This Cartoon Saved "Scooby-Doo"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" is a 1988 animated show starring Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Freddy, Velma and Daphne as kids solving mysteries around their hometown of Coolsville.
What could have easily resulted in a throwaway attempt to capitalize on the passing fad, turned out to be a worthy addition to the brand, accomplishing the rare feat of recapturing the familiar feel of the 1969 original, while introducing its own new take on the world of Scooby, influencing newer entries in the franchise, all the while, managing to remain wholly unique.
It may appear as just another silly kid’s show, but make no mistake, this was the most important moment in the history of “Scooby-Doo” since its conception. What did it do that was so pivotal, and what was it saved from?
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As a child I loved it, and as an adult I still enjoy it. They weren't afraid to make a legit fun show while mocking the source material. But instead of pointing out the tropes, they embraced them and pushed them as hard as they could. Thanks for talking about this series most people choose to ignore for whatever reason.
This one has aged incredibly well. Definitely the best of the "kid version" shows of that time, and for my money, the best all-around humor in the entire franchise. Definitely deserves more attention!
Pup named Scooby Doo was beyond hilarious and just plain entertaining! The catchy music, beautiful animation and just hilarious writing are always welcomed!
It's on my Scooby-Doo Mt. Rushmore, for sure!
I don't know if I agree with Daphne not being a spoiled, as she literally summoned her Butler to attack somebody! warranted, it was deserved!
One of my favorite gags in the entire show! That would be a great move in Multiverses, and her younger version would be a neat alternate costume!
What I loved about the show is that it doesn't rely on just Scooby and Shaggy for comedy like a lot of other iterations. Since the show is a comedy everyone gets their funny moments! I also love Be Cool Scooby Doo for the same reason!
I love seeing all of the gang be equally as scared and funny, dressing up in disguises and having such bold, unique personalities. I've only wat hed a little bit of "Be Cool" but the similar humor to "Pup" makes me want to watch more of it!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Please do! You won’t regret it! I didn’t!
Pup named Scooby Doo was one of my favs back in the day. I used to watch it on Boomerang
So many great cartoon discoveries came from watching Boomerang!
Now we just need an official Blu-Ray release of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
Heck, we just need an official Blu-Ray release of every Scooby-Doo show.
Call it the Scooby Snacks Box Set!
But really, there is such an underrepresentation of "Pup Named Scooby-Doo". That's the real mystery!
It's "officially" on p*rate bay
Hearing this was Don messick's last roll of Scooby definitely makes a show even more iconic! To think he does such a robust job of sounding youthful and having a lot of fun in this hilarious and wonderful take on trying to revive the Scooby-Doo franchise! Just warms my heart even further than that he got the team up with his pal shaggy one last time❤
He still did a few more roles as Scooby, just not any more in tv series form. Frank Welker has done an admirable job, but Don Messick will always be my favorite!
That ending theme went so damn hard
It was already of the best intros themes ever. The combination with the ending theme just makes it all the better!
I'll admit I discovered a pup named Scooby Doo a few weeks ago and I quickly fell in love with the show! In my opinion the best "kid version" of Scooby and the gang
It's my favorite "kid version" of any cartoon! "Tom and Jerry Kids" and "Muppet Babies" are great too!
I remember watching this as a kid. But I never loved it enough to revisit it as a teen, let alone in my 20s and 30s. For me, it just kinda got lost in the shuffle. Just one of the many Scooby-Doo incarnations.
I would've never known that the Scooby-Doo franchise laid dormant for a decade. There were so many different Scooby-Doo programs and baby reboots out there during that time.
Cartoon Network played them constantly on repeat. I remember enjoying Baby Luny Tunes much more.
The franchise wasn't dormant, it was the combination of the original five and the mystery solving format together that hadn't been used which seems unbelievable to think about!
This show is my childhood. Everyone I knew loved this show and as adults now we all still love this show. Its one of a kind and that type of feel will never be touch or undone. Great video
I'm surprised how amazingly it's aged and how all the episodes are funny. An underrated gem in the Scooby library and cartoons in general!
