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Big Top Scooby-Doo!

Big Top Scooby-Doo!

Family · Animation · Comedy · 2012

When Scooby and the gang hear of a werewolf plaguing a traveling circus, they go undercover as circus performers to get to the bottom.

Movie details

Big Top Scooby-Doo!

“One man. One dog. Who will stop it?”

2012 Family · Animation · Comedy 1h 21m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.9 / 10

1.5K votes

TMDB

7.7 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

When Scooby and the gang hear of a werewolf plaguing a traveling circus, they go undercover as circus performers to get to the bottom.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Heather A. Maxwell

Written by

Doug Langdale

Frank Welker

Frank Welker

Scooby-Doo / Fred (voice)

Mindy Cohn

Mindy Cohn

Velma (voice)

Grey DeLisle

Grey DeLisle

Daphne (voice)

Matthew Lillard

Matthew Lillard

Shaggy (voice)

Greg Ellis

Greg Ellis

Marcus Brancusi (voice)

Maurice LaMarche

Maurice LaMarche

Archambault (voice)

Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare

Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice)

Court is in session

Put Big Top Scooby-Doo! on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.