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George3000
06-19-2005, 07:51 PM
A thread to discuss the best Sccoby series; either:


Scooby-Doo, Where Are You (1969-70)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-74)
The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-79)
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-83)
The All-New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983-84)
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984-85)
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985-86)
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-91)
What’s New Scooby-Doo (2002-present)

Merilee
06-19-2005, 10:20 PM
A thread to discuss the best Sccoby series; either:


Scooby-Doo, Where Are You (1969-70)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-74)
The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-79)
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-83)
The All-New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983-84)
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984-85)
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985-86)
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-91)
What’s New Scooby-Doo (2002-present)

Well,fr me it's a tie between three:

Where Are You?
New Scooby Doo Mysteries
What's New, Scooby Doo

Those are my top three!
Merilee
:cool:

Dudley
06-19-2005, 11:27 PM
The Scooby-Doo Show and A Pup Named Scooby Doo

muttley123
06-20-2005, 09:45 AM
For me, it's The New Scooby Doo Movies.

I loved the dialogue better in this series, guest stars like Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters, Sonny & Cher, Cass Elliot etc., provided a more mature sense of humour to the show. Wish they had done episodes with Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, and Paul Lynde. Also, having longer stories with the characters of Fred, Daphne, & Velma being more involved, really appealed to me.

Second would be Scooby Doo, Where Are You? The character designs for people and the villains were great, the backgrounds were very detailed, and the music worked. This was by far the spookiest, more realistic of the Scooby Doo series.

So, a cross over between these two series would have been best in my opinion.

There really isn't much left of the classics' imprint in What's New Scooby Doo? The gang looks the same, the formula's the same....bad guy in costume, lots of chasing around, but it lost its feel. No realistic spooky places or charcaters, no organ music, floating candles, eyes watching from pictures and trap doors behind bookcases etc. These may have been cliches, but I miss them. Also, The characters' personalities are now just parodies of what they were.

Mister Intensity
06-20-2005, 09:57 AM
In my eyes, the best Scooby series are "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You," The New Scooby-Doo Movies," and "Scooby, Scrappy, and Yabba Doo" (1982-83), the most underrated Scooby series of them all (that's the season where they were the "Fearless Detectives.).

I'm starting to appreciate "What's New Scooby-Doo" more and more because this series does something that hasn't been done since the first series, convincingly show the gang as friends instead of a group of individuals who are together because of the "mystery solving formula." The friendship aspect was something that was lost over the years and "What's New" bought it back and for that I'm thankful for it.

Mister Intensity

Daffy Dork
06-20-2005, 04:29 PM
The orginal,the classic,what brought scooby his claim to fame...


Scooby Doo! Where are you!


runner ups: new movies,scooby show,original scooby and scrappy,and 13 ghosts(in that order)

AarHan3
06-20-2005, 04:36 PM
I used to like the first 2 episodes of the original Scooby-Doo Where Are You! (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/), "What A Night For A Knight (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/wanfak.html)" and "A Clue For Scooby-Doo (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/acfsd.html)", mainly because of Hoyt Curtin's original theme music, which is, what Eric B stated on his Scooby Story (http://members.aol.com/bdmnqr2/scoobystory.html) site, the extended version of the piece used on the titles of most episodes from 1969-72. That is, until Turner remastered the eps in 1998 and, well, just messed it all up that way. :sad: I mean, the laugh track in "A Clue For Scooby-Doo (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/acfsd.html)" is hardly audible anymore. And without the original theme music for the first 2 episodes, the research of it is just wrong; people are thinking Dave Mook and Ben Raleigh's theme started on the show about 3 weeks early. :confused:

The only saving grace of these reprints is the restored laughtrack in all the segments (save for "What The Hex Going On? (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/wthgo.html)"). In the 1980s, the laughtrack was removed from all the shows (save for Saturday Morning repeats on ABC as Scooby-Doo Classics); in the early-to-late 1990s, only the first 2 shows had a laughtrack intact. (That's how I decided that these were my favourite episodes, because of the original theme and laughtrack! :cool: )

Were I in charge of programming, I'd just scrap the new prints of "What A Night For A Knight (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/wanfak.html)" and "A Clue For Scooby-Doo (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/acfsd.html)" outright and just revert to the 1990s syndicated versions, which retained the old theme (including the version shown during the main titles of "A Clue For Scooby-Doo (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/acfsd.html)" with a laughtrack!), as first shown on USA Network's Cartoon Express from 1990-94 and shown on TNT, TBS and Cartoon Network prior to '98. Just to keep the continuity correct and right a huge mistake, which Turner has yet to see. :shrug: (The second season shows are okay, though. :) )

Makes me glad I saved VHS copies of the old prints of the first 2 shows...and even more better I have shined WB's SDWAY! (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/) DVD season set on. :D Since then I have taken an interest in the later shows, like the 1976-8 editions, as first shown on The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. :cool:

Brainatra
06-20-2005, 07:26 PM
My favorites:

Scooby Doo Where Are You?: The original, of course. Recall in syndicated reruns as a kid, the bumper before commercial break played the "creepy" stinger music from the series with a clip of the title-coming-toward-the-screen from the opening credits, and Shaggy saying "don't go away... Scooby Doo will be right back" (or somesuch),followed by a clip of Scooby eating something/licking that cotton candy off himself.

The New Scooby Doo Movies: Liked watching it in reruns as a kid; recall liking the one with Cass Elliot a lot, even though at the time, I had no idea who she was.

A Pup Named Scooby Doo: Amusing parody of the show, plus the only "adults-as-kids" cartoon Hanna-Barbera made that *didn't* contradict most of what we already knew about the characters (vs. "The Flintstone Kids"... I mean, *really* now*---no way Mr. Slate's the same age as Fred for them to have been in the same class! Won't go into "Yo Yogi" :-) ).

What's New, Scooby Doo?: Nice update for the 21st century of everyone, plus appreciate hearing Casey Kasem as Shaggy again. Would like to see this show as a sign that other old H-B properties might be worth reviving with more modernized writing, but guessing Time-Warner's more concerned about churning out Even More Batman or Pokemon Spinoffs to bother with that...

TrogdorNyimbhat
06-20-2005, 08:17 PM
What's new, without Casey Kasem. Not that I even like that one though. All others are unwatchable.

