Scooby-Doo (series) | Hanna-Barbera Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969-71) Scooby Doo Title Card Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! made its CBS network debut on Saturday, September 13, 1969, with its first episode, "What a Night for a Knight". The first season ran 17 episodes. The show was a major ratings success for CBS, and they renewed it for a second season in 1970. The eight 1970 episodes of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! differed slightly from the first-season episodes in their uses of more slapstick humor, Archie Show-like "chase songs" during climactic sequences, Heather North performing the voice of Daphne in place of Christopherson, and a re-recorded version of the theme song sung by Austin Roberts. This season also marked an attempt at providing a real mystery with multiple suspects and red herring clues. Both seasons contained a laugh track , which was the standard practice for U.S. cartoon series during the 1960s and 1970s.

The show also ran during the 1971-72 TV season, but no new episodes were created at this time. The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-74) New Scooby-Doo Movies Title Card In 1972, after 25 half-hour episodes, the program was doubled to a full hour and called The New Scooby-Doo Movies , each episode of which featured a different guest star helping the gang solve mysteries. Among the most notable of these guest stars were The Harlem Globetrotters , the Three Stooges , Don Knotts and Batman & Robin , each of whom 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, the show went to reruns of the original series until Scooby moved to ABC in 1976.

The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show & Laff-a-Lympics (1976-79) Scooby-Doo and Dynomutt On ABC, the show went through almost yearly format changes. For their 1976–1977 season, new episodes of Scooby-Doo were joined with a new Hanna-Barbera show, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder , to create The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour . (It became The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show when a bonus Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! rerun was added to it in November 1976.) This hour-long package show later evolved into the longer programming blocks Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics (1977–1978) and Scooby's All-Stars]' (1978–1979). New Scooby episodes, in the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! format, were produced for each of these three seasons. Four of these episodes featured Scooby's dim-witted country cousin, Scooby-Dum , as a semi-regular character.

The Scooby-Doo episodes produced during these three seasons were later packaged together for syndication as The Scooby-Doo Show , under which title they continue to air. For the Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and Scooby's All-Stars programming blocks, Scooby-Doo was packaged alongside Laff-a-Lympics , a new Hanna-Barbera cartoon featuring many of its characters in parodies of Olympic sporting events. Scooby-Doo appeared on the show as the team captain of the "Scooby Doobies" team, with Shaggy and Scooby-Dum among his teammates. Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo & The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1979-85) Scrappy-Doo In 1979, 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.

The 1979–1980 episodes, aired under the title Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo , succeeded in regenerating interest in the show, and as a result 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, rather than four like a normal dog, as he did previously. The ratings improved with children, but many long-time fans reviled the Scrappy-Doo character. Fred, Daphne and Velma were dropped from the series, and the new Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo format was now composed 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 aired as part of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show from 1980 to 1982, and as part of The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour from 1982 to 1983.

Most of the supernatural villains in the seven-minute Scooby and Scrappy cartoons, who in previous Scooby series had been revealed to be human criminals in costume, were now "real" within the context of the series. Daphne returned to the cast for The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show in 1983, which comprised two 11-minute episodes in a format reminiscent of the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! mysteries. This version of the show lasted for two seasons, with the second season airing under the title The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries and featuring semi-regular appearances from Fred and Velma.

The New Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo Show & The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1983-85) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985-86) 1985 saw the debut of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo , which featured Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby, Scrappy, and new characters Flim-Flam and Vincent Van Ghoul (based upon and voiced by Vincent Price ) traveling the globe to capture "thirteen of the most terrifying ghosts and ghouls on the face of the earth." The final first-run episode of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo aired in March 1986, and no new Scooby series aired on the network for the next two years. Reruns of previous Scooby episodes, however, continued to air, both as part of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Funhouse package and under the New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show banner. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-91) Hanna-Barbera reincarnated the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

cast as junior high school students for A Pup Named Scooby-Doo , which debuted on ABC in 1988. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was an irreverent, zany re-imagining 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 retooled show was a success, and lasted until 1991. What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002-06) In 2002, following the successes of the Cartoon Network reruns and four late-1990s direct-to-video Scooby-Doo releases, the original version of the gang was updated for the 21st century for What's New, Scooby-Doo? , which aired on Kids' WB from 2002 until 2005, with second-run episodes also appearing on Cartoon Network. Unlike previous Scooby series, the show was produced at Warner Bros.

