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text: Development[edit]

text: In 1968, parent-run organizations, particularly Action for Children's Television (ACT), began to protest about what they perceived as excessive violence in Saturday morning cartoons.[8] Most of these shows were Hanna-Barbera action cartoons such as Space Ghost, The Herculoids and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, and virtually all of them were canceled by 1969 because of pressure from the parent groups.[9] Members of these watchgroups served as advisers to Hanna-Barbera and other animation studios to ensure that their new programs would be safe for children.

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text: Fred Silverman, executive in charge of daytime programming for the CBS network at the time, was looking for a show that would revitalize his Saturday morning line and please the watch groups at the same time. The result was The Archie Show, based upon Bob Montana's teenage humor comic book Archie. Also successful were the musical numbers The Archies performed during each program (one of which, "Sugar, Sugar", was the most successful Billboard number-one hit of 1969). Silverman was eager to build upon this success, and contacted producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera about possibly creating another show based on a teenage rock group, this one featuring teens who solved mysteries in between gigs. Silverman envisioned the show as a cross between the popular I Love a Mystery radio serials of the 1940s and either the Archie characters or the popular early 1960s television series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.[10]

text: After attempting to develop his own version of the proposed show called House of Mystery,[3] Barbera, who handled the development and sale of Hanna-Barbera shows while Hanna handled production,[3] passed the task along to story writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and artist/character designer Iwao Takamoto. Their original treatment, based in part on The Archie Show, was titled Mysteries Five and featured five teenagers: Geoff, Mike, Kelly, Linda, Linda's brother W.W. and their bongo-playing dog, Too Much, who were all members of the band Mysteries Five. When The Mysteries Five were not performing at gigs, they were out solving spooky mysteries involving ghosts, zombies, and other supernatural creatures. Ruby and Spears were unable to decide whether Too Much would be a large cowardly dog or a small feisty dog.[3] When the former was chosen, Ruby and Spears wrote Too Much as a Great Dane but revised the dog character to a large sheepdog (similar to the Archies' sheepdog, Hot Dog) just before their presentation to Silverman, as Ruby feared the character would be too similar to the comic strip character Marmaduke.[3] Silverman rejected their initial pitch, and after consulting with Barbera on next steps, got Barbera's permission to go ahead with Too Much being a Great Dane instead of a sheepdog.[3][11]

text: Lead character designer Takamoto, while designing the characters, consulted a studio colleague who happened to be a breeder of Great Danes. After learning the characteristics of a prize-winning Great Dane from her, Takamoto proceeded to break most of the rules and designed Too Much with overly bowed legs, a double chin, and a sloped back, among other abnormalities.[12][13]

text: Ruby and Spears' second pass at the show used Dobie Gillis as the template for the teenagers rather than Archie. The treatment retained the dog Too Much, while reducing the number of teenagers to four, removing the Mike character and retaining Geoff, Kelly, Linda, and W.W.[11] As their personalities were modified, so were the characters' names: Geoff became "Ronnie"[14] – later renamed "Fred" (at Silverman's behest),[15] Kelly became "Daphne", Linda "Velma", and W.W. "Shaggy". The teens were now based on four teenage characters from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Dobie Gillis, Thalia Menninger, Zelda Gilroy and Maynard G. Krebs, respectively.[3][16][17]

text: The revised show was re-pitched to Silverman, who liked the material but, disliking the title Mysteries Five, decided to call the show Who's S-S-Scared?[18] Silverman presented Who's S-S-Scared? to the CBS executives as the centerpiece for the upcoming 1969–70 season's Saturday morning cartoon block. CBS president Frank Stanton felt that the presentation artwork was too scary for young viewers and, thinking the show would be the same, decided to pass on it.[11][18]

text: Now without a centerpiece for the upcoming season's programming, Silverman had Ruby, Spears, and the Hanna-Barbera staff revise the treatments and presentation materials to tone down the show and better reflect its comedy elements. The rock band element was dropped, and more attention was focused upon Shaggy and Too Much. According to Ruby and Spears, Silverman was inspired by Frank Sinatra's scat "doo-be-doo-be-doo" at the end of his recording of "Strangers in the Night" on a flight to one of the development meetings, and decided to rename the dog "Scooby-Doo" and re-rechristen the show Scooby-Doo, Where Are You![11] The revised show was re-presented to CBS executives, who approved it for production.

text: Original television series run[edit]

text: The CBS years (1969–75)[edit]

text: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You![edit]

text: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! made its CBS network debut on Saturday, September 13, 1969 with its first episode, "What a Night for a Knight". The original voice cast featured veteran voice actor Don Messick as Scooby-Doo, radio DJ Casey Kasem (later host of radio's syndicated American Top 40) as Shaggy, actor Frank Welker (later a veteran voice actor in his own right) as Fred, actress Nicole Jaffe as Velma, and musician Indira Stefanianna Christopherson as Daphne.[19] Scooby's speech patterns closely resembled an earlier cartoon dog, Astro from The Jetsons (1962–63), also voiced by Messick.[4] Seventeen episodes of Scooby-Doo Where are You! were produced in 1969-70. The series theme song was written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh, and performed by Larry Marks.

text: Each of these episodes features Scooby and the four teenage members of Mystery, Inc., Fred, Shaggy, Daphne and Velma, arriving at a location in the "Mystery Machine", a van painted with psychedelic colors and flower power imagery. Encountering a ghost, monster, or other supernatural creature who is terrorizing the local populace, they decide to investigate. The kids split up to look for clues and suspects while being chased at turns by the monster. Eventually, the kids come to realize the ghost and other paranormal activity is actually an elaborate hoax, and—often with the help of a Rube Goldberg-like trap designed by Fred—they capture the villain and unmask him. Revealed as a flesh and blood crook trying to cover up crimes by using the ghost story and costume, the criminal is arrested and taken to jail, often repeating something nearly identical to "... and I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!"

text: Scheduled opposite another teenage mystery-solving show, ABC's The Hardy Boys, Scooby-Doo became a ratings success, with Nielsen ratings reporting that as many as 65% of Saturday morning audiences were tuned in to CBS when Scooby-Doo was being broadcast.[3][11] The show was renewed for a second season in 1970, for which eight episodes were produced. Seven of the second-season episodes featured chase sequences set to bubblegum pop songs recorded by Austin Roberts,[20] who also re-recorded the theme song for this season. With Stefanianna Christopherson having married and retired from voice acting, Heather North assumed the role of Daphne, and would continue to voice the character through 1997.[21]

text: The influences of I Love a Mystery and Dobie Gillis were especially apparent in these early episodes. Of the similarities between the Scooby-Doo teens and the Dobie Gillis teens, the similarities between Shaggy and Maynard are the most noticeable; both characters share the same beatnik-style goatee, similar hairstyles, and demeanors.[3] The core premise of Scooby-Doo, Where are You! was also similar to Enid Blyton's Famous Five books. Both series featured four youths with a dog, and the Famous Five stories would often revolve around a mystery which would invariably turn out not to be supernaturally based, but simply a ruse to disguise the villain's true intent.

