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Scooby-Doo (2002)

★ 6.1 · 4,756 ratings on TMDB

Be afraid. Be kind of afraid.

Scooby-Doo poster★ 6.1

When the Mystery Inc. gang is invited to Spooky Island, a popular amusement park, they soon discover that the attractions aren't the only things that are spooky. Strange things are happening, and it's up to Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma to uncover the truth behind the mysterious happenings.

DirectorRaja Gosnell
CastCharles Stan Frazier, Freddie Prinze Jr., Isla Fisher, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Mystery
The emergence reading

In Scooby-Doo, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “haunted resort”. The story fights on E8/E9/E13 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing fear, greed, friendship, power.

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

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Same subject, different mask

The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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