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Join Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc gang as they encounter a range of puzzling predicaments in Scooby-Doo’s Greatest Mysteries (1998). In A Clue for Scooby Doo, our favorite canine stumbles upon a sinister seaweed-covered ghost, while in Hassle in the Castle they face off against a mysterious ship and its vanished crew. Then, witness their quick thinking as they outsmart a bank robber in Jeepers Its the Creeper. Finally, see them showcase their investigative skills on stage in The Backstage Rage. Along with his owner Shaggy and friends Velma, Daphne, and Freddie, lovable and comical Scooby-Doo leads the group through countless ...

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), an American animated film based on the popular franchise, follows Mystery, Inc. as they embark on a new adventure. Tired of constantly unmasking human culprits, the group has split up and pursued other interests. Daphne Blake and Fred Jones have found success with a television series focused on hunting down real ghosts. Meanwhile, Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers, and Scooby-Doo are brought back together when Fred reaches out for Daphne’s birthday celebration. Determined to find authentic supernatural entities for her show, the gang travels across the country and eventually arrives at Moonscar Island in New Orleans. Despite their ...

An American animated comedy film, A Bug’s Life (1998), was produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It follows the story of a colony of ants, led by the elderly Queen and her daughter Princess Atta, who reside in a dry creekbed on ‘Ant Island’. The ants are forced to give food every summer to a gang of grasshoppers, headed by Hopper. One fateful day, Flik, a clumsy inventor ant, accidentally ruins their offering with his grain harvester. When Hopper finds out, he demands double the amount as compensation. Flik suggests enlisting bigger bugs’ help to fight the grasshoppers, prompting Atta to send him away. Flik then heads ...

The animated musical drama film, The Prince of Egypt (1998), was created by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures. In the land of Ancient Egypt, the Hebrew people who were enslaved prayed to their God for deliverance. Pharaoh Seti feared that the growing numbers of Hebrews could lead to rebellion, so he commanded a mass infanticide of all newborn Hebrew boys. Yocheved, along with her two children Miriam and Aaron, quickly made their way to the Nile River. There, she placed her newborn son in a basket on the water while singing him a final lullaby. As the basket floated towards Seti’s palace, Miriam followed and watched as her brother was ...

Antz (1998) is an American animated adventure comedy film from DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images. The story follows Z, an anxious worker ant who struggles with feelings of insignificance in the colony. Even his therapist reminds him of his supposed meaningless existence. One night at the local bar, Z meets Bala, the princess of the colony who also seeks refuge from her stifling royal life. As the ant colony prepares for war against a termite invasion, Z sees this as an opportunity to see Bala again and switches places with his friend Weaver to join the army. There, he befriends staff sergeant Barbatus while remaining unaware of General Mandible’s ...

The American animated musical action-adventure film, Mulan (1998), was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. When the ruthless Shan Yu leads the Huns to invade imperial China by breaching the Great Wall, the Emperor orders a general mobilization. Every family is required to send one man to join the Imperial Chinese Army. Fa Mulan, a daring and energetic young woman, aims to bring honor to her family. Despite her efforts to impress a matchmaker, Mulan is rejected and considered a disgrace. As fate would have it, her elderly and disabled father Fa Zhou is conscripted as he is the only man in the family. Despite Mulan’s attempts to ...

In Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1997), an animated superhero film and the second based on Batman: The Animated Series, the story unfolds between the end of the show and the start of The New Batman Adventures. After his last encounter with Batman, Victor Fries has taken up residence in an Arctic cave with his newly adopted Inuit son, Koonak, and polar bears Notchka and Shaka. While Fries continues to search for a cure for his wife Nora’s illness, she remains in her cryogenic chamber. However, when a research submarine accidentally shatters Nora’s containment vessel, she begins to deteriorate rapidly. Fueled by desperation to save his ...

Geri’s Game (1997) is an animated short created by Pixar and written and directed by Jan Pinkava. Set in a deserted city park, the film follows Geri as he sets up a chessboard and engages in a game against himself. By switching between sides of the board and changing his glasses, Geri acts out both players with distinct personalities. The game appears so realistic that it seems like two individuals are competing, with shots even including hands and bodies of both ‘players’ in the same frame. The confident player easily captures all of the timid player’s pieces, ...

The animated short film, The Chicken from Outer Space (1996), follows the journey of Courage, a timid pink dog, as he attempts to thwart an alien chicken’s plot to take over Earth. It gained recognition with its nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the Academy Awards and was also featured on Cartoon Network’s What a Cartoon! from 1995 to 1997. As a bonus treat, it was included as an episode after the end credits of the home video release of Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost.

James and the Giant Peach (1996) is a musical fantasy animated film, based on Roald Dahl’s novel of the same name, and directed by Henry Selick. In the summer of 1948, James Henry Trotter, an English orphan, lives with his cruel aunts Spiker and Sponge after his parents were devoured by a flying rhinoceros on his birthday. One day, while saving a spider from his aunts’ wrath, James receives enchanted ‘crocodile tongues’ from a mysterious stranger. These magical objects have the ability to make anything they touch grow to enormous proportions. But ...

