Voice Evolution of FRED JONES (SCOOBY-DOO) - 51 Years Compared & Explained | CARTOON EVOLUTION

CARTOON EVOLUTION #5.5
Created as a companion video to my series of CARTOON EVOLUTION videos (specifically the one focusing on Hanna-Barbera's classic TV series, 'Evolution of SCOOBY-DOO & MYSTERY INCORPORATED Over 50 Years (1969-2019) Explained'), I take a look at the vocal evolution of Fred Jones as I compare his official voice actors and live-action portrayals over time, including the likes of Frank Welker, Freddie Prinze Jr, Zac Efron, Carl Steven, Jim Wise, Robbie Amell and Pierce Gagnon.
Here's my look at Scooby-Doo & Mystery Inc's Fred Jones' Voice Through the Years!
Scooby-Doo Series and Movies discussed and featured:
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies
• The Scooby-Doo Show / Scooby-Doo DynoMutt Hour / Scooby’s All Star Laff-a-Lympics / Scooby’s All Stars
• Scooby Goes Hollywood
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
• The New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show / Mysteries
• The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
• Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10: Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers / Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School / Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Warewolf
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
• Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights
• Night of the Living Doo
• Those Meddling Kids
• Scooby-Doo Live Action Movies: Scooby-Doo / Monsters Unleashed / The Mystery Begins / Curse of the Lake Monster
• What’s New Scooby-Doo
• Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue
• Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated
• Be Cool, Scooby-Doo
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who
• Straight to home video - home media - DVD movies: Zombie Island / The Witches Ghost / Alien Invaders / Cyber Chase / Legend of the Vampire / The Monster of Mexico / Loch Ness Monster / Aloha! / Where’s My Mummy? / Pirates Ahoy! / Chill Out / The Goblin King / The Samurai Sword / Abracadabra-Doo / Camp Scare / Legend of the Phantosaur / Music of the Vampire / Big Top / Mask of the Blue Falcon / The Mystery Map / Stage Fright / WrestleMania Mystery / Frankencreepy / Monster Madness / Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery / Haunted Hollywood / Curse of the Speed Demon / Shaggy’s Showdown / Blowout Beach Bash / Batman: The Brave and the Bold / Bobby Flay: The Gourmet Ghost / Curse of the 13th Ghost / Return to Zombie Island / King Arthur’s Court
• Scoob!
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[@jccw227]

I remember periodically showing Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated to friends and the exact same conversation would always ensue: *Friend:* That guy doing Fred's voice does a really good job. Sounds just like him. *Me:* That's the same guy. *Friend:* He's still alive?!

[@calebkuti7897]

IKR I hope the virus won’t ruin his life

[@jccw227]

@@calebkuti7897 From what I've heard, Frank Welker is a fairly private individual. I would imagine he's taking social distancing very seriously.

[@calebkuti7897]

Sounds like a good thing to hear. Adapting to our harsh present so that our well deserved and brighter future can finally come to us

[@t.funkthecoolmunk5472]

I mean the guy was only 25 when he started voicing Fred. He’s 11 years younger than Casey Kasem

[@Mitchell_Kirkbride69]

Freddie Prinz JR does a great live action Fred the other one in mystery begins and lake monster was good but he wasn't blonde

[@92JazzQueen]

We can all say it universally that Frank Welker is the best voice actor for Fred and has still got it after all these years.

[@mechajay3358]

Frank's voice of Fred has really remain consistency over the years.

[@arthure.andrews8978]

frank welker really nailed it in the old scooby doo cartoons pure genius...love by listening to his voice on the way he speak

[@omanimoves6312]

Fred Jones has been voiced and played by Frank Welker (1969-present), Keith Scott (1981 Pauls commercial), Carl Steven (A Pup Named Scooby-Doo), Scott Innes (2000 Cartoon Network commercial, 2014 McDonalds commercial and Scooby-Doo! Playmobil Mini Mysteries), Freddie Prinze Junior (Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Operation Rich in Spirit, A Scooby Friday, Punctured Jugular and Mystery Not Incorporated), Ryan Vrba (Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed), Chris Cox (Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed: The Video Game), Robbie Amell (Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster), Jim Wise (Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire), Brett Dalton (Cheese Puff Mountain and Abandoned Places), Zac Efron (Scoob!) and Pierce Gagnon (Scoob!).

