Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!
Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! is a 2007 animated direct-to-DVD comedy mystery film, and the eleventh in the Scooby-Doo direct-to-video film series, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, It was released to DVD on September 4, 2007. The film is dedicated to Iwao Takamoto, a character designer for Hanna-Barbera who died on January 8, 8 months before the film's home video release. This was also the final Scooby-Doo movie that Joseph Barbera worked on before his death on December 18, 2006 Plot On a climbing expedition in the Himalayas to search for Shangri-La, Professor Jeffries, a college professor is led by his Sherpa, Pemba, to a high point on a mountain using an ancient tablet. Pemba refuses to lead Jeffries into forbidden territory, as it would be intruding on the territory of the Abominable Snowman. Jeffries, who seems to care more about the expedition over their safety, decides to cut the rope and continue alone. As soon as Jeffries fades from view, Pemba sees the outline of a large creature in front of him. Meanwhile, Fred, Daphne and Velma are on vacation in Paris. Daphne later is disappointed when Fred has a cell phone and Velma has newspapers to read. Velma finds out The Abominable Snowman, a yeti believed to exist in the Himalayas has haunted Mount Everest. However, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy have not arrived yet, and the gang wonders where they are at. Shaggy and Scooby are in a small plane that they think is going to Paris, but it is really going to the Himalayas to drop off Alphonse LaFleur, a French hunter and trapper. LaFleur wants to find and kill the Snowman, and is taking Shaggy and Scooby along as bait. LaFleur then locks Shaggy and Scooby up with his equipment, and throws them off the plane. Shaggy, realizing they are not going to Paris, manages to get a quick phone call through to Fred before the phone goes dead. Fred uses the GPS on his phone to track them. He finds out they are in the Himalayas and The Abominable Snowman has spotted there and then he, Daphne and Velma head to the Himalayas to find them. Meanwhile, Shaggy and Scooby manage to land near a small village on the mountain, where Professor Jeffries and Pemba currently are after escaping the Snowman. Many of the other villagers are leaving, fearing the creature and its wrath. Shaggy and Scooby go to the High Lama to ask for a phone to call their friends. The High Lama, who tells them there is only a phone on the weather station nearby. Shaggy and Scooby discover room in the village with a statue of the Snowman holding a very large crystal, which the High Lama says it protects the villagers from the Abominable Snowman's powers, and Professor Jeffries takes in interest in the crystal. They then meet Pemba's sister Minga, who has decided to stay in the village. Pemba tells her to leave the village, and he, Shaggy, Scooby and Jeffries (who says