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11/12/2018

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The recent announcement of Scooby-Doo! Curse of the 13th Ghost has caused a little spark in the Scooby fandom. I've noticed that now in several places, including in the comments here, fans have begun questioning how exactly one would properly categorize the Scooby franchise into timelines.

Personally, the following is how I view the Scooby-Doo timeline.

Main Timeline
The following series fall under the "main" timeline. The main timeline encompasses all Scooby series, and are a part of the general fandom continuity. The following three series are pretty much compatible with every single timeline.
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?

Arguably, the original series falls in the main timeline and chronology of the franchise. The gang is just a group of normal teenagers solving mysteries in this particular series.

The Scooby-Doo Show
While this show is a bit darker, it still falls under the general premise of the gang being normal teens capturing masked criminals. No real monsters appear in this series. Generally speaking, it's basically an extension of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?.

The Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show
While this show introduces Scooby's nephew, Scrappy, the show still takes on the same premise as the previously listed two, and there is no supernatural beings in this particular show. I should also note that I'm referring to only the original 1979-1980 series here, which included the gang. 
Extended Timelines
#1: Fame and Fortune!
From this point on, everything connects to the main timeline, but the continuity branches off in a different direction for each extended timeline. If it's less confusing, think of the main timeline as the starting point for all the extended timelines. From there, each extended timeline branches off on its own.

I think it was my friend Dallas, whom I worked on the Scooby-Doo Chronological Viewing Order with, that came up with the "Fame and Fortune" era idea. After talking with some people about this topic this afternoon, I'm minded to agree that it's a bit unlikely that Scooby and the gang would be suddenly best friends with famous celebrities in certain series.

​So, just for fun, let's say this timeline is the "Fame and Fortune" era.

Reader's note: To avoid confusion, that project is completely separate from this post. That timeline is just for the purposes of if you wanted to watch the franchise in the least confusing order.

The New Scooby-Doo Movies
The gang meets several celebrities in this series, and regularly solves mysteries with them. This seems rather unlikely for the main timeline, so it's been grouped accordingly. Scooby also met the supernatural for the very first time in this particular timeline. In "Mystery in Persia," Scooby and the gang meets Jeannie, who is able to teleport them to Persia where they run into the evil djinn Jadall.

 
Laff-a-Lympics
By networking with some of these above celebrities, Scooby got some media attention that allowed him to compete in various sporting events. 

Mask of the Blue Falcon, WWE Films, KISS, Gourmet Ghost
The crossovers are included in with The New Scooby-Doo Movies for the same unlikelihood reason explained above. It's probable that Guess Who will be in this timeline when it's released, as well.

Behind the Scenes Interviews
The gang becomes famous enough to be interviewed about their adventures.

Night of the Living Doo
The gang meets several celebrities in this parody special while on their way to a spooky zombie-filled mansion.

Extended Timeline
#2: Scrappy's in the Picture!
The Richie Rich / Scooby-Doo Show
Branching off directly from where the main timeline left off, Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy split off from the rest of the gang and begin traveling the world for a while (if you wanted to be imaginative, you could say to "find themselves" or some angsty teen concept like that). Fred decides to pursue his dream to be a mystery novelist and Velma applies for an internship at NASA during college (this is from "Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo!" in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries). Daphne goes off to pursue something else, maybe going to college to major in  Communication/journalism, since she was a reporter in at least one episode of The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries. In this series, Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy run into real monsters for the very first time.

The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo Puppy Hour
This series is pretty much the exact same dynamic as the previous one, except that Scrappy occasionally goes to visit his uncle Yabba out in the desert.

The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
Daphne rejoins Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy while Fred and Velma remain busy with their careers. Daphne is still in college (possibly), and they continue encountering a mix of guys in masks and the supernatural. The career thing could be confirmed by the fact that in "The Crazy Carnival Caper," the gang comments that they've graduated high school.

The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
Fred and Velma remain busy with career stuff, but occasionally come back to visit Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy. The gang continues to meet a mix of real and fake monsters.

