History WesternAnimation / ScoobyDooAndTheMonsterOfMexico

* HonestCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler: Senor Fuente might want the Ortero's land, but he wants it honestly and takes their refusal gracefully, even trying to help them under circumstances which he could have used to his advantage instead]].

** And then (most of) the gifts Alejo's family leave at his father's grave vanish...how did that happen? The only gift that was not gone? [[spoiler:Charlene's]].

* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Fred's Spanish speaking leaves something to be desired, though he usually gets most words right. Unfortunately, the few he gets wrong are enough to turn the sentence into gibberish (e.g., "thank you for your wise words of ostrich"). [[spoiler:Ironically, he's much more versed in Spanish ''grammar'', as he manages to figure out a major clue from a threat written in Spanish containing an error a native wouldn't have made.]]

* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted. When the gang was chased by a mob of angry tourists, they used obvious disguises like they always did in their previous adventures. The tourists saw through their disguises immediately.

* RedHerring: Señor Fuente. He is introduced wanting to buy Alejo's land, despite previous refusals. Doña Dolores says she never trusted him and calls him a jerk...but he isn't the bad guy. In the end, he explains that, for as much as he wanted to buy the Ortero's land, he came to respect the fact that they didn't want to sell it and admired the family's love for his old business partner, Señor Otero (Luis and Alejo's dad).[[spoiler: He also explains that he had learned of Charlene and Mr. Smiley's scheme and wanted to warn them of it.]]

* SadlyMythtaken: The urban legends associated with El Chupacabra describe it as being reptilian and that it sucks the blood of goats, hence the name ("Chupacabra" translates to "goat-sucker"). The Chupacabra in this movie is a Bigfoot-like creature, and characters never mention it drinking blood (it is mentioned eating goats, however). While the Chupacabra ''is'' popularly known as the "Mexican Bigfoot", that doesn't mean that it's literally Mexico's version of Bigfoot (the Chupacabra doesn't even come from Mexico but from Puerto Rico). Though to be fair, they probably would've had trouble using a faithful version of the Chupacabra in a Scooby-Doo movie, anyway, especially one [[{{Retraux}} emulating the classic Scooby-Doo cartoons from 1969-1979.]] Ironically, they kind of got it in reverse from the last film, where a Bigfoot-like monster was inaccurately portrayed as a bloodsucker.

* StupidCrooks: The villain this time around makes some notable mistakes, such as [[spoiler: relying on absurd, flimsy hoaxes and attempting to impersonate a Mexican man who only spoke Spanish when he doesn't know it]].

** Offscreen [[spoiler: Señor Fuente, upon getting an inkling of Smiley's scheme, chooses to warn the Ortero's rather than just sit back and try to profit off of it himself]].

The movie begins with Fred’s Mexican pen-pal inviting him and the rest of the gang to come visit him in Veracruz, Mexico. Fred’s friend, Alejo Otero, and his family own a hotel and offers to let them all stay while vacationing. The gang decides it’s a [[TemptingFate good chance to take a break from solving mysteries]], only to find there’s a new mystery waiting for them when they arrive in Veracruz. The mythical Mexican monster El Chupacabra is supposedly tormenting the residents of the town and chasing away visitors. Of course, the gang begins investigating the town to see what they can turn up.

* NotThatOneThatOne: After Alejo introduces himself by walking out of a cottage, the gang assumes that's his house. He clarifies that they're just guest cottages, and he lives in the massive family hotel nearby.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley]] mocks Alejo for respecting his father's wishes to not sell the family hotel. Lampshaded at the end by Señ or Fuente.

** Doñ a Dolores (Luis and Alejo's mother) saying to stay calm about Charlene's kidnapping before undergoing a complete FreakOut.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: After the monster kidnaps Charlene, a friend of Doñ a Dolores comments that she wishes the monster would run off with ''her'' future daughter-in-law. Dolores calls her out on this.

