Scooby-Doo (Franchise)

Scooby-Doo is an American cartoon series based around several animated television series and related works produced from 1969 to the present day.It is centered around four teenagers — Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville"Shaggy" Rogers — and their talking Great Dane Scooby-Doo who solve mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures through a series of antics and missteps. It began in 1969 with the original series, Scooby-Doo,Where Are You!. Hanna-Barbera and its successor Warner Bros. Animation have produced numerous follow-up and spin-off animated series and several related works, including television specials and telefilms, a line of direct-to-video films, and two Warner Bros.–produced feature films. Some versions of Scooby-Doo feature different variations on the show's supernatural theme, and include characters such as Scooby's cousin Scooby-Dum and nephew Scrappy-Doo in addition to or instead of some of the original characters. Scooby-Doo was originally broadcast on CBS from 1969 to 1976, when it moved to ABC. ABC aired the show until canceling it in 1986, and presented a spin-off featuring the characters as little children, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, from 1988 until 1991. The original series format was revived and updated for The WB Network's Kids' WB programming block as What's New,Scooby-Doo, which ran from 2002 to 2006. Another Scooby series, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue, began running on the The CW network until 2008. The current Scooby-Doo series, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, premiered on Cartoon Network in July 2010. Repeats of the series are broadcasted frequently on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the United States and other countries.
==Development==
In 1969, parent-run organizations, most notably Action for Children's Television (ACT), began vocally protesting what they perceived as an excessive amount of gratuitous violence in Saturday morning cartoons during the mid-to-late 1960s. Most of these shows were Hanna-Barbera action cartoons such as Jonny Quest, Space Ghost and The Herculoids, and virtually all of them were canceled by 1969 because of pressure from the parent groups. Members of these watchgroups served as advisers to Hanna-Barbera and other animation studios to ensure that their new programs would be safe for children. Fred Silverman, executive in charge of children's programming for the CBS network at the time, was looking for a show that would revitalize his Saturday morning line and please the watchgroups at the same time. The result was The Archie Show, based upon Bob Montana's teenage humor comic book Archie. Also successful were the musical numbers The Archies performed during each program (one of which, "Sugar, Sugar", was the most successful Billboard number-one hit of 1969). Silverman was eager to build upon this success, and contacted producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera about possibly creating another show based on a teenage rock group, but with an extra spice: the kids would solve mysteries in between gigs. Silverman envisioned the show as a cross between the popular I Love a Mystery radio serials of the 1940s and the popular early 1960s TV show The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Hanna and Barbera passed this task along to two of their head story writers, Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, and artist/character designer Iwao Takamoto. Their original concept of the show bore the title Mysteries Five, and featured five teens: Geoff, Mike, Kelly, Linda, Linda's brother "W.W." and their dog, Too Much, who were all members of the band "Mysteries Five" (even the dog; he played the bongos). When "The Mysteries Five" were not performing at gigs, they were out solving spooky mysteries involving ghosts, zombies, and other supernatural creatures. Ruby and Spears were unable to decide whether Too Much would be a large cowardly dog or a small feisty dog. When the former was chosen, the options became a large goofy German Shepherd or a big shaggy sheepdog. After consulting with Barbera on the issue, Too Much was finally set as a Great Dane, primarily to avoid a direct correlation to The Archies (who had a sheepdog, Hot Dog, in their band). Ruby and Spears feared the Great Dane would be too similar to the comic strip character Marmaduke, but Barbera assured them it would not be a problem. Takamoto consulted a studio colleague who happened to be a breeder of Great Danes. After learning the characteristics of a prize-winning Great Dane from her, Takamoto proceeded to break most of the rules and designed Too Much with overly bowed legs, a double chin, and a sloped back, among other abnormalities. By the time the show was ready for presentation by Silverman, a few more things had changed: Geoff and Mike were merged into one character called "Ronnie (later renamed "Fred", at Silverman's behest), Kelly was renamed to "Daphne", Linda was now called "Velma", and Shaggy (formerly "W.W.") was no longer her brother. Also, Silverman—not being very fond of the name Mysteries Five — had renamed the show Who's S-S-Scared? Using storyboards, presentation boards, and a short completed animation sequence, Silverman presented Who's S-S-Scared? to the CBS executives as the centerpiece for the upcoming 1969–1970 season's Saturday morning cartoon block. The executives felt that the presentation artwork was too spooky for young viewers and, thinking the show would be the same, decided to pass on it. Now without a centerpiece for the upcoming season's programming, Silverman turned to Ruby and Spears, who reworked the show to make it more comedic and less frightening. 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" at the end of his recording of "Strangers in the Night" on a flight to one of the development meetings, and decided to rename the dog "Scooby-Doo" and re-rechristen the show Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?. The revised show was re-presented to CBS executives, who approved it for production.
