Aloha, Scooby-Doo!

Infobox Film
name = Aloha, Scooby-Doo!


caption = "Aloha, Scooby-Doo!" DVD cover
director = Tim Maltby
producer =Margaret M. Dean
Tim Maltby
writer = Temple Mathews
starring = Frank Welker
Casey Kasem
Mindy Cohn
Grey DeLisle
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Warner Home Video
released = February 82005
runtime = 70 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster" (2004)
followed_by = "Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?" (2005)
website =
amg_id = 1:316265
imdb_id = 0433771

"Aloha, Scooby-Doo!" is the eighth of a series of direct-to-video animated films based upon the "Scooby-Doo" Saturday morning cartoons. It was released on February 8, 2005, and it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, though it featured a copyright and logo for Hanna-Barbera Cartoons at the end.

Plot

The gang travels to Hawaii on a free trip from a clothing company who want Daphne to design some new clothes for them. The gang also goes there to see the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest. However, the contest used to only be open for the natives and not for mainlanders, but now the mayor has made it open for everybody. Many locals are angry because of this, most notably Manu Tuiama, a local surfer, and Little Jim, his friend. A few days before the contest, the evil Wiki-Tiki spirit and its little demons attack the village and take Snookie, Manu's girlfriend. This drives away most of the tourists and surfers, and the locals think the spirit is angry that the surfing contest is open to anybody, and also that a new resort is being built by Ruben Laluna, which will bring more non-natives to the island. The resort is called Coconut Beach Condominiums. The gang also meets Jared Moon, who works for the design company which sent them there. Moon is making big bucks by selling tiki charm dolls which are supposed to scare away the demons.

The mayor still won't cancel the contest, even after the Tiki demons attack again at a feast run by Laluna. The gang wants to get to the bottom of the mystery, and go to Auntie Mahina, a local shaman who lives deep in the jungle. On the way there, Manu gets kidnapped by the Wiki-Tiki. Mahina tells them the Wiki-Tiki is angry at the mainlanders. She says they need to go to the cave where the monster lives to get rid of it, or Snookie and Manu will be sacrificed in the volcano. She also gives Fred a necklace which should keep the monster away. The necklace is filled with an extract from a sacred root called bolan gawana which she claims that the ancients used to repel away evil spirits.

The gang goes to the cave, and get chased by bats and the little demons, until they lose them and find Snookie, who tries to lead them out before getting recaptured by the Wiki-Tiki. The gang then find themselves in a snake pit cave, but are able to get out of it because of music by Shaggy and Scooby. Then they find that the Wiki-Tiki is not really an evil spirit after all. They find the demons are just robots and the cave they are in is inside the volcano on the island. They also see the surfboard the Wiki-Tiki is using is from a brand name company, Goha Aloha. Back at the island, it is only one day until the contest and the locals are really scared something bad will happen. Little Jim blames the mayor for Snookie and Manu's disappearance, and says that whatever happens during the contest will be her fault as well.

The next day, Daphne enters the contest in hopes of capturing the Wiki-Tiki, who they are sure will show up. Sure enough, it comes and scares the surfers and chases Shaggy and Scooby, until being washed up by a wave. The gang unmasks the Wiki-Tiki, and find it is Manu, who wanted to scare the natives and non-natives away so he and Snookie could get the real estate on the island. Velma also says that Snookie was an expert in rocket science and robotics, and created the demons. Manu and Snookie are taken to jail, and the gang plus the mayor, Little Jim, Jared Moon, Laluna, and Auntie Mahina enjoy a feast.

Cast

* Frank Welker as Fred Jones, Scooby-Doo, Wiki-Tiki
* Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers
* Grey DeLisle as Daphne Blake, Auntie Mahina, Local Woman #2
* Mindy Cohn as Velma Dinkley
* Mario Lopez as Manu Tuiama
* Ray Bumatai as Little Jim
* Teri Garr as Mayor Molly Quinn
* Adam West as Jared Moon
* Tom Kenny as Ruben Laluna
* Tia Carrere as Snookie
* Dee Bradley Baker as Tiny Tiki/Surfer on Bike/California Surfer Dude/Local Guy #1/Wild Pig/Gecko/Flame Thrower

Cameos

One of the policemen who arrests Manu resembles Jack Lord, who starred in the program "Hawaii Five-O".

Trivia

* The opening song was sung by the famous Hawaiian singer, Don Ho.
* Dick Dale also sung for the movie, and was credited as a "special music guest" with Ho.
* This was Ray Bumatai's last role.
* Some promotional ads had bluntly stated that the DVD was "uncut and unbelievable," despite the fact that there was no objectionable material.
*Parisian French and Spanish language tracks are also included onto the DVD. Some of the characters' names are altered in the subtitles as well. For example, Shaggy is given the name "Sammy" and Velma is given the name "Vera".