Mister Intensity
06-20-2005, 09:12 PM
My favorites:

Scooby Doo Where Are You?: The original, of course. Recall in syndicated reruns as a kid, the bumper before commercial break played the "creepy" stinger music from the series with a clip of the title-coming-toward-the-screen from the opening credits, and Shaggy saying "don't go away... Scooby Doo will be right back" (or somesuch),followed by a clip of Scooby eating something/licking that cotton candy off himself.

The New Scooby Doo Movies: Liked watching it in reruns as a kid; recall liking the one with Cass Elliot a lot, even though at the time, I had no idea who she was.

A Pup Named Scooby Doo: Amusing parody of the show, plus the only "adults-as-kids" cartoon Hanna-Barbera made that *didn't* contradict most of what we already knew about the characters (vs. "The Flintstone Kids"... I mean, *really* now*---no way Mr. Slate's the same age as Fred for them to have been in the same class! Won't go into "Yo Yogi" :-) ).

What's New, Scooby Doo?: Nice update for the 21st century of everyone, plus appreciate hearing Casey Kasem as Shaggy again. Would like to see this show as a sign that other old H-B properties might be worth reviving with more modernized writing, but guessing Time-Warner's more concerned about churning out Even More Batman or Pokemon Spinoffs to bother with that...
Too bad falling ratings probably killed "What's New Scooby-Doo," which ruins any chance for revivals of other Hanna Barbara characters. The funny thing is the show is growing on me. I'm also enjoying the more recent DTV's (I love Aloha Scooby-Doo).

Mister Intensity

sag_2002
06-21-2005, 03:19 PM
1.) Where Are You?: The original, and still the best.

2.) Scooby Movies: I dug every one of them, my faves are the Batman eps, and the Harlem Globetrotters eps.

3.) Pup: Amusing parody of the old days, with some pretty funny sight gags.

Zero-V
06-21-2005, 03:44 PM
1. New Scooby Doo Movies: A great series, one of the rare occasions where a cartoon series lasts one hour, and the crossover characters contributed to the episode as opposed to just be the victim/comedy relif,treated with an equal amount of competence on thier part, the highlights are the mysteries requiring the assistence of The Three Stooges, Sonny and Cher, and of course, the classic Batman episodes.

2. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Purly because it not only redeemed the Scooby series, but also introduced the town of "Coolsville" in the first place, and created new characteristics for the gang that the movies would later use.

3. Scooby-Doo: Where Are You?: The original, the first, the one that put Scooby on the map and pretty much established what an animated mystery series should be, and it's been rarly duplicated (ok, imitated constantly by other Hannah-Barbera versions)

FredVelDaphFan
08-08-2005, 01:38 PM
(1) Scooby-Doo Where ARe You

(2)The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-1979)
I know I am in the m inority here on this one, but I thought this one really echoed the feeling of the original.

(3)Pup N amed Scooby Doo
OK, the artwork bugged me (especially Velma) but I liked how they brought back the whole cast.

sdp
08-08-2005, 04:41 PM
when i was little i enjoyed them all but i had my favs.

Where are you?
a pup named Scooby Doo
13 ghosts of scooby doo
I also liked the scrappy doo episodes where the whole gang is there, not when it's only him shaggy and scooby.

Dub
08-08-2005, 04:42 PM
The Original - for obvious reasons, WHEN ITS NOT PLAYED OUT (and this is important) and you can see it for what it really is, it certainly is a masterful piece of animation for its time. While its UNBELIEVABLY TAME by todays standards, it really was the first show to at least try and be dark somewhat and break the mold of Saturday Morning TV and I think that accounts for a lot. The stories werent as silly as they ended up being as time went on, the "men in masks" were believeable men in masks and not parodies of what they aresuch as now. I trully beleive that Scooby Doo didnt ruin Scooby Doo, CLONING Scooby Doo and milking it to death is what ruined Scooby Doo. You have to wonder - if the formula hadnt been worn so thin by the fourth major series (Scooby and Scrappy - with the full gang in tact), would we have ever even gotten Scrappy at all?

The Scooby Doo Show runs a close second to me because even if the formula began to wear a bit think by this time I really think that this was the closest to the original that the franchise got. I think that the reason that this show is ignored by most is because it came in the middle of the scooby glut. But that doesnt mean that its a BAD SHOW. In fact I think in some ways its on par with the original. Theres more that I like rather than dislike about this period and thats because A) the animation was finally kicked up a notch. If you pay attention, The New Scooby Doo Movies had animation that is in parts worse than the original IMO. But in the Scooby Doo Show, the further on the episodes got, the better the animation got. In some cases Scooby and Shaggy are so fluid in thier movements that you have to wonder how much HB spent on thier budget for the episode considering. Two eps from this series that always stand out in my mind are the Iron Face one (with Scooby and Shaggy trapped on the ramparts) and the Ghostly Gondolier/Venice episode with Shaggy/Scooby messing around with the Gargoyle. The stories are also not that bad. It just seems implausable to me that out of nowhere they'd run into a 70's pop culture icon. :P And I think doing that (no matter how nostalgic it is) is what gradually began to take some of the believability out of what made the original Scooby Doo series work.

And lastly I'm gonna be an odd duck and choose the DTV series over Whats New. The DTV series, exception being Legend Of The Vampire and Monster Of Mexico, is honestly what I expected Whats New to be like. Loch Ness Monster was definately a step up but I like it when Scooby Doo doesnt telegraph whos behind the mask from a million miles away. Theres some suspension of disbelief in the series, but while Whats New is leagues better than anything created during the Scrappy years, as far as current Scooby goes I think the DTV's beat Whats New by a mile in terms of character interaction and depth. Wheover said What's New did bring back the friendship between the gang not seen SINCE the original though, I would agree 100% on.



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This post was a lot longer than I'd originally planned...

Style
08-08-2005, 04:56 PM
I liked the 90's run of Scooby-Doo DTVs. The ones where Scott Innes did the voices of Scoob and Shag. Those are what got me into Scooby actually. The animation was better than the "What's New" generation. And they were well-written and featured great twists on the formula.

Here's what that generation consisted of:

Zombie Island: The first and best of the bunch, and the first new Scooby material like in 10 years when it first came out.