==Original TV Run (1969-1991)==
===The CBS Years (1969-1973)===
====Scooby-Doo Where Are You? (1969-1970)====
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? premired on Saturday, September 13th 1969 with its first episode, "What a Night for a Knight" and introcued us to The Scooby Gang. The original voice cast featured veteran voice actor Don Messick as Scooby-Doo, radio DJ Caey Kasem (later host of radio's syndicated American Top 40) as Shaggy, actor Frank Welker (later a veteran voice actor in his own right) as Fred, actress Nicole Jaffe as Velma, and musician Indira Stefanianna Christopherson as Daphne. Scooby's speech patterns closely resembled an earlier cartoon dog, Astro from The Jetsons (1962–63), also voiced by Messick. Seventeen episodes of Scooby-Doo were produced in 1969. The series theme song was written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh, and performed by Larry Marks and Paul Costello.Each episode featured Scooby and the four teenaged members of the Mystery, Inc. gang: Fred, Shaggy, Daphne and Velma, arriving to a location in the "Mystery Machine" and encountering a ghost, monster, or other supernatural creature, who was terrorizing the local populace. After looking for clues and suspects and being chased by the monster, the kids come to realize the ghost and other paranormal activity is actually an elaborate hoax, and - often with the help of a Rube Goldberg-like trap designed by Fred - they capture the villain and unmask him. Revealed as a flesh and blood crook trying to cover up crimes by using the ghost story and costume, the criminal is arrested and taken to jail, often saying something to the effect of "...and I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!" Or something like that. That line was first introduced in the episode, A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts. A ratings success, Scooby-Doo was renewed for a second season in 1970-71, for which eight episodes were produced. Seven of the second season episodes featured chase sequences set to bubblegum pop songs recorded by Austin Roberts, who also rerecorded the theme song for this season. With Stefanianna Christopherson having married and retired from voice acting, Heather North assumed the role of Daphne, and would continue to voice the character through 1997. The influences of I Love a Mystery and Dobie Gillis were especially apparent in these early episodes. The similarities between Shaggy and Maynard are the most noticeable; both characters share the same beatnik-style goatee, similar hairstyles, and demeanors.The core premise of Scooby-Doo, Where are You! was also similar to Enid Blyton's Famous Five books. Both series featured four youths with a dog, and the Famous Five stories would often revolve around a mystery which would invariably turn out not to be supernaturally based, but simply a ruse to disguise the villain's true intent. 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 get kidnapped by the monster, 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. Later versions of the show would make slight changes to the characters' established roles, most notably in the character of Daphne, shown in 1990s and 2000s Scooby-Doo productions as knowing many forms of karate and having the ability to defend herself, and less of a tendency towards getting kidnapped. Scooby-Doo would be an influence on many other Saturday morning cartoons of the 1970s. During that decade, Hanna-Barbera and its competitors produced several animated programs also featuring teenaged 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),Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–79), among others.
