 Hi everyone!
With all the discussion lately following Curse of the 13th Ghost about what's canon and what's not, SDF and I have been working on a project about what could be considered canon. In our definition, canon means that there are no continuity errors with other things in the Scooby-Doo franchise that would prevent it from being in the main continuity. Anything that is not canon would be discontinuous with another incarnation, or it somehow contradicts another Scooby-Doo episode, special, or film. The following is the canon we came up with. Some non-canon movies fit together nicely with others, such as the LEGO or live action films, and have been placed in a canon together. All incarnations under the "separate canons" category are all in their own, individual canons and do not fit together with anything else in the franchise. Some notes are provided where our placement might be a bit confusing. However, if there's anything you feel should be placed elsewhere, please let us know in the comments and we'll be happy to explain our reasoning as to why we chose to place it there. Main Canon A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The New Scooby-Doo Movies "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!" The Scooby-Doo Show "Bravo Dooby-Doo" Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster Aloha, Scooby-Doo! Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire Big Top Scooby-Doo! Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost The Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show The Richie Rich / Scooby-Doo Show The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo Puppy Hour Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights (Shaggy and Scooby are alone, without Daphne. Other non-Daphne films are placed below because they had a darker feel which went with 13 Ghosts and Zombie Island) The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf Monster Party (OK K.O.) Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (Hex Girls are present, first introduced in Witch's Ghost) Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (Real monsters are featured, and Velma doesn't seem overly skeptical) What's New, Scooby-Doo? (Hex Girls are present) Separate Canons Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? "Shaggy Busted" "Scoobynatural" Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes (8 shorts) The Scooby-Doo Project Night of the Living Doo Scooby Goes Hollywood Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold Daphne & Velma SCOOB! Dynomutt, Dog Wonder Canon: "Everyone Hyde!" "What Now, Lowbrow?" "The Wizard of Ooze" LEGO Canon Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror The Lego shorts Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash Live Action (Era 1) Canon Scooby-Doo {2002 live action} Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Live Action (Prequel) Canon Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster Reboot Canon Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! Thanks so much to SDF for working with me on this! It was a lot of fun! :) Let us know what you think of the timeline in the comments!!!
36 Comments
The cop
3/25/2019 11:28:00 am
It was said that mystery incorparated takes place right before where are you and curse of the 13th ghost takes place a couple months after the 13 ghosts of scooby doo 3/25/2019 01:00:51 pm
SDF and I decided that there are too many continuity errors (i.e. the rebooting universe at the end of SDMI, the numerous inconsistencies between the original 13 Ghosts show and the film) to include it in the main canon of the franchise.
The cop
3/29/2019 01:49:43 pm
I am pretty sure samurai sword and what's new would be right before loch ness monster because they all have the what's new scooby doo art 3/30/2019 08:25:53 am
I wish we could do that. Our reasoning for placing WNSD after was in part because of the Hex Girls being in "The Vampire Strikes Back." Witch's Ghost and Legend of the Vampire had to be before WNSD because that's how the gang met the Hex Girls. Additionally, the gang goes to Australia in "Reef Grief," but in Big Top Scooby-Doo, Shaggy comments he had never been to Australia and didn't even know what a kangaroo looked like. Samurai Sword was placed after everything else because real monsters are featured, but Velma doesn't seem overly skeptical (whereas she does in many of the other DTVs).
Timothy Weber
5/2/2019 01:19:55 am
Personally I believe Scoobynatural to be part of Scooby-Doo canon, and to finally solve the biggest question in Scooby history: Should real monsters exist? 5/2/2019 08:13:44 am
This is a really interesting idea, Timothy! Thanks for sharing!
Graham
4/22/2021 11:32:46 pm
I know you posted this a while back, but I have to say I really like that idea!
Mahsad
9/19/2019 09:12:56 pm
I think Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? are in the main canon. 9/20/2019 10:55:02 am
Agreed, I don't think we had updated it yet but I will ask SDF to make sure he agrees. Thanks!
Mahsad
9/20/2019 11:23:18 pm
No Prob!
sdf
11/24/2019 07:22:26 pm
Recently i was scoobypedia and specifically the guess who episode pages and there were a lot of continuity errors noticed. These are: 11/25/2019 07:31:01 am
I think yeah, there are things that put it out of canon. The gang also doesn't know Batman in his episode at all. Do you think this puts the whole series out of canon though, or just those specific episodes?
sdf
11/25/2019 08:43:42 am
I belive there's a new continuity the guess who one.
