List of pop culture references to Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and its multimedia spin-off franchise has become a pop culture phenomenon since its debut in 1969, with the novelty of four teenage kids (two sets of boys and girls who may or may not be dating), revealing the dodgy goings on of a real estate agent pretending to be a ghoulish monster in full costume to lower the price of some building. Rounding out the group is their mascot, Scooby-Doo, a talking Great Dane with a speech impediment, who can't say roll his "R's" well. His bravery is bolstered by the infamous Scooby Snacks he is bribed with. His joyous catchphrase, "Scooby-Dooby-Doo," and well as his scared response of "Ruh-roh," as well the catchphrases of his friends, who say "Zoinks," "Jeepers," and "Jinkies," have become part of the lexicon.

Books

Doctor Who

• The Crooked World: There was a place called Zanytown on the planet Crooked World, where there lived the Skeleton Crew, with members Mike Leader (Fred), Harmony Looker (Daphne), Thelma Brains (Velma), Tim Coward (Shaggy), and Fearless (Scooby).

Meddling Kids

• The title of the book is a reference to what the villains are prone to call Mystery Inc., and the book itself is about four teenagers and their dog who solve mysteries.

Comics

2000 AD

• Red Razors story of the comic 2000 AD, a group of Sov-Block mercenary enforcers called themselves the Spooky Doo Gang, due to owning a dog called Spooky who resembled a green Scooby-Doo.

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Archie's Weird Mysteries

• Issue #6: Archie and his friends become parodies of Mystery Inc. while solving a mystery.

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Cartoon Network Action Pack!

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• Issue #27 - "The Once and Future Ben:" 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..."

Doctor Who Magazine

• Issue #489: The thirteenth segment of the ongoing The Daft Dimension, depicted a parallel universe where a Doctor who loosely resembled both the Twelfth Doctor and Shaggy traveled around with his companions who also mirrored the other members of Mystery Inc. (K9/Scooby, Strax/Velma, Vastra/Daphne, Jenny Flint/Fred) in The Mystery Time Machine, which resembled a police box which could travel through space and time. They unmask a crook, who in this reality, is a crooked alien named Mr. Scaroth who disguised himself as a human man. When caught, he uttered the line, "Bah! I'd have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for you pesky time travellers!"

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Empyre Fallout: Fantastic Four

• Issue #1: Quoi says, "Everything would've gone perfectly if not for you annoying animals and your interfering little cubs."

Girl Genius

• Issue #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.

Simpsons Comics

• Issue #242 - "Scooby Don't!:" Bart and his friends have taken on the roles of each member of Mystery Inc., 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!"

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Films

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."

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."

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

• When Dale wants to call Gadget and Zipper to help him and Chip find Monterey, he says not to as "[they]'re as much real detectives as the Scooby-Doo gang."

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!"

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.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

• In both the original and extended cuts, Doctor Strange tells Peter and his friends to "Scooby-Doo this shit," when Peter needs the help of the latter in finding the Green Goblin.

Toy Story 3

• Mr. Potato Head says "meddling toys" in the way a villain would say "meddling kids."

TV series

The Amazing World of Gumball

• "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.

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.

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Arthur

• "The Rat Who Came to Dinner:" Mystery Inc. are anthropomorphized as animals, with a kangaroo mascot called Spooky-Poo, in Mr. Ratburn's favorite old show Spooky-Poo.

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Austin & Ally

• "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!"

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Main article: Aqua Teen Hunger Force

• "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. They also appear as a band as that was the intention in the original premise.

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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."

Big Time Rush

• "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."

Ben 10 (2016)

• "Scared Silly:" Carl says, "And I would've, too, if it wasn't for that kid turning into aliens", after his plan of trying to scare the Tennysons out of the hotel has failed.

Ben 10: Omniverse

• "Mystery, Incorporeal:" The name of the episode itself is a play on Mystery Incorporated, as well as the episode itself which contain several references to the franchise in general.

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

• "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!"

Bonkers

• "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!"

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.

Comic Book Men

• "Ghostbusting in the Stash:" Kevin Smith ends the show with "They would've gotten away with it, too."
• "Bats Ahoy!:" Walt proposes the question of Mystery Inc. being better detectives than Batman, which Ming doesn't agree with.

