40 Fun Facts About A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Scooby's parents reveal that his real first name is what?

Scoobert is the full name his mother uses to scold him at a Doo family reunion. The series swapped the original's realistic look for a looser, Looney Tunes-like style.

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo established which name for the gang's hometown, a setting later Scooby productions kept?

Coolsville made its debut here as the kids' hometown, with its junior high, mall and bank all turning up in their cases.

Which neighborhood bully does Fred wrongly blame for almost every crime in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

Red Herring is named for the mystery-fiction term for a misleading clue, which is what Fred's accusations nearly always turn out to be.

Which pint-sized sidekick, a Scooby cast regular through the 1980s, was dropped when A Pup Named Scooby-Doo began?

Scrappy-Doo, the scrappy nephew added in 1979, was written out as the series brought back Fred and Velma, who had not been regulars since the 1970s.

During the chase scenes of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, the kids and the monster often pause to do what together?

Dance to the music is what the kids and the ghosts do mid-chase before the pursuit resumes, because each episode's chase is set to a rock and roll song the cast can hear.

Which radio countdown host returned to voice the young Shaggy Rogers in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

Casey Kasem, the host of American Top 40, had played Shaggy since 1969. He and the performer behind the title dog were the only original cast members to return.

In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, a crooked bank president dressed as the Sludge Monster hides his stolen money where?

The doghouse is Scooby's own, and the banker haunted it in costume to scare the pup away from his hideout.

The monster that scares workers away from the Scooby Snack factory in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is made of what?

Molten cheese forms the monster of the episode Wanted Cheddar Alive, a disguise worn by a rival dog-biscuit boss who wants the plant shut so his own firm can take over.

Boobeard, the ghost haunting a kindly couple's house on Halloween in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, appears as what?

A pirate ghost, Boobeard is really the couple's handyman, who wants their land. The kids must unmask him before the house is demolished and a friendly ghost living there vanishes.

What do Shaggy and Scooby still have that sets a librarian's ghost on them in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

An overdue book brings the ghost of Mrs. Shusham after the pair, but she is a bookshop owner in disguise who wants the volume because other copies of it are rare.

Which US broadcaster aired A Pup Named Scooby-Doo on Saturday mornings, having canceled earlier Scooby shows in 1986?

ABC revived the franchise with this spin-off after its push toward preschool shows flopped, betting that older children and parents would recognize the characters.

Which animation studio, the home of The Flintstones and The Smurfs, produced A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

Hanna-Barbera made the series, but most of its production staff walked out after the first season to launch a new cartoon at Warner Bros.

Who voiced Scooby in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, his final series as the Great Dane he had played since 1969?

Don Messick had voiced the dog in every version since 1969. The series was also the first in which someone other than Frank Welker played Fred.

What is the name of the butler Daphne summons for trivial tasks throughout A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

Jenkins appears the moment the wealthy Daphne calls his name. When he is busy shopping, a second butler called Dawson turns up in his place.

Which comics superhero does Shaggy believe he is after losing his memory in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

Commander Cool is the favorite hero an amnesiac Shaggy thinks he has become, in a case where an alien turns out to be a secretary selling stolen toy blueprints.

Which gadget does young Velma own in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo that can work out who the culprit is?

A mobile computer is the biggest change the series made to Velma, a shy, soft-spoken girl in thick glasses who lets the machine name the villain.

In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Velma owns an oversized motorized version of what, colored like the Mystery Machine?

A skateboard, oversized and motorized, belongs to Velma and is painted in a scheme similar to the van the grown-up gang drives in the original series.

Which tabloid is young Fred's favorite read in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, a paper his uncle later comes to own?

The National Exaggerator suits a boy who believes in ghosts and jumps to wild conclusions. A chicken-like monster haunts the paper once his uncle is in charge.

The developer of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo left the studio after one season to create which Warner Bros. cartoon?

Tiny Toon Adventures, made with Steven Spielberg, drew away the developer and much of his unit, so veteran Disney animator Don Lusk took over as director.

Who developed A Pup Named Scooby-Doo and wrote its theme-song lyrics before going on to create Animaniacs?

Tom Ruegger had been head story editor on the franchise since 1983, and here he pushed further the self-mocking humor he first tried in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo.

