Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (TV series)


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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is an American animated mystery comedy television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera (H-B) for CBS' Saturday morning children's programming. Every episode was produced and directed by Hanna-Barbera founders, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It ran from 1969 to 1970, airing 25 episodes that spanned two seasons. The name was brought back by ABC for eight episodes in 1978 (constituting a third season of sorts), although these are usually better known for being part of The Scooby-Doo Show. The series has been rerun on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, and spawned several spin-offs, TV specials, and films.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is about the exploits of four teenagers (damsel in distress Daphne, brainy Velma, nervous hippie Shaggy, brave leader Fred Jones) and their Great Dane named Scooby-Doo who usually happen to walk into a mystery usually involving the exaggerated crime of a criminal (who can be anything between a real-estate developer or jewel thief), who tries to cover up his misdeeds by dressing up as a ghoulish monster. Clues are left in its wake, which the kids (dubbed Mystery Incorporated in later incarnations) find and put together, leading to the discovery of who the culprit is, which the local authorities are unable to do themselves. A large part of the premise of the series is the bungling of Scooby and his owner, Shaggy, who inevitably run into and accidentally capture the monster in one of Fred's intricately devised traps, despite trying to do everything to avoid it.

The entire series has been released on both DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

Development
Fred Silverman, head of daytime/children's programming at CBS, was inspired by the 1940s radio show I Love a Mystery, and elements of the CBS sitcom The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis. Joseph Barbera also tried to do it as the 1934 film House of Mystery, but he felt that it was "too bland."

Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, past editors at Hanna-Barbera, were tasked with creating the story for the show, while Iwao Takamoto designed how each character would look. The concept draft was that Geoff Jones, Mike Andrews, Kelly Summers, Linda Blake, and Linda's brother W.W. attend Laguna Beach High in Southern California. When not attending school, they are a band and mystery solvers called Mystery's Five, with the bongo-playing mascot Too Much, a big shaggy dog.

Too Much was changed to a Great Dane called Scooby-Doo, to avoid comparisons to Marmaduke. "Scooby-Doo" apparently came from Silverman, who was on a plane one day listening to Frank Sinatra sing "Strangers in the Night," although according to Takamoto in his book My Life with a Thousand Characters, there was another dog called Scooby he saw in the Hanna-Barbera archives dating back to the early 1960s.

W.W. was also removed, while Linda became Daphne, Kelly became Velma, Mike became Shaggy, and Geoff became Ronnie and finally Fred (at the behest of Silverman). The idea of them being in a band was removed as well as the high school setting, with only the implication that they still live in California. After the spookiness was ill-received, Scooby was put at the forefront, with the working title of Who's S-S-Scared? now called Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Casting
Frank Welker was doing a Friskies dog food commercial when he was informed by the casting agent's fiancé that she was casting for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! He initially went in to read for Scooby-Doo, but was told not to worry, as that would go to H-B veteran Don Messick. He also wanted to audition for Shaggy Rogers, who he found more appealing than the "guy in an ascot." Casey Kasem also came into an audition for Fred, but Hanna-Barbera preferred the actors in the opposite roles. Barbera advised Welker to just use his own voice because he and Fred were around the same age, and to think of Jack the All-American Boy.

Kasem auditioned for Shaggy a few times, drawing inspiration from both KRLA disc jockey Dave Hull and Richard Crenna's performance as Walter Denton in the film Our Miss Brooks.

Nicole Jaffe was spotted by Gordon Hunt when she was playing Peppermint Patty in a stage production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She had no aspirations in voice acting, simply taking the job because she needed to make a living. She adlibbed Velma's catchphrase, "Jinkies."

Stefanianna Christopherson was the first to voice Daphne, but left after the first season to get married. She was replaced with Heather North, who auditioned at the suggestion of her roommate at the time, who just happened to be none other than Jaffe.

Music
The theme song's lyrics were written by David Mook, while Ben Raleigh wrote the music, which was performed by Larry Marks in the first season, then by George A. Robertson, Jr. in the second. The music was composed by Ted Nichols, who was credited as the musical director. Also in the second season, La La Productions produced seven "chase songs" set to bubblegum pop genre, which were also performed by Robertson Jr., and written mainly by Danny Janssen, with contributions from both Robertson Jr. and Susan Steward.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 13, 1969 at 10:30 am on CBS
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: September 17, 1970 at 5:20 pm on BBC One

Cast

 * Don Messick as Scooby-Doo
 * Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers
 * Frank Welker as Fred Jones
 * Stefanianna Christopherson (season 1) and Heather North (season 2) as Daphne Blake
 * Nicole Jaffe as Velma Dinkley

Credits
These identical credits appeared at the end of every episode.

Season one

 * Produced and directed by: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
 * Associate producer: Lew Marshall
 * Story: Ken Spears, Joe Ruby, Bill Lutz
 * Story director: Howard Swift
 * Animation director: Charles A. Nichols
 * Production designer: Iwao Takamoto
 * Production supervisor: Victor O. Schipek
 * Layout artists: Bob Singer, Alvaro Arce, Paul Gruwell, Mike Arens, Alex Ignatiev, Ric Gonzales, Bill Lignante
 * Animators: Bill Keil, George Rowley, Oliver E. Callahan, Ed Love, Rudy Cataldi, Bill Nunes, Zdenko Gasparovic, Joan Orbison, Bob Goe, Jay Sarbry, Hicks Lokey, Ken Southworth, Lloyd Vaughan
 * Background stylists: Walt Peregoy
 * Background artists: Ron Dias, Gary Niblett, Daniela Bielecka, Rolly Oliva
 * Title designer: Bill Perez
 * Titles: Robert Schaefer
 * Musical director: Ted Nichols
 * Technical supervisor: Frank Paiker
 * Ink and paint supervisor: Roberta Greutert
 * Xerography: Robert "Tiger" West
 * Sound directors: Richard Olson
 * Film editors: Gregory V. Watson, Jr., Ted Baker, Chip Yaras
 * Camera operators: Dick Blundell, Bill Kotler, George Epperson, Cliff Shirpser, Charles Flekal, Roy Wade

