For anyone who isn't interested in fanfiction, feel free to skip over this post. I just wanted to do a brief bit of promotion to announce the start of a new fanfic I'm writing!

I recently realized that one of my past fanfics, Hexed, was my favorite piece of fanfiction I've ever written. I really enjoyed developing The Hex Girls' personalities, since the Scooby media other than Witch's Ghost doesn't necessarily develop Luna and Dusk's personalities on a deep level. I was initially hesitant to write a sequel, because (without ruining anything), I really liked how the ending of Hexed was open to interpretation, and I didn't want to make a sequel that narrowed the potential interpretation that people could have for the ending. However, there were also some elements of Hexed that I thought it might be fun to develop a bit more.

After some thought, I decided to write a sequel, titled Dawn & Dusk. Unlike Hexed which was from Thorn's perspective, this story is fully from Dusk's perspective. The sequel centers around Dusk, Thorn and Luna coping with what happened at the end of Hexed, as they prepare to release their second single, "Earth, Wind, Fire and Air." When Dusk joins a group of aspiring songwriters, Dusk struggles to come to terms with the fragility of the band's fame. My past stories have focused quite a bit on a supernatural threat, and while there is a bit of supernatural stuff in this fic, it was fun to try a different style and not have a core supernatural villain that was present throughout the entire fanfic.

The first chapter of the fanfic is out now, and I will be publishing a new chapter every Friday until all 12 are posted. If you're interested in checking it out, you can read it on Fanfiction.net and Archive of Our Own!

In my post about the Teen Titans Go! WB 100th Anniversary Special being delayed, I made a comparison to the last-minute scheduling changes that happened with Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. Ironically, like that series, Cartoon Network pulled the 100th anniversary special from the schedule so last-minute that they didn't give notice to On Demand providers not to post the episode. As a result, Cartoon Network once again accidentally leaked their own special to On Demand providers before it was supposed to air. (It may be worth noting that another Teen Titans Go! episode featuring the group going through classic Hanna-Barbera intros did air in its place last Saturday.) I believe the special has been removed now, but I was able to watch the special before they fixed their mistake. Given it was posted by official means (even if accidentally), I assume it's okay to review the special, but if not, anyone from WB is free to let me know and I'll be happy to take down this review.

I know a lot of Scooby fans were planning to check out the special, so I thought it might be worthwhile to review it on here. I don't have a ton to say about it, hence the title "mini-review," but I do have a few thoughts. This is a spoiler-free review.

The most important thing to point out is that Scooby and the gang just make brief non-speaking cameos during the studio tour. The only HB/WB characters with significant roles are Yogi Bear and Daffy Duck. I thought both of them were well-incorporated into the special.

The special's premise features the Teen Titans giving a studio tour of WB for the 100th anniversary. When WB's official mascot Michigan J. Frog finds out he's not invited, he goes on a rampage and steals the fabled WB Shield. Yogi, Daffy and the Teen Titans have to go on a quest to find the WB Shield to restore the magic of Warner Brothers. The plot is...fine, I guess. It is pretty typical Teen Titans Go! slapstick humor, which I don't necessarily enjoy.

There are some cool references to WB properties such as Friends and The Wizard of Oz, but the references all have a heavy dose of Teen Titans Go!'s humor style. For example, in one scene, they meet the Wizard of Oz. The wizard threatens them, to which they respond by yelling "later loser!!!", then jumping in the Mystery Machine and flooring it. The joke was fine, I guess, it's just not really my cup of tea, and I would say it's a good representation of what the humor is like throughout the episode.

One positive of the episode is that I felt Yogi and Daffy fit the tone really well. I can definitely see why they chose those two characters to be the prominent ones, as the antics-filled humor style of the episode matched up quite well with those two characters IMO.

I will word this in a way that's not a spoiler, but I was not a fan of the ending either. Without ruining how it ended, the message the audience is left with was basically "the magic of Warner Brothers is within us all" which was really cheesy. Also, instead of "that's all, folks," this episode establishes that Warner Brothers' official new slogan is apparently "that's all, yo!" I presume this means Zaslav will now be concluding all his speeches this way lol.

Overall, considering the fact that Scooby and the gang only make brief cameos, I honestly would not bother checking this out unless you are a fan of Teen Titans Go!. Overall, the special was nothing particularly memorable and it's nothing I'd want to revisit. Hopefully this review was helpful to those considering checking this out, and gave you a better idea of if you'd want to check this out or not.

Every year for Halloween, WB puts on a month-long Scoobtober event celebrating the Scooby-Doo franchise. There hasn't ever really been a clear format for the month, as WB seems to switch up what they do each year. The festivities for Scoobtober 2023 have just been announced by Romper.

On Sunday, October 1, Cartoon Network will air a marathon of Scooby-Doo films from 8:00am-2:00pm CST. The marathon will feature Loch Ness Monster at 8:00am, Monster of Mexico at 9:30am, Where's My Mummy at 11:00am and Goblin King at 12:30pm. Cartoon Network will also be airing Scooby-Doo content every day beginning October 1. What's New Scooby-Doo? will be re-added to Cartoon Network's lineup, with one episode airing every weekday at 3:30pm CST. On the weekends, a different Scooby-Doo film will be aired every Saturday at 2:30pm CST and every Sunday morning at 8:00am CST.

Similarly to the old Scooby marathons Cartoon Network used to do around Halloween back in the 90s, WB Kids YouTube channel will be streaming a marathon of Scooby, which they are calling the "Scoobtober Watch Party." For 48 hours straight, WB Kids YouTube will only be broadcasting Scooby-Doo content from Friday, October 27 at 3:00pm CST to Sunday, October 29 at 3:00pm CST. No schedule for the marathon has been announced yet.