text: The roles of each character are strongly defined in the series: Fred is the leader and the determined detective, Velma is the intelligent analyst, Daphne is danger-prone, Shaggy is a coward more motivated by hunger than any desire to solve mysteries, and Scooby is similar to Shaggy, save for a Bob Hope-inspired tendency towards temporary bravery.[11] Later versions of the show would make slight changes to the characters' established roles, most notably in the character of Daphne, shown in 1990s and 2000s Scooby-Doo productions as knowing many forms of karate and having the ability to defend herself, and less of a tendency towards getting kidnapped.

text: Scooby-Doo itself would be an influence on many other Saturday morning cartoons of the 1970s. During that decade, Hanna-Barbera and its competitors produced several animated programs also featuring teenage detectives solving mysteries with a pet or mascot of some sort, including Josie and the Pussycats (1970–71), The Funky Phantom (1971–72), The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972–73), Speed Buggy (1973–74), Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–74), Jabberjaw (1976–78), Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–80), among others.[22]

text: The New Scooby-Doo Movies[edit]

text: In 1972, new one-hour episodes under the title The New Scooby-Doo Movies were created; each episode featuring a real or fictitious guest star helping the gang solve mysteries, including characters from other Hanna-Barbera series such as Harlem Globetrotters, Josie and the Pussycats and Speed Buggy, the comic book characters Batman and Robin (later adapted into their own Hanna-Barbera series, Super Friends, a year later), and celebrities such as Sandy Duncan, The Addams Family, Cass Elliot, Phyllis Diller, Don Knotts and The Three Stooges. Hanna-Barbera musical director Hoyt Curtin composed a new theme song for this series, and Curtin's theme would remain in use for much of Scooby-Doo's original broadcast run. After two seasons and 24 episodes of the New Movies format from 1972 to 1974, CBS began airing reruns of the original Scooby-Doo, Where are You! series until its option on the series ran out in 1976.[3]

text: The ABC years (1976–91)[edit]

text: The Scooby-Doo Show and Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics[edit]

text: Now president of ABC, Fred Silverman made a deal with Hanna-Barbera to bring new episodes of Scooby-Doo to the ABC Saturday morning lineup, where the show went through almost yearly lineup changes. For their 1976–77 season, 16 new episodes of Scooby-Doo were joined with a new Hanna-Barbera show, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, to create The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (the show became The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show when a bonus Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! rerun was added to the package in November 1976). Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, now working for Silverman as supervisors of the ABC Saturday morning programs, returned the program to its original Scooby-Doo, Where are You! format, with the addition of Scooby's dim-witted country cousin Scooby-Dum, voiced by Daws Butler, as a recurring character.[3] The voice cast was held over from The New Scooby-Doo Movies save for Nicole Jaffe, who retired from acting in 1973. Pat Stevens took over her role as the voice of Velma.

text: For the 1977–78 season, The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show became the two-hour programming block Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977–78) with the addition of Laff-a-Lympics and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels. In addition to eight new episodes of Scooby-Doo and reruns of the 1969 show, Scooby-Doo also appeared during the All-Star block's Laff-a-Lympics series, which featured 45 Hanna-Barbera characters competing in Battle of the Network Stars-esque parodies of Olympic sporting events. Scooby was seen as the team captain of the Laff-a-Lympics "Scooby Doobies" team, which also featured Shaggy and Scooby-Dum among its members.

text: Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics was retitled Scooby's All Stars for the 1978–79 season, reduced to 90 minutes when Dynomutt was spun off into its own half-hour and the 1969 reruns were dropped. Scooby's All-Stars continued broadcasting reruns of Scooby-Doo from 1976 and 1977, while new episodes of Scooby-Doo aired during a separate half-hour under the Scooby-Doo, Where are You! banner. After nine weeks, the separate Where are You! broadcast was cancelled, and the remainder of the 16 new 1978 episodes debuted during the Scooby's All-Stars block.[23] The 40 total Scooby-Doo episodes produced from 1976 to 1978 were later packaged together for syndication as The Scooby-Doo Show, under which title they continue to air.

text: Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo[edit]

text: The Scooby-Doo characters first appeared outside of their regular Saturday morning format in Scooby Goes Hollywood, an hour-long ABC television special aired in prime time on December 13, 1979. The special revolved around Shaggy and Scooby attempting to convince the network to move Scooby out of Saturday morning and into a prime-time series, and featured spoofs of then-current television series and films such as Happy Days, Superman: The Movie, Laverne & Shirley and Charlie's Angels.

text: In 1979, Scooby's tiny nephew Scrappy-Doo was added to both the series and the billing, in an attempt to boost Scooby-Doo's slipping ratings.[24] The 1979–80 episodes, aired under the new title Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as an independent half-hour show, succeeded in regenerating interest in the show. Lennie Weinrib voiced Scrappy in the 1979–80 episodes, with Don Messick assuming the role thereafter.[24] Marla Frumkin replaced Pat Stevens as the voice of Velma mid-season.

text: Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo shorts[edit]

text: As a result of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo's success, the entire show was overhauled in 1980 to focus more upon Scrappy-Doo. At this time, Scooby-Doo started to walk and run anthropomorphically on two feet more often, rather than on four like a normal dog as he did previously. Fred, Daphne, and Velma were dropped from the series, and the new Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo format now consisted of three seven-minute comedic adventures starring Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy instead of one half-hour mystery. Most of the supernatural villains in the seven-minute Scooby and Scrappy cartoons, who in previous Scooby series had been revealed to be human criminals in costume, were now real within the context of the series.

text: This version of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo first aired from 1980 to 1982 as part of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show, an hour-long program also featuring episodes of Hanna-Barbera's new Richie Rich cartoon, adapted from the Harvey Comics character. From 1982 to 1983, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo were part of The Scooby-Doo/Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour, a co-production with Ruby-Spears Productions which featured two Scooby and Scrappy shorts, a Scrappy and Yabba-Doo short featuring Scrappy-Doo and his Western deputy uncle Yabba-Doo, and The Puppy's New Adventures, based on characters from a 1977 Ruby-Spears TV special.

text: Beginning in 1980, a half-hour of reruns from previous incarnations of Scooby-Doo were broadcast on ABC Saturday mornings in addition to first-run episodes. Airing under the titles Scooby-Doo Classics, Scary Scooby Funnies, The Best of Scooby-Doo, and Scooby's Mystery Funhouse, the rerun package remained on the air until the end of the 1986 season.[25]

text: The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show[edit]

text: Scooby-Doo was restored to a standalone half-hour in 1983 with The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show in 1983, which comprised two 11-minute mysteries per episode in a format reminiscent of the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! mysteries. Heather North returned to the voice cast as Daphne, who in this incarnation solved mysteries with Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy while working undercover as a reporter for a teen magazine.

text: This version of the show lasted for two seasons, with the second season airing under the title The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries. The 1984–85 season episodes featured semi-regular appearances from Fred and Velma, with Frank Welker and Marla Frumkin resuming their respective roles for these episodes.

