Scooby-Doo (Series & Films)
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| Scooby-Doo | ||
| A scene from "What a Night for a Knight", the first episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!—clockwise from top: Shaggy, Fred, Scooby, Velma, and Daphne. | ||
| Creator | Joe Ruby Ken Spears | |
| Original work | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–70) | |
Scooby-Doo is an American animated cartoon franchise, comprising several animated television series produced from 1969 to the present day. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears in 1969. This Saturday-morning cartoon series featured four teenagers—Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers—and their talking brown Great Dane named Scooby-Doo, who solve mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures through a series of antics and missteps.
Following the success of the original series, Hanna-Barbera and its successor Warner Bros. Animation have produced numerous follow-up and spin-off animated series and several related works, including television specials and telefilms, a line of direct-to-video films, and two Warner Bros.–produced theatrical feature films. Some versions of Scooby-Doo feature different variations on the show's supernatural theme, and include characters such as Scooby's cousin Scooby-Dum and nephew Scrappy-Doo in addition to or instead of some of the original characters.
Scooby-Doo was originally broadcast on CBS from 1969 to 1976, when it moved to ABC. ABC aired the show until canceling it in 1986, and presented a spin-off featuring the characters as children, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, from 1988 until 1991. New Scooby-Doo series aired as part of Kids WB on The WB Network and its successor, The CW Network, from 2002 until 2008. The most recent Scooby-Doo series, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, aired on Cartoon Network from 2010 to 2013, with a new series, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, announced to debut on Cartoon Network during the 2015 television season. Repeats of the various Scooby-Doo series are broadcast frequently on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the United States as well as other countries.
In 2013, TV Guide ranked Scooby-Doo the fifth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time.
[edit] Development
[edit] Original television series run
[edit] The CBS years (1969–70)
[edit] Scooby-Doo, Where are You!
[edit] The New Scooby-Doo Movies
[edit] The ABC years (1976–91)
[edit] The Scooby-Doo Show and Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
[edit] Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
[edit] Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo shorts
[edit] Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
[edit] The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
[edit] The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
[edit] A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
[edit] Reruns and reboots (1987–present)
[edit] TV movies, reruns, and direct-to-video films
[edit] Theatrical films
- Main article: Scooby Doo (film) and Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
[edit] The Kids' WB years (2002–08)
[edit] What's New, Scooby-Doo?
[edit] Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
[edit] The Cartoon Network and Boomerang years (2010–present)
[edit] Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
[edit] Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
- Main article: Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
[edit] Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
- Main article: Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
[edit] Scooby-Doo! direct-to-video episodes
[edit] Cast
- Main article: List of Scooby-Doo characters
[edit] Scooby-Doo filmography
- Main article: List of Scooby-Doo media
[edit] Reception and legacy
[edit] Comic books
[edit] Merchandising
[edit] Other media
[edit] See also
- Five-College folklore – A campus legend about the show.
- List of Works Produced by Hanna-Barbera
- Scooby-Doo's Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection
