#scooby doo and guess who style

[mast3r-rainb0w]

[C] 'Scooby Guess Who' Style: The Brady Kids Boys by Mast3r-Rainb0w

Greg Brady, Peter Brady, and Bobby Brady from “The Brady Bunch” (but more specifically their spin-off cartoon “The Brady Kids”) drawn in the artstyle of “Scooby-Doo and Guess Who”, which is befitting for characters of this sort!

This was a commission I made for a client via DeviantArt! Enjoy the fanart!

[notmoreflippingelves]

Favorite Characters

↳ Fred Jones (Scooby Doo franchise)

[tubapun]

i thought this was a really cute thing in the latest movie

[emmi-kat]

I'm very conflicted about this whole situation. On the one hand, yay! Velma's gay! On the other hand, they're still drawing Daphne like fetish art and Velma's not much better.

[scoobypineapple]

Omg guys a Scooby Doo and Guess Who season 3 is dropping? And this just leaked?

Jokes obvi! I just felt inspired to draw Chappell in the Scooby style fr fr!

Inspired by this post @threephantomrey showed me fr ^^

[one-idea]

You know what would be hilarious in the Shanks raises ASL AU?

The boys accidentally causing Chaos for Buggy, and him finally getting his hands on them and trying to find their parents and find out who raised these nuisances, and then oop! They're his secret nephewz!

Oh we will get to Buggy.

Part of me says they don’t meet Buggy until in cannon on orange island. Because Luffy gets one look at Buggy and just yells “Uncle Buggy!”

He grew up hearing stories for Shanks about his childhood on the Oro Jackson. Hearing about his adventures with Buggy, and how much Shanks misses him.

Now face to face with his uncle, Luffy is PUMPED. He could finally give something back to Shanks and reunite him with his brother. He’s talking a mile a minute about how much Shanks misses Buggy.

Meanwhile Buggy is standing there staring at this crazy kid, who he has locked in a cage with a canon pointed at him, who is talking crazy about Shanks. Shanks doesn’t miss him! Wait how does this kid know Shanks? Wait is that Shanks/Roger’s hat?

(Note: Nami is standing there so confused by what this crazy kid is talking about.)

The other part of me wants all of ASL to run into Buggy. While leaving Dawn island they Red force stops to restock and they just happen to dock on an island where Buggy is.

ASL go off to explore, probably being trailed by Benn or another member in of the crew.

Of course shenanigans happen and the boys lose/ditch their adult supervision. And find their way into clown territory.

Buggy goes to chase the dumb kids out of his turf. He gets sacked upside the head by Ace or Sabo (probably both) for his trouble.

Cue scooby doo style chase between Buggy and ASL.

He finally gets a hold of Luffy. His hand flying out and grabbing Luffy by the back of his shirt (scruffs him like a cat) Ace and Sabo are furious. But of course he does this right in front of the Red hair pirates.

Shanks is furious that his sons are being chased around by another pirate. Especially with Luffy being held in the air like a misbehaving kitten (it’s eerily similar to how Higuma held Luffy over the sea. It’s a fresh wound)

But then he sees who is holding Luffy. “Buggy is that you?”

“Shanks? What are you doing here!?!” And then Buggy take a closer look at the kid in his hand. More specifically the hat he’s wearing. “And why does this kid have your hat? What’s going on? Wait I don’t care about you!” Buggy is all over the place. Literally, so many body parts are floating around. ASL hit him a lot.

“Shanks you know this big nose?” Ace asked pointing at the man holding his little brother.

“What did you just say about my nose?!?” Buggy hates these gremlins.

“Oh ya” Shanks ignores Buggy’s yelling. “Kids meet your Uncle Buggy.”

“Uncle?” ASL cries out looking at the clown. One with disgust, one with intrigue, and one with excitement (guess who’s who)

“Uncle?” Buggy says at the same time. He’s so shocked he drops Luffy. The kid landing with an oof. (How many women has Shanks knocked up?)

Wait until he finds out who Ace is!

Here’s a link to the main idea

[thelyingjoke]

hi bow i know we haven't talked in a while but i have been thinking So Fucking Much about DICE lately so i had to ask. u got any DICE hcs?

heyyyyy first off i am SO so sorry it’s taken me so long to get to this. i’ve been going through a lot of complicated personal stuff the past several months and it’s kept me off of social media…but i am back now! hopefully. i may not be the most active but i will try my best!!

