video supernatural horror comedy mystery film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.{{Cite web |url=https://collider.com/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo-trailer-warner-bros/ |title='Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!' Trailer Sees the Return of Mystery Inc's Classic Villains {{!}} Collider |website=Collider |date=August 23, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824163931/https://collider.com/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo-trailer-warner-bros/ |url-status=live }} It is the thirty-seventh direct-to-video Scooby-Doo film and was released digitally on October 4, 2022, and was released on DVD on October 18, 2022.

Premise

Mystery Incorporated are summoned to a Nepal ski resort under siege by a cat monster. After the gang captures it by triggering an avalanche, it's revealed to be one of the owners of the resort, trying to keep her step-mother out of the business. Mystery Inc. takes and analyzes a whisker from the cat costume, learning that it is made with the same materials as costumes used by villains in their previous mysteries. They determine that the costumes were made by the same person, Coco Diablo, a high-end Halloween costume designer. Scooby Doo and Shaggy disguise themselves as potential buyers and after Coco offers to give them a costume if they kill the mystery gang, she is caught and sent to prison.

A year passes with Fred, Daphne and Velma growing more depressed by the lack of truly difficult mysteries, while Shaggy and Scooby are having a much better time as they were able to relax due to the lack of danger. After solving a tax scheme, only for the perpetrator to get away with it, Fred makes a wish in a wishing well for more mysteries.

The gang attends a local carnival and are attacked by a ghost that resembles Fred and blows up the Mystery Machine. They go to Coolsville Penitentiary to interview Coco and meet the warden, who allows Coco to leave with them.

After finding a clue at the carnival in the remains of their booth, they do research at the local library. At the library, they are attacked by ghosts but escape and confront Trevor at his new shop when Coco determines that the costumes matched his style of design.

Trevor reveals that he sent four costumes of Victorian-era style to Coolsville Penitentiary, and the gang discovers that Coco broke her heart monitor and escaped. They follow her to her factory and trap the ghosts with the alligator pit, revealing that the ghosts are robots in costumes.

Coco offers a false confession, but the gang sees through it and determines that the warden is holding Esteban hostage and is behind the whole thing. He confesses and is arrested, but when trying to assure Mystery Inc. that they were never in any real danger, he accidentally releases all the inmates at the penitentiary. They escape, and to round them up, the gang dresses up in costumes of criminals from their past cases. After re-capturing the inmates, Shaggy and Scooby reluctantly return the candy the inmates stole to the trick-or-treaters and Trevor gives them a large bag of candy while reveals himself to be a surfer using a disguise while Coco willingly returns to prison.

Cast

Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones,{{Cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/new-scooby-doo-holiday-special-dvd-trick-or-treat-holiday-haunt-cancelled/ |title=New Scooby-Doo Holiday Special Coming to DVD {{!}} Comicbook.com |access-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824164003/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/new-scooby-doo-holiday-special-dvd-trick-or-treat-holiday-haunt-cancelled/ |url-status=live }} Rudy, Count Nefario
Grey DeLisle as Daphne Blake, Daisy, Musketeer #1, Olive
Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers, Craggly, Captain Cutler
Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley, Helga
Myrna Velasco as Coco Diablo
Dee Bradley Baker as Esteban, Mr. Wickles, Cat Man
Jeff Bennett as Charlie Humdrum, Hank
Anthony Carrigan as Trevor Glume
Erin Fitzgerald as Library Kid, Superhero Girl, Musketeer #2
David Lodge as Warden Collins, Harry the Hypnotist, Mayor Dudley
Lara Jill Miller as Prisoner Costume Teen, Superhero Boy, Musketeer #3
Candi Milo as Alice Dovely, Dinosaur Kid, Monster Kid
Jenelle Lynn Randall as Librarian, Superboy
Kevin Michael Richardson as Sheriff, Henry Bascombe, 10,000 Volt Ghost

Music

The film's original score was composed by Ryan Shore.