* RedHerring: Señor Fuente. He is introduced wanting to buy Alejo's land, despite previous refusals. Doñ a Dolores says she never trusted him and calls him a jerk...but he isn't the bad guy. In the end, he explains that, for as much as he wanted to buy the Ortero's land, he came to respect the fact that they didn't want to sell it and admired the family's love for his old business partner, Señ or Otero (Luis and Alejo's dad).[[spoiler: He also explains that he had learned of Charlene and Mr. Smiley's scheme and wanted to warn them of it.]]

** Offscreen [[spoiler: Señ or Fuente, upon getting an inkling of Smiley's scheme, chooses to warn the Ortero's rather than just sit back and try to profit off of it himself]].

The movie begins with Fred’s Mexican pen-pal inviting him and the rest of the gang to come visit him in Veracruz, Mexico. Fred’s friend, Alejo Otero, and his family own a hotel and offers to let them all stay while vacationing. The gang decides it’s a [[TemptingFate good chance to take a break from solving mysteries]], only to find there’s a new mystery waiting for them when they arrive in Veracruz. The mythical Mexican monster El Chupacabra is supposedly tormenting the residents of the town and chasing away visitors. Of course, the gang begin investigating around the town to see what they can turn up.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The jack-o-lanterns some kids are seeing carving in the background are completely out-of-place in Dia de los Muertos, being exclusively related to UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: The museum guide, also known as [[spoiler:Charlene]], is a much crueler person than she seems.
* CactusCushion: When the gang get chased around by the Chupacabra, Velma manages to evade it at one point by dressing up a cactus to look like her; the monster ''grabs'' the cactus and gets injured by the needles, and then backs up into another one.

* CrazyPrepared: The bad guys have all kinds of very impressive animatronic robots scattered throughout the area to intimidate the gang, tracking devices, signs to divert them to a museum and more.

** In the opening scene, Alejo tracks down his son, Jorge, when he runs after the family dog. Then he sees la Chupacabra and runs away, carrying his son in his arms.
** When El Chupacabra appears again on Dia de los Muertos during the cemetery ceremonies, a man picks up a little girl (presumably his daughter or another relative) as he runs away from the monster.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley]] mocks Alejo for respecting his father's wishes to not sell the family hotel. Lampshaded at the end by Señor Fuente.
* ExpressiveMask: [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley's rubber skull mask is capable of showing a wide range of emotions and the jaw moving perfectly with his voice.]]
* ForebodingFleeingFlock: Alejo mentions that coyotes fear humans than humans should fear coyotes. One of the gang asks why the coyote's sounds are coming towards them, in that case, and Alejo theorizes that it's running from something. Sure enough, the coyote runs right past the gang and the Oteros trying to escape la Chupacabra.

* GenreSavvy: El Curandero tells the gang that they will be in grave danger if they continue investigating, and [[spoiler:predicts the culprits are businessmen from up north who had their development plans refused by the locals]]. He's dead right on both points.

* HonestCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler:Senor Fuente might want the Ortero's land, but he wants it honestly and takes their refusal gracefully, even trying to help them under circumstances which he could have used to his advantage instead]].

** Doña Dolores (Luis and Alejo's mother) saying to stay calm about Charlene's kidnapping before undergoing a complete FreakOut.

* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: Naturally, the gang goes to Mexico in time for Dia de los Muertos.

* LanguageBarrier: [[spoiler:The threat written in Spanish on the Mystery Machine had a grammar error no real Spanish-speaking person would make, and the alleged ghost of the Otero patriarch only spoke English. These are hints that the bad guys don't speak Spanish.]]

* LazyMexican: Subverted--Shaggy's initially excited at visiting Mexico due to the cultural tradition of taking siestas after lunch, until Velma explains that they're to prepare for hard work, which repels him. This is the only time the idea comes up in the entire film.
* LoopholeAbuse: Shaggy and Scooby are told to search the East side of town for the monster. They decide that since the Mystery Machine is located on the east side of town, they'll just search it then stay there until the others get back. Naturally, it backfires on them.