NOW FOR THE QUESTION !!! DICE is a little funny for me…i love them so much and yet my mind’s perception of them constantly shifts…i can never seem to think of anything concrete for them. i love most theories about them to where i can’t decide which ones to believe in myself. like the 11th member…i really like all of the explanations people make for them. from cameraperson to pet to kokichi’s twin. I can’t decide which i like best so they’re all true at the same time for me.

for things that i CAN decide on…hm. Well they are Definitely orphans to me. and i think that like…that horse head in kokichi’s room? they all have one of those. they like to wear them regularly i think. it’s an extra mask. it gets pulled off their faces scooby-doo style to reveal the clown mask underneath.

and i Really like the card nicknames headcanon. but i think they have more than just standard deck names. like there’s Heart, Spade, Club, Clover, Ace, Joker. then you’ve got shit like Wild +4. Basic Darkness Energy. A Deal With Dark Ruler. Sour Cream From Steven Universe. they’re an unpredictable bunch…you can never guess what nickname they’re gonna use next.

the last one actually has an explanation. in an rp from like. jan 2019 i think? it was with DICE members and one of them pointed out how this guy’s hair looks like sour cream from steven universe

and in hindsight their hair is actually not that similar at all they are both just pointy. but that has stuck with me. and it’s funny. so i’ve been calling that member Sour Cream ever since

and speaking of comparing media…i imagine the group to have a dynamic similar to Giovanni’s Boys (gender neutral) from one of my favorite shows, the hit webseries epithet erased. they’re a gang of teenage petty criminals who are initially low-ranking members of an Actual criminal organization pyramid scheme but they eventually leave after giovanni proposes making their own evil organization. they’ve got goofy nicknames like Dark Star and Crusher and Flamethrower and Car Crash (but you can only get one if you earn it). giovanni wants to be a supervillain so bad and he is the sweetest guy ever who loves his minions so very much. these snippets from the book really fit DICE i think!

i look at them replacing hot dogs with cattails, and i nod and think…yes…DICE would do that…stupid but fun…that’s all they want…

they have their differences. giovanni and his boys (gender neutral) are very stupid. but i think the fundamentals of them both being groups of teens who just want to have fun and commit harmless petty crimes and who care so much for each other is Wonderful. i often think of this song to be DICE’s theme song even if i don’t think they are actually like how the banzai blasters are in the song. they’re smarter. But it’s a banger. i find them both very very fun (i think about kokichi saying lines from ee often…i have a list)

And this is not really a headcanon but i like how in the group photo everyone else has pants that at least Reach their ankles but kokichi is a rebel and wears pants that are just slightly too small for him. why does he do that. Weirdo (affectionate)

[solarmorrigan]

Hello! I was tagged for this by the marvelous @paperbackribs about... *checks watch* four months ago! I'm so late, I'm sorry, time is meaningless and slippery!

How many works do you have on AO3? 300 (!)

What’s your total AO3 word count? 976,101

What fandoms do you write for?

At the moment, I'm only writing for Stranger Things, but I've written things for about 40ish fandoms over the years.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

In Phony Matrimony [Fantastic Beasts]

Shared Space [Homestuck]

Simple Association [James Bond - Craig movies]

Made with Love (and Yarn) [Stranger Things]

These Days I'm Fine (These Days I Tend to Lie) [Stranger Things]

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try to! I used to get fewer comments, and it was easier to respond to each of them. Having recently been in some much larger fandoms, though, I've kind of been getting overwhelmed and have fallen behind. I'm so grateful that people take the time to even just send a little heart--to tell me that they read this thing and enjoyed it--and I'd love to respond to everyone, but at this rate I'm not quite sure I'll manage to catch up D:

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Probably either For the Love of You (James Bond, established 00Q, in which Bond is forced to go after Q when he turns out to be a traitor) or either of the fics in the Forever and Ever, Amen series (also James Bond, 00Q, in which Q is a necromancer and won't let Bond die). I've written other dark things, but I tend towards hopeful endings even with those

What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Most things I've written! I'm a big fan of happily ever after and I write a lot of short fluff pieces. But as far as fics where the happy ending is sort of earned, I'd say maybe He Dreams, Until Such Time (Hades game, gen, in which Hypnos is the Elysium boss fight after having been banished from the House, and Zagreus finds a way to get him back in) or We Have Surplus If We Need It (Pacific Rim, established Newmann, in which Newt tries to figure out who he is in a post-kaiju world and cooks a lot about it)

Do you get hate on fics?

Not particularly. I've gotten a few randos trying to tell me off for writing slash, and one or two people who were clearly just mad at a specific trope and happened to land on my fic, but I've been very fortunate to get largely positive feedback

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I do! I'm not sure it's exactly my strongest suit (and, in fact, often worry that it's not very good at all), but I guess I keep at it?? I've written PWP and plotularly significant smut before; whatever serves my purposes at the time

Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Not often, but I have! The first fic I ever tried writing on my own was a Buffy/Scooby-Doo crossover, and I've written a fair bit for Gravity Falls/Over the Garden Wall. Not sure how wild either of those are, though?

