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A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was the eighth incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. A spin-off of the original show, it premiered on September 10 1988 and ran for three seasons on ABC as a half-hour program. Thirty episodes were ultimately produced (thirteen in 1988-1989, eight in 1989-1990, and nine in 1990-1991

THe new format followed the trend of the "babyfication" of older cartoon characters, reducing the original Scooby-Doo Where Are You! cast to junior-high age. This new show also used the same basic formula as the original 1969 show: the gang (referred to in this show as the "Scooby-Doo Detective Agency") solved supernatural-based mysteries, where the villains were always revealed as bad guys in masks and costumes. The biggest difference was the tone of the show: A Pup Named Scooby-Doo built upon the slightly irreverent humor of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo and went on from there. This resulted in a wackier, more extremely comic version of Scooby-Doo: it was not uncommon for the characters to do wild Bob Clampett-esque takes when they ran into ghosts, Fred was constantly blaming a character appropriately called "Red Herring" for each and every crime on the show, and shots of the characters (and even the monsters) dancing were inserted into the obligatory rock-music-scored chase sequences. The monsters themselves were also more comedic, such as a creature made out of molten cheese, and the ghost of a dogcatcher.

The characters themselves were general parodies of their "grown-up" incarnations: Freddy was portrayed as a conspiracy theory and tabloid-loving goof with little leadership skill, Daphne as a spoiled and vain rich girl with a butler (named Jenkins) at her constant beck and call, and Velma as a generally silent child prodigy who spoke mostly to point out clues and solve the case. Shaggy's and Scooby's characters remained relatively intact (perhaps due to the fact they were already very exaggerated to begin with.)

The show premiered on September 10, 1988, and lasted until 1991 on ABC, and was the first Scooby series to be re-run on the Cartoon Network, in 1993. The other Scooby series followed suit in 1994, which caused a resurgence in the popularity of the show and the character, resulting in VHS and DVD releases of the series, brand-new direct-to-video features (see listing below), two live-action feature film adaptations, comic books, and a wealth of other merchandise.

Trivia

  • Following the show's first season, many of Hanna-Barbera's production staff, including Tom Ruegger, left the studio, and helped to revive the Warner Bros. Cartoon Department, begginning with Tiny Toon Adventures.
  • This is the only show (other than the live-action Scooby-Doo films) in which Freddy Jones was not voiced by Frank Welker.

References

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