text: The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo[edit]

text: 1985 saw the debut of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, which featured Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby, Scrappy, and new characters Flim-Flam (voiced by Susan Blu)[26] and Vincent Van Ghoul (based upon and voiced by Vincent Price) traveling the globe to capture "thirteen of the most terrifying ghosts upon the face of the earth." The final first-run episode of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo aired in December 1985, and after its reruns were removed from the ABC lineup the following March, no new Scooby series aired on the network for the next two years.

text: A Pup Named Scooby-Doo[edit]

text: Hanna-Barbera reincarnated the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! cast as junior high school students for a new series titled A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, which debuted on ABC in 1988. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was an irreverent re-imagining of the series, heavily inspired by the classic cartoons of Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, and eschewed the quasi-reality of the original Scooby series for a more Looney Tunes-like style, including an episode where Scooby-Doo's parents show up and reveal his real name to be "Scoobert". The series also established "Coolsville" as the name of the gang's hometown; this setting was retained for several of the later Scooby productions. The retooled show was a success, remaining in production for four seasons and on ABC's lineup until 1991.

text: A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was developed and produced by Tom Ruegger, who had been the head story editor on Scooby-Doo since 1983. Following the first season of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Ruegger and much of his unit defected from Hanna-Barbera to Warner Bros. Animation to develop Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures and later Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Freakazoid!.[26]

text: Reruns and revivals (1987–present)[edit]

text: TV movies, reruns, and direct-to-video films[edit]

text: From 1987 to 1988, Hanna-Barbera Productions produced Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10, a series of syndicated TV movie featuring their most popular characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones and The Jetsons. Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo and Shaggy starred in three of these movies: Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987), Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988), and Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988). These three films took their tone from the early-1980s Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo entries, and featured the characters encountering actual monsters and ghosts rather than masqueraded people. Scooby-Doo and Shaggy later appeared as the narrators of the made-for-TV movie Arabian Nights, originally broadcast by TBS in 1994, Don Messick's final outing as the original voice of Scooby-Doo.

text: Reruns of Scooby-Doo have been in syndication since 1980, and have also been shown on cable television networks such as TBS Superstation (until 1989) and USA Network (as part of the USA Cartoon Express from 1990 to 1994). In 1993, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, having just recently ended its network run on ABC, began reruns on the Cartoon Network. With Turner Broadcasting purchasing Hanna-Barbera in 1991, in 1994 the Scooby-Doo franchise became exclusive to the Turner networks: Cartoon Network, TBS Superstation, and TNT.[27] Canadian network Teletoon began airing Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1997, with the other Scooby series soon following. When TBS and TNT ended their broadcasts of H-B cartoons in 1998, Scooby-Doo became the exclusive property of both Cartoon Network and sister station Boomerang.

text: With Scooby-Doo's restored popularity in reruns on Cartoon Network,[27] Warner Bros. Animation and Hanna-Barbera (by then a subsidiary of Warner Bros. following the merger of Time Warner and Turner Entertainment in 1996) began producing one new Scooby-Doo direct-to-video movie a year beginning in 1998.[27] These movies featured a slightly older version of the original five-character cast from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! days. The first four DTV entries were Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999), Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000), and Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001). Frank Welker was the only original voice cast member to return for these productions. Don Messick had died in 1997 and Casey Kasem, a strict vegetarian, relinquished the role of Shaggy after having to provide the voice for a 1995 Burger King commercial.[28] Therefore, Scott Innes took over as both Scooby-Doo and Shaggy (Billy West voiced Shaggy in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island). B.J. Ward took over as Velma, and Mary Kay Bergman voiced Daphne until her death in November 1999, and was replaced by Grey DeLisle.

text: These first four direct-to-video films differed from the original series format by placing the characters in plots with a darker tone and pitting them against actual supernatural forces. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, featured the original 1969 gang, reunited after years of being apart, fighting voodoo-worshiping cat creatures in the Louisiana bayou. Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost featured an author (voice of Tim Curry) returning to his hometown with the gang, to find out that an event is being haunted by the author's dead ancestor Sarah, who was an actual witch. The Witch's Ghost introduced a goth rock band known as The Hex Girls, who became recurring characters in the Scooby-Doo franchise.

text: Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase was the final production made by the Hanna-Barbera studio, which was absorbed into parent company Warner Bros. Animation following William Hanna's death in 2001. Warner Animation would continue production of the direct-to-video series while also producing new Scooby-Doo series for television.

text: The direct-to-video productions continued to be produced concurrently with at least one entry per year. Two of these entries, Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (both 2003) were produced in a retro-style reminiscent of the original series, and featured Heather North and Nicole Jaffe as the voices of Daphne and Velma, respectively. Later entries produced between 2004 and 2009 were done in the style of What's New, Scooby-Doo, using that show's voice cast. Entries from 2010 on use the original 1969 designs and feature Matthew Lillard as the voice of Shaggy, the character Lillard portrayed in the live-action theatrical Scooby-Doo films. Two Scooby-Doo! movies were released in 2016, named Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood and Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon.

text: In addition, a live-action TV movie, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, was released on DVD and simultaneously aired on Cartoon Network on September 13, 2009, the fortieth anniversary of the series' debut.[29] The film starred Nick Palatas as Shaggy, Robbie Amell as Fred, Kate Melton as Daphne, Hayley Kiyoko as Velma, and Frank Welker as the voice of Scooby-Doo. A second live-action TV movie, Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, retained the same cast and aired on October 16, 2010.

text: Theatrical films[edit]

text: A feature-length live-action film version of Scooby-Doo was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 14, 2002. Directed by Raja Gosnell, the film starred Freddie Prinze, Jr., as Fred, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, and Linda Cardellini as Velma. Scooby-Doo, voiced by Neil Fanning, was created on-screen by computer-generated special effects. Scooby-Doo was a financially successful release, with a domestic box office gross of over US$130 million.[30]

text: A sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, followed in March 2004 with the same cast and director. Scooby-Doo 2 earned US$84 (€55,98) million at the U.S. box office.[31] A third film was planned, but later scrapped following Warner Bros.' disappointment at the returns from Scooby-Doo 2.[32][33]

text: On August 26, 2013, it was announced that Warner Bros. Pictures is developing an animated Scooby-Doo feature film with Atlas Entertainment. Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, who produced the first two live-action films, are producing the animated film, and Matt Lieberman will be writing the film.[34] On June 17, 2014, Warner Brothers studio announced that they will restart the film series with Randall Green writing a new movie.[35][36] On August 17, 2015, Warner Bros announced that Tony Cervone will direct the animated film, with Allison Abbate as producer and Dan Povenmire as executive producer. The film was planned for a September 21, 2018 release.[37] On April 13, 2016, it was announced that it would be titled S.C.O.O.B. and would be the first film in a Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe.[2] In May 2017, the film was pushed back to May 15, 2020.[38]

text: The Kids' WB years (2002–08)[edit]

text: What's New, Scooby-Doo?[edit]

text: In 2002, following the successes of the Cartoon Network reruns, the direct to video franchise, and the first feature film, Scooby-Doo returned to Saturday morning for the first time in 17 years with What's New, Scooby-Doo?, which aired on Kids' WB from 2002 until 2006. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the show follows the format of the original series but places it in the 21st century, featuring a heavy promotion of modern technology (computers, DVD, the Internet, cell phones) and culture.

