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Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo is a long-running American animated series produced
for Saturday morning television in several different versions
from 1969 to the present. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where
Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers
Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, CBS executive Fred Silverman, and
character designer Iwao Takamoto. Hanna-Barbara produced
numerous spin-offs and related works until being absorbed in
1997 into Warner Bros. Animation, which has handled production
since then. Although the format of the show and the cast (and
ages) of characters have varied significantly over the years,
the most familiar versions of the show feature a talking dog
named Scooby-Doo and four teenagers: Fred "Freddie" Jones,
Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers.
These five characters (officially collectively known as "Mystery,
Inc.", but never referred to as such in the original series)
drive around the world in a van called the "Mystery Machine",
and solve mysteries typically involving tales of ghosts and
other supernatural forces. At the end of each episode, the
supernatural forces sometimes turn out to have a rational
explanation, typically criminal plots involving costumes, latex
masks and special effects intended to frighten or distract.
Later versions of Scooby-Doo featured different variations on
the show's supernatural theme, and include characters such as
Scooby's cousin Scooby-Dum and nephew Scrappy-Doo in addition to
or instead of some of the original characters.
Scooby-Doo was originally broadcast on CBS from 1969 to 1976,
when it moved to ABC. ABC aired the show until canceling it in
1986, and presented a spin-off, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, from
1988 until 1991. The WB Network's Kids' WB programming block,
later created an updated version of the series called What's New
Scooby Doo? which ran from 2002 to 2006. The most recent
Scooby-Doo series, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, ran from
2006 to 2008 on The CW network. Repeats of the series are
broadcast frequently on the Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the
United States and other countries. |
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