Eternal Phantom posted her theory in August 2016. Others think most of what happens in the show is nothing but a drug hallucination. And of course let's not forget the fact that Shaggy is constantly having conversations with a dog. Some think the cravings for the snacks come from the munchies; others think the drugs are the snacks. Upon investigation by the amateur sleuths, though, the mystery proved to have a human origin, and the episodes invariably ended with the evildoers convinced that they would have gotten away with their nefarious deception “if it weren’t for those meddling kids.”. Co-creators Joe and Ken also went on to create the 1960’s cartoon Dynomutt, Dog Wonder and the 1976 animated shark comedy Jabberjaw. View our online Press Pack. And so the way they found was to kiss and the souls went back into proper alignment." Randomd0g has three major points. He exclaimed, "Quick, he went that way! Phantom's smoking gun is the 2008 direct-to-DVD movie Scooby-Doo & The Goblin King, in which a "magical character" actually uses the word "wizard" to describe Shaggy. He led production for shows and movies such as Punky Prewster, Rambo and Police Academy. Freddie, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy and of course, his best friend and Great Dane Scooby-Doo, have remained a pop culture staple throughout the decades since. Also, the 2018 release of the "Scoobynatural" episode of Supernatural could be seen as solid proof of the Purgatory theory's merit. Probably one of the most common theories — and the most believable — is that Shaggy and Scooby (or maybe just Shaggy because maybe there is no Scooby) are on drugs. In 2011, Curtis Silver kicked off a "Psychology of Cartoons" series for Wired, and his first entry covered Scooby and his buds. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. A year before he posted his Soviet Scooby theory, he wrote another in-depth speculation about Scooby and his gang. Why did the guys on the first Voltron cartoon always spend so much time in the separate lions rather than just forming the giant robot right away? To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Cookies help us deliver our Services. opening titles, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Corrections? It's a little counter-intuitive, but when you stop and think about it, it makes sense. The television executive passed away at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday, his grandson Benjamin Ruby told Variety. Looks like a deserted-type pickup truck. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. The original Scooby-Doo-based cartoon series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Forget Batman or the Harlem Globetrotters. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Curtis diagnoses everyone in the cast, and some of what he writes supports other Scooby theories. Their first Scooby-Doo animated series launched on CBS in 1969. Which of these people is not involved in making films? The series was conceived by CBS television executive Fred Silverman, who was attempting to steer his network’s children’s programming away from the often-condemned violence of action and superhero shows and toward humour. Shaggy's constant paranoia is a telltale sign. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). For other inquiries, Contact Us. Velma is the socially awkward teenager who has fallen in with the cult because of the more traditionally attractive Fred and Daphne, whose company helps her feel accepted. So they look like they’re in the 60s, but they live in Crystal Cove. Velma has Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, which serves her well in solving mysteries. — according to themightyheptagon, it wasn't being shouted by scared teenagers in haunted houses, but by frustrated CIA agents in surveillance vans. And whether he's a wizard or not, Shaggy seems more interested in Doritos than Dormammu anyway, so it's all good. Shaggy's secret Hogwart's training continues to impress in more recent Scooby-Doo fare, says Phantom, in which Shaggy seems to be the only one able to identify magical objects. Fans of the theory that a close look at Star Wars: The Phantom Menace proves that Jar Jar Binks was originally meant to be a Sith Lord will be familiar with the kind of argument posted by tumblr user Eternal Phantom, who believes Scooby-Doo's goofy-but-lovable Shaggy is secretly a wizard. Silver calls him a "cowardly pothead with hints of paranoia," but says the paranoia doesn't go far enough to be considered a disorder, making him the only member of Mystery, Inc. without a personality disorder. According to the theory, the Soviets decided it made more sense to work on developing intelligence in a dog so they could continue using canines for space exploration, rather than risking the lives of human cosmonauts. Perhaps the most convincing piece of RADDman's theory is that it explains why Mystery, Inc. does what it does. After their series became a global hit, Joe and Ken were hired by CBS to oversee their coveted Saturday morning cartoons programs. When you look back at some of your favorite cartoons from childhood, it's easy to see things that don't make sense. This is why the title of Scooby's first show was Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Updates? He calls Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! They're suffering for their sins in Purgatory, and Scooby-Doo is a demon watching over them. What follows is the best of the absolute worst. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. Scooby-Doo: Sorry. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. They left to focus on creating original content and soon After, Scooby-Doo was created. For iPhone click here, for Android click here. Shaggy: Hey, what's that? The theorist points out that Scooby is a Great Dane, that Great Danes are a German breed of dog, and that before the end of World War II the Germans were at the cutting edge of rocket technology. However, in order to get into the Scooby Doo Lame Villain Hall of Fame, let’s just say that you really have to work for it. Considering how that movie ended — with both protagonists being gunned down on their motorcycles — it does make you wonder if someone finally took care of those meddling kids. More than most, the Purgatory theory takes liberties with the Scooby gang's personal info. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSunUS and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunUS. There was a time in America when the former Soviet Union was blamed for just about everything. First, there's the fact that almost every episode is set in a "run down hotel, an abandoned theme park, an unused airfield," suggesting that most businesses in this alternate United States are similarly crumbling ruins. That year also saw the premiere of the first live-action film featuring a computer-animated Scooby. Scooby-Doo theories that will make you see the characters differently, © 2020 Looper.com. For the latest news on this story keep checking back at Sun Online. the Son of Sam), believes a dog is talking to him and telling him what to do. Daphne is Fred's "groupie," always going off alone with him during mysteries and doing whatever he says. The "Scooby-Doo Meets Mad Max" episode would be weird, but we'd watch it. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. He did not, however, hold similar opinions for Shaggy and Scooby's colleagues. This sure is strange. Mystery, Inc. is constantly called upon to deal with what they are told are ghosts and monsters. With brief profiles for all the non-canine members of the cartoon cast, the theory explains how each of them fits — Shaggy is a Jack-Kerouac-inspired hippie and Scooby is his dog, Fred is a suburban kid whose draft number came up, Daphne is Fred's fiancée who stayed with Fred once he decided to dodge the draft, and Velma with her less feminine attire is a classic antiwar activist. made up a religious cult. According to Phantom's seemingly exhaustive research, the first example of Shaggy doing something straight-up Gandalf-esque was in the 1976 episode "High Rise Hair Raiser" when Shags inadvertently casts a magic spell twice. History’s first recorded animator is Pygmalion of Greek and Roman mythology, a sculptor who created a figure of a woman so perfect that he fell in love with her and begged…. From accidental wizards to Soviet Scoobies, here are Scooby-Doo theories that will make you look at the characters very differently. They're suffering for their sins in Purgatory, and Scooby-Doo is a demon watching over them. The Sun is your go to destination for the best celebrity news, football news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. In his 1998 stand-up special Dress to Kill, Izzard told his American audience that bringing up "Shaggy and Scooby" would universally elicit overjoyed responses from anyone, anywhere in the world, no matter how they felt about America or its foreign policies. In 2020, James Gunn tweeted: "The movie was originally meant to be PG-13 & was cut down to PG after like 3 parents were outraged at a test screening in Sacramento. The Mystery Machine is their tomb and they can never wander too far from it lest they incite "Scooby… Where he go? Where he go? Get it? And so Scooby-Doo was born. You can decide the people who made the show were incompetent, lazy, or both. The creative team of Joe Ruby and Ken Spears developed the series, which debuted in 1969 and quickly achieved great success. Scooby and his owner, Shaggy (one of the first serial abusers of the word like), were generally afraid of their own shadows, but, ever motivated by insatiable hunger, they put themselves in harm’s way, provided they were compensated with Scooby Snacks. The story about a small group of young people driving around a country with a talking dog and solving mysteries — which pretty much always involves them proving there isn't actually a ghost but just an old jerk cosplaying — has enough nonsense in its description to warrant some intense and involved theories. Daphne: You're right, Shaggy. What's an empty, old suit of armor doing in the driver's seat of this pickup? Thankfully, there are those that have met the challenge. Omissions? According to this theory, the Scooby gang is most concerned with not being sent to Vietnam. Randomd0g says this is because Shaggy can't afford separate food for himself and Scooby, so they both eat the same food and both eat it "as if they don't know where their next meal is coming from, because they genuinely don't.". In fact it's usually Shaggy and Scooby who uncover the falsehood before anyone else. Anyone home? Third and finally, there's Shaggy and Scooby's insane eating habits. Take for example, Scooby-Doo. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. "a journey into the American heartland from the perspective of four disillusioned children on the 1960s.". If Randomd0g is right, they could crossover with Viggo Mortensen and his kid from The Road or the cast of The Walking Dead. Most recently, the characters were reimagined in The Warner Bros. movie, Scoob! All the human members of the Scooby Gang are "draft-dodgers on their way to Canada." Fred: Yeah. But this is not the same kind of apocalypse reddit user Randomd0g was talking about in 2014. Scooby-Doo is an American animated franchise comprising many animated television series produced from 1969 to the present, as well as their derivative media.Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, for Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1969. SCOOBY-DOO creator and legendary animation writer Joe Ruby is dead at 87 from “natural causes.”. Some might say considering the mysteries the gang tackles, Shaggy's paranoia is warranted, though that forgets that in just about every mystery it turns out the ghosts or monsters aren't real — yet every time without fail Shaggy is the one who thinks they are real.

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