[@ZipplyZane]

A tip I've been meaning to leave: check the framerates of videos to make sure you're not getting the European PAL versions, which will have the voices sped up a bit (and thus higher pitched) than was intended--at least, in older works. If it's 25fps or 50fps, it's been sped up slightly. I'm pretty sure your source for the 1970-1975 clips was PAL. as I do not remember Fred's voice being higher (and whinier) then, and his voice goes back down in the 1976-1978 clips. And it sounds completely different than when he intentionally makes his voice higher to make him sound younger in 2006-2008.

[@weirdproq]

I also heard that Cartoon Network use to sometimes run the Scooby-doo Where are You episodes a little faster to fit in the commercials.

[@Marbles471]

@@weirdproq Yes, but they likely did so without the sound being pitched up.

[@domimburgia935]

Well gang looks like we have another mystery on our hands

[@elizabethramirezsierra3700]

Frank Welker and Jim Wise are my favorite voice actors

[@vivianaespinoza5281]

sometimes i always think of fred and daphne being togther like jay and gloria pritchett since the voice of daphne is young and the voice of fred is old

[@tariqshareef2877]

Frank Welker is a Highlander.

[@jacobstaggs3100]

The most interesting variation of the voice that Frank Welker did was in Happy Birthday Scooby Doo. Too bad it is not included here.

[@ericm.felton9386]

3:53 - 4:08 Fred: BANG! Mr Blinkly: (Monster Grow)

[@vivianaespinoza5281]

Watching Fred is like if jay Pritchett and Phil dunphy morph together like the old man actor is jay and Fred Jones is Phil dunphy

[@TaylorHuai]

Frank Welker is my favorite Fred Jones , from Scooby Doo.

[@lachlancalder5564]

Next Should Be Shaggy

[@boomsonichalo]

Cool

[@Darkfortune629]

Frank is a fantastic Fred, but give credit to Carl Steven playing young Freddy. I think that casting choice was perfect.

[@mechajay3358]

Yeah, RIP Steven.

[@calebkuti7897]

Fred would make a great source for dating advice.... SPLIT UP AND LOOK FOR CLUES XD

[@melissacooper4282]

Speaking of which, has anyone ever suspected Fred and Daphne's relationship? Why else in every cartoon Fred would always pair with Daphne when the gang splits up?

[@calebkuti7897]

I guess that’s why he always want the gang to split up so that he can be closer to her

[@mag1cg1rl_]

Caleb Kuti but Velma was with them too lol and no one suspected Velma and Shaggy was gonna be a couple 😂

[@StephenLuke]

Frank Welker is my favorite Fred.

[@mechasaurus]

And Scooby, Soundwave, and Megatron.

[@stephenholloway6893]

@@mechasaurus Eventhough Don Messick originally voice Scooby, I do enjoy his take on Scooby but Don was better overall.

[@stephenholloway6893]

@@nathanfuller8118 Frank did tried out for Shaggy back in 1969, but Scott Innes voiced him for Cyber Chase.

[@StephenLuke]

Fred also voiced Abu, Rajah, and the Cave of Wonders from Aladdin (1992) and Aladdin (2019). Not a fan of Zac Efron’s, Freddie Prinze Jr’s is okay, he voiced Kannan Jarrus from Star Wars Rebels.

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too.

[@justinperry2520]

It's amazing how Frank Welker has been voicing Fred Jones for 51 years it's crazy.

[@doctorawesomeness6922]

Frank Welker has been voicing Fred for 50 years and that's very impressive.

[@mrpb961]

Frank sounded a lot more natural during his early run as Fred, but in recent years his voice sounded a bit more cartoony. Not saying its a bad thing, just noticed. Still an iconic voice for Fred.

[@shadowdramon01]

It’s probably due to how the older shows took him more seriously while the new ones started to dumb him down to give him more of a personality.

[@aaronkasarion8144]

@@shadowdramon01 Who doesn't love Golden Retriever personality Fred?

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

Seriously, I wish they would've had him and Mathew Lillard doing the voices for Fred and Shaggy for Scoob. Hell, Mathew said he was bummed about not doing it again, and they had already gotten Frank to voice Scooby for the film, so it wouldn't have been that hard.

[@benjaminthemandmsgeneral5376]

hmmm good point there

[@NGScoob]

Grey Griffin was bummed out too.

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

Yeah, plus it would’ve saved money

[@jamiewilliamson9829]

When they revealed the cast initially for Christopher Robin, I felt the same. They had Jim Cummings voicing Pooh but had someone else voicing Tigger. I'm glad they later changed it by giving Tigger back to Jim. For a long time Jim has been the voice of Pooh and Tigger.

