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2018 Year In Review

12/22/2018

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2018 has been quite an interesting year for Scooby-Doo. From a brand new live-action movie to several crossover films, Scooby has definitely prospered and flourished this year. In this article, I'll break down the top 10 biggest things (in my opinion) that happened in the Scooby franchise this year.
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10. Eight New Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Comics
It looked like the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You comic series was going to make its 100th issue milestone this year. However, in April, the comic series was demoted to a bimonthly slot, which brought the total up to only 96 issues. If the current trend continues, the series would reach its 100th issue in August 2019, right before the franchise's 50th anniversary.

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9. Eleven New Scooby-Doo! Team Up Comics
This year, eleven new issues of Scooby-Doo! Team Up were released, bringing the total number of comics up to #44. One less issue than normal was released this year, due to the December issue landing too close to Christmas. This year's team ups included Birds of Prey, Yogi & Boo Boo Bear with Ranger Smith, Angel Ape with the Inferior Five and Stanley and His Monster, Supergirl, Blue Falcon and Dynomutt, The Justice Society of America, Swamp Thing, Penelope Pitstop, Congorilla with Sam Simeon and Detective Chimp, Doom Patrol and Dastardly & Muttley with Yankee Doodle Pigeon.
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8. Twelve New Scooby Apocalypse Comics
Scooby Apocalypse played a daring move this year when they chose to kill off one of the series' major characters, Fred. 12 new comics were released this year, bringing the T-rated series up to a grand total of 32 issues. 

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7. The Girl Ghouls Return in OK K.O. Crossover
While this might not be a huge event for some, I personally was almost in a state of shock when I saw the announcement that the girl ghouls from Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School were making a reappearance on television for the first time in 30 years. The girl ghouls are such underappreciated characters in my opinion, and for another television series to take a group of one-off characters from a movie 30 years ago is huge. Though I honestly didn't like the crossover overly much, I was still incredibly happy that they made it. That's why this takes the #7 spot on this list. 

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6. Scooby-Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold
On January 9, 2018, Batman crossed over with Scooby-Doo for the fourth time in the franchise history in a feature-length DTV movie. Batman had previously crossed over with the series in "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper" of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, as well as once in "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases" of Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Several other DC superheroes and Batman villains also appeared in the film.

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5. Scooby-Doo and the Gourmet Ghost
In the second crossover of the year, Scooby teamed up with celebrity chefs Bobby Flay, Giada de Laurentiis and Marcus Samuelsson in Scooby-Doo and the Gourmet Ghost. In my opinion, this turned out to be one of the best crossovers in recent franchise history. I love how they worked the history from the American Revolution into the story, and the guest stars didn't overshadow Fred, Daphne and Velma at all unlike some previous crossover films had done.

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4. Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Concludes in the US
After a nearly 3 year run, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! finally concluded in the US after almost every country had already finished airing the series in 2017. Episodes 42-52 (American Goth - Professor Huh Part 6 3/4) aired in an overnight slot on the Boomerang television network on March 8 - March 18, 2018. To make matters even more difficult, the timeslots were continuously changed even in the overnight slot, with episodes having no consistent day-to-day time of airing even overnight.

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3. Almost Every Episode Added to the Boomerang Streaming Service
Going off of #4, the remaining Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! episodes were added to the service on September 26, 2018. Even more exciting, almost every episode from the entire franchise was added to the Boomerang streaming service that same day. Every episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, The Scooby-Doo Show, Laff-a-Lympics, Scooby and Scrappy-Doo, The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue and Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated was added to the service on this same day. The only episodes not added were nine of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, due to copyright issues. These are the same nine episodes which are not available on "The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies" DVD. Hopefully, at some point, these copyright issues will be resolved!