Animation , which had absorbed Hanna-Barbera in 2001. The show returned to the familiar format of the original series for the first time since 1978, with modern technology and culture added to the mix to give the series a more contemporary feel, along with new, digitally-recorded sound effects and music. With Don Messick having died in 1997, Frank Welker took over as Scooby's voice actor, while continuing to provide the voice of Fred as well, and Casey Kasem returned as Shaggy. Grey DeLisle provided the voice of Daphne (she first took the role on Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase , replacing Mary Kay Bergman , who committed suicide shortly before the release of Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders ) and Mindy Cohn , formerly of the sitcom The Facts of Life, voiced Velma. Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006-08) After three seasons, What's New, Scooby-Doo? was replaced in September 2006 with Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!

, a major revamping of the series which debuted on The CW's Kids' WB Saturday morning programming block. The premise centers on Shaggy inheriting money and a mansion from an uncle, an inventor who has gone into hiding from villains trying to steal his secret invention. 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. Shaggy and Scooby were slightly developed to make them more charismatic and intelligent due to the adventure-esque pacing. Television specials, telefilms and direct-to-video features 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's attempts to have the network move Scooby out of Saturday morning and into a prime-time series, and featured spoofs of then-current TV shows and films such as Happy Days , Superman, Laverne & Shirley and Charlie's Angels . 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 Flintstones 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 Reluctant Werewolf (1988) and Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988). In addition, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy appeared as the narrators of the made-for-TV movie Arabian Nights , originally broadcast by TBS in 1994 and later released on video as Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights. Starting in 1998, Warner Bros.

Animation and Hanna-Barbera (by then a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), began producing one new Scooby-Doo direct-to-video movie a year. These movies featured a slightly older version of the original five-character cast from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! days, and disregards the later Scrappy-Doo years as non-canonical. The movies include 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). Also in 2001, the Cartoon Network produced Night of the Living Doo , a half-hour parody of the New Scooby-Doo Movies format featuring "special guest stars" David Cross , Gary Coleman , Mark Hamill and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy , complete with a classic retro feel. In 2008, Cartoon Network announced that they were making a Scooby-Doo telefilm that follows the gang when they first met back in high school; the film will premiere in 2009.

The success of the direct-to-video movies led to Scooby's return to Saturday morning, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and Hanna-Barbera based later entries in this series of Scooby movies on it rather than the previous editions. This includes Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (2002), Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico (2003), Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster (2004), Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2004), 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) and Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword (2009), so far. A number of these Scooby-Doo telefilms and direct-to-video features, as well as many of the early-1980s shows featuring Scrappy-Doo, feature the gang encountering actual supernatural beings.

In Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988), Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy sign up as gym teachers for Miss Grimwood's school for girls, but find it is actually a school for ghouls, where the trio end up teaching the daughters of Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Mummy and the stereotypical ghost monster (Phantasma the Phantom). Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) featured the original 1969 gang, reunited after years of being apart, fighting voodoo-worshiping cat creatures in the Louisiana bayou. Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost featured an author ( Tim Curry ) returning to his home with the gang, who learned that an event is being haunted by the author's dead grandmother, who was an actual witch.

The later What's New, Scooby-Doo-based entries in the direct-to-video series returned to the original formula, and are basically extended episodes of the What's New, Scooby-Doo series, with the exceptions of Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico, both of which were done in a retro style, which unlike the newer TV series, made it resemble an old Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! production, complete with the original voice cast and sound effects. Live-action Warner Bros. feature films A feature-length live-action film version of Scooby-Doo was released by Warner Bros. in 2002. The cast included Freddie Prinze, Jr. , as Fred, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, and Linda Cardellini as Velma. Scooby-Doo was created on-screen by computer-generated special effects. Scooby-Doo was a successful release, with a domestic box office gross of over US$130 million. [3] However, the film was not well reviewed, but was a great hit with kids and fans of the show.

