Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown is available in Australia on Stan right now. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. 200 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Watch it for Frank Welker — stay for everyone else around them. Start it on Stan whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

There is a reason Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown keeps coming up in conversation. Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. When the Scooby gang visits a dude ranch, they discover that it and the nearby town have been haunted by a ghostly cowboy, Dapper Jack, who fires real fire from his fire irons. The mystery only deepens when it’s discovered that the ghost is also the long lost relative of Shaggy Rogers! Frank Welker and Grey DeLisle lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2017. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. The complete film is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Frank Welker is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.