Witch's Ghost: It was pretty good, but not as good as the first

Alien Invasion: I loved this one. The "alien threat" was creepy yet funny, and it conincingly portrayed Shaggy in love, and it was sad when he had to say good-bye.

Cyberchase: Okay, this was the stinker of that bunch, and probably what did it in. There is pretty much no remdemptive quality here. Even something that seems interesting, (The gang running into their own seventies-era counter parts) pans as well, because the real gang hasn't really evolved much from the earlier version, so the point-counterpoint doesn't work.

That's when "What's new" hit, and the DTV's since have been handled by that team, featuring the look of that show. I tried watching the one about the Vampire in the outback, but found it unbearably dull. And while I haven't sat down and watched the others that have come since, what little I've seen on CN does seem to indicate that "Lochness" and "Aloha" are improvements. In fact, scenes from "Lochness" approach the quality of the 90's DTVs, so I may yet try to catch it.

Dub
08-08-2005, 05:18 PM
I liked the 90's run of Scooby-Doo DTVs. The ones where Scott Innes did the voices of Scoob and Shag. Those are what got me into Scooby actually. The animation was better than the "What's New" generation. And they were well-written and featured great twists on the formula. Agreed - it was the 90's DTV's that got me BACK into Scooby Doo. (from that point it had been a long time since I'd watched Scooby as a 5 year old before school)

I tried watching the one about the Vampire in the outback, but found it unbearably dull.
I dont care what anybody says - Vampire puts me to sleep and Monster Of Mexico is just corny as all get out. The entire fake reporting scene in that is as childish as you can get minus other numerous problems I have with it. they tried to emulate the 70's series dead on and in doing so gave it no life. =\ I will agree that Cyberchase was the lowpoint of the 90's DTV's but its arguably better than Vampire by a mile. =\

And while I haven't sat down and watched the others that have come since, what little I've seen on CN does seem to indicate that "Lochness" and "Aloha" are improvements. In fact, scenes from "Lochness" approach the quality of the 90's DTVs, so I may yet try to catch it. I really liked Lochness. After the last two duds I went in not expecting much of anything and I think that it was the closest the DTV's and the Whats New team have gotten to the qualities of the 90's ones since they started. Aloha wasnt as good as Lochness IMO, but it wasnt as bad as Vampire or Mexico either and managed to remain somewhat enjoyable. Both of them kind of feel like multipart episodes of Whats New rather than a clone of the 90's DTV's or bad 70's throwbacks like Vampire and Monster which i guess is OK.

Nelson
08-08-2005, 07:00 PM
There's just one little problem.....

There was "NEVER" a good Scooby Doo series to begin with, as this is one of the most "OVERRATED" series in the history of televison.With countless airings on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, this show defintley needs to be retired.

FredVelDaphFan
08-08-2005, 09:03 PM
I disagree that there never was a good series, but I do agree that CN overran it. I had mentioned once before, it ran sometimes as often as 4 times a day with the same episode. As big a fan as I am of the series, I think the overrunning killed it and made many people hate the series.

PowerZord
08-08-2005, 09:41 PM
I liked all versions but my top favs:

The original,
Scrappy doo series
Pup named scooby doo.- This one is My favorite of all!

DTV movies:
Scooby doo on Zombie island- and This time the Monsters are real!!(I'll never forget this trailer)

Jave
08-08-2005, 09:44 PM
There's just one little problem.....

There was "NEVER" a good Scooby Doo series to begin with, as this is one of the most "OVERRATED" series in the history of televison.With countless airings on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, this show defintley needs to be retired.If you look at the title of the thread, you'll see this is a topic designated for fans of Scooby Doo to post in. It isn't asking if you like the show or not, but what is your favorite series, so don't post in the thread if you're going to do nothing but rain on other people's parade.

FredVelDaphFan
08-09-2005, 03:40 PM
...so don't post in the thread if you're going to do nothing but
rain on other people's parade. Thank you, Javeman!!! Nearly every Scooby-positive thread in the past had been "infiltrated" by people looking to start a fight with the fans. Thanks for being aware of this. :cool:

FredVelDaphFan
08-09-2005, 03:47 PM
Were I in charge of programming, I'd just scrap the new prints of "What A Night For A Knight (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/wanfak.html)" and "A Clue For Scooby-Doo (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/acfsd.html)" outright and just revert to the 1990s syndicated versions, which retained the old theme (including the version shown during the main titles of "A Clue For Scooby-Doo (http://scoobyfiles.toonzone.net/casefiles/seasonone/acfsd.html)" with a laughtrack!), as first shown on USA Network's Cartoon Express from 1990-94 and shown on TNT, TBS and Cartoon Network prior to '98.
Yes, but USA also cut out a lot of things in order to fit it into their scheduling block. Certain lines of dialogue were cut, and, in one episode, (don't recall, but I think it was Haunted House Hangup) a pivotal scene was cut and so the clues made no sense and neither did the conlclusion. I guess we got to take the good w/the bad.
I was really disappointed when I saw that the 4-disc DVD set did not have the old theme music on it. Incidentally, overseas dubs or "SD's Greatest Mysteries", "Spookiest Tales" and "Creepiest CApers" use the instrumental theme as the opening for every episode, probably because the English lyrics would be lost to the foreign viewer.

hobbyfan
08-09-2005, 08:58 PM
My favorites:

Scooby Doo Where Are You?: The original, of course. Recall in syndicated reruns as a kid, the bumper before commercial break played the "creepy" stinger music from the series with a clip of the title-coming-toward-the-screen from the opening credits, and Shaggy saying "don't go away... Scooby Doo will be right back" (or somesuch),followed by a clip of Scooby eating something/licking that cotton candy off himself.

I remember that, too. The bumpers were part of the original broadcasts when Scooby was on CBS, and carried over into syndication (Viacom held the rights in the late 70's-early 80's). Same with Josie & the Pussycats.

The New Scooby Doo Movies: Liked watching it in reruns as a kid; recall liking the one with Cass Elliot a lot, even though at the time, I had no idea who she was.

Ever hear of the band Mamas & the Papas? How about songs like "Monday, Monday"? "Mama" Cass Elliott was 1/4 of the group.

[Personal favorites from this period: Both Batman & Robin eps (Casey Kasem in a dual role as Shaggy & Robin), both 3 Stooges eps, Jeannie, Sandy Duncan, and the Addams Family.]