text: Beginning with this series, Frank Welker took over as Scooby's voice actor, while continuing to provide the voice of Fred as well. Casey Kasem returned as Shaggy, on the condition that the character be depicted as a vegetarian like Kasem himself.[28] Grey DeLisle continued to voice Daphne, and former Facts of Life star Mindy Cohn voiced Velma. The series was produced by Chuck Sheetz, who had worked on The Simpsons.

text: Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue![edit]

text: After three seasons, What's New, Scooby-Doo was replaced in September 2006 with Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, a major revamping of the series which debuted on The CW's Kids' WB Saturday morning programming block. In the new premise, Shaggy inherits money and a mansion from an uncle, an inventor who has gone into hiding from villains trying to steal his secret invention. The villains, led by "Dr. Phibes" (based primarily upon Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers series, and named after Vincent Price's character from The Abominable Dr. Phibes), then use different schemes to try to get the invention from Shaggy and Scooby, who handle the plots alone. Fred, Daphne, and Velma are normally absent, but do make appearances at times to help. The characters were redesigned and the art style revised for the new series. Scott Menville voiced Shaggy in the series, with Casey Kasem appearing as the voice of Shaggy's Uncle Albert. Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! ran for two seasons on The CW.

text: The Cartoon Network years (2010–present)[edit]

text: Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated[edit]

text: The next Scooby series, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, premiered on Cartoon Network on April 5, 2010.[5] The first Scooby series produced for cable television, Mystery Incorporated is a reboot of the franchise, re-establishing the characters' relationships, personalities, and locations, and expanding their world to feature their parents, high school, and neighbors. The series also borrowed pieces from many parts of Scooby-Doo's long history, as well as characters and elements of other Hanna-Barbera shows to form its back story and the bases of some of its episodes. Matthew Lillard was brought over from the direct-to-video series as the new voice of Shaggy, while Welker, Cohn, and DeLisle continued in their respective roles. Patrick Warburton, Linda Cardellini, Lewis Black, Vivica A. Fox, Gary Cole, Udo Kier, Tim Matheson, Tia Carrere, and Kate Higgins were added as new semi-regular cast members. Casey Kasem appeared in a recurring role as Shaggy's father, one of his last roles before retiring due to declining health.

text: The series, while still following the basic mystery-solving format of its predecessors, was broadcast as a 52-chapter animated televised novel and included elements similar to live-action mystery/adventure shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer[39] and Lost.[40] An overarching mystery surrounding the gang's hometown of Crystal Cove, California became the series' main story arc, with pieces to the mystery unfolding episode by episode. Also featured were romantic entanglements and interpersonal conflict between the lead characters. The series ran for 52 episodes over two seasons, with a three-part finale airing across April 4 and 5, 2013 – exactly three years from the debut.

text: Be Cool, Scooby-Doo![edit]

text: On March 10, 2014, Cartoon Network announced several new series based on classic cartoons, including a new Scooby-Doo animated series titled Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!.[41] The show features the gang "living it up" the summer after the gang's senior year of high school. Along the way, they run into monsters and mayhem.[42] The series premiered October 5, 2015 on Cartoon Network.[43]

text: Scooby-Doo! direct-to-video episodes[edit]

text: Beginning in 2012, Warner Bros. Animation began producing direct-to-video special episodes in the style of the concurrently produced films for inclusion on Scooby-Doo compilation DVD sets otherwise including episodes from previous Scooby series. These include Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games, included on the July 2012 release Scooby-Doo! Laff-A-Lympics: Spooky Games,[44][45] Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays, from the October 2012 release Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Holiday Chills and Thrills, and Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow and Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace, from the September 2013 DVD releases Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Run for Your 'Rife![46] and Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Ruh-Roh Robot!.[47] On May 13, 2014, another episode, Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals was released on the Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Field of Screams DVD.[48] On May 5, 2015, Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie, the sixth direct-to-video special, was released on the Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Surf's Up Scooby-Doo DVD.[49]

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Scooby-Doo: Don Messick was the original voice of Scooby-Doo from 1969 until 1997. Hadley Kay performed the voice for the Johnny Bravo episodes "Bravo Dooby Doo" and "'Twas the Night" in 1997. Scott Innes was the voice of Scooby-Doo from 1998 to 2002. Neil Fanning voiced Scooby-Doo in the live-action Warner Bros. theatrical films produced in 2002 and 2004. Frank Welker is the current voice of Scooby-Doo, having taken over the role from Innes in 2002, although Innes voiced the character in video game projects until 2008. Dave Coulier (2005) and Seth Green (2007, 2012) voiced Scooby in the Robot Chicken parodies. Innes returned as Scooby-Doo for a 2017 Halifax commercial.
Norville "Shaggy" Rogers: Casey Kasem was the original voice of Shaggy from 1969 until 1997. Billy West voiced Shaggy in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. Scott Innes voiced the character from 1999 to 2001 and he would continue to voice Shaggy in video game projects until 2009. Casey Kasem returned to the voice role in 2002 and continued as Shaggy until 2009. In 2006, Kasem continued to voice Shaggy only in the direct-to-video film series until 2009, while Scott Menville performed the voice of Shaggy in the 2006–08 CW series Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!. Matthew Lillard appeared as Shaggy in the live action 2002 and 2004 theatrical films, and took over as the voice of the animated character in 2010. He also voiced Shaggy in three stop-motion parody sketches for the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken. Nick Palatas appeared as Shaggy in the 2009 and 2010 live-action TV movies. Innes returned as Shaggy for a 2017 Halifax commercial.
Fred Jones: Frank Welker has always performed the voice of the animated versions of Fred since 1969, with the exception of the 1988–91 ABC series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, where Carl Steven performed the voice of preteen Fred. Freddie Prinze, Jr. appears as Fred in the live-action theatrical films and voiced the character in the Robot Chicken parodies. Robbie Amell played Fred in the live-action TV movies.
Daphne Blake: Stefanianna Christopherson was the voice of Daphne in the first season of Scooby-Doo, Where are You! in 1969–70. Heather North assumed the role for season two in 1970, and continued as Daphne through 1997, save for Kellie Martin's turn as preteen Daphne in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. Mary Kay Bergman performed the voice of Daphne from 1997 to 2000, when Grey DeLisle assumed the role and continues to perform the voice to this day. North reprised her voice role for two 2003 direct-to-video films, Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico. Sarah Michelle Gellar appears as Daphne in the live-action theatrical films and as Daphne's voice in the Robot Chicken parodies. Kate Melton played Daphne in the live-action TV movies.
Velma Dinkley: Nicole Jaffe was the original voice of Velma from 1969 to 1974. Pat Stevens assumed the role from 1976 to 1979, with Marla Frumkin taking over midseason on Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo that year. Frumkin returned to voice Velma on a recurring basis for The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries in 1984, and Christina Lange voiced preteen Velma in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. B. J. Ward voiced Velma from 1997 to 2001, with Mindy Cohn assuming the role in 2002. As with North, Jaffe reprised her voice role for Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico in 2003. Stephanie D'Abruzzo voiced Velma for the 2013 puppet film Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map. In 2015, Kate Micucci took on the role for the series Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! and Lego Scooby-Doo shorts and specials, then in 2016 she took over the role from Cohn completely.[50][51] Linda Cardellini appears as Velma in the live-action theatrical films and as the voice of Velma in the Robot Chicken parodies. Hayley Kiyoko played Velma in the live-action TV movies. Mindy Cohn returned as Velma for a 2017 Halifax commercial.
Scrappy-Doo: Lennie Weinrib voiced Scrappy-Doo during the first season of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo in 1979–80. Don Messick assumed the role in 1980 for the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo segments of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and continued as Scrappy through 1988. Scrappy has only appeared sporadically since 1988, with Scott Innes performing the voice in the 2002 live-action film, which portrays Scrappy as the main villain, as well as in Cartoon Network commercials and games.

