From Savior to Villain | The Curious Fate of Scrappy-Doo

[@captaindynamite8936]

I love how everyone agrees he’s actually gone back to being a hero just for killing Velma.

[@RayDayHooray]

All hail our hero and savior Scrappy doo 🙌

[@MrT_Rex]

Yes

[@Reverb154]

Here here!

[@AnotherCoyote]

Yeah me and my family used to hate Scrappy Doo but I'm really loving his new character traits: making men uncomfortable in the work place due to potential sexual aggression/territory marking, then eating men's genitals off killing them, invincible, terrorizing military bases, and killing Mindy's self-insert. I didn't think it was possible to make him awesome, but _now_ he's more bad-ass then ANY monster from the classic hack and slash movies of our past. Maybe he can even become a hero of the LGBT movement the same way other monsters have, _but for his love of the male sausage_ LOL edit: oh, but I did like his new character trait introduced in the movie where he's pretty much always just marking Daphne as his territory. Like, _THAT's_ his personality trait. I think they're finally doing him justice and giving him an outlet for all his annoying little short-man syndrome rage.

[@darkstalkerknight63]

he is still the villain.

[@Simbala-bq5vy]

Scrappy isnt a villain anymore. He killed Mindy Velma! Hes a hero!

[@Lemuel928]

He chose the savior path.🤔

[@isauldron4337]

He's always been a Hero, we just didn't notice

[@thevaliantheroes8866]

I actually want to see Jason Mantzoukas voice him in an actual scooby doo series. if we get a normal Scooby Doo anytime that is

[@Bunnyvrepic09]

I will always support scrappy even in the past

[@infinitylemon345]

He’s redeemed himself

[@djUsurper]

He saved the Scooby Do show and would have gotten away with it too, if hadn't been for those meddling Cartoon Network executives!

[@vegetafan9922]

Hanna-Barbera and ABC executives. Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. didn't enter the picture until the early 90's. Long after the real Scrappy was said and done. They soon replaced him with a selfish, unlikable imposter to star in channel bumpers and be the main villain in the movie before soon ditching him as well. All this, in order to further their Anti-Scrappy agenda they've been pushing for the last three decades and counting. Hopefully, with people actually starting to understand Scrappy's role in saving the franchise or simply getting tired of seeing the poor pup get beaten down there will be a writer in charge of a new Scooby show or TV movie that finally brings Scoob's kindhearted nephew back to series in a way that enhances it rather than repeating the mistakes of past and detracting from it.

[@Attmay]

I would’ve gladly replaced it with an animated parody of *The Jeffersons.*

[@stanzelko5243]

Never liked Scrappy from day one.

[@Diainvcgtslover]

@@stanzelko5243 Then I pray that you will have change of heart

[@sonicexe66613]

He also saved Velma, by killing her

[@megalodon7916]

He redeemed himself in the end. He went from hero to villain to hero again by killing off the worst Scooby Doo character ever: the titular character of Velma.

[@alexandersolodovnikov4840]

Based.

[@LordTyph]

Well, the self-insert calling itself Velma.

[@KasdenW1995]

Exactly. He went from one of the best characters to one of the worst characters and then went back to one of the best characters.

[@loganentertainment1814]

IKR? XD

[@infinitylemon345]

Real hero Fr

[@zeokingsilver]

Scrappy was not the problem. The writers and others were. They got greedy and way too ahead of themselves and thus messed up. But yeah its been over 30 years already give Scrappy another chance. Were it not for him the show and the franchise would have been scrapped years ago

[@Attmay]

The show was always poorly-written and cheaply animated. What makes it worse is the extent to which they and Filmation, the studio behind the now-problematic *Fat Albert,* dragged the rest of the animation industry down to their level. Imagine how, say, *The Aristocats* and *Robin Hood* would have turned out had Disney not been forced to cut their budgets because Saturday morning cartoons had already undercut them.

[@yurilouback6331]

They put Scooby Doo movies out all the time. Would be neat if they used Scrappy in one of them

[@zeokingsilver]

@@yurilouback6331 might have left him out to save money for guest celebraties

[@Burn_Angel]

They gave him another chance already, and he redeemed himself. Now who's to tell that awful Velma show wasn't just a very long preparation for Scrappy's redemption? They didn't even put any of the original Mistery Inc characters in it, after all.

[@zeokingsilver]

@@Attmay it was the best they could do at the time

[@EagleFangBasketball22]

Scrappy is a great, confident puppy. He cares about Scooby and wants to fight the monsters for him. He doesn't deserve to be hated.

[@Username1924REAL]

AGREED!

[@Power-9Hunnid]

✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔

[@jackkoffman5742]

I agree. I always liked scrappy doo as a kid.

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

Well, the truth is scrappy was always been my favorite sidekick. I never expected him to be a bad guy or to be misplaced all these years and it’s already wasting my soul and the other half is he’s not the only one who’s been betrayed by Warner Brothers, I’ve seen to that since they never made any more superman movies and shows focusing on him and his sidekicks and his enemies, since they never made Tom look like a protagonist because they always made Jerry look like a jerk just by making tom lose each time just to get abused by his crew owner and dog and he doesn’t know how to fight back. and worst of all they never bothered to make any new or extended Looney Tunes short films featuring Lola bunny, pussyfoot, Melissa duck and petunia pig they keep misplacing all those solutions just for drag gags, and I’m sick of misfits, not thinking clearly.

[@ominimonzwartalterb5526]

Loved the little guy, and was kinda shocked when j was younger when i mentioned it, and immediately got weird looks from my friends as they told me that he was widely hated

[@XOFInfantryman]

Scrappy Doo...was a hero... I-...We just couldn't see it in our time

[@brandonlyon730]

Well I say he’s a hero again, he just killed off the most hateable character in history in his latest incarnation.

[@infinitylemon345]

He’s a true savior

[@kaicraft275]

You know what he deserves to come back into Scooby-Doo. For doing that and I never had a problem scrappy.

[@TrueSolunar]

Sadly, she’ll probably be back next season…

[@metazoxan2]

Shame it won't last unless they cancel the show ... actually wouldn't that be amazing? Mindy forced her bullshit show to get 2 seasons and it ends with her death before getting canned? Please let this happen! let it just end with her dead!

[@punbug4721]

@@TrueSolunar How tf are we still talking about new seasons for that shitshow? Should've never gotten a first season, let alone more than that

[@thatrandomredengine9430]

Scrappy is fucking goated now. Bro got to kill Velma 😂

[@brandonlyon730]

I think you mean Mindy’s self-insert.

[@Julayla]

Honestly I’d rather have Scrappy back than have Velma get a new season at this point. It’s not only the lesser of two evils but Scrappy does deserve a break

[@zeokingsilver]

me too that season is crap

[@Attmay]

*Velma* is karma for Scrappy and for the declining quality of H-B’s output after they left Screen Gems for Taft Broadcasting. That’s why it’s no coincidence that karma is an Indian concept.

[@FreighttrainDaniel1225]

I promise that scrappy did more justice to Scooby than Mindy

[@kaycee7738]

Why not both? Oh wait, because it already happened in the new Velma season

[@tayahoneybearreaction]

Well said because ain’t no way I want to hear Velma talk because she does not make any sense in the show

[@ivorytoast9171]

Scrappy is the Nickelback of cartoons, hating him is a meme.

[@joheywheller]

it stopped being funny.

[@SuperSonicWarrior93]

Kinda like in Dragon Ball Z, how Yamcha is constantly treated like the butt of all jokes.

[@Victor-056]

@@joheywheller Indeed. Nickleback has good songs, and people tend to overblow the whole "Nickleback is all edgy and terrible songs", nevermind the more heartfelt songs Nickleback has sung. The same applies to Scrappy Doo. He had his good traits, and all he needed was a good way to show he can grow and adapt... but he was never given that chance thanks to certain people like James Gunn basically sabotaging Scrappy's outlook to the general fanbase.

[@codycartwright6998]

@@joheywheller It *stopped* being funny? When was it ever funny to begin with?

[@edge1247]

Perhaps we had judged him too harshly. He truly was a hero. 😢

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

I never judge him to be annoying and weird he was always been my favorite. The only ones who are the worst are the people outside of Warner Bros. who can’t think or feel things differently because they were always been selfish and cruel and ignorant all they care about just the original ways instead of a much fresher, silver lining.

[@coreyanderson7252]

He was a hero, I just couldn’t see it

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

@@coreyanderson7252 always will be there are no bad fan favorites characters only bad audiences and bad critics who don’t feel things differently.

[@leeburgers5718]

I loved Scrappy as a kid! Never understood the hate 😢❤️‍🩹

[@davidcampbell7109]

This is literally the same thing as sonic 06 fans beating a dead horse we get it you guys hate him but not all of us hate him stop beating a dead horse move on and if you don’t like them change them change them like I don’t get it stop beating a dead horse it happened literally in the 1970s it’s 2023 several years have passed move on Scooby Doo fans move on besides you hate that annoying kid from 13 ghost everybody hate him more than scrappy Doo. They brought him back and you guys didn’t throw a fit so here’s an idea how about you bring scrappy Doo back for one movie or even an episode just please move on

[@Attmay]

They would never have brought him in in the first place if his uncle wasn’t such a dip shit like his name suggests.

[@jessicahaigh2141]

@@davidcampbell7109scrappy is a good puppy

[@lamarmartin9401]

Same here

[@jessicahaigh2141]

@@lamarmartin9401 I like scrappy he’s the best pup ever then chase from paw patrol and odie from the Garfield show

[@ETBX1]

What a lot of people are missing is that Fred and the girls had ALREADY fallen to the background by the time Scrappy was added. Especially in that last season before him. It was more about Shaggy and Scooby and the chase, while Fred and the girls remained largely separate (and found the clues by themselves) most of the time. So Scrappy was the logical direction as their new "straight man" partner.