What's New, Scooby Doo?: Nice update for the 21st century of everyone, plus appreciate hearing Casey Kasem as Shaggy again. Would like to see this show as a sign that other old H-B properties might be worth reviving with more modernized writing, but guessing Time-Warner's more concerned about churning out Even More Batman or Pokemon Spinoffs to bother with that...
Totally in agreement here. Warners has upgraded Super Friends to an extent with Justice League (Unlimited), as evidenced by a revamped Hall of Doom set up for next season, and a Wonder Twins statue in season 1 of JL. Scooby's been done. DC did Space Ghost's origin, and plans a sequel. Dynomutt was last seen on Dexter's Laboratory a few years back, but could stand another upgrade. I've got a few other ideas I'll share elsewhere.:D

Scirel
08-09-2005, 10:12 PM
IMO, my favorite scoobys were:

1. The original series where EVERYONE was there.

2. Pup named scooby doo. It was closer to the original than any of the series in between the original and this.

3. WNSD- see #2.


I really don`t like the ones where it`s just Shaggy, scooby and Scrappy(sometimes daphne was there).

STARTOUNZ
08-09-2005, 10:32 PM
My overall favorite was The New Scooby-Doo movies. To this day, I still get a kick out of seeing Scooby and co. team up with the Three Stooges, Batman and Robin, the Harlem Globetrotters, even Sonny and Cher. :p This series was also one of the few HB shows that allowed crossovers with other series like Josie and the Pussycats, Speed Buggy, and Jeannie and Babu.

Frankly, I liked all the Scooby-Doo series. But other than NSDM, my top picks overall would be The Scooby-Doo Show, SD:Where Are You, and New SD Mysteries ('84).

FredVelDaphFan
08-09-2005, 10:53 PM
I really don`t like the ones where it`s just Shaggy, scooby and Scrappy(sometimes daphne was there).I hear ya on that! :D Although you could probably guess that from my user name...

Tak Mazé
08-10-2005, 06:17 AM
Personally I only liked the old-style movies O_o As for the series', I wouldn't watch anything but the original or ones where, like someone else said, all the characters were there.
WNSD? wasn't as bad as I was dreading it to be, but I still think the whole concept has been milked completely dry already.

Daffyfan2003
08-10-2005, 04:51 PM
O.K., I don't know if I posted here or not, but in case I haven't. I'll go down the list.

SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU! Definitely a classic! The best of the series. But I can see where people get tired of seeing the same eps over again. That might not have been the problem if the series had lasted a few more years, then networks, especially CN wouldn't have to play the same ones over again.

THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES: This was a good series for the most part, extending the original "Scooby-Doo Where Are You" formula to an hour was a nice touch. The only problem was some eps put too much focus on the guest stars rather than the actual Scooby gang.

THE SCOOBY-DOO SHOW: I agree with what most people mentioned here. This was very close to the original with two differences I want to comment on. A. Pat Stevens replaced Nicole Jaffe as the voice of Velma B. The addition of Scooby Dum. These differences didn't bother me too much. Pat's Velma was similar to Nicole's, but she still had that 'smart girl' type voice, just deeper. Scooby Dum, was an okay character considering he only appeared in four episodes.

(I can't really talk about 'laugh o lympics' since I haven't seen that one)

SCOOBY AND SCRAPPY-DOO: I have to agree that Scrappy was the most annoying in his first year. I didn't really care much for that Lennie Weinrib Bronx accent he used to have. Still the whole gang was around and it was basically similar to the originals. I think the biggest problem here was when Maria Frumkin replaced Pat Stevens as the voice of Velma. That really changed her character's personality. Then we get into the second year with Scrappy. Don Messick's Scrappy voice fit the character better, but by that time Velma, Daphne and Fred were gone. Also, they got away from the mystery format and the show became more wacky. Not Scooby's best.

ALL NEW SCOOBY AND SCRAPPY/THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES: It seems that here they went back to the mystery solving format in this series. Daphne returned. Also Velma and Fred would make occasional guest appearances. At this point, Scrappy was pretty tolerable. Even a bit clever at times. So this was a fairly good series.

THE 13 GHOSTS: I really liked this one when I saw it on CN. I know it was different since they dealt with real monsters. Velma and Fred weren't in it, but I liked the concept. I also liked the new characters: Weerd, Boogle, Vincent Van Ghoul. Didn't care much for Flim Flam, but that's just me.

TV MOVIES: (Ghoul School, Boo Bros., Reluctand Werewolf) Pretty good for the most part. Might have been better if the whole gang had been in them rather than just Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy.

A PUP NAMED SCOOBY-DOO: I'd have to say this was the best since the original. I liked that they went back to the original gang solving mysteries. I also liked the Tex Avery-like eye popping gags. Very enjoyable.

DIRECT TO VIDEOS: I really enjoyed them (especially "Witch's Ghost). Even though they dealt with real monsters. They included the whole gang and had pretty much a mystery-solving format. I also liked that they brought back the original voice cast for "Legend of the Vampire" and "Monster of Mexico." The most recent ones however "Lochness Monster" and "Aloha" were missing something though. I sort of wish they would have stayed with the "real monster" formula for the newer DTVs. But they sort of got away from that later on. Still, the movies were very enjoyable.

WHAT'S NEW SCOOBY-DOO? So far very enjoyable. I watched it every Saturday it was on. I hope they make new eps.

FredVelDaphFan
08-10-2005, 07:02 PM
SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU! Definitely a classic! The best of the series. But I can see where people get tired of seeing the same eps over again. That might not have been the problem if the series had lasted a few more years, then networks, especially CN wouldn't have to play the same ones over again. Too bad the networks didn't figure that out b/f it was too late.



SCOOBY AND SCRAPPY-DOO: Then we get into the second year with Scrappy. Don Messick's Scrappy voice fit the character better, but by that time Velma, Daphne and Fred were gone. Also, they got away from the mystery format and the show became more wacky. Not Scooby's best.I hear ya on this one I cuold tolerate the series when Fred, Vel & Daph were still around, but once they were "unjustly" dropped, (and without explanation) I lost interest. I didn't like the wacky format either.