Season two

 * Produced and directed by: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
 * Co-producer: Alex Lovy
 * Story editors: Ken Spears, Joe Ruby
 * Story: Larz Bourne, Tom Dagenais, Bill Lutz
 * Story directors: Bob Singer, Paul Sommer, Howard Swift
 * Animation director: Charles A. Nichols
 * Production Designer: Iwao Takamoto
 * Production supervisor: Victor O. Schipek
 * Layout artists: Bob Singer, Dick Bickenbach, Mike Arens, Gary Hoffman, Rick Gonzalez, Terry Slade, Jack Huber, Mo Gollub, Alex Ignatiev, Jim Fletcher, Mario Uribe
 * Animators: George Rowley, Bill Keil, Ray Abrams, Isadore Ellis, Volus Jones, Carlos Alfonso, George Goepper, Dick Lundy
 * Background stylist: F. Montealegre
 * Background artists: Rene Garcia, Curtis Perkins, Richard Khim, Gino Giudice, Bob Gentle, Gary Niblett, Peter Van Elk, Eric Semones
 * Titles: Robert Schaefer
 * Music supervision: La La Productions
 * Musical director: Ted Nichols
 * Technical supervisor: Frank Paiker
 * Ink and paint supervisor: Roberta Greutert
 * Xerography: Robert "Tiger" West
 * Sound director: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
 * Editorial supervisor: Larry Cowan
 * Music editor: Joe Sandusky
 * Effects editor: Earl Bennett
 * Negative consultant: William E. DeBoer
 * Post production: Joed Eaton
 * Camera operators: George Epperson, Roy Wade, Ralph Migliori, Bill Kotler

Legacy
The formula of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! proved so popular that Hanna-Barbera repeated it ELEVEN times throughout the next decade: Josie and the Pussycats, The Funky Phantom, The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, Speed Buggy, Butch Cassidy, Super Friends, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Clue Club, Jabberjaw, Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm, as well as Ruby-Spears' Fangface.

Hanna-Barbera did its first extended-length episode with a TV special called Scooby Goes Hollywood, which retconned Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! as a TV series the characters filmed. It also included an origin of how Scooby was adopted from a pet store.

After the last spin-off, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, died out in 1991, the franchise laid pretty much dominant until 1998, when Hanna-Barbera revived it with the direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, that had the gang grown out of their mystery solving phase and found real jobs as adults, only to get together again to solve a real supernatural mystery. The movie was successful in the video market, and Hanna-Barbera was able to produce three others, with Warner Bros. as their distributor. These first four dropped the signature outfits of Daphne and Fred, giving them a mature look.

When Hanna-Barbera ceased operations in 2001, Warner Bros. could officially use their own animation department, Warner Bros. Animation, and since 2003, have returned to the familiar nostalgic look presented in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! essentially continuing the series in movie form (similar to when feature-length films would continue where Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation left off).

These include:


 * Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)
 * Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (2003)
 * Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2010)
 * Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010)
 * Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011)
 * Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (2012)
 * Big Top Scooby-Doo! (2012)
 * Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2013)
 * Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013)
 * Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (2014)
 * Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy (2014)
 * Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015)
 * Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery (2015)
 * Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (2016)
 * Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017)
 * Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018)
 * Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost (2018)
 * Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019)
 * Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (2019)
 * Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020)
 * Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob (2021)
 * Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog (2021)
 * Trick or Treat, Scooby-Doo! (2022)
 * Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! (2023)

In a similar fashion, there had also been several direct-to-DVD short films from 2012 to 2015.


 * Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games (2012)
 * Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012)
 * Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow (2013)
 * Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace (2013)
 * Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals! (2014)
 * Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie (2015)

In 2002, after being in several script stages since the 1990s, Warner Bros. Pictures released a big screen live-action adaptation called Scooby-Doo, followed by the 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. There were also two other live-action movies made for the DVD market and TV, with the first being the prequel Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins in 2009, which was followed by the next year with the sequel, Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster. In 2018, there was another DVD origin story produced with the female-led Daphne & Velma. *cricket* What's notable about the movie is not just its emphasis on female empowerment (which happens to be during the Me Too movement), which nobody is saying is a bad thing, but had to do it without having Shaggy or Fred, or even Scooby-Doo. Oh, if only there was a way around having independent young women without losing the rest of the team.

In 2020, Warner Bros. Pictures rebooted Hanna-Barbera's properties into a unified cartoon universe called Scoob!, which presented a new take on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

There have also been television reboots in the form of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, and the adult-oriented Velma, all firmly set in their own isolated universes as reboots usually are; although Mystery Incorporated made such a big impact on Warner Bros. Animation that the feature-length direct-to-DVD films have had several references, which evidently made the continuity of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo no longer possible. But then again...

When The Lego Group licensed the property to manufacture toys, they also collaborated with Warner Bros. Animation to release the TV special, Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror (2015), and two DTVs, Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (2016) and Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash (2017).

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was eventually continued in a loose way with Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, from 2015 to 2019.

In 2021, The CW aired a prime-time "reunion special" (despite never spending time apart, as pointed out by Velma) called Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!