text: Scooby-Doo filmography[edit]

text: Television series[edit]

text:
Series number
Title
Broadcast run
Original channel
Total # episodes
Total # seasons

1
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
1969–78
CBS
41 episodes
3

2
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972–73
24 one hour-long episodes
2

3
The Scooby-Doo Show[a]
1976–78
ABC
40 episodes
3

4
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979–80
16 episodes
1

5
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo[b]
1980–82
33 episodes
(99 shorts)
3

6
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show[c]
1983–84
26 episodes
2

7
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
1985
13 episodes
1

8
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
1988–91
27 episodes (30 segments)
3

9
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002–06
The WB (Kids' WB)
42 episodes

10
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
2006–08
The CW (Kids' WB)
26 episodes
2

11
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010–13
Cartoon Network
52 episodes

12
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
2015–present
52 episodes (still airing)

Notes:

Jump up ^ Aired as part of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976), The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show (1976–77), Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977–78), and Scooby's All-Stars (1978–79). Nine of the sixteen new Scooby episodes from Scooby's All-Stars originally aired under the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! banner, although they were repackaged and aired as part of Scooby's All-Stars for the rest of the 1978 alongside the other eight new 1978 Scooby-Doo episodes. The 1976–78 Scooby-Doo episodes are now broadcast under the title The Scooby-Doo Show. The sixteen episodes were released by Warner Home Video on DVD in their syndicated versions with The Scooby-Doo Show opening titles as Scooby-Doo! Where Are You!: The Complete Third Season.
Jump up ^ Aired as part of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–82) and The Scooby-Doo/Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–83). The Scooby-Doo episodes from these years are now broadcast under the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo title, distinguished from the thirty-minute 1979 episodes of the show by a slightly different opening credits sequence
Jump up ^ Second season (1984–85) title: The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries

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text: Live action theatrical films[edit]

text:
#
Title
Release date
Budget
Gross
RT
IMDb

1
Scooby-Doo
000000002002-06-14-0000June 14, 2002
$84 million
$275.7 million
30%
4.9

2
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
000000002004-03-26-0000March 26, 2004
$80 million
$181.5 million
21%

text: Animated theatrical films[edit]

text:
#
Title
Release date
Budget
Gross
RT
IMDb

1
Untitled Animated Scooby-Doo Film[52][53][54]
000000002020-05-15-0000May 15, 2020
TBA

text: Television specials and animated TV movies[edit]

text:
#
Title
Release date

1
Scooby Goes Hollywood
000000001979-12-13-0000December 13, 1979

2
Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers
000000001987-09-19-0000September 19, 1987

3
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
000000001988-01-16-0000January 16, 1988

4
Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf
000000001988-09-14-0000September 14, 1988

5
Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights
000000001994-09-03-0000September 3, 1994

6
Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes (8 shorts)
000000001998-10-24-0000October 24, 1998

7
The Scooby-Doo Project
000000001999-10-31-0000October 31, 1999

8
Night of the Living Doo
000000002001-10-31-0000October 31, 2001

9
Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror
000000002015-11-25-0000November 25, 2015

text: Live-action TV movies[edit]

text:
#
Title
Release date

1
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
000000002009-09-13-0000September 13, 2009

2
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
000000002010-10-16-0000October 16, 2010

text: Direct-to-video films[edit]

text:
#
Title
Release date

1
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
000000001998-09-22-0000September 22, 1998

2
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
000000001999-10-05-0000October 5, 1999

3
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
000000002000-10-03-0000October 3, 2000

4
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
000000002001-10-09-0000October 9, 2001

5
Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire
000000002003-03-04-0000March 4, 2003

6
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
000000002003-09-30-0000September 30, 2003

7
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
000000002004-06-22-0000June 22, 2004

8
Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
000000002005-02-08-0000February 8, 2005

9
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
000000002005-12-13-0000December 13, 2005

10
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
000000002006-02-24-0000February 24, 2006

11
Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!
000000002007-09-04-0000September 4, 2007

12
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
000000002008-09-23-0000September 23, 2008

13
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
000000002009-04-07-0000April 7, 2009

14
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
000000002010-02-16-0000February 16, 2010

15
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
000000002010-09-14-0000September 14, 2010

16
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
000000002011-09-06-0000September 6, 2011

17
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire
000000002012-03-13-0000March 13, 2012

18
Big Top Scooby-Doo!
000000002012-10-09-0000October 9, 2012

19
Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon
000000002013-02-26-0000February 26, 2013

20
Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map
000000002013-07-23-0000July 23, 2013

21
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
000000002013-08-20-0000August 20, 2013

22
Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery
000000002014-03-25-0000March 25, 2014

23
Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy
000000002014-08-19-0000August 19, 2014

24
Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness
000000002015-02-17-0000February 17, 2015

25
Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery
000000002015-07-21-0000July 21, 2015

26
Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
000000002016-05-10-0000May 10, 2016

27
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon
000000002016-08-09-0000August 9, 2016

28
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown[55]
000000002017-02-14-0000February 14, 2017[56]

29
Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash
000000002017-07-25-0000July 25, 2017[57]

30
Scooby-Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold
000000002018-01-09-0000January 9, 2018[58]

text: Direct-to-video specials[edit]

text:
#
Title
Release date

1
Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games
000000002012-07-17-0000July 17, 2012

2
Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays
000000002012-10-16-0000October 16, 2012

3
Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow
000000002013-09-10-0000September 10, 2013

4
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace
000000002013-09-24-0000September 24, 2013

5
Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals
000000002014-05-13-0000May 13, 2014

6
Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie
000000002015-05-05-0000May 5, 2015

text: Lego shorts[edit]

text: A series of stop-motion shorts, animated with Lego have been uploaded to Lego's and WB Kids' YouTube channel.[59] The first one is animated by Brotherhood Workshop, while the following are animated by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.