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
Fred and Velma become consumed in their careers again. Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy go on with their lives. Shaggy and Daphne may or may not be dating (purposely leaving that vague to avoid a ship war here, lol), but they travel together. They open a chest containing "13 of the most terrifying ghosts upon the face of the Earth" and have to recapture them all. I imagine Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost will conclude this explanation for us! :)

Boo Brothers / Ghoul School / Reluctant Werewolf
Daphne begins focusing on her career again, while Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy go off adventures meeting the supernatural by themselves. I suppose, begrudgingly, I could (sigh) put Arabian Nights in this timeline too, as Shaggy and Scooby being on their own is consistent with the rest of the gang's "splitting up" era.
Extended Timeline
#3: A New Hope?
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
The gang is shown as kids and they solve mysteries in their detective agency. There are no real monsters in this timeline, or at least not known to the gang. Arguably, the Mystery Map film from 2013 could be lumped into this grouping as well. The reason for including Pup here is because of the flashback to Velma's birthday party in "A Terrifying Round with a Menacing Metallic Clown" (from What's New, Scooby-Doo?) where the gang is pictured together as kids, almost exactly how they look and act in Pup.

What's New, Scooby-Doo?
​The gang is older now, and goes off solving mysteries meeting occasional celebrities. This is grouped separately from the "main" timeline only because of the unlikelihood of the gang meeting celebrities on a regular basis. However, this excludes "The Vampire Strikes Back," which is not in this timeline for reasons I'll explain later.

Loch Ness Monster - Samurai Sword
These movies go hand in hand with What's New, Scooby-Doo? There is indeed a real monster in Goblin King, though Velma, Fred and Daphne don't remember it due to the Goblin King's spell.

Abracadabra Doo - Big Top, Stage Fright, FrankenCreepy, Moon Monster Madness, Shaggy's Showdown and post-2012 specials
Though there's different animation, these assorted films still fit with this timeline and have the same general premise (even if it's a bit darker at times). The post 2012 direct-to-DVD specials also feature this same tone and plot type.
Extended Timeline
#4: Shags to Riches
Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!
I really debated putting this in the "fame and fortune" timeline with The New Scooby-Doo Movies, but I didn't want everyone to hate me! ;) In this series, Shaggy and Scooby split off from the gang after they inherit their uncle's fortune and have to try to rescue him from Dr. Phibes.
Extended Timeline
#5: Mystery Incorporated
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Pretty self-explanatory. The gang lives in Crystal Cove, and tries to solve the mystery of the Curse of Crystal Cove. It's sort of a combination of all the other timelines, besides #4 (Get A Clue). There are real monsters in this universe.
Extended Timeline
#6: Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
This is pre-Where Are You, though it still fits with the main timeline. Shaggy has never seen snow before (until "Be Cold, Scooby-Doo!"), and Daphne is much more quirky. There are no real monsters in this universe.
Extended Timeline
#7: LEGO
Haunted Hollywood, Blowout Beach Bash and Knight Time Terror
LEGO films exist in their own timeline due to living beings and places being made entirely of bricks, and the fact that these beings have the ability to magically reconstruct these bricks with one's hands.
Extended Timeline
#8: Breaking the Fourth Wall
Scooby Goes Hollywood
​Scooby Goes Hollywood exists in its own timeline because the characters are all just actors in a television show, which is comedically based on the franchise.
Extended Timeline
#9: A More Mature Era
Zombie Island - Cyber Chase
This timeline features more mature versions of the gang, where they decide to go their separate ways temporarily in Zombie Island before getting back together sometime between that film and Witch's Ghost. There are real ghosts and monsters in this timeline.

Legend of the Vampire and Monster of Mexico
This would have been part of the "main" timeline, but the gang already knows The Hex Girls in Legend of the Vampire, and there's no explanation as to why if its not in the same timeline as Witch's Ghost. It also seemed wrong to separate Monster of Mexico from Legend of the Vampire, so I moved this film into this timeline as well.