In popular culture

 * In the Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures episode "Don't Touch That Dial," Mighty Mouse gets caught in a cartoon apparently called Ring-a-Ding, Where Are You! The gang is made up of characters with different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. They confuse Mighty Mouse for a monster and a chase ensues in a haunted mansion. This was written by Tom Minton, who later did a similar skit for Animaniacs, mentioned below.
 * Wayne and Garth are unhappy about the ending to their film Wayne's World, so they redo it by doing the "Scooby-Doo ending," as Garth calls it. They transition back to Wayne's basement, where they unmask Benjamin to really be Old Man Withers, who runs the haunted amusement park. Angered by them, he declares, "And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you snooping kids!" Pleased with the outcome, Garth says to Wayne in a Scooby-like voice, "Good one, Shaggy," and Wayne replies that it was an "excellent Scooby-Doo ending."
 * In the Bonkers episode "Weather or Not," the Weather Toons staged their own disappearance and framed the TV station crew because they didn't need their help, but having been exposed, Toony Tornado cries, "Our scam woulda worked if those meddling cops hadn't stepped in!"
 * In the Full House episode "To Joey, With Love," Danny is unsure about Joey teaching his daughter's third grade class, as he is a "man who has every Scooby-Doo on tape."
 * In the Night Man episode "The House of Soul," Jessica believes the House of Soul may be haunted, but Raleigh just makes fun of her by comparing it to Scooby-Doo.
 * In the film Divorcing Jack, Dan wears a wavy blond wig as a disguise at the Dolphin Hotel, which only gets him more attention when the M.C. calls him out, by asking the audience, "Hey, did anyone watch Scooby-Doo? There's Shaggy at the bar."
 * In the film Can't Hardly Wait, Walter is told by another stoner that Velma from Scooby-Doo didn't get "much play."
 * In the Arthur segment "The Rat Who Came to Dinner," Mr. Ratburn shows Arthur one of his old tapes of Spooky-Poo, while staying at Arthur's house while his roof is repaired. The scene involves a group of anthropomorphic kids and their kangaroo mascot running from a sheet ghost, with music that sounds similar to the "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" theme song.
 * In the Gimme Gimme Gimme episode "Glad to Be Gay?," Tom fumbles in thinking of a gorgeous lesbian to feel Linda better about the prospect of her change in sexual preference (which is ironic since she is not really that attractive), but he can only think of "Velma from Scooby-Doo."
 * In the Daria episode "I Loathe a Parade," the lion mascot who was harassing Daria and Tom collapses from wearing the suit for too long causing him to suffocate. They unmask him to reveal that the mascot is their teacher Mr. O'Neill. Tom snidely remarks, "And he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for us meddling kids."
 * In the Digimon: Digital Monsters episode "Iron Vegiemon," the Digimon Emperor reacts to the DigiDestined destroying a control spire by saying, "What?! A spire was destroyed? Must be those meddling kids."
 * In the House of Mouse episode "Donald's Pumbaa Prank," Donald saves the club from another one of Pete's schemes to get the club closed, which makes Pete say, "And I would've done it, too, if it weren't for that meddling duck!"
 * In the Kim Possible episode "Tick-Tick-Tick," Kim mocked Wade's haunted island info by saying "Keep out meddling kids."
 * In The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius episode "The Phantom of Retroland," Jimmy and his friends go to Retroland at night, which is haunted by a phantom, who turns out to be the disguise of several others.
 * In the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jay and Silent Bob aren't doing so well in getting hitchhiked, with Jay complaining that it works for other people while they get treated like they're in a cartoon, which is when a familiar looking van pulls up. Inside, they meet two guys, a pair of girls, and their dog, who are trying to find the hitchhiking ghouls, with Jay and Silent Bob matching the description. The gang ends up bickering, so Jay introduces them to "doobie snacks," leading to them acting wild. In reality, it is Jay and Silent Bob who have only got high and have fallen asleep. The gang wonders what to do with them when the Shaggy doppelganger suggests harvesting their kidneys and leaving putting them in a tub of ice at a seedy motel, which turns out to also be a dream of Jay's.
 * In the Hey Arnold! The Movie, the main villain Scheck is arrested after Arnold and his friends uncover his scheme, leading him to utter the words, "I would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for that meddling football head, the kid with the weird stack of hair, and that brat with one eyebrow!"
 * In the Codename: Kids Next Door episode "Operation T.E.E.T.H.," Chester is defeated and angrily says, "And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling skunk!"
 * In The Berenstain Bears episode "The Haunted Lighthouse," Brother and Sister discovered that Captain Salt was pretending to be his own ghost to keep people away from his old lighthouse.
 * In the Justice League episode "Wild Cards Part I," the Joker responds to the government's failed control of the pre-Royal Flush Gang by saying, "And they would have gotten away with it, too, were it not for me meddling with the kids!"
 * In the Baby Looney Tunes episode "The Wheel Deal," Bugs and his friends take their bikes apart to make a new one for Tweety, with the first choice being one that resembled the Mystery Machine, accompanied by a "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" jingle, but the third time is not the charm, and a dissatisfied Bugs commentated, "I'm about to give up the ghost here."
 * In the Danny Phantom episode "The Million Dollar Ghost," the Groovy Gang and their tiger mascot try to catch Danny Phantom. They also owned a van with a similar paint scheme to the Mystery Machine.
 * In the House MD episode "Humpty Dumpty," House refers to his team as the Scooby Gang when looking for Alfredo since he could be at a warehouse or factory.
 * In the Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide episode "Guide to: Secrets and School Car Wash," the characters run around whimsically, Simon uses technology to make Ned look like a ghost to make Loomer confess to Suzie he kissed Missy, which leads to a chase between the two main boys and the bully (which includes them bumping into the bespectacled Lisa suddenly dressed like Velma), set to an ironically cheery pop song, and Suzie unmasking herself from the boy she was disguising herself as, saying, "And he would've gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids."
 * In the Class of 300 episode "Prank Yankers," after Sunny reveals that Kaylie and Mackenzie are in fact not popular school girls, but intentional chalk thieves Gunther and Inga Gabinstad, Inga angrily announces, "Yah! And we would have, like, gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for these meddling kids!"
 * In the My Spy Family episode "The Batley's Got Talent Affair," when Des reveals that Spike has stolen his self-morphing mask and vocal unit, so he could pretend to be his mother, by ripping off his mask, Spike says, "And I would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those pesky primary and secondary systems failing." Later in the episode, when Spike continues to try and scam Des, he gets his friend to give Des a message by saying it's become a "craze like Pokémon or Scooby-Doo."
 * In the film The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations, Jenna reveals herself to be the killer to her brother, Sam, which makes her giddily reflect, "This is so Scooby-Doo isn't it? 'I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids."
 * In The Garfield Show episode "Heir Apparent," Jon and his brother are both in line to inherit their cousin's mansion, if they can spend the night, which is haunted by a ghost, who turns out to be their cousin all along. Garfield deduces that the ghost isn't real from watching Saturday morning cartoons.
 * In "The Once and Future Ben" story of Cartoon Network Action Pack! #27, Jonah begins to say, "And I would'a got away with it, too--," after Ben and Gwen catch him, but Ben cuts him off by responding, "Yeah, yeah -- if it wasn't for us pesky kids..."
 * In the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "One Hundred," realizing that their series has reached a hundred episodes, Master Shake demands the network put his team's show in syndication. But this leads to Hundred, a monster shaped like the number 100, on the warpath. In their escape, Master Shake takes the Aqua Teen Hunger Force to a place to hide that's a parody of the Scooby-Doo series called Aqua Unit Patrol Squad with the pilot called "The Bayou Boo-Ya!," which in reality, is what actor Dana Snyder is pitching to the network. It has all the tropes and conventions one would expect.
 * In the film Toy Story 3, Mr. Potato Head says "meddling toys" in the way a villain would say "meddling kids."