[4] A sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed , followed in March 2004, and earned US$84 (€55,98) million at the U.S. box office. [5] The 2002 film version departed considerably from the standard Scooby-Doo formula in that the paranormal is real and the skepticism of the original series is ridiculed. Various elements of that formula are parodied in both movies. While the first film had generally original characters as the villains (except for one villain revealed as a surprise plot twist), the second film featured several of the monsters from the television series, including the Black Knight, the 10,000-Volt Ghost, the Pterodactyl Ghost, the Miner 49er and Chickenstein. The animated versions of Shaggy and Scooby make a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Looney Tunes: Back in Action, complaining to Matthew Lillard about how they were portrayed in the live-action films. A "prequel" live-action movie, Scooby-Doo!

The Mystery Begins , was released on DVD and simultaneously aired on Cartoon Network in the third quarter of 2009. The roles have been recast with lesser-known actors. [6] Reruns Reruns of the show 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; the other versions of Scooby-Doo joined it the following year and became exclusive to the Turner networks: Cartoon Network, TBS Superstation and Turner Network Television. 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 .

The Scooby clones By the time Scooby-Doo had its first format change in 1972, Hanna-Barbera had produced three other teenager-based shows that were very similar to Scooby in concept and execution: Josie and the Pussycats (1970), which resurrected the idea of the rock band to the teenage-crime-fighter formula; The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971), which re-imagined the toddlers from The Flintstones as high school students, and the most blatant Scooby clone, The Funky Phantom (also 1971), which featured three teens, a real ghost and his ghostly cat solving spooky mysteries.

Later cartoons such as The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972); Goober and the Ghost Chasers , Speed Buggy , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids and Inch High, Private Eye (all 1973); Clue Club and Jabberjaw (both 1976); Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977); Buford and the Galloping Ghost (1978), and the Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm segments of The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980) would all involve groups of teenagers solving mysteries or fighting crime in the same vein as Scooby-Doo, usually with the help of a wacky animal, ghost, etc. For example, Speed Buggy featured three teens and a talking dune buggy in the role of "Scooby", while Jabberjaw used four teens and a talking shark in a futuristic underwater environment. Some of these shows even used the same voice actors and score cues. Even outside studios got in on the act: when Joe Ruby and Ken Spears left H-B in 1977 and started Ruby-Spears Productions , their first cartoon was Fangface, yet another mystery-solving Scooby clone.

During the 1970s, the imitating programs successfully coexisted alongside Scooby on Saturday mornings. Most of the mystery-solving Hanna-Barbera shows made before 1975 were featured on CBS, and when Fred Silverman moved from CBS to ABC in 1975, the mystery-solving shows, including Scooby-Doo, followed him. Airing history Scooby Doo, Where Are You! USA Boomerang (2000-present) Creation and development In 1969, many of a number of 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. [7] 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 expand upon this success, and contacted producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera about possibly creating another show based around a teenage rock group, but with an extra spice: the kids would find mysteries in between their 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. [8] 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, and Linda's brother "W.W.") and their dog, Too Much, who were all in a band called "The 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 Old English Sheepdog. After a consultation 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. [9] 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. [10] [11] 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), [12] 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.

[9] 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" 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! [9] The revised show was re-presented to CBS executives, who approved it for production. 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. In both, one of the girls was attractive (Daphne/Anne) while the other was plain (Velma/Georgina) and frequently the Famous Five stories would revolve around a mystery which would invariably turn out not to be mysterious but a plot to disguise the villain's true intents.

The original voice cast featured Don Messick as Scooby-Doo, Casey Kasem as Shaggy, Frank Welker as Fred, Nicole Jaffe as Velma, and Indira Stefanianna Christopherson as Daphne. [13] Seventeen episodes of Scooby-Doo were produced in 1969. The series' eponymous theme song was written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh, and performed by Larry Marks. 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 1970s and 1980s, 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. Krebs." [14] The similarities between Shaggy and Maynard are the most noticeable; both characters share the same beatnik-style goatee, similar hairstyles and demeanours.

