# The hatred for Scrappy-Doo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [March 1, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108 "2026-03-01T13:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/81 "2026-03-06T14:19:11Z")
I grew up close enough to Manhattan to get their stations: 2: CBS 3: There is no 3 - tune to 3 only for playing Pong 4: NBC 5: Independent (great for Brady Bunch reruns) 7: ABC 9: Independent; great for baseball games 11: Independent; watch Star Trek reruns and monster movies here 13: PBS ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/82 "2026-03-06T14:26:40Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I grew up close enough to Manhattan to get their stations: Luxury! Out here in flyover country we got CBS NBC ABC PBS The only independent stations were in Milwaukee. And in the country, you might not get one or more if the weather is bad. My friend that lives there today still can’t reliably get NBC. Thanks, digital broadcasting! In places like North Dakota, they usually got CBS and a station that ran whichever programs they chose from NBC or ABC ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/83 "2026-03-06T14:33:01Z")
Same here, but we also picked up 4 or 5 UHF stations. That’s where I watched both Roller Derby & Uncle Floyd. WPIX (11) was the Star Trek Station and WOR have Killer “B” monster movies Sunday mornings and at some point Doctor Who with the 3rd Doctor, I’m pretty sure the 4th Doctor was on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/84 "2026-03-06T14:42:54Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > There is no 3 - tune to 3 only for playing Pong AFTER reaching around the back of the set and switching the slider switch you installed from “Antenna” to “game.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/85 "2026-03-06T14:50:11Z")
Oddly, he would have been less annoying as a Human Child. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/86 "2026-03-06T15:00:20Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I truly hated Scrappy from the first time he opened his mouth, but losing the skeptic angle was like some kind of lost innocence for me. The thing is, even in the classic _Scooby Doo, Where Are You!_ days, the gang never acted like true skeptics. They always seemed to approach each new mystery with the assumption that it was a real ghost. They never learned from experience. Despite it being Old Man Jenkins in a costume in every previous instance, they would always be vaguely surprised and confused whenever they started to uncover evidence of the current haunting being fake: “Wait a minute! Why would a ghost be studying old land grants?!” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/87 "2026-03-06T15:02:01Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I grew up close enough to Manhattan to get their stations: > > 2: CBS > 3: There is no 3 - tune to 3 only for playing Pong > 4: NBC > 5: Independent (great for Brady Bunch reruns) > 7: ABC > 9: Independent; great for baseball games > 11: Independent; watch Star Trek reruns and monster movies here > 13: PBS Is it just a coincidence the networks were on the exact same channels in Los Angeles? (We got Brady Bunch reruns on 11 and Star Trek on 5, and 9 was Basketball and Hockey) PBS was (and still is) in the UHF backwaters. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/88 "2026-03-06T15:13:30Z")
In DC, we had a lot of UHF channels, including some from Baltimore. But the “big” UHF channels were Channel 20 (WDCA), an originally independent station, and Channel 26 (WETA), the PBS affiliate. Channel 5 (WTTG) was the main independent channel. It and Channel 20 were where you got the syndicated shows. So I could get ST:TOS (and ST:TAS) on either 5 or 20. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/89 "2026-03-06T15:22:51Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > The Ancient Aztecs had Sacrificial Altars, suitable for fans of Scrappy. Good Lord! Given the invective, I have to ask, what was so horrible about him? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/90 "2026-03-06T16:23:18Z")
We got the L.A. Channels, usually, and the San Diego channels. CBS was 2 (LA) and 8 (us); NBC was 4 (LA) and a UHF channel for us, 39. We’d also get English-language stations broadcast from Mexico (XETV). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/91 "2026-03-06T16:40:06Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > The thing is, even in the classic _Scooby Doo, Where Are You!_ days, the gang never acted like true skeptics. Indeed. That’s where I learned terms like “ectoplasmic apparition”, from Velma, of course. No one ever says that in the real world. So she apparently thought ghosts as a phenomenon were real, but they never actually found one. Kind of a weird position for a cartoon to take. What’s the underlying message they are trying to convey? Ghosts are real, but be skeptical? Listen to the talking dog? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/92 "2026-03-06T17:26:31Z")
Go to YouTube. Watch some excerpts. Bring Peptobismol. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/93 "2026-03-06T17:38:48Z")
[**Interesting commentary on Scrappy-Doo**](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QXNbefJKs1M) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/94 "2026-03-06T18:57:30Z")
> [@CastletonSnob1](#): > > I didn’t find Scrappy annoying at all when I watched the old shows. Is it just a generational thing? As I understand it, much of Scooby-Doo’s charm was his “scared-y-cat” personality, and Scrappy-Doo’s personality was the polar opposite. He was hated so much that, from what I saw on youtube, they made him a villain. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/95 "2026-03-06T20:07:20Z")
> [@bump](#): > > They also probably felt like it was interesting to youth, but as someone who’s a few months younger than Wil Wheaton, it seemed strange and vaguely patronizing, I’m a few years younger than that, but my impression was that Wesley was definitely meant to be the “kid self-insert” character. The Bumblebee to Picard’s Optimus Prime. Maybe I was not old enough to consider that patronizing yet. 🙂 I also thought that they were heading towards “Picard is really Wesley’s father after an affair with Beverly that they both still feel guilty about, compounding Picards already-existing guilt because of Jack Crusher’s death under his command”. But I suppose that would be unlikely in a world where medical check-ups include casual DNA tests. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/96 "2026-03-06T21:35:30Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > I also thought that they were heading towards “Picard is really Wesley’s father after an affair with Beverly that they both still feel guilty about, compounding Picards already-existing guilt because of Jack Crusher’s death under his command”. That might have been interesting. Or it might have made it a soap opera. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/97 "2026-03-06T22:39:42Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > AFTER reaching around the back of the set and switching the slider switch you installed from “Antenna” to “game.” That’s why it didn’t work this morning! > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Is it just a coincidence the networks were on the exact same channels in Los Angeles? (We got Brady Bunch reruns on 11 and Star Trek on 5, and 9 was Basketball and Hockey) PBS was (and still is) in the UHF backwaters. Must be a coincidence, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/98 "2026-03-06T23:26:54Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Is it just a coincidence the networks were on the exact same channels in Los Angeles? In the early days of TV, the consensus was that channels 2-6 provided the best reception. Since NBC and CBS were the first networks to put TV stations on the air they gobbled up a 2-6 channel in every major market they could. ABC came along a few years later, and to get their stations on the air ASAP, deliberately applied for Channel 7 in major markets (this also gave them the benefit of being able to standardize technical equipment.) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/99 "2026-03-06T23:39:23Z")
That makes sense. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108/100 "2026-03-07T01:44:20Z")
After a storm knocked out our original antenna, we got a very nice replacement that could be rotated from a little box in the living room. I remember being able to get an ‘extra’ CBS or ABC this way, along with some other PBS stations. We also had a small selection of cable channels; most of my childhood TV memories are of WGN and Nickelodeon. I think there was a ‘family’ channel that had decent stuff occasionally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hatred-for-scrappy-doo/1028108.md?page=6)