Class of 300

• "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!"

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.

Codename: Kids Next Door

• "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!"

Close Enough

• "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!"

Danny Phantom

• "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.

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Daria

• "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."

Digimon: Digital Monsters

• "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."

Disney's Doug

• "Doug's Bloody Buddy," Doug and his friends are dressed as Mystery Inc. for a spooky teaser.

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Doctor Who

• "The Age of Steel:" Pete called the Preachers "Scooby-Doo and the gang," while adding, "They've even got a van."

Family Guy

Main article: Family Guy

• "Chitty Chitty Death Bang:" With the television transmitter cut, Peter wonders what the Scooby gang is up to, with the scene then cutting to an adult spin-off spoof called The Scooby-Doo Murder Files, where Mystery Incorporated investigates and describes in detail how someone was killed, as well being able to curse, as Fred demonstrates by saying, "Son of a bitch." There's also a van with the words "Murder Machine" written on the side as a reference to The Mystery Machine. Scooby and Velma are voiced by MacFarlane and Lori Allan, respectively, while Frank Welker has a guest spot to reprise his role of Fred.
• "Family Guy Viewer Mail:" A segment parodies the Little Rascals with the adults as kids, which includes a portion of time at a spooky mansion, where the regressed boys also copy the hallway chase gag, featuring Mystery Incorporated in a cameo also running out of one door and into another.
• "Deep Throats:" In a DVD-exclusive scene, when Brian and Stewie sneak into the town hall, they run into Mystery Incorporated, but Stewie gets rid of them by humming their own walk music against them. Fred is voiced by Frank Welker.
• Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story/"Bango Was His Name Oh:" Lois tests Chris on the names of the four characters in Sex and the City, but he can only name three successfully, while he names the fourth Scrappy-Doo.
• "Stewie Loves Lois:" Stewie has a yogurt cup with Scooby's name and apparently Shaggy's eyes have been cut out just the way he likes it.
• "Excellence in Broadcasting:" John McCain and Rush Limbaugh, joined by a Scooby-like dog called Hot Dog, are tipped off by the groundskeeper of a mummy burning the American flag at the swamp, but after investigating they don't find what they're looking for. They set some crazy trap involving a pig, which catches the mummy, who they unmask to be "Old Man" Barney Frank, who yells, "And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling Republicans!" McCain then suddenly turns to celebrity guests, the Harlem Globetrotters, for the help (just like an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies). One of them tries to give McCain a high five, but McCain being the racist he is, turns him down.
• "Meg Stinks!:" A skunk-sprayed Brian can't handle another night outside due to all the dangers, with his nephew, Scrappy-Brian, not surviving the night. Scrappy-Brian wanted to check out the noise they heard, which turned out to be from a velociraptor that tore Scrappy-Brian to pieces and ate him before walking away. Brian curses to himself and laments how he told his sister it wasn't going to be a good night for him.
• "Stewie, Chris & Brian's Excellent Adventure:" Stewie tests Chris for his history class, by asking him who said, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself"? Chris responds with both Scooby and Shaggy, to which Stewie angrily responds, "It's nobody on Scooby-Doo!"
• "Dog Bites Bear:" Stewie tells Brian that his stuffed bear, Rupert, called Brian "Scooby Don't."

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Fuller House

• "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.

The Goldbergs

• "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.
• "So Swayze, It's Crazy," Erica describes his unrequited crush, Dave Kim, as looking like a "tiny freshman creeper who dresses as Velma from Scooby-Doo."

Grojband

• "A Knight to Remember:" The band jumps in the air with their legs stuck frantically spinning before they get away the second time they see Smasheus.

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

• "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."

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Hey Duggee

• "The Spooky Badge:" 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.

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House of Mouse

• "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!"

House MD

• "Humpty Dumpty:" House refers to his team as the Scooby Gang when looking for Alfredo since he could be at a warehouse or factory.

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."

Johnny Test

• "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."

Kim Possible

• "Tick-Tick-Tick:" Kim mocked Wade's haunted island info by saying "Keep out meddling kids."

Lego Ninjago

• "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.

My Spy Family

• "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."

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures

• 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.