I like how A Pup Named Scooby Doo works well with 50s aesthetics given that Scooby Doo proper is based around 60s culture. It makes sense that the style is based on the previous decade if the show is a prequel.
I agree! And it's not an obvious 50s era with poodle skirts and greases, just like "Where Are You?" was in the 60s but still manages to feel timeless.
First and foremost let me say that this video is totally awesome. I remember another video on this same cartoon where the guy said it was the absolute best Scooby-Doo cartoon ever and I couldn’t help but feel that he was trying to force his own opinion onto people. Your take was much more open and respectful and I really appreciate how you analyzed how this series came out at such a pivotal moment. This is indeed one of my favorite Scooby-Doo cartoons ever but What’s new Scooby-doo is always going to be my number one pick for the connection I had with it and the draw of the darker mysteries and even the way the characters started to feel more fleshed out to me but this cartoon is also equally amazing and I remember seeing it so much as a kid growing up that it left a huge impression on me and will always have a special place in my heart. Without a doubt every Scooby-Doo incarnation is amazing in its’ own right and different ones will be special to different people but the fact remains that Scooby-Doo has legitimately struggled with the passage of time and this is a grand example of how they once found a way to better develop the characters and the show itself. Truly incredible! Thank you so much for this review! You deserve a Scooby snack box and a mystery Inc award!
I appreciate your kind words! I only ever want to bring attention to the cartoons I make videos on. If it inspires people to watch the cartoon for the first time or recall fond memories, that's even better.
"Scooby-Doo" is one of the rare franchises like "Batman" or "Ninja Turtles" where the characters are evergreen to the point that they can seamlessly adapt to the comedy and tones of whatever time and genre they're thrust into. Not every version ends up successful, but the premise and characters are so timeless, we'll be seeing them forever, and that's fine by me!
"No, even worse. There is mud on my new go-go boots! Get it off! Get it off!"
I love how they roll their eyes at her every time!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Since the narrator mentioned Daphne's white boots in this video, why don't you do a video about them?
Wow, that would be quite the video!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Indeed it would!
A pup named Scooby Doo was definitely a great cartoon in the franchise.
One of my personal favorites and arguably one of the best!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose It's a personal favorite of mine, too. However, I do think that the Scooby Doo franchise is at its best when the supernatural phenomenon is real.
The original "Zombie Island" just might be Scoby-Doo at its finest. I wonder if it would still hold up upon rewatching it!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose I think Scooby Doo on Zombie Island still holds up despite the horrible return to the Zombie Island sequel.
I absolutely loved this show as a kid, and I still love it to this day.
I watched it every morning before I went to school. And I’d watch it again on the weekends
All the episodes are so good! Not a bad one in the bunch, which is impressive.
And they even had a villain from this show made into live action in the 2nd live action Scooby Doo movie, which is why Chickenstien is my favorite A Pup Named Scooby Doo villan
Also possibly the most beautifully animated episode of the series!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Yeah definitely, I love the design of him too, I like the design better in the live action movie though, but his original design is cool too
The animation might be a lot more cartoonish than other variants, but I realized that this works in its favor. All the characters are a lot more lively and energetic, fittingly as they are kids.
Also, it's nice seeing animators take full advantage of making a cartoon, whereas previous versions usually limited their animations to fit a tight budget.
There definitely seem to be different studios handling the animation duties (my favorite being the one that did the Chickenstein episosde, and Glen Kennedy doing the other episodes), but it is consistently cartoony and it works perfectly with the vibe of the show and character designs!
I remember watching reruns of this show on CN back in the day. We need a APNSD Blu-ray release.
I can't believe a show so good hasn't gotten a Blu-ray release yet! Someday, hopefully!
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was also the only canon series in which Frank Welker did not voice Fred. He's been voicing Fred consistently since 1969.
But he did make an appearance as Freddy's Uncle Eddy which was a fun nod!
