The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show[a] is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the sixth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise.[1] It premiered on September 10, 1983, featuring the return of Daphne, and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program made up of two eleven-minute short cartoons. For season two, Fred and Velma briefly return to the show after a four-year absence. The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries ran for another season on ABC.[2]
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 The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries title in 1984.[3] At the time, Margaret Loesch, serving as supervising executive for the series, worked for animation company Marvel Productions.
Overview
Season one
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 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 two
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 dancing like the zombies in Jackson's "Thriller" music video.
Episodes
Season 1 (The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show) (1983)
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Villain
Identity
Original air date
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1
"Scooby The Barbarian""No Sharking Zone"
Olaf the TerribleThe Seaweed Monster and the Great White Shark
Professor BuzbyCowabunga Carlyle and a submarine piloted by him
September 10, 1983 (1983-09-10)
Scooby The Barbarian: The gang tries to solve a mystery involving the disappearance of an archaeologist, and the appearance of Viking ghosts.
No Sharking Zone: A surfing competition, on the island of Scareuba, is jeopardized by a Great White Shark and a Seaweed Monster, who are said to guard a lost treasure.
Scoobygeist: The gang spends the night at a mansion invaded by a host of ghosts like a face in the fireplace, the ghosts under the bed, the living animal heads, a skeleton, a living statue, and an organ-playing ghost.
NOTE: This segment is a spoof of the 1982 blockbuster horror movie, Poltergeist starting Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams.
The Quagmire Quake Caper: The gang investigates the cause of a series of earthquakes erupting in Mexico, which seem to unleash a mud monster upon a Native American tribe.
3
3
"Hound of the Scoobyvilles""The Dinosaur Deception"
The Hound of the BarkervillesThe Dinosaur
BentleyA giant robot controlled by Dr. La Rue
September 17, 1983 (1983-09-17)
Hound of the Scoobyvilles: The gang heads to Barkerville Hall in Scotland, where a legendary hound is haunting the grounds, but everyone thinks it's Scooby.
Scooby of the Jungle: The gang investigates the disappearance of animals from a game reserve at the hands of an ape man named Randar.
Scooby-Doo and Cyclops, Too: The gang is supposed to be on vacation, but the trip is ruined when a local gas station owner suspected that people were turned into zombies.
NOTE: The white suits Mr. Cyclops and Ivan were wearing resemble the same white suits worn by Mr. Roarke and Tattoo. The episode inspired by Fantasy Island (1978–1984).
6
6
"Scooby Roo""Scooby's Gold Medal Gambit"
The Neanderthal Monster of Devil's RockThe Chameleon
DarcyN/A
October 1, 1983 (1983-10-01)
Scooby Roo: The gang goes to Australia where sheep have been disappearing, courtesy of a Neanderthal monster that is roaming around Devil's Rock.
Scooby's Gold Medal Gambit: A criminal master of disguise, known as "The Chameleon", escapes from prison and plans to steal some medals at an international sporting event.
Wizards and Warlocks: Scrappy leads Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby in a "wizards and warlocks" game to find the other players.
Scoobsie: When the star of a hospital soap opera is kidnapped by a masked phantom, the gang tries to help using Scooby (disguised as a woman, Scoobsie) as bait.
NOTE: The soap opera Genuine Hospital is spoof of the ABC soap operaGeneral Hospital and the name and plot is a spoof of the hit film Tootsie.
The Mark of Scooby: After watching a play featuring a Spanish masked hero called "The Legend of the Masked Bandit", Scooby dreams of saving Daphne, Scrappy, and Shaggy from a gang of ruthless tax collectors.
The Crazy Carnival Caper: Daphne and Shaggy return to their old high school fete with Scooby and Scrappy, and try to find out how their teacher disappeared in the Dunk Tank, and why a clown is after a priceless ruby.
Scooby and the Minotaur: The gang goes to Greece, where a group of treasure hunters, trying to find the Golden Fleece, are being scared away by a Minotaur.
Scooby Pinch Hits: The ghost of a baseball legend named Casey O'Riley haunts his old baseball stadium and Scooby and the gang are on the case.
Who's Minding the Monster?: The gang visits Transylvania to babysit for Count Dracula when the old babysitter (Frankenstein) disappears with short circuit brain malfunction.
