Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

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| genre = {{Plainlist|

Mystery
Adventure{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/scooby-doo-where-are-you!-animated-tv-series-v175325 |publisher=AllMovie |title=Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! [Animated TV Series] |access-date=November 23, 2012 |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927075736/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/scooby-doo-where-are-you!-animated-tv-series-v175325 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/13174 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929185604/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/13174 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=November 23, 2012 |title=Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?}}
Horror comedy

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| creator = Joe Ruby
Ken Spears

| developer = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Iwao Takamoto
Fred Silverman

| director = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera

| voices = {{Plainlist|

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| theme_music_composer = David Mook
Ben Raleigh

| opentheme = "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" performed by
Larry Marks (1969–70){{cite web | url=https://www.noblemania.com/2011/10/super-70s-and-80s-scooby-doo-where-are_05.html | title=Super '70s and '80s: "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"— *Larry Marks, theme song singer, season 1 | access-date=14 November 2015 | archive-date=4 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114519/http://www.noblemania.com/2011/10/super-70s-and-80s-scooby-doo-where-are_05.html | url-status=live }}
George A. Robertson Jr. (1970)

| composer = Ted Nichols (1969–70)

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 3

| num_episodes = 41

| list_episodes = List of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episodes

| producer = {{ubl|William Hanna|Joseph Barbera}}

| runtime = approx. 21 minutes

| company = Hanna-Barbera Productions

| network = CBS

| first_aired = {{start date|1969|9|13}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1970|10|31}}

| network2 = ABC

| first_aired2 = {{Start date|1978|9|9}}

| last_aired2 = {{End date|1978|12|23}}

| related = {{Plainlist|

The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1973)
The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–1978)

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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is an American animated comedy television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS. The series premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning cartoon schedule on September 13, 1969, and aired for two seasons until October 31, 1970. Reruns were broadcast for the 1971 season. In 1978, a selection of episodes from the later animated series Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and The Scooby-Doo Show were aired on ABC under the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! title name, and was released in a DVD set marketed as its third season.Lenberg, Jeff (2006). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. New York City, New York: Facts of File. {{ISBN|0-8160-6599-3}}. pp. 618–619. It also aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1973.{{cite web |title=BBC PROGRAMME INDEX |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=Scooby-Doo%2C+Where+Are+You%3F#top |website=BBC |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525193441/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=Scooby-Doo%2C+Where+Are+You%3F#top |url-status=live }} The complete series is also available on Boomerang, Max, and Tubi streaming services.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of a long-running media franchise primarily consisting of animated series, films, and related merchandise.

Overview

The show follows the adventures of teenagers Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and their dog Scooby-Doo. They travel in a van known as the Mystery Machine, encountering and solving mysteries. Once solved, the group typically discovers that the perpetrator of the mystery is a disguised person who seeks to exploit a local legend or myth for personal gain.{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=718–726}}

Episodes

Voice cast

Don Messick as Scooby-Doo and miscellaneous characters
Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers and miscellaneous characters
Frank Welker as Fred Jones and miscellaneous characters
Stefanianna Christopherson (season 1) and Heather North (seasons 2–3) as Daphne Blake
Nicole Jaffe (seasons 1–2) and Pat Stevens (season 3) as Velma Dinkley

Production

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was the result of CBS and Hanna-Barbera's plans to create a non-violent Saturday morning program that would appease the parent watch groups that had protested the superhero-based programs of the mid-1960s.{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Cronin |url=https://www.cbr.com/tv-legends-revealed-jinkies-the-mysterious-origins-of-scooby-doo/ |title=TV Legends Revealed | Jinkies! The Mysterious Origins of 'Scooby-Doo' |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=September 25, 2013 |access-date=August 5, 2015 |archive-date=October 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020022915/http://www.cbr.com/tv-legends-revealed-jinkies-the-mysterious-origins-of-scooby-doo/ |url-status=live }} Originally titled The Mysteries Five and later Who's S-S-Scared?, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! underwent several changes from script to screen (the most significant being the downplaying of a musical group angle).{{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Daz |date=2023-01-15 |title=The Unexplored Universe of Scooby Doo |url=https://weirdbones.co.uk/the-unexplored-universe-of-scooby-doo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501191707/https://weirdbones.co.uk/the-unexplored-universe-of-scooby-doo/ |archive-date=2023-05-01 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website= |language=en-US}} However, the basic concept—a group of teenagers and their dog solving supernatural-related mysteries—was always in place.{{cite web |first=Barbara |last=Mikkelson |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scooby-doo-what-is-you/ |title=Scooby-Doo, What Is You? |publisher=Snopes.com |date=May 22, 2006 |access-date=August 5, 2015 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029183550/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scooby-doo-what-is-you/ |url-status=live }}

Scooby-Doo creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears served as the story supervisors on the series.Shostak, Stu (05-02-2012). "[https://www.stusshow.com/archives.php Interview with Joe Ruby and Ken Spears] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202203559/http://www.stusshow.com/archives.php|date=2017-12-02}}". Retrieved 03-18-2013.

