Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

Plot

Astrocartographer Rupert Garcia is making a star map in the Bermuda Triangle when ghost pirates led by Captain Skunkbeard attack his ship. Garcia hides successfully, but the pirates sink his vessel, kidnap his crew, and leave him adrift. Later, Fred Jones treats his friends in Mystery Inc. to a mystery cruise arranged by his parents Skip and Peggy for his birthday. Before boarding, Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo encounter a mysterious cloaked man, then meet cruise director Sunny St. Cloud and Captain Crothers.

Once underway, Mystery Inc. quickly solves all of St. Cloud's staged mysteries, frustrating other passengers. They rescue Garcia, who warns them of the pirates, but they assume it is another of St. Cloud's mysteries and stay uninvolved. Eccentric billionaire Biff Wellington arrives on a jetpack to refuel for his world-record attempt. That night at a costume dinner party, the cloaked man reveals himself as hypnotist Mister Mysterio, who chooses Shaggy and Scooby as volunteers but puts the audience in a trance instead.

He undoes the hypnotism and leaves before Skunkbeard's pirates attack, make passengers disappear, and kidnap Fred's parents, then sink the ship. Realizing the mystery is real, Mystery Inc. finds Garcia and escapes in the wreckage. They follow a glowing trail to a deserted island, discover a secret harbor and Garcia's ship, but are captured. Skunkbeard explains he seeks a meteor that fell to Earth 200 years ago, the source of the Bermuda Triangle's power, and needs an astrocartographer to find it.

He forces Garcia to help, and the pirates reunite Mystery Inc. with Skip, who reveals he was mistaken for Garcia and has not found anyone else from the ship since his kidnapping.

Did You Know?

• The pirates' illusions of ghosts are projected using modern equipment found below deck.
• Mister Mysterio hypnotized everyone to aid him in retrieving the gold meteor.