ALL NEW SCOOBY AND SCRAPPY/THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES: It seems that here they went back to the mystery solving format in this series. Daphne returned. Also Velma and Fred would make occasional guest appearances.I liked this one only because Daphne came back; I would have liked it even more had Fred and Vel been restored full time to the cast.

A PUP NAMED SCOOBY-DOO: I'd have to say this was the best since the original. I liked that they went back to the original gang solving mysteries. I also liked the Tex Avery-like eye popping gags. Very enjoyable.I liked this series because it reunited thw whole gang.
PS-Love your avatar.

Daffyfan2003
08-11-2005, 08:21 AM
I liked this one only because Daphne came back; I would have liked it even more had Fred and Vel been restored full time to the cast.

I liked this series because it reunited thw whole gang.
PS-Love your avatar.

Thanks. Maybe I should have called myself Daphnefan. Lol. Yeah, it would have been a good idea to bring Fred and Velma back full time in the "New Scooby-Doo Mysteries." But I'd suggest they got a better VA for Velma if they did that. I'm assuming it was still Maria Frumkin in that series. They would have been better off if they brought back Pat Stevens or even Nicole Jaffe. Just my opinion on that.

STARTOUNZ
08-11-2005, 08:49 AM
I liked you opinions Daffyfan2003, but you omitted your views on THE SCOOBY, SCRAPPY, AND YABBA DOO SHOW. This originally aired in 1982, the year prior to Daphne's return. In this series, The first 2 cartoons of each half-hour featured Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy having various misadventures along with working for the latter's Uncle Fearless Detective Agency. The last cartoons had Scrappy in the western town of Tumbleweed assisting his Uncle Yabba-Doo and Deputy Dusty restoring law and order against the various desperados who caused trouble. Not a bad series IMO, even though this was more Scrappy than Scooby. It's too bad they never had Scooby and Yabba-Doo onscreen together. If they played their cards straight, they could have done a little crossing over with a situation where Yabba and Dusty could have come to the big city to help out Scooby and Shaggy, then the latter could have helped their western counterparts out in Tumbleweed.

Daffyfan2003
08-12-2005, 07:30 AM
I liked you opinions Daffyfan2003, but you omitted your views on THE SCOOBY, SCRAPPY, AND YABBA DOO SHOW. This originally aired in 1982, the year prior to Daphne's return. In this series, The first 2 cartoons of each half-hour featured Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy having various misadventures along with working for the latter's Uncle Fearless Detective Agency. The last cartoons had Scrappy in the western town of Tumbleweed assisting his Uncle Yabba-Doo and Deputy Dusty restoring law and order against the various desperados who caused trouble. Not a bad series IMO, even though this was more Scrappy than Scooby. It's too bad they never had Scooby and Yabba-Doo onscreen together. If they played their cards straight, they could have done a little crossing over with a situation where Yabba and Dusty could have come to the big city to help out Scooby and Shaggy, then the latter could have helped their western counterparts out in Tumbleweed.

To tell the truth, I haven't seen the Scooby, Scrappy and Yabba series so I can't comment on that one. I have read the ep guides of that series and a few of them sounded pretty good. It might be worth checking out.

FredVelDaphFan
08-12-2005, 12:26 PM
I liked you opinions Daffyfan2003, but you omitted your views on THE SCOOBYNot a bad series IMO, even though this was more Scrappy than Scooby. It's too bad they never had Scooby and Yabba-Doo onscreen together. If they played their cards straight, they could have done a little crossing over with a situation where Yabba and Dusty could have come to the big city to help out Scooby and Shaggy, then the latter could have helped their western counterparts out in Tumbleweed.I remember seeing that series when I was a kid and asking, "Where is SCooby?" I was very surprised that HB decided to go with a "not-so-well-liked/know/popular" character (Scrappy) as the lead and establish newer characters around him. That move, a bad decision by HB, IMHO, was what doomed the series to a single season. HAd Shaggy & Scooby been there, it would have made it mroe appealing to viewers who liked SCooby as a character. I know I had a hard time watching it, since Scooby wasn't in it.
I agree, though, that it would have been a better series with Shaggy and Scooby in it. Incidentally, though, I always thought Deputy Dusty looked somewhat like Shaggy with glasses.

Daffyfan2003
08-14-2005, 07:45 AM
I remember seeing that series when I was a kid and asking, "Where is SCooby?" I was very surprised that HB decided to go with a "not-so-well-liked/know/popular" character (Scrappy) as the lead and establish newer characters around him. That move, a bad decision by HB, IMHO, was what doomed the series to a single season. HAd Shaggy & Scooby been there, it would have made it mroe appealing to viewers who liked SCooby as a character. I know I had a hard time watching it, since Scooby wasn't in it.
I agree, though, that it would have been a better series with Shaggy and Scooby in it. Incidentally, though, I always thought Deputy Dusty looked somewhat like Shaggy with glasses.

Yeah, it would be great if I could see some eps of that series just to see what it's like. But I don't know where to find it. I don't even think they played it on Cartoon Network. I think they just went straight from the original Shagg, Scoob and Scrap series to "The All New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo."

mammy2shoesfan
08-14-2005, 10:22 AM
When I was younger I would have to say that I preferred the Scrappy years over the just the gang years because I didn't see them as much as the the others. I mean I could Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo Moives etc. over the New Scooby Doo/13 Ghost anytime (Didn't care for Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy). It was a couple years ago during the big CN love affair (I didn't sit down and watch CN all day so I didn't matter to me that Scooby was on 4x a day so it was easier for me to see Scooby) that I came to the conclusion that the earlier shows were better. I tend to watch Whats New from time to time (comes or came on to early for me to watch and hard to keep track on when its on) and went crazy for those Scooby movies in the late 90s. I do miss Scrappy and thing he got a bum rap in the movie. I would love to see him and Scooby dum show up in whats new at least once.

Daffyfan2003
08-14-2005, 11:55 AM
I agree with you on the bum rap for Scrappy. (Sorry to spoil the ending for people who haven't seen the movie. Lol.) That's really a pretty bad explanation of why Scrappy wasn't in any recent shows or movies. They should maybe bring him back in something, maybe for just one episode to have more of a positive explanation of why he hasn't been around.