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 1990s and 2000–09 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. gang bump into some type of evil ghost or monster, which they learn has been terrorizing the local populace. 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!" Critical reaction and awards 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. The series has received only two Emmy nominations in its four-decade history: a 1989 Daytime Emmy nomination for A Pup Named Scooby-Doo , and a 2003 Daytime Emmy nomination for What's New, Scooby-Doo? actress Mindy Cohn in the "Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program" category. Template:Fact Like many Hanna-Barbera shows, Scooby-Doo was criticized for poor production values and formulaic storytelling.

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." [15] Even proponents of the series often comment negatively about the formula inherent in most Scooby episodes. [16] Methodological naturalist Carl Sagan, however, favorably compared the formula to that of most television dealing with paranormal themes, and considered that an adult analogue to Scooby-Doo would be a great public service. [17] Nevertheless, 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. [18] The show's mix of the comedy-adventure and horror genres is often noted as the reason for its widespread success. [19] 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. [20] In recent years, Scooby-Doo has 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 22nd. [21] Scooby also ranked 13th in Animal Planet's list of the "50 Greatest TV Animals". [22] Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ranked 49th in the UK network Channel 4's 2005 list of the "100 Greatest Cartoons of All Time".

[23] 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. [24] 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).

A plethora of other media properties have referenced or parodied Scooby-Doo, among them the TV Funhouse segment of NBC 's Saturday Night Live, the online comic Sluggy Freelance, the FOX animated series The Simpsons, and the Cartoon Network program Johnny Bravo In January 2009, IGN named Scooby Doo as the 24th in the Top 100 Best Animated TV Shows, [25] . Merchandising The first Scooby-Doo-related merchandise came in the form of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! comic books by Gold Key Comics , which initially contained adaptations of episodes of the cartoon show when publication began in December 1969. The book soon moved to all-original stories, and continued publication until December 1974. It ran for 30 issues. Charlton published Scooby comics, many drawn by Bill Williams, from February to October 1975, with a total of 11 issues.

Since then, Scooby-Doo comics have been published by Marvel Comics (nine issues, written by Mark Evanier and drawn by Dan Spiegle), Harvey Comics (reprints of Charlton, three regular issues, two giant-size issues, and two big books), Archie Comics (ran for 21 issues; 1–13 were the only Scooby comics in the United States to ever feature Scrappy in stories; Archie also made a one-shot of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo [Hanna-Barbera Presents #5]), and DC Comics , which continues to publish a monthly Scooby-Doo series. Other early Scooby-Doo merchandise included a 1973 Milton Bradley board game, decorated lunch boxes, iron-on transfers, coloring books, story books, records, underwear and other such goods. [26] When Scrappy-Doo was introduced to the series in 1979, he, Scooby, and Shaggy became the sole foci of much of the merchandising, including a 1983 Milton-Bradley Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo board game.

The first Scooby-Doo video game appeared in arcades in 1986, 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 2001. 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 breakfast cereal, plush toys, action figures, car decorations and much more. Real " Scooby Snacks " dog treats are produced by Del Monte Pet Products. Hasbro has created a number of Scooby board games, including a Scooby-themed edition of the popular mystery board game Clue . In 2007, the Pressman Toy Corporation released the board game Scooby-Doo! Haunted House. Beginning in 2001, 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. From 1990 to 2002, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo appeared as characters in the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera simulator ride at Universal Studios Florida . [27] The ride was replaced between 2000 and 2005 with a Jimmy Neutron attraction, and The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera instead became an attraction at several properties operated by Paramount Parks. Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are costumed characters at Universal Studios Florida, and can be seen driving the Mystery Machine around the park. Scooby-Doo filmography Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010) Video games Scooby-Doo , a 1986 arcade video game published by Elite Systems (later re-released on Elite's budget label Encore) and developed by Gargoyle Games for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.

Scooby-Doo Mystery , two separate games of the same title created in 1995; one for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the other for the Sega Genesis. Scooby-Doo! Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom , a 1999 mystery computer game developed by Engineering Animation Inc. (EAI) and published by SouthPeak Interactive. The game was released for Microsoft Windows. Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers , a 2000 console game published by THQ and released for Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color. Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights , a 2002 console game published by THQ. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem , a 2004 console game developed by A2M and published by THQ. Scooby-Doo! Unmasked , a 2005 console game published by THQ. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Adventures , created in 2000 by the Learning Company, is a CD-ROM for Windows.

