# Scooby Dum? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 26, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-dum/47304 "2000-12-26T23:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-dum/47304/1 "2000-12-26T23:32:49Z")
What exactly is Scooby Dum’s relationship to Scooby Doo? In most cases, he’s referred to as being Scooby Doo’s cousin, but I saw at least one episode where Dum was Doo’s brother. What’s with that? Is this one of those things, like Bluto/Brutus in Popeye? * * * And the Staff Report being referenced is: [What is relationship between Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mscooby.html) – CKDH [Edited by C K Dexter Haven on 12-27-2000 at 08:17 AM] ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-dum/47304/2 "2000-12-27T00:55:44Z")
OK, here we go… according to [Cartoon Network](http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/favorites/scooby/)… _Scrappy-Doo_: Scooby’s ambitious, faithful and annoying nephew who joins him on many a mystery. _Scooby-Dum_: Scooby’s cousin from Hokefenokee Swamp who dreams of becoming a police dog. _Scooby-Dee_: She’s an accomplished canine thespian with the Golden Rover film award to prove it. Don’t get me started about Scrppy-Doo… Grrrr… Now, extra credit if you can name Scooby-Dums equivalent to Scooby Snacks? Ruht Row Raggy. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-dum/47304/3 "2000-12-28T16:01:07Z")
Dummy Snacks? ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-dum/47304/4 "2001-01-08T06:19:41Z")
bzzzzztt. Sorry. Actually, Scooby Dum liked **Funky Fritters.** Need the recipe for [Scooby Snacks?](http://www.angelfire.com/ab2/almightyfrog/scooby.html) …herbal medicine? WTF. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-dum/47304/5 "2001-01-08T21:04:19Z")
absoul, I believe that is a poorly masked euphamism for pot. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-dum/47304/6 "2001-01-09T06:18:18Z")
What’s pot? ---
**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-dum/47304/7 "2001-01-10T06:22:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KJ \* > \*\*Is this one of those things, like Bluto/Brutus in Popeye? > \*\* The difference between Bluto and Brutus is obvious. Bluto is the huge-bodied, tiny-headed, bearded sailor who alternately beats up and is beaten up by Popeye. Brutus is the buckeye-headed mascot of Ohio State University. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-dum/47304/8 "2001-01-10T19:16:23Z")
absoul asked: “What’s pot?” A pot is a typically metal (but might be ceramic) container used for cooking, especially over a fire or on a stove top, in the manner of making soups and stews, or otherwise boiling. Or in this case, “pot” is a nickname for marijuana, mary jane, reefer, weed, grass, hemp, wacky weed, happy herb, etc. Calling it “medicinal herb” is a reference to it’s pharmacological properties, and its plant nature. I do not know the origin of calling it pot. As to the Bluto/Brutus thing, [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpopeye.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpopeye.html) . > [@](#): > > The short answer: lawyers. For the long answer, we need to look at some history. Basically there was a big mix of confusion and multiple studios producing the cartoon, and issues about property rights. KJ orignially asked: > [@](#): > > In most cases, he’s (Scooby Dum) referred to as being Scooby Doo’s cousin, but I saw at least one episode where Dum was Doo’s brother. What’s with that? Is this one of those things, like Bluto/Brutus in Popeye? Probably a case of not keeping too close a tabs on the characters’ identities on the part of the writers. Cousin, brother, close enough. The linked website does not have any description (that I could find) of where they got/verified their information. I suspect that’s just what they person doing the site figured out from the shows. ---
**Author:** ![Malinthas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Malinthas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malinthas)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-dum/47304/9 "2001-01-17T07:17:38Z")
Okay… does anyone remember Blue Falcon and Dino-Mutt? I must point out that Dino-Mutt was ALSO a cousin of Scooby’s, with bionic implants no less. I recall this vaguely from a few cross-over episodes. Quite a family.