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

• "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."

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New Teen Titans

• "Turn Back the Clock:" Mad Mod turns back time altering the appearances of the Teen Titans with each passing decade, with the 70s making them look like Mystery Inc.

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Only Connect

• "Wanderers v Pedagogues:" Host Victoria Coren Mitchell begins by saying, "Good evening. Much of the key work debunking supernatural myths was carried out in the 1970s by American paranormalogists Norville Rogers, Frederick Jones, Daphne Blake, and Velma Dinkley. And if you didn't get that reference, then shame on you, Only Connect fans. You probably preferred the ones with Scooby-Dum and Scrappy-Doo."

Power Rangers S.P.D.

• "A-Bridged:" The Power Rangers defeat and capture T-Top after they believe him to be a bank robber but he was really an undercover bounty hunter trying to catch the real bank robber. When T-Top complains about their interference, he says, "And if it wasn't for your meddling, I would've caught her, too."

Puppy Dog Pals

• "Bob Loves Mona:" The old man who stole Mona Lisa is thwarted by Bingo and Rolly, making him say, "I would've gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for those meddling puppies."

Recess

• "The Barnaby Boys:" The caught janitor says, "And I'd have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for them meddling kids."

Regular Show

• "The Dream Warrior:" Mordecai and Rigby try to settle Pops from his nightmare by watching Funkie Wunky and the Groovy Gang, which features parodies of Mystery Inc. called the Groovy Gang, Groovies for short, who own a dog called Funkie Wunky. They capture Old Crotchety Elmer, the lighthouse keeper, who was pretending to be a ghost haunting a pirate ship in Bluemont Cove. They stopped him from stealing the gold there and making millions. This makes Pops feel better, who has a dream replaying the episode with the characters being played by people he knows, but it once again turns into a nightmare.

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Rugrats (1991)

• "Runaway Reptar:" Angelica's plan is thwarted when her robotic Reptar's synthetic skin peels off, so she declares, "I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling babies."

Sonny with a Chance

• "Sonny with a Secret:" Penelope is revealed to be the culprit, who says, "I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for these comfortable shoes."

Stargate SG-1

• "Bounty:" After the team foils Odai Ventrell's plans, Daniel throws in, "And you might have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for us meddling kids."

Talking Tom and Friends

• "The Mystery of the Pyramid:" Tom and his friends go to a concert in Egypt, where they get involved in a mystery involving a mummy kidnapping the host and the MC, which causes Tom to tell everyone to split up, and Hank and Angela to say "Zoinks" and "Jeepers," respectively, as well as the villain's defeated finale line, "And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling people who I specifically invited here!"

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward

• "Turtle X-Tinction:" The Turtles have the exosuit thief who they're about to unmask, which Mikey gets carried away with and believes it's "the crooked developer who wanted to scare everyone away so he could build a shopping center. And he would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for us meddling turtles." Disappointedly, Raphael tells him he watches too many cartoons.

That 70s Show

• "Afterglow:" Fez watches the end of an episode of "the Scooby-Doo," with a villain saying, "And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those darn kids." Later, the guys get high, with Fez treating Kelso's sudden support of Eric as a mystery, "one suitable for Scooby-Doo and his gang of cartoon teenagers!" He then goes on to say how he wishes they were cartoon characters, with Fez imagining them in Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo-esque designs with Scooby-Doo-esque music playing as they talk to each other. Fez, the first one to talk, after the transformation, sarcastically says, "Zoinks. That'd be super, Fez."

The Super Maro Bros. Show

• "20,000 Koopas Under the Sea:" In true Mystery Inc. fashion, Mario and his friends discover that the sea monster is mechanical and being driven by Koopa Nemo, who was trying to scare the citizens of Happy Harbor into making them their king. Having failed, Koopa says, "And it would have worked if you 'buttinskis' hadn't messed things up!"

Timon and Pumbaa

• "Werehog of London:" A fortune teller warns Timon and Pumbaa that no one is safe from the curse of the werehog, not even "those meddling teens and their pesky dog." Then the camera reveals an orange and blue van resembling the Mystery Machine that has been abandoned after it was knocked into a lamp post.

