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

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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (TV series)
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Season 1's on-screen title card.
Created by Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Iwao Takamoto
Network CBS
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Distributor Taft Broadcasting
Original release September 13, 1969October 31, 1970
Starring Don Messick
Casey Kasem
Stefanianna Christopherson
Frank Welker
Nicole Jaffe
Heather North
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Music composed by Ted Nichols
Writer(s) Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Bill Lutz
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Animation director(s) Charles A. Nichols
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Season 2's on-screen title card.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is an American animated mystery comedy TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera (H-B) for CBS' Saturday morning children's programming. 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 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 Rogers, who inevitably run into and accidentally capture the monster in one of Fred Jones'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.

Production

Development

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.

Casting

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 was also performed by Robertson Jr., and written mainly by Danny Janssen, with contributions from both Robertson Jr. and Susan Steward.

Episodes

Title Number Original air date
"What a Night for a Knight" 1x01 September 13, 1969
"A Clue for Scooby-Doo" 1x02 September 20, 1969
"Hassle in the Castle" 1x03 September 27, 1969
"Mine Your Own Business" 1x04 October 4, 1969
"Decoy for a Dognapper" 1x05 October 11, 1969
"What the Hex Going On?" 1x06 October 18, 1969
"Never Ape an Ape Man" 1x07 October 25, 1969
"Foul Play in Funland" 1x08 November 1, 1969
"The Backstage Rage" 1x09 November 8, 1969
"Bedlam in the Big Top" 1x10 November 15, 1969
"A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts" 1x11 November 22, 1969
"Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too" 1x12 November 29, 1969
"Which Witch is Which?" 1x13 December 6, 1969
"Go Away Ghost Ship" 1x14 December 13, 1969
"Spooky Space Kook" 1x15 December 20, 1969
"A Night of Fright is No Delight" 1x16 January 10, 1970
"That's Snow Ghost" 1x17 January 17, 1970
"Nowhere to Hyde" 2x01 September 12, 1970
"Mystery Mask Mix-Up" 2x02 September 19, 1970
"Jeepers, It's the Creeper" 2x03 September 26, 1970
"Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright" 2x04 October 3, 1970
"Haunted House Hang-Up" 2x05 October 10, 1970
"A Tiki Scare is No Fair" 2x06 October 17, 1970
"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf" 2x07 October 24, 1970
"Don't Fool with a Phantom" 2x08 October 31, 1970

Cast

Credits

These identical credits appeared at the end of every episode.

Season one

Season two

In popular culture

  • In the film Toy Story 3, Mr. Potato Head says "meddling toys" in the way a villain would say "meddling kids."
  • In The Cleveland Show episode "A 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.
  • 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 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 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 Supergirl episode "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.

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."

Jeopardy!

Main article: Jeopardy!
  • "Champion's Run IV episode 4 (Josh Hill Game 5):" Questionable Television for $400 - In the 1960s, N.Y. Police Car 54 & Scooby-Doo Were Asked This Question in Show Titles - what is "Where are you?"
  • "Episode 7602" Episode 6 of Austin Rogers - TV for $200 - He's the Loveable Great Dane Who Hangs Out With Daphne, Freddy, Shaggy & Velma - Who is Scooby-Doo? (with Austin giving a bit of a voice).

Robot Chicken

Main article: 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:"

Teen Titans Go!

Main article: Teen Titans Go!

The Venture Bros.

Main article: 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.
  • "Assassinanny 911:" Kim makes the connection between Fred and Hank by referring to the latter as "the Scooby-Doo kid."
  • 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.
  • "Victor. Echo. November.:" Triana directly points out that Hank Venture dresses like Fred.
  • "¡Viva los Muertos!:" The gang are 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 are collectively known as the Groovy Gang who drive in the Groovy Van. Ted bribes Sonny to get out of the van with pills called "groovy treats," which makes Sonny run toward them in a comical effect.
  • "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.
  • "Now Museum--Now You Don't:" J.J. described what his brother was wearing as a "Scooby-Doo purple suit."
  • "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 in 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 gay, 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."

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