Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
2004 Animated film
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster is a 2004 direct-to-video animated comedy mystery film, and the seventh direct-to-video film based upon the Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. It was released on June 22, 2004, and it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation.
Plot
The Mystery, Inc. gang travel to Loch Ness to see Blake Castle, home of Daphne Blake's Scottish ancestors and her cousin, Shannon Blake, for the upcoming annual Highland games. Upon their arrival, Shannon informs them that the castle has recently been terrorized by the Loch Ness Monster. Along the way, the gang encounter Del Chillman, a Loch Ness Monster enthusiast and amateur cryptozoologist; Professor Fiona Pembrooke, a scientist who has staked her scientific career on proving the monster's existence; local competitors and brothers Colin and Angus Haggart; their father Lachlan; and Sir Ian Locksley, the games' head judge, a rival of Pembrooke's, and director of Scotland's natural history museum who firmly believes the monster does not exist.
Later that night, Shaggy Rogers and his dog Scooby-Doo head to the kitchen, but are chased by the monster, destroying the playing field in the process. The following morning, an enraged Locksley orders Shannon to repair the damage while Velma Dinkley discovers monster tracks that lead towards a nearby town instead of the loch.
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