Scooby scholars of the old-school set will find much in the Reluctant Werewolf to give them pause. For one thing; Scrappy and Googy; Shaggy's girlfriend; are subbed for missing members of the Mystery Machine gang; and for another; instead of making like bananas and splitting from the monster at the center of a mystery; this crew slides; peel-style; into a strange circus of benign spooks; no meddling involved. The reluctant werewolf is Shaggy; he's forced to finish first in a monster road race if he wants to rid himself of his fangs and facial fur (a dirty trick played on him by Dracula). A truckload of shenanigans; mostly screwball car tricks; ensue. Wacky wordplay works up a handful of howls here; but not enough to make this full-length feature worth tuning into twice or; ultimately; rescuing from the Scooby-Don't pile. --Tammy La Gorce