 * In the American Dad! episode "Wife Insurance," Wheels and the Legman, the detective alter egos of Steve and Roger, get way in over their heads when they see the bloody body of Jim, and opt out of this line of work, with Legman/Roger reflecting, "On our darkest day, we're Scooby-Doo."
 * In the Big Time Rush episode "Big Time Terror," the boys go on a ghost chase and run comically as Mystery Incorporated does with a ghost, and when Stephanie is exposed as the culprit, she says, "And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling, cute, hot guys."
 * In the iCarly episode "IBelieve in Bigfoot," the kids capture Bigfoot who is really Dr. Van Gurbin trying to promote his Bigfoot book, which causes Freddie to comment on it being a Scooby-Doo moment.
 * In the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien episode "The Mother of All Vreedles," Ma Vreedle has been betrayed and turned in by her own sons, to which she says, "And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for my meddling kids!"
 * The series is lampooned with analogs of Mystery Inc. in the independent horror film Saturday Morning Massacre, later retitled Saturday Morning Mystery, which may have come as a result of how the director originally wanted it to be a riff on Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but was convinced by the studio to turn it into more of a parody of Scooby-Doo.
 * In the Horrible Histories sports special, South African Fika Motsoeneg cheated in his country's ultra-marathon by switching with his twin brother, Sergio. Fika blamed his brother for their failure, saying, "We would have got away with it, too, if idiot, here, hadn't worn his watch on the wrong wrist."
 * In the Comic Book Men episode "Ghostbusting in the Stash," Kevin Smith ends the show with "They would've gotten away with it, too."
 * In the film This Is the End, when Jay Baruchel and Craig Robinson, playing themselves, leave the house of James Franco to search for food in his neighbor's house, Baruchel asks if they should split up to cover more ground, to which Robinson flippantly responds, "Whaddaya, think this is, Scooby-Doo?"
 * In the Grojband episode "A Knight to Remember," the band jump in the air with their legs stuck frantically spinning before they get away the second time they see Smasheus.
 * The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episode "Castle-mania" was a Scooby-Doo parody when the ponies investigated a spooky castle.
 * In the Ben 10: Omniverse episode "Mystery, Incorporeal," there are several references such as the "Scooby-Dooby-doors" trope and Gwen's reaction to discovering who the culprit was.
 * The series is parodied in the Austin & Ally episode "Mysteries & Meddling Kids," when while at a disco party, Dez and his friends dress up as his favorite characters from a 70s cartoon called Groovy Goat and the Mystery Bunch. While there, Ally's songbook is stolen and an investigation ensues just like an episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, with the old librarian being unmasked to reveal Ally's rival in disguise, who yells in defeat, "And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids...and your goat!"
 * In the online comic Girl Genius #15, Du Quay begins to say, "-And I would've got away with it, too, if it hadn't been for-", before he's told to shut up.
 * In the film Characterz, once the park director's scheme of setting up the mascots has been discovered, he says, "And I would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids."
 * In The Goldbergs episode "Big Orange," Adam is desperate for him and his sister to solve one last case as the Goldberg Gang together, so he makes a suspect list of 36 people, even one of a seemingly abandoned chair, which apparently has a ghost sitting in it, ala a "classic Scooby-Doo villain." When Beverly is discovered to be the culprit, she says, "I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids.
 * There are several allusions in the Ben 10 reboot episode "Scared Silly," which begins with the family visiting Harrowing Harbor, the most haunted town on the East Coast, and spending the night at a haunted hotel. Ben is scared like Scooby and Shaggy (even saying "Zoinks"), Gwen is a skeptic like Velma and believes it is Carl drumming up business for the hotel, and Grandpa Max is dumbfounded the way Fred has been depicted since the early 2000s. When Carl is caught, who was actually trying to scare them away from his evil twin, but with his plan having failed, he says, "And I would've, too, if it wasn't for that kid turning into aliens."
 * In "The Spooky Badge," an episode of the preschool series Hey Duggee, the Squirrels play dress up as Mystery Inc., and right in time to earn their Spooky Badge from Duggee after seeing a ghost. During the mystery, there is a chase between the ghost and the Squirrels which is accompanied by an upbeat jingle. The ghost ends up being a sheep that accidentally got a sheet caught on top of it.
 * In The Powerpuff Girls episode "Midnight at the Mayor's Mansion," the chase through the hallway doors is a parody of chases like those in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The Mayor even says Shaggy's catchphrase, "Zoinks," while passing the screen inside a pink van reminiscent of the Mystery Machine.
 * In Simpsons Comics #242, there is a story entitled "Scooby Don't!" (with the title card in the same font as the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! title card), in which Bart and his friends have taken on the roles of each member of Mystery Inc. (wearing similar clothes and stylized eyes like them, too), including Ralph Wiggum in a Scooby-like costume. They get free passes to Krustyland, but find out it is closed due to apparently being haunted by a ghost. When they reveal the faux ghost to be a rich Texan, he gets away with it, informing the kids, "And I got away with it, too! Because you're just kids and I can afford a lawyer!"
 * At the end of The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Spinoffs," Rob reads some text off of Timmy, the Internet, finding a show to replace Gumball that would be something akin to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, with a Great Dane and his "kooky friends" who solve mysteries in a van.
 * In the Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy episode "Tough Luck Chuck," Hot Shot and Whirl chase a malfunctioning Tough Luck Chuck through doors in their base, similarly to how the monsters chase the gang through doors.
 * In Harley Quinn #64, the Justice League Dark becomes a parody of Mystery Inc. in a homage to the episode "A Clue for Scooby-Doo."
 * In the film Spies in Disguise, Lance is believed to be making up a story about how he is being implicated, sounding a "little Scooby-Doo."
 * In the Fuller House episode "Five Dates with Kimmy Gibbler," Ethan uses the "meddling kids" line after Max, Steve, and Ramona have discovered that he and Rocki were hiding that they used to be Dungeon and Dragons nerds.
 * It is referenced in the name of the Harvey Girls Forever! episode "Crush 4U, Where RU?," which also begins with fictional anthropomorphic animals solving a supernatural mystery.
 * Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is parodied in the Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures: Go Team Roberts! episode "The Curse of the Miner's Ghost," when Barbie, her family, and her friends uncover the plot of Harry who tried to force Aunt Adele into selling her inn which was near a mine with a hidden deposit of gold, which Harry found out about and disguised himself as a ghostly miner so he could scare people off while he located it. When caught, Harry Harvati says, "Fine, fine! It's all true, and I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you lousy kids and your annoying dog [Taffy]." There is also a "Scooby-Dooby-doors" trope involving Barbie, Ken, and the miner in the mine.
 * In the Hawaii Five-0 episode "A'ohe Mea 'Imi a Ka Maka," Neolani dresses up as Velma for a costume party, but has to convince an unsure Jerry by acting like she's lost her glasses and says, "Jinkies," after he thinks she's Sadness from the Pixar film Inside Out, and then Barb from Netflix's TV series Stranger Things. He blames it on her headlights by saying, "And I would've gotten it, too, if it wasn't for your meddling headlights."
 * In the Close Enough episode "Logan's Run'd," the Logan's bartender is discovered to be in his 50s instead of his 20s, so he says, "And I would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for you nosy thirty-five year olds!"
 * In Empyre Fallout: Fantastic Four #1, Quoi says, "Everything would've gone perfectly if not for you annoying animals and your interfering little cubs."
 * In the Superstore episode "Biscuit," store manager Glenn tried to get Dana back to overseeing security (after she had filled in from him while he was self-isolating during a possible COVID-19 infection), by creating a poorly made threatening letter, causing Dana to scoff and say, "Cut out letters from a magazine? What is this, Scooby-Doo?"
 * In the Lego Ninjago episode "The Tooth of Wojira," when Ronin is imprisoned, he says, "And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you ninja and your pesky friend," which Cole had a feeling he would say.