[@pokemonlover4208]

Why is KZbin showing me this after he killed the most hated version of Velma to ever be created?

[@tirzahroseroot]

Same 😂

[@xaviergonzalez44]

To tell you he has redeemed himself

[@thegrandxbunny2073]

@@xaviergonzalez44 He truly saved us.

[@manuellim6284]

Scrappy was made the villain of the movie because writer James Gunn (along with a majority of Scooby-Doo fans) loathed the character, though he apologized when it turns out that Scrappy had some fans who weren't pleased with the portrayal of him in the movie.

[@YurinanAcquiline]

I will never forgive him.

[@sunsetlover123-y7c]

I personally think it's a hilarious and clever choice. It shines on the reckless hate Scrappy receives on the regular lmao

[@EmeralBookwise]

I think that's more of a generational thing. Maybe most fans who grew up on classic Scooby Doo hated him, or more so hated the format change and blamed it on Scrappy. Then there's those of us in the second generation fandom, who never knew a time before Scrappy and for whom he was every bit as much a mainstay as Scooby. Finaly, there are the third generation and beyond fans, who either grew up with the slander that was the Cartoon Network bumpers or were born into the legacy of hate which followed.

[@timthemoviemanmeyers1380]

Yeah, he realized kids love and relate to the kid character so he felt bad because kids were sad about it

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

I love Gunn but that will always be a big L as it added fuel to the flame at a time where there was really no reason to do so. Not to mentioned it totally assinated the charachter ontop of it, and it's that version that the general audience is most familiar with not the energetic pup who would never dream of hurting Scooby. At least now more people are finally starting to understand the power hungry maniac version is not the actual charachter.

[@LinkNinjaMaster]

I have never hated Scrappy. Granted, I am not old enough to have watched the "seasons" he was a part of, but I did catch a few re-runs growing up and enjoyed the episodes well enough. I remember his catch-phrase being repeated by some adults in my family here in Mexico and vaguely remember it turning into a kind-of meme in general as well, but I'm not really sure. Anyway, I definitely think Scrappy has been overhated and while I understand why some fans grew to hate him, I feel he deserves a second chance.

[@zeokingsilver]

did not mnd him either

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

Me neither he was always been my favorite and all I ever wanted from Warner Bros just to give him more screen times along with everyone else who deserves justice. Including.. Make a new series featuring scrappy. Do more Superman movies & shows featuring him and sidekicks and enemies. Make Tom feel like the main protagonist where he can finally get even with Jerry(who is the worst )while he stands up to his previous abusers. Do new looney tunes shorts films in theaters featuring Lola bunny who needs at least 20 of them to appear on screen alongside with bugs, pussyfoot, granny, Melissa, petunia and hazel as her main closest costars to exist.

[@LinkNinjaMaster]

And of course Scrappy was the villain of the Velma animated series...

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

@@LinkNinjaMaster they only made him a villain because they only see things worse in their own eyes. while our eyes are just about honor and sharing.

[@drrohanjacob]

​@@LinkNinjaMasterNo he was the hero. He got rid of velma. All of us owe him

[@denysvision]

he is the savior that we didn't deserved

[@LikaLaruku]

Gonna be completely honest.... When I was a kid in the 80s, I thought Shaggy & Scooby were the annoying ones. Useless cowards. Everyone has changed personalities from their 70s & 80s days, Scrappy can change too. & bring back Vincent & Flimflam too.

[@ladyaceina]

ive honestly grown to hate one joke shaggy and single gag scooby do to the fact they have not changed at all while the other characters have changed over the decades

[@jessicahaigh2141]

@@ladyaceina I love scrappy

[@cosmicspacething3474]

They did bring back Vincent at least

[@sarahsims6164]

@@cosmicspacething3474 and Flim-Flam, so there's no reason why they can't bring Scrappy back as well.

[@Attmay]

That’s why I like *Velma* and only that iteration of these poorly written one-dimensional cutouts.

[@williambragg6171]

He redeemed himself, hes a true hero to all of us.

[@jedbigboi2380]

Well he’s definitely a hero now

[@Lightpaladin720]

Now say that without mentioning that show

[@emantelololololol9199]

@@Lightpaladin720 Scrappy Doo is a hero.

[@Lightpaladin720]

@@emantelololololol9199 Nope. you're only saying that because of the god awful show

[@Superlad9494]

​@@Lightpaladin720 here's a longtime fan of Scooby here. In 1979 Scrappy was the one who kept the show from being "Scooby-Dooby-Done!" 1983 he helped make Daphne an actual character, before that she was just a prop. In 1985 he got his own Shaggy with Flim Flam...however Flim Flam also can operate as the Velma of the group when needed...just his specialty is magic not science...and Velma would like to forget adventures about magic...even with her last cat pun on some island.

[@emantelololololol9199]

@@Lightpaladin720 Nope, I am only saying that because of Scobby Apoaclypse. And because you said say that without mentioning the show.

[@Frutiger_Ar00w]

After Velma season 2 i think we all know the answer

[@genreproductions2706]

He’s the _internet’s_ saviour now.