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I've been alerted to, but I've been posting fic for something like 20 years now, so it wouldn't surprise me if at least one of them has cropped up elsewhere under someone else's name

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yyyyyes...? Pretty sure I remember that happening! I think it was over on ff dot net, so I don't remember which one it was. Good odds it was one of my Criminal Minds fics, though

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

A few times! I've done RP-style co-writing, round robins, half-and-half, and just plain collaborating. Most of them never reached the point of being able to publish, but they were still fun

What’s your all time favorite ship?

Gotta confess: I don't think I have one. My favorite is usually whatever I'm focusing on at the time; I don't dislike ones I've shipped previously, but they tend to settle fondly into the background once I've left a fandom

What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I had a whole Stranger Things fic planned out exploring the potential relationship between Steve and his mom, and I'd love to get at least the bare bones of that done, but there's something about it that just kind of refuses to come

What are your writing strengths?

Characterization and emotion. Emotion is something I feel like I don't identify particularly well in real life, but I think I'm pretty good at getting the intended response from people in my writing. (Also maybe dialogue, but that's just so fun to write)

What are your writing weaknesses?

I! Am! Impatient! I tend to rush through things sometimes and screw the pacing up or skip over important details because I worry writing it out in full will take too long and I'll lose interest. I can also get a little too rigid in trying to achieve a particular outcome, instead of letting the story flow

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I don't tend to do it, but that's because I'm only fluent in English and don't want to jar anyone with a bad auto-translate job. If someone is speaking another language, I usually try to find a way to signify that based on whether or not the POV character also knows that language

First fandom you wrote for?

It was either HP (forgive me, this was over 20 years ago) or Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Scooby-Doo (crossover fic I wrote when I was, like, nine?)

Favorite fic you’ve written?

Ever?? In my life?? My dude, I could pick a favorite per fandom maybe, but just straight up favorite?? I cannot. Of things written more recently, I'm very fond of Under My Skin (Steddie, exploring the possibility of Steve with physical scars). Of things written slightly less recently, I still have a complicated soft spot for We Have Surplus If We Need It

Gently tagging (if you've already done this, I'm sorry, just ignore me): @spiritofcamelot @ato-the-bean @puppy-steve @emchant3d @lexirosewrites

[person4924]

hi !! i’m sam !! and uhhh that’s all u need to know but there’s more under the cut !!

(also im trying to make this aesthetic and cute but idrk how so if u have any tips pls pls pls !!)

yes i’m sad (secretly a dinosaur)

basic info

i’m sapphic of some sort and ace!!

i go pretty much by any pronouns atp but they is usually the best!!

i’m a minor. so please don’t be fucking weird.

i’m american (even worse, the midwest 😨) unfortunately but literally as soon as i fucking can im booting it and moving to norway

i’m neurodivergent of some some sort

i have a sideblog that is currently a confessions blog but it might change cus no one actually does it!! but if u would like to do a (general) confession then it is @just-a-little-lad4924

just general facts about me !

my personality type is INFP-T

i have 3 cats!! one at my dads, her name is graci (after gracie abrams ofc) and she’s about a year and a half, and 2 at my moms: regulus (guess who named him!! 😱) and libby and their siblings and are currently abt 3 months !! i could yap abt them forever i love them sm

my favorite color is dark green, fav season is fall, fav holiday is christmas or halloween, fav animal is cats or sharks or moths or jellyfish

i appreciate tone tags and try to use them as much as possible

im always bored so asks and everything are super duper cool !

i love love love making ananlysis' of basically anythng sooo if theres like a song or ship or something i could totallly write an essay abt it or smth !

uhhh idrk what else !!

fandoms AKA past hyperfixations that i’m still attached to but im not necessarily still in the fandom: harry potter (fuck jkr !!), MCU, KOTLC, marauders, boy meets world, it, osemanverse, paper girls, teen wolf, owl house, shameless, glee, stranger things, andi mack, tlou, riordanverse, brooklyn nine nine, new girl, hamilton, grishaverse, community, dawsons creek, bojack horseman, criminal minds, ted lasso, scooby doo, everything sucks!, the sun bearer trials, atypical, octonauts, dead boy detectives, will and grace, how i met your mother, the maze runner

uhhh can u tell i don’t have many friends.

fav movies (not counting fandoms): tick tick boom, my girl, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, little rascals, empire records, bottoms, nimona, little women, 500 days of summer, benny & joon, beautiful boy, call me by your name, lady bird, stand by me, RWRB, addams family values, the breakfast club, spiderman ITSV/ATSV, the outsiders, luca, the perks of being a wallflower, dead poets society, big daddy, the edge of seventeen

once again. i have very little friends. and very many issues.

