Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico

Name: Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
Released: 2003-9-30
Cast: Casey Kasem, Frank Welker, Nicole Jaffe, Heather North, Rita Moreno

TV-Y7
1h 10m
2003

age 7+

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Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang are in for a creepy encounter with a monster from Mexico in the mucho spooky, all-new Scooby-Doo movie. The sleuths take a well-earned vacation to visit a friend in Mexico and celebrate the Day of the Dead (Mexico's version of Halloween). But there's trouble in the town of Veracruz, where tourists are being frightened away by a terrifying creature, the Chupacabra, which is 10 feet tall, with huge, green-glowing eyes! When Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne discover that their friend may have to sell his hotel because of the beast, things get even more mysterious. Scooby-Doo and his partners must tangle with everything from giant feathered serpents to ghoulish ghosts as they race to solve this Mexican mystery!

Common Sense Media

age 7+

Common Sense Says

Mystery contains familiar elements, some scary moments.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico is a 2003 installment of the popular Scooby-Doo franchise. For parents who grew up with this cartoon, all the familiar tropes from the original are in full effect -- Shaggy and Scooby have the munchies, Fred's bravery and Velma's brains find clues at the right times, and the bad guys would have gotten away with their evil schemes if not for those "meddling kids." Some of the scenes involving "email" are already quite dated, and the explorations of Mexican culture come very close to feeling like stereotypes. The "Scooby scares," while mild, feature enough images of El Chupacabra, ghosts, rats, and scorpions to cause nightmares in younger or more sensitive viewers, but on the whole, this Scooby-Doo movie contains all the familiar elements children of the '70s and '80s grew up with.