[@bexniccals3686]

I Love Scrappy Doo And His Confidence

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

I'd have loved to seen him get the 'Itchy and Scratchy' treatment

[@LikaLaruku]

Haters shouldn't win. Bring Scrappy back. A talented writer should be able to modernize him & balance him out. We don't have the kind of executive meddling we had back then... The kind that absolutely ruined Janine from Real Ghost Busters.

[@teddyj9482]

It seems to me that a large percentage of the haters are in the scooby doo staff, so if we want to restore Scappy’s reputation there needs to be a shake up in that area. As for executive meddling, it’s just as bad (if not worse) as it has ever been. If I remember correctly, the WB executive in charge of Scooby-doo (at least during most of the 2010s if not current) has a very “no real monsters in Scooby-doo” kind of mentality and it shows in a lot of the animated films that has been made recently: All fake monsters with a little ambiguity here and there for the fans wanting more supernatural stuff. This includes return to Zombie Island (which was promised to be made for the fans who wanted a return to those types of 90s animated films) and Curse of the 13th Ghost (claimed to be made for the fans who wanted a conclusion for the 13 ghosts).

[@Burn_Angel]

You don't need a talented writer to redeem Scrappy. You just need a much shittier show.

[@mustachetwirler7617]

Scrappy-Doo is having his lucky break these days, as a true hero in the fandom, because of that recent Velma series.

[@cartooncatlover5121]

He's our savior now. He killed Velma. ❤

[@davepyl]

then how is she getting a second season?

[@bigf00tgaming37]

@@davepyl He kills her in the second season. Although they might pull some stupid bullshit to bring back Mindy Velma.

[@drrohanjacob]

​@@davepylHe heroically did all he could for us. U owe him an unconditional apology

[@davepyl]

@@drrohanjacob FOr asking a question? MOre directed at the poster than the character?

[@drrohanjacob]

@@davepyl One velma isn't getting a second second. Just a Halloween special that was part of the contract. And scrappy did all he could we owe him forever

[@maximusprime3459]

I'll always like Scrappy. He premiered a year after I was born, so I grew up during his era. Honestly, it seemed nobody really had a serious problem with him till the late 1990s some time.

[@catsareevil101]

The meter is pointing at "savior" since he killed Velma.

[@leblanc3536]

He gave his life making sure Velma died Not the hero we deserve, but the one we need

[@therealhardrock]

When they brought back Daphne, the show seemed to get better again, only Daphne wasn't Daphne. She was Fred and Velma fused into a Daphne suit. Whenever Fred did that "let's split up gang" thing, Velma went with Shaggy and Scooby to basically be the straight woman to the two goofballs, and Daphne inherited that trait, as well as Fred's trait of being the de-facto leader of the gang. There was a 1984 Christmas episode which Fred made a guest appearance but Daphne was still cemented in her new role. Overall, this took focus away from Scrappy, and made the series more familiar, with Scrappy simply being the comedic opposite of his uncle's cowardice instead of a show stealer.

[@troybrandon5918]

Scrappy got thrown under the bus, I personally love the puppy power he exudes lol

[@Dhampir101980]

Scrappy’s biggest misstep was completely taking over the show and causing Fred, Velma and Daphne to be written out at the time. That’s always going to garner hate for his character. It’s kinda like the Steve Uriel effect: A character comes into a series, becomes the main focus, makes the series more,popular,but also changes the overall tone of the series to fit the breakout character

[@cosmicspacething3474]

Exactly this

[@Attmay]

He is more like Sam from *Diff’rent Strokes,* a character brought onto an aging show who was supposed to reverse its declining ratings, but only expedited the decline. The final season of that show was one of the most depressing individual seasons of pre-Simpsons TV I can recall.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Ironically, he found his redemption in writing out a different Velma! 😂

[@rebeccagregg1850]

I loved scrappy so much as a kid. My first dog was named after him!

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

But you didn't name your dog scrappy after him. You named him that because he crappied everywhere! 🐕'woof'💩💩💩

[@rebeccagregg1850]

@@Thenogomogo-zo3un 😂😂

[@whoisyouranime]

I like Scrappy, despite the hate he got over the years. But I think the Scooby Doo creators could give him a chance to redeem his character. Maybe the original Scooby Gang can bump into him with Deputy Dusty and Yabba-Doo at Tumbleweed County. There, they can solve a mystery together and they help each other out. One thing that's interesting was that they replaced Fred, Velma and Daphne for Scrappy, right? And they took pieces of their character and put it into Scrappy, correct? Well, why not put an emotional moment how Scrappy also looked up to Fred, Velma and Daphne and how ever since he came to Tumbleweed County and had to use Fred's leadership qualities, Velma's smarts and Daphne's Whatever to help Dusty and Yabba and how it made him a better person, friend and partner. And after they reveal the culprit, the Scooby gang asked him if he wants to join them. But Scrappy decides to stay Dusty and Yabba-Doo because they need him in Tumbleweed County and he's happy there. It will be just great to give him a chance to redeem his character.

