 Scooby aside, I think most of us can agree this has been a pretty crappy year with the pandemic. With the pandemic, my typical year-end list isn't going to be as long as it usually is, since not as much content could be put out. This year, let's break down the top 7 things have happened within the Scooby-Doo franchise.  7. Playmobil Scooby-Doo This year, Playmobil released 9 new Scooby-Doo sets and bunch of figures, including figures of all the gang and 12 villain figures. While I haven't personally purchased these, I'm really glad that they've been so popular!  6. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Comics While I haven't really been keeping up-to-date with these as much due to the overuse of stock art, there were five new issues of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? comics released this year (#103-#107). This is considerably less than normal, due to the pandemic delaying several of the comics.  5. Funko Pops A bunch of new Funko Pop! figures were released this year as collectibles, including ones from the movie SCOOB! I really like these; they're so cute!  4. Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! was released on DVD at Wal-Mart on September 15, and everywhere else (including digital platforms) on October 6. Despite this being yet another crossover film, I thought this was one of the best DTVs we've gotten in years. It had a very unique vibe to it and truly felt like a Halloween movie. As I said in my review of the film, it felt like SDMI and Be Cool Scooby-Doo had a baby and this was the result. It truly took the best elements of both series and combined them into one great movie.  3. Scooby-Doo & Guess Who: 28 New Episodes Compared to other years where we haven't gotten much Scooby content at all, we were pretty blessed when it came to new episodes of Guess Who this year. 28 new episodes of Guess Who aired in 2020. The second half of season 1 aired between February and May in most countries, and we finally got it in the US on July 2, 2020. On October 1, Boomerang surprised us all for Scoobtober and posted the first 13 episodes of season 2. On November 13, to honor Alex Trebek after his sudden death, Boomerang posted a fourteenth season 2 episode, "Total Jeopardy!" featuring Trebek as a guest star. Finally, the UK and Poland also aired "Lost Soles of Jungle River!" featuring Jason Sudeikis, which many of us have gotten to see.  2. Daphne & Velma Novels I know these novels get a lot of hate from fans because Scooby can't talk in them, or people think it's somehow connected to the Daphne & Velma movie (which it's not), but these novels have been amazing in my opinion. We got the first two of them this year (one on March 3 and the other on July 7), with a third already announced for release next year. These novels follow Daphne and Velma trying to solve mysteries in the town of Crystal Cove, and feature tons of fun references to prior Scooby content. These novels have a more mature tone than the series, and are marketed towards young adults rather than the typical G-rated audience of the franchise. If you enjoy reading, I highly recommend these books and I feel like it's exactly what those of us who have wanted a more mature take on Scooby have been looking for. I can't wait for #3 next year!  1. SCOOB!
Sadly, this movie got a lot of hate. Fans were pretty devastated when it was announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the theatrical release of the film on May 15 was cancelled. However, the film was not held back, and was turned into a direct-to-video film so it could still release as planned on May 15. I loved SCOOB! personally and found it to be a very sweet, entertaining origin story for the gang. Though it didn't really have the gang chasing monsters, I liked the direction they took it in. I thought all the voice actors did a very good job as well. This was a very feel-good movie, and it was fun to finally watch what we had been hearing about since August 2013! Looking ahead to 2021, I'm hoping it will be a better year in general as we all are, but I'm hoping it will be especially good for Scooby-Doo content. Here are a couple things I'm looking forward to in the upcoming year: 1. Scooby-Doo DTVs: Sword and the Scoob & Courage the Cowardly Dog Crossover I can't wait to see these two DTVs, especially the rumored Courage crossover! I know a lot of people are worried about it staying true to the tone of Courage, so I hope they've learned their lesson from Return to Zombie Island and Curse of the 13th Ghost. The Sword and the Scoob seems like it will be a lot of fun as well, especially since we'll get to learn a bit more about Shaggy's relatives. 2. Scooby-Doo and the Lost City of Gold While this play was supposed to happen this year, very few shows were able to happen due to COVID-19. I feel bad for the actors as I'm sure they all worked super hard on this, so I'm really hoping they'll be able to make up the majority of those shows that were cancelled! 3. The Final 11 Guess Who Episodes It's hard to believe we're already down to the final 11 episodes of Guess Who. I'm really excited to see the rest of these and I hope they're as good as many of the recent episodes have been! So far, we know 7 of the 11 guest stars - Dynomutt & Blue Falcon, Lucy Liu, Sean Astin, Jessica Biel, KISS, Cher and the voice actors themselves. We also know a football episode will happen sometime in these 11 episodes. I hope everyone has a wonderful start to 2021, and let's all hope it's a better year than 2020 has been!
78 Comments
Becker
12/22/2020 12:26:03 pm
Happy Halloween was a bit better than Scoob, I'd say. The second season of Guess Who has been better than the first, but it's still one of the lesser shows. 12/22/2020 01:38:37 pm
I think a lot of people feel that way. I just really enjoyed SCOOB! and thought it was a great theatrical (in spirit) movie.
Sdf
12/22/2020 01:39:59 pm
Nice list. My favorite was Happy Halloween scooby doo. I also enjoyed scoob and guess who. 12/22/2020 03:17:35 pm
I'm glad there are no celebs in Sword and the Scoob too. I like crossovers, but as I've said before, it gets a little much sometimes when they're doing it in Guess Who and all the movies. I'm not super confident about Courage, but I'm remaining optimistic and I'm still excited for it!
Shadowscooby
12/22/2020 03:53:22 pm
Yes this year has indeed been crazy because of COVID. I just hope that in 2021, things will go back to normal and people will take things seriously when it come to health and staying clean. 2021 will be awesome for Scooby doo. With the sword and the scoob, the second half of season 2 of guess who and the Scooby/Courage crossover. I’m just wondering when they will release titles for Scooby doo and guess who or the trailer at least. I was hoping we get it in December if not probably January. 12/22/2020 04:05:41 pm
I really hope so too, both with COVID and that 2021 will be a great year for Scooby. I would be very surprised if we got all 11 episodes yet this year, but that would be super amazing if we somehow did! Do you think there will be a trailer for the last Guess Who episodes? I don't think there has been a trailer for any of the most recent new groups of episodes.
Shadowscooby
12/22/2020 04:48:47 pm
I saw a trailer for the second half of season one episodes on YouTube. The episodes that premiered in May. I guess it was more of a promo. I predict that we will see the titles of these second half of season 2 episodes in January then they’ll premiere in February. Like how the first half of season 2 revealed the guest stars and the titles then they premiered in October. 12/22/2020 07:58:22 pm
Oh wow, I never saw that promo. I’d say that’s a pretty good prediction! I’m hoping it won’t be such a long gap again like in between the first and second halves of season one (September 2019-July 2020).
Gibby Norton
12/22/2020 04:25:28 pm
I didn’t really like SCOOB! much, although it is a mildly fun watch. I think what sinks it for me is its underwritten and try-hard sappy ending and pop culture jokes that aren’t very clever and dominate most of the film. The animation and especially the voice acting, are very underrated however. The hate was undeserved entirely, and I personally don’t feel that the current gang should have been upset about the change, especially after Matthew Lillard had stated in an interview a few years ago that he knew he wasn’t attached to the project. And voice actor Bob Bergen even threatened the movie’s voice cast on Twitter with “bad karma” as if they deserved it and compared it to the much worse and completely different scenario of Janet Waldo in The Jetsons Movie.
Amber noel
12/22/2020 05:37:02 pm
Yeah I agree the hate for this movie is too much it's fine if people don't like this movie but some people out right hate as if it is going to effect the dtv movies or series in any way or as if it destroyed the franchise or destroyed their child hoods or something and I'm just like come on why do you hate this scooby doo content is still coming it's not like it's the finale of the frafranchise or anything like that and can they also give the voice actors a break they are doing the best they can. 12/22/2020 08:05:31 pm
I agree that some of the pop culture references were quite dated and won’t age well, but that didn’t bother me too much I guess. I didn’t find it to be underwritten though. It really bothers me that people are so critical of the voice acting, especially where some people in the fandom were freaking out about the new voice actors permanently replacing the old ones, which obviously was a rumor and not true.
Shadowscooby
12/22/2020 06:24:39 pm
The reason why so many people dislike Scoob so much is because they saw it as superhero movie instead of an actual mystery. People also feel it was more focused shaggy and Scooby. I thought the movie was good. I thought the voice actors did a great job. I like shaggy and Scooby’s origin in that movie reminds me of their origin in Mystery Begins. I was weird seeing Blue Falcon as the goofy one and Dynomutt as the serious one. Dick Dastardly was pretty cool though. The guys that played him did an excellent job. Cerberus was pretty cool to. In the end I say the movie was good but could have been better. 12/22/2020 08:00:02 pm
100% agree that a lot of people who didn’t like it thought of SCOOB! as a superhero film. It’s a shame the movie gets so much hate.
