A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

***A Pup Named Scooby-Doo*** is an American animated mystery comedy series produced by Hanna-Barbera. It is the eighth incarnation of the studio's *Scooby-Doo* franchise and depicts younger versions of the title character and his human companions as they solve mysteries, similar to the original television series. The series was developed by Tom Ruegger and premiered on September 10, 1988, airing for four seasons on ABC as well as during the syndicated block *The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera* until August 17, 1991.

Along with most of Hanna-Barbera's production staff, Ruegger departed from the studio after the first season and Don Lusk, a longtime animator for the Disney and Bill Melendez animation studios, took over as director. *A Pup Named Scooby-Doo* is the final television series in the franchise in which Don Messick portrayed Scooby-Doo before his death in 1997 and one of the few in the franchise in which someone other than Frank Welker voiced the character of Fred Jones (child actor Carl Steven took on the role for this series; Welker voiced other bit roles in the series, including Fred's uncle Ed). Messick and Casey Kasem, the latter of whom voiced Shaggy Rogers, were the only two voice actors from other *Scooby-Doo* series to reprise their roles and both received starring credits for their work.

## Characters

### Main

* Scooby-Doo (voiced by Don Messick) – The main character of the series and the mascot of the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency. Messick also voiced several other characters in the show.
* Norville "Shaggy" Rogers (voiced by Casey Kasem) – Scooby-Doo's best friend. Kasem also voices Shaggy's Dad and additional voices.
* Fred Jones (voiced by Carl Steven) – The dimwitted leader of the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency.
* Daphne Blake (voiced by Kellie Martin) – A wealthy child with a haughty and sarcastic personality.
* Velma Dinkley (voiced by Christina Lange) – An intelligent, but shy and soft-spoken girl.

### Supporting

* Red Herring (voiced by Scott Menville) – Otherwise known as the town bully in which Freddie nearly always pointed the blame and was always wrong, although in one episode "Night of the Boogey Biker," ended up being right as Red was found to be the villain, despite the fact that he did not accuse him because Daphne bet Freddie that he couldn't go 24 hours without accusing him. He often torments the gang but is always thwarted. Among his catchphrases are "Hah! What a weenie!" "That's not very funny" and "I didn't do it, Jones!" His name is a reference to the idiom "red herring."
* Sugie – Sugie is Shaggy's baby sister with her name being pronounced "shoogy." She only appeared in two episodes. She seems to eat as much as Shaggy and starts crying when she's apart from her brother. She is Shaggy's favorite "non-puppy person" in the world. She has a baby bag which contains her favorite boulder, a crib, her string collection, a refrigerator containing her baby food among various other items. Sugie appeared in *The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show* episode "Wedding Bell Boos" as the bride-to-be in 1983, using her given name of Maggie Rogers.
* Gus – Gus is the janitor of Coolsville Jr. High. He is an inventor. It is shown that he also works at Coolsville Mall (and possibly for the Blakes). He has a fondness for Velma and will do anything to help her.
* O'Greasy (voiced by Charlie Adler) – O'Greasy is the owner of O'Greasy restaurants, a fast food chain which serves every meal in a bucket. O'Greasy once had competitor named Arnie Barney who used to serve his fast food in bags until O'Greasy blew his business out of the water. The gang helps him when the burger monster threatens to close O'Greasy's down.
* Carole Collossal – Carole Collossal is the owner of Collossal Toys and later the Coolsville Wrestling Federation (CWF). She also is the creator of Commander Cool. The gang helps her when her business and the Commander Cool Toyline is in danger.
* Barbara Simone – Barbara Simone is Carole Colossal's secretary. She tried to destroy Colossal Toys, but was foiled by Scooby Doo Detective Agency in "The Return of Commander Cool". She's so efficient as a secretary that Carole Colossal got her a license to leave prison to resume her work in "Wrestle Maniacs" where she appears wearing the traditional black-and-white stripped prison uniform and has an officer following her wherever she goes. With that, she became the only former "monster" (other than Red) to appear in an episode after being unmasked.
* Jenkins (voiced by Don Messick) – Jenkins is Daphne's butler, whom she calls in to do various tasks. Sometimes they're something silly like being scared for her, dusting a dusty house for Daphne and doing impressions of suspect. Others more serious like making Scooby a Scooby Snack or saving Daphne when she's thrown out a window. He responds whenever his name is called (He once showed up after thinking Velma said "Jenkins," when she really said "Jinkies"). The one time he didn't respond to Daphne's call, a butler named Dawson responded for him and told Daphne that Jenkins was busy doing her shopping, which she deemed an acceptable excuse. Dawson seems to be as efficient as Jenkins.