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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} [[File:Scooby_Doo_Arabian_Nights_9635.jpg\|frame]] ''Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights'', also simply known as ''Arabian Nights'', is a 1994 animated telefilm produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]], yet unrecognizable as one of their own productions. Despite the film often being billed as a [[Scooby Doo]] movie, the titular Great Dane and his human friend Shaggy ''scarcely appear in the movie!'' The story consists of Scooby-Doo and Shaggy traveling to Arabia to be royal food tasters for a caliph. However, when they eat the caliph's entire lunch, they chicken out and hide in the royal harem, where Shaggy [[Disguised in Drag\|disguises himself as a young maiden]] and, to avoid certain doom, tells the caliph two very long stories. The first story features a [[The Mockbuster\|knock-off of Disney's Aladdin]], but with a gender reversal to the plot and featuring [[~~Yogi Bear (Animation)\|~~Yogi Bear]] and his sidekick Boo Boo as genies, and a remix of ''[[Sinbad the Sailor]]'' featuring [[Magilla Gorilla]]. {{tropelist}} * [[Anatomy Anomaly]]: The majority of human characters in this movie [[Four-Fingered Hands\|have only four fingers]] (if you include the thumb). However, Shaggy and the Chef both have ''five''-fingered hands, which makes for a rather distracting error. Even Aliyah-Din manages to switch between four and five fingers in some shots. * [[Blind Without'Em]]: When the caliph breaks his glasses, and DOESN'T EVEN TRY TO GET THEM FIXED OR JUST GET A NEW PAIR OF GLASSES! He just remains blind for the rest of the film. * [[Captain Ersatz]]: Haman, the villain of the Aliyah-Din story, is obviously very similar to Jafar of Disney's ''Aladdin''. * [[Crossover]]: [[~~Yogi Bear (Animation)\|~~Yogi Bear]] and [[Magilla Gorilla]] appearing in a [[Scooby Doo]] movie. * [[Depending Onon the Artist]]: This movie was drawn by a different team of animators from the standard Hanna-Barbera fare, thus resulting in off-model characters and crude designs. * [[Disney Princess]]: Aliyah-Din is a parody of this. * [[Elevator Gag]]: The cyclops in the Sinbad segment has an elevator in a cliff. * [[Full -Body Disguise]]: Haman magically transforms himself so he looks like the prince in the story to take over the throne. * [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Aliyah-Din, once she becomes a princess. * [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Quite a few of them, most notably Eddie Deezen as the Caliph, [[Charlie Adler]] as the Evil Sea Captain, and [[Tony Jay]] as the Lord of the Amulet. * [[Insult Backfire]]: When Shaggy and Scooby apply for the royal food taster job, the guard calls them suckers. Shaggy's reaction? "Did you hear that, Scoob? Suckers for dessert!" * [[Lighter and Softer]]: More politically correct and "easy to understand" than the original "Arabian Nights" stories. * [[Limited Animation]]: The animation in this film, while trying to pass off as full WB-esque animation, is very crappy, even for 1994! * [[Love At First Sight]]: Subverted a bit by the prince in the Aliyah-Din segment. "How could the prince expect me to instantly fall in love? It's impossible!" sees Aliyah-Din "Except for ''you.''" * [[Mickey Mousing]]: The music score to the film, complete with a full orchestra. It keeps stopping and starting constantly as a result. It could be because an ''[[~~Animaniacs (Animation)\|~~Animaniacs]]'' music composer scored the film. * [[Negative Continuity]]: The film doesn't fit into the canon with the other cartoons in the Scooby-Doo franchise. * [[No Fourth Wall]]: "Amazing how things happen right on cue in a cartoon, isn't it?" Magilla Gorilla says at one part. * [[Non -Standard Character Design]]: Shaggy and Scooby had to be slightly modified to fit with the designs of the other characters in the cartoon. Needless to say, it still looks rather awkward. * [[Off Like a Shot]]: Done quite a bit during the opening scene when the guards are chasing Scooby-Doo and Shaggy. * [[Off-Model]]: Just about every existing Hanna-Barbera character in the movie. * [[Overly Long Gag]]: Quite a bit of this is present throughout the movie. One bit in the Aladdin parody includes Yogi Bear constantly hoping Aliyah-Din or Haman will make a food-related wish. The attempts to steal a rhuk egg, precious gems and a golden toothbrush in the Sinbad segment also go on for quite long. * [[Running Gag]]: The evil captain's boat constantly sinking followed by the cruise ship that Magilla was supposed to board sailing by during the Sinbad segment. * [[Running Onon the Spot]]: No Hanna-Barbera cartoon would be complete without this gag, subverted a few times during the Sinbad segment. * [[Scooby -Dooby Doors]]: A portion of the chase between Scooby-Doo and Shaggy with the royal guards features this, but it also seems vaguely similar to the Road Runner cartoons in this case (mainly with the sound effects). * [[Standard Snippet]]: "Here Comes the Bride" playing during almost any mention of a wedding. * [[Stock Sound Effects]]: The famous Hanna-Barbera sound FX are very rarely used in this movie; instead most of the old [[Looney Tunes]] sound effect are utilized. 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