1000 Ways to Die

 * "Cure for the Common Death, Part II:" Luke Wiggins moved into the country for some peace, but didn't realize he had moved next to a state park with a popular jogging trail, so he dressed up as the sasquatch to scare away runners.
 * "Tweets from the Dead:" Two men sneak into a former brothel that is supposed to be haunted, so they can find the spirit of dead prostitutes to have sex with them. Having angered the owner, he dresses in a creepy costume to scare them away.

Animaniacs (1993)

 * "Scare-Happy Slappy:" While Slappy takes her nephew trick or treating, they spot a spooky house with bats flying out, so Slappy jokes that it's the opening out of Scooby-Doo.
 * "Back in Style:" The Warner Siblings were loaned off to other cartoon studios by a young Plotz as last-ditch efforts to save Warner Bros., including one run by Phil and Shmoe (parodies of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera). One of the shows parodied is a spoof of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, titled Uhuru, Where Are You! The sound effects are there and the Warners do an impromptu rock song. Due to the Warners' interference, it's inevitably one of several HB-like shows that fail in the ratings. Frank Welker provided the voice for the Fred and Scooby stand-ins.

Archie's Weird Mysteries

 * Issue #5: "Time / Space Conundrum, or, Stop This Time Machine--I Want to Get Off!!:" The end page sets up the next issue which is an all-out parody of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
 * Issue #6: "A Familiar Haunt:" Archie and his friends, and their dog, Hot Dog, investigate a haunted farm with all the typical tropes that follow a mystery in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! In the first panel, Archie, Veronica, Betty, and Jughead are dressed up like Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy, respectively, and while that is dropped for the rest of the story, their traits remain, including inexplicably repeating their catchphrases.