Release

Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! was released digitally on October 4, 2022, and was released on DVD on October 18, 2022, by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (through Studio Distribution Services).

The film made its TV premiere on Cartoon Network on October 14, 2022, at 7pm ET/PT, and then streaming on HBO Max the next day.{{cite web |url=https://www.romper.com/entertainment/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo-movie-exclusive |title=Watch An Exclusive Clip From Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! |website=Romper |date=September 28, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2021|archive-date=September 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921142543/https://www.romper.com/entertainment/trick-or-treat-scooby-doo-movie-exclusive |url-status=live}}

Reception

In a review for Autostraddle, Heather Hogan called the film "A very funny movie for people who grew up on Scooby-Doo."{{cite magazine |last1=Hogan |first1=Heather |title=Jinkies! Velma's Actually Gay in "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/jinkies-velmas-actually-gay-in-trick-or-treat-scooby-doo/ |magazine=Autostraddle |publisher=The Excitant Group LLC |date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005072702/https://www.autostraddle.com/jinkies-velmas-actually-gay-in-trick-or-treat-scooby-doo/ |url-status=live}} James McDonald of Irish Film Critic gave the film 3/5 stars and said "those who enjoy Scooby-Doo will have a blast."{{cite web|last=McDonald|first=James|title=DVD Review: "Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo!" Will Keep The Kiddos Entertained|url=https://www.irishfilmcritic.com/dvd-review-trick-or-treat-scooby-doo-will-keep-the-kiddos-entertained/|website=Irish Film Critic|date=November 7, 2022|access-date=March 7, 2024}} Overall, the film has three reviews on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes.{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=trick_or_treat_scooby_doo |type=movie |title=Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! |access-date=October 13, 2022}}

= Depiction of Velma Dinkley =

Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! made headlines for depicting Velma Dinkley "crushing big time" on female character Coco Diablo, in accordance with long-held fan speculation that Velma was a lesbian/bisexual, a concept previously considered for depiction in the first theatrical live-action Scooby-Doo film Scooby-Doo (2002) and the TV series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013). Lesbian actress Hayley Kiyoko, who played Velma in the live-action television Scooby-Doo films directed by Brian Levant, said she was "happy for her".{{cite magazine |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |title=Velma Is Officially a Lesbian in New Scooby-Doo Film, Years After James Gunn and More Tried to Make Her Explicitly Gay |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/scooby-doo-velma-lesbian-gay-1235392668 |magazine=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006185343/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/scooby-doo-velma-lesbian-gay-1235392668/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Calfee |first1=Joel |title=Former Velma Actress Responds to Viral News About {{'}}Scooby Doo{{'}} Character Being Gay: 'Happy for Her' |url=https://www.purewow.com/news/velma-scooby-doo-lesbian-haley-kiyoko-reaction|website=PureWow|publisher=Gallery Media Group|date=October 6, 2022}} In response to speculation that Trick or Treat would lead to Velma being depicted as a lesbian in all subsequent Scooby-Doo media, Mindy Kaling clarified on International Lesbian Day that Velma would not be depicted as such in her adult-oriented metafictional HBO Max series Velma, instead involved in a "love quadrangle" with Fred, Daphne, and Shaggy, specifically with a crush on Fred.{{cite news |url=https://gizmodo.com/mindy-kaling-velma-hbo-max-animated-trailer-scooby-doo-1849626070 |title=Mindy Kaling's Scooby-Doo Sleuth Uncovers a Mystery in the Velma Trailer |first2=Sabina |first1=Linda |last2=Graves |last1=Codega |work=Gizmodo |date=October 6, 2022 |access-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006233622/https://gizmodo.com/mindy-kaling-velma-hbo-max-animated-trailer-scooby-doo-1849626070 |url-status=live }}{{Cite tweet |author=Velma |author-link=Velma (TV series) |user=velmatheseries |number=1578097414463926272 |title=My secret crush on Fred has everything to do with @GlennHowerton's casting }}