FredVelDaphFan
08-14-2005, 01:57 PM
They should maybe bring him back in something, maybe for just one episode to have more of a positive explanation of why he hasn't been around.I never cared for him much, but I hate what they did to him in the movie, especially the part about how they "got rid of him." I thought that was cruel, especially since in real life, people do that all to often with unwanted dogs.

In one of my fanfics, I wrote that he was given to the SPCA and was adopted out; and in another fic that tied in to the movie, I wrote that they gave him to the SPCA, the SPCA deemed him "overly aggressive and unadoptable" and they humanely euthnanized him.

What mainly bugged me about Scrappy was that he got more screen time than Fred, Velma and Daphne, and eventually forced them off the show with that. I think the premise of Scrappy could have worked much better had the writers decided to make him a part of the cast rather than just an addendum; this was what they did with Scoob-dum. Dum, while annoying, was made an integral part of the cast without sacrificing the screentime of the other characters. SCrappy was a victim of bad writing. He also came along right when Joe Ruby and Ken Spears left HB, a fact that could explain the decline in writing quality.

That is mainly why I don't list the Scrappy eps as among my favorite, but I don't really dislike them either.

muttley123
08-15-2005, 09:34 AM
I agree with the last post totally about Scrappy forcing Daphne, Fred & Velma (who are my favorite characters) off the show. I was already losing interest when their screen time was shortened because of the Scrappy monopolizing writing, but when they were taken off, I just didn't care for the show at all and would change the channel. When Daphne came back as a reporter, I would watch again. Although the stories came back towards mystery, they could never recapture the original spooky feel the 1969-76 seasons had.

Prism
08-15-2005, 05:10 PM
I know I'm in the minority for preferring 80's Scooby Doo over 70's but I do. So I like 13 Ghosts,the TV movies,DTV's and yes the series that had Scrappy to them. It seemed that they got away with more and still kept the creepy sense of fun. And I wasn't big on What's New Scooby Doo? because it felt preachy and overly cliched.

Wanted
08-15-2005, 09:06 PM
Best series: My judgement -

The original
A Pup Named...
What's New, ...
I'm too lazy to type in the name of our favorite... great dane.

Eric B
08-23-2005, 10:29 PM
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (First Season, 1972)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (Second Season, 1973)
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You (First Season 1969)
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You (Second Season-1970)
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984-85)
The All-New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983-84)
Scary Scooby Funnies (1980/81)
Scooby, Scrappy and Yabba (1982)
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-91)
HB Superstar 10 (1987-8)
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985-86)
DTV's Vampire of Mexico and Monster of Mexico (2002-3)
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-80)
The Scooby-Doo Show (second Season, 1977)
The Scooby-Doo Show (First Season, 1976)
What’s New Scooby-Doo (2002-present)
The Scooby-Doo Show (third Season-1978)
Current DTV movies
Early DTV's (Scott Innes; Fred only original voice left)
I wodered if I should put the movies over the original. The movies built on the original, without pushing it into the ground, and the guest starts added to the stories, rather than distracting or taking it too far from its premise. But then, there is nothing like a terse half hour original episode, sometimes.

The 1983 and 1984 episodes were nice cute mini mysteries with updated references and nice "spooky" ideas such as the Hands of Horror, the Creature from cHam Lab and the Bee Team. The second season brought back Fred and Velma a few times, and scooby now had his own detective agency (Daphne was no longer a reporter like in the first season), so this one gets the edge.

I placed the "no-gan" years high because of my liking of the format, though it really is in all altogether different class from the mysteries. I still wish they would play them with the rest of the classic HB cartoons(The venue for this is now called "the Zoo") I would much rather see those as filler on BOOM, than the same Wally Gator episodes over and over! You have to at least admit that this proved Shaggy and Scooby to be very versatile, in that they were their same old selves, even though the monsters were now real, and not a disguised crook trying to commit a crime. In the whole outline of Scooby's career, they do very much fit, as Shaggy and Scooby were growing up, with then going from being basically freeloading youths, to going off on their own for awhile and getting various jobs, including their first actual crime solving assignment (Fearless Detective Agency).
When I first saw the gang and mystery gone; I had quickly turend away too (I had already been drifting away, as the quality of shows just weren;t the same). But it was the Uncle Fearless episodes, which I happened to take a peak at at the end of the season, which resotred some of the mystery, and a few even had original 1969 score; that got me interested in new Scooby episodes. From there, it began to upswing again, as Daphne came back, and then the guest appearanced of Fred and Velma. Eventually; I even came to like the non-mystery shorts (Which were then labeled "Scary Scooby Funnies). At least they don't pretend to be mysteries; like the orevious episodes did.

Pup Named Scooby is funny and had a lot of funny ideas (Headless Skateboarder, etc.), but I see it as more of a spoof than a real Scooby series. It did go too far in what they did with the characters: Fred becomes an idiot, Daphne takes on a lot of Velma's wit, and Velma hardly speaks at all. This began a trend that Fred has still not recovered completely from.

Superstar 10 were nice ideas, but way too longwinded. It took me years to bew able to sit down and concentrate on a whole 2 hour story. The whole gang (as someone mentioned) would have especially been good in the Boo Brothers. That would have been a classic. As someone also mentioned Velma's voice, at the time, it would have been good to get Jaffe back for that. Or if not her, Kellie Martin, who did Daphne in the following Pup show would have been the next best thing. (once again, Daphne in that shopw was more like velma anyway). I was just listening to the Were-Doo episode this afternoon and thinking again about how good a Velma she would be. Even better than the current Mindy Cohn. and perhaps Cohn would have sounded better back then, when she was younger, and had a higher pitched voice.

The whole gang would have been good for 13 Ghosts as well, though there was not as much splitting up, so the stories might have to have been revised a bit for that.

Vampire Rock and Monster of Mexico you have to credit for finally bringing Jaffe back after 30 long years where she seemingly dropped off the face of the eath. The atempts at original design were nice, but it still had a bit too much action and overboard monster design, (and even some of the "retro" sound efects) as the 1978 series. It was also a bit too clear cut and looked like one of those "web-toons" on the CN site.

