Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo! | |
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Created by | |
Original work | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–70) |
Owner | Warner Bros. |
Years | 1969–present |
Print publications | |
Comics | see List of comics |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | see List of films |
Short film(s) | see List of shorts |
Television series | see List of television series |
Television special(s) | see List of specials |
Games | |
Video game(s) | see List of video games |
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Scooby-Doo is an American
Scooby-Doo was originally broadcast on
In 2013, TV Guide ranked Scooby-Doo the fifth-greatest TV cartoon of all time.[2]
Development
In 1968, parent-run organizations, particularly Action for Children's Television (ACT), began protesting what they perceived as excessive violence in Saturday-morning cartoons.[3] Most of these shows were Hanna-Barbera action cartoons such as Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, and virtually all of them were canceled by 1969 because of pressure from the parent groups.[4] Members of these watch groups served as advisers to Hanna-Barbera and other animation studios to ensure that new programs would be safe for children.
After attempting to develop his version of the show, called House of Mystery,
During the design phase, lead character designer Takamoto consulted a studio colleague who was a
Ruby and Spears' second pass at the show used Dobie Gillis as the template for the teenagers rather than Archie. The treatment retained the dog Too Much, while reducing the number of teenagers to four, removing the Mike character and retaining Geoff, Kelly, Linda, and W.W.
The revised show was re-pitched to Silverman, who liked the material but, disliking the title Mysteries Five, decided to call the show Who's S-S-Scared?[14] Silverman presented Who's S-S-Scared? to the CBS executives as the centerpiece for the upcoming 1969–70 season's Saturday-morning cartoon block. CBS president Frank Stanton felt that the presentation artwork was too scary for young viewers and, thinking the show would be the same, decided to pass on it.[7][14]
Now without a centerpiece for the upcoming season's programming, Silverman had Ruby, Spears, and the Hanna-Barbera staff revise the treatments and presentation materials to tone down the show and better reflect its comedy elements. The rock band element was dropped, and more attention was focused on Shaggy and Too Much. According to Ruby and Spears, Silverman was inspired by Frank Sinatra's scat "doo-be-doo-be-doo" at the end of his recording of "Strangers in the Night" on a red-eye flight to one of the development meetings, and decided to rename the dog "Scooby-Doo" and retitled the show Scooby-Doo, Where Are You![7][15] The revised show was re-presented to CBS executives, who approved it for production.
CBS years (1969–76)
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
The first episode of
Each of these episodes features Scooby and the four teenage members of Mystery, Inc.—
Scheduled opposite another teenage mystery-solving show, ABC's
The TV influences of
The role of each character was strongly defined in the series: Fred is the leader and the determined detective, Velma is the intelligent analyst, Daphne is danger-prone, Shaggy is a coward more motivated by hunger than any desire to solve mysteries, and Scooby is similar to Shaggy, save for a Bob Hope-inspired tendency towards temporary bravery.[7] Later versions of the show made slight changes to the characters' established roles, such as showing the Daphne in 1990s and 2000s Scooby-Doo productions as knowing many forms of karate and having the ability to defend herself, and reducing her tendency towards being kidnapped.
Scooby-Doo itself influenced many other Saturday-morning cartoons of the 1970s. During that decade, Hanna-Barbera and its rivals produced several animated programs also featuring teenage detectives solving mysteries with a pet or mascot of some sort, including Josie and the Pussycats (1970–71), The Funky Phantom (1971–72), The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972–73), Speed Buggy (1973–74), Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–74), Jabberjaw (1976–78), and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–80).[20]
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
In the fall of 1972, new one-hour episodes under the title
ABC years (1976–91)
The Scooby-Doo Show and Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
Now president of
Then Joe Ruby and Ken Spears left again to start their own studio in 1977 as competition for Hanna-Barbera.[21] They would remain away from the rest of the 1980s.