Following up with this fun fact from July 31, Shaggy's real name Norville was created by Tom Ruegger in reference to Oliver Norvell Hardy (of Laurel and Hardy), according to a tweet he made.

Before looking through which episodes would be options, I was expecting this week's poll to have a lot more options than the 1990s poll, but we have another smaller set this week of only 16 episodes/films! I had never deeply thought it about it before, but when making this poll, I was surprised to realize how much What's New, Scooby-Doo? diversified the types of villains as compared to The New Scooby-Doo Movies and The Scooby-Doo Show, which had a ghost practically every other episode lol. 

Witch's Ghost completely blew all the other options out of the water and won last week's poll, which I don't think was unexpected to anyone lol. Here are the full results for our '90s poll:

Witch's Ghost - 73
Bravo Dooby Doo - 9
The Ghost of Mrs. Shusham - 6
Dawn of the Spooky Shuttle Scare - 2
Wrestle Maniacs - 1

Fans of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated will remember how the show was plagued with schedule changes, many of which were often so last-second that iTunes and Amazon would still post the episode because even they weren't aware of the sudden change. It seems this has happened again with the Teen Titans Go! WB 100th Anniversary special. The special was set to air at 8:30am this morning. However, at the last moment, the episode was pulled from the schedule, and all official promos for the special were deleted from Cartoon Network's social media last night. No announcement or reason was given for the sudden cancellation. The special will now air next Saturday, September 30 at 9:00am CST instead according to TV Passport.

The Teen Titans Go WB 100th Anniversary Special is airing on Cartoon Network in just a few days! The special airs on CN on Saturday, September 23 at 8:30am CST! The preview clip shows that the gang will have a bigger role than merely just making a cameo. The plot of the special features Robin driving many Hanna-Barbera characters around Warner Brothers-Discovery Studios, including the gang. A one-minute preview of the special is now available on Gizmodo.com.

Although Hanna-Barbera's decline was one reason why Scooby content went into a lull after 1991, another lesser-discussed reason is a cultural shift with Saturday morning cartoons. networks phasing out cartoons on Saturday mornings due to governmental legislation. In 1990, the United States Congress passed the Children's Television Act, which required networks to broadcast at least three hours per week of educational content. This caused networks to begin shifting gears with how they approached Saturday mornings. In 1992, NBC got rid of Saturday morning cartoons and aired only live-action shows with "after school special" types of lessons, such as Saved by the Bell. Other networks didn't follow suit right away, but all switched their formats within the next decade. CBS changed to educational programming on Saturday mornings in 1997, and ABC extended the hours of their morning news show and got rid of cartoons in the early 2000s (airing the required three hours of educational programming at another time).

In a sense, this shift was natural with the creation of television networks targeted towards kids, such as Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. Saturday morning cartoons were originally created because there were no networks airing only children's content, but as channels specifically for cartoons were created, there was less need to have designated time for cartoons on otherwise adult-oriented networks.

Of course, Hanna-Barbera's decline was the main reason for the lack of Scooby content following 1991, but arguably, the cultural shift is another small part of the reason that no new Scooby-Doo shows aired for a while after A Pup Named Scooby-Doo concluded. You can read more information on the larger cultural shift behind getting rid of Saturday morning cartoons in this article.

Compared to the last two, we have an extremely light poll this week! I think the winner will probably be obvious, but it would be interesting to see if it comes out differently. Boo Brothers won our 80's poll for last week! Here are the full results of last week's poll:

Boo Brothers - 8
A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle - 4
That's Monstertainment! - 4
Terror, Thy Name Is Zombo - 4
Scoobygeist - 3
The Nutcracker Scoob - 3
To All the Ghouls I've Loved Before - 3
Scooby Ghosts West - 2
​A Fright at the Opera - 2
Wedding Bell Boos - 2
Scoobra Kadoobra - 2
Me and My Shadow Demon - 2
Scooby's Roots - 1
Lighthouse Keeper Scooby - 1
Scoobsie - 1
Scooby Pinch Hits - 1
Sherlock Doo - 1
Ghost Who's Coming to Dinner - 1
Robopup - 1
The Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll - 1

0 votes: Scooby's Luck of the Irish, Scooby a la Mode, The Scooby Coupe, Scooby Roo, Scoo-Be or Not Scoo-Be?, Doom Service, A Night Louse at the White House, Showboat Scooby, Reflections in a Ghoulish Eye, Ship of Ghouls, A Spooky Little Ghoul Like You, When You Witch Upon a Star, It's a Wonderful Scoob, Scooby in Kwackyland, Coast to Ghost, The Ghouliest Show on Earth, Horror Scope Scoob, Ghoul School, A Bicycle Built for Boo, and Curse of the Collar

We've seen quite a bit of Scooby-Doo and Krypto, Too! merch from other retailers, including Target and Amazon, but now, WB Shop has released some additional merch! The new line of merch includes a yellow coffee mug featuring Krypto and Scooby eating snacks ($17), another coffee mug featuring the whole gang ($15), a sweatshirt with the film logo ($45), a "trouble alert" t-shirt featuring Shaggy, Scooby and Krypto ($27), and a hoodie featuring Shaggy and Scooby in superhero outfits ($55). The new merch will be shipped out to customers beginning Thursday, September 21 with the expected delivery date listed as the film's digital/Walmart release date on September 26. Images of all the new merch can be seen in the gallery below: