Scrappy-Doo

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Scrappy-Doo is a fictional Great Dane puppy created by Hanna-Barbera Productions as the nephew of Hanna-Barbera cartoon star Scooby-Doo. Scrappy has appeared in a number of the various incarnations of the Scooby-Doo cartoon series. Lennie Weinrib did his voice for one season in 1979; from 1980 on, it was performed by Don Messick.

1 History
2 Scooby-Doo series and films featuring Scrappy-Doo
3 See also
4 External links

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History

Born at St. Bernard's Hospital to Scooby's sister Ruby-Doo, Scrappy idolizes his uncle Scooby and would often assist Scooby and his friends in solving mysteries. With a highly energetic and brave personality, despite his small size, Scrappy was the opposite of his uncle; Scrappy would usually insist on trying to directly fight the various monsters Scooby and his associates encountered. Related to this, one of Scrappy's catchphrases was: "lemme at 'em! I'll splat 'em!" Another of Scrappy-Doo's catchphrases is "Ta ta ta da daaa! (imitating a bugle playing "Charge!") Puppy power!"

Scrappy was briefly the star of his own seven minute shorts. Teamed with his cousin Yabba-Doo and Deputy Dusty, he helped maintain law and order in a small town in the American west.

Fearless and energetic, Scrappy has often been criticized by some fans of the show. Opinion is divided but many fans blame Scrappy for an apparent downturn in the show's quality in the 1980s by claiming his presence breaks up the show's established chemistry between its characters, as well as a dislike of Scrappy's brash personality. Supporters of Scrappy argue that the downturn was purportedly due to poorer writing quality, drastic changes in format and a breakaway from the show's traditional premise by including real ghosts; the same supporters also cite a purported upturn in quality for some of the later spinoffs. Critics often have memories of several years of episodes in the first half of the 1980s done as seven-minute or eleven-minute shorts that featured Scrappy prominently, as well as a limited cast, repetitive chase scenes, and a minimal plot. Additionally, some others claim that episodes featuring Scrappy required Scooby to behave more cowardly than he did in earlier episodes.

It is notable that Scrappy-Doo hasn't appeared in any Scooby related spinoffs since the made-for-television movie Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf in the late 1980s, save for the first live-action Scooby-Doo theatrical film — where Scrappy played a decidedly negative role. Scrappy-Doo also made a brief appearance in an episode of the 2000s animated series Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law (in the episode "Shaggy Busted"), where he appeared at the end of the episode to repeat his catchprase, only to be scooped up (presumably as food) by Avenger the eagle.

Scrappy-Doo has also become the symbol of a character, usually overexuberant or cute in an irritating way, that some say is gratuitously added to a series.

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