The Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo shorts represents the fifth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise.[1]
The original format of four teenagers and their dog(s) solving faux-supernatural mysteries for a half-hour was eschewed for simpler, more comedic adventures that involved real supernatural villains (the villains in previous Scooby episodes were almost always regular humans in disguise).
A total of 33 half-hour episodes, each of which included three 7-minute shorts, were produced over three seasons, from 1980 to 1982 on ABC. Thirteen episodes were produced for the 1980–81 season, and seven more for the 1981–82 as segments of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show. The remaining thirteen episodes were produced as segments of The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour for the 1982–83 season. Out of the 99 shorts that were produced, 86 of them feature Scooby-Doo, his nephew Scrappy-Doo and Shaggy without the rest of the Mystery Inc gang, and the other 13 only feature Scrappy-Doo and Yabba-Doo.[2]
The following guide only includes 30 minute Scooby-Doo segments from each show.[3] It does not include other series from the original broadcast package shows.
Season 1 (The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show) (1980-81)
The following ran from 1980 to 1981, as segments on The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show. That show, and the rest of the new 1980 ABC Saturday morning lineup, did not debut until November 8 (instead of the traditional first or second week of September) because of a voice actors' strike.
No. and episode title
Original airdate
1.1: "A Close Encounter With a Strange Kind" 1.2: "A Fit Night Out for Bats" 1.3: "The Chinese Food Factory"
November 8, 1980
1.4: "Scooby's Desert Dilemma" 1.5: "The Old Cat and Mouse Game" 1.6: "Stow-Aways"
November 15, 1980
1.7: "Mummy's the Word" 1.8: "Hang in There, Scooby" 1.9: "Stuntman Scooby"
November 22, 1980
1.10: "Scooby's Three Ding-A-Ling Circus" 1.11: "Scooby's Fantastic Island" 1.12: "Long John Scrappy"
November 29, 1980
1.13: "Scooby's Bull Fright" 1.14: "Scooby Ghosts West" 1.15: "A Bungle in the Jungle"
December 6, 1980
1.16: "Scooby's Fun Zone" 1.17: "Swamp Witch" 1.18: "Sir Scooby and the Black Knight"
December 13, 1980
1.19: "Waxworld" 1.20: "Scooby in Wonderland" 1.21: "Scrappy's Birthday"
December 20, 1980
1.22: "South Seas Scare" 1.23: "Scooby's Swiss Miss" 1.24: "Alaskan King Coward"
2.43: "Scooby's Escape from Atlantis" 2.44: "Excalibur Scooby" 2.45: "Scooby Saves the World"
September 26, 1981
2.46: "Scooby Dooby Goo" 2.47: "Rickshaw Scooby" 2.48: "Scooby's Luck of the Irish"
October 3, 1981
2.49: "Backstage Scooby" 2.50: "Scooby's House of Mystery" 2.51: "Sweet Dreams Scooby"
October 10, 1981
2.52: "Scooby-Doo 2000" 2.53: "Punk Rock Scooby" 2.54: "Canine to Five"
October 17, 1981
2.55: "Hard Hat Scooby" 2.56: "Hothouse Scooby" 2.57: "Pigskin Scooby"
October 24, 1981
2.58: "Sopwith Scooby" 2.59: "Tenderbigfoot" 2.60: "Scooby and the Beanstalk"
October 31, 1981
Following the final first-run episode on October 31, reruns from the first seasons were rerun alongside episodes from the second season.
Season 3 (The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour) (1982)
The following ran in 1982, as segments of The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour. All segments were written and storyboarded at Hanna-Barbera, but were produced and animated by then-sister company Ruby-Spears Enterprises.
Note: The third episode for each air date listed is the Scrappy and Yabba-Doo episode from that date.
