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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)

★ 7.7 · 279 ratings on TMDB

Put the 'chi' in munchie!

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword poster★ 7.7

The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancientblade fabled to possess extraordinary supernaturalpowers.

DirectorChristopher Berkeley
CastBrian Cox, Casey Kasem, Frank Welker, Gedde Watanabe, Grey DeLisle, Kelly Hu
GenresAction, Animation, Comedy, Family
The emergence reading

In Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “dog‑samurai quest”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing tradition, technology, power.

↷ animalsUStraditiontechnologypower
Also inConsciousness hiding in animalsFilms about technologyFilms that move consciousness off the human
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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same subject, different mask

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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