Scooby Doo Show at first may look like the natural continuation of the original series, but as someone mentioned; Jaffe's departure really hurt it. Also, less obvious at first glance is that it is more about Shaggy and Scooby being cowardly buffoons. I got tired of Fred and the girls always sticking together and sending them out alone as if they were good for nothing other than ghost-bait. And then their silly whines, or attempts to get out of it overdominated, though many of the gags and lines were funny (the only reddeming quality of the show). The mutual respect of the early gang was gone. As I just said elsewhere, they would have done better to make a Marvin, Wendy and Wonder Dog series (perhaps with Robin and someone else to make a full "gang". In 1977-78, they could have just put the newly introduced Wonder Twins in as the "Fred and Daphne" counterparts) out of most of those stories, and simply include the Scooby gang in more Dynomutt episodes. The first season of Scrappy just continued that format, but the new music and new focus on Scrappy) made it not just the same ol' thing, even though Scrappy needed improving.

What's New Scooby Doo: I just can't get into it anymore. I used to have to try to focus real hard to concentrate and follow the story, and I just don;t feel like forcing myself anymore. It was a really nice idea, but the whole sound, feel and animation is just too far removed for me. Just like comparing the modern Justice League stuff to the old Superfriends. A totally different show. It was; however a welcome relief from the earlier DTV's where not even Shaggy had his original voice anymore. And Scooby sounded totally horrible.
Now, the current DTV's I also lost complete interest in. Not only are they just extended WNSD's, they are basically retracing old episodes: Loch Ness? Hawaiian Tiki? Come on! I even think it should be put to rest now. Though the one setting they will not touch is a stateside haunted house mystery like the classics from the first four seasons! Night of Fright. Haunted House Hangup. Two of the Globetrotters episodes. The Don Knotts episodes. the Batman episodes. Frickert Fracas, even. These were the best, but all they are doing is copying not only the "overseas" premise; but also the stories themselves! What next? Japan again, and another Dragon Beast?

straw_hat
08-23-2005, 11:51 PM
First off I'm not a Scooby Doo fan, far from it, but if the original DTV series counts then I'd choose that. Zombie Island was my favorite, Witches Ghost was good, Alien Invaders was ok, but Cyber Chase was awful.

FredVelDaphFan
08-27-2005, 08:53 PM
Pup Named Scooby is funny and had a lot of funny ideas (Headless Skateboarder, etc.), but I see it as more of a spoof than a real Scooby series. It did go too far in what they did with the characters: Fred becomes an idiot, Daphne takes on a lot of Velma's wit, and Velma hardly speaks at all. This began a trend that Fred has still not recovered completely from. PNSD was actually conceived as a send up of the original series and drew much more inspiration from TEx AVery than from Scooby, hence the eye-popping, jaw-dropping gimics. I hated Fred in that series--are we expected to believe that that grew into the calm, level headed Fred from "Scooby-Doo, WAY?"



The whole gang would have been good for 13 Ghosts as well, though there was not as much splitting up, so the stories might have to have been revised a bit for that. I would have liked 13 Ghosts more had the whole gang been there.


What's New Scooby Doo: I just can't get into it anymore. I used to have to try to focus real hard to concentrate and follow the story, and I just don;t feel like forcing myself anymore. It was a really nice idea, but the whole sound, feel and animation is just too far removed for me. Just like comparing the modern Justice League stuff to the old Superfriends. A totally different show. It was; however a welcome relief from the earlier DTV's where not even Shaggy had his original voice anymore. And Scooby sounded totally horrible.
Now, the current DTV's I also lost complete interest in. Not only are they just extended WNSD's, they are basically retracing old episodes: Loch Ness? Hawaiian Tiki? Come on! I even think it should be put to rest now. I can't either, and I totally agree with you that the new DTVs are nothing more than WNSD rehashes of classic episodes. It seems that the writers have no creativity left, and are resorting to recycling. They seem to think that the younger viewers will not remember the older eps, so to them, these look fresh.

Eric B
08-27-2005, 09:54 PM
are we expected to believe that that grew into the calm, level headed Fred from "Scooby-Doo, WAY?" It seems that the writers...think that the younger viewers will not remember the older eps, so to them, these look fresh. I guess 'that' is supposed to have grown into the full of himself, yet unsure of himself Fred of the modern productions, including the live action movies.

adreed24
08-30-2005, 01:00 AM
I think we are all partial to the first "Scooby" series we ever saw, no matter when we saw it, in re-runs or when it was originally broadcast.

I don't have a problem with any version of "Scooby", because when a character has been around since 1969, changes will be made.

However, I think the best of the bunch was "Scooby Doo...Where are You". It set the tone, was the beginning, and it had the best "feel" and "mood".

I remember watching it on CBS, when it hit the air in '69.

I feel that it had a great "sense of mood"; meaning that it felt pretty spooky and mysterious for a Saturday Morning cartoon show.

In fact, if you think about it, it was an actual mystery show! The villain would be revealed at the end of the story; just like an old Hollywood mystery movie.

Everything about this show seemed to be thought out, and it even "felt" that HB spent some time and money, on each episode.

I do have to give a nod to the "Scooby Doo Movies" and its real life, guest stars. I wonder how they got all of those celebrities to guest star?

Eric B
08-30-2005, 01:25 PM
They were already contracter to CBS, and/or HB at the time.
(and Scooby began on CBS in 1969. It moved to ABC in 1976).

Mr.E
08-30-2005, 03:04 PM
I know people on this thread are going to kill me for this but the best scooby doo was A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, its the only version liked of the show.

Zapages
09-10-2005, 06:57 PM
I don't know about you guys... But I'm going to say:

1. The original - it started the whole craze, so it got to be #1!!!

2. Early DTV - Zombie Island was the best I saw and was what got me back into the Scooby Doo. Plus it had soundtrack that was bit up to date and very memorable for me.

3. I guess, I'll go with any of the old movie incarnation series with Scooby doo... Those were good aswell.

FredVelDaphFan
09-12-2005, 05:12 PM
I know people on this thread are going to kill me for this but the best scooby doo was A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, its the only version liked of the show.I like PNSD because it was the first time in ages that the gang was together again. As I said before, though, I can't believe that Fred was such as...moron in that series. They really warped his character more than WNSD did!
I liked how Velma was sort of the leader and the plan maker and I wish that she had had more lines than she did. (shy little thing.)

Daffyfan2003
09-13-2005, 09:49 AM
I agree. "Pup Named Scooby-Doo" was cool, but the characters were pretty different. Fred being an idiot, Daphne being stuck up and selfish. Also it seemed like Velmas vocabulary was limited to "jinkies!"