Scooby ala Mode: The gang is in Paris to interview the owner of a catering school, but the ghost of the school's founder Chef Maras is haunting it.
Sidney Gaspar (assisted by the Mystery Club) and The Evil Spy Lady
December 3, 1983 (1983-12-03)
Daphne, Shaggy, and Scrappy must work quickly in order to find out where Scooby has disappeared to, after the appearance of an ancient mummy aboard a train.
The ghost of Shaggy's pilgrim ancestor McBaggy Rogers tries to stop the wedding of his sister Maggie and the gang is on the case.
Season 2 (The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries) (1984)
No. in series
No. in season
Title
Villain
Identity
Original air date
14
1
"Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo Part 1 & 2"
The Red Skull
Stuyvesant the Butler (posing as Milo Spender)
September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08)
The gang is invited to a television studio in Los Angeles for Scooby's birthday, which is to be celebrated with a This is Your Life-style special hosted by Mark Winkendale and directed by Milo Spender. To Scooby’s happiness, he also reunites with Velma and Fred on the show, both of whom have gotten their own careers. However, a vengeful villain from Scooby’s past tries to ruin the night for him and the gang.
15
2
"Scooby's Peep-Hole Pandemonium""The Hand of Horror"
Orson KaneControlled by Ratfield posing as one of the Von Gizmo Twins
September 15, 1984 (1984-09-15)
Scooby's Peep-Hole Pandemonium: The gang is hired by newspaper publisher Orson Kane to interview the reclusive Norma Deathman, who lives with her monstrous servants. Since she is having a birthday party, the gang disguises themselves as caterers in order to gain entry to her house, but when Deathman realizes who the gang actually is, they have to run for their lives from her and her monsters.
The Hand of Horror: When Shaggy takes a wrong turn, the gang end up at a mansion owned by the Von Gizmo Twins. Ratfield leaves the house after being fired and tells the gang to leave too. They head in and find the two bickering Von Gizmo Twins. Then, a mysterious, disembodied hand pesters the gang.
Scoo-Be or Not Scoo-Be?: While on a cheap European tour, the gang stays at a hotel in Denmark where a group of sea demons are haunting the area. Things get even weirder when the ghost of Hamlet suddenly appears.
The Stoney Glare Stare: In Greece, Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy, and Daphne and a secret agent (taking the role of a café owner) head to find a missing professor and stop Thaddeus Blimp and his henchman Wilmer from turning al his enemies and the world leaders to stone using the Mask of Medusa. Though both sides have to contend with a Cyclops.
Cecil the Tour GuideHarley Finster and Foreign Spies
September 29, 1984 (1984-09-29)
Mission Un-Doo-Able: Scooby and the gang try to stop a mastermind criminal from taking over the world by infiltrating his secret lair at the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
The Bee Team: The gang heads to a honey farm where giant bees are frightening the nearby town.
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5
"Doom Service""A Code in the Nose"
The Ghost of Ebenezer OverviewMajor Berch
Mrs. Van LoonCodefinger
October 6, 1984 (1984-10-06)
Doom Service: The Ghost of Ebenezer Overview has returned to haunt his hotel in the mountains. Can Scooby and the gang find out what is happening before the last two guests leave?
A Code in the Nose: When a supervillain named Codefinger steals a top-secret decoding device and hides it in Pingley's Dept. store, the military recruits the gang to help them find it. They end up in a crazy situation when they talk secret code to the household appliances in the store.
On Halloween night after being lured to a party at a castle, the gang who are accompanied by Fred and Velma discover that the party is held by the actually Count Dracula, his wife, and their assistant Igor with guests like Frankenstein's monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, the Gill-man, and the Invisible Man. The gang must help the monsters take on the evil magician Chandra and a ghost of known monster hunter Dr. Van Helsing before it’s too late.
Showboat Scooby: Scooby's southern cousin Dixie Doo is being haunted by a Civil War ghost during a performance on her showboat, and Scooby and the gang try to help her.
The 'Dooby Dooby Doo' Ado: Scooby and the gang visit Scooby's relative Dooby Dooby Doo in Las Vegas where his gig is attacked by the Laser Band Thief.
Fred joins the gang in a mystery-solvers' contest at the home of Sherlock Holmes in London where they encounter the other contest participants Iggy and Ziggy Moriarty. While solving one of Sherlock Holmes’s old cases, the Ghost of Sherlock Holmes appears. But is his goal to assist the gang in solving the mystery or frame them for a theft?
