The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (known as The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries for its second season) is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the sixth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise. It premiered on September 10, 1983, and ran for two seasons on ABC. The series features the return of Daphne as a regular character, and in season two, Fred and Velma briefly return to the show after a four-year absence.
Thirteen half-hour episodes composed of twenty-four separate segments were produced under the New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo title in 1983, and thirteen more episodes composed of twenty separate segments were produced under the New Scooby-Doo Mysteries title in 1984. At the time, Margaret Loesch, serving as supervising executive for the series, worked for animation company Marvel Productions.
Overview Season 1 For this incarnation of the show, Hanna-Barbera attempted to combine elements of both the original mystery-solving format and the newer Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo comedy shorts format. Daphne Blake was also added back to the cast after a three-year absence. The plots of each episode feature her, Shaggy Rogers, Scooby-Doo, and Scrappy-Doo solving supernatural mysteries under the cover of being reporters for a teen magazine. Each half-hour program was made up of two 11-minute episodes, which would upon occasion be two parts of one half-hour-long episode.
Season 2 The second season of this format, broadcast as The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries in 1984, continued the same format, and included six two-part episodes featuring original Scooby-Doo characters Fred Jones and/or Velma Dinkley, both absent from the series for five years. Fred's last name is given as "Rogers" initially in his return appearance to the series in the episode "Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo," although later in the same episode it is corrected as "Jones". Rogers had been established as Shaggy's surname the previous season. The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries theme song is performed in the style of Thriller-era Michael Jackson. The accompanying opening credits feature shots of a row of monsters (consisting of a Sea Demon from "Scoo-Be or Not Scoo-Be?", Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Igor, and the Wolfman from "A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle", and a Gorgon that didn't appear in any of the episodes) dancing like the zombies in Jackson's "Thriller" music video.
Episodes Season 1 (The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show) (1983)
Season 2 (The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries) (1984)
Voice cast
Main Don Messick – Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo Casey Kasem – Norville "Shaggy" Rogers Heather North – Daphne Blake
Supporting Marla Frumkin - Velma Dinkley Frank Welker - Fred Jones
Home media
American releases NameRelease dateEpisode(s) included Scooby-Doo - A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle (VHS) September 10, 1996S2E8 - A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle Scooby-Doo - A Nutcracker Scoob (VHS) September 24, 1996S2E13 - The Nutcracker Scoob Scooby-Doo - Wedding Bell Boos (VHS) January 14, 1997S1E13 - Wedding Bell Boos! Scooby-Doo! Winter WonderDog (VHS & DVD) October 8, 2002S2E13 - The Nutcracker Scoob Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales Around the World (DVD) May 15, 2012S2E6 - Ghosts of The Ancient Astronauts Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Holiday Chills and Thrills (DVD) October 16, 2012S2E13 - The Nutcracker Scoob Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (DVD & Blu-ray*) February 26, 2013S1E10b - The Scooby Coupe(*) SD-only on Blu-ray Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Run for Your 'Rife (DVD) September 10, 2013S2E3b - The Stoney Glare Stare Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Ruh Roh Robot (DVD) September 24, 2013S1E3b - The Dinosaur Deception S2E2b - The Hand of Horror S2E5 - Doom Service/A Code in the Nose S2E4b - The Bee Team S2E9 - A Night Louse in the White House Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Field Of Screams (DVD) May 13, 2014S1E9 - Scooby and the Minotaur/Scooby Pinch Hits Scooby-Doo! Favorite Frights September 15, 2015S2E3a - Scoo-Be or Not Scoo-Be Scooby-Doo! and the Creepy Carnival (DVD) May 2, 2017S1E8b - The Creepy Carnival Caper Happy Spook-Day, Scooby-Doo! (DVD) August 29, 2017S2E1 - Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo! Scooby-Doo! and the Skeletons (DVD) October 2, 2018S1E11 - Who's Minding the Monster/Scooby a la Mode Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo! (DVD) August 13, 2019S2E1 - Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo!
International releases NameRelease dateEpisode(s) included Scooby-Doo - Hanna-Barbera Personal Favorites (VHS)1988S1E7a - Wizards and Warlocks Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo! (DVD) 2019S2E1 - Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo! S1E1 - Scoobygeist/The Quagmire Quake Caper S1E2 - Scooby the Barbarian/No Sharking Zone
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