It contains three different versions/challenges/CD-Roms (sold separately): Scooby-Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town, Scooby-Doo: Phantom of the Knight, and Scooby-Doo: Jinx at the Sphinx. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed , a game that is based on the movie and the code that is shown by Scooby after the movie; apparently, there was a "Scooby-clone" if you got the code wrong and watch the "original" (not the real ending) ending. DVDs Daws Butler as Scooby-Dum (recurring, 1976–1978) Susan Blu as Flim-Flam (The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, 1985) Howard Morris as Bogel (The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, 1985) Arte Johnson as Weerd (The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, 1985) Scott Menville as Red Herring (A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, 1988) See also Five Colleges —for a popular campus legend about the show* Banks, Clive.

"Scooby-Doo". Retrieved from on September 4, 2005. Baxter, Joel (2003). The Complete Scooby-Doo Episode Guide. Originally retrieved from ~joelb/scooby/doobydoo.htm on September 3, 2005. Archive of page retrieved from ~joelb/scooby/doobydoo.htm on October 23, 2006. Burke, Timothy and Burke, Kevin (1998). Saturday Morning Fever : Growing up with Cartoon Culture. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-16996-5 . Handy, Aaron III. "The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour Episode Guide". Retrieved from on September 4, 2005. "Hanna-Barbera Studios" (and sub-articles). The Big Cartoon DataBase . Retrieved from on September 3, 2005. McNeil, Alex (4th ed., 1996). Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. New York: Penguin Books.

ISBN 0-14-024916-8 . Ruby, Joe and Spears, Ken (2002). "Scooby Doo...The History of a Classic". Rubyspears.com. Retrieved from on March 27, 2006. References Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (TV Series 1969–1970) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Scooby Doo, Where Are You! TV-G | A group of teenage friends and their Great Dane (Scooby-Doo) travel in a bright green van solving strange and hilarious mysteries, while returning from or going to a regular teenage function. Stars: An eccentric colonel leaves part of his fortune to Scooby Doo on the condition that he spend the night in a castle haunted by green phantoms. 8.7 After finding a injured bank guard on the road the gang decide to investigate the true identity the ghoulish bank robber.

8.7 A gypsy fortune teller warns Scooby and the gang not to visit Franken Castle. They go anyway and find themselves chased by a werewolf, a vampire and a Frankenstein monster. 8.6 a list of 49 titles created 20 Feb 2011 a list of 29 titles created 17 Nov 2011 a list of 48 titles created 25 Nov 2011 a list of 21 titles created 15 Jun 2012 a list of 25 titles created 02 Oct 2015 Title: Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1970) 7.9/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. What's New, Scooby-Doo? (TV Series 2002) Animation | Comedy | Family Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang are launched into the 21st century, with new mysteries to solve. Stars: Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Mindy Cohn The Mystery Inc.

gang investigate more supernatural sightings with various guest stars and characters. Stars: Casey Kasem, Heather North, Don Messick The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles. Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (TV Series 2010) Animation | Action | Adventure Scooby-Doo and the gang attempt to solve creepy mysteries in the town of Crystal Cove, a place with a history of eerie supernatural events. Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle Directors: Hiroshi Aoyama, Kazumi Fukushima, and 1 more credit » Stars: Scott Innes, Billy West, Mary Kay Bergman The Pink Panther is a heroic, moral cartoon cat with pink fur and the manners of an English aristocrat. He only becomes flustered or angry at obtuse or offensive humans who try to disrupt ... See full summary » Stars: Paul Frees, Rich Little, Dave Barry The desert in the U.S. southwest is the natural habitat of the Road Runner, a high-octane, cartoon bird who runs so fast on the desert's roadways that he leaves a trail of flame or causes ...

See full summary » Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray, Bea Benaderet The continuing animated adventures of Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee'pea and Popeye. Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Jackson Beck A Saturday morning series, collecting of some of the most popular classic cartoons from the Looney Tunes catalogue. Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray The misadventures of a futuristic family. Stars: George O'Hanlon, Janet Waldo, Mel Blanc The Hanna-Barbera-created Oscar-winning cat-and-mouse team of Tom & Jerry returned to TV in an hour-long stretch of new adventures. Here, T&J, after years of rivalry, have become the best ... See full summary » Stars: Henry Corden, Kathy Gori, Don Messick The misadventures of a boy genius and his annoying sister. Stars: Kath Soucie, Jeff Bennett, Christine Cavanaugh Edit Storyline Popular animated series featuring Scooby-Doo, a Great Dane who joins four California high school students (Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy) on many quests to solve strange mysteries.