[@aertnadle2466]

@@NGScoob Wonder how Kate Micucci felt (dunno if she ever reacted to being replaced for SCOOB)?

[@EChacon]

It's been a while since you've done a voice evolution on the Scooby-Doo characters hope you do the rest of them. Lastly, Frank Welker as Fred is hands down the best voice of him.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Stay tuned

[@jordanhowell7798]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder Voice Evolution of Norville Rogers (aka Shaggy).

[@zbsx]

I'm sure he's been waiting for Scoob! to be released.

[@nickdorenkamp959]

You know it's kinda scary how Prinze Jr. And Amell nailed Fred's vocal mannerisms.

[@freddyrichards878]

The former sounded too deep to me

[@freddyrichards878]

Dude, even Mel Blanc and Clarence Nash would sound at least somewhat tired out by year 50! But here's Frank freakin Welker voicing a teenage jock for that long and STILL sounding good!

[@stephenholloway6893]

Though Frank was younger then Mel or Clarence when he began voicing Fred.

[@dankwaifu2093]

@@stephenholloway6893 That makes it even more impressive that his voice has stayed so consistent throughout the years.

[@Marbles471]

@@dankwaifu2093 In fact, the difference between the 1969 clips and the most recent stuff lies far more in the quality of the audio equipment than with Welker's actual voice.

[@darrenm.7980]

Welker's voice is so iconic since he's been voicing him for so long, the only way you can replace him is by someone doing an exact impression

[@Warriorcats64]

I mean that's what they said about Don Messick and Casey Kasem, for Shaggy and Scooby, then Scott Innes did a good job and Matthew Lillard came along.

[@nonameman7114]

⁠@@Warriorcats64Scott innes does a decent Fred impression as well

[@ketiamoment]

“Kids these days are into traps and solving mysteries”

[@davidwesley2525]

Kids these days are spending TOO Much Time on Their Smartphones. 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝

[@NunofYerbizness]

Frank Welker also portrayed Fred in most (if not all) his appearances in Family Guy, and in the crossover episode "Scoobynatural". These + Mike Myers' voice role as Marvin the Martian in "Yule Be Sorry", I kinda don't see why you'd exclude…

[@calebkuti7897]

Yeah but with Family Guy it’s a parody even if Frank was there.

[@CannonKnight]

Wow. Welker's voice was amazingly consistent in 50 years. Not once did he sound like someone in his 70s in the latest movies. Bugs Bunny sounded real old when Mel Blanc got old.

[@zacharyyamashita8554]

Same with Barney Rubble

[@chrisedwards3214]

@@zacharyyamashita8554 frank played barney

[@Marbles471]

Part of that was certainly due to age, but it probably didn't help that Blanc was in a severe, near-fatal car crash in 1961 that significantly altered his vocal delivery -- and overall health -- after that. It took a toll on him that got more noticeable in the years following the accident.

[@electricsoul8624]

Yeah Daffy sounded so old and hoarse in Quackbusters. No offense to Mel Blanc though.

[@austinnix4416]

Blanc was also a heavy smoker for most of his life. I seriously doubt Frank has EVER smoked a cigarette. :D

[@smashbros1978]

You know it’s crazy fucking awesome that he started voicing fred when he was just 22-23 years old and now he’s 74 years old and still voicing him and that’s what I called a true dedicated voice actor, a voice acting legend I should say 😎❤️❤️ honestly I admire that a lot :3 and btw awesome vid my friend😊

[@BojoJuniorOG]

Fun Fact: Frank Welker also voiced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the Epic Mickey series.

[@nathancook1404]

Frank Welker is one of the Best Voice Actors from Scooby Doo's Fred Jones to Transformer's Megatorn to Bigtime Beagle from Ducktales, to Ralph the Guard and Mr. Plotz and many other characters from Tiny Toons & Animaniacs and to many other characters that you could write a book on he is one of the Best in voice acting.

[@FireRising86]

And Ray in the Real Ghostbusters

[@TheMediaLover02]

I have admirable respect for Frank Welker for voicing this character continuously for the last 50+ years. That is an accomplishment in animation!

[@snakeeyes2551]

IMO Frank Welker is heart and soul of Scooby-Doo. I feel like if something happens to him, then that's the end for Scooby-Doo series. They could bring Scott Innes back to voice Scooby-Doo, but what about Fred.