Nonetheless, this is a huge event for Scooby fans. Never before have fans had access to nearly every episode of Scooby-Doo all in a single place. Now, if we could just get them to add some of the missing DTV movies and specials, we'd be set! :D
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2. Daphne & Velma
I'm sure this is probably a hugely unpopular opinion, but I absolutely adored this summer's release of Daphne & Velma. This was a really fun, quirky little film that was just an all around feel-good movie. Though there were some feminist undertones, they weren't obtrusive to the plot at all IMO. The film also arguably had a central message related to optimism and empowerment, which is an awesome message for anyone to take away from something. I'm really hoping we'll see a sequel to this someday!

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1. Scoobynatural
While my #2 was probably somewhat more controversial, this crossover was probably at the top of everyone's lists! Scoobynatural was such a neat crossover that was probably one of the few dark and mature things we've seen from the franchise since Zombie Island. Even as someone who had never watched the show before the crossover, I felt there was a genuine connection between the two shows in this episode. Sam, Dean and Castiel being zapped into such a classic episode ("A Night of Fright is No Delight") was such a perfect idea for a crossover, and I'm so glad we got to see this happen. Now here's hoping that next year's 13 Ghosts and Zombie Island  revival films are just as good! 
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DS 616
12/23/2018 07:53:31 pm

Definitely a great year for Scooby fans and the franchise as a whole!

Scoobynatural was fantastic and all the Scooby content finally being made available via the Boomerang streaming service was literally decades in the making!

And thanks to you as well of course for all the constant great content and updates for fellow Scooby fans. 2019 is looking to be an even better year for the franchise ;- )

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WildwindVampire link
12/24/2018 02:46:35 pm

Fully agreed. I was really debating about where to put the Boomerang streaming service on the countdown/list...I mean I really liked Scoobynatural and Daphne & Velma, but I also felt the same way as you did that adding almost all of the Scooby content to the Boomerang service was HUGE.

Aww thank you so much! Thanks to you and everyone else for continuing to visit - your positive attitudes and insightful comments are part of what makes this site so great! It's been fun chatting and getting to know you as well this year. Hope your holidays are wonderful and that your 2019 is prosperous! :)

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sdf
12/24/2018 05:20:50 pm

For me 2018 was meh for scooby (Not bad but not one of the best either). First don't read the comics (Maybe i should start they seem interesting). The whole boomerang VOD thing with so many content was great but i can't enjoy it as i am not from USA (we are waiting turner lol). It is also great that BCSD finally ended. It was a great show and CN didn't respect it. Finally we had 3 movies and some kind of crossover. It is great that the girls from ghoul school are back but i am not so excited about that as you. Also i haven't seen the Daphne and Velma film yet but i'm still not sure about it. Last but not least we had 2 DTV's which were both crossovers. They were ok. I mean i don't hate them but we saw so many crossovers the past few years and i want the gang solo again. Overal it was a good year for scooby but it could be better.

PS1 Wishies for 2019 1)Bring boomerang Vod here in Greece
2) I hope the new series would be great (And have some rock stars as guests)
3) Something special about the 50th aniversary like a whole day playing scooby on tv and stuff like this
I am ok with the movies at least. We are going to have two great movies

PS2 Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year

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WildwindVampire link
12/25/2018 12:32:55 pm

I admittedly have not kept up with the comics much either. I still need to catch up on Apocalypse, and I haven't read Where Are You or Team Up in years. That really stinks that you guys don't get the Boomerang streaming service in Greece. I hope Boomerang will begin to launch in other countries soon!

I think I was probably more excited about the Girl Ghouls returning than a lot of people. I love the original 1988 Ghoul School film, so seeing them again (even if it was just a mediocre crossover) was pretty amazing given they were just one-off characters that hadn't appeared in 30 years. Daphne & Velma, IMO, was pretty amazing and one of the highlights of the year (I've already seen it 4 times haha). I'd definitely recommend watching it if you get the chance! I agree though about the crossovers. I didn't mind Gourmet Ghost or Batman, but given Guess Who is going to be entirely crossovers, they should definitely take a break from crossover movies IMO.

Merry Christmas and happy new year to you as well!!! :)

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