Scooby Doo franchise

[Tim]

I wrote:

Jul 17, 2020 17:12:41 GMT -5 Tim said:

Of course, the various Scooby Doo shows must be treated as separate continuities. 

Otherwise, the gang would all now be in their early 70's and Scooby would be long dead!

Sunday wrote:

Yeah that's true, but like so many animated show, you just have to ignore the time period, like Simpsons and Family Guy nobody ages in 20-30 years those shows have been on air, same with many other ones.

But, with Scooby Doo, I treat the 1969-1985 as the same continuity, and then all the others as different ones. 

Here is a fan forum online and how they divided up the continuities.

Original Scooby-Doo Timeline (1969 - 1984):



Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
 


The New Scooby-Doo Movies
(hour-long episodes)


The Scooby-Doo Show



Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979, the 1980 series can't be here as they meet real ghosts)



The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show



COMMON ELEMENTS: Same original character designs, fake monsters and ghosts
. Really even though they are under different names, this is basically the same show.

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80s Timeline (1985-1988):



The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo



Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers



Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School



Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf



COMMON ELEMENTS: Real monsters, Mystery Inc. never happened in this universe, Shaggy's new character design (clothing)



Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island Timeline (1998 - 2001):



Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island



Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost



Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders



Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase



COMMON ELEMENTS: Adult character design, adult age, real monsters and ghosts, the movies even have continuity (also with the Original Timeline - this is why it is possible to merge the two timelines into one, considering that there is only a cronological difference between them)

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Reformed Scooby-Doo Timeline (1988 - 2009):



A Pup Named Scooby-Doo



What's New, Scooby-Doo?



Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire*



Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico*



Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster



Aloha, Scooby-Doo!



Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?



Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!



Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!



Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King



Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword



COMMON ELEMENTS: The gang grew up in Coolsville, same character design (except for movies indicated with * and because of the age difference, in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo), usually fake monsters and ghosts, the gang grew up in the 1990s

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Current Timeline (2010-present)

All of the animated films and television specials from 2010)

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Other timelines include

Live-Action Theatrical Timeline (Scooby-Doo in 2002 and Monsters Unleashed in 2004)

Live-Action Television Timeline (Mystery Begins and Curse of the Lake Monster)

2010s Timeline (all of the animated films and television specials from 2010)

[Tim]

Yeah, it was the 1980's when they started running into real ghosts and such.

Frankly, one can be surprised that the old show lasted as long as it did. I mean the used the same plot every single episode!

[Sunday]

Jul 18, 2020 0:17:11 GMT -5 Tim said:

Yeah, it was the 1980's when they started running into real ghosts and such.

Frankly, one can be surprised that the old show lasted as long as it did. I mean the used the same plot every single episode!

Yes, that is when they changed things up.

Yeah, I am surprised too, good luck to them for being able to pull it off. They had some really good episodes, so many I could re-watch often and not get bored. Even though they changed the name of the shows, it was basically the same plot every episode, and same show to me until the 80s. I saw these all as a kid in the 80s, when they rerun the 70s shows, and then saw the newer ones too. But most of my childhood was brought up in the 80s watching all the cartoons from the 60s and 70s, and 80s. 

I'm so glad they never did attempt a live action television show. Because it would just be dark and edgy if made today.

[Tim]

You would think that it would get to the point that, once the "ghost" appeared, they would just walk up, rip the mask off and say "It's Old Man Crabtree, it did it because blah, blah, blah." 

To which Old Man Crabtree would reply "And I would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for you meddling kids and your dog!" before the cops hauled him away.

Rinse, wash, repeat.

Nice that they shook things up by bringing in real ghosts.

[Dark Avenger]

I caught Scooby Doo  today in a rerun. They played one of the newer shows, I liked Mystery Incorporated.

[Tim]

Haven't seen that version yet.

[Dark Avenger]

It's pretty good, as it has a long mystery arc as part of the series, in addition to the standalones, and does more with the couples.

[Tim]

I'll be sure to have a look sometime then.