fav music people: gracie abrams (if u couldnt tell), taylor swift, noah kahan, mitski, boygenuis, julien baker, phoebe bridgers, lucy dacus, hozier, the head and the heart, conan gray, RKS, queen. harry styles, the fray, olivia rodrigo, coldplay, billie eilish, maya hawke, bo burnham, chappell roan, the smiths, the revivalists, addriane lenker, lorde, fiona apple, alex g, ani defranca, radiohead, montell fish

just general interests: poetry, art, writing, sitcoms, stand up comedy, greek mythology, the sky (like the stars, moon, sun, etc. astronomy metaphors are my everything), moths, jelly fish, ocean animals in general (first special interest 💪💪), pretty much just animals in general, 90's movies, cinematography, bo burnham (i didnt know where eles to put him), annotating, musicals

fav books (also not including fandoms): the perks of being a wallflower, the outsiders, i fell in love with hope, ill give you the sun, and more but i dont remember the names atm !

my fav ships (buckle in! i apologize.): wolfstar, jegulus, jily sometimes, pandalily, dorlene, rosekiller, drarry, jeric (bmw), reddie, charlie/nick, tara/darcy, tao/elle, lister/jimmy, pip/rooney, kajemac, sterek, isaac/stiles, malia/stiles, lumity, gallavich, ronance, solangelo, valdangelo, kinda percico, dianetti, wesper, kanej, trobed, joey/pacey, ralvez, spencer/ethan, kindaaa moreid, painland, newtmas

i might have missed a few but these are My Guys. /gn

links!

spotify!! - my character playlists are my pride and joy and reason for living, i could write essays about how each song could specifically fit the character and situation. anyways!!

discord

airbuds - idk if anyone uses this but if u do add me!!

ao3 - i have 1 fic that is my fav thing ever (a camp halfblood group chat) and the other two... are there

pinterest

tiktok - this is my alt that i blocked all my friends on and i have like my fandom shit but i don’t post that much and im barely on tt to begin with but yeah !!

pronouns page

spotify stats - idk if anyone uses this but also yeah !!

i have a super duper cool discord server that u should totally join too… link

i have a tagging system

sam shut the fuck up - og posts

asks!!! - asks

crazy? i was crazy once - big lists and essay things

sam sings :O - lyric/music posts

it’s so hard to be a lizard… - any jokes i make because im literally bo burnham

and i think thats it!! if anyone has any ideas of things to add then yeah !! or how to make it look prettier cusss uhhhh yeah.

oh yeah and this is an official @i-luv-multiple-ppl fan account so !!

and creds to @cafekitsune for the dividers!!

[erikdmartin]

One of the shows I art directed at WB is now on HBO Max! This was my original pitch for the style of the show, cartoony proportions but loose painterly backgrounds. That Scoob logo was from an off-model scooby doo cupcake when I was a BG painter on Guess Who. I always loved it

[goldendaydna]

Omg can I hear more about your Scooby Doo AU if you're comfortable sharing? I loved your tags on that post!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRUH YES AND ALWAYS

Ok ok, so I'm bringing my friend @the-vegetarian-artist into this

So I guess the best place to start is the medium and rating.

It would be an animated series with a hmmmm, semi realistic style?

The rating would also be about maybe TV-14 with teens and young adults as the main "demographic" but we would like for it to be enjoyed by all, and I mean all kinds of families and friends. Vegg and I are not fans of teen sexualization so that is something we don't really want in there.

Plot wise we want an overarching mystery with a few stand-alone mysteries and some that surprisingly connect to the main one.

The mystery Inc gang will be the main characters obviously, but we also want to give side characters who have been previously used in the franchise some time to shine. Ya know, male the world really feel alive. This includes characters like Scrappy Doo, Red Herring, Googie, Flim Flam (Who will undergo a name change among other things), etc.

One of the decisions we made was to include magic in this world. We wanted to really play around with the mysteries and have different members of the gang play a role when it came to things of not only scientific but also magical origins. Part of this is from a desire to not have the bad guys be only bad people in costumes but for the monsters to be real. Plus we have this mutual headcanon of Shaggy being able to use magic since previous incarnations of the franchise. With Scooby Doo as his familiar.

This is sadly a controversial topic but this is our AU, and we are two people on the internet. Anyways we also changed the race and ethnicity of the characters. We want our story to speak to all kinds of people. So it was just natural for us to.

Fred is Vietnamese American

Shaggy is Native American (Lakota specifically)

Velma is Mexican American

Daphne is Irish American (PS she is per Vegg's brilliant mind at work, transfem using she/her pronouns)

Age wise they are around 16-17. There's still some stuff we need to work on

When it comes to their dynamic we wanted the gang to have known each other since elementary school, but they drifted apart, all with their own reasons. They all get together again but it's more gradual and not all at the same time.

At some point Daphne and Shaggy start to hang out again. All I will say is that these two have known each other since before elementary school, we have our reasons for this, we just don’t want to reveal too much.