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Time Squad

• "White House Weirdness:" The episode is an homage to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, by using the musical cues of Ted Nichols and sound effects from the series. The Time Squad goes back in time to 1911 to make sure Woodrow Wilson beats Howard William Taft in the presidential election, which may not have happened if he had become a musician instead. But this is difficult when they discover that The White House looks like a haunted house that is being haunted by the deceased former Presidents of America, who have taken on the form of monsters, which includes Zachary Taylor as a zombie, Benjamin Harrison as a vampire, and James Buchanan as Frankenstein's monster. When all three are found, the Time Squad and the monsters run through the "Scooby-Dooby-doors." In the end, all of the monsters are captured with a single chandelier, and the Time Squad reveals that they are just the disguises of then-current President William Howard Taft, Vice President James S. Sherman, and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox, who were working together to make sure Taft continued to be President unchallenged. Defeated, Taft says his own take on the immortal line, "And we would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling Time Squaders." Also, when the cop thanks the Time Squad for their work, he refers to them as the "gang."

Total Dramarama

• "Duncan Carving:" On Halloween, Duncan dresses up as Carvin' Marvin (the Headless Horseman) to steal the other kids' candy. He is eventually caught in candy corn and unmasked, with everyone surprised to see him, including Owen's face suddenly resembling Scooby's. Duncan responds with the usual, "And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling classmates."

Wander Over Yonder

• "The Cartoon:" Dominator watches a cartoon called The Mystery Kids Mysteries (narrated by Frank Welker), which is a crossover between Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and Gravity Falls, set in the world of The Jetsons. Mavis and Skipper are driven by an old man in The Mystery Ship, who resembles Mabel, Dipper, and Grunkle Stan, respectively. When Mavis discovers her sweater is haunted, their green, talking dog, Soosy Du, pops up behind them. Soosy Du is a parody of Soos Ramirez, Dipper and Mabel's friend. The animation used for The Mystery Kids Mysteries matches the design and budget of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, and the outfits and Googie architecture are based on The Jetsons.

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The Weekenders

• "Crushin' Roulette:" Tish is so desperate to fall in love with someone she stares at Mr. Higginbotham, until he loves her back, but this just gets him nervous and causes him to reveal he is an international spy. By the end of the episode, he is being taken away by the National Security Agency, and he declares, "And I would have gotten away with it if it had not been for those darned meddling kids!", even though he is quite happy to get it off his chest.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

• "Mr. Stein's Duel: Part II:" When Viper sees Alexis's friends save her from drowning, Viper remarks, "I would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling kids."

Video games

Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers

• In the final scene, the heroes gather round the masked villain they have captured, and after several unmaskings, discover it is Uncle Grandpa who is the culprit, despite the fact that Uncle Grandpa is also among the good guys. The bad Uncle Grandpa moans, "And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling heroes." The good Uncle Grandpa responds joyously by declaring, "Another mystery solved. Great work, gang!"

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

• When Dixie and Kiddy defeat KAOS, Baron K. Roolenstein reveals himself from behind the curtain (ala the Wizard from The Wizard of Oz), and states the line, "KAOS was my ticket to world domination, and I'd have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids."

Final Fantasy X-2

• Prophet, who is a pastiche of Shaggy, is one of the potential culprits depending on what path you go on in the Mi'ihen Highroad Mystery subquest. When caught, he says, "That's right. Like, it was me. And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!"

Web series

AOK

• "Scooby-Doo, Who Are You?:" The gang accidentally tore off a bad guy's real face. They run off but a cop pops up and they do the same to him. The gang becomes hysterical and then proceeds to tear off each other's faces (except for Scooby's).

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Cracked

• "Scooby Don't:" The Mystery Squad is told off by the police after they tie up an innocent homeless old man at an abandoned carnival.

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DC Super Hero Girls

• "Haunted Harley:" Harley Quinn reads a spooky book during detention but she isn't scared because "those meddling kids will get to the bottom of it."

Son-In-Lockdown

• Episode 9: Kevin Smith, his wife, and daughter catch his daughter's boyfriend, Austin, getting supplies from two people wearing black cloaks with hoods suppliers during the COVID-19 lockdown, who are actually Kevin's inlaws, who share the line of "And we would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids."