If you know me and/or have followed this blog for a while, you know how much of a soft spot I have for the 1980s Scooby-Doo films. After writing that alternate 13 Ghosts ending this summer, I was thinking about how Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf also ends on a cliffhanger where Dracula follows Shaggy home. I love a good cliffhanger in media, especially when they make you think. The cliffhanger in Boo Brothers where we see that the ghost of Shaggy's uncle is real is genius, because it makes you question if any of the other spirits they saw throughout the film were real. With Reluctant Werewolf though, the cliffhanger seems kind of pointless, because it doesn't seem like there was any intention on Hanna-Barbera's part to show what happened after Dracula showed up again. That's how I came up with the idea for this project, which I'm super excited about.
Picture this: a cinematic universe of all the Scooby-Doo content from the 1980s, with the main plot giving Reluctant Werewolf a conclusion. That's my new fanfic in a nutshell. The plot begins right where Reluctant Werewolf left off, where Shaggy, Scooby, Googie and Scrappy have to find a way to escape Dracula now that he's followed them home. In their quest to escape Dracula, the four adventurers revisit the Beauregard Mansion and Miss Grimwood's in hopes of seeking refuge. An underlying subplot of the fanfic is Shaggy's struggles with anxiety around any type of danger, and how Shaggy's tendency to run away from anything he's scared of affects he and Googie's relationship. (For those that don't like romance, don't worry - the relationship stuff is kept at a minimum, and plays directly into the story in a way where it's not a distraction from the main plot). Fred, Daphne and Velma make limited appearances in the fanfic, and Vincent Van Ghoul and Flim-Flam also play a role in helping the four main characters escape Dracula. In essence, this is kind of a "fix-it fic" that addresses some holes in the story that are left unexplained. The fanfic provides closure to plot points such as why Scrappy and Googie don't appear again after this film, and explains why the gang has met so many Universal Monsters that all look different between "A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle," Ghoul School, and Reluctant Werewolf. Although it is an 1980s cinematic universe, the fanfic predominantly centers around the 1980s films and 13 Ghosts, but references are made to the other 1980s series. There's a short story attached to one of the chapters that was essentially me trying my hand at writing a Scrappy short, involving Shaggy's misadventures at a bank after his check bounces. The tone of that short story is kind of self-parody of how ridiculous Shaggy and the dogs acted during some of those Scrappy shorts, where they'd basically antagonize a person and then run away. My goal with the 13 Ghosts ending was to write something that felt exactly like the tone of the original. While I also aspired for that here, I did add a bit of a comedic, goofy edge to it, but I feel like the original film was goofy too so I think it works. The fanfic is rated T, but that's just because there's mild swearing. As with all my other fanfics, there's nothing vulgar or distasteful, and on the rare occasion one of the characters does swear (and I think it's only Shaggy that does), it's always in a playful tone. Speaking of which, if you happen to like Sassy Fred, there's a great Sassy Fred moment in the first chapter. I'm really proud of this story, and I'm so excited to finally share it with you. It was so much fun writing in the goofy tone of Reluctant Werewolf, and I had a lot of fun coming up with my own creative interpretation of how to tie everything together. The first chapter is now available on Fanfiction.net and AO3. Like usual, a new chapter will be posted every Friday. There are 10 chapters in all, and the final chapter will be posted on March 10. I hope you enjoy this fanfic if you decide to check it out!
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threephantomrey
1/6/2023 10:16:49 pm
ooh this sounds interesting! i liked your 13 Ghosts fic so i’ll definitely be checking this one out soon as well!
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Dimitri Brenick
1/7/2023 09:52:42 pm
scooby doo camp scare and ghoul school are the only two i feel a sequel could work
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sdf
1/9/2023 08:50:54 am
Great job again my friend!!
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Carson Maitland - Smith
1/9/2023 09:27:54 am
I 🤎 1980's Scooby-Doo!
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