Then there's Fred and Velma. The dynamic between these two when they start hanging out again is very interesting as well. Same as before we don’t want to reveal too much and we also have our reasons for this. We want to solidify why all these characters are friends and that means exploring dynamics that while they are touched on in previous iterations of the franchise, we think there needs to be more of, it’s also because of how our AU flows, we think it’s only natural and convincing for these characters to “meet” each other the way they do.

[muraski-yume]

3/4 Akira

I was so not ready for this. I'd heard about Akira early into my Japanese journey and based on the poster and the art style I guess I'd expected it to be something similar to Tron: Legacy with the whole cyberpunk dystopian world feel but wow.

Starting off the art style really gave me Scooby Doo and Spiderman comic vibes with the color pallet as well as how the background moves in one whole piece. Despite reading several explanations online because I'm still a bit fuzzy on the plot, some of my biggest takeaways were these.

Firstly, there's a constant sort of push and pull between who the "bad" guys are and who the "good" ones are. When the first child (Takashi) appeared I was instantly confused because he looked very old and he's fleeing something but then its revealed he actually likes the Colonel along with Kiyoko and Masaru so then I thought maybe the resistance man who was fleeing with him kidnapped him (I'm still unclear tbh). Theres also the side events of the two biker gangs so that was a bit confusing too. As for Akira itself? himself? he seems connected to the original bombing of old Tokyo so his body parts? are locked away but then he saves everyone after being resurrected by the 3 Espers?? OVERALL I WAS SUPER CONFUSED.

BUT it is obvious that good or bad the government is definitely responsible, doing all these experiments on these poor children who've been "thrown away" and then eliminating Akira for getting too powerful- yet another plot point that is wracking my brain. Akira is made out to be this otherworldly being locked away for the supposed greater good only to be revealed as this 10 year old? child the government essentially tortured. I do wonder why he wasn't old and wrinkly looking like the other 3 children as well as what the deal with the palm print numbers was. Because if Akira supposedly caused the old Tokyo bomb 30 years ago maybe the other kids still chronologically but not physically? Also I was not amused when the Colonel not so subtly admits the government basically tore Akira to pieces to study every part of him.

Despite the constant whiplash of side tangents I was really struck by the loyalty of Kaneda to Tetsuo, desperate to save him up until the very end. He is desperate to find him after he's taken to an undisclosed hospital and despite having multiple opportunities can't bring himself to actually take the kill-shot as Tetsuo is releasing Akira. He even jumps into the mass of flesh and metal to try to save Testuo.

Maybe the overall message is that we should be careful of our use of technology and value the people around us. I still thought it was very visually appealing and maybe by my 3rd or 4th watch I'll understand it better.

[sharky857]

Why does entering some mansion for some ceremony have to look like you just stepped into horror/mystery murder game..?

("Keep reading" for both possible spoilers and maybe a long post due to screenshots)

I mean...

It's looking particularly cursed, but go off I guess. :°D

Yes, Auni. You don't want to be turned into one and have your momma turned into a teapot too, do you?

"I'm gonna make you an offer you can't refuse."

"I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave."

"I've been expecting you, Mr. Bond."

Narrator voice: "Thus, Velma of the Scooby Doo Gang was never seen again."

The "just-a-regular-nice-guy-totally-not-the-american-psycho-style-murder-lurking-around" guy.

The overly cheerful guy always cracking jokes and also bound to die either first, last or in-between, usually for shock value reasons.

The Final Girl.

Strangely chill and friendly guy who's most likely a ghost haunting the mansion or some shish like that.

The secretly unhinged butler.

You guys can name them. :°°°D

[tubapun]

Scooby-Doo Eras, to me

Classic: Where Are You through A Pup Named, with all Scrappy-Doo shows and movies as a sub-era but equally loved and included. This is just the era that filled out the majority of the Scooby-Doo DNA (especially pup and tsds) and so gets put together.

Mook: the 4 films made by Mook Animation, Zombie Island->Cyber Chase. Mainly put together because of the studio, but also because they have a fairly consistent style, tone, and idea of the characters, which pulls largely from the classic, but adds a little cherry on top.

New: basically all of the 2000's, but more specifically What's New, Get A Clue, and every DTV where Casey Kasem has returned. Get a Clue is the only bit I'm iffy on but it doesn't really fit anywhere else to my memory. James Gunn films are kinda in this era but also between this and Mook cause they pull heavily from Zombie Island and Classic, but also mesh strongly with the idea of "Scooby but in the 2000s" that New upholds. The general idea of the era is just that. The classic characters but in a modern cartoon that knows its a formula, but is fine with that.

Revamp: Mystery Incorporated, Be Cool, Guess Who, and every DTV from Abracadabra-Doo up til the latest, which is Krypto Too. The two live action prequel films also fit in here, as well as the live Daphne and Velma. This is sort of characterized by experimentation with the tone, characters, and formula in general. As well as Matthew Lillard taking over the role of Shaggy.