Each mystery is current and unusual and involves the group stopping someone from wreaking certain havoc on the world. The gang were always driving in the Mystery Machine, returning from or going to a regular teenage function, when their van develops engine trouble or breaks down for a variety of reasons. Their (unintended) destination turns out to be suffering a monster problem, and the gang volunteers to investigate the case. Eventually, enough clues are found to convince the gang that the ghost or monster was a villain. Invariably, the ghost or monster was apprehended and revealed to be an apparently blameless authority figure or otherwise innocuous local who uses the disguise to cover up a crime or scam. After proclaiming "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!", ... Written by Anonymous Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! | Scoobypedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! This article refers to the original TV series. For other uses, see Scooby-Doo, Where Are You (disambiguation) . Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Alex Lovy (co-producer, season 2) Directors Warner Bros.

Television Distribution (1999-) Scooby Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo . It premiered on September 13, 1969 at 10:30 AM EST and ran for two seasons on CBS as a half-hour long show. Twenty-five episodes were produced ( seventeen in 1969-1970 and eight more in 1970). Contents Origin For more details on this topic, look here . Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was the result of CBS and Hanna-Barbera's plans to create a non-violent Saturday morning program which would appease the parent watch groups that had protested the superhero -based programs of the mid-1960s. Originally titled Mysteries Five, and later Who's S-S-Scared?, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! underwent a number of changes from script to screen (the most notable of which was the downplaying of the musical group angle borrowed from The Archie Show ).

However, the basic concept—four teenagers Fred , Daphne , Velma , and Shaggy , along with a large goofy Great Dane, Scooby-Doo , solving supernatural-related mysteries—was always in place. Character development was not a major focus of early sitcoms (especially animated cartoons), so little was offered about the personal lives of the Mystery Inc. members before the show, aside from the obvious (i.e. they are high school students). Also, each episode is a self-contained story, with connections to previous or future episode. (A story arc for the franchise did not exist until Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated , which is essentially a reboot with everything that WAY didn't have or wasn't allowed to.) Writing Scooby-Doo creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears served as the story supervisors on the series. Ruby, Spears, and Bill Lutz wrote all of the scripts for the seventeen first-season Scooby episodes, while Ruby, Spears, Lutz, Larz Bourne , and Tom Dagenais wrote the eight second-season episodes. The plot varied little from episode to episode. The main concept was as follows: The Mystery Inc.

gang turn up in the Mystery Machine , en route to or returning from a regular teenage function when their van develops engine trouble or breaks down for any of a variety of reasons (overheating, flat tire, etc.), in the immediate vicinity of a large, mostly-vacated property (ski lodge, hotel, factory, mansion, etc.). Their (unintended) destination turns out to be suffering from a monster problem (ghosts, Frankenstein, Yeti, etc.). The kids volunteer to investigate the case. The gang splits up to cover more ground, with Fred and Velma finding clues, Daphne finding danger, and Shaggy and Scooby finding food, fun, and the ghost/monster, who gives chase. Scooby and Shaggy in particular love to eat, including dog treats called Scooby Snacks which are a favorite of both the dog and the teenage boy. Eventually, enough clues are found to convince the gang that the ghost/monster is a fake, and a trap is set to capture it. The trap may or may not work (more often than not, Scooby-Doo falls into the trap and they accidentally catch the monster another way, usually if the plan is explained in detail before attempted execution it fails).

