Am I the first to notice that this is a two year old thread resurrected by dougie-monty this morning?
Not that I mind, I just thought it was funny. What happened, Dougie?
-FrL-
Scooby Dum.
What struck me was that it’s a zombie thread in which both the OP and the first respondent have been banned.
I remember the original episode where they were smuggling gold with fake people in an ambulance. The “corpses” all had wigs. It was very creepy somehow.
It’s not a zombie. It’s a real estate developer dressing up as a character from a local urban legend and a holographic projector to scare away unwanted tenants.
Thanks for the laugh, dude. I needed it.
I noticed it. That’s just Scooby-Doo for you- every few years he comes back in some new incarnation.
No, but you are the first not to notice that I noticed it in MY post. 
I confess to having loved Scooby Doo as a kid. I have never heard of Scrappy Doo and hope never to again.
And it just occurred to me (upon reading this thread) that the Gang never did seem to learn to predict how things were going to shake out… :eek: (I mean, I knew that they’d figure out that it was Mrs Henderson/the nightwatchman/the head of the bank all along, but I never thought about them ever saying, “hey–isn’t this case just like the one with Mrs Henderson?”).
:smack:
The old episodes of Scooby Doo still hold up, sorta. It’s really weird to watch a cartoon with a laugh track though.
Of course, anything with Scrappy or Scooby Dum is unwatchable.
However, episodes of “What’s New Scooby Doo” are pretty good. The big difference is that Fred has ditched his ascot. But somehow they figured out that following the orignal formula was a good idea.
One of the Scooby Doo movies has the gang getting sucked into a computer game based on their old adventures (hey, it worked for Tron). First thing that happens is Fred sees Classic Fred and remarks “Hey, nice ascot!”
One of the newer episodes (I think, may have been a movie, or a parody but I think it was a legit episode) had a brilliant subversion too, Velma gets the case WRONG, it is… in fact someone they’ve never met before. Her response as everyone is walking away? “But… I… that’s not fair… we’ve never seen him before! How could you guys expect me…” And so on.
The thing that impressed me the most about What’s New, Scooby-Doo? is that they actually bothered to introduce minor characters and give them each a reason for getting revenge on whoever in each episode. It actually gives you a chance to figure out who the culprit is before the gang does, and is a big step up from the random exposition out of nowhere from the original series.
That was from an episode of What’s New, Scooby Doo?
Another great thing about that show is that they finally made Daphne a useful part of the team.
Yeah, it was from What’s New. I’m remembering snow. Was there a yeti one, I think that’s the “Velma is wrong” one.
But isn’t a downside of the new episodes (or is it movies) that now they have more supernatural stuff? As in there are real witches and real magic and real stuff? I preferred in the old one when that was explained away with holograms and light tricks… Instead of real existing half-cat (werekitty?) witches…
“What’s New, Scooby-Doo?” on the cartoon network was a good update on the original series and did away with the supernatural being real but showed a good wink and nod humor to the original now grown fans watching with their kids.
It played in many of the jokes that people have been making about Scooby Doo for years. Including teaming Shaggy & Fred up once and trying to make small talk. Freddy was talking sports and Shaggy had no interest. Shaggy was talking food and maybe a subtle stoner reference. There was another where the villain was a kid so he complained about the meddling grown-ups at the end.
And he would’ve gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for you meddling mods!
They’d still be Members if it weren’t for those darned, meddling moderators!
on edit: DAMN! I didn’t see the post right above mine! I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t… oh… nevermind. (sigh)