For the 1977–78 season, The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show became the two-hour programming block
Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics was retitled Scooby's All Stars for the 1978–79 season, reduced to 90 minutes when Dynomutt was spun off into its own half-hour and the 1969 reruns were dropped. Scooby's All-Stars continued broadcasting reruns of Scooby-Doo from 1976 and 1977, while new episodes of Scooby-Doo aired during a separate half-hour under the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! banner. After nine weeks, the separate Where Are You! broadcast was cancelled, and the remainder of the 16 new 1978 episodes debuted during the Scooby's All-Stars block.[22] The 40 total Scooby-Doo episodes produced from 1976 to 1978 were later packaged together for syndication as The Scooby-Doo Show, under which title they continue to air.
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
The Scooby-Doo characters first appeared outside of their regular Saturday-morning format in Scooby Goes Hollywood, an hour-long ABC television special aired in prime time on December 13, 1979. The special revolved around Shaggy and Scooby attempting to convince the network to move Scooby out of Saturday morning and into a prime-time series, and featured spoofs of then-current television series and films such as Happy Days, Superman: The Movie, Laverne & Shirley and Charlie's Angels.
In 1979, Scooby's tiny nephew
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo shorts
As a result of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo's success, the entire show was overhauled in 1980 to focus more upon Scrappy-Doo. At this time, Scooby-Doo started to walk and run anthropomorphically on two feet more often, rather than on four like a normal dog as he did previously. Fred, Daphne, and Velma were dropped from the series, and the
This version of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo first aired from 1980 to 1982 as part of
Beginning in 1980, a half-hour of reruns from previous incarnations of Scooby-Doo were broadcast on ABC Saturday mornings in addition to first-run episodes. Airing under the titles Scooby-Doo Classics, Scary Scooby Funnies, The Best of Scooby-Doo, and Scooby's Mystery Funhouse, the rerun package remained on the air until the end of the 1986 season.[24]
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
Scooby-Doo was restored to a standalone half-hour in 1983 with The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show in 1983, which comprised two 11-minute mysteries per episode in a format reminiscent of the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! mysteries. Heather North returned to the voice cast as Daphne, who in this incarnation solved mysteries with Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy while working undercover as a reporter for a teen magazine.
This version of the show lasted for two seasons, with the second season airing under the title The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries. The 1984–85 season episodes featured semi-regular appearances from Fred and Velma, with Frank Welker and Marla Frumkin resuming their respective roles for these episodes.
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
1985 saw the debut of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, which featured Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby, Scrappy, and new characters Flim-Flam (voiced by Susan Blu)[25] and Vincent Van Ghoul (based upon and voiced by Vincent Price) traveling the globe to capture "thirteen of the most terrifying ghosts upon the face of the earth." The final first-run episode of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo aired in December 1985, and after its reruns were removed from the ABC lineup the following March, no new Scooby series aired on the network for the next two years.
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Hanna-Barbera reincarnated the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! cast as
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was developed and produced by Tom Ruegger, who had been the head story editor on Scooby-Doo since 1983. Following the first season of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Ruegger and much of his unit defected from Hanna-Barbera to Warner Bros. Animation to develop Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures and later Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Freakazoid!.[25]
Kids' WB years (2002–08)
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
In 2002, following the successes of the Cartoon Network reruns, the direct to video franchise, and the first feature film, Scooby-Doo returned to Saturday morning for the first time in a decade with What's New, Scooby-Doo?, which aired on Kids' WB from 2002 until 2006. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the show follows the format of the original series but places it in the 21st century, featuring a heavy promotion of modern technology (computers, DVD, the Internet, cell phones) and culture.
Beginning with this series, Frank Welker took over as Scooby's voice actor, while continuing to provide the voice of Fred as well. Casey Kasem returned as Shaggy, on the condition that the character be depicted as a vegetarian like Kasem himself.[26] Grey DeLisle continued to voice Daphne, and former Facts of Life star Mindy Cohn voiced Velma. The series was produced by Chuck Sheetz, who had worked on The Simpsons.