Invariably, the ghost/monster is apprehended and unmasked. The person in the ghost or monster suit turns out to be an apparently blameless authority figure or otherwise innocuous local who is using the disguise to cover up something such as crime or a scam. After giving the parting shot of "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you blasted meddling kids" (sometimes adding "...and your stupid dog!"), the offender is then taken away to jail, and the gang is allowed to continue on their way to their destination. Episodes Swedish Cast Scooby-Doo is the team 's mascot. Naturally, they use Scooby to sniff out clues -- if his cowardice doesn't get in the way, but this is averted by a dog treat (which shares his name). He is voiced by Don Messick , a Hanna-Barbera veteran; uses a similar voice to Astro, The Jetsons' family dog. Shaggy Rogers , the owner and best friend of Scooby. If they're not finding the monster while searching for clues with Velma , they're finding the monster by themselves. When surprised, he'll usually shout, "Zoinks!" (occasionally "Zoink").

He also cracks bad jokes and puns. He is voiced by radio dee jay, Casey Kasem . Fred Jones is relied onto for his leadership in separating the gang when they need to cover more ground, and to formulate a plan to capture the monster. He is voiced by young actor, Frank Welker , who began his long career in voice acting. Velma Dinkley uses her vast knowledge to aid in solving the mystery. She'll occasionally use complicated scientific word to explain an event. She is voiced by actress, Nicole Jaffe . Daphne Blake tries to support the gang, but inevitably falls into a trap floor and/or being held captive by the monster. In season one , she was voiced by Stefanianna Christopherson . After that season had finished, she quit to get married and start a family. Heather North , Jaffe's roommate, auditioned for and won the role of Daphne for the second and last season . Music For the theme song, see Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! theme song Studio musical director Ted Nichols wrote an instrumental theme for the show, which was for the opening credits of and under the title cards for the premiere episode, What a Night for a Knight .

The closing theme of the first show was the now more familiar Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! theme song, written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh and recorded by Mook three days before the show's September 13 broadcast premiere. After Nichols's theme was used as both the opening and closing theme of the second broadcast episode, A Clue for Scooby Doo , Mook and Raliegh's theme became the permanent opening credits theme, and was also heard as the closing credits theme on all but three episodes: Hassle in the Castle , Which Witch is Which? , and A Night of Fright is No Delight , which used the original instrumental theme in syndication in the 1990s. Nichols' original theme is, however, heard under the title card for each episode of both this and the follow-up series, The New Scooby-Doo Movies , and is very prominently used as background score for most Scooby-Doo episodes through 1979. The second season featured "chase scene" songs produced by La La Productions (which had originally been contracted to create the music for Josie and the Pussycats , the first of many shows made from the same mold as Scooby-Doo).

These songs were written by Danny Janssen and Austin Roberts, and were performed by Roberts, who also made a new recording of the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! theme song for the second season episodes. Both seasons contained a laugh track, which was standard practice for American cartoon series during the 1960s and 1970s. It was removed for syndication in the 1980s. The laugh track was then reinstated when Cartoon Network began airing the show. Reception and legacy Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was a breakaway hit for Hanna-Barbera and CBS, who quickly introduced similar cartoons to accompany Scooby-Doo: Josie and the Pussycats (1970), The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971) (which re-imagined the toddlers from The Flintstones as high-school students), and The Funky Phantom (also 1971). In the UK, in 2005, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! came 49th in Channel 4's "100 Greatest Cartoons" [1].

As of 2006, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is also the only classic Hanna-Barbera series that continues to air on Cartoon Network ; the others were gradually moved to Boomerang in the early 2000s. Home media Episodes from season one and two were released to VHS under the title Classic Scooby-Doo. Releases include: Classic Scooby-Doo - Mystery Mask Mix-Up, Classic Scooby-Doo - Which Witch is Which?, Classic Scooby-Doo - That's Snow Ghost, Classic Scooby-Doo - The Haunted House Hang-Up, Classic Scooby-Doo - Scooby-Doo and a Mummy Too, Classic Scooby-Doo - A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts and Classic Scooby-Doo - Foul Play in Funland. Each VHS release contained its titular episode and a second episode. Season sets All 25 episodes were released on DVD in March 2004 by Warner Home Video as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons .

A DVD entitled Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Third Season was released on April 10, 2007, made up of episodes produced in 1978, added to the Scooby's All-Stars package, and later syndicated as part of The Scooby-Doo Show . Name

Question: ‘What a Night for a Knight’ was the first episode of which US animated television series, first broadcast in September 1969?
Answer: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You