Home media

On March 14, 2000, Warner Home Video released five episodes from the series on a DVD entitled Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries. They later released all 25 episodes on DVD in Region 1 on March 16, 2004 under the title Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The Complete First and Second Seasons.{{cite web |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/9953/scooby-doo-where-are-you-the-complete-first-and-second-seasons/ |title=Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - The Complete First and Second Seasons: DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video |publisher=Dvdtalk.com |date=2004-03-16 |access-date=2014-03-10 |archive-date=2014-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310144654/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/9953/scooby-doo-where-are-you-the-complete-first-and-second-seasons/ |url-status=live }} A DVD entitled Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The Complete Third Season was released on April 10, 2007, made up of episodes produced in 1978, added to the Scooby's All-Stars package, and later syndicated as part of The Scooby-Doo Show.{{cite web |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27745/scooby-doo-where-are-you-the-complete-third-season/ |title=Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - The Complete Third Season : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video |publisher=Dvdtalk.com |access-date=2014-03-10 |archive-date=2014-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310145001/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27745/scooby-doo-where-are-you-the-complete-third-season/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20070117006112/en/Warner-Home-Video-Unleashes-Classic-Animated-Fun|title=Warner Home Video Unleashes Classic Animated Fun with the Third and Final Season of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! on DVD April 10, 2007|website=Business Wire|publisher=Berkshire Hathaway|date=January 17, 2007|access-date=July 4, 2019|archive-date=July 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704101320/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20070117006112/en/Warner-Home-Video-Unleashes-Classic-Animated-Fun|url-status=live}}

On November 9, 2010, Warner Home Video released Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series. The eight-disc set features all 25 episodes of the series plus the 16 episodes produced in 1978 which aired as part of Scooby's All-Stars. The set is encased in special collectible packaging in the form of a Mystery Machine replica. It also features a special bonus disc filled with new and archival material.{{cite web|last=Lacey|first=Gord|title=Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - Complete Series Announced - Mystery Machine Packaging!|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Scooby-Doo-complete-series-announced/14141|access-date=11 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015142536/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Scooby-Doo-complete-series-announced/14141|archive-date=15 October 2012}} The set was re-released on November 13, 2012. A Blu-ray version of the Complete Series was released on September 3, 2019, for the series' 50th anniversary.{{Cite web |last=Salmons |first=Tim |date=2019-09-02 |title=Scooby-Doo: Where Are You? – The Complete Series (Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Mystery Mansion Boxset) (Blu-ray Review) |url=https://thedigitalbits.com/item/scooby-doo-where-are-you-le-50th-boxset-2019-bd |access-date=2020-07-11 |website=The Digital Bits |language=en-gb |archive-date=2020-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623075402/https://thedigitalbits.com/item/scooby-doo-where-are-you-le-50th-boxset-2019-bd |url-status=live }}

Starting on January 27, 2009, Warner Home Video released DVDs with four episodes each, plus an episode from Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue. Four volumes have been released through October 19, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Scooby-Doo-Season-1-Volume-4/14024 |title=Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! DVD news: Announcement for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - Season 1, Volume 4: Spooked Bayou |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=2014-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106190104/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Scooby-Doo-Season-1-Volume-4/14024 |archive-date=2014-01-06 }}

