# What's the usual level of difficulty in solving a Scooby Doo mystery? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339 "2007-02-15T14:14:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [February 14, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/101 "2009-02-14T17:39:07Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > You’d think the gang would realize that it was never a ghost, and stop being scared when they saw supernatural things. But no, they acted as though it was really a ghost EVERY SINGLE TIME. Gah! Well in fairness Velma and Fred and Daphne were much less likely to believe it was a ghost. It was only Shag & Scoob that were consistently gullible. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/102 "2009-02-14T18:16:10Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Well in fairness Velma and Fred and Daphne were much less likely to believe it was a ghost. It was only Shag & Scoob that were consistently gullible. With the exception of the Scooby Doo Kids series, in which Fred was the gullible with alien conspiracy theories, while the others were skeptical, including Velma. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/103 "2009-02-14T18:29:22Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > With the exception of the Scooby Doo Kids series, in which Fred was the gullible with alien conspiracy theories, while the others were skeptical, including Velma. I should have disclaimered my post. I am speaking of the earliest series (pre-Scrappy) and What’s New Scooby Doo. I don’t really know all the ones in between. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/104 "2009-02-14T19:04:51Z")
Who is this Scrappy fella that you guys keep mentioning? There is no Scrappy. There was never any annoying little brat-pup who imposed himself on the gang and generally made a nuisance of himself. None. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/105 "2009-02-14T19:52:19Z")
And I got the name of the series above wrong, too. It’s “A Pup Named Scooby Doo”. I actually liked it. No supernatural phenomena, weird chasing sequences, a comic Velma, and a very gullible Fred. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/106 "2009-02-14T20:20:29Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Who is this Scrappy fella that you guys keep mentioning? There is no Scrappy. There was never any annoying little brat-pup who imposed himself on the gang and generally made a nuisance of himself. None. One of the few really redeeming qualities of the new movie, aside from the fight between Daphne and the Gimp (which was basically just a fight scene misplaced from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and spliced into the film), was Velma drunkenly talking about how “He wasn’t even a puppy! It was some kind of freakish glandular problem!” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/107 "2009-02-14T22:17:57Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > One of the few really redeeming qualities of the new movie, aside from the fight between Daphne and the Gimp (which was basically just a fight scene misplaced from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and spliced into the film), was Velma drunkenly talking about how “He wasn’t even a puppy! It was some kind of freakish glandular problem!” “..and I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for you sons of…(door closes)” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/108 "2009-02-15T07:33:01Z")
> [@Pochacco](#): > > I bet you loathe [Al Capp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_Fosdick), then. 😃 Why? Did Al Capp create dissolute alter-egos for Li’l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy Yokum and such? Was Al Capp the same person as Chester Gould? No, I remember Fearless Fosdick from way back. If I had seen the strip in the last 20 years or so I would have refused to follow it, my notions of right and wrong firmly established by that time. When I was a kid it didn’t matter: I didn’t have any established ethcal values then. I do now. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/109 "2009-02-15T10:32:37Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Why? Did Al Capp create dissolute alter-egos for Li’l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy Yokum and such? Was Al Capp the same person as Chester Gould? > No, I remember Fearless Fosdick from way back. If I had seen the strip in the last 20 years or so I would have refused to follow it, my notions of right and wrong firmly established by that time. When I was a kid it didn’t matter: I didn’t have any established ethcal values then. I do now. What exactly do you have against parody? I’m trying to make sense of your posts, but you’re not making it easy. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/110 "2009-02-15T15:32:17Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > What exactly do you have against parody? I’m trying to make sense of your posts, but you’re not making it easy. [Tell me about it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10829751). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/111 "2009-02-15T15:32:30Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Why? Did Al Capp create dissolute alter-egos for Li’l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy Yokum and such? Was Al Capp the same person as Chester Gould? Are Jackson Public and Doc Hammer (the creators of _The Venture Brothers_) the same people as William Hanna and Joseph Barbera? > [@](#): > > No, I remember Fearless Fosdick from way back. If I had seen the strip in the last 20 years or so I would have refused to follow it, my notions of right and wrong firmly established by that time. When I was a kid it didn’t matter: I didn’t have any established ethcal values then. I do now. So, basically you’re against parody in any form? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/112 "2009-02-16T03:43:04Z")
I bet you never read _MAD Magazine_ much as a kid, **dougie**. Also, just in case it wasn’t clear, _Venture Bros_ is shown late at night and is not meant to be viewed by children. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/113 "2009-02-16T08:54:13Z")
FYI, I read _Mad_ from about 1956 (when I was seven) until the early 1990s, when I decided it was getting too hard-edged for me. The fact that another poster pointed out that The Venture Brothers is on late at night is the most cogent thing I’ve yet seen on this thread. ‘Too late at night for children to see.’ Fine and dandy. But don’t use the Time-Warner rationale on me; I happen to know the history of the ownership of _Mad,_ from the time Gaines sold it to the Kinney Corporation in 1961. That it is now a Time Warner property is but a coincidence. That said, I would only add that 1) I was not a real fan of the Scooby-Doo series in the 70s, and 2) if by some quirk of fate I did see the Venturre Brothers at some point (and I would not prolong the effort), I would comment about it to people I know: Don’t watch it unless you have a wide-open approach to “parody” of characters. Or, “could you imagine Mr. Chips in the mold of Simon Legree?” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/114 "2009-02-17T20:44:05Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > FYI, I read _Mad_ from about 1956 (when I was seven) until the early 1990s, when I decided it was getting too hard-edged for me. _\_ ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339/115 "2009-02-17T21:05:39Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > Rhost Roderators!? Great one! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-usual-level-of-difficulty-in-solving-a-scooby-doo-mystery/392339.md?page=5)