text:
#
Title
Release date

1
Scooby-Doo and the Tag-Sale Clue[59]
000000002015-07-30-0000July 30, 2015

2
Donuts Save the Day[60]
000000002015-08-11-0000August 11, 2015

3
Doorway Debacle[61]
000000002015-08-19-0000August 19, 2015

4
Ghoul on Wheels[62]
000000002015-08-26-0000August 26, 2015

5
The Getaway[63]
000000002015-09-02-0000September 2, 2015

6
Creaky Creep Out[64]
000000002015-09-09-0000September 9, 2015

7
Impossible Imposters[65]
000000002015-09-15-0000September 15, 2015

8
Trick and Treat[66]
000000002015-10-21-0000October 21, 2015

9
Mystery Machine Mash-Up[67]
000000002016-03-08-0000March 8, 2016

10
Lighthouse Lunch Break[68]
000000002016-03-15-0000March 15, 2016

11
Scary Sleepover[69]
000000002016-03-22-0000March 22, 2016

12
Nice Ride[70] 1
000000002016-03-29-0000March 29, 2016

13
If You Build It, Pizza Will Come[71]
000000002016-04-05-0000April 5, 2016

14
Mummy Museum Mystery[72]
000000002016-04-12-0000April 12, 2016

15
Danger Prone Daphne[73]
000000002016-04-19-0000April 19, 2016

16
Wicked Warehouse Pursuit[74]
000000002016-04-26-0000April 26, 2016

text: 1Nice Ride was first uploaded on September 18, 2015 but then shortly removed. It was put back online on March 29, 2016.

text: Video games[edit]

text:
Series number
Title
Publisher/ Developer
Platform
Year

1
Scooby-Doo's Maze Chase
Mattel Electronics
Intellivision
1983

2
Scooby-Doo
Elite Systems
Gargoyle Games
Arcade
ZX Spectrum
Commodore 64
1986

3
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
Hi-Tec Software
PAL Developments
Amiga
Commodore 64
1991

4
Scooby-Doo Mystery
Sunsoft
Acclaim Entertainment
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sega Genesis
1995

5
Scooby-Doo! Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom
Engineering Animation, Inc.
SouthPeak Games
Microsoft Windows
1999

6
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Adventures:
Scooby-Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town, Scooby-Doo: Phantom of the Knight, and Scooby-Doo: Jinx at the Sphinx
The Learning Company
Microsoft Windows
2000

7
Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers
THQ
Nintendo 64
Game Boy Color
2001

8
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
THQ
PlayStation
Game Boy Advance
2001

9
Scooby-Doo
(based on the 2002 feature film)
THQ
Game Boy Advance
2002

10
Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights
THQ
GameCube
PlayStation 2
Xbox
2002

11
Scooby-Doo Case Files:
Scooby-Doo Case File Number 1: The Glowing Bug Man, Scooby-Doo Case File Number 2: The Scary Stone Dragon, and Scooby-Doo Case File Number 3 Frights, Camera, Mystery!
The Learning Company
Microsoft Windows
2003

12
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem
A2M
THQ
Game Boy Advance
GameCube
PlayStation 2
Xbox
2003

13
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
(based on the 2004 feature film)
THQ
Game Boy Advance
Microsoft Windows
2004

14
Scooby-Doo! Unmasked
THQ
Nintendo DS
Game Boy Advance
GameCube
PlayStation 2
Xbox
2005

15
Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who?[75]
THQ
Microsoft
Nintendo DS
PSP
2006

16
Scooby-Doo! First Frights
Torus Games
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Wii
Nintendo DS
PlayStation 2
Microsoft Windows
2009

17
Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp
Torus Games
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Wii
Nintendo DS
PlayStation 2
Microsoft Windows
2010

18
Scooby-Doo and Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
WayForward Technologies
Nintendo 3DS
2014

19
My Friend Scooby-Doo!
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
iOS, Android
2015

20
Lego Dimensions
Traveller's Tales
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Wii U
Xbox 360
Xbox One
2015

text: Stage plays[edit]

text:
#
Title
Release date

1
Scooby-Doo in Stagefright
2001–05; world tours in 2005, 2007, 2009

2
Scooby-Doo and the Pirate Ghost
000000002009-01-01-00002009

3
Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries
000000002013-01-01-00002013

text: Reception and legacy[edit]

text: During its four decade broadcast history, Scooby-Doo has received two Emmy nominations: a 1989 Daytime Emmy nomination for A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, and a 2003 Daytime Emmy nomination for What's New, Scooby-Doo's Mindy Cohn in the "Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program" category.[76] Science advocate Carl Sagan favorably compared the predominantly skeptic oriented formula to that of most television dealing with paranormal themes, and considered that an adult analogue to Scooby-Doo would be a great public service.[77]

text: Scooby-Doo has maintained a significant fan base, which has grown steadily since the 1990s due to the show's popularity among both young children and nostalgic adults who grew up with the series.[78] Several television critics have stated that the show's mix of the comedy-adventure and horror genres was the reason for its widespread success.[79] As Fred Silverman and the Hanna-Barbera staff had planned when they first began producing the series, Scooby-Doo's ghosts, monsters and spooky locales tend more towards humor than horror, making them easily accessible to younger children. "Overall, [Scooby-Doo is] just not a show that is going to overstimulate kids' emotions and tensions," offered American Center for Children and Media executive director David Kleeman in a 2002 interview. "It creates just enough fun to make it fun without getting them worried or giving them nightmares.[80]

text: Older teenagers and adults have admitted to enjoying Scooby-Doo because of presumed subversive themes which involve theories of drug use and sexuality, in particular that Shaggy is assumed to be a user of cannabis and Velma is assumed to be a lesbian.[81][82][83] Such themes were pervasive enough in popular culture to find their way into Warner Bros.' initial Scooby-Doo feature film in 2002,[83][84] though several of the scenes were edited before release to secure a family-friendly "PG" rating.[84] Series creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears reported that they "took umbrage" to the inclusion of such themes in the Scooby-Doo feature and other places, and denied intending their characters to be drug users in any way.[3]

text: Like many Hanna-Barbera shows, the early Scooby-Doo series have been criticized at times for their production values and storytelling.[85] In 2002, Jamie Malanowski of the New York Times commented that "[Scooby-Doo's] mysteries are not very mysterious, and the humor is hardly humorous. As for the animation—well, the drawings on your refrigerator may give it competition."[86]

text: By the 2000s, Scooby-Doo had received recognition for its popularity by placing in a number of top cartoon or top cartoon character polls. The August 3, 2002, issue of TV Guide featured its list of the 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time, in which Scooby-Doo placed twenty-second[87] Scooby also ranked thirteenth in Animal Planet's list of the 50 Greatest TV Animals.[88] For one year from 2004 to 2005, Scooby-Doo held the Guinness World Record for having the most episodes of any animated television series ever produced, a record previously held by and later returned to The Simpsons. Scooby-Doo was published as holding this record in the 2006 edition of the Guinness Book of Records.[89]

text: In January 2009, entertainment website IGN named Scooby-Doo #24 on its list of the Top 100 Best Animated TV Shows.[90]

text: Comic books[edit]

text: Gold Key Comics began publication of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! comic books in December 1969. The comics initially contained adaptations of episodes of the television show, and later moved to all-original stories until ending with issue #30 in 1974. Several of the issues were written by Mark Evanier and drawn by Dan Spiegle.[24][91] Charlton published Scooby comics, many drawn by Bill Williams, for 11 issues in 1975. From 1977 to 1979, Marvel Comics published nine issues of Scooby-Doo, all written by Evanier and drawn by Spiegel. Harvey Comics published reprints of the Charlton comics, as well as a handful of special issues, between 1993 and 1994.

