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The original thirty-minute version of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
constitutes the fourth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. It premiered on
September
22, 1979 and ran for one
season on ABC as a half-hour program. A
total of sixteen episodes were produced. By 1979, the staff at Hanna-Barbera realized that the Scooby-Doo
formula was getting worn out, which gave them reason to parody it in a 1979
prime time Scooby special, Scooby Goes Hollywood. In addition,
ABC began threatening cancellation for the show, whose ratings were in
decline. Therefore, for its
1979 - 1980 season,
Scooby-Doo was given a major overhaul, adding the character of Scooby's
nephew Scrappy-Doo, voiced by
Lennie Weinrib, and
changing the name of the show to Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.
The gang, along with Scrappy, is riding in the entire world until they bump
into the ghost. The gang decides to solve the mystery about the ghost. During
the investigation, the gang splits up to search for clues. Sometimes, Fred,
Velma and Daphne tell Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy where they have to go. Usually,
Scooby and Shaggy try to run away with Scrappy along, but like this they bump
into a ghost. Unlike his uncle, Scrappy would often attempt to take the task of
capturing the ghost of the week into his own hands, forcing Shaggy and Scooby to
try their best to save Scrappy from hurting himself. Although still present in these episodes, the characters of Fred, Daphne, and
Velma became less essential to the plot, making Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy to be
primary characters.
Marla Frumkin took over Pat
Stevens' role as Velma Dinkley towards the end of the season, beginning with
episode 12, "The Ghoul, the Bat, and the Ugly". Velma does not speak in episode
16, "The Ransom of Scooby Chief". |
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| No. |
Episode title |
Original airdate |
| 1.1 |
"The Scarab Lives!"
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September 22, 1979 |
| 1.2 |
"The Night Ghoul of
Wonderworld"
|
September 29, 1979 |
| 1.3 |
"Strange Encounters of a Scooby
Kind"
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October 6, 1979 |
| 1.4 |
"The Neon Phantom of the Roller
Disco!"
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October 13, 1979 |
| 1.5 |
"Shiver and Shake, That Demon's A
Snake"
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October 20, 1979 |
| 1.6 |
"The Scary Sky Skeleton"
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October 27, 1979 |
| 1.7 |
"The Demon of the Dugout"
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November 3, 1979 |
| 1.8 |
"The Hairy Scare of the Devil Bear"
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November 10, 1979 |
| 1.9 |
"Twenty Thousand Screams Under the
Sea"
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November 17, 1979 |
| 1.10 |
"I Left My Neck in San
Francisco"
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November 24, 1979 |
| 1.11 |
"When You Wish Upon a Star
Creature"
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December 1, 1979 |
| 1.12 |
"The Ghoul, the Bat, and the
Ugly"
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December 8, 1979 |
| 1.13 |
"Rocky Mountain Yiiiii!"
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December 15, 1979 |
| 1.14 |
"The Sorcerer's a Menace"
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December 22, 1979 |
| 1.15 |
"Lock The Door, It's a
Minotaur!"
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December 29, 1979 |
| 1.16 |
"The Ransom of Scooby
Chief"
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January 5, 1980 |
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