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+Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! home video releases ! colspan=3 rowspan=2\|Season !! rowspan=2\|Episodes !! Release dates
Region 1
style="background:#00a2cf\| \|\| style="text-align: center"\|1 \| style="text-align: center"\|1969–70 \|\| style="text-align: center"\|17 \|\| Original Mysteries: March 14, 2000 Episode(s): "What a Night for a Knight" – "Decoy for a Dognapper" ----Spookiest Tales: August 21, 2001 Episode(s): "A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts" • "Which Witch is Which?" • "That's Snow Ghost" ----Creepiest Capers: June 4, 2002 Episode(s): "Hassle in the Castle" • "Go Away Ghost Ship" • "A Night of Fright is No Delight" ----Greatest Mysteries: May 6, 2003 Episode(s): "A Clue for Scooby-Doo" • "Hassle in the Castle" • "The Backstage Rage" ----The Complete First and Second Seasons: March 16, 2004 / May 23, 2017 (reissue) Episode(s): Entire season featured ----Volume 1: A Monster Catch: January 27, 2009 Episode(s): "What a Night for a Knight" – "Mine Your Own Business" ----Volume 2: Bump In The Night: May 5, 2009 Episode(s): "Decoy for a Dognapper" – "Foul Play in Funland" ----Volume 3: Hello Mummy: September 1, 2009 Episode(s): "The Backstage Rage" – "Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too" ----Volume 4: Spooky Bayou: October 19, 2010 Episode(s): "Which Witch is Which?" – "A Night of Fright is No Delight" ----The Complete Series: November 9, 2010 / November 13, 2012 (reissue) Episode(s): Entire season featured
style="background:#7ab800\| \|\| style="text-align: center"\|2 \| style="text-align: center"\|1970 \|\| style="text-align: center"\|8 \|\| Creepiest Capers: June 4, 2002 Episode(s): "The Haunted House Hang-Up" ----Greatest Mysteries: May 6, 2003 Episode(s): "Jeepers, It's the Creeper" ----The Complete First and Second Seasons: March 16, 2004 / May 23, 2017 (reissue) Episode(s): Entire season featured ----The Complete Series: November 9, 2010 / November 13, 2012 (reissue) Episode(s): Entire season featured
style="background:#F0AB00\| \|\| style="text-align: center"\|3 \| style="text-align: center"\|1978 \|\| style="text-align: center"\|16 \|\| The Complete Third Season: April 10, 2007 / June 6, 2017 (reissue) ----The Complete Series: November 9, 2010 / November 13, 2012 (reissue) Episode(s): Entire season featured
colspan=6\|Special features
style="text-align: center; font-size:90%" \| colspan=6\|*Original Mysteries: Scooby-Doo Music Video (featuring scenes from Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost) • Take the Scooby-Doo Challenge • Snack Tracks • Scooby Snack Time ----Spookiest Tales: Bonus episodes: The Scooby-Doo Show: "The Headless Horseman of Halloween" • "Vampire Bats and Scaredy Cats" • Mystery Inc. character bios • Trivia ----Creepiest Capers: Mystery Game. • Get the Picture: How to Draw Scooby-Doo. • Music Video • Mystery Inc. Yearbook ----Greatest Mysteries: Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries music video • Barrels of Mystery Challenge ----The Complete First and Second Seasons: Scooby-Doo's Ultimate Fans (disc 2) • Get the Picture: How to Draw Scooby-Doo and the Gang (disc 2) • Funky Fashion (disc 3) • America Loves Scooby-Doo Music Video (disc 3) • Scooby-Doo Street Smarts (disc 4) • Take the Scooby-Doo Challenge (disc 4; original from the Original Mysteries* DVD) ----*The Complete Third Season: Hanna-Barbera: From H to B featurette ----Volume 1: A Monster Catch: Bonus episode: Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!: "Shags to Riches" ----Volume 2: Bump In The Night: Bonus episode: Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!: "More Fondue for Scooby-Doo!" ----Volume 3: Hello Mummy: Bonus episode: Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!: "High Society Scooby" ----Volume 4: Spooky Bayou: Bonus episode: Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!*: "Lightning Strikes Twice"

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+Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! home video releases

! colspan=3 rowspan=2|Season !! rowspan=2|Episodes !! Release dates

Region 1

style="background:#00a2cf| || style="text-align: center"|1

| style="text-align: center"|1969–70 || style="text-align: center"|17 || Original Mysteries: March 14, 2000
Episode(s): "What a Night for a Knight" – "Decoy for a Dognapper"

----Spookiest Tales: August 21, 2001
Episode(s): "A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts" • "Which Witch is Which?" • "That's Snow Ghost"

----Creepiest Capers: June 4, 2002
Episode(s): "Hassle in the Castle" • "Go Away Ghost Ship" • "A Night of Fright is No Delight"

----Greatest Mysteries: May 6, 2003
Episode(s): "A Clue for Scooby-Doo" • "Hassle in the Castle" • "The Backstage Rage"

----The Complete First and Second Seasons: March 16, 2004 / May 23, 2017 (reissue)
Episode(s): Entire season featured

----Volume 1: A Monster Catch: January 27, 2009
Episode(s): "What a Night for a Knight" – "Mine Your Own Business"

----Volume 2: Bump In The Night: May 5, 2009
Episode(s): "Decoy for a Dognapper" – "Foul Play in Funland"

----Volume 3: Hello Mummy: September 1, 2009
Episode(s): "The Backstage Rage" – "Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too"