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
In September 2006 a new show entitled,
Cartoon Network and Boomerang years (2010–2021)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
The next Scooby series, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, premiered on Cartoon Network on April 5, 2010.[27] The first Scooby series produced for cable television, Mystery Incorporated is a reboot of the franchise, re-establishing the characters' relationships, personalities, and locations, and expanding their world to feature their parents, high school, and neighbors. The series also borrowed pieces from many parts of Scooby-Doo's long history, as well as characters and elements of other Hanna-Barbera shows to form its back story and the bases of some of its episodes. Matthew Lillard was brought over from the live-action theatrical series as the new voice of Shaggy, while Welker, Cohn, and DeLisle continued in their respective roles. Patrick Warburton, Linda Cardellini, Lewis Black, Vivica A. Fox, Gary Cole, Udo Kier, Tim Matheson, Tia Carrere, and Kate Higgins were added as new semi-regular cast members. Casey Kasem appeared in a recurring role as Shaggy's father, one of his last roles before retiring due to declining health.
The series, while still following the basic mystery-solving format of its predecessors, was broadcast as a 52-chapter animated televised novel and included elements similar to live-action mystery/adventure shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer[28] and Lost.[29] An overarching mystery surrounding the gang's hometown of Crystal Cove, California became the series' main story arc, with pieces to the mystery unfolding episode by episode. Also featured were romantic entanglements and interpersonal conflict between the lead characters. The series ran for 52 episodes over two seasons, with a three-part finale airing across April 4 and 5, 2013—exactly three years from the debut.
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
On March 10, 2014, Cartoon Network announced several new series based on classic cartoons, including a new Scooby-Doo animated series titled Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!.[30] The show features the gang "living it up" the summer after the gang's senior year of high school. Along the way, they run into monsters and mayhem.[31] The series premiered October 5, 2015 on Cartoon Network[32] and concluded on March 18, 2018.
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
The Scooby-Doo series Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? premiered on the
HBO Max years (2021–present)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
The remaining eleven episodes of the second season were released through the streaming service on October 1, 2021.
Velma
Velma is an adult-oriented animated series which premiered on
Film and rerun history
Television films, reruns, and direct-to-video films
From 1987 to 1988, Hanna-Barbera Productions produced
Reruns of Scooby-Doo have been in
With Scooby-Doo's restored popularity in reruns on Cartoon Network,
These first four direct-to-video films differed from the original series format by placing the characters in plots with a darker tone and pitting them against actual supernatural forces. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, featured the original 1969 gang, reunited after years of being apart, fighting
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase was the final production made by the Hanna-Barbera studio, which was absorbed into parent company Warner Bros. Animation following William Hanna's death in 2001. Warner Animation continued production of the direct-to-video series while also producing new Scooby-Doo series for television.
The direct-to-video productions continued to be produced concurrently with at least one entry per year. Two of these entries, Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (both 2003) were produced in a retro-style reminiscent of the original series, and featured Heather North and Nicole Jaffe as the voices of Daphne and Velma, respectively. Later entries produced between 2004 and 2009 were done in the style of What's New, Scooby-Doo, using that show's voice cast. Entries from 2010 on use the original 1969 designs and feature Matthew Lillard as the voice of Shaggy, the character Lillard portrayed in the live-action theatrical Scooby-Doo films. Two Scooby-Doo! movies were released in 2016, named Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood and Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon.