Matt
12/22/2020 07:44:00 pm
Scoob was for sure my favorite of 2020 as well. It does get a lot of hate but I thought it was an absolute blast and I agree that it is definitely a feel good movie for sure
Matt
12/22/2020 08:31:03 pm
I'm also just a big Dastardly and Muttley fan in general. Love the Wacky Races! Even though Scooby is my #1, I'm a big Hanna Barbera fan in general 12/22/2020 08:45:47 pm
I've actually never seen Wacky Races, the original or the more recent reboot!
Matt
12/22/2020 10:10:16 pm
I haven't seen the reboot, but the original is a favorite of mine and I definitely recommend. Very formulaic but is a ton of fun
B
12/22/2020 11:18:56 pm
My personal top Scooby thing of 2020 was becoming super close with another Scooby fan who I love with all my heart! <3 I know that wouldn’t really fit in this list because it’s so personal, but I still wanted to mention it lol :) 12/23/2020 08:54:53 am
B! <3 I wonder who that Scooby fan could be! ;) This is 100% my personal top Scooby thing of 2020 too :) Love you lots <3
Jayden
12/23/2020 01:47:56 am
I loved the guess who episodes and the film mostly. The thing is, last year there was no pandemic and it was way worse. Scooby Doo turned 50 and they showed up with 2 of the most disappointing films of this franchise. Return to Zombie Island is so stupid as it ruins the first film completely. The episodes of guess who from last year were not bad but nothing too great. 12/23/2020 08:58:34 am
I think the Guess Who episodes were a pretty big improvement from the first few. It seems like they're getting their footing :)
Jayden
12/23/2020 03:07:44 pm
But season 2 had one terrible thing. Too much copying. In "A Hot Dog Dog" they used the same actor as the one in episode 9, In the caveman episode, they copied the 2 characters that were also in episode 9 as surfers and they copied the cave man. They also copied the yeti 12/23/2020 04:05:00 pm
I didn't mind that just because I considered it as more "inspired by" rather than copying, but I did not like "The Hot Dog Dog!" because it was kinda bland and didn't feel like the guest star had a purpose.
Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
12/25/2020 09:13:33 am
I watched The Hot Dog Dog! twice now and I do not think it was bland in anyway at all. 12/25/2020 10:28:14 am
I'm glad you liked it! Maybe I'll have to give it another try at some point and see if my opinion changes upon second viewing.
Samuel Kirkwood
12/23/2020 03:27:44 pm
1. I liked SCOOB but have yet to buy it or watch it legally due to WB's ineptitude. Yes, I would have preferred a traditional mystery and I wasn't happy with WB's treatment of Frank Welker but otherwise okay. 12/23/2020 04:05:42 pm
Oh my gosh, have they really still not released it in the UK on DVD? I know they've released it theatrically, but still, that's ridiculous if it's not on DVD for you guys yet.
Samuel Kirkwood
12/24/2020 04:43:25 am
It's on dvd, just haven't had any reason to buy it when I've already watched it 2/3 times.
Lamont
12/23/2020 06:07:53 pm
Even though this year was..... something.... 12/23/2020 06:11:52 pm
I really hope there's a sequel to SCOOB! too! I'm also glad to see some love for Will Forte. It's really unfortunate that he got so much hate for his performance as Shaggy, because I thought he fit the role well.
The cop
12/23/2020 07:14:18 pm
I got what's new scooby-doo the complete series for early Christmas and it only has 4 discs not 6 12/23/2020 09:00:51 pm
That's super cool! And thank you for letting me know that. I just fixed it on the list of releases guide.
whackman
12/24/2020 06:23:24 am
I doubt anymore more Scooby Shows, will be made after guess who Finishes. the thing to bear in mind is that cable tv is dying. in my country, the only Scooby-doo shows they air anymore on tv anymore are be cool, guess who. in addition to this they have stopped airing any tv-movies of Scooby, this has going for some time now and I higly doubt things will improve here. also canada is doing a similar thing they only air scooby in the weekends there. Big companies like Disney, do not care for cable anymore either.and Disney did shutdown some of their cable channels in the past. I suspect cable cartoon network and boomerang will also get shutdown some time in the future also. and since we know those channels are the primary channels, to air scooby and well after they are gone they will simply be no channels left to air scooby anymore.Pay-TV is on the decline everywhere. Only the old have the kind of income to waste on Pay-TV services, and even then some are moving with the "youngins" to streaming anyway.
Becker
12/25/2020 06:28:01 am
That's just not gonna happen, man. They're definitely still gonna make Scooby shows. And there's many reasons why you shouldn't doubt that:
whackman
12/25/2020 08:24:31 am
I don't think a cinematic universe, wil happen at this stage the thing to keep in mind is that many people hated Scoob and it had lots of mixed reviews.