[@Superlad9494]

Daphne's resourcefulness...that woman must have asked her Uncle Alfie about meeting up with Flamebird who started her career out as the original Batgirl, and as a thanks for designing a new outfit...Daphne got Bette's purse which has "Schröedinger's Bat" in it just handing her plot device and "all access pass to fill in for Oracle when needed." Scrappy could especially be known to look up to Daphne since of the more serious three, she's been around him the longest.

[@whoisyouranime]

@@Superlad9494 Daphne's resourcefulness. That's definitely the right word I was looking for. Thanks.

[@Superlad9494]

@@whoisyouranime np, you would be surprised at how many people forget this. Bat-plot purse Martial Artist Molly of All Trades Team Bankroll Sense of Adventure that usually winds up biting Fred in the backside by not Daphne-proofing the traps or mystery machines...I mean how can someone so resourceful be so clumsy sometimes!

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

As a child, I thought having Scrappy as a natural counterpart to Scooby was the best addition the Scooby-Doo franchise got to its formula in its early years. There is obvious natural humor and dramatic chemistry between a young fearless (at times recklessly so) child and his older, wiser (discretion is the better part of valor), more scaredy-cat uncle. Scrappy does partially undermine the pseudo-scary elements of the Scooby-Doo show since he shows no fear, but I've always been bewildered by the sheer venom and hatred he's gotten in more recent years. And irony of ironies, he's gotten some new-found respect by being displaced by and eliminating the new worst character to be associated with the Scooby-Doo franchise, Mindy Kaling's Velma.

[@carterh914]

I was introduced to Scrappy in the 3 animated movies he appeared in from the 80s. Never had a problem with him at all. So knowing about the hatred for the character over the years I'm still confused about it till this day. It has never made sense to me at all.

[@ashesandposies]

I remember watching him as a kid on boomerang, he would annoy me a bit lol but when the live action movie came out I felt bad he was made the bad guy

[@robertthreadgill5356]

I really hated how in the first live action Scooby-Doo movie, the writers had the gang throw Scrappy-Doo out in the middle of no where. The gang were his friends, and Scooby-Doo was his uncle for heaven's sake. And the puppy was especially close with Daphne by the time Fred & Velma were written out of the show.

[@matthewsimmons9277]

Ruby doo would be livid restraing orders would be issued. it would have made more sense if she was the twist villain of the live action cgi hybrid movie from the early 2000s.

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

Exactly and everytime they make this stupid joke it just makes the rest of the gang look like jackasses. Either actually do something with him or don't bring him up.

[@twenty-eightrock]

Kind of makes you wonder who the real villain is.

[@user-p421]

Hey, fans, why not to start a movement to make Scrappy more positive character?

[@drrohanjacob]

I loved scrappy and any one who said otherwise owe him an unconditional apology after he heroic laid down his life for us all.

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

yes

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

'positive'? like sticking him on an electric chair or something?

[@herusolares5320]

As someone who helped spread Darth Jar Jar awareness, I completely agree!

[@Burn_Angel]

No need. Everyone loves him now after his redemption arc.

[@elmaquiavelico5709]

he was a hero all along

[@stevenedwards8353]

After the ending of Velma, Scrappy deserves another honest-to-god outing. No, not another mockery using tired jokes from the 2002 live-action movie, something more akin to when he originally came on the show in 1979 and saved the show!

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

Might wanna make a follow-up video titled From Villain back to Savior, considering what Scrappy did in Velma Season 2

[@alexayala3405]

Nah still a shitty character, although not the worst now

[@migueldiaz2050]

Bring Scrappy Doo Back!!! 🥺🥺✊✊

[@chickypooh73]

I loved scrappy as a kid

[@rhys171]

I miss him and want to see him come back in a positive way not a negative way

[@anthonyoliver418]

Knowing Scrappy reflected his creator Joe Barbara through his origins, makes it kind of sad how drag his name through the mud, hopefully Velma will be the death of the annoying Scooby trends by being bad, and finally set scrappy free from the non stop slander

[@Starsteam1]

I like this character, he's part of my childhood. He should be in a new Scooby Do film with great writing.

[@GrayFoxRJ]

Same situation with Jar Jar Binks. A silly funny character, and not harmdul. Then comes the fanbase and oushes a hatenarrative so everybody (or the right people buy it) the sad part in this is how people in power (CN and the movie writer) adhered to that.

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

I don't have a problem with Scrappy. Writers get paid to rehab bad characters. Its about time he made a comeback.

[@timiojeaga4083]

Being a massive fan of scrappy doo I've always hated how they made him a villain in the movie and it makes me upset how they hate on scrappy honestly he needs a well deserved comeback in both cartoon and live action

[@mick3405]

Thank you for making this! I honestly never understood the hate towards Scrappy and never minded him. 2 of my earliest Scooby Doo properties I watched was the Reluctant Werewolf and the 13 Ghosts of Scooby, so I actually have fond memories of the pup and kind of miss him. I personally think he does not deserve the hate, and while you are totally within your rights to not like a character, there is no need to drag them through the mud like they have with Scrappy. I hope that one day Scrappy Doo can get the love he deserves, but for now, I will just be here happily rewatching the 13 Ghosts until that day comes.

