...Oh, Scooby, A Pup Named Scooby Doo!
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A Pup Named Scooby Doo was a cartoon series made by Hanna-Barbera in 1988. It featured Scooby Doo and the gang as 10-year olds, back when the Scooby Doo Detective Agency was first established. The premise was basically the same as previous Scooby Doo series:the gang was called on to investigate a mystery involving a ghost or monster of some sort, which would always turn out to be a disguised villain. What really set this series apart, however, is that it was much more humorous, with wacky situations, goofy characters, and bizarre monsters being commonplace. Many of such wacky monsters included a clown ghost, a haunted hamburger, a strange alien, the ghost of a(very) strict librarian, a one-eyed sludge monster...
...and then there's Chickenstein.! (...Yeah.)
Various running gags were commonplace in most episodes, such as Daphne calling her ever-patient butler Jenkins to do things for her, and Freddy blaming the aptly-named town bully Red Herring for being the guilty party. (Which he never was!)
Wild takes were also very commonplace; as suggested on this TV Tropes page, you really do get the notion that the artists were running a bet on who could draw the wilder take.
Here, as per example, are Exhibit A....
...and Exhibit B.
Overall, this is a good, funny, and extremely humorous show. The characters are, as always, likeable and well-cast, retaining their personalities faithfully from the original. Personally, this is one of my favorite Scooby Doo incarnations(next to anything with Scrappy Doo in it. *GUILTY*) An excellent show that any Scooby Doo fan is sure to love.
The theme song's mighty good, too!
All four seasons of the show are available on DVD at the links below:
"Scooby-Dooby-Doo-oo-oo!"
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