Now here's one that could have happened but didn't. Guess Who and Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo both share an art style, which is intended to be reminiscent of the Classic Era (though without allowing any organs in the ladies for some reason). But because WB also started canceling shit, we only got the one DTV, so it can't really qualify as an era to me. Sorry, it's not your many flaws this time, it's just capitalistic greed.

Scoob!, much as I enjoyed it, doesn't really fit in an era, maybe it and Guess Who can go in an era called "things that didn't go as planned", oh well.

[scooby-review]

The New Scooby Doo Movies Season 1 Episodes 1 - 4

No iteration of Scooby Doo lasts too long, with the longest running series being Mystery Incorporated, Be Cool Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? all with fifty-two episodes. 

The New Scooby Doo Movies is no different, lasting a total of two seasons with a total of twenty four episodes, just one less than Where are You? 

This series makes two huge and notable changes from its predecessor. Firstly, the episodes are doubled, now forty two minutes in length. Secondly, every episode features a guest star, rotating through a slew of celebrities and fictional characters, this selection being bizarre to say the least. 

Airing in 1972, just two years after Where are You? the show followed a cycle of reruns of the original series! Cartoons like Scooby Doo are built on the image of reruns! They are easy to pick up, they are entirely episodic and need no introduction, one can simply understand the structure, the characters, and therefore, less episodes can be made, and they can be aired in any order. Despite this iteration adding an additional twenty four episodes to this possible cycle of reruns, as far as I can tell, CBS opted instead to air reruns of Where are You? instead, doing so until their contract ended and the franchise shifted networks, although I’m not certain on this - finding information about broadcasting habits in the 70s isn’t easy! 

Other than the two major changes, the show's formula remains the same, following the five original members of the gang solving mysteries!

1. Ghastly Ghost Town

At the time of writing this, I have pretty much finished watching season one, and I regret to report, I pretty much hate this iteration of the franchise. I’ll try my best to provide a nuanced look into the episodes, but this is a warning that I don’t love this series, for a myriad of reasons!

Ghastly Ghost Town follows the gang meeting The Three Stooges, aiding them in solving the mystery of who is scaring away customers at their ghost town theme park. 

Weirdly, this episode feels very different to the rest of this season, almost leaning on being a parody of what is to come despite being the first episode. 

For starters, the intro to this show is amazing, maybe even better than Where are Yous! It opens on such an eerie vibe that doesn’t even match all that well to the tone of the show, before growing into this more vibrant sounding and appearing intro! There’s two versions of it that are aired, this coming as a result of copyright disputes with certain celebrities or characters in the show, therefore, a version cutting out many characters is used when the show airs now. 

In fact, the aforementioned copyright issues came from the Addams estate, of course owning the Addams Family. This has led to the episode being scarcely available, most notably only on two region exclusive VHS tapes, which I couldn't find being sold anywhere. However, as of around a week ago, the entire series was dropped onto Max, where this episode is inexplicably present.

The three stooges were a vaudeville act, best known for their short films, composed of Moe Howard, Curly Howard and Larry Fine. Although some aspects of their slapstick style is still present here, the characters were heavily toned down for the show, with Moe’s character being changed drastically from a malicious bully to a pretty nice guy. By the time the episode aired, the actors were all either retired or had passed away. 

I don’t love the three stooges, the closest thing I’d seen to them before watching this was Scooby Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, who I honestly love, but I just didn’t care about these guys - I had no reason to. Also, I imagine for fans of the three stooges this couldn’t have been all that great either, given the characters toned down personalities. Yet, every episode acts like you know these people, sometimes they are shown throughout the episode to be unique and interesting, but here they feel like devices for gags, completely void of any interesting character or personality. 

Like I mentioned before, this episode almost feels like a parody of the show, a weird concept given it’s the first episode in this series, but it almost appears reflective on its past, making fun of how serious Where are You? felt. For example, in one scene early on Daphne grabs onto Fred’s arm, it’s a detail that feels like it’s commenting on the idea of them being romantically paired, something never even hinted at in Where are You, yet, I assume fans had already gravitated to the concept. It’s as if it’s making fun of itself, poking holes in the original’s formula but having nothing of substance to do or say, made all the more baffling by the fact that nothing like this happens again. It just feels different, something only emphasised by a later scene where we see the writers have given Fred a new character trait! He’s a misogynist now! It’s done in a “I hate my wife!” kind of way, he jokes about women talking lots, it’s very of its time and something now seen as a parody in on of itself, yet, we again don’t see this new character quirk return. Every other episode removes this from him, placing him back into a blank slate once more! 

As for this episode's villains… I think the best way to explain it is that I had to search who the monster was three quarters of the way through. Given the episode’s ghost town location, we see the villains of the Gunslinger and Geronimo, a cowboy and Native American respectively. This, of course, falls into every single stereotype you’d expect it to. Both villains are statues, amusements placed around the park that have seemingly come to life. 