Scooby-Doo! direct-to-video specials
Beginning in 2012, Warner Bros. Animation began producing direct-to-video special episodes in the style of the concurrently produced films for inclusion on Scooby-Doo compilation DVD sets otherwise including episodes from previous Scooby series. These include
The direct-to-video series' 34th installment, Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022), made headlines for portraying Velma as a lesbian (by showing her "crushing big time" on a guest female character), which was in accordance with long-held fan speculation but had never previously been depicted.[43]
Live-action films
A feature-length live-action film version of Scooby-Doo was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 14, 2002. Directed by Raja Gosnell, the film starred Freddie Prinze Jr. as Fred, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, and Linda Cardellini as Velma. Scooby-Doo, voiced by Neil Fanning, was created on-screen by computer-generated special effects. Scooby-Doo was a financially successful release, with a domestic box office gross of over US$130 million.[44]
A sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, followed in March 2004 with the same cast and director. Scooby-Doo 2 earned US$84 (€55.98) million at the U.S. box office.[45] A third film was planned, but later scrapped following Warner Bros.' disappointment at the returns from Scooby-Doo 2.[46][47]
In addition, a live-action television film, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, was released on DVD and simultaneously aired on Cartoon Network on September 13, 2009, the 40th anniversary of the series' debut.[48] The film starred Nick Palatas as Shaggy, Robbie Amell as Fred, Kate Melton as Daphne, Hayley Kiyoko as Velma, and Frank Welker as the voice of Scooby-Doo. A second live-action TV movie, Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, retained the same cast and aired on October 16, 2010, and a direct-to-video spin-off Daphne & Velma in 2018. The Mystery Begins and Curse of the Lake Monster serve as reboots to the 2002 and 2004 films while Daphne and Velma serves as a spin-off/prequel to them.
Theatrical animated film
In 2013, Warner Bros. Pictures was developing a fully animated Scooby-Doo feature film with
Cast
- Scooby-Doo: Don Messick was the original voice of Scooby-Doo from 1969 until 1995. Hadley Kay performed the voice for the Johnny Bravo episodes "Bravo Dooby-Doo" and "'Twas the Night", as well as in commercials, in 1997. Scott Innes was the voice of Scooby-Doo from 1998 to 2002. Neil Fanning voiced Scooby-Doo in the live-action Warner Bros. theatrical films produced in 2002 and 2004. Frank Welker is the current voice of Scooby-Doo, having taken over the role from Innes in 2002, although Innes voiced the character in video game projects (including PC, DVD and board games), commercials and some toys until 2008. Dave Coulier (2005) and Seth Green (2007, 2012, 2018) voiced Scooby in the Robot Chicken parodies.
- Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes in 1998. Scott Innes voiced the character from 1999 to 2002 and he continued to voice Shaggy in video game projects (including PC, DVD and board games), commercials and some toys until 2009. Casey Kasem returned to the voice role in 2002 and continued as Shaggy until 2009. In 2006, Kasem continued to voice Shaggy only in the direct-to-video film series until 2009, while Scott Menville performed the voice of Shaggy in the 2006–08 CW series Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!. Matthew Lillard appeared as Shaggy in the live action 2002 and 2004 theatrical films, and took over as the voice of the animated character in 2010. He also voiced Shaggy in four stop-motion parody sketches for the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken. Nick Palatasappeared as Shaggy in the 2009 and 2010 live-action TV movies.
- Fred Jones: Frank Welker has always performed the voice of the animated versions of Fred since 1969, with the exception of the 1988–91 ABC series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, where Carl Steven performed the voice of preteen Fred. Freddie Prinze Jr. appears as Fred in the live-action theatrical films and voiced the character in the Robot Chicken parodies. Robbie Amell played Fred in the live-action TV movies.
- Daphne Blake: Stefanianna Christopherson was the voice of Daphne in the first season of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1969–70. Heather North assumed the role for season two in 1970, and continued as Daphne through 1997, save for Kellie Martin's turn as preteen Daphne in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. Mary Kay Bergman performed the voice of Daphne from 1998 to 2000, with Grey DeLisle assuming the role. She continues to perform the role to this day. North reprised her voice role for two 2003 direct-to-video films, Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico. Sarah Michelle Gellar appears as Daphne in the live-action theatrical films and as Daphne's voice in the Robot Chicken parodies. Kate Melton played Daphne in the live-action TV movies.