[@toonraider123]

Thank you for the comment! 😊 🙏

[@zaffronthebountyhunter4196]

He deserves some slack he saved the franchise after all and I loved him.

[@Cocoa3596]

I always liked Scrappy so finding out that he is actually being thrown away and made a villian was so sad like bruh all that hate was kind of unfair

[@storytimewiththecrimsondm1318]

I never hated scrappy and never understood the hate for him.

[@janchrtan8639]

Everyone after watching Velma: perhaps I treated you too harshly

[@mikefoxoftnp8175]

Yeah the hate for the guy is proably over top. The character could use a revamp.Where a rebooted version is more brave then scooby but also has to learn the lesson.Because there still too young them throwing themselves into a fight puts the others at risk.which hope fully lets them chill and think with there head not there fists. I mean while in turn also giving scooby more incentive to be brave around scappy for his sake and keep him from feeling he has to step up.

[@MrJoshinJosh]

Well…………….if it wasn’t for Scrappy Doo, I’m not so sure if Hanna Barbera would even exist anymore. Sure you still got The Flintstones, but I don’t think that that it’ll be enough. Sadly, it’s also possible that the rest of the kids and celebrities would be paying way more attention to Mickey Mouse more often🤧

[@levigrey2309]

From savior to villain to savior again. Thank you Scrappy. You weren't the hero we asked for, but you were the hero we needed.

[@TheFManInk]

And I will not stop until he is back on the show

[@chrisbarone515]

Should we give Scrappy-Doo another chance?

[@milesstorzillo7650]

After what just happened in the ending to Season 2 of Velma? Definitely.

[@davidjordan5394]

I can’t believe the Scooby Doo, Detective agency failed scrappy all because of a stupid tinkle accident. He was a pup he couldn’t hold it. I bet his mom Ruby doo Heard about this, and bailed him out of jail and now he’s living with his mother in shame. If they had an abandoned him, he would’ve been a villain in the first place, and pretending he didn’t exist, especially with the 13 ghosts that was just not cool.

[@maxordman4100]

Thank you for making this video and sharing your thoughts. He truly is fantastic at times and I always appreciated those old commercials that called Scrappy doo cartoon royalty! To say that he was always great would be totally untrue, he has lots of Rougher moments but he comes to shine quite often! Definitely wouldn’t mind seeing a brand new take on Scrappy! Thanks for the info!

[@toonraider123]

Thank you for the comment 🙏

[@greek1237]

I loved Scrappy, and yes at the time Scooby Doo was trash in the rankings. the format was stale and old by that point. In comes Scrappy who help boost ratings and pretty much saved Scooby from getting cancel. He needs more loved.

[@featherguardian6023]

He was always Underrated to me but he’s now the Hero we need though we needed him nowadays and a Great Antagonist but a Tragic Hero in the End.

[@NanagoBlake]

Scrappy is a sweetheart.. Bless him

[@tonyhormiga5242]

I just found out today that people hated scrappy. I had no clue since I always liked him and assumed everyone else did too.

[@cj-ace]

I never hated scrappy doo. Found him funny and was actually surprised to see him as the villian in the first live action.

[@laliaduke8351]

This video brought back so many memories! Love it😍😍

[@toonraider123]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching 😊

[@cosmicspacething3474]

Honestly I feel like if they do bring Scrappy back they should play into the hate, and have Scrappy annoy basically everyone by trying to always hog the spotlight, and do everything important in order to cope with some abandonment issues, and the unrealistically high standards he puts on Scooby, and himself. Then he’ll go on an arc where he realizes he doesn’t to be the hero all the time. That could “Rescue him from the scrappy heap” as tv tropes calls it.

[@mylesreiss3612]

I barely saw Mystery Incorporated, so my judgement is definitely biased from the original take. However, this is how I would describe professor Pericles, based on my observations: Is a pint-sized powerhouse (he knocked down Mr E with a 360-degree feather-flip) Has a knack for spitting catchphrases or bits of sentences (though in German) Went from being a mascot with impressive smarts to becoming a IQ-level genius and chessmaster (leader?), to the point where Brad, Judy and Mr. E don't really have any involvement once they reunite (one might say he has REPLACED them instead of being an addition) Dies by engaging in a confrontation with an enemy (the Evil Entity) who was infinitely more powerful than him. He really thought he would survive the fusion. One might say he overestimated his capabilities. ... ... ... Remind you of someone? There is a lot of micro and meta similarities between Pericles and Scrappy (though perhaps that's just my head-canon). I still feel that Pericles is NOT Scooby's counterpart. He's actually Scrappy's counterpart. I still think that Scrappy acting as a rival and even as a foil to Pericles would have worked surprisingly well in Mystery Incorporated.

