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Scoob! (stylized as "SCOOB!") is a 2020 American 3D computer-animated mystery comedy film based on the "Scooby-Doo!" franchise, and is the first installment of the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) While the film tends to steer away from its usual mystery genre, it manages to stay rather faithful to the Scooby-Doo! franchise through its heart and comedy.
 * 2) As the first installment of the Hanna-Barbara Cinematic Universe, it sets up its connections to the other Hanna-Barbara franchises very well through its references and in-jokes.
 * 3) It features a lot of easter eggs related to the Scooby-Doo franchise like Messick Mountain references Don Messick, the first voice of Scooby-Doo.
 * 4) Some of the cast like Dick Dastardly and Dynomut can be enjoyable, and several like Shaggy are given more character depth in this film as he was very lonely before he met Scooby-Doo.
 * 5) Very good voice acting from most of the cast. Particularly Jason Isaacs as Dick Dastardly and Ken Jeong as Dynomut.
 * 6) Very good CGI animation that works well with the film's tone, and it creates very spooky-themed aesthetics.
 * 7) Very fast and thrilling action that ties into the film's cartoony and adventure-like tone, especially when Blue Falcon battles against Dick Dastardly in the beginning.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Despite being a Scooby-Doo film, there's not really much mystery-solving as it focuses more on the action and adventure genre, which doesn't really follow the Scooby-Doo formula closely.
 * 2) Due to the film focusing less on a Scooby-Doo film and more on setting up a Hanna-Barbara Cinematic Universe, the film's story is very rushed as it tries to throw in a lot of Hanna-Barbara elements without taking much time to explore any of those elements, also resulting some of those being pointless for how little they contribute to the story, particularly Captain Caveman's appearance.
 * 3) While the animation is good, it tends to look uncanny like Simon Cowell's incredibly realistic rendering that doesn't gel well with the cartoony designs of the other characters.
 * 4) Even though this isn't the first time the franchise has done crossovers, this film's crossover is not done too well as there are too many Hanna-Barbara characters in the film, resulting in Mystery Inc. not getting a lot of focus as Scooby.
 * 5) *Also, even though Scooby-Doo crossovers with Blue Falcon before, it was done way better because the primary focus of the film was kept on Mystery Inc. interacting with Blue Falcon, giving them an even number of screen time, and mystery solving was the main theme instead of typical superhero action and adventure.
 * 6) While the story is decent, it can get rather cliche. Particularly when Shaggy and Scooby-Doo's friendship breaks apart, as it plays the jealous best friend forces friend to chose sides cliche.
 * 7) Overuse of pop culture references and product placement as an attempt to be hip like Blue Falcon dabbing, Simon Cowell's appearance, and mention of Netflix and Walmart.