----Volume 4: Spooky Bayou: October 19, 2010
Episode(s): "Which Witch is Which?" – "A Night of Fright is No Delight"

----The Complete Series: November 9, 2010 / November 13, 2012 (reissue)
Episode(s): Entire season featured

style="background:#7ab800| || style="text-align: center"|2

| style="text-align: center"|1970 || style="text-align: center"|8 || Creepiest Capers: June 4, 2002
Episode(s): "The Haunted House Hang-Up"

----Greatest Mysteries: May 6, 2003
Episode(s): "Jeepers, It's the Creeper"

----The Complete First and Second Seasons: March 16, 2004 / May 23, 2017 (reissue)
Episode(s): Entire season featured

----The Complete Series: November 9, 2010 / November 13, 2012 (reissue)
Episode(s): Entire season featured

style="background:#F0AB00| || style="text-align: center"|3

| style="text-align: center"|1978 || style="text-align: center"|16 || The Complete Third Season: April 10, 2007 / June 6, 2017 (reissue)

----The Complete Series: November 9, 2010 / November 13, 2012 (reissue)
Episode(s): Entire season featured

colspan=6|Special features

style="text-align: center; font-size:90%"

| colspan=6|Original Mysteries:
Scooby-Doo Music Video (featuring scenes from Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost) • Take the Scooby-Doo Challenge • Snack Tracks • Scooby Snack Time

----Spookiest Tales:
Bonus episodes: The Scooby-Doo Show: "The Headless Horseman of Halloween" • "Vampire Bats and Scaredy Cats" • Mystery Inc. character bios • Trivia

----Creepiest Capers:
Mystery Game. • Get the Picture: How to Draw Scooby-Doo. • Music Video • Mystery Inc. Yearbook

----Greatest Mysteries:
Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries music video • Barrels of Mystery Challenge

----The Complete First and Second Seasons:
Scooby-Doo's Ultimate Fans (disc 2) • Get the Picture: How to Draw Scooby-Doo and the Gang (disc 2) • Funky Fashion (disc 3) • America Loves Scooby-Doo Music Video (disc 3) • Scooby-Doo Street Smarts (disc 4) • Take the Scooby-Doo Challenge (disc 4; original from the Original Mysteries DVD)

----The Complete Third Season:
Hanna-Barbera: From H to B featurette

----Volume 1: A Monster Catch:
Bonus episode: Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!: "Shags to Riches"

----Volume 2: Bump In The Night:
Bonus episode: Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!: "More Fondue for Scooby-Doo!"

----Volume 3: Hello Mummy:
Bonus episode: Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!: "High Society Scooby"

----Volume 4: Spooky Bayou:
Bonus episode: Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!: "Lightning Strikes Twice"

Reception

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was a hit for Hanna-Barbera and CBS,{{Citation |title=Iwao Takamoto - Criador do Scooby Doo (Promo Tooncast) DUBLADO (Voice Over in Brazilian Portuguese) | date=29 September 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm5JHQ_4g84 |language=en |access-date=2022-04-19 |archive-date=2022-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419034457/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm5JHQ_4g84 |url-status=live }} leading Hanna-Barbera to create series with similar concepts on ABC, NBC and CBS, including, Josie and the Pussycats, The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, The Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm segments on The Flintstone Comedy Show, The Funky Phantom, Speed Buggy, Jeannie, Jabberjaw, The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, Inch High, Private Eye, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Clue Club, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, and The New Shmoo.

In 2005, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! came 49th in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Cartoons,[https://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/cartoons/results.html Channel4 - 100 Greatest Cartoons] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050903021106/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/cartoons/results.html |date=September 3, 2005 }} in the UK, and was more recently voted the 8th greatest Kids' TV Show by viewers of the same channel.[https://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/kidstv/results.html channel4.com - one hundred greatest kids tv] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204084241/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/kidstv/results.html |date=February 4, 2007 }} It was ranked the 24th greatest cartoon on IGN's Top 100 Animated Series.{{cite web|title=Top 100 Animated Series—Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!|url=http://tv.ign.com/top-100-animated-tv-series/24.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124022528/http://tv.ign.com/top-100-animated-tv-series/24.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 24, 2009|publisher=IGN.com|access-date=December 11, 2012}}

References

External links

[https://www.wbkidsgo.com/scooby-doo Official Scooby-Doo website]
{{IMDb title|id=0063950|title=Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20010428020741/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/doc/scooby/ Cartoon Network: Dept. of Cartoons: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]—cached copied from the Internet Archive
[https://archive.today/20120722012715/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/index.html "Hanna-Barbera Studios" (and sub-articles)], The Big Cartoon DataBase

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