Big City Greens

 * "Times Circle:" The Croblins are unmasked by the superhero street performers to be a couple of teenagers and an old man, with the man responding with the line, "And I would've gotten away with it if it weren't for that meddling kid!"
 * "Gloria's Café:" Officer Keys uncovers Gloria's secret café because the ghosts that were supposed to have been haunting the place didn't say, "Boo," and adds, "And you would've gotten away with it, too, Gloria, if it hadn't been for a meddling Keys! And his partner, Officer Cuffy."

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

 * Buffy and her friends' exploits in fighting monsters eventually led Xander to first officially coin the name the Scooby Gang in the season two episode "What's My Line? Part One." They've also had similar names such as "Scooby Corps" in "The I in Team," "Scooby Club" in "This Year's Girl," and "Scoobies" in "Fool for Love."
 * In the reboot by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, the new incarnation of Buffy's team was also called the Scooby Gang.

The Cleveland Show

 * "The Curious Case of Jr. Working at the Stool:" Cleveland and his friends frantically hover above the ground as they run scared of Dick Clark.
 * "Nightmare on Grace Street:" Cleveland and Rallo are forced to put an end to their feud by staying in a spooky mansion at night on Halloween. Rallo says it's nice, but Cleveland responded that it "seemed a little Scooby-Doo." He then says, "Zoinks," like Shaggy, and jumps on Rallo like Scooby would jump on Scooby, with appropriate sound effects. Rallo then feeds him a dog biscuit, with Cleveland responding in a happy Scooby-like tone.
 * "Die Semi-Hard:" In a Die Hard parody, Tim/Hans Gruber mocks Cleveland/John McClane, his "mystery man," for watching too many American TV mysteries, listing a bunch of them, but Cleveland is partial to cartoon dogs, ending the conversation with "Scooby-Dooby-Doo, motherfucker", although the swear word is bleeped out. The next time they speak on the walkie talkies, he addresses him as Scooby-Doo, and asks where he is in reference to the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Disney's Doug

 * "Doug's Bloody Buddy:" A fantasy in the teaser depicts Doug and his friends as the Scooby Gang, who are looking for the Bluffington Vampire.
 * "Quailman VII: Quail Dad:" Golden Salmon said, "I would have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those Quails."

Doctor Who

 * The Crooked World: In the book, the Eighth Doctor travels to Zanytown on Crooked World, where the Skeleton Crew (Mike Leader, Harmony Looker, Thelma Brains, and Tim Coward) and their dog, Fearless, look for ghosts.
 * In the short story "Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost," which is part of the anthology book The Panda of Horror, Iris watches an episode of Scooby-Doo.
 * The tropes of Scooby-Doo are referred in the books Only Human, Forever Autumn, Heart of Stone, The Stone House, The Shining Man, and The Good Doctor, in the comic Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #4, and the audio books Phobos, Girl, Deconstructed.

Drawn Together

 * "Hot Tub:" A deleted scene introduced Foxxy Love with a back story that parodied both Josie and the Pussycats and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, with Foxxy Love, the lead singer, singing and then unmasked an old guy.
 * "The One Wherein There's a Big Twist Part Two:" When Strawberry Sweetcake's plan is revealed, she yells "And I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for that meddling schvoogie" referring to Foxxy, who exposed her plan to everyone else.
 * "Little Orphan Hero:" Foxxy and the other housemates get locked in place momentarily as they run away.

The Fairly OddParents

 * "Twistory:" The Founding Fathers are all astonished to discover that Benedict Arnold was disguising himself as George Washington, which is uncovered by Timmy, eliciting Benedict's angry remark, "And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for that meddling kid."
 * Channel Chasers (part 2): Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda travel into a parody of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! called Snooper Dawg and the Clue Crew. The Clue Crew arrive in their Clue Cruiser right after Timmy and the fairies enter, with the fairies going from parodies of Mystery Incorporated like Timmy to parodies of Scooby. Several tropes and conventions are followed, such as Snooper the dog's Shaggy-like friend jumping into his arms after they all spot a monster, and run into the nearby spooky mansion which has bats flying out of it. Inside, they participate in the Scooby-Dooby-doors (with an accompanying pop song), Snooper and his friend eat, and the Velma doppelganger loses her glasses. They catch the monster and unmask it. There seem to be references to Goober and the Ghost Chasers, too, as the dog is somewhat similar to Goober and the kids are made of five, instead of four.
 * "Dread 'n' Breakfast:" During Crocker, Tootie, and Dark Laser stay at the Turner Bed and Breakfast, they are out to get Timmy, who at one point asks Dark Laser what one of his buttons does which he says turns on his 70s chase music, which begins a Scooby-Dooby-doors chase. In the middle of the chase, parodies of Shaggy and Scooby appear, being chased by the Headless Horseman; the Shaggy parody says "Zinkies, Doob! Like, keep running man!"
 * "The Wand That Got Away:" While on the search for Cosmo's wand, the gang gets into Spark's "groovy" van (resembling the Mystery Machine) he won from a 1970s game show. This gives Cosmo the idea, with Wanda's wand, to turn them into Mystery Inc. When they track it down to Crocker's house, they split up and run into monsters (and Crocker's mother). Crocker thinks the wand is fake when he wishes to be a zillionaire, causing an oil spill outside, which he doesn't see as helpful, but when he realizes it was real he says to himself, "And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling kids." When the gang is back at Timmy's, Wanda is relieved they won't have to solve any more mysteries, which is followed by Sparky crying, "Rooby-Rooby-Roo!" But Sparky insists he says this right before seeing a giant pigeon smack into a window, such as the one Mr. Turner transformed into is about to do. Mr. Turner reacts by saying, "Zoinks! I broke my jinkies!"
 * "Let Sleeper Dogs Lie:" Sparky kept a DVD of his previous owners, which included a group of kids resembling Mystery Incorporated who solved mysteries. Thanks to the Mystery Mobile, they escaped from a castle haunted by a cloaked ghost. The Shaggy doppelganger commentated in fear, "Zoinks, Sparky."