What's New, Scooby-Doo?: 3-D Struction and The Vampire Strikes Back
I had to separate these episodes out from the other WNSD episodes, since there's no explanation otherwise for how the gang would know The Hex Girls. 3-D Struction does not include The Hex Girls, but it includes J.J. Hakimoto who also appears in "The Vampire Strikes Back." Thus, these episodes needed to be taken out for the timeline to properly work.
Extended Timeline
#10: Live-Action Round 1
Scooby-Doo 1 & 2
​I wanted to fit the live-action films into their own timeline as well, though they don't particularly fit neatly into any previously created one. Arguably, I'd say the first two films encompass the main timeline, as well as branch off from #1 (Fame and Fortune) and #3 (A New Hope?). 
Extended Timeline
#11: Live Action Round 2
Scooby-Doo 3 & 4
​The first two prequel films, Mystery Begins and Curse of the Lake Monster fit into their own timeline. This timeline has the gang meeting each other in detention at high school. In between the two films, there is an alternate reality version of "The Frickert Fracas" from the Fame and Fortune timeline, which doesn't include meeting Jonathan Winters.

Extended Timeline
#12: The Scooby-Doo Project
The Scooby-Doo Project
The gang gets lost in the woods and is killed. End of timeline. Haha
Extended Timeline
#13: Feminist Fun!
Daphne & Velma
Couldn't resist the title there lol. In this film, the girls meet for the first time online and go to Ridge Valley High together, where they solve their first mystery. After solving their first mystery, they receive a second mystery on their computer screen, when a mysterious voice tells them to stay away from the incriminating files they just found. Let's hope we someday find out how this timeline ends by means of a sequel! :D

Phew, I think I covered everything! Hope you all enjoyed reading my timeline. I would love to hear your thoughts on this, especially if you have a different way of grouping them that you think is more fitting! :)

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sdf
11/13/2018 08:15:00 am

Interesting theory good try WildwindVampire. My theory is completely different. So let's start by excluding everything is not in the main timeline:

The TV actors universe
In this universe the gang are just actors. or part of a TV show. Here we find scooby doo goes to Hollywood, Laff a lympics and the interviews. I belive APNSD is the right version of scooby gang's childhood and in one interview is said that Shaggy was known as Buzz till his 13th birthday which is not true concidering that in a pup named scooby doo he was younger and the gang knew him as Shaggy. Laff a lympics are also llike a tv show and reallity so we have: -Scooby doo goes to Hollywood
- Laff a lympics
- The 8 behind the scenes interviews

The SDMI universe
You can easily understand why it is not main timeline.

The BCSD timeline

You also can easily understand why be cool is in its own universe

The First two live action films
The scrappy villian doesn't make sence cause he loves uncle scooby very much

The other two live action fims
The way Shaggy and scooby met doesn't keep up with the cartoon versions

Daphn and Velma
Again we have APNSD which shows us that they knew each other from i very young age

The lego universe
2 movies, a special and 16 lego shorts are in this timeline. Again it is easy to understand wy it is not in the right timeline

The puppet universe
Fred's name is not Fredward so Adventures of the mystery map is on its own

Crossovers out of timelline

The 3 with blue falcon cause in the real timeline blue falcon is a tv show and comics series . Also the supernatural one is in the SPN universe. Finally the Shaggy busted one is obviously out of the main universe.{i don't concider MONSTER PARTY as a scooby crossover}

The scooby doo project
Come on the gang i dead!

Shaggy and scooby doo get a clue
Shaggy isn't super rich in the newest adventures and his uncle is never mentioned again

So every other movie/series/special is a part of the right continiuty for me. Here how it goes. All the five of them were borned in coolsville bacame friends and started solving mysteries. They continued growing up solving a lot of mysteries {sometimes with celebs} untill one summer they splited up for a while because Fred, Velma and Daphne had plans for theirselves. So shaggy, scooby and scrappy had their own adventures. At one poin Daphne joined the magain for a while. Finally the gang reunited again and started solving mysteries again {legend of the vampire- the 13th ghost including what's new scooby doo?} After that they retired for a while till they started again as young adults this time (zombie island-cyber chase}.

so here's the right timeline for me

-Young gang {APNSD}
-First series until scooby doo and scrappy doo {including bravo dooby doo}
-The gang splits up and we have the scrappy series and movies till arabian nights
-The gang is back again. From What's new scooby doo-13TH ghost
- They retire again but come back as young adoults (the 1998-2001 films and hopefully the zombie island sequel}

