The gang has to battle police and parental involvement while trying to solve the mystery of a Slime Mutant who's trapping his victims in a gelatinous cocoon.The gang has to battle police and parental involvement while trying to solve the mystery of a Slime Mutant who's trapping his victims in a gelatinous cocoon.The gang has to battle police and parental involvement while trying to solve the mystery of a Slime Mutant who's trapping his victims in a gelatinous cocoon.
- Scooby-Doo
- (voice)
- …
- Velma Dinkley
- (voice)
- Daphne Blake
- (voice)
- (as Grey DeLisle)
- …
- Shaggy Rogers
- (voice)
- Slime Mutant
- (voice)
- …
- Mr. E
- (voice)
- Gary
- (voice)
- Mayor Fred Jones Sr.
- (voice)
- …
- Angie Dinkley
- (voice)
- Dale Dinkley
- (voice)
- …
- Angel Dynamite
- (voice)
- Colton Rogers
- (voice)
- Nan Blake
- (voice)
- …
- Workman #2
- (voice)
- Ethan
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe monster suits in the Crystal Cove Haunted Museum include classic Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969) villains: Captain Cutler, Miner '49er, Charlie the Robot, Space Kook, The Phantom Shadow, and The Creeper. The Luna Ghost from the live action Scooby-Doo (2002) is also among them.
- Quotes
Sheriff Stone: [after the gang find a cocooned body] From this point forward this is a crime scene and future tourist attraction- stay out of it!
Velma Dinkley: I got a stay out of it right here!
[raises fist]
Fred Jones: Let me talk to him.
Daphne Blake: [dreamily] Don't worry, Fred will make him understand!
Fred Jones: [runs back carrying body] Shaggy, start the car!
Shaggy Rogers: I thought you were gonna talk to him!
Fred Jones: He wasn't in a listening mood.
"Beware the Beast from Below" is a very promising and very good start for 'Mystery Incorporated' and left me on first watch excited for what was to come. Also doing so well in setting things up and setting up everything that the show revolves around. It's not quite great, with not everything working (the only issue here being a general problem for a while). The good things for "Beware the Beast from Below" are many and at their best absolutely excellent, which is true for almost all the episodes of the show.
My only issue actually with "Beware the Beast from Below" was the character writing for Velma, who comes over as too bossy and impolite and the episode goes a little too far in emphasising how smart and brainy she is (something we know already).
However, so much is excellent. With the very interesting and unexpected final solution and the well designed and scary villain immediately standing out. The animation is much more appealing than it appeared in advertising and is actually quite unique for the franchise in a good way. Loved the sometimes vibrant and at other times darkly atmospheric colours and rich background detail. The music is great as well, the main theme is memorable and the background music sometimes has a cinematic feel to it.
Throughout the writing is balanced very well tonally, balancing genuinely funny comedy and intriguingly dark mystery expertly. The more personal aspects of the writing is thought probing and not soapy. The story grabbed my attention from the get go with a beautifully dark and mysterious atmosphere, and it doesn't come over as too obvious or convoluted. The whole Crystal Cove mystery is set up very well and refreshing for the franchise.
Excepting Velma, all the characters are already well established and well written. Shaggy and Scooby are delightful and it is easy to dig the more mature writing for Daphne and particularly Fred. The voice acting is very good, Matthew Lillard is a delight as Shaggy.
Overall, very good and promising. 8/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 15, 2022