Which future star of Life Goes On and ER voiced the young Daphne Blake in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

Kellie Martin was a child star when she voiced the vain, skeptical Daphne, and in 1989 she began playing Becca Thatcher on the family drama Life Goes On.

Scott Menville, who voiced the town bully in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, later voiced which hero in Teen Titans?

Robin became Menville's signature role, in Teen Titans from 2003 and again in Teen Titans Go! As a teenager he had played the bully Fred keeps blaming for every crime.

The Green Ghost of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo steals Shaggy's paper-route bicycle because he needs which part of it?

The chain was the missing piece for a printing press: the ghost is Shaggy's boss, a tabloid publisher who is using the press to print counterfeit money.

Shaggy and Scooby are blamed in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo when a museum's cursed swords are reclaimed by the ghost of what?

A samurai warlord's ghost is a mask for the museum's own curator, who takes the pair of swords to collect a fortune from their insurance policy.

The Ice Demon haunting a nearly bankrupt ski lodge in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is a park ranger secretly mining what?

Diamonds from a nearby mine were the ranger's secret, and the frost-wielding monster was his cover story for taking them.

Which animals are stolen from an aquarium owned by Velma's aunt in the beach episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

Dolphins were taken for use in a smuggling operation, run by a headless phantom who is really a former champion working with a member of the beach patrol.

Which classic cartoon star makes a cameo during the gang's reservation camping trip in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

Yogi Bear, another star of the same studio, pops up in The Story Stick, where a living totem pole turns out to be an architect hiding his theft of artifacts.

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo earned the Scooby franchise a 1989 nomination for which television honor?

A Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program came in 1989, but the award went to The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. The series was nominated again a year later.

In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, who is unmasked as Stinkweed, the film monster that comes to life at the mall?

The actor who plays him, Vincent Thorne, has always despised his roles as Stinkweed and stages the haunting to get the long-running film series scrapped.

Which hideous but valuable family heirloom does Scooby inherit in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, luring a dogcatcher's ghost?

A collar handed down through the Doo family draws the ghost of a dogcatcher Scooby's parents once defeated, who is really a dog trainer from the puppy farm.

The Burger Monster of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is a longtime employee whose boss, Mr. O'Greasy, never gave him what?

A pay raise never came in all of Skippy Johnson's years at the restaurant, so he dressed as a giant living hamburger to haunt his boss in revenge.

Who secretly controls Velma's rogue robot in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, getting her suspended from junior high?

A fellow student, Bruce Wormsley, ranks second in the class and is fed up with always being outdone by Velma, so he turns her own invention against her.

Zombo, the ghost haunting the gang's favorite amusement park in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, takes the form of what?

A clown's ghost is the disguise of Joey Jipner, one of the family that owns the park, who wants to become its sole proprietor and control all the profits.

In the one A Pup Named Scooby-Doo case where the bully really is guilty, why does Fred not accuse him?

He made a bet with Daphne that he could go a whole day without blaming the bully. The culprit had only taken his aunt's motorcycle to add a sidecar as a birthday surprise.

Bigwig, a hairy monster, attacks which business owned by Daphne's father in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

An arcade where Daphne has just started working is the target. Bigwig comes from a new video game, but he is really a neighboring restaurant owner who blames the arcade for his falling attendance.

The ghost of the disgraced Hooded Heifer haunts a federation devoted to which sport in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo?

Wrestling is the business of the federation run by toy boss Carol Colossal, and the episode, Wrestle Maniacs, was later included on the Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery DVD.

Which real city does the gang visit in the final episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo to help the Critter Getters?

New York is where the monster-hunting firm Critter Getters is being driven out of business by a snail-like creature, really a former member who now runs a rival outfit.

The wild takes the kids do in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo pay homage to Bob Clampett and which other cartoon director?

Tex Avery's classic shorts inspired the exaggerated reactions whenever a ghost appears, giving the series a looser look than the realistic original show.

Nasty-Doo, who haunts the Doo family manor in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, is unmasked as which kind of scientist?

A paleontologist, Professor Digmi, revives an old Doo family curse to cover up his discovery of a missing leg from a fossil.

In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, the obsessive stranger pursuing the runaway Scooby turns out to be what?

A famous artist, Paula P. Casso, only wants to use the likeness of Scooby's head in her latest painting, so the frightening chase is all a misunderstanding.