The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
Created by Ken Spears, Joe Ruby, Tom Ruegger
On ABC
A cheerful, episodic Saturday-morning mystery cartoon where a teen magazine team and their dog solve supernatural cases with comedy and reassurance.
The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show is the sixth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. It premiered on September 10, 1983, and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program made up of two eleven-minute short cartoons. The show is a return to the mystery solving format and reintroduces Daphne after a four-year absence. The plots of each episode feature her, Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, and Scrappy-Doo solving supernatural mysteries under the cover of being reporters for a teen magazine.
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Is The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show one of a kind? No. Less singular than 99% of series.
Is The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 97% of series.
Is The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show sad? No. Less sad than 92% of series.
Does The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show leave you hopeful? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of series.
Is The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show violent? Barely. Less violent than 78% of series.
Is The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of series.
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