I have some problems though. How does the gang find money for their trips (they are travelling abroad some times}.Why scooby snax are called scooby snax? (I thought that they saved a factory back in coolsville and they named one product scooby snack to honour them}. Shaggy has a littlle sister in APNSD but we see her older than him and with a different name in the new scooby and scrappy show {Probaby Shaggy has two sisters}. I don't remember the arabian nights and the scrappy shorts cvery well. Maybe there are clues that they are in their own timeline. How does the gang not remember their supernatural encounters? {mostly scooby and shaggy but i guess the forget imidiatelly but what about the gennie in TNSDM}. Also what happens with the TNSDM? They meet a celeb and in the next episode they are like they didn't met at all {Don Knots for example}. And finally whats going on with batma? They meet him in TNSDM, a crossover and a movie and every time is like they meet for first time {so maby the brave and the bold crossover is in his own universe and so is the movie }

PS1 we don't know yet in which timeline Guess who? is
PS2 I have no idea for the comics but i think that scooby doo where are you? is in the right timeline and the apocalypse and the team ups are in their own
PS3 That was a huge post. Hope you are not tired to read it!

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WildwindVampire link
11/13/2018 05:14:15 pm

Haha, no, it was a fun post to read! :)

Interesting take on the timeline! I admit I didn't even think about some of the little details you brought up like the gang not knowing Batman in Brave and the Bold, or the Fredward thing from Mystery Map. Really interesting how you put 13 Ghosts after What's New Scooby-Doo as well! I enjoyed how you grouped the "Actors" timeline.

I didn't think about the crossovers, though obviously they're all in the own little universes.

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sdf
11/13/2018 07:09:34 pm

I told you i am working it for a long time. Yes all the crossovers are in their own universes except bravoo dooby doo and the night of the living doo which are ok with the original timeline

So finally here is the complete timeline:

The right one
-APNSD {kids}
-All the series till SDAND except laff a lympicks and with bravo dooby doo and night of the living doo {teens]
-All the scrappy series and movies till 13 ghosts including arabian nights {the break up era}
-All the DTVS from the legend of the vampire till the 13th ghost except the brave and the bold movie, the 13 spooky tales specials and what's new scooby doo? (the reunion era-mid/late teens}
-The 1998-2001 movies {young adults}

The TV actors timeline
- Scooby doo goes to Hollywood
-Laff a lympics
-The interviews

The shaggy and scooby doo get a clue timeline
-shaggy and scooby doo get a clue

The SDMI timeline
-SDMI

The BCSD timeline
-BCSD

The puppet timeline
-Scooby doo adventures of the mystery map

The scooby doo project timeline
-The scooby doo project

The SPN timeline
-scoobynatural

The lego timeline
-LEGO shorts
-2 Lego movies
- knight time terror

the bluee falcon timeline
-3 crossovers with blue falcon

the shaggy busted timeline
-Shaggy busted

The brave and the bold timeline 1
-The episode crossover

The brave and the bold timeline 2
-The brave and the bold movie

I belive both fake and real monsters could excist in the real timeline. It makes sence for me and i appreciate your opinion about this. My only problems now are:
1- How the gang finds money for their trips
2- They saw real monsters many times how they don't remember the next time
3- I haven't seen the scrappy shorts for a while so maybe there are some clues that makes it out of timeline

PS I belive i didn;t forget any scooby series/speca/crossover/movie did i?

WildwindVampire link
11/14/2018 10:48:25 am

What is "SDAND"? Sorry, I'm not sure what that stands for! Oh, I knew I was forgetting about something! Scoobynatural isn't in my timeline, though I'd put it in its own separate universe as well.

