Scooby Doo and The Mask of The Blue Falcon

I saw this movie was playing on Cartoon Network a few months ago so I set my DVR to record it because who watches commercials now-a-days, am I right people?  I thought that I would have a few laughs at how bad it was, delete it and then never think about it again.  I never expected it to be blog-worthy.  Boy was I wrong!

Before we get into the story we should explore some of the background of these characters.  As you may have guessed, the Blue Falcon is a major feature in this movie, as well as his sidekick Dynomutt.  If you're not familiar with those two well don't worry my baby birds mommy's gonna feed you.  Dynomutt, Dog Wonder was an old Hannah-Barbera cartoon along the same lines as Space Ghost or Birdman.  Blue Falcon was Dynomutt's master and friend and together they thwarted crime.  The duo had several team ups with Mystery Incorporated on their original series Scooby Doo, Where Are You? Later in their career they appeared on Dexter's Laboratory.

Now onto the movie itself.  Shaggy and Scooby convince the gang to go to the San-de-Pedro Comic-Con-Apalooza.  It's held every July and this year they want to enter the costume contest with their Blue Falcon and Dynomutt costumes.  Freddy wants to see the trailer for the new, darker, edgier Blue Falcon movie.  Daphne has become dangerously obsessed with collecting these stuffed animals called "little fuzzies." The only reason Velma agreed to go is because there is apparently a monster haunting the convention.  The monster is known as Mr. Hyde and is a classic villain from Blue Falcon's past.  All signs point to Owen Garrison, the actor who originally portrayed the Blue Falcon and is now bitter and angry about the reboot.  It turns out that it was actually a friend of his who was attempting to frame him.

The actual story of this movie is not important.  What is important is all the inside jokes made within the dialogue.  At the convention, there are several cosplayers who are dressed up as other Hannah-Barbera characters.  I think the reason I enjoyed this movie so much though, is because of the character of Owen Garrison.  This movie came out in 2012, just two years after Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated premiered.  Owen Garrison is a man angered because they took something that he helped shape and create but bastardized it and made it darker for a new audience that he just doesn't understand.  This movie is not just about the Blue Falcon.  It's about Scooby Doo no longer being the show it was when it first premiered in the 1960's.  At the end of the movie, the evil movie producer realizes that it takes more than special effects to make a good movie.  They end up paying tribute to the original Blue Falcon in the sequel film.  This is their way of saying that even though Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated may not be the show you were expecting, it still respects where it came from.  This movie surprised the hell out of me.