[@Warlord-dc5un]

Bro helped the show keep going but got thrown in the mud... Bro got cancelled for nothing, free my boy he even went out his way to kill the worst Scooby doo character in Mindy Velma. Bro is a hero even if everyone hates him

[@magheed_gaming]

This is one of the reasons why I never truly liked James Gunn. I knew about his contribution to the hate on Scrappy before he did the Guardians films. Gunn saw Scrappy as a corporate entity used for raising ratings. Instead of finding a positive solution, he took the negative route. You know why James Gunn won't save the DC part of Warner Brothers? for the same reasons why his Scobby Doo film failed and the hate on Scrappy was divided among fans. A good example of this would be the intelligence drop of Fred in the 2010's series. Someone thought it was a good idea to make Fred dumb, unlike his counter self in the 60's series who was intelligent, had traps that worked 95% of the time, and knew how to lead the gang. People in the entertainment industry should be held accountable for their foolish decisions, if they are not, then they should be reminded of their failures whenever they make negative decisions they think are justified.

[@toonraider123]

Great insights, thanks for sharing 🙏

[@bloodysimile4893]

Scrappy Doo: Perhaps I don't want to be the villain anymore.

[@nexuseagles6279]

He's a hero now for killing the worst thing to ever grace tv..... Velma.

[@pokemonboy86]

In my mind scrappy doo, I feel sorry for him, because he is a kid and people should give him a second chance to mature him as a younger teenager from his villain role to hero role with love, respectful and kindness character in Scooby Doo universe.

[@timthemoviemanmeyers1380]

I loved Scrappy as a kid because he was relatable. He was a kid and so was I. He was full of energy and so was I. And it made sense he idolized his uncle since he'd probably been told how Scooby caught all those bad guys by his mom. I also liked how in later shows he was more serious and had a sharp wit and dry sense of humor. I still love the character and think they could bring him back in a cool & interesting way if people who loved him worked on it. I don't get all the hate, especially since without him Scooby may have died out in the 70s. People pick on a kid without a dad who loves his uncle is weird. Hopefully they'll bring Scrappy back in a good way at some point. Kids love him, I know mine do.

[@cStatE95]

I notice franchises tend to make a hated series that makes the former hated thing become beloved. In here its scrappy to Mindy, starwars with prequels to the sequels, terminator 3 and salvation to the last 2 movies

[@sapphirestar3978]

I think the reason scrappy was so disliked was with his arrival not only did he slowly take up more of the spot light with his antics but 3 out of 5 of the most important loved characters in the entire fandom, Daphne, velma and fred were slowly pushed to the side. The fans were most likely outraged at this and blamed it on scrappy’s arrival. Scrappy was and is an underrated character. If he was introduced better, i doubt he would of gotten as much hate as he did.

[@jackjoedoug]

Very interesting and well delivered as always.

[@toonraider123]

Appreciate it, thanks for watching 🙏

[@anon5263]

Scrappy Doo actually increased ratings for the dying Scooby show. I thought it was cynical and gross that they made him the villain in the movie.

[@Attmay]

That didn’t come from me. I preferred the Smurfs. Either way, it made no difference what me or my family watched because the Nielsen company did not care and did not count us as part of the overall ratings of any shows we watched.

[@hayleyyeager8008]

Yeah that was not the same Scrappy! The old scrappy was more caring to his uncle and friends even when he gets over his head sometimes about fighting monsters and ghosts! He would never want to become leader and pee on poor Daphne. I personally enjoy him better than the whole Velma series and I hate that the movie was his official downfall.

[@ominimonzwartalterb5526]

​@@hayleyyeager8008i feel like part of his downfall is they might have ended upbringing on people into the creative team who hated scrappy doo, end result being they did as much as possible to destroy the good memories of scrappy doo and replace it with thw version that was in the movie, a loud mouthed brat of a pup, instead of scooby's kind and brave, if stupidly brave, nephew

[@hayleyyeager8008]

@@ominimonzwartalterb5526 And now the franchise hated him ever since

[@ominimonzwartalterb5526]

@@hayleyyeager8008 well, until people have give more thought to it recently

[@SuperSonicWarrior93]

Honestly, I’m quite sick of Scrappy being treated like the scum of the earth. Warner Bros needs to redeem this character. Retcon all the installments that made him look bad, and give us a better reason for his absence.

[@MichaelSar12IsBack]

The constant jabs at Scrappy just remind me of how much damage the live action movie did to the franchise.

[@Philip-rs2vz]

He killed Velma so he is a hero again

[@KaosNova2]

He killed a bastardization of Velma. So even better

[@user-zs9ux1ru8u]

THIS AGED WELL

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

He’s a hero now… the internet finally loved him. He did a great sevice

[@XX-sp3tt]

He was our hero.

[@PeterGriffin11]

I’d love to see Scrappy comeback as a good guy again even if it’s just as a reoccurring character.

[@cadis4257]

I mostly remember him from movies like Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School. I liked his character and its a shame hes been reduced to a hate sink.

