Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)

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Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
(1979-1980)

Title card from Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
Format Animation
Created by Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Developed by Mark Evanier
Starring Don Messick
Lennie Weinrib
Casey Kasem
Frank Welker
Heather North Kenney
Pat Stevens
Marla Frumkin
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 16
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run September 22, 1979January 5, 1980
Chronology
Preceded by The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–1979)
Followed by Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980–1983)

The original thirty-minute version of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo constitutes the fourth incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. It premiered on September 22, 1979 and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program. A total of sixteen episodes were produced.

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[edit] Overview

By 1979, the staff at Hanna-Barbera realized that the Scooby-Doo formula was getting worn out, which gave them reason to parody it in a 1979 prime time Scooby special, Scooby Goes Hollywood. In addition, ABC began threatening cancellation for the show, whose ratings were in decline.[1]. Therefore, for its 1979 - 1980 season, Scooby-Doo was given a major overhaul, adding the character of Scooby's nephew Scrappy-Doo, voiced by Lennie Weinrib, and changing the name of the show to Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.

Unlike his uncle, Scrappy would often attempt to take the task of capturing the ghost of the week into his own hands, forcing Shaggy and Scooby to try their best to save Scrappy from hurting himself. Although still present in these episodes, the characters of Fred, Daphne, and Velma became less and less essential to the plot of each episode.

Marla Frumkin took over Pat Stevens' role as Velma Dinkley towards the end of the season, beginning with episode 12, "The Ghoul, the Bat, and the Ugly". Velma does not speak in episode 16, "The Ransom of Scooby Chief".

[edit] Episode guide

# Episode title Villain Original airdate
1.1 "The Scarab Lives!" The Blue Scarab September 22, 1979
1.2 "The Night Ghoul of Wonderworld" The Night Ghoul of Wonderworld September 29, 1979
1.3 "Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind" The UFO Weirdo October 6, 1979
1.4 "The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco!" The Neon Phantom October 13, 1979
1.5 "Shiver and Shake, That Demon's A Snake" The Demon Snake of Haiti October 20, 1979
1.6 "The Scary Sky Skeleton" The Sky Skeleton October 27, 1979
1.7 "The Demon of the Dugout" (aka-the best Scooby Doo episode ever!) The Japanese Dugout Dragon November 3, 1979
1.8 "The Hairy Scare of the Devil Bear" The Devil Bear November 10, 1979
1.9 "Twenty Thousand Screams Under the Sea" The Aztec Acapulco Sea Creature November 17, 1979
1.10 "I Left My Neck in San Francisco" The Alcatrez Island Vampiress November 24, 1979
1.11 "When You Wish Upon a Star Creature" The Star Creature December 1, 1979
1.12 "The Ghoul, the Bat, and the Ugly" The Shadow Beast December 8, 1979
1.13 "Rocky Mountain Yiiiii!" The Frozen Ghost of Jedidiah Pratt December 15, 1979
1.14 "The Sorcerer's a Menace" The Ghost of the Great Haldane December 22, 1979
1.15 "Lock The Door, It's a Minotaur!" The Minotaur December 29, 1979
1.16 "The Ransom of Scooby Chief" The Kidnappers January 5, 1980

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ "The network kept threatening to cancel it every year or two, so every season they had to add a new element to the show to keep it fresh." - Mark Evanier, one the writers for the series. Retrieved from The Scooby Story on October 6, 2006.

[edit] References

Scooby-Doo
Main Characters

Scooby-DooShaggy RogersFred JonesDaphne BlakeVelma Dinkley

Minor Characters

Scrappy-DooScooby-DumYabba-Doo

Television shows

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1972) • The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1974) • The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–1979) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980–1983) • The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show / The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1983–1985) • The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985–1986) • A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991) • What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006) • Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008)

Package shows and programming blocks

The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–1977) • Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977–1978) • Scooby's All-Stars (1978–1979) • The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–1982) • The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–1983) Scooby's Mystery Funhouse (1985–1986)

Television films and specials

Scooby Goes Hollywood (TV special, 1979) • Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987) • Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988) • Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) (Scooby-Doo in) Arabian Nights (1994)

Direct-to-video films

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) • Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999) • Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000) • Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001) • Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (2003) • Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico (2003) • Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster (2004) • Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005) • Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005) • Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006) • Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007) • Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King (2008)

Theatrical films

Scooby-Doo (2002) • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

Amusement Rides

Scooby-Doo's Ghoster Coaster (1984)  • The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (1990)  • Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster (2002)  • Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Mansion (2004)

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