Becker
12/25/2020 10:09:31 am
But none of that means we won't get another Scooby show. We obviously will, look at everything WB is doing.
Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
12/25/2020 09:21:13 am
I have a theory that the Guess Who episode finale will be the epiosde guess starring Frank Welker, Grey Griffen, Kate Micucci, and Matthew Lilard as themselfs.
Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
12/25/2020 09:23:55 am
And if thats the case, I just so happen to have the perfect title for it... 12/25/2020 10:28:57 am
I'm pretty sure you're right on that one :) I'm guessing the Cher one will probably be second to last.
whackman
12/25/2020 10:31:25 am
Yes Scooby is still popular, but they are milking Scooby to death with making one after another show. I think They need to take their time and make good stories.also I really hated movies like, return to zombie island and curse of the 13th ghost. I don't think those movies were good at all, and I don't think those are what Scooby-Doo is truly about.
Becker
12/25/2020 12:04:28 pm
Sometimes they drop the ball with movies, but those don't really have to do with the shows. More often than not, they succeed with shows, they're usually good. And the only time we haven't really had a "Scooby show after another" was in 1991-2002. Otherwise, a new Scooby show in less than 3 years after the previous one ended, since its inception in 1969. Considering they've been coming up with new spins on almost every new Scooby (both Hanna Barbera and Warner Bros), I don't think they've done everyone possible with the franchise yet. Sure, we want them to be good, but that doesn't mean we have to wait 10 years for someone to crack the code to a perfect Scooby-Doo series. Sure, Guess Who has been underwhelming for a good amount of fans, but it's not anywhere near the level of Get a Clue, which is really hated. Yet they bounced back with Mystery Incorporated, a fan favorite, just 2 years after Get a Clue ended. To be fair to Get a Clue I guess, it was unlike anything else in this 51 year old franchise, so it's got that going for it. If WB does something unlike anything else in this franchise that is not baffling and absolutely obliterated by the fan base, it would be cool (no pun intended).
Becker
12/25/2020 12:58:19 pm
...on almost every new Scooby show ([...]), I don't think they've done everything possible with the franchise yet* (correction)
Amber noel
12/25/2020 12:17:26 pm
Yeah but those were misguided sequels and the other announced dtv movies aren't and how about happy halloween scooby doo that was pretty good and scooby doo was always a cash cow even hannah barbara milked scooby doo they even made ripoffs to try and recapture the same success and what do you mean by thats not scooby doo is about? isn't a part of scooby doo is disproving the supernatural these sequels failed because they tryed doing that and it didn't work because they were sequels to movies/series that had supernatural elements in them and just because a franchise is being milked doesn't mean that everything they make sucks with a franchise like scooby doo they can do loads of things with it ending it will make you wonder what they could have done with it but the fact that the franchise has be around for a long time shows how much staying power it has and even if a concept is a missed opitunity they have time to use it to it's full potential
IkeDaKil
12/25/2020 12:49:03 pm
This year was a crappy year I would say Scoob! Is the best part of this year.
whackman
12/25/2020 03:35:52 pm
I am not saying the fans should wait the next 10 years for the next show. when I said They need to take their time and make good stories.I was thinking about something like 2-3 years.I have encountered some people who are simply somewhat tired of Scooby-Doo by now. some have reacted this way "so they made another new Scooby-Doo movie or show, so what they have made so many of them that by now I have lost track by now, and I don't really care anymore especially I prefer the older movies anyway and I only watch the older shows and don't care for the new shows or movies at all."
Becker
12/26/2020 03:57:04 am
To be fair, Hanna Barbera was milking Scooby Doo as much as Warner Bros, except the amount of movies for obvious reasons. I think what people are tired of more than anything is the crossover side of things. Since 2014 most movies have been crossovers with real people, fictional characters, even companies like Lego could be classified. And then half the movies that are not crossovers are, well, the 2019 kind of stuff, which is even worse. Then to multiply all of this crossover stuff by 20, we get a modern incarnation of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, which in itself is crossover galore. The good part is that we'll get rid of a lot of this crossover fatigue when Guess Who ends, cuz there's no way the next Scooby series will be Guess Who 2.0. That's also kinda why I hope we'll get another Scooby show soon.
whackman
12/26/2020 07:32:44 am
when it comes to be cool, I have come across a lot of people who have mixed feelings towards that show. one of the things which bothered me the most, was that Daphne had personalitie in the earlier versions, but in this one her trait is to be retarded. in honesty I found Daphne to be the worst character in Be Cool. She's autistic in this series, having a new obsession every episode.
