Patricia Stevens Velma as Velma. Marla Frumkin Velma as Velma. Pat Fraley Policeman as Policeman …. Ed Begley Jr. Additional Voices as Additional Voices. Louis Jourdan Chuck as Chuck …. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo travel from town to town in their van, The Mystery Machine, solving cases of hauntings, monsters and unexplained occurrences.
Joining the gang is Scooby's pint-sized nephew, Scrappy-Doo. Unlike his uncle, the little pup is constantly looking for a fight, and it is all Scooby and Shaggy can do to keep him from hurtling head-on into every ghost and monster they encounter. Did you know Edit. Trivia 1st series not to feature Scooby Snacks. Alternate versions On the Worldvision Home Video releases in the early 80s, the title cards on every Season 1 episode were inexplicably silent, though you could sometimes hear the echo of the last note as the episode began.
Connections Featured in Greatest Cartoons User reviews 23 Review. Top review. The most dynamic series by far with the exception of Scrappy. In the show, Shaggy has a ridiculously wealthy uncle named Albert Shaggleford who disappears mysteriously: leaving Shaggy a large house and inheritance. Shaggleford is also an inventor and it's revealed that he has disappeared to avoid the antagonist, Dr. The villain attempts to steal his inventions and take over the world, forcing Scooby and Shaggy to work together to stop him.
Mystery Incorporated takes audiences back to the gang's hometown, where they solve mysteries as per usual. But Mystery Incorporated brings plenty of changes to the franchise. This Scooby-Doo show is serialized; rather than each episode being a random story, events from one episode carry on and continue to the next. Another thing that sets Mystery Incorporated apart from the previous Scooby-Doo series is its more serious tone.
The show explores some darker concepts and even some relationship drama between the characters. These elements set Mystery Incorporated apart from the rest and are why it is so fondly remembered by the fans.
They decide to embark on a summer vacation adventure, during which they encounter various monsters and ghosts, solve mysteries, and save the day. This series is more of a return to the original show, with a more lighthearted, comedic, and fun tone than Mystery Incorporated. Sadly, it did not receive the same amount of love as Mystery Incorporated did and only lasted two seasons. The franchise's currently airing series, Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Celebrities and famous characters appear in many episodes, and this series leans heavily into the license's comedy roots.
Hopefully, Scooby-Doo will continue to reinvent itself and produce new content for another fifty years.
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They dropped the rock band element, and began to focus more attention on Shaggy and Too Much. According to Ruby and Spears, Silverman was inspired by Frank Sinatra 's scat "doo-be-doo-be-doo" he heard at the end of Bert Kaempfert's song "Strangers in the Night" on the way out to one of their meetings, and decided to rename the dog " Scooby-Doo " and re-rechristen the show Scooby Doo Where Are You! Also note the similarity between the core premise of this and Enid Blyton's Famous Five books.
Both series featured four youths with a dog. The influences of I Love a Mystery and Dobie Gillis were especially apparent in these early episodes; Mark Evanier , who would write Scooby-Doo teleplays and comic book scripts in the s and s, identified each of the four teenagers with their corresponding Dobie Gillis character: "Fred was based on Dobie, Velma on Zelda, Daphne on Thalia and Shaggy on Maynard G.
The roles of each character are strongly defined in the series: Fred is the leader and the determined detective, Velma is the intelligent analyst, Daphne is danger-prone, and Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are cowardly types more motivated by hunger than any desire to solve mysteries.
Later versions of the show would make slight changes to the characters' established roles, most notably in the character of Daphne, shown in s and —09 Scooby-Doo productions as knowing many forms of karate and being able to defend herself.
The plot of each episode followed a formula that would serve as a template for many of the later incarnations of the series. At the beginning of the episode, the Mystery, Inc.
The teens offer to help solve the mystery behind the creature, but while looking for clues and suspects, the gang and in particular Shaggy and Scooby run into the monster, who always gives chase. However, after analyzing the clues they have found, the gang determines that this monster is simply a mere mortal in disguise. They capture the monster, often with the use of a Rube Goldberg-type contraption built by Fred, and bring him to the police. Upon learning the villain's true identity, either the only person they had met or someone they hadn't seen before, the fiendish plot is fully explained, and the apprehended criminal would utter the famous catch phrase, or a variation thereof: "And I would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!
While a successful series during its three separate tenures on Saturday morning, Scooby-Doo won no awards for artistic merit during its original series runs. As for the animation -- well, the drawings on your refrigerator may give it competition. Specifically, the supernatural occurrences in the franchise are usually debunked as hoaxes with logical explanations, and Sagan considered that an adult analogue to Scooby-Doo would be a great public service.
Nevertheless, Scooby-Doo has maintained a significant fan base, which has grown steadily since the s due to the show's popularity among both young children and nostalgic adults who grew up with the series. In recent years, Scooby-Doo has received recognition for its popularity by placing in a number of "top cartoon" or "top cartoon character" polls.
Scooby-Doo was published as holding this record in the edition of the Guinness Book of Records. Subsequent television shows and films often make reference to Scooby-Doo , for example Wayne's World and the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer , in which Buffy and her monster-slaying friends refer to themselves as the "Scooby Gang" or "Scoobies", a knowing reference to Scooby-Doo coincidentally, Sarah Michelle Gellar , who played Buffy, later played Daphne in the live-action movies.
The book soon moved to all-original stories, and continued publication until December It ran for 30 issues. Charlton published Scooby comics, many drawn by Bill Williams, from February to October , with a total of 11 issues. Other early Scooby-Doo merchandise included a Milton Bradley board game, decorated lunch boxes, iron-on transfers, coloring books, story books, records, underwear and other such goods.
The first Scooby-Doo video game appeared in arcades in , and has been followed by a number of games for both home consoles and personal computers. Scooby-Doo multivitamins also debuted at this time, and have been manufactured by Bayer since Scooby-Doo merchandising tapered off during the late s and early s, but increased after the series' revival on Cartoon Network in Today, all manner of Scooby-Doo -branded products are available for purchase, including Scooby-Doo breakfast cereal, plush toys, action figures, car decorations and much more.
Hasbro has created a number of Scooby board games, including a Scooby -themed edition of the popular mystery board game Clue. Haunted House.
Beginning in , a Scooby-Doo children's book series was authorized and published by Scholastic. These books, written by Suzanne Weyn, include original stories and adaptations of Scooby theatrical and direct-to-video features. Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are costumed characters at Universal Studios Florida, and can be seen driving the Mystery Machine around the park.
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