Rhea
12/7/2019 11:47:45 pm
So I have a question... The Boo Brothers movie and the episode the Scoobynatural is based on both feature the uncle Beauregard character dying. How is this explained? Is it a continuity error that he's leaving two different fortunes and dying twice? 12/8/2019 11:37:14 am
Hmm, very interesting point! I've always assumed that the Beauregards were two different people. Scoobynatural was based on the episode "A Night of Fright is No Delight," which says Beauregard is just a person that Scooby rescued from a pond. I believe it's only Boo Brothers that says that Beauregard is Shaggy's uncle, so my explanation would be that it's two different people both named Beauregard.
Rhea
12/9/2019 05:56:48 am
So I thought that too, but their ghost looks the same (or rather, the portrait looks the same in A Night of Fright is No Delight as the ghost in Boo Brothers). It totally tripped me out! (I'm new to scooby, and just started watching, so I caught this and was like "deja vu what" and got so confused.) 12/9/2019 09:03:38 am
Welcome to the Scooby fandom then! Unfortunately, Scooby does tend to re-use their character designs (as does Hanna-Barbera in general), so you'll see a few villains that look similar (i.e. the zombies in "Which Witch is Which?" and "Mamba Wamba and the Voodoo Hoodoo" look the same with the exception of the shirt color).
MasterSolo
2/8/2020 01:21:02 am
Shouldn’t Spooky Scarecrow be before Haunted Holidays, since Halloween comes before Christmas? 2/8/2020 05:24:24 pm
Very good point, MasterSolo! I've switched these around now.
MasterSolo
2/8/2020 06:37:29 pm
Also, how can Witch’s ghost come after Zombie Island, when in Zombie Island Daphne and Fred are already dating, then in Witch’s Ghost, she asks him why he always pairs them together and tries to kiss him for the first time? 2/9/2020 09:35:21 am
Witch's Ghost definitely comes after Zombie Island, because Ben says he read a newspaper which has them solving a mystery with the moat monster from Zombie Island. I don't think Fred and Daphne ever officially confirm that they're dating in the film (in fact Daphne acts defiant against Fred until the end of Zombie Island, saying things like "I can handle myself!"), though there is the little "this is so romantic" comment when they're on the end of the dock. I would say Ben reading the newspaper that has the Moat Monster mystery is more conclusive proof that Zombie Island comes before Witch's Ghost than the romance thing, though you make a good point that it's an odd inconsistency.
Lil_Nathan
9/27/2020 08:44:20 pm
Honestly, I agree with the administrator of this blog, that the canon should be everything that does not interfere with the other content, but I consider that if something damages the rest we should put it aside in another canon as is everything related to Scrappy Doo as it hinders the gang's history.
Lil_Nathan
10/3/2020 08:32:36 pm
I think Scooby Doo the Rock and Roll Mystery has to happen before camp scare and stage fright because that movie breaks all the progress that was Fred and Daphne in Camp scare and Stage Fright developing and demostrating their feelings for each other little by little.
Lil_Nathan
10/3/2020 10:13:48 pm
And In SF Vilma consider that the phantom can be a real ghost when it desapear at the begging of the mystery something very strange in Vilma considering his skepticism in other movies and series. 10/6/2020 10:22:38 am
Sorry for the delayed response. I contacted SDF but never heard back yet (was waiting to hear back to respond). I would agree with this, though I'll wait to see if SDF responds back to change it.
Lil_Nathan
10/6/2020 05:23:36 pm
Perfect, it is a pleasure for me to contribute to your timeline cause the truth is that it enriches the history of scooby and I think that change would help to the history and development of the characters so loved for us
WildwindVampire
10/6/2020 08:28:41 pm
I definitely agree that projects like this enrich Scooby's history and I'm glad I was able to help in creating this timeline :)
Lil_Nathan
10/10/2020 12:58:22 am
SDF already answered you because I would like to know his opinion about it ;) 10/10/2020 04:14:12 pm
I guess I don't really understand what you mean in your comment but SDF did comment again on the blog so I just left a comment in response directing him here.
Sdf
10/10/2020 06:59:47 pm
Lil Nathan has a good point. I think we should change the order. Thanks for the help and forgive me for the late response
Lil_Nathan
10/10/2020 10:11:00 pm
No problem SDF! I really appreciate that you guys change it because I love this franchise and his characters. I’m happy to help ;)
Zach Fisher
3/17/2021 11:18:46 pm
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