[@TheMediaLover02]

​@@snakeeyes2551 I see Frank Welker for Fred the same way that I see Tom Kenny for Spongebob. They're both the heart of each respective series and we don't know what will happen if they pass away or suffer through health conditions.

[@snakeeyes2551]

@@TheMediaLover02 That's true all the way

[@conman1374]

*"LET'S SPLIT UP AND LOOK FOR CLUES"*

[@REaDComicsau]

Frank Welker, Freddie Prinze Jr and Zac Efron are all perfect Freds

[@james_luigi6366]

"Kids these days are into *traps* and solving mysteries" Dear god he has gotten with the times

[@themenagerie5247]

Fred has slowly gotten more Garfield over the years

[@brandonross4381]

Cause Garfield and fred is just Frank Welkers normal voice just in different ways loke fred is higher and sounds younger while Garfield sounds older and lower/deeper

[@picklesthewise]

Here's what I don't get: if you were NOT going to use Frank Welker for Scoob, for whatever reason, why not get Freddie Prinze Jr.? He's a pretty good voice actor as well, and it would have been a cool throwback. Nothing against Zac Efron, but that was definitely "celebrity casting", not because he best fit the role.

[@Father_of_Death]

They tried to revamp the franchise unfortunately it didn't work. I do agree though Freddie Prinze Jr. would have been a nice call back to the 2002 and 2004 movies.

[@snakeeyes2551]

@@Father_of_Death I agree also, I've even said they should've gotten either Scott Innes, Billy West, or even Nick Palatas to voice Shaggy if they didn't use Matthew Lillard for Scoob.

[@tonyanthonyironman4352]

Frank Deserves an award Recognition. Frank also does Scooby Do Voice since Don Messic passed away

[@l_l7131]

So no one's gonna talk about the fact that Jim Wise perfectly nailed the Fred singing voice, if Frank ever retired or something, Jim could take in for Welker. No disrespect to Frank Welker btw, I love the guy

[@trevorholzer7456]

I think Frank Walker voiced Fred Jones way longer than June Foray when she voice Granny, he also voice Scooby Doo.

[@stephenholloway6893]

Not originally far as Scooby.

[@stephenholloway6893]

Plus June in animation voiced Granny between1955 to 2017. 62 years. Frank still has ten years left to tie her but can pass Mel Blanc next year for the longest male voice actor to voice the same character for the longest period of time.

[@trevorholzer7456]

Actually Mel passed away in 1989 Yes June did started since 1955-2014 before she died at 99 years old in 2017 when she voice Granny, Frank voice Fred Jones almost 52 years ago even Scooby in 2002

[@stephenholloway6893]

@@trevorholzer7456 I didn't meant Mel passed away after June. Just that she voiced Rocky a year longer then Mel voiced Daffy.

[@trevorholzer7456]

That right they both did

[@VRTXYT]

It’s weird to think that Fred’s voice actor also voices Megatron.

[@Alpha101Wolf_MC]

I still can’t believe that Fred has the same voice actor as megertron, completely 2 different characters , 1 really good and warm hearted and the other cold as ice and evil XD

[@Marbles471]

Whenever you want to give people a clear picture of how versatile Welker is, point out how in Aladdin, he played both the Cave of Wonders and Abu. It doesn't get much further apart than that. 😆

[@Ryeven]

HolY HECK THAT ANIMATION IS SMOOTH!!!!???!!! 4:42

[@samuelsanguino8422]

My ears can't accept listening to the old Scooby gang voices without a meme reference from the YTP SKOOKS

[@LILGHETTI]

I like how nobody voted for Fred in the community poll, he is a welcome addition to mystery Inc. 😀

[@jackrobins8756]

I remember the old Scooby Doo tv shows. I liked the movie and I love Scoob. I love the friendship between them too.

[@Motoskichimo1974]

Fred's voice in the first series was always deeper in the broadcasts I watched as a kid in the 90's. It might of been due to the quality of the broadcast and the fact the TV was old.

[@t1gerpart409]

I dont know Frank Welker Voiced Fred ever since

[@scoobydooofroblox2240]

Frank Welker is my favorite Fred voice in my book!

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

He pretty much is Fred's voice

[@Mitchell_Kirkbride69]

when Frank's gone i don't know if i'll continue watching the franchise further

[@dillonhall7514]

Why does the "Get a clue" one look like they're in a American Dragon universe?

