![]() Maybe it’s cliché to say, but the original is always the best - at least in this case. Overall, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo feels like a completely fresh and creative take on Scooby-Doo, presenting another side to the characters we know and love. The more fantastical elements were added throughout later series as the franchise went on. In fact, this show is one of the few that follows the example of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in how each monster is unmasked to be a regular person, with no supernatural creatures ever appearing. While A Pup Named Scooby-Doo takes the classic Scooby-Doo characters a different route with the animation and Looney Tunes-style adventures, there’s still a monster of the week like in the original series. gang in elementary school, with the animation style much more cutesy, similar to how Baby Looney Tunes compares to the original Looney Tunes. ![]() A Pup Named Scooby-Doo features the Mystery Inc. The show, which ran for four seasons from 1988 to 1991, is the longest-running Scooby-Doo television series to date. Altogether, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is a modern, mature take on Scooby-Doo that also maintains many important elements of the classic series that fans love so much.Īlthough both Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! and Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! attempt to present an inventive take on Scooby-Doo by using a new animation style, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is arguably the only series in the franchise to ever succeed at this. Another new thing that Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated brings to the Scooby-Doo franchise is a seriousness and focus on dark storylines, with the show including a lot of references to classic horror films, television, and literature. Along with that, the gang’s relationships with each other - whether romantic or platonic - play an important role in the story. ![]() Okay, so technically The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo has one overarching story arc, but there's zero character development, so does it really count? With Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, each character is extremely well-designed and fleshed out, with actual character development occurring throughout the show. The first element is utilizing a serial format story arc that unfolds over the course of the show’s two seasons. While the series incorporates many classic Scooby-Doo elements, like the classic monster mysteries and the well-known “meddling kids” quote to end the episode, it also does quite a few things that have never been seen before in the franchise. ![]() Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is a two-season television series that ran from 2010 to 2013 on Cartoon Network. It’s not to say that this series isn’t good, but it diverts so much from other Scooby-Doo series that it almost leaves the original franchise behind entirely. Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! returns to the classic character outfits while also putting a major focus on the comedic aspect of the story, but sometimes the comedy feels a little cheap and unimaginative. The show earns a higher spot on the list than Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! and other shows due to the commitment to the total reworking of the story and the unique animation design in tune with many popular shows of the time. Running for two seasons on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! follows the group as they travel in the Mystery Machine solving cases throughout their last summer together before going off to college. While some people like Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, the 2015 series that completely upends the animation style (again), a lot of the classic comedy and spirit of the original Scooby-Doo is left behind in an attempt to be original. While Scrappy was originally added in order to keep Scooby-Doo new and exciting, the creators finally understood that the best thing to do was to go back to the classic formula that started it all. The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show is a look at the franchise’s slow climb back from the brink. It looks like at this point Hanna-Barbera and other producers involved finally were understanding that fans wanted the entire original gang back, and Fred and Velma finally return in some episodes after five years away. With a major focus on supernatural mysteries, the gang of Daphne, Scooby, Shaggy, and Scrappy solve some more dangerous mysteries for two seasons, the second of which was renamed as The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries - for what reason, I don’t know, likely to confuse us even more. In 1983, the story was reworked once more into The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, bringing Daphne back after an absence of three years. Even after the 1980 series, Scrappy endured a bit longer as a part of the franchise.
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