I think you got all of them except for the live action films. Any insight on where those would fit?

sdf
11/14/2018 03:12:56 pm

Hahaha stupid me. I wanted to write SDANSD {scooby doo and scrappy doo first series}. Oh and i forgot about the live actions which are in their own universe and not in the right one. I said at first that there were three universes for them {the original two live actions, the two CN live actions, Daphne and Velma} but now i see they could belong in the came universe so

The live action universe
-Daphne and velma {The girls meet each other and probably Shaggy and Fred are going to meet after that movie or at the same time}
-The 2 CN movies {The girls meet the boys and one day they buy scooby/teens}
-The original movies {They are adults in this probably in their mid twentys}

So here is it complete. I recently saw some of the shorts and i think they are in the right continiuty. I also found some theories about how they make money like they have part time jobs off camera or Daphne's Dad is helping

So now i have only theese problem. How they don't rememember their supernatural encounters {Here is a quick theory. First of all shaggy and scooby care only about food so they don't remember details from mysteries. As for velma in my timeline the 13th ghost is before zombie island. And there were so much mysteries she probably forget some of them are real like the jinn. But what about Daphne? She was trying to find true ghosts but she didn;t seem to remember her 13 ghoosts adventure. Any theories?}

PS If i have some free time in the future i will make a research at the comics and video games about their timeline to have a complete work

PS2 So i work on this for a while and i belive it is one of the best on the scooby comunity {very humble lol}. What's your opinion about it? Did you find any mistakes?

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WildwindVampire link
11/14/2018 03:33:28 pm

Oh, no worries! :) The djinn you could argue that they weren't sure it was real or thought it was a dream, after all it's not everyday you meet a genie haha! I would argue that Zombie Island should be before 13 Ghosts. In 13 Ghosts, Daphne does not seem surprised at all about the existence of the supernatural, whereas in Zombie Island she does. An easy way to remedy this discontinuity is to say Zombie Island happened before 13 Ghosts.

The one mistake I noticed was in your categorizing of the live action films in the same timeline. If you are saying Daphne & Velma is before Mystery Begins, that doesn't make a lot of sense. Daphne and Velma don't seem to know each other at all in the film before getting put into detention together. Additionally, in Daphne & Velma they attend Ridge Valley High but in Mystery Begins, the school is called Coolsville High.

Other than that, I think it's a really good timeline and definitely helps organize and explain a lot of the concepts that would otherwise be confusing.

sdf
11/14/2018 04:38:15 pm

I was afraid i would make a mistake cause i haven't seen it yet. As for the Daphne's reactions you observved made it mor complicated lol. SO new theory

-APNSD
-All the series and movies except the scrappy ones and arabian nights, Bravo dooby doo and night of the living doo
-the scrappy era and arabian nights
-the 13th ghost

Here id goes. They started solving mysteries at a young age back in coolsville. They continiued solving mysteries growing up {SDWAY,TNSDM,TSDS,WNSD, bravo dooby doo, night of the living doo, The legend of the vampire-gourmet ghost}. They decided to break up for a while to focus on their careers and shaggy and scooby went to Arabia {arabian nights}. Then they found a job in an airport and after that zombie island-the half dtvs happend. Tired of the so many adventures they decided to retire temporarily and scrappy joined scooby for new adventures when Fred and the girls went on camp. Daphne joined them again for some adventures. They reunited for the rest of the dtvs and the 13 spooky tales specials and decided to retire again. But they forgot one ghost and here they go again. It is compicated but i think i found it. If you didn't understand it tell me to write it in a simplier way. If it is true i will post the complete timeline on the scoobyaddicts board.

WildwindVampire link
11/14/2018 08:12:24 pm

That makes a lot more sense. Definitely post it on ScoobyAddicts, I'm sure people would love to see your take on the timeline!

Out of curiosity, do you already have an account on ScoobyAddicts? And did you know I'm also an admin there? :)

Sdf
11/15/2018 12:04:55 am

No but u read the threads for so many years. I would love to finally join the Scooby doo community

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WildwindVampire link
11/15/2018 08:58:23 am

As someone who's been there for 10+ years, you should definitely join! It's an awesome place, though I may be biased a bit lol. I'm signed up under the username Doo there btw :)

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sdf
11/15/2018 03:58:53 pm

Yes i know that. Maybe i will join the comunity in the next few days

WildwindVampire link
11/15/2018 07:27:51 pm

Ah sorry, a lot of people don't make the connection (because of the different usernames) so I didn't want to assume. Looking forward to when you join!! :)




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