Yep, the only one. And not some "other" recent show where Fred was voiced by someone who wasn't Welker
@@mechajay3358 that show was horrid. So I don't count it at all. I'd take Scrappy any day of the week over that one.
There was so much slapstick in this series, I loved it. It also helped me understand sarcastic/ironic humor when I was young.
It definitely is considered a comedy, but doesn't get the proper respect for how funny it really is. It's pretty complex comedically if you really look at it!
@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose too true, my Goose. 💖
When it really was Red Herring that one time i was so relieved for freddie
And he would have been right! I also love that the first mystery they ever solved it WAS Red Herring!
Fun fact: this version of the show inspired the designs for, unfortunately, the only ever Scooby-Doo puppet production--"Scooby-Doo Adventures: The Mystery Map" which, like A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, was aimed at a younger audience, but with a hint of Where Are You thrown in as well. Also, it has songs in it that separate the halves of the special. It's quite a fun watch, really
"Mystery Map" is a fun one. Now if they would just make a straight-to-video version with the actual "Pup" designs we'd be in business!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGooseI thought they used them in the home video, didn't they?
@@marcusblackwell2372 they briefly toyed with the idea of using the Pup designs of Shaggy and Scooby (in Arabian attire since they were Alli Adin's genies.) in the Arabian Knights tv movie on Cartoon Network.
Hanna-Barbera (and later WB) always tried to make the Scooby Specials whatever the current show style was or at least something close to it.
In the Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood tv movie they used the standard Where Are You looks.
During the Super Star 10 TV Movies the standard designs were updated to that of the 13 Ghosts for Shaggy as well as the use of Daphne's secondary Mysstery Machine in Ghoul School.
Arabian Knights used Adult designs in Pup Style.
The Big 4 had a Film-Quality look that later melted into the WNSD style which remained the dtv look Mystery Incorporated because Get A Clue as a whole was just awkward and more of a "placeholder" until Mystery Inc.
Beginning with Phantosaur, the movies up through Krypto used a sort of hybrid Film-Quality WNSD/Mystery Inc look aka the 13 Spooky-Tales (when regular episode length specials were made with this, 13 Spooky Tales was the "TV series" name used for "Mainline Scooby while Mystery Inc. was always meant as "Earth-2" and was called such upon it's release.) therefore we also never saw a Be Cool styled movie, and finally the last movie we got was a Guess Who style...which if we ever get another movie (like the planned Hex Girls feature) it should be Guess Who style until the next Scooby project comes along.
Not going to lie, my absolute favorite song from Scooby-Doo is the micro monster that Velma invented because those lyrics are extremely catchy!
🎵 🎶"He never returns my calls but I love him so!!! She's got a crush on him he's got smooth metallic skin who's made of terrible transistors and ghostly circuit boards....micro monster! "🎶
I agree! I love how so many of the songs hardly make any sense but they're still so fun.
I only had a few of the first season 1 episodes on dvd as a kid, really wanted to watch the rest but I just kind of forgot about it. Going to correct that now.
You won't regret it! There's some really great animation and monsters in the later seasons, the Chickenstein episode particularly has the best of both.
Fred: It's got to be without a doubt... red herring!
Then the one time HE DID do it ...
Fred: I knew it! I knew it!.... I knew I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it!
I love Red Herring! So many great recurring jokes in this show.
This show felt so new and fresh back then loved it
It's EXTREMELY rewatchable. I love the later seasons when they start using all the jokes they've built up over the years. A show with no bad episodes!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose great atmosphere too
@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose I've been watching the addams family cartoon 1992 1993 so good
I did a video on that cartoon a while ago too if you haven't checked it out!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose ok
I was hoping that Jenkins could be the villain in one of the episodes. It would be a big surprise.
That would be hilarious! They already had Red Herring a few times, maybe a surprise birthday episode where all their parents are the monsters would be cool, too!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose That would be a great episode. 👍
Or it could be an April fools day joke from Jenkins. The possibilities are endless. Wish this show lasted longer.