I guess WNSD was a bit of an improvement. Fred is smarter though he does and says dumb things from time to time. Daphne still cares about hair and clothes and everything, but she seems a lot nicer now and Velma has more of a personality. Shagg and Scoob always stayed pretty much the same. :D

AarHan3
09-14-2005, 05:42 PM
Yes, but USA also cut out a lot of things in order to fit it into their scheduling block. Certain lines of dialogue were cut, and, in one episode, (don't recall, but I think it was Haunted House Hangup) a pivotal scene was cut and so the clues made no sense and neither did the conlclusion. I guess we got to take the good w/the bad.
Yeah, I noticed these butcherings on USA as well. :eek: These same prints were rerun fully intact when they hit the Turner networks in 1994. :cool:

Jave
09-14-2005, 06:01 PM
I think the reason as to why the characters in PNSD were so different is because they were, well... kids. Given that a person can change a lot during the course of his life, the writers were allowed to expermient a lot more with the characters.

I still think the show was quite funny, though. It was kind of a breath of fresh air after so many generic series. The constant 4th-wall breaking gags were hilarious ("We interrupt this program..."), and it has one of the best running gags ever ("It was Red Herring!").

The best of PNSD is that, given the premise of the series, there was no way to put Scrappy in.

Spideyfan1983
09-29-2005, 07:44 AM
My overall favorite was The New Scooby-Doo movies. To this day, I still get a kick out of seeing Scooby and co. team up with the Three Stooges, Batman and Robin, the Harlem Globetrotters, even Sonny and Cher. :p This series was also one of the few HB shows that allowed crossovers with other series like Josie and the Pussycats, Speed Buggy, and Jeannie and Babu.

Frankly, I liked all the Scooby-Doo series. But other than NSDM, my top picks overall would be The Scooby-Doo Show, SD:Where Are You, and New SD Mysteries ('84).I agree. I liked the New movies with the guest stars and then I started liking the new mysteries.

Speedy Boris
10-03-2005, 08:36 PM
and it has one of the best running gags ever ("It was Red Herring!"). Poor Red Herring, never did nothing to nobody. No wonder he resorted to thuggery- constantly being accused of crimes that he didn't do. ;)

I've always liked PNSD's character models the best. The ones from the '70s were comparatively ugly, and the animation was wooden and lifeless, much like any Hanna Barbera production from that decade.

mjg0503
11-22-2005, 07:41 PM
I guess WNSD was a bit of an improvement. Fred is smarter though he does and says dumb things from time to time. :D
Yeah, but even if it is different, you've got to admit IT'S FUNNY! I think the modern WNSD Fred and recent DTV movies is a lot more like his a original self than people give him credit for, but also a little bit of a parody of himself. But that is pretty much the same with all of the characters now. For Example, Daphne is mostly the same, but also little miss snoby rich girl sometimes. So as long as you don't take things to seriously, and it is not overdone, I think it's just nothig but FUNNY! Especially if you saw that scene in "Legend of the Vampire", where Fred is divising a "master" plan to get into an emty trailer. Now that I'm done blabbering about that, here is my top 5 Scooby series list.

1. Scooby Doo Where Are You
2. HB Superstars 10 Movies
3. The Scooby Doo Show
4. The New Scooby Doo Movies
5. New Scooby Doo Mysteries

You can tell, I'm really into the classic stuff, and greatly favor it over the new stuff. But, still the new stuff is good. Keep it coming!

Ducktales Fan
11-25-2005, 07:55 PM
I choose A Pup Named Scooby Doo over the other Scooby series. A Pup Named Scooby Doo, is the ONLY Scooby Doo series which I enjoy and can get into. The rest were pretty much boring to me, including the original. So this was an easy choice for me, obviously.

k-unit101
11-26-2005, 02:40 PM
A thread to discuss the best Sccoby series; either:


Scooby-Doo, Where Are You (1969-70)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-74)
The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-79)
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-83)
The All-New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983-84)
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984-85)
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985-86)
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-91)
What’s New Scooby-Doo (2002-present)

I haven't seen every single one of these series, but I think the best ones were...

Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
The Scooby Doo Show
A Pup Named Scooby Doo

To me those were the better ones, although I like them all (except for "The 13 Ghosts Of Scooby Doo" and "What's New Scooby Doo?")

Sidewinder1984
11-26-2005, 05:35 PM
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? and The Scooby-Doo Show are about equal for me. I don't know why some fans dislike the latter, it's a good continuation.

DOOM2099
12-01-2005, 10:44 PM
Which one had all the guest stars? The one when Batman and Robin showed up. I was like "Dude!!!! It's freakin Batman!!!!!" And then we danced.

Teknomancer
12-02-2005, 04:21 AM
I disagree that there never was a good series, but I do agree that CN overran it. I had mentioned once before, it ran sometimes as often as 4 times a day with the same episode. As big a fan as I am of the series, I think the overrunning killed it and made many people hate the series.Golden words are repeated :)

My exact thoughts on the Scooby series. Cartoon Network simply overruns them. And yes I too remember the times where 4 times a day Scooby would be on... and the man's right about it made many people hate it. My brother hates scooby seeing it repeatedly being run on CN.

I think it's a bad move by CN :(
Anyway, my choice would be Scooby Doo Where Are You, and the one's with Scrappy.

Christian Prime
12-02-2005, 07:33 AM
A thread to discuss the best Sccoby series; either:


Scooby-Doo, Where Are You (1969-70)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-74)
The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-79)
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-83)
The All-New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983-84)
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984-85)
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985-86)
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-91)
What’s New Scooby-Doo (2002-present)

For me,

I'd choose Where Are You:) , The 13 Ghosts Of:p , A Pup Called:D & What's New!:anime:

Dale
12-11-2005, 04:22 AM
1.The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-79)

2.Scooby-Doo, Where Are You (1969-70)
3.The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-74)

4.The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985-86)

5.The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984-85)

6.Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-83)
7.The All-New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983-84)

8.A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-91)

9.What’s New Scooby-Doo (2002-present)

Natey
12-11-2005, 05:44 PM
a pup name scooby doo. THe rest i dont care for. But there have been some good scooby doo movies (zombie island)