text: In 1995, Archie Comics began publishing a monthly Scooby-Doo comic book, the first year of which featured Scrappy-Doo among its cast. Evanier and Spiegel worked on three issues of the series, which ended after 21 issues in 1997 when Warner Bros.' DC Comics acquired the rights to publish comics based on Hanna-Barbera characters. DC's Scooby-Doo series continues publication to this day.

text: In 2016, DC Comics launched a new monthly comic book entitled Scooby Apocalypse, with the characters being reinvented in a story set in a post-apocalyptic world, where monsters roam the streets and Scooby and the gang must find a way to survive at all costs, while also trying to find a way to reverse the apocalypse.

text: Merchandising[edit]

text: Early Scooby-Doo merchandise included a 1973 Milton Bradley board game, decorated lunch boxes, iron-on transfers, coloring books, story books, records, underwear, and other such goods.[92] When Scrappy-Doo was introduced to the series in 1979, he, Scooby, and Shaggy became the sole foci of much of the merchandising, including a 1983 Milton-Bradley Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo board game. The first Scooby-Doo video game appeared in arcades in 1986, and has been followed by a number of games for both home consoles and personal computers. Scooby-Doo multivitamins also debuted at this time, and have been manufactured by Bayer since 2001.

text: Scooby-Doo merchandising tapered off during the late 1980s and early 1990s, but increased after the series' revival on Cartoon Network in 1995. Today, all manner of Scooby-Doo-branded products are available for purchase, including Scooby-Doo breakfast cereal, plush toys, action figures, car decorations, and much more. Real "Scooby Snacks" dog treats are produced by Del Monte Pet Products. Hasbro has created a number of Scooby board games, including a Scooby-themed edition of the popular mystery board game Clue. In 2007, the Pressman Toy Corporation released the board game Scooby-Doo! Haunted House. Beginning in 2001, a Scooby-Doo children's book series was authorized and published by Scholastic. These books, written by Suzanne Weyn, include original stories and adaptations of Scooby theatrical and direct-to-video features.

text: From 1990 to 2002, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo appeared as characters in the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera simulator ride at Universal Studios Florida.[93] The ride was replaced in the early 2000s with a Jimmy Neutron attraction, and The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera instead became an attraction at several properties operated by Paramount Parks. Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are costumed characters at Universal Studios Florida, and can be seen driving the Mystery Machine around the park.

text: In 2001, Scooby-Doo in Stagefright, a live stage play based upon the series, began touring across the world. A follow-up, Scooby-Doo and the Pirate Ghost, followed in 2009.

text: Other media[edit]

text: As with most popular franchises, Scooby-Doo has been parodied and has done parodies.

text:
The cult television and comic book series Buffy the Vampire Slayer features a group of characters that refer to themselves as the "Scooby Gang", who similarly battle supernatural forces and solve supernatural monster mysteries. The show contains obvious influences of Scooby-Doo, where "The Scoobies" use books to look up monsters. Sarah Michelle Gellar, the actress who plays Buffy on the series, later went on to appear as Daphne Blake in the live-action films Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang (based on their classic 1972 incarnation as opposed to their more recent incarnations) appear in the second part of the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases" in which they team up with Batman and Robin to rescue Weird Al who was kidnapped by The Joker and The Penguin.
Scooby-Doo and the Snowmen Mystery, vinyl LP released 1972 in the United Kingdom, Stereo, 33 ⅓ RPM, LP, from the label Music for Pleasure – MFP 50086.
The film Wayne's World includes an alternate ending called the "Scooby-Doo Ending" in which a character in the film is revealed to have been wearing a mask. It also includes a reference to the iconic line "Let's see who this really is" before removing the mask.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back has a brief scene where the title characters hitch a ride in the Mystery Machine with Scooby and the gang.
The Filk band Ookla the Mok open their 2003 album Oh Okay LA with the song "W.W.S.D?" ("What Would Scooby Do?) which proposes a deontological system of moral philosophy based on the actions of Scooby-Doo.
In October 1999, Cartoon Network made a Scooby-Doo spoof of The Blair Witch Project called The Scooby-Doo Project.
A Scooby-Doo parody has appeared in the Mad episode "Kitchen Nightmares Before Christmas / How I Met Your Mummy".
Scooby-Doo has been parodied on Futurama episode "Saturday Morning Fun Pit", where the characters from Planet Express take on the roles of the gang (Bender as Scooby, Hermes as Fred, Leela as Daphne, Amy as Velma and Fry as Shaggy).
The Venture Brothers episode "¡Viva los Muertos!" features a thinly parodied version of the gang as aging, gone-to-seed miscreants with the characters matched to corresponding serial killers and radical figures, eg. Fred being mixed with Ted Bundy into the composite character "Ted".
The series is parodied in the animated music video for the song "Ghost" by Mystery Skulls.
The animated series Arthur has a parody of Scooby-Doo called "Spooky-Poo".
In the South Park episode "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery," the nu-metal band Korn, parodying Scooby and the gang, tackle an invasion of mysterious "Pirate Ghosts'. They enlist the help of Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick and, after they solve the mystery, they perform Falling Away from Me from their album Issues.
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law defends the gang against possession charges in the 2002 episode "Shaggy Busted."
In the Teen Titans Go! episode "The Cruel Giggling Ghoul," each Titan assumes the role of a Scooby Gang member (with Beast Boy as Scooby) to investigate a mystery at a spooky amusement park, with the help of LeBron James.
The novel Meddling Kids (2017) by Edgar Cantero parodies not only Scooby-Doo—starting with taking the title on the show's catch-phrase—but also books by Enid Blyton, the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and teen-detective dramas in general.
The Scooby-Doo characters will appear in an animated crossover episode of Supernatural during the show's thirteenth season.[94]


document_title: List of 40-plus point games by LeBron James

question_text: what is the highest points lebron james ever scored

text: 40-plus points[edit]

text:
Number
Date
Opponent
Box Score
Minutes
played
Points
Field goals
3 pt
Free throws
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Notes

1
000000002004-03-27-0000March 27, 2004
vs. New Jersey Nets (now called Brooklyn Nets)
W 107-104[2]
42:00
41
15-29
1-2
10-10
6
13
3
0
This was LeBron's first and only 40-plus point game on the 2003-04 NBA season.

2
000000002004-11-24-0000November 24, 2004
vs Detroit Pistons
W 92-76[3]
38:00
43
15-22
2-3
11-12
6
5
3
1

3
000000002004-12-28-0000December 28, 2004
at Atlanta Hawks
W 111-102[4]
46:00
40
13-25
3-5
11-14
9
7
1
0

4
000000002005-03-28-0000March 28, 2005
at New Orleans Hornets (now called New Orleans Pelicans)
W 109-108[5]
53:00
44
16-29
3-10
9-11
6
3
4
0
The game went into overtime.