Since you didn't mention it in this video, I'm curious, have you seen the 2013 movie Scooby-Doo Adventures: The Mystery Map? It's loosely based on A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. It's done in puppetry, but uses elements from the show such as similar character designs, the characters living in Coolsville, and the characters dancing during the songs. This is the closest thing we've gotten to a Pup Named Scooby-Doo revival.
With Scoob, I loved how we saw the gang first meet as kids at the beginning along with the whole recreation of the original Scooby-Doo Where Are You theme. Sadly, the rest of the movie went downhill after that as it became a cliche road trip movie with Scooby and Shaggy while the rest of the gang were mostly abandoned from the story in favor of the crossover stuff. I wish they just focused on the gang for this first movie and saved the Hanna Barbara cinematic universe stuff for later in the series. I was disappointed that its sequel, Scooby-Doo's Holiday Haunt was shelved after being nearly completed. Not only was it unfair for everyone who worked on it, but I have a feeling I would have liked it more because it focused on the Scooby-Doo gang as kids solving a mystery which I feel the first movie should have been.
I have seen "Mystery Map"! It was a fun way of telling the gang's story in a totally new dimension! I'm honestly shocked we haven't received a straight-to-video movie featuring the "Pup Named Scooby-Doo" versions, as it seems like the perfect way to bring them back.
"Holiday Haunt" is one of those too good to be true stories we'll most likely never end up seeing. Bring back the kids, already!
I remember enjoying this show fairly well but I mostly preferred the original series. I remember that I was five years old when I saw the OG show and I was ten when A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. I was kinda taken out of the experience when they’d directly asked me if I was paying attention as if it literally felt like something out of Blues Clues. I’m also a tad mixed on the chase scenes. Don’t get me wrong, they’re catchy and well sung but I feel it was a bit more comedic when songs had nothing to do with episodes. For example: the Creeper episode’s song was about daydreaming and literally spending time with a pet ostrich of all things. Also while Fred’s active imagination was admittedly pretty funny, I sometimes felt like everyone’s reactions could get a little stale with how many times they used that joke ( at least that’s just my personal opinion). But all that aside, this is still a great👍 video.
I totally understand where you're coming from as far as some of the jokes being predictable. Many of the same gags are reused throughout all three seasons, but for some reason they tickled me the right way into wanting to see how they executed them next. The songs are nonsensical but I happen to find that funny as well. Jenkins, Red Herring, Fred's conspiracies, Scooby feeling protective of tiny Velma; all things that are repeated over and over again that I just can't help but love! And thank you! The next one is already in the works.
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose No problem. But just ’cause I’m more critical of the show, doesn’t mean I don’t like anymore. I noticed these (for the lake of a better term) nitpicks ever since I was ten, but I still think it’s decent despite its flaws. Just want to make that clear.
I did hear a few years ago, that they were making a pre-school version of Scooby-Doo, in the same vein as Paw Patrol. But I haven't heard anything about that in at least two years. So I don't know if it's still happening or not.
It's not.
Thats too bad. I would have loved that!
this show was the cast as younger kids. Going in to it you either immediately hated it or you accepted he changed look as here younger forms. but he look is dated.
To me, I would say something like "Yo Yogi" is something I would consider dated. But with any show, if you can get past the visual, hopefully the content holds up!
This show was awesome 😊
I couldn't agree more!
The only good cartoon “babification”.
Tiny Toon Adventures doesn’t count, that’s an entirely new cast rather than aged down versions of the original cast.
People love "Muppet Babies", and I liked "Tom and Jerry Kids" fine! This is still the best of the bunch in my opinion. It made them younger but that only meant sillier and more cartoony, not patronizing!
I do enjoy the 2002 Scooby-Doo live-action/animated hybrid movie. Despite it being written by James Gunn. And he actually wanted to ruin it, because he originally wrote it to be a hard R rating, with lots of blood and gore.
The main issue I had _(spoiler for a 22 year old movie)_ was them making Scrappy the villian. I hated that. I always like Scrappy. And a lot of vitriol was thrown at Scrappy after that. Just like I always loved Jar-Jar Binks. And finally, my generation is adults now, and we can proudly show our love for Jar-Jar. Cause for too long, the old heads dictated that Jar-Jar was terrible, and we should all hate Jar-Jar.
Personally, I thought it was funny that Scrappy was the villain, but I do think the joke is sort of played out now. I'd love to see him reimagined and become an actual beloved character now!
Who knows what happened to Red Herring after this show
He made a brief cameo in "Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo"!
You should do a video on The Polar Express for its 20th Anniversary!
That would be a great one! I can't believe it's been twenty years since I first saw it in Imax theaters!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose I know right! I should totally be part of it too! I wanna gush about my intense love for it! It’s a Top 2 movie for me. And also the animation really doesn’t bother me even today!
This and Muppets were the only "babyfication" programmes I watched. The others felt so bland, but these two at least made an effort to do something interesting with the gimmick.
"Tom and Jerry Kids" was a good one, too. If "Muppet Babies" can get a reboot, mayhe someday "A Pup Named Scooby-Do" can, too!
It's better than the Flintstones or T&J kiddie reboot, though I didn't like it as a kid, it's better than I remember. It's less novelty and more contemporary humour.
It doesn't age well, like Animaniacs or Tiny Toons, but someone in the team did try.
... A drug bust episode ? I didn't think twice about it as a kid, but that's lightning in a bottle only in the 90's for a kids show.
"Dexters Lab" the other exception 😅
It was such an out-of-the-blue storyline that involved using dolphins to smuggle drugs, which oddly seems like something that would have been in the original "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"
It seems like every show in the 80s and early 90s had its anti-drug episode, and it all came to a head with "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue". What a time to be alive!
@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Good point, but Scooby and friends were not in the "Cartoon All" episode.
Funny since Bugs, Daffy was there along with Mike and the Chipmunks.
Some are HB licensed characters.
Maybe they didn't want had a space to Scoob and the gang there until a few years later when this show came out
No Scooby, no. It seems like the only time characters get together is never in the way fans want them to. At least it was for a good cause!
@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose I didn't realise that yet 😯
They used to end up in an inconvenient situation and would use their talents, more or less, but here they are looking for the "mystery" before it finds them.
Whether people like them being more helpless and lucky or childishly motivated, that's a good difference 🙂
If I could recommend "Time Squad" or "Fat Dog Mendoza" since you're such a CN fan like me 😇
P.S. Yeah, they are concerned more about Scooby than before. When he goes out of his way here and, like a team, they are concerned instead of being clueless keeping fingers crossed for their K9
A Pup Named didn't save the series.
Would they continue making more Scooby-Doo cartoons regardless of how "Pup" did? Probably. But would it have been with the original five or back to solving mysteries in the way we're now used to? If "Pup" didn't do well, that may not have been the case!
@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Yes they would. But A Pup Named Scooby-Doo did not save Scooby-Doo from getting canceled. Scrappy-Doo (Hate him all u want) saved the show from cancelation.
I wasn't saying it saved the franchise from being canceled, I was saying "Pup"'s success saved the franchise from the directionless trend of frequent lineup and format changes it had experienced the last decade or so to that point. Maybe it did or maybe they would've continued down that route either way. Who knows!
I disagree. I never watched it. It didn't make me love or know about or rerun to the series. I liked he series because of all he 1930s , 40s and 60s era celebrity cameos Pup Named Scoobyy was a IMO non-canon and lesser version of Muppet Babies
Now if you wan to say Muppet Babies was important you would be right. That show introduced me to muppets and o every movie they imagined o be part of. Bu I enjoyed Scoobyy with out seeing his series. If any thing saved it, I would credit he direct o home video films.
There's definitely a version of Scooby for everyone which is pretty cool. Muppet Babies is great too, probably the only other "kid version" show with a great legacy!