====The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972 1973)====
In 1972, new one hour episodes under the title The New Scooby-Doo Movies were created. The Cast of Sccoby-Doo Where Are You? Season repries their roles of the gang. Each episode featuring a real or fictitious guest star helping the gang solve mysteries, including fellow Hanna Barbera characters such as Josie and the Pussycats and Speed Buggy, and celebrities such as Sandy Duncan, The Addams Family, Cass Elliot, Don Adams and the late Phyllis Diller, and . Also it later on featured many more - The Harlem Globetrotters, the Three Stooges, Don Knotts and Batman & Robin each appeared at least twice on the show. Hanna-Barbera musical director Hoyt Curtin composed a new theme song for this series, and Curtin's theme would remain in use for much of Scooby-Doo's original broadcast run. After two seasons and 24 episodes of the New Movies format from 1972 to 1974, CBS began airing reruns of the original Scooby-Doo, Where are You! series until Scooby moved to ABC in 1975.
===The ABC Years (1976-1991)===
====The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-1978)====
Now president of ABC, Fred Silverman made a deal with Hanna-Barbera to bring new episodes of Scooby-Doo to the ABC Saturday morning lineup, where the show went through almost yearly lineup changes. The episodes were labled under The blanket name The Scooby-Doo Show. This was the first Scooby-Doo Incarnation that wasn't shown on CBS. It was also the first Scooby-Doo show that made to three seasons (The CBS shows only made it to Two). This was also the first Scooby-Doo series that didn't Star Nicole Jaffe as the voice of Velma.
=====Season 1 (1976)=====
For their 1976 season, 16 new episodes of Scooby-Doo were joined with a new Hanna-Barbera show, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, to create The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (the show became The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show when a bonus Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! rerun was added to the package in November 1976). Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, now working for Silverman as supervisors of the ABC Saturday morning programs, returned the program to its original Scooby-Doo, Where are You! format, with the addition of Scooby's dim-witted country cousin Scooby-Dum, voiced by Daws Butler, as a recurring character.
=====Season 2 (1977)=====
For the 1977–78 season, The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show became the two-hour programming block Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977–1978) with the addition of Laff-a-Lympics and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels. In addition to eight new episodes of Scooby-Doo and reruns of the 1969 show, Scooby-Doo also appeared during the All-Star block's Laff-a-Lympics series, which featured 45 Hanna-Barbera characters competing in Battle of the Network Stars-esque parodies of Olympic sporting events. Scooby was seen as the team captain of the Laff-a-Lympics "Scooby Doobies" team, which also featured Shaggy and Scooby-Dum among its members. Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics was retitled Scooby's All Stars for the 1977–78 season, reduced to 90 minutes when Dynomutt was spun off into its own half-hour and the 1969 reruns were dropped.
=====Season 3 (1978)=====
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. This was probably a mistake. 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. 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 (1979)====
In 1979, Ten years after Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? premired on TV, Scooby's tiny nephew Scrappy-Doo was added to both the series and the billing, in an attempt to boost Scooby-Doo's slipping ratings. 16 episodes, aired under the new title Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as  an independent half-hour show, succeeded in regenerating interest in the show. Lennie Weinrib voiced Scrappy in the 1979-80 episodes, with Don Messick assuming the role thereafter. Marla Frumkin replaced Pat Stevens as the voice of Velma mid-season. This show also brought the Scoob-Doo series pass it 100th Episode milestone. On that same year, Scooby-Doo's first movie, Scooby-Doo Goes HollyWood, Premired on TV.
====Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Shorts (1980-1982)====
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 new Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo format was now compsed of three seven-minute comedic adventures starring Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy instead of one half-hour mystery. This version of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo first aired as part of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show, an hour-long program also featuring episodes of Hanna-Barbera's new Richie Rich cartoon, adapted from the Harvey Comics character, and then was part of The Scooby-Doo/Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour, a co-production with Ruby Spears Productions which featured two Scooby and Scrappy shorts, a Scrappy and Yabba-Doo short featuring Scrappy-Doo and his Westren deputy uncle Yabba-Doo, and The Puppy's New Advetures, based on characters from a 1977 Ruby-Spears TV special.