** So how much of the things at the pyramids were special effects? It is strongly implied that not all of them, since the animatronic eagle Paco (which is operated by the main villain) was visibly afraid of the living statues, and was attacked by the two jaguars that came to life.

* NightmareFetishist: The tour Guide, smiling widely, talks about how the ancient Aztecs sacrifices involved "ripping out their still beating hearts to offer to the Gods. Super!"
* NotThatOneThatOne: After Alejo introduces himself by walking out of a cottage, the gang assume that's his house. He clarifies that they're just guest cottages, and he lives in the massive family hotel nearby.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: After the monster kidnaps Charlene, a friend of Doña Dolores comments that she wishes the monster would run off with ''her'' future daughter-in-law. Dolores calls her out on this.
* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted. When the gang was chased by a mob of angry tourists, they used obvious disguises like they always did in their previous adventures. The tourists saw through their disguise immediately.

* RedHerring: Señor Fuente. He is introduced wanting to buy Alejo's land, despite previous refusals. Doña Dolores says she never trusted him and calls him a jerk...but he isn't the bad guy. In the end, he explains that, for as much as he wanted to buy the Ortero's land, he came to respect the fact that they didn't want to sell it and admired the family's love for his old business partner, Señor Otero (Luis and Alejo's dad).[[spoiler: He also explains that he had learned of Charlene and Mr. Smiley's scheme and wanted to warn them of it.]]

* SadlyMythtaken: The urban legends associated with El Chupacabra describe it as being reptilian and that it sucks the blood of goats, hence the name ("Chupacabra" translates to "goat-sucker"). The Chupacabra in this movie is a Bigfoot-like creature, and characters never mention it drinking blood (it is mentioned eating goats, however). While the Chupacabra ''is'' popularly known as the "Mexican Bigfoot", that doesn't mean that it's literally Mexico's version of Bigfoot (the Chupacabra doesn't even come from Mexico, but from Puerto Rico). Though to be fair, they probably would've had trouble using a faithful version of the Chupacabra in a Scooby-Doo movie, anyway, especially one [[{{Retraux}} emulating the classic Scooby-Doo cartoons from 1969-1979.]] Ironically, they kind of got it in reverse from the last film, where a Bigfoot-like monster was inaccurately portrayed as a bloodsucker.

* SmellySkunk: The Gang are forced to stop the Mystery Machine at one point thanks to a skunk, which has VisibleOdor coming off it. They take cover on a billboard and the skunk laughs at them.

* SpotTheThread: Freddy, when reviewing the footage of the vandalized Mystery Machine, deduces that the perpetrator isn't a native Spanish-speaker due to the word ''manana'' missing the tilde, the ''~'' symbol above the first "n."
* StupidCrooks: The villain this time around makes some notable mistakes, such as [[spoiler:relying on absurd, flimsy hoaxes and attempting to impersonate a Mexican man who only spoke Spanish when he doesn't know it]].
* VehicularSabotage: One of the culprits clips the Mystery Machine's brake line. It only stops when the fuel runs out, and conveniently right outside of a fuel station.

** [[spoiler:When he heard Alejo yelling for help, Luis freezes in terror rather than immediately running over (since their father's passing, he was afraid of losing his brother too), and initially claiming he'd been unconscious at the time something he clearly sees as his MomentOfWeakness and is ashamed of it. He apologizes for his cowardice, but Alejo immediately forgives him, claiming that there are worse things than being a coward. Shaggy, a self-proclaimed coward, would know.]]
** The gang publicly apologize to [[spoiler:Luis]] for wrongfully suspecting him even though he'd had no knowledge of that mistaken suspicion and wouldn't have ever known if not for their apology.
** Offscreen [[spoiler:Señor Fuente, upon getting an inkling of Smiley's scheme, chooses to warn the Ortero's rather than just sit back and try to profit off of it himself]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley learned the hard way that if you only speak English in a foreign community, chances are a vast majority of them won't understand what is being said. His attempt to impersonate a ghost and convince the town's inhabitants to sell off their land fails because no one understands what he's said.]]