The American animated musical historical drama film, titled Pocahontas (1995), follows the story of a Powhatan woman named Pocahontas and the arrival of English settlers from the Virginia Company. Set in 1607, the Susan Constant sets sail from London to the New World with Captain John Smith and other settlers on board. Excited by the prospect of adventure, finding gold, and fighting ‘Injuns’, they hope to make a new home in this foreign land. Meanwhile, in Werowocomoco, Tsenacommacah, Virginia, Pocahontas is faced with the possibility of marrying Kocoum, a serious warrior who does not share her free-spirited nature. After receiving a vision of a spinning ...

Toy Story (1995) is a classic American animated comedy film from Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. The story follows a group of toys who come to life when no humans are present. They live with their owner, Andy Davis, his sister Molly, and their mother. The leader of the toys is Sheriff Woody, who sends Sarge and his army men to spy on Andy’s birthday party through a baby monitor. The toys are worried about being replaced by new toys that Andy may receive as gifts. Among the other toys are Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex the tyrannosaur, Hamm the piggy bank, and Bo Peep the porcelain doll. During Andy’s birthday celebration, he receives an ...

In the made-for-television film Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994), produced by Hanna-Barbera, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy are hired as royal food tasters for the young Caliph upon arriving in Arabia on a magic carpet. Their insatiable appetites lead to no food being left for the Caliph and an angry reaction from him and the Royal Chef. In order to avoid getting caught, Shaggy disguises himself as a harem girl and catches the eye of the Caliph, who is searching for a bride. Believing Shaggy to be a woman, he decides they should be wed. Hoping to escape during their nuptials, Shaggy tells two stories to put the Caliph to sleep. The ruler ...

The American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film, The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), directed by Henry Selick and produced and conceived by Tim Burton, takes place in Halloween Town. This world is home to a variety of monsters and creatures related to the holiday (‘This is Halloween’). Jack Skellington, known as the ‘Pumpkin King’, leads the town’s annual Halloween festivities. However, Jack has grown tired of the same routine and longs for something different (‘Jack’s Lament’). While exploring in the woods ...

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), an American animated romantic superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman, follows Bruce Wayne as he begins his crime-fighting journey. While visiting their parents’ graves, Bruce meets Andrea Beaumont who is also visiting her mother’s grave. They start a relationship and Bruce learns about his first attempt at fighting crime. However, after foiling a truck hijacking and realizing that criminals aren’t afraid of him, Bruce becomes conflicted with how he should honor his parents’ memory; whether to continue crime-fighting or settle down and marry like they wished. He proposes to Andrea and she ...

A short film, The Dark Knight’s First Night (1992), served as the pilot for Batman: Animated Series. Armed men stand watch while a third figure carrying a box trips and spills jewels from the top floor of a building. As they attempt to clean up the mess, a bat-shaped shadow passes over them, startling them into drawing their guns. While they focus on the skies, the third thief is swiftly taken down by a mysterious bat-like figure with one powerful punch. The remaining thieves fire at their attacker but he evades each bullet with ease. He then takes the offensive and brings them both to the ground. One of the criminals ...

Cool World (1992) is a movie by Ralph Bakshi and written by Michael Grais and Mark Victor. World War II veteran Frank Harris returns to his mother in 1945 Las Vegas, but sadly she dies after their motorcycle ride ends in an accident. From there, Frank is transported to a cartoon-like alternate universe known as the ‘Cool World’, where he starts over as a detective for the local police force. Almost five decades later, underground cartoonist Jack Deebs is released from prison after serving ten years for killing a ...

The animated comedy horror film, Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988), was produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication. Annually, Count Dracula’s castle in Transylvania hosts a ‘Monster Road Rally’ where classic Hollywood monsters like Frankenstein’s monster and his wife Repulsa, gather to compete in a road race similar to Wacky Races. The winner is awarded the coveted ‘Monster of the Year’ title and other macabre prizes, announced by Dracula’s wife and co-host, Vanna Pira. However, this year there is a problem. The Wolfman has retired to Florida and will not be participating. Fearing cancellation of the race, ...

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988), an animated comedy horror, was produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication in the Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 series. The two, along with Scrappy-Doo, were hired to teach gym at Miss Grimwood’s Finishing School for Girls. Upon arrival, they discovered it was a school for daughters of supernatural beings such as Sibella (Count Dracula’s daughter), Elsa Frankenteen (daughter of Frankenteen Sr.), Winnie (daughter of the Wolfman), Phantasma (known as Phanty for short), and Tanis (named after an Egyptian city) – all inspired by Universal Monsters. The school also housed unique residents like a floating white hand, an ...

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987) is an American experimental short biographical film that chronicles the last 17 years of singer Karen Carpenter’s life. It follows her journey from her ‘discovery’ in 1966, through her meteoric rise to fame, and ultimately to her tragic death due to anorexia. The story begins on February 4, 1983 in Karen’s childhood home in Downey, California where her mother, Agnes Carpenter, finds her body in a closet. Through flashbacks, we see key moments in Karen’s life such as signing with A&M records, experiencing success and then decline with her brother Richard as part of the duo The Carpenters, ...