I think the gunslinger is the more active villain here anyway, and therefore, the better one. This episode has a particular stand out scene where Scooby has a duel with him, and it rules, there’s a reason it appears in the intro! It’s perfectly crafted and one of the best scenes in the entire season!

The villain’s just don’t take an active role in the episode, and as we shall see in future episodes, this is not a one off occurrence. This, in my opinion only emphasises New Movies weakest element: that run time. Nothing of use is done with the extra time, it instead just highlights that many of these characters are frail, that Daphne and Fred really haven’t got much going on yet, and it grows egregious with how long scenes can drag on for and how little is done with the time it has. My hope was that the mysteries would be given actual depth, a chance to be the focal point, but no. I truly cannot explain what this extra time is spent doing, and in many episodes, segments are cut down or omitted completely in modern reruns. The pacing here is dreadful, these episodes are truly a drag to get through, and it dilutes any positive and interesting aspects. 

There’s a lot going on here, and yet, hardly any of it works, it’s a poor start and one of my least favourite episodes of the entire franchise let alone the show itself!

Also, there’s a scene where Scooby has the tiniest waist. That’s all! 

2. The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair

Growing up I had the Scooby-Doo meets Batman VHS tape, and I would watch it fairly frequently, and while I couldn’t remember much, I did remember enjoying it! Alongside the Harlem Globetrotters DVD, this is all the experience I’ve had with

This episode features Batman, Robin, The Penguin and Joker, the former pair aiding the gang in solving a mystery of a plane crash and clown toys stuffed with counterfeit money. 

Despite liking this one a whole lot more than the previous episode, it’s still just okay to me, it suffers from similar pacing issues that plagues this series, but it manages to still be entertaining a good chunk of the time. 

I think the best way I could describe this episode is convoluted, which is a whole lot better than boring, but if I was given a few more words, boring would eventually end up there. It sucks because this one could be great, but it’s padded to hell, it’s again a victim of the runtime. I think that without the long middle section of this episode, the gang attempt to thwart The Joker and Penguin, which I described in my notes as a “Scooby-Doo episode maker”, where they use a myriad of traps, all with the classic shows aesthetic. Like, it’s fine, but it’s too long without any substance, which could be said for the entire episode. So many aspects here I enjoy, but it’s all too long, every scene feels like it could be shaved in time, it’s so frustrating. 

The voice actors here are particularly fun, with Cassey Casem, the voice of Shaggy, voicing Robin, their voices just similar enough for you to tell, but Robin feels like he’s secretly Shaggy here, a more well put together Shaggy. I also really enjoyed Larry Storch as the Joker, who I felt had an air of Mason Verger to him. And in a similar vein, I really enjoyed Batman’s dialogue, he talks so matter of factly. 

A few particular moments are great in this one, such as where Fred chokes out this masked individual in a scrap-yard, Shaggy and Scooby nearly getting crushed to death and the way the episode transitions using the bat insignia. The final act is pretty enjoyable too, where I especially love the fake-out villains. 

Throughout the episode, we are led to believe that The Penguin and Joker are the villain’s, but no, it’s instead the hooded individual we see early on who’s been masterminding everything this whole time, being the sweet old lady we meet early on, Mrs Baker. I love this twist even if the actual design of the villain is whatever, the purple colour scheme is great, but they really have nothing else going for them. It’s not a great sign when different places list different costumes and villains for an episode, but this entire series sees this happening, with nobody entirely agreeing on who counts and who doesn’t. Generally, this comes down to the uninspired designs, and their lack of a presence within the episode. Take the previous episode for example, where some sources list a cactus costume we see as one of the villains, while others don’t, and in this episode it is disputed whether or not the Penguin and Joker’s disguises, The Living Skeletons, are separate villains or just alternate costumes they wear. Despite every episode having a villain, they aren’t always the monster’s we see in Where are You, instead they can be anything, but their designs are frequently dull, lacking much flair or character, a hooded individual is boring when done like this, we see this disguise for such a short period of time that it’s never something you’ll remember looking back on the episode. Focus now is shifted to the guest cast, which means an episode can be made or broken based on who appears, while the mystery is placed on the backburner. Although Where are You never truly put effort into making an interesting mystery, the difference is the length of time we spend in the mystery and the villain’s opposite them! Everything here feels so uninspired and drear, and although there are some seriously egregious examples later on, reused sounds such as the phantom's (Where are You, episode 3)  laugh are seen in this episode, and it removes any personality that the character’s could have had. 

Moving on to the living skeletons, they’re just fine. They act as disguises for the Joker and Penguin, they do their job fine being basic horror archetypes, and I enjoy the cheeky grins they both share.

This episode is notable for having the first female culprit also!

Overall, this is simply a fine episode, it could be good if it were shorter, but the guests here are enjoyable to watch, there’s a reason Scooby-Doo and Batman are still crossing over to this day, both in several movies and even more recently in a comic run. 