Futurama

 * "I Dated a Robot:" When the Planet Express crew uncovers that Nappster is really Kidnappster who had been illegally holding Lucy Liu's head for 800 years, the CEO says to the CFO, "And we would've gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling adults."
 * "Saturday Morning Fun Pit:" The head of Richard Nixon and the headless body of Spiro Agnew watch Bendee-Boo and the Mystery Crew on a Saturday morning. The episode is called "Bendee-Boo Meets the Spooky Kabuki," which is full of allusions to production limitations, canned laugh track, gags, tropes, assumed inside jokes, a 60s pop song during a Scooby-Dooby-doors moment, and Bender, Fry, Leela, Amy, and Hermes as parodies of Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, and Fred, respectively, who drive the Planet Express ship in the shape and colors of The Mystery Machine. There are also celebrity guests in George Takei, the Harlem Globetrotters, and Larry Bird. Takei turns out to be the monster, who tells the gang, "And I would never have gotten away with it, regardless of you meddling kids," because according to himself, he is mentally ill. There is also an unmasking with Zoidberg, who they originally thought was the culprit, but Leela discovers he is innocent and wasn't wearing a mask when she accidentally ripped his head off.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

 * "The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis:" The boys talk about their roles in the group, with Mac comparing them to filling out the typical roles as seen in The A-Team, Scooby-Doo, and Ghostbusters.
 * "The World Defense Series:" The guys find the linen closet while trying to sneak into the stands, where Charlie says they should search for secret tunnels behind shelves because it always happens in Scooby-Doo, but Dennis doesn't want to base their decisions on what may or may not happen in a cartoon such as Scooby-Doo.

Jeopardy!

 * In the October 3, 2017 episode, a question in the TV category for $200 was, "He's the Loveable Great Dane Who Hangs Out With Daphne, Freddy, Shaggy & Velma," with the answer being, "Who is Scooby-Doo?" (with Austin giving a bit of a voice).
 * In May 22, 2018 episode, a question in the Questionable Television category for $400 was, "In the 1960s, N.Y. Police Car 54 & Scooby-Doo Were Asked This Question in Show Titles," with the answer being, "What is 'Where are you?'"

Johnny Test

 * "Johnny Dukey Doo:" The episode is a parody of the tropes and formula of Scooby-Doo, with Johnny, Dukey, Susan, Mary, and Gil teaming up and filling the roles of Mystery Inc. when they investigate an abandoned haunted mansion; Gil in particular also wears an outfit similar to Fred. At three points in the episode, Johnny asks Dukey, "Where have I seen this before?" Once when the group plan to separate in their case; a second time when they run away from the ghosts in a hallway of doors; and lastly when the identities of the ghosts are revealed, with Johnny recognizing that he has "seen this before." Johnny and Dukey disguise themselves as waiters to fool the ghosts, and there is an upbeat tempo when they get caught in a Scooby-Dooby-doors moment. One of the six ghosts is a glowing scuba diver similar to the Ghost of Captain Cutler from "A Clue for Scooby-Doo," while four of them are based on the Green Ghosts from "A Night of Fright is No Delight."
 * "Johnny Bee Good:" When Johnny, Dukey, Susan, and Mary foil the Beekeeper's evil plan to steal all the candy in Porkbelly, Johnny reveals his identity as Doc Beebles by unmasking him. In return, Beebles says, "I would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for the flaming-headed kid in the bee suit, and those girls, and the hairy kid."
 * "Johnny's New Super Mega Villain:" Johnny and his friends foil the plot of the Super Mega Villain Man, who is really the Mayor, acting as a villain to stop them from ruining another Porkbelly celebration.

Looney Tunes

 * In Looney Tunes #74, there is a story entitled "Tazzy-Doo, Where Are You?," with several Looney Tunes stars acting as counterparts to Mystery Inc.; known here as Conundrum Co. It is discovered that the kitten, Pussyfoot, was trying to scare the employees away from the Acme Mask Factory to get some sleep, with Tazzy-Doo responding, "Kitty wanted nap. Kitty get one, too--in spite of meddling kids!"
 * In celebration of Warner Bros.' 100th anniversary, they celebrated by licensing a range of Looney Tunes Funko Pops with a Scooby-Doo motif. This was then shown in animated form with a special mashup short that featured the Looney Tunes cast as Mystery Incorporated who have caught the ghost of Mr. Hyde.

Robot Chicken

 * "Operation Rich in Spirit:" In the last skit, "A Scooby Friday," Mystery Inc. goes sleuthing at Camp Crystal Lake where they all get killed by Jason Voorhies, except for Velma, as she is a virgin. Jason Voorhies, who's really an old man, rectifies this by sleeping with Velma. The voices of Mystery Inc. are provided by those who starred in the first two live-action movies, except for Dave Coulier as Scooby.
 * "Help Me:"
 * "Malcolm X: Fully Loaded:" Zune Man breaks the CD on CD's chest, responding with a mocking, "Ruh-roh."
 * "Punctured Jugular:"
 * "Cheese Puff Mountain:"
 * "Scoot to the Gute:"
 * "Jew #1 Opens a Treasure Chest:"
 * "Snoopy Camino Lindo in: Quick and Dirty Squirrel Shot:"
 * "May Cause the Need for Speed:"

Supergirl

 * "Prom Night!:" Alex said that when Kara was younger she and her boyfriend had appointed themselves Midvale's "Scooby-Duo" by all the rescues they had made.
 * "Welcome Back, Kara!:" Supergirl is so shaken from her time in the Phantom Zone, that she says couldn't even take an episode of Scooby-Doo.