- The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries in 1984, and Christina Lange voiced preteen Velma in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. B. J. Ward voiced Velma from 1997 to 2002, with Mindy Cohn assuming the role in 2002. As with North, Jaffe reprised her voice role for Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico in 2003. Stephanie D'Abruzzo voiced Velma for the 2013 puppet film Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map. In 2015, Kate Micucci took on the role for the series Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! and Lego Scooby-Doo shorts and specials; in 2016 she took over the role from Cohn completely.[62][63] Linda Cardellini appears as Velma in the live-action theatrical films and as the voice of Velma in the Robot Chicken parodies. Hayley Kiyokoplayed Velma in the live-action TV movies.
- Scrappy-Doo: Lennie Weinrib voiced Scrappy-Doo during the first version of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo in 1979–80. Don Messick assumed the role in 1980 for the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo segments of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and continued as Scrappy through 1988. Scrappy has only appeared sporadically since 1988, with Scott Innes performing the voice in the 2002 live-action film, which portrays Scrappy as the main villain, as well as in Cartoon Network bumpers, video games and toys since 1999. Dan Milano voiced Scrappy in a 2007 Robot Chicken sketch.
Comic books
Gold Key Comics began publication of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! comic books in December 1969. The comics initially contained adaptations of episodes of the television show drawn by Phil DeLara, Jack Manning and Warren Tufts. The comic books later moved to all-original stories until ending with issue #30 in 1974. Several of these issues were written by Mark Evanier and drawn by Dan Spiegle.[23][64] Charlton published Scooby comics, many drawn by Bill Williams, for 11 issues in 1975. From 1977 to 1979, Marvel Comics published nine issues of Scooby-Doo, all written by Evanier and drawn by Spiegel. Harvey Comics published reprints of the Charlton comics, as well as a handful of special issues, between 1993 and 1994.
In 1995, Archie Comics began publishing a monthly Scooby-Doo comic book, the first year of which featured Scrappy-Doo among its cast. Evanier and Spiegel worked on three issues of the series, which ended after 21 issues in 1997 when Warner Bros.' DC Comics acquired the rights to publish comics based on Hanna-Barbera characters. DC's Scooby-Doo series continues publication to this day. In 2013, DC began a digital bi-monthly comic book titled Scooby-Doo Team-Up, crossing over Mystery Inc. with other DC and Hanna-Barbera characters. Since then, the series has become a monthly comic book available in print.
In 2004, a limited series of a 100 comic books called Scooby-Doo! World of Mystery was released. In each issue, Mystery Inc. go from country to country solving mysteries. Each issue came with a pack of exclusive cards, with 350 in total able to be collected.[65]
In 2016, DC launched a new monthly comic book entitled
Merchandising
Early Scooby-Doo merchandise included a 1973
Scooby-Doo merchandising tapered off during the late 1980s and early 1990s, but increased after the series' revival on Cartoon Network in 1995. Today, all manner of Scooby-Doo-branded products are available for purchase, including Scooby-Doo
From 1990 to 2002, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo appeared as characters in the
In 2001, Scooby-Doo in Stagefright, a live stage play based upon the series, began touring across the world. A follow-up, Scooby-Doo and the Pirate Ghost, followed in 2009.
The Mystery Machine has been used as the basis for many die-cast models and toys, such as from Hot Wheels.