A Scary Duel With a Cartoon Ghoul: A cartoon villain named Monster Mutt jumps out of a TV and wreaks havoc.
E*I*E*I*O: While the gang goes on mysteries on a countryside at Old MacDonald’s E.I.E.I.O. (short for Experimental Institute for Evolutionary Improvement of Organisms). A genetic experiment on a field mouse making it a thirty-foot tall monster mouse and terrorize his farm.
A scrooge named Winslow Nickelby tries to close down a children's home so he can have it for himself. Meanwhile, a ghost is also haunting the children's home, just when Fred and the gang decorate for Christmas. Could these two things have any connection?
Don Messick – Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo, Bentley/Hound of the Barkerville (in "Hound of the Scoobyvilles"), Ivan (in "Scooby-Doo and Cyclops, Too"), Hugh Smallwood (in "Scooby Roo"), Chairman Blewit (in "Scooby's Gold Medal Gambit"), Chameleon (in "Scooby's Gold Medal Gambit"), Dracula Jr. (in "Who's Minding the Monster?"), Dada Doo (in "Wedding Bell Blues", "A Night Louse at the White House"), Mumsy Doo (in "Wedding Bell Blues", "A Night Louse at the White House"), Mark Winkendale (in "Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo"), Gilly Stern (in "Scoo-Be or Not Scoo-Be?"), Pizza Concession Man (in "Mission Un-Doo-Able"), Max (in "Doom Service")
Casey Kasem – Shaggy Rogers, Mr. Rogers (in "Wedding Bell Blues"), Mrs. Rogers (in "Wedding Bell Blues")
Tress MacNeille (Season 2) as Norma Deathman (in "Scooby's Peep-Hole Pandemonium"), Sheriff Wanda Parker (in "The Bee Team"), Mrs. Featherwig (in "The Nutcracker Scoob")
Vic Perrin (Season 1) as Barney (in "Scooby-Doo and Cyclops, Too"), Mr. McDabble (in "The Crazy Carnival Caper"), Mr. Kronos/Minotaur (in "Scooby and the Minotaur")
Hal Smith as Sidney Gaspar (in "Where's Scooby-Doo?"), Mummy (in "Where's Scooby-Doo?"), Harriet Mullen's Associate (in "Ghost of the Ancient Astronauts")
Tony Smyles as Mr. Sigmund (in "The Night of the Living Toys")
John Stephenson as Professor Busby/Olaf the Terrible (in "Scooby the Barbarian"), Dr. LaRue (in "The Dinosaur Deception"), Klaus (in "No Thanks, Masked Manx"), Milo Damp/Masked Manx (in "No Thanks, Masked Manx"), Mr. Rasheen (in "Scooby of the Jungle"), Count Dracula (in "Who's Minding the Monster?"), Frankenstein's monster (in "Who's Minding the Monster?"), Igor's Cafe Owner (in "Who's Minding the Monster?"), Franklin Stein (in "Scooby's Peep-Hole Pandemonium"), President of the United States (in "A Night Louse at the White House")
Andre Stojka (Season 1) as Toby Wallace/Creature from the Chem Lab (in "The Creature from the Chem Lab")
Frank Welker – Fred Jones, Dracula's Dog (in "Who's Minding the Monster?"), Ducks (in "Who's Minding the Monster?"), Dracula's Duck (in "Who's Minding the Monster?"), Stuyvesant/Milo Spender/Red Skull (in "Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo"), Myrtle (in "A Code in the Nose"), Count Dracula (in "A Halloween Hassle at Frankenstein's Castle"), Wolfman (in "A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle"), Ambassador of Klopstokia/Ghost of George Washington (in "A Night Louse at the White House"), Iggy Moriarty (in "Sherlock Doo"), Ziggy Moriarty (in "Sherlock Doo"), Dimwittie/Monster Mutt (in "A Scary Duel With a Cartoon Ghoul"), Winslow Nickelby (in "The Nutcracker Scoob"), Winslow Nickleby's Lawyer (in "The Nutcracker Scoob"), Snowball (in "The Nutcracker Scoob")
^Known as The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries begininng in 1984.
References
^Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 534–538. ISBN978-1538103739.
^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 717–726. ISBN978-1476665993.