====Scooby-Doo Gang Reunion Series (1983-1984)====
Scooby-Doo was restored to a standalone half-hour in 1983 with the Scooby-Doo Gang Reunion Series. The rest of the gang returns to the show.
=====Season 1 (The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983))=====
The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo show comprised two 11-minutes 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.
=====Season 2 (The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984))=====
The second season aired 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)====
1985 saw the debut of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo. On that season, Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy, and new characters Flim-Flam (Susan Blu) and Vincent Van Ghoul (Based upon and voiced by Vincent Price) traveled the globe to capture "Thirteen of the most terrifying upon the face of the earth." The show was cancelled before they caught the last ghost in March 1986 (Although Later Scooby productions implies they caught all 13 ghosts) and no new Scooby series aired for two years. Reruns of previous Scooby episodes, however continued to air under different banners.
====A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-1991)====
Hanna-Barbera reincarnated the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! team as little children for a new series entitled A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, which debuted on ABC in 1988. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Was a irreverent, zany re-imaginig of the series, heavily inspired by the classic cartoons of Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, and eschewed the quasi-reality of the original Scooby series for a more Looney Tunes-like style, including an episode where Scooby-Doo's parents show up and reveal his real name to be "Scoobert." The series also established "Coolsville" as the name of the gang's hometown; this setting was retained for several of the later Scooby productions. The retooled show was a success, remaining in production for four seasons and on ABC's lineup until 1993. 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 Animanics, Pinky and the Brian, and FReakaziod!
==Reruns and Revivals (1986-Present)==
===Telefilms (1987-1994)===
From 1986 to 1988, Hanna-Barbera Productions produced Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10, a series of syndicated telefilms featuring their most popular characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, The Filntstones and The Jetsons. Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo, and Shaggy starred in three of these movies: Scooby-Doo Meets The Boo Brothers (1987), Scooby-Doo and The Ghoul School (1988), and Scooby-Doo and The Reluct Werewolf (1989) (1988). These three films took their tone from the early-1980s Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo entries, and featured the characters encountering actual monsters and ghosts rather than masqueraded people. Scooby-Doo and Shaggy later appeared as the narrators of the made-for-TV movie Arabian Nights, originally broadcast by TBS in 1994, Don Messick's  final outing as the voice of Scooby-Doo.
===Reruns (1980-Present)===
Reruns of Scooby-Doo have been in syndication since 1980, and have also been shown on cable television networks such as TBS Superstation (until 1989) and USA Network (as part of the USA Cartoon Express from 1990 to 1994). In 1993, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, having just recently ended its network run on ABC, began reruns on the Cartoon Network. With Turner Broadcasting in control of the Hanna-Barbera library by this time, in 1994 the Scooby-Doo franchise became exclusive to its networks: Cartoon Network, TBS Superstation, and TNT. Canadian network Teletoon began airing Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1997, with the other Scooby series soon following. When TBS and TNT ended their broadcasts of H-B cartoons in 1998, Scooby-Doo became the exclusive property of both Cartoon Network and sister station Boomerang.
===Direct-To-Video Films (1998 - Present)===
With Scooby-Doo's restored popularity in reruns on Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation and Hanna-Barbera (by then a subsidiary of Warner Bros. following the merger of Time Warner and Turner Entertainment in 1996) began producing one new Scooby-Doo direct-to-video movie a year beginning in 1998. These movies featured the original five-character cast from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! days. The first four DTV entries were Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), Scooby-Doo and The Witch's Ghost (1999), Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000), and Scooby-Doo and The Cyber Chase (2001). Frank Welker was the only original voice cast member to return for these productions. Don Messick had died in 1997 and Casey Kasem, a strict vegetarian, relinquished the role of Shaggy after having to provide the voice for a 1995 Burger King commercial.Therefore, Scott Inness took over as Scooby-Doo and Shaggy (Billy West voiced Shaggy in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island). B.J Ward took over as Velma, and Mary Kay Bergman voiced Daphne until her death in November 1999, and was replaced by Grey Delisle. 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. The movies featured the original 1969 gang, facing real monsters. Witch's Ghost introduced a goth rock band known as The Hex Girls, who became recurring characters in the Scooby-Doo franchise. 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 would continue 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 released 2010 on use the original 1969 designs and feature Mattew Lillard as the voice of Shaggy, the character Lillard portrayed in the live-action theatrical Scooby-Doo films.