The brand made $800 million in retail sales in 1999.[68][69] In 2004, Scooby-Doo merchandise had generated $1 billion in retail sales[70] Licensed merchandise also sold $496 million in 2015,[71] $501 million in 2016, and $353 million in 2017.[72]
Tabletop games
Title | Type | Manufacturer | Year |
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Scooby-Doo... Where Are You! Game | Board game | Milton Bradley | 1973 |
Scooby-Doo.. och Monstret | Alga | 1978 | |
Scooby-Doo Game | Milton Bradley | 1980 | |
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Game | 1983 | ||
Clue: Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? | Parker Brothers | 1999 2019 (reprint) | |
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Card Game | Card game | United States Playing Card Company | 1999 |
Scooby-Doo! Betrayal at Mystery Mansion | Board Game | Avalon Hill | 2020 |
Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion | Board Game | USAopoly
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2020 |
Overview of television series
Series | Season | Series/ package |
Episodes | Originally aired | ||||
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Season premiere | Season finale | Network | ||||||
1 | 1 | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! | 17 | September 13, 1969 | January 17, 1970 | CBS | ||
2 | 8 | September 12, 1970 | October 31, 1970 | |||||
2 | 1
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies | 16 | September 9, 1972 | December 23, 1972 | |||
2
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8 | September 8, 1973 | October 27, 1973 | |||||
3 | 1 | The Scooby-Doo Show / The Scooby/Dynomutt Hour |
16 | September 11, 1976 | December 18, 1976 | ABC | ||
2 | The Scooby-Doo Show / All-Star Laff-A-Lympics |
8 | September 10, 1977 | October 29, 1977 | ||||
3 | The Scooby-Doo Show / Where Are You! |
16 | 9 | September 9, 1978 | November 4, 1978 | |||
The Scooby-Doo Show / All-Star Laff-A-Lympics |
7 | November 11, 1978 | December 23, 1978 | |||||
4 | 1 | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo ('79) | 16 | September 22, 1979 | January 5, 1980 | |||
5 | 1 | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo ('80) / The Richie/Scooby Show |
13 | November 8, 1980 | January 31, 1981 | |||
2 | 7 | September 19, 1981 | October 31, 1981 | |||||
3 | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo ('80) / The Scooby & Scrappy/Puppy Hour |
13 | September 25, 1982 | December 18, 1982 | ||||
6 | 1 | The New Scooby and Scrappy Show | September 10, 1983 | December 10, 1983 | ||||
2 | The New Scooby and Scrappy Show / The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries |
September 8, 1984 | December 1, 1984 | |||||
7 | 1 | The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo | September 7, 1985 | December 7, 1985 | ||||
8 | 1 | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | September 10, 1988 | December 10, 1988 | ||||
2 | 8 | September 9, 1989 | November 4, 1989 | |||||
3 | 3 | September 8, 1990 | November 3, 1990 | |||||
4 | August 3, 1991 | August 17, 1991 | ||||||
9 | 1 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | 14 | September 14, 2002 | March 22, 2003 | The WB | ||
2 | September 13, 2003 | March 27, 2004 | ||||||
3 | 14 | 13 | January 29, 2005 | April 16, 2006 | ||||
1 | July 21, 2006 | Cartoon Network | ||||||
10 | 1
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Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! | 13 | September 23, 2006 | May 5, 2007 | The CW | ||
2
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September 22, 2007 | March 15, 2008 | ||||||
11 | 1 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | 26 | April 5, 2010 | July 26, 2011 | Cartoon Network | ||
2 | July 30, 2012 | April 5, 2013 | ||||||
12 | 1 | Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | 26 | 20 | October 5, 2015 | March 12, 2016 | ||
6 | June 20, 2017 | Boomerang | ||||||
2 | 26 | 15 | September 28, 2017 | December 22, 2017 | Boomerang SVOD | |||
11 | March 8, 2018 | March 18, 2018 | Boomerang | |||||
13 | 1 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | 26 | 13 | June 27, 2019 | September 19, 2019 | Boomerang SVOD (episodes 1–41) HBO Max (episodes 42–52)
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13 | July 2, 2020 | |||||||
2 | 26 | October 1, 2020 | October 1, 2021 | |||||
14 | 1 | Velma | 10 | January 12, 2023 | February 9, 2023 | HBO Max (Season 1) Max (Season 2) | ||
2 | 10 | April 25, 2024[73][74] |
Reception and legacy
During its five-decade broadcast history, Scooby-Doo has received two