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

Maybe they are?

[@dillonhall7514]

The art style looks like Jake Long American Dragon, and Shaggy's voice was bad

[@ritaandrunt5767]

Frank welker is such a talented person I'm happy that hes continuing to voice fred for most of the enterty of scooby doo

[@manfria3478]

Frank Welker is Fred

[@stephenholloway6893]

It's going to be hard for Warner to replace Fred's voice once Frank is no longer able to voice him. That said he is the definitive voice for Fred.

[@tonyanthonyironman4352]

They would also have to replace scooby as Frank has been voicing sccoby since Don Messic passing

[@stephenholloway6893]

@tonyanthonyironman4352 Sure, but to be fair, Frank was Fred since day 1 of the series with few exceptions no one else had voiced him. Plus, Scott Innes could, in theory, return to do Scooby as well

[@icecreamhero2375]

I like Fred's later deeper voice the best.

[@sydneysnana63]

Why does young Velma look like the tootsie roll owl

[@sydneysnana63]

Edit thanks for the like(s)

[@vivianaespinoza5281]

the old man has been voice of without having his voice to direct to dvd movies

[@xx_lunar_tears_xx8432]

1997 is around the time the voice starts getting better in my opinion I personally like Fred welker's voice in recent Scooby shows like the older he gets the better the voice gets

[@roachdoggjr45]

recording tech has changed more than his voice.

[@vincentfranklin17]

Frank Welker is my favorite Fred!

[@terrymcginnis2878]

Frank is the definitive Freddy Jones!

[@davidwesley2525]

Just Like Mel Blanc is the Definitive Bugs Bunny Mae Questel is the Definitive Betty Boop Casey Kasem is the Definitive Shaggy June Foray is the Definitive Rocket J Squirrel 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@zxtreme31]

Never notice this before, but I wonder if welker was assigned the voice of fred before the final version of the design? Stop at 2:20 and you look at the two side by side there are several similarities

[@melissacooper4282]

I hope you will do voice evolutions for the rest of the gang in Scooby-Doo pretty soon!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Stay tuned

[@vivianaespinoza5281]

Freds voice is always gonna be the same old man to those Scooby doo direct to dvd

[@Warriorcats64]

Mercifully, Mindy Kaling didn't bring him back for the atrocity. I'm sorry Dennis from Always Sunny in Philly got roped in, but it's a noble sacrifice to protect the national treasure.

[@persimnon]

I was thinking the same thing! Glenn Howerton is one of the only good things about Velma. I’m just sorry his name is attached to it

[@kristinadospoy7347]

Frank Welker is irreplaceable as Freddy

[@savvassavvides6681]

My list of voice actors, 1. Frank walker (obviously.) 2. Freddie Prinz Junior 3. Zack Efron 3. Carl Steven 4. Robbie Amell 5. Jim Wise.

[@stephenhobbins4895]

Frank Welker is the best original Fred Jones in Scooby-Doo franchise of TV Shows and Movies from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (TV Series 1969-1970) to Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (TV Series 2019-2021). Let’s Split Up, Gang! 💙😃😁😄

[@WeyounSix]

This video doubles as a hilarious fred jones out of context compilation lmao

[@princesspeachfan100]

#1 Best: Frank Welkner 2:15 What can I say? He was always the best Fred! #1 Worst: Zach Efron: 12:56 His voice as him is so bad, it doesn’t even sound like Fred. Also, since when was Fred so into modern day technology? Fred was never like that in the older installments, and honestly they screwed up the whole gang in it with not only crappy celebrity nobodies that voiced them that sound absolutely nothing like them, but they completely screwed up all the gang’s personalities into something more modern with stupid technology added to it. That’s not the real Scooby gang I know. T_T (I even heard that Warner Brothers never told Shaggy’s VA that they were casting for the movie and they replaced him at the last minute too, (probably with the rest of them too). (I heard he was pretty disappointed by that.) How stupid of them is that to not get the original VA’s back and completely replace them with stupid celebrities? Ugh. I hate it when Hollywood does that.

[@skysayshi4039]

going from 2:38 to 10:27, there's an audible difference - in the quality of the recording! As for his voice, it amazes and delights me just how much he still has it after 50 years!

[@KingD-light]

Frank all day everyday 👍🏽

[@jonathansuperaw4414]

who hates Zac Efron's portrayal of Fred

[@xs0528]

🙋‍♂️

[@billymoore7182]

My favorite character from Scooby-Doo. Fred is the best. Love his personality and styles.