===Live-Action Films (2002-2010)===
Four live-action films were also released.
====Theatrical Films (2002 and 2004)====
=====Scooby-Doo (2002)=====
A feature-length live-action film  of Scooby-Doo was released by Warner Bros. on June 14th 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-generatedspecial effects.Scooby-Doo was a financially successful release, with a domestic box office gross of over US$130 million.
=====Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)=====
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.
=====Scooby-Doo 3 (TBA)=====
A second sequel was planned. however it was later scrapped following Warner Bros.' dissapointment at the returns from Scooby-Doo 2.
====TV Films (2009 and 2010)====
=====Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)=====
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, a live-action telefilm, was released on DVD and simultaneously aired on Cartoon Network on September 13th 2009, the fortieth anniversary of the series' debut. 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.
=====Scooby-Doo! Curse of The Monster (2010)=====
A second live-action telefilm, Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, retained the same director and cast and aired on October 16th 2010.
===Scooby's Return To Television (2002-2013)===
====What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002-2006)====
In 2002, following the successes of the Cartoon Network reruns, the direct to video franchise, and the first feature film, Scooby-Doo and his friends returned to their TV roots for the first time in 17 years 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. Grey DeLisle continued as the voice of 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 and Scooby-Doo Get A Clue (2006-2008)====
After three seasons, What's New, Scooby-Doo was replaced in September 2006 with Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!, a major revamping of the series which debuted on Kids' WB Saturday morning programming block. The premise centers around Shaggy inheriting money and a mansion from an uncle, an inventor who has gone into hiding from villains trying to steal his secret inventions. The villains, led by "Dr. Phibes" (based primarily upon Dr.Evil from the Austin Powers series, and named after Vincent Price's character from The Abominable Dr. Phibes), then use different schemes to try to get the invention from Shaggy and Scooby, who handle the plots alone. Fred, Daphne, and Velma are normally absent, but do make appearances at times to help. The characters were redesigned and the art style revised for the new series. Scott Menville voiced Shaggy in the series, with Casey Kasem appearing as the voice of Shaggy's Uncle Albert. Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! ran for two seasons on The CW. 
====Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorpated (2010-2013)====
A 52-episode series, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, premiered on Cartoon Network on April 5, 2010. 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 backstory and the bases of some of its episodes. Matthew Lillard was brought over from the live-action series as the new voice of Shaggy, while Welker, Cohn, and DeLisle continued in their respective roles. Patrick Warburton, 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. The series, while still following the basic mystery-solving format of its predecessors, also added elements similar to live-action mystery/adventure shows such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Lost 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 two-part finale airing on April 5th 2013 - exactly three years from the debut.
===2012-2013 Mini-Movies===
#On July 17th 2012, a direct-to-video special, Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games was released on a DVD compilation entitled Scooby-Doo! Laff-A-Lympics: Spooky Games.
#A follow-up special, "Scooby Doo! Haunted Holidays", was released October 16th 2012.