Teen Titans Go!

 * "I See You:" During Beast Boy and Cyborg's stakeout song, they appear in the T-Car next to Scooby and Shaggy who are in The Mystery Machine.
 * "Costume Contest:" Robin draws the Teen Titans as Mystery Inc. characters for potential Halloween costumes.
 * Cartoon Network Edition: NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest 2023: Scooby-Doo and Velma were on the side reporters, but Velma kept on turning it into a mystery. She eventually found a basketball with a face on it which she tried to unmask, and although it seemed unlikely at first, the basketball was unmasked to reveal Raven. When caught, she says, "And I would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids and your dumb dog." Starfire is bemused by this comment.

The Venture Bros.

 * "Ghosts of the Sargasso:" Dean unmasks a fake ghost pirate as if the latter was a Scooby-Doo villain.
 * "Return to Spider-Skull Island:" The opening of the episode begins with the team returning home after having been involved in a ghost case at a cineplex, which involved them wearing ridiculous disguises and tearing off the mask of a criminal.
 * "Twenty Years to Midnight:" Colonel Gentleman had made a list when he was an old man of toys he would've wanted when he was a kid, but hadn't been invented yet, which includes a Scooby-Doo monster game of some sort.
 * "¡Viva los Muertos!:" The gang is reenvisioned as middle-aged serial killers and radical figures: Fred is Ted (Ted Bundy), Shaggy is Sonny (David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz), Daphne is Patty (Patty Hearst), Velma is Val (Valerie Solanas), and Scooby is Groovy (Harvey, Berkowitz's neighbor's dog), who drive in a van reminiscent of The Mystery Machine. Ted bribes Sonny to get out of the van with pills called "Groovy treats," and there are comical sound effects when the characters run.
 * "The Buddy System:" The Pirate Captain offers an activity at Dr. Venture's boy adventurer day camp, which allows a camper to learn how to be, for example, the ghost Miner Forty-Niner to stop meddling kids from getting their gold.
 * "The Lepidopterists:" The Monarch was criticized for using the word "retard," but he wasn't going to say "bungling boobs" or "meddling kids."
 * "Self-Medication:" Action Johnny mocks the group after seeing a real snake, that it isn't an old lighthouse keeper in a rubber mask. Also, while on the car ride to Nightin' Ale's, Dr. Venture responds to a discussion on whether or not Daphne and Velma had sex, with him believing Daphne got around, while Velma didn't because she was a lesbian, although he never gets to finish the latter though. Jonny reveals that the herpes he got from her says otherwise.
 * "Sphinx Rising:" When Mrs. The Monarch asks the Monarch how exactly they're going to get into the Venture compound even with their disguises, he has no idea and simply responds, "With our Scooby-Dooby-Doo magic masks."

Torchwood

 * "Meat:" Rhys suggests the team hides in his fan to carry out a sting operation, to which his girlfriend on the team angrily retorts, "What is this, Scooby-Doo?"
 * Slow Decay: In the book, Owen considered himself a true fan, and the tropes and conventions are discussed, such as a ghost really being a caretaker in disguise.

Home media
VHSes began in the 1980s, DVDs began in 2000, and Blu-ray Discs began in 2020.

Reading material
Comics have been published since 1970 by various comic book companies, including Gold Key Comics, Charlton Comics, Marvel Comics, Harvey Comics (reprinted from Charlton), Archie Comics, and currently DC Comics.


 * Scooby-Doo... Where Are You!/Mystery Comics, Gold Key Comics (1970-1975)
 * Scooby-Doo... Where Are You!, Charlton Comics (1975-1976)
 * Scooby-Doo, Marvel Comics (1977-1979)
 * Scooby-Doo, Archie Comics (1995-1997)
 * Scooby-Doo, DC Comics, (1997-2010)
 * Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, DC Comics, (2011-ongoing)
 * Scooby-Doo! Team-Up, DC Comics (2013-2019)
 * The Batman & Scooby-Doo! Mysteries, DC Comics (2021-2022)
 * The Batman & Scooby-Doo! Mysteries (relaunch), DC Comics (2022-2023)

Between 2016 to 2019, DC Comics published a horror post-apocalyptic retelling called Scooby Apocalypse. They referred to it as their "crown jewel" among the other dramatic modern retellings of Hanna-Barbera cartoons, but was canceled in 2019 when Warner Bros. reportedly no longer appreciated this darker version, ending the entire line-up. The cancellation did not interfere with the ending, however.

Toys
Toys of Scooby, Fred, Shaggy, Daphne, and Velma first popped up via Equity in 1999, when Warner Bros. knew Scooby-Doo was a goldmine in sales. In Europe, Character Toys were given the license.

As mentioned above, The Lego Group released minifigures and playsets inspired by episodes of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Eventually, these were discontinued when Playmobil took over.

Since 2017, Figures Toy Company released action figures based on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, which included monsters with removable masks.

Board game mysteries
Milton Bradley released the first board game in 1973 entitled Scooby-Doo... Where Are You! Game.

Joystick mysteries
The first video game based on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was Mattel Electronic's Scooby-Doo's Maze Chase in 1983.

A reel good time
Viewmaster reels based on the episodes have been sold infrequently between 1972 to 1999, by companies such as GAF, Tyco, and Fisher-Price.