3. Wednesday is Missing

Despite this episode having what is one of the worst Scooby-Doo villains, I kind of like this one! 

Wednesday is Missing follows the gang becoming house sitters for the Adams Family while Morticia and Gomez go on their second honeymoon, an already tense situation that’s only exacerbated by Wednesday’s sudden disappearance. 

Much like the previous episode, the guest stars are what make it, the Scooby gang just fit so seamlessly into this world, it makes watching it a delight, seeing how they interact with different characters and aspects of the Addams Family’s life. I love this episode so much because it’s the characters entering the world of the Addams Family, they’re driving along and stop by their house, and for me, that’s so much more interesting than them driving into the fictional ghost town theme park the three stooges have. In fact, my favourite episodes in this show tend to be ones where the gang enter the world of the guest stars, or the guest stars join in on a mystery, effectively planting themselves into the world of Scooby-Doo. 

To skate past the worst of this episode, I hate the villain. He’s a giant vulture, piloted by a group of old housekeepers. The villain is so dull, and it’s so frustrating to have a villain like this in the episode that takes place inside the gothic house of the Addams Family. Alongside that, a little nitpick I have is that the Addams Family are described as being TV characters by Shaggy, which just opens a whole can of worms as to what that means and what the gang are doing here if that's the case. 

Mostly, I enjoy this episode because of the way the two worlds interact, it feels like a crossover more so than a guest starring episode, and therefore, it feels so special. I’m not the biggest Addams Family fan - I have vague memories of seeing the 1964 show on TV as a child, I’ve seen the first movie and a production of the musical - yet the styles blend perfectly, the character’s reactions write themselves. The house acts as a more fantastical Where are You setting, it’s a huge gothic manor house that oozes with style, every room unveils a new horror. 

The mystery doesn’t settle into the episode until just over halfway, and truthfully, the mystery is just a vehicle to get the gang searching through more of the house, to push them into new horrors that the family lives inside of every day. They surround themselves in the unusual and supernatural that the gang always attempts to explain. 

Every character here radiates with personality, everything so fully realised, it’s a shame there isn’t another episode with these characters! There’s a few guests who appear more than once, and I would have loved to see more of them! 

This episode is so fun because of the atmosphere it creates. Truthfully, it’s just as long and drawn out as the previous two episodes and I can’t confidently say it does much different other than appealing to my tastes better! Sure, I love the dynamic between the gang and Batman and Robin, but here we get to see the characters in the world of the Addams Family too - I think that aids in my enjoyment! 

4. The Frickert Fracas

I think this episode is one of the most tedious in the show, it’s a shame given how much I usually enjoy both a farm setting and a scarecrow as a villain! Yet here nothing flows, every second feels doubled, every scene too long with no substance to back it up. It’s not bad, it’s just dull, it pushed me into a state of boredom, which is maybe worse than some episodes in the series I outright disliked. 

We follow the gang as they drive guest star Jonathan Winters to his friend's farm, but on the way they find two people attempting to steal the formula to her secret rooster enlarging drug. 

I don’t love Jonathan Winters as the guest star, he’s playing a very specific style of character here, and that character is certainly one that is defined and clear, you always know how he will act. However, he talks so slowly and his dialogue never worked for me, but I think that comes down to personal taste. In real life, he was a jack of all trades, being a comedian, actor, author, TV host and artist, although he’s probably best known for his work as an actor. 

He’s mostly paired with Scooby and Shaggy here - often the single guests will be paired off with a set of characters for the majority of the episode - which is where I start to have a few problems. The scene in the barn stands out to me as especially egregious, it’s tedious and not that funny, with later reruns cutting out sections of the episode to streamline it. This is something that can be seen across several episodes!

The villain here is fine! Something I hoped going into these was that the extra length would be used to flesh out the mysteries, but these villains and mysteries almost always feel miles weaker than anything coming out of Where are You. Here we hardly see the villain until halfway through anyway, a common trope within these episodes, before that we usually sit through a series of gags and jokes surrounding the guest meeting the gang, an extended set up for the final twenty minutes. 

This scarecrow has a mostly brown and tan design, he has a jacket, a hat, the usual scarecrow attire, however, his face is a powder blue, it stands out starkly against everything else, and not in a positive way. As a design, the blue face just feels out of place, it clashes so poorly with all the other colours and it’s the only hint of blue in the design, it truly is just curious as to why this colour was used, because sure, it stands out, but in no way does it do so positively. 

I really have nothing else to add on this one! Very whatever episode.

Episodes Ranked:

Wednesday is Missing

The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair

The Frickert Fracas

Ghastly Ghost Town

Villains Ranked:

The Scarecrow

Gunslinger

Living Skeletons

Hooded Man

Vulture

Geronimo

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