#The first two specials were a success, so Warner Brothers created a third special, entitled "Scooby Doo and the Spooky Scarecrow," which is currently set for a DVD release date of September 10th 2013
==Voice Cast==
===Scooby-Doo ===
#Don Messick (1969-1994)
#Hadley Kay (1997)
#Scott Innes (1998-2006)
#Neil Fanning (2002 and 2004 Live Action Movies)
#Frank Welker (2002-Present)
===Shaggy Rogers ===
#Casey Kasem (1969-1997, 2002-2009)
#Billy West (Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, 1998)
#Scott Innes (1999-2009)
#Scott Menville (Shaggy a Scooby-Doo Get A Clue, 2006-2008)
#Matthew Lillard (Actor in 2002 and 2004 Live-action Movies, 2010-Present as voice actor)
#Cascy Beddow (Young Shaggy, Scooby-Doo 2: monsters Unleashed, 2004)
#Nick Palats (Actor in 2009 and 2010 Live-action Movies)
===Fred Jones ===
#Frank Welker (1969-1980,1984,1997-Present)
#Carl Stevens (A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, 1988-1991)
#Freddie Prinze Jr. (Actor in 2002 and 2004 Live-action Movies)
#Ryan Vrba (Young Fred, Scooby-Doo 2: monsters Unleashed, 2004)
#Robbie Amell (Actor in 2009 and 2010 Live-action Movies)
===Daphne Blake ===
#Stefanianna Christopher (1969-1970)
#Heather North Kennedy (1970-1980, 1983-1985, 1997, 2003)
#Kellie Martin (A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, 1988-1991)
#Mary Kay Bergman (1998-2000 Movies)
#Grey DeLisle (2001-Present)
#Sarah Michelle Gellar (Actress in 2002 and 2004 Live-action Movies)
#Emily Tennant (Young Daphne, Scooby-Doo 2: monsters Unleashed, 2004)
#Kate Melton (Actress in 2009 and 2010 Live-action Movies)
===Velma Dinkley ===
#Nicole Jaffe (1969-1973, 2003)
#Pat Stevens (1976 1979)
#Marla Frumkin (1979-1980, 1984)
#Christina Lange (A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, 1988-1991)
#B.J. Ward (1997-2001)
#Linda Cardellini (Actress in 2002 and 2004 Live-action Movies)
#Mindy Cohn (2002-Present)
#Lauren Kennedy (Young Velma, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, 2004)
#Hayley Kiyoko (Actress in 2009 and 2010 Live-action Movies)
#Bets Malone (Singing Voice, Scooby-Doo Music Of The Vampire, 2012)
===Scrappy-Doo ===
#Lennie Weinrib (1979)
#Don Messick (1980-1989)
#Scott Innes (2002 Live-Action Movie)
#J.P Manoux (2002 Live-Action Movie)
===Vincent Van Ghoul ===
#Vincent Price (1985)
#Maurice LaMarche (2010-2012)
==Filmography==
===TV Shows (1969-2013)===
Series Number	Title 	Broadcast Run	Channel	# of Seasons	# of Episodes
1 	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 	1969-1970 	CBS 	25 Episodes 	2
2 	The New Scooby-Doo Movies 	1972-1973 	CBS 	24 Episodes 	2
3 	The Scooby-Doo Show 	1976-1978 	ABC 	40 Episodes 	3
4 	Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo 	1979 	ABC 	16 Episodes 	1
5 	Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Shorts 	1980-1982 	ABC 	33 Episodes 	3
6 	The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show/The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries	1983-1984  	ABC 	26 Episodes 	2
7 	The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo 	1985 	ABC 	13 Episodes 	1
8 	A Pup Named Scooby-Doo 	1988-1991 	ABC 	30 Episodes 	4
9 	What's New Scooby-Doo? 	2002-2006  	Kids WB	42 Epsiodes 	3
10 	Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue 	2006-2008 	Kids WB	26 Episodes 	2
11 	Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated 	2010-2013 	
Cartoon Network	52 Episodes 	2
===TV Specials (1979-Present)===
#Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood (1979)
#Scooby-Doo Meets The Boo Brothers (1987)
#Scooby-Doo and The Ghoul School (1988)
#Scooby-Doo and The Reluctant Werewolf (1989)
#Arabian Nights (1994)
#The Scooby-Doo Project (1999)
#Night of The Living Doo (2001)
#Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games (2012)
#Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012)
#Scooby-Doo! And The Spooky Scarecrow (2013)
===Direct-To-Video Movies (1998-Present)===
#Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island (1998)
#Scooby-Doo! And The Witch's Ghost (1999)
#Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders (2000)
#Scooby-Doo And The Cyber Chase (2001)
#Scooby-Doo! And The Legend of The Vampire (2003)
#Scooby-Doo! And The Monster of Mexico (2003)
#Scooby-Doo! And The Loch-Ness Monster (2004)
#Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005)
#Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
#Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
#Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007)
#Scooby-Doo! And The Goblin King (2008)
#Scooby-Doo! And The Samurai Sword (2009)
#Scooby-Doo! Abracadbra-Doo (2010)
#Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010)
#Scooby-Doo! Legend of The Phantosaur (2011)
#Scooby-Doo! Music of The Vampire (2012)
#Big Top, Scooby-Doo! (2012)
#Scooby-Doo! Mask Of The Blue Falcon (2013)
#Scooby-Doo! StageFright (Coming August 2013)
===Live Action Movies (2002-2010)===
#Scooby-Doo (2002 Theatrical Movie)
#Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004 Theatrical Movie)
#Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009 Tele Film)
#Scooby-Doo! Curse of The Lake Monster (2010 Tele Film)
===Videogames (1983-2010)===
#Scooby-Doo's Maze Chase (1983)
#Scooby-Doo (1986)
#Scooby-Doo And Scrappy-Doo (1991)
#Scooby-Doo! Mystery (1995)
#Scooby-Doo! Mystery Of The Fun Park Phantom (1999)
#Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers (2000)
#Scooby-Doo! Mystery Adventures #1: Showdown in Ghost Town (2000)
#Scooby-Doo! Mystery Adventures #2: Phantom Knight (2000)
#Scooby-Doo! Mystery Adventures #3 Jinx At The Sphinx (2001)
#Scooby-Doo and The Cyber Chase Videogame (2001)
#Scooby-Doo (Based On The 2002 Film) (2002)
#Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights (2002)
#Scooby-Doo! Case Files #1: The Glowing Bug Man (2002)
#Scooby-Doo! Case Files #2: The Scary Stone Dragon (2002)
#Scooby-Doo! Case Files #3: Lights! Camera! Mayhem! (2002)
#Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem (2004)
#Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
#Scooby-Doo! Unmasked (2005)
#Scooby-Doo, Who's Watching Who? (2006)
#Scooby-Doo! First Frights (2009)
#Scooby-Doo! And The Spooky Swamp (2010)
===Internet Games===
*Scooby Doo Frozen Frights
*Scooby-Doo: The Attack Of The Vampire Pumpkinheads
*Scooby-Doo And The Creepy Castle  
*Bayou Scooby-Doo
*Scooby-Doo In The Ghosts Of Pirate Beach
*Scooby-Doo: Scrappy Stinks
*Swami Shaggy
*Scooby Snapshot
*Scooby Trap
*Scooby-Doo 1000 Graveyard Dash  
*Scooby-Doo Big Air  
*Scooby-Doo Big Air 2: Curse Of The Half Pipe  
*Scooby-Doo Big Air Snow Show   
*Scooby-Doo Castle Hassle  
*Scooby-Doo In Monster Sandwich   
*Scooby-Doo! Love Quest  
*Scooby-Doo Horror On The High Seas Episode 1: The Ghost Pirate Attacks!
*Scooby-Doo Horror On The High Seas Episode 2: Neptunes Nest
*Scooby-Doo Horror On The High Seas Episode 3: Reef Relief
*Scooby-Doo Horror On The High Seas Episode 4: Pirate Ship Of Fools
*Scooby-Doo Mayan Monster Mayhem Episode 1: River Rapids Rampage
*Scooby-Doo Mayan Monster Mayhem Episode 2: Creepy Cave Cave-In
*Scooby-Doo Mayan Monster Mayhem Episode 3: Terror In Tikal
*Scooby-Doo Mayan Monster Mayhem Episode 4: Temple of Lost Souls
*Scooby-Doo Haunts For The Holidays Episode 1: Theatre Terror
*Scooby-Doo Haunts For The Holidays Episode 2: Ghost In The Cellar
*Scooby-Doo Haunts For The Holidays Episode 3: The Last Act
*Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated: Crystal Cove Online
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