[@jamesbacon300]

Honestly, I'm gonna make an AI of his voice xD Theres enough recordings of him to keep him alive forever xD

[@frozenfiredarknight3764]

for such an old voice actor, he Barley sounds any different. and he's still around. that's a world record right there. (I would give him a medal, but I don't want to be tied up by 1 of his traps lol)

[@johnmichaeldorienjohn467]

Frank Welker is The Voice of Fred Jones...Period!

[@talkaboutcinema3304]

Kind of surprised Fred had a singing voice in Music of the Vampire. Given his versatility, I would have thought Frank Welker would have been perfectly capable of pulling off a singing performance for the character. Wise is a good singer (after all, this is the guy who performed Goofy Goober Rock in the first SpongeBob movie), but his Fred voice sounds way too nasally. Zac Efron sounds like...well, Zac Efron. There’s not much else to it. The two true voices are Welker and Steven. Steven works well as a younger Fred who has a much more interesting personality than in pretty much any other Scooby media. However, I still lean slightly towards Welker, as he is the voice I’m the most used to, and he is capable of making Fred sound interesting whenever they do manage to give Fred some personality, like on What’s New Scooby Doo? 1. Frank Welker 2. Carl Steven 3. Zac Efron 4. Jim Wise

[@charlespacheco2806]

My favorite actor that voiced Fred Jones is Frank Welker

[@shittymytits5220]

Frank Walker’s the legend but I do like the idea of Zac Efron as Fred

[@conanthesonicthehedgehogto4174]

Wow!, Frank Welker did a pretty excellent job voicing Fred Jones.

[@maysun3752]

I didn't grow up with Frank Welker as Megatron but he was Fred Jones to me.

[@Joltimus22]

Frank Welker is an absolute *legend*

[@xs0528]

Ya, I hope he doesn’t retire like the late Casey Kasem.

[@phydicollscormain]

For Scoob! movie, the studio should've hire Frank Welker to play as Fred Jones since Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? has his inception. Even a celebrity Freddie Prinze Jr. or Robbie Amell is a better choice than a random choice.

[@pontuswestberg138]

i got to say, every character before was obviously better. We all grew up whit them whit our hearts

[@joanmadden8820]

First the student and then the MASTER! Frank Welker has done it all but will always be Fred Jones 50 years still going! and strangely he was supposed to play Shaggy at the start of his career and Casey Kasem was going to play Fred

[@christopherbrady3514]

Hope you include parody versions in your voice evolutions

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

I don’t

[@christopherbrady3514]

Okay

[@TentenchiAMVs]

His voice acting definitely become much more fluid after the 80s. Probably had something to do with the insane amount of experience he got in the 90s working for Disney. Seriously... He voiced at least half the characters in a given episode of anything he was in. 🤭

[@j04370859]

I think it mostly had to do with giving Fred more of a personality in those later years.

[@arissimion67]

Scooby doo i love it. He is so talented. Great. 😀😀😀😀😀 So many actors.

[@bigboiariel]

why does mystery Incorporated Fred have a trap fetish?

[@AstroSpark3]

BigboiAriel ...to catch the bad guy obviously

[@zxtreme31]

The joke for years always was that his character was too bland and he was a blank slate. Giving him that obsession added a lot to his character

[@papachillothezappey4050]

My Ranking of Fred Voices 1. Frank Welker 2. Carl Steven 3. Freddie Prinze Jr. 4. Robbie Amell and Zac Efron

[@munromister777]

So, the take away is that Freddy is like the ultimate optimist and such an excitable little scamp. Makes sense.

[@arthure.andrews8978]

looks like we got some mysteries in our hands!!!

[@arthure.andrews8978]

frank welker is my favorite fred that ever play the voice of him off scooby doo where are you

[@PrinceTrexus]

My favorite Fred moments were in a Pup Named Scooby Doo when he kept accusing Red Herring, and the one time he promised the gang he wouldn't accuse Red Herring, it actually _was_ Red Herring 🤣

[@thomaswhalley807]

Freddie Prinze Jr Played Fred Jones and Would later Play John Tracy in the 2004 Thunderbirds

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Frank does a stellar job as Fred. Tho Zach doesn't sound bad.

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I didn’t think you would make this video, but I’m glad you did. Gotta pay respect to the man Frank Welker.