Scooby-Doo has maintained a significant fan base, which has grown steadily since the 1990s due to the show's popularity among both young children and nostalgic adults who grew up with the series.[77] Several television critics have stated that the show's mix of the comedy-adventure and horror genres was the reason for its widespread success.[78] As Fred Silverman and the Hanna-Barbera staff had planned when they first began producing the series, Scooby-Doo's ghosts, monsters and spooky locales tend more towards humor than horror, making them easily accessible to younger children. "Overall, [Scooby-Doo is] just not a show that is going to overstimulate kids' emotions and tensions," offered American Center for Children and Media executive director David Kleeman in a 2002 interview. "It creates just enough fun to make it fun without getting them worried or giving them nightmares.[79]
Older teenagers and adults have admitted to enjoying Scooby-Doo because of presumed subversive themes which involve theories of drug use and sexuality, in particular that Shaggy is assumed to be a user of
Like many Hanna-Barbera shows, the early Scooby-Doo series have been criticized at times for their production values and storytelling.[84] In 2002, Jamie Malanowski of The New York Times commented that "[Scooby-Doo's] mysteries are not very mysterious, and the humor is hardly humorous. As for the animation—well, the drawings on your refrigerator may give it competition."[85]
By the 2000s, Scooby-Doo had received recognition for its popularity by placing in a number of top cartoon or top cartoon character polls. The August 3, 2002, issue of TV Guide featured its list of the 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time, in which Scooby-Doo placed twenty-second.[86] Scooby also ranked thirteenth in Animal Planet's list of the 50 Greatest TV Animals.[87] For one year from 2004 to 2005, Scooby-Doo held the Guinness World Record for having the most episodes of any animated television series ever produced, a record previously held by and later returned to The Simpsons. Scooby-Doo was published as holding this record in the 2006 edition of the Guinness Book of Records.[88]
In January 2009, entertainment website IGN named Scooby-Doo #24 on its list of the Top 100 Best Animated TV Shows.[89] Writing in 2020, Christopher Orr of The Atlantic queried why the franchise had remained popular for several decades, concluding that it was primarily due to the many differing ways in which the relationship between the main characters could be interpreted or used as a metaphor.[90]
Accolades
Year | Title | Daytime Emmy Awards | Children's & Family Emmy Awards | Annie Awards | |||
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Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | ||
Animated Television Series | |||||||
1990 | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | 2 | |||||
2003 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | 1 | |||||
2007 | Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! | 3 | |||||
2022 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | 1 | |||||
Animated Special Projects | |||||||
2000 | The Scooby-Doo Project | 1 | 1 | ||||
Television and Direct-to-Video Animated Films | |||||||
1999 | Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island | 1 | |||||
2000 | Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost | 1 | |||||
2004 | Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster | 1 | |||||
Total | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Five College folklore
A popular
In popular culture
As with most popular franchises, Scooby-Doo has been parodied and has done parodies.
- The cult television and comic book series Buffy the Vampire Slayer features a group of characters that refer to themselves as the "Scooby Gang", who similarly battle supernatural forces and solve supernatural monster mysteries. The show contains obvious influences of Scooby-Doo, where "The Scoobies" use books to look up monsters. Sarah Michelle Gellar, the actress who plays Buffy Summers on the series, later went on to appear as Daphne Blake in the live-action films Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.[97]
- Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang (based on their classic 1972 incarnation as opposed to their more recent incarnations) appear in the second part of the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases" in which they team up with Batman and Robin to rescue Weird Al who was kidnapped by the Joker and the Penguin.
- The song Scooby-Doo and the Snowmen Mystery was released in 1972 in the United Kingdom by the label Music for Pleasure.