* GoldDigger:[[spoiler: Charlene (very openly) admits that she only loved Luis for his family's wealth.]]

* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted. When the gang was chased by a mob of angry tourists, they used obvious disguises like they always did in their previous adventures. The angry tourists saw through their disguise immediately.

* VehicularSabotage: One of the culprits clips the Mystery Machine's brake line.

The movie begins with Fred’s Mexican pen-pal inviting him and the rest of the gang to come visit him in Veracruz, Mexico. Fred’s friend, Alejo Otero, and his family own a really hotel and offers to let them all stay while vacationing. The gang decides it’s a [[TemptingFate good chance to take a break from solving mysteries]], only to find there’s a new mystery waiting for them when they arrive in Veracruz. The mythical Mexican monster El Chupacabra is supposedly tormenting the residents of the town and chasing away visitors. Of course, the gang begin investigating around the town to see what they can turn up.

** So how much of the things at the pyramids were special effects? And then (most of) the gifts Alejo's family leave at his father's grave vanish...how did that happen? The only gift that was not gone? [[spoiler:Charlene's]].

* CrisisCatchAndCarry: In the opening scene, Alejo tracks down his son, Jorge, when he runs after the family dog. Then he sees la Chupacabra and runs away, carrying his son in his arms.

* StupidCrooks: The villain this time around makes some notable mistakes, such as [[spoiler:relying on absurd, flimsy hoaxes and attempting to impersonate a Mexican man when he doesn't speak a word of Spanish]].

* LazyMexican: Subverted--Shaggy's initially excited at visiting Mexico due to the cultural tradition of taking siestas, until Velma explains that they're to prepare for hard work, which repels him. This is the only time the idea comes up in the entire film.

* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Fred's attempt to speak Spanish leaves something to be desired. [[spoiler:Ironically, he's much more versed in Spanish ''grammar'', as he manages to figure out a major clue from a threat written in Spanish that the culprit isn't a native speaker due to a grammar error.]]
* NightmareFetishist: The tour Guide, smiling widely talking about how the ancient Aztecs sacrifices involved "ripping out their still beating hearts to offer to the Gods. Super!"
* ObnoxiousInLaws: A friend of Doña Dolores comments that she wishes the monster would run off with ''her'' future daughter-in-law. Dolores calls her out on this.

* RedHerring: Señor Fuente. He is introduced wanting to buy Alejo's land...but isn't the bad guy. In the end, he explains that, for as much as he wanted to buy the Ortero's land, he came to respect the fact that they didn't want to sell it and admired the family's love for his old business partner, Señor Otero (Luis and Alejo's dad).[[spoiler: He also explains that he had learned of Charlene and Mr. Smiley's scheme and wanted to warn them of it.]]

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: An animal version (as well as being exaggerated)--after arriving at the resort owned by Alejo and his family, Scooby-Doo (a Great Dane[[note]]One of the largest breeds of dog in the world, a fully-grown Great Dane can easily well over a hundred pounds--in fact, fully-grown male Great Dane can easily weigh up to 200-pounds[[/note]]) immediately falls for the Ortero-family's pet Chihuahua[[note]]One of the smallest (if not ''the'' smallest) breeds of dog in the world, an adult-Chihuahua usually only weighs around six pounds ''at the most''[[/note]], Chiquita (who returns those feelings). Scooby-Doo (a Great Dane, which is one of the largest breeds of dog in the world) falls in love with Chiquita, the Ortero family's Chihuahua (which is generally considered to be the smallest breed of dog in the world).

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: An annoyed Charlene chews out Luis for being a hopeless romantic and reveals that she only wanted his money and that she and Mr. Smiley are a couple. Telling him, "Oh, would you wake up and smell the café leche you pea-brained romantic?"]]

* LazyMexican: Subverted--Shaggy's initially excited at visiting Mexico due to the cultural tradition of taking Siesta's, until Velma explains why they happen, and he's repelled at the idea of hard work. This is the only time the idea comes up in the entire film.

* ShoutOut: "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.]]"

