History WesternAnimation / ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost

* WickedWitch: [spoiler:Double]] subverted with Sarah Ravencroft, as Ben Ravencroft explains.

* WickedWitch: [spoiler: Double]] subverted with Sarah Ravencroft, as Ben Ravencroft explains.

** Furthermore, Wicca is a religious faith that anyone can practice if they choose, meaning that there is no such thing as [[InTheBlood Wiccan ancestry.]] (In other words, Thorn being "1/16th Wiccan" is a little ridiculous.)

* DarkIsNotEvil: The Hex Girls

* SpellBook: What the diary, which [[spoiler:Ben Ravencroft]] is seeking, is.

* [[spoiler: ImMelting: Shaggy and Scooby try to melt the Witch's Ghost using water. But as it turns out, he doesn't work.]]

* [[spoiler: ImMelting: Shaggy and Scooby try to melt the Witch's Ghost using water. Of course.]]

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Ben Ravencroft, who kept convincing others that his great-grandmother Sarah was just a misunderstood woman who was unfairly executed, but she actually was a witch all along and he intends to use her to become a warlock]].

So, basically the Mystery Inc. gang travel to a New England town called Oakhaven after being invited by horror writer Ben Ravencroft to view the Fall color. When they arrive, the gang learn a witch’s ghost is haunting Ben Ravencroft’s hometown, which happens to be Ben’s ancestor. While investigating the mystery, Scooby and the gang meet local eco-goth rock band, [[RockTrio The Hex Girls]]. With their help, they eventually find there’s more to the mystery than meets the eye . . .

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Everything said about Wicca is blatantly wrong[[note]]like it's not old, it has its roots in the ancient early-mid twentieth century.[[/note]], but at least they don't equate it with WickedWitch [[spoiler:they equated it with good witch]].

* CanonImmigrant: This was the introduction of the Hex Girls who would return in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'' and would go on to appear in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Ben Ravencroft who kept convincing others that his great grandmother Sarah was just a misunderstood woman who was unfairly executed, but she actually was a witch all along and he intends to use her to become a warlock]].
* HamToHamCombat: [[spoiler: Ben and Sarah's argument is essentially TimCurry and TressMacNeille trying to out-ham each other. It is ''awesome''.]]

* NinjaZombiePirateRobot: The titular character seems like an intended example of this.
* NonSingingVoice: Averted for the Hex Girls' two on-stage songs: "Hex Girl" and "Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air". Both were performed by the three girls' voice actresses. Played straight during their credits song "The Witches Ghost" where a distinctly not-JenniferHale-like voice is singing the lead.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Hex Girls. Dusk, Luna and Thorn are StageNames. [[spoiler:Later, when her dad gets unmasked, subverted in the case of Thorn, her real name is Sally [=McKnight=].]]

* ShoutOut: At one point Shaggy tries to [[spoiler: [[WizardOfOz splash a pail of water on the ghost of Sarah Ravencroft... to no avail.]]]]
* SpellBook: What the diary, [[spoiler:Ben Ravencroft]] is looking for, is.
* WitchSpecies: In this movie magic is hereditary. And both [[spoiler:Ben Ravencroft]] and [[spoiler:Thorn]][[note]]She is [[HeinzHybrid 1/16 Wiccan on her mother's side]][[/note]] have the right ancestry.
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: [[spoiler:The real Witch's ghost speaks it. Oddly her spellbook averts the trope as it's written in proper modern English.]]

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Though its [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland predecessor]] is still considered the franchise's darkest installment.

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: [[spoiler:The real Witch's ghost speaks it.]]

Also, as a side note, Scott Innes now voices Shaggy, taking over Creator/BillyWest.

* CanonImmigrant: This was the introduction of the Hex Girls who would return in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'' and would go on to appear in ''WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' and ''ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Though its [[ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland predecessor]] is still considered the franchise's darkest installment.

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Ben Ravencroft who kept convincing others that his great grandmother Sarah was just a misunderstood woman who was unfairly executed, actually was a witch all along and he intends to use her to become a warlock]].
* [[MookDLE Mook Animation]]: This studio did the animation.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Hex Girls. Dusk, Luna and Thorn are StageNames. [[spoiler:Later subverted in the case of Thorn, her real name is Sally.]]

* WitchSpecies: In this movie magic is hereditary. [[spoiler:And both Ben Ravencroft and Thorn have the right ancestry.]]

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Everything said about Wicca is blatantly wrong[[note]]like it's not old, it has its roots in the ancient {{Sixties}}.[[/note]], but at least they don't equate it with WickedWitch [[spoiler:they equated it with good witch]].

* CanonImmigrant: This was the introduction of the Hex Girls who would return in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'' and go on to appear in ''WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' and ''ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.

* CanonImmigrant: This was the introduction of the Hex Girls who would return in ''Legned of Vampire Rock'' and go on to appear in ''WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' and ''ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.

The Mystery Inc. gang travel to a New England town called Oakhaven after being invited by horror writer Ben Ravencroft.

The second direct-to-video in the [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo franchise]], '''''Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost''''' was directed by Jim Stenstrum and produced by [[Creator/WarnerBros Warner Bros. Animation]] with a [[Creator/HannaBarbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.]] copyright.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Though the [[ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland former]] is still considered it's darkest installment.
* [[MookDLE Mook Animation]]: Did the animation.