- The film Wayne's World includes an alternate ending called the "Scooby-Doo Ending" in which a character in the film is revealed to have been wearing a mask. It also includes a reference to the iconic line "Let's see who this really is" before removing the mask. When the culprit is revealed to be Old Man Withers, owner of the local haunted amusement park, Withers mutters "And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids!"
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back has a brief scene where the title characters hitch a ride in the Mystery Machine with Scooby and the gang.
- The deontological system of moral philosophybased on the actions of Scooby-Doo.
- In October 1999, Cartoon Network made a Scooby-Doo spoof of The Blair Witch Project called The Scooby-Doo Project.[98]
- A Scooby-Doo parody appeared in the Mad episode "Kitchen Nightmares Before Christmas / How I Met Your Mummy".
- Scooby-Doo was parodied on Amy as Velma and Fryas Shaggy).
- The Venture Bros. episode "¡Viva los Muertos!" features a thinly parodied version of the gang as aging, gone-to-seed miscreants with the characters matched to corresponding serial killers and radical figures, e.g. Fred being mixed with Ted Bundy into the composite character "Ted".
- The series is parodied in the animated music video for the song "Mystery Skulls.
- The animated series Arthur has a parody of Scooby-Doo called "Spooky-Poo".
- In the South Park episode "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery", the nu metal band Korn, parodying Scooby and the gang, tackle an invasion of mysterious "Pirate Ghosts". They enlist the help of Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick, and after they solve the mystery they perform "Falling Away from Me" from their album Issues.
- The gang was featured in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law where the title character defends Shaggy and Scooby against possession charges in the 2002 episode "Shaggy Busted".
- After defeating and capturing a pirate crew in the role playing video game Golden Sun: The Lost Age, one of the imprisoned pirates declares that, "Everything would have been fine if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!"
- In the Control Freak forces them to compete in Family Feud. The Scooby Gang later appears in the episodes "Intro" and "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary".
- The novel Meddling Kids (2017) by the Famous Five) in general.
- The CW's television series Supernatural crossed over with the Scooby-Doo franchise in the episode Scoobynatural, which aired March 29, 2018. The animated collaboration featured the three main characters of Supernatural (Sam, Dean, and Castiel) along with Scooby and the gang as they team up to solve a supernatural mystery.[99]
- Velma made a cameo appearance in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, voiced by Trisha Gum.
- The Harvey Street Kidsepisode "Crush 4U, Where RU?" fully references the Scooby-Doo series, especially the title.
- Scooby-Doo and the gang appear in the 2021 film Space Jam: A New Legacy. Their design is the same from Scoob! They appear among the other Warner Bros. characters in the film.
- Scooby-Doo and Shaggy both appeared in "The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" in 2009.
- In the Black Mirror episode "Loch Henry", a character sings a line from the opening theme of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! when investigating a cellar where murders had taken place.
- The term "Don't have a Scooby" is recognised rhyming slang for "clue".[100]
- The Scooby Gang appeared in the Jellystone! third season episode "Frankenhooky". They tie up the Ghost Chasers with a rope before unmasking them to reveal Sooey Pig, Orful Octopus, and Magic Rabbit of the Really Rottens. The Scooby Gang are revealed to actually be Cindy Bear, Ranger Smith, Hardy Har Har, Tubb, and a cotton ball in a jar.
See also
- List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Scooby-Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection
- Lost Mysteries
- Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips
- Scoubidou
Notes
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The Great Dane was supposed to be the biggest dog around ... and there was a woman [at the studio] who bred and reared Great Danes. So, she came over and spent a solid hour describing all of the positive things that make a prize-winning Great Dane. And I selected about five things, I think, and went in the opposite direction. For instance, he had a good, strong straight back, so I sloped his back. A strong chin, so I under-swung his chin ... and I think straight hind legs she mentioned. So I bowed them ...
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External links
- Media related to Scooby-Doo at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Warner Bros. site