* AmbiguousSituation: Were the two cats that seemed to come alive form the wall robots or real cats? They certainly act like real cats licking Fred and when they see a parrot.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: An animal version (as well as being exaggerated)--after arriving at the resort owned by Alejo and his family, Scooby-Doo (a Great Dane[[note]]One of the largest breeds of dog in the world, a fully-grown Great Dane can easily well over a hundred pounds--in fact, fully-grown male Great Dane can easily weigh up to 200-pounds[[/note]]) immediately falls for the Ortero-family's pet Chihuahua[[note]]One of the smallest (if not ''the'' smallest) breeds of dog in the world, an adult-Chihuahua usually only weighs around six pounds ''at the most''[[/note]], Chiquita (who returns those feelings).
Scooby-Doo (a Great Dane, which is one of the largest breeds of dog in the world) falls in love with Chiquita, the Ortero family's Chihuahua (which is generally considered to be the smallest breed of dog in the world).

* ObnoxiousInLaws: A friend of Doña Dolores comments that she wishes the consenter would run off with ''her'' future daughter-in-law. Dolores calls her out on this.

* WrongGenreSavvy: The tourists ''think'' they’re in some lighter movie with actual spirit animals and being BadassBystander's against the sinister vandals but are really just UnwittingPawn's of the villains who've been distracted into chasing the heroes.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: An animal version--Scooby-Doo (a Great Dane, which is one of the largest breeds of dog in the world) falls in love with Chiquita, the Ortero family's Chihuahua (which is generally considered to be the smallest breed of dog in the world).

The movie begins with Fred’s Mexican pen-pal inviting him and the rest of the gang to come visit him in Veracruz, Mexico. Fred’s friend Alejo Otero owns a fancy hotel and offers to let them all stay while vacationing. The gang decides it’s a [[TemptingFate good chance to take a break from solving mysteries]], only to find there’s a new mystery waiting for them when they arrive in Veracruz. The mythical Mexican monster El Chupacabra is supposedly tormenting the residents of the town and chasing away visitors. Of course, the gang begin investigating around the town to see what they can turn up.

* ChekhovsGun: A billboard is seen for Mr. Smiley's theme park in America early on. Later a similar bill board is seen suggesting he wants to build a new one in Mexico. [[spoiler:Turns out Mr. Smiley's the culprit. He wanted to steal Alejo's land to build his theme park on.]]
* CompressedHair: Under [[spoiler:her Chupacabra disguise, Charlene wears a museum guide disguise, with a wig that compresses her big and puffy hair.]]

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: [[spoiler: After Charlene's revealed as one of the culprits and is carted off to prison alongside her lover, Mr. Smiley, Dolores (Luis and Alejo's mother) admits that she never liked Charlene that much to begin with, even going so far as to call her a "bruja" (which, as Fred notes, is [[WitchWithACapitalB the Spanish word for "witch"]]).]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley]] mock Alejo for respecting his father's wish to not sell the family hotel. Lampshaded at the end by Señor Fuente.

* GenreSavvy: El Curandero tells the gang that by investigating they will be in grave danger if they investigate, and [[spoiler:predicts the culprits are the businessmen from up north who had their development plans refused by the locals]]. He's dead right on both points.
* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:Charlene only loved Luis for his family's money.]]
* GratuitousSpanish: The constant use of the Spanish language is justified since the entire film takes place in Mexico. In fact, the fact the villain doesn't speak Spanish is an important plot point.
* HappilyMarried: Alejo and his wife.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: An animal version, great Dane Scooby and a chihuahua develop a crush on each other.

** Dona Dolores saying to stay calm about Charlene's kidnapping before undergoing a complete FreakOut.

* LazyMexican: Subverted--Shaggy is initially excited at visiting Mexico due to the cultural tradition of taking Siesta's, until Velma explains why they happen, and he's repelled at the idea of hard work. This is the only time the idea comes up in the entire film.
* LoopholeAbuse: Shaggy and Scooby are told to search the East side of town for the monster. They decide that since the Mystery Machine is located on the east side of town they'll just search it then stay there until the others get back. Naturally, it backfires on them.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: One of Dolores' friends comments that she wishes the consenter would run off with ''her'' future daughter in-law. Dolores calls her out on this.