Becker
12/26/2020 10:13:59 am
From what I know, the art style of Be Cool wasn't pushed by the studio. Jon Colton Barry (the creator of Be Cool) said it was a deliberate choice. Here's a couple of threads on ScoobyAddicts that expand upon this matter: 12/26/2020 11:00:48 am
I'd also add to this that JCB has said the intent was to make Daphne unique and quirky, and not to imply she had a disability. There's also no need to equate having a mental disability with being stupid, as that's simply not true and comes across a bit offensive.
Becker
12/26/2020 11:25:03 am
I didn't wanna touch on that so that we don't potentially get into some bad places. But yeah, being quirky and ecstatic doesn't mean you're retarded or autistic. Not assuming you meant it with malignancy, but you really didn't choose your words well, Whackman.
Becker
12/26/2020 03:59:49 pm
Ok, to get back to my point about the creator himself deciding to give Be Cool the art style it ended up with and saying that and other things on ScoobyAddicts and other places; where did you hear him say otherwise, Whackman?
whackman
12/26/2020 01:23:03 pm
I apologise about my previous words about Daphne I was a bit harsh about that sorry about that. I should have chosen a different type of words all things considered. anyway I am a old type scooby-doo fan myself I am about 48 years old by the way. 12/26/2020 02:19:01 pm
No worries Whackman and thanks for the apology. That's cool!
Becker
12/26/2020 03:53:31 pm
Agreed
Speed Racer
12/27/2020 05:28:10 am
Do you all think 2021 will have just as much content movie and series wise?
Becker
12/27/2020 06:32:47 am
Series-wise we'll surely just get the last 11-12 episodes of Guess Who. A new show would come at earliest in 2022. 12/27/2020 11:17:26 am
I would agree. We'll probably just get the last 11-12 episodes of Guess Who, and it's unlikely we'd get a second series in the same year. I think Becker's spot on about the movies.
whackman
12/27/2020 07:11:33 am
I read a comment which a user posted on 4chan, in which he said the creator, didn't want be cool to look that way. but now that I think about it, I think I should take what he said with a Grain of salt.
Becker
12/27/2020 07:48:14 am
Yeah, so that post was fake, that's not what JCB had said before.
Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
1/2/2021 01:53:07 pm
First the live-action Scooby-Doo films and now Scoob! What the hell is wrong with these crappy hollywood critics Don't they know a good movie when they see it? 1/3/2021 10:30:07 am
It's not necessarily just Hollywood critics, I've seen some fans who hate it too. It's a shame how much hate SCOOB! gets.
Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
1/4/2021 08:22:37 am
Well if you ask me....those haters out there are just pain crazy. They just dont want to admit that their wrong.
Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
1/4/2021 08:29:29 am
At least the first two live-action SD films did pretty well in the box office, 1/4/2021 10:11:28 am
I think SCOOB! really struggled financially because of the pandemic. It would have done a lot better if it could have been released in theaters.
Becker
1/9/2021 07:36:00 am
They are not crazy for not liking a movie... calm tf down dude, what's wrong
whackman
1/4/2021 10:31:53 am
the critics and fans are not crazy. in my opinion they are right SCOOB was not at good movie, first of all I really do think they should have gone with different voice actors, also I think the storyline was rather absurd in this case, and they should gone with whole a different story. on a different note I would like to point out that it does not really matter how much popular the Scooby-Doo franchise is. since every franchise does come to a end sooner or later,The flintstones, popeye are good examples of this.
Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
1/10/2021 07:56:35 am
No one asked you!!!!!!!. and SCOOB! is a good movie weather you like it or not!.
Becker
1/10/2021 03:22:50 pm
As someone who likes Scoob myself, go ahead and prove it's a good movie dude. Or you could just stop talking ****
Becker
1/11/2021 06:55:26 am
"No one asked you!"... Says the guy who earlier said "Well if you ask me...", when he was not asked. And then only went on to ramble nonsense, insult others and make idiotic and groundless statements.
whackman
1/10/2021 08:25:20 am
many people believe that SCOOB was a bad movie. everyone is entitled to their own opinion, about this. as becker said you should calm down about this.
Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
1/10/2021 09:08:17 am
I'm sorry....I just don't like negative criticism...In fact I hate it!
Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
1/10/2021 12:40:04 pm
Also as Sheldon Cooper said evalution is not an opinion it's fact!.
Becker
1/10/2021 03:21:35 pm
What's the actual evaluation of Scoob then? Besides just saying it's good and no reasoning.
Jakob Chaves-Polgrain
1/11/2021 08:58:02 am
OH!....Uh?.....Gee I never thought of it like that...... Leave a Reply. |
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