[@that1latinodude20]

The Velma staff was really hoping decades of pop culture's hatred of scrappy would overpower everyone's hatred of Velma... how wrong they were 💀💀💀

[@isauldron4337]

Honestly scrappy doo seems to have gotten a vocal minority more than anything

[@yoshidinosaur3070]

I don't think Scrappy deserves the hate he gets. I'll admit I wasn't fond of him at first, however like you said if Scrappy didn't come into the show, Scooby-Doo might not have been here today. Scrappy's a hero, always has and always will be in my eyes! #JusticeforScrappy

[@gyorkshire257]

I remember watching TV as a 4 yo in the 80's, I can still see the seventies style paisley carpet and the fireplace we had in the front room of the old house, made out of limestone. I was excited when the announcer said "And now, another mystery for Scooby Doo!" The credits started and I clearly remember my heart dropping, "oh no'," I thought, "it's a Scrappy one." That's why Scrappy gets hate.

[@Xenolord]

Scrappy is the quintessential definition of the age-old adage 'You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.'

[@mikelightley5275]

Sorry to say that I'm too old to have watched Scooby or Scrappy. Having said that, this video gave me a good idea of what seemed to be going on. The Character seems to have been placed too much in the centre of events too quickly. Having "saved the show" he could have been relegated to the back row, being brought forward occasionally to boost flagging ratings again. Unfortunately, that didn't happen and he took over and seems to have eventually controlled the show - leading to a lot of hatred towards himself - resulting in his good work of saving the show being largely forgotten. Having said that - one has to ask why the scriptwriters took him from the pup in the beginning to the evil figure he later became. As usual, an interesting video, hall-marked by a well-researched script. Please keep 'em coming.

[@zeokingsilver]

yep got to ahead of themselves and tried to much to fast.

[@phantomzone2725]

I feel like he was like The Great Gazoo on The Flintstones: both were attempts to renew a formula considered stagnated (though I never got tired of the Scooby-Doo basic formula, unlike The Flintstones and their rock-related gags), but while at first both saved their respective shows, they also were never popular among the fans because their recurring presences changed the direction of what worked originally

[@NickWuebker]

Scrappy would probably be remembered in a better light if wasn’t for the radical shift between seasons 1 and 2 of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo. Scrappy was actually a pretty good character in the 1st season, in the 2nd season and beyond of the show, things went off the rails. Scrappy actually returned to his prior form as a character in the New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, 13 Ghosts and the 3 made for TV movies in the 80s.

[@animeknight8958]

The great Scrappy Doo has emerge! He's a hero again!

[@PrimalElf]

This is the first time I've heard about it and I really don't understand what the hate is for. I've always liked Scrappy, and even though he played a terrible role in the 2002 live-action movie, he's still one of my favorite characters in the Scooby-Doo series.

[@powerbalancevathelastkitsu2504]

Scrappy Doo, Jar Jar Binks, Zilla, and Starlight Glimmer are part of the over hated club

[@MysteriousTomJenkins]

Zilla was hated because he was suppose to be Godzilla but was pretty weak and lame and could be easily killed by humans (the original Godzilla film needed a nuke level weapon to kill him). Zilla on its own probably would have worked but it was suppose to be Godzilla and failed to live up to the reasonable expectation. Ironically, their child, Zilla Jr redeemed them because Zilla Jr was larger, had cool powers and abilities and actually fought dangerous giant monsters. The main issue with Zilla is it was suppose to be a specific character, and wasn't anywhere close to it. It'd be like having a new version of Superman who nearly dies from a regular bullet...Superman is known for being bullet proof so that would be stupid. Unlike Scrappy who is overhated because of poor writing, decisions and becoming a meme, Zilla is hated because it wasn't what people reasonably expected. It was the first Godzilla movie for America, people watched the Japanese Godzillas, seeing him fight giant monsters and being a walking force of nature humanity couldn't hope to stop and just hope that he stays on their side...and the first American film made him a giant dinosaur who runs away and gets killed by the US military. There is also the fact that the people involved with the movie actively thought Godzilla was stupid. There were actually plans for this Godzilla to fight another giant monster but the director was like "Who'd want to see two giant monsters fight?" which is weird when that is what the Godzilla franchise usually is. Scrappy and Jar Jar I absolutely agree with (didn't know Starlight was hated, thought she was liked) but Zilla deserves the hatred because Zilla is false advertising. Zilla however should be forgotten in favor of Zilla Jr who actually is a cool, awesome kaiju that lives up to what people expected the movie to be.

[@SwivelAxl]

@@MysteriousTomJenkinsZilla deserves to be hated, Godzilla 98 deserves a second chance, and Godzilla 98 Jr, is peak 1998 goji.

[@Fragesed]

I really didn’t know Scrappy had so much hate, I always loved the little guy! Kinda pissed the Gang never got to see more bits with him and the whole gang

[@jsthereforfun1648]

I am watching this video in bus queue and the person in front of me is wearing Scooby doo shirt 😂😂😂

[@gaiusmiller180]

13:32 For Scrappy Doo he deserves a little slack a huge break from his haters he doesn't deserve!