* SmellySkunk: The Gang are forced to stop the Mystery Machine thanks to a skunk, which has VisibleOdor coming off it. They take cover on a billboard and the skunk laughs at them.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: [[spoiler: After Charlene's revealed as one of the culprits and is carted off to prison alongside her lover, Mr. Smiley, Dolores (Luis and Alejo's mother) admits that she never really liked Charlene that much to begin with, even going so far as to call her a "bruja" ([[WitchWithACapitalB the Spanish word for "witch"]]).]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley learned the hard way that if you only speak English in a foreign community, chances are a vast majority of them won't understand what is being said. His attempt to impersonate a ghost and convince the town's inhabitants to sell off their land fails because no one knows what he said.]]

* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:Charlene only wanted Luis' money.]]

* HonestCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler:Senor Fuente might want the Ortega's land but he wants it honestly and takes their refusal gracefully, even trying to help them under circumstances which he could have used to his advantage instead]].

** Dona Dolores saying to stay calm about the kidnapping before undergoing a complete FreakOut.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: An annoyed Charlene chews out Luis for being a hopeless romantic, and reveals that she only wanted his money and that she and Mr. Smiley are a couple. Telling him, "Oh, would you wake up and smell the café leche you pea-brained romantic?"]]
* LanguageBarrier: [[spoiler:The threat written in Spanish on the Mystery Machine had a grammar error no real Spanish-speaking person would make and the alleged ghost of the Otero patriarch only spoke English. These are hints that the bad guys don't speak Spanish.]]

* LazyMexican: Subverted. Shaggy is initially excited at visiting Mexico due to the cultural tradition of taking Siesta's, until Velma explains why they happen and he's repelled at the idea of hard work. This is the only time the idea comes up in the entire film.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley]] pretends to be the ghost of Alejo and Luis's father telling them to sell their hotel. But Alejo pointed out their real father spoke only Spanish. When he's found out, he complains that he doesn't know how to speak Spanish and asks why can't everyone just learn English.
* RedHerring: Señor Fuente. He is introduced wanting to buy Alejo's land...but isn't the bad guy. In the end, he explains that, for as much as he wanted to buy the land, he came to respect the fact that they didn't want to sell it and admired the family's love for his old business partner, Señor Otero (Luis and Alejo's dad).[[spoiler: He also explains that he had learned of Charlene and Mr. Smiley's scheme and wanted to warn them of it.]]

* SpotTheThread: Freddy, when reviewing the footage of the vandalized Mystery Machine, deduces that the perpetrator doesn't speak Spanish due to the word ''manana'' missing the tilde, the ''~'' symbol above the first "n."

** [[spoiler:When he heard Alejo yelling for help, Luis freezes in terror rather than immediately running over (since their father's passing, he was afraid of losing his brother too), and initially claiming he'd been unconscious at the time]] something he clearly sees as his MomentOfWeakness and is ashamed of. [[spoiler: He apologizes for his cowardice, but Alejo immediately forgives him, claiming that there are worse things than being a coward. Shaggy, a self-proclaimed coward, would know.]]

** Offscreen [[spoiler:Señor Fuente, upon getting an inkling of Smiley's scheme, chooses to warn the Ortega's rather than just sit back and try to profit off of it himself]].
* WrongGenreSavvy: The tourists ''think'' they’re in some lighter movie with actual spirit animals and being BadassBystander's against the sinister vandals, but are really just UnwittingPawn's of the villains who've been distracted into chasing the heroes.

* RealityEnsues:
** When the gang was chased by a mob of angry tourists, they used [[PaperThinDisguise obvious disguises]] like they always did in their previous adventures. The angry tourists saw through their disguise immediately.
** [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley learned the hard way that if you only speak English in a foreign community, chances are a vast majority of them won't understand what is being said. His attempt to impersonate a ghost and convince the town's inhabitants to sell off their land fails because no one knows what he said.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: The tourists ''think'' their in some lighter movie with actual spirit animals and being BadassBystander's against the sinister vandals, but are really just UnwittingPawn's of the villains who've been distracted into chasing the heroes.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: [[spoiler: After Charlene's revealed to be working for Mr. Smiley, Luis and Alejo's mother reveals that she never really liked Charlene, even calling her as a "bruja" ([[WitchWithACapitalB the Spanish word for "witch"]]).]]

* LanguageBarrier: [[spoiler:The threat written in Spanish on the Mystery Machine had a grammar error no real Spanish person would make and the ghost of the Otero patriarch only spoke English. These are hints that the bad guys don't speak Spanish.]]

* LoopholeAbuse: Shaggy and Scooby are told to search the East side of town for the monster. They decide that since the Mystery Machine is located on the east side f town they'll just search it then stay there until the others get back. Naturally, it backfires on them.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: One of Dolores' friends comments that she wishes the consenter would run off with ''her'' future daughter in-law.

* RedHerring: Señor Fuente. He is introduced wanting to buy Alejo's land... but isn't the bad guy. He says at the end that he simply learned to accept and respect that they wouldn't want to go against Señor Otero's wishes. [[spoiler: Also, he's been trying to warn the gang about Mr. Smiley and Charlene.]]

* SpotTheThread: Freddy, when reviewing the footage of the vandalized Mystery Machine, deduces that the perpetrator doesn't speak Spanish due to the word ''manana'' missing the tilde, the ''~'' symbol above the first letter "n".

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley]] pretends to be the ghost of Alejo and Luis's father telling them to sell their hotel. But Fred pointed out their real father spoke only Spanish. When he's found out, he complains that he doesn't know how to speak Spanish and asks why can't everyone just learn English.

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: An annoyed Charlene chews out Luis for being a hopeless romantic, and reveals that he only wanted his money and that she and Mr. Smiley are a couple. Telling him to "wake up and smell the café leche."]]

* GenreSavvy: El Curandero tells the gang that by investigating they will be in grace danger if they investigate, and [[spoiler:predits the culprits are the businessmen from up north who had their development plans refused by the locals]]. He's dead right on both points.

** Dona Dolores saying to say calm about the kidnapping before undergo gin a complete FreakOut.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: [[spoiler: After Charlene's revealed as one of the culprits, Luis and Alejo's mother reveals that she never really liked Charlene, even calling her as a "bruja" ([[WitchWithACapitalB the Spanish word for "witch"]]).]]
* DirtyCoward: Luis sees himself as one when he didn't do anything to help Alejo as he was calling out, being afraid he might lose him too, so he lied that El Chupacabra knocked him out. He's ashamed and apologizes for it, but Alejo forgives him, claiming that there are worse things than being a coward. Shaggy, a self-proclaimed coward, agrees.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley and Charlene]] mock Alejo for not wanting to break his father's promise to not sell the family hotel. Lampshaded at the end by Señor Fuente.

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: An annoyed Charlene chews out Luis for being a hopeless romantic, and reveals that he only wanted his money and that she and Mr. Smiley are a couple. Telling him to "wake up"]]

** [[spoiler:When he heard Alejo yelling for help, Luis freezes in terror rather than immediately running over, and initially claiming he'd been unconscious at the time]] something he clearly sees as his MomentOfWeakness and is ashamed of.

** Offscreen [[spoiler:Senor Fuente, upon getting an inkling of Smiley's scheme, chooses to warn the Ortega's rather than just sit back and try to profit off of it himself]].

** [[spoiler:Mr. Smiley learned the hard way that if you only speak English in a foreign community, chances are a vast majority of them won't understand what is being said.]]

The sixth direct-to-video installment of the [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo franchise]], ''Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico'' was produced by [[Creator/WarnerBros Warner Bros. Animation]] and again directed by the guy who brought us Franchise/ScoobyDoo [[Creator/DCComics comics]], Scott Jeralds.