5
000000002005-04-09-0000April 9, 2005
vs Milwaukee Bucks
W 98-81[6]
47:00
40
15-26
7-13
3-3
10
10
2
1
LeBron recorded a triple-double.

6
000000002005-12-17-0000December 17, 2005
vs Miami Heat
W 115-107[7]
46:23
41
12-19
2-4
15-16
5
10
1
0
LeBron and Dwyane Wade both led their teams in scoring, 41 points and 33 points, respectively. They would be future teammates.

7
000000002006-01-14-0000January 14, 2006
at Phoenix Suns
L 106-115[8]
43:45
46
18-28
5-8
5-5
7
8
1
0

8
000000002006-01-29-0000January 29, 2006
vs Phoenix Suns
W 113-106[9]
42:45
44
17-33
3-7
7-12
11
7
1
1

9
000000002006-02-13-0000February 13, 2006
vs San Antonio Spurs
W 101-87[10]
40:43
44
19-33
1-3
5-8
3
5
4
0

10
000000002006-02-15-0000February 15, 2006
at Boston Celtics
W 113-109[11]
53:55
43
16-32
0-5
11-15
12
11
2
4

11
000000002006-03-12-0000March 12, 2006
at Miami Heat
L 92-98[12]
45:17
47
11-27
1-6
24-28
7
4
0
1

12
000000002006-03-29-0000March 29, 2006
vs Dallas Mavericks
W 107-94[13]
43:26
46
16-23
4-7
10-13
5
4
3
0

13
000000002006-04-01-0000April 1, 2006
vs Miami Heat
W 106-99[14]
45:29
47
16-25
2-6
13-14
12
9
2
0
Dwyane Wade scored 44 points.

14 (PO)
000000002006-04-28-0000April 28, 2006
at Washington Wizards
W 97-96[15]
47:37
41
16-28
3-5
6-9
5
3
2
0
This game occurred during the 2006 NBA Playoffs.

15 (PO)
000000002006-05-03-0000May 3, 2006
vs Washington Wizards
W 121-120[16]
46:07
45
14-23
0-1
17-18
7
6
2
0

16
000000002007-03-07-0000March 7, 2007
at Detroit Pistons
W 101-97[17]
50:40
41
17-31
1-3
6-8
7
8
3
1

17 (PO)
000000002007-05-31-0000May 31, 2007
at Detroit Pistons
W 109-107[18]
50:18
48
18-33
2-3
10-14
9
7
2
0
This game occurred during the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2007 NBA Playoffs.

18
000000002007-11-02-0000November 2, 2007
vs New York Knicks
W 110-106[19]
44:25
45
13-28
3-5
16-22
7
7
3
1

19
000000002007-11-16-0000November 16, 2007
vs Utah Jazz
W 99-94[20]
40:16
40
13-27
1-3
13-15
10
9
0
3

20
000000002007-11-21-0000November 21, 2007
at Minnesota Timberwolves
W 97-86[21]
39:03
45
17-26
6-10
5-8
8
5
3
2

21
000000002008-01-27-0000January 27, 2008
at Los Angeles Lakers
W 98-95[22]
44:08
41
16-32
1-5
8-12
9
4
2
0

22
000000002008-03-12-0000March 12, 2008
at New Jersey Nets (now called Brooklyn Nets)
L 99-104[23]
45:41
42
12-23
2-7
16-23
11
7
1
2

23 (PO)
000000002008-05-18-0000May 18, 2008
at Boston Celtics
L 92-97[24]
46:48
45
14-29
3-11
14-19
5
6
2
0
This was game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Celtics. It occurred during the 2008 NBA Playoffs.

24
000000002008-11-05-0000November 5, 2008
vs Chicago Bulls
W 107-93[25]
35:30
41
13-23
0-2
15-16
9
6
4
0

25
000000002008-11-08-0000November 8, 2008
at Chicago Bulls
W 106-97[26]
39:12
41
13-29
4-7
11-13
13
4
0
0

26
000000002008-11-11-0000November 11, 2008
vs Milwaukee Bucks
W 99-93[27]
42:46
41
16-24
1-4
8-10
5
6
3
0

27
000000002009-02-10-0000February 10, 2009
at Indiana Pacers
L 95-96[28]
41:10
47
15-21
4-7
13-14
7
4
1
1

28
000000002009-03-02-0000March 2, 2009
at Miami Heat
W 107-100[29]
43:40
42
13-21
6-7
10-10
8
4
1
1

29
000000002009-03-17-0000March 17, 2009
vs Orlando Magic
W 97-93[30]
42:40
43
15-27
4-7
9-10
12
8
4
1

30 (PO)
000000002009-05-09-0000May 9, 2009
at Atlanta Hawks
W 97-82[31]
43:14
47
15-25
5-10
12-16
12
8
1
1
This occurred during the Conference Semifinals of the 2009 NBA Playoffs.

31 (PO)
000000002009-05-20-0000May 20, 2009
vs Orlando Magic
L 106-107[32]
41:14
49
20-30
3-6
6-10
6
8
2
3
This was game 1 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals.

32 (PO)
000000002009-05-24-0000May 24, 2009
at Orlando Magic
L 89-99[33]
41:57
41
11-28
1-8
18-24
7
9
2
1
This was game 3 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals.

33 (PO)
000000002009-05-26-0000May 26, 2009
at Orlando Magic
L 114-116[34]
49:24
44
13-29
4-10
14-18
12
7
1
1
This was game 4 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals.

34
000000002009-11-20-0000November 20, 2009
at Indiana Pacers
W 105-95[35]
37:53
40
13-25
1-3
13-14
9
7
1
1

35
000000002009-12-08-0000December 8, 2009
at Memphis Grizzlies
L 109-111[36]
44:47
43
14-29
4-11
11-12
13
6
0
1

36
000000002009-12-13-0000December 13, 2009
at Oklahoma City Thunder
W 102-89[37]
38:35
44
16-29
5-8
7-10
7
6
4
1

37
000000002009-12-30-0000December 30, 2009
vs Atlanta Hawks
W 106-101[38]
43:12
48
15-23
4-6
14-16
10
6
2
2

38
000000002010-01-10-0000January 10, 2010
at Portland Trail Blazers
W 106-94[39]
45:16
41
13-19
3-4
12-14
10
8
0
1

39
000000002010-02-06-0000February 6, 2010
vs New York Knicks
W 113-106[40]
43:51
47
17-31
6-12
7-7
8
8
5
0

40
000000002010-02-18-0000February 18, 2010
vs Denver Nuggets
L 116-118[41]
47:00
43
15-33
1-9
12-17
13
15
2
4

41
000000002010-03-05-0000March 5, 2010
vs Detroit Pistons
W 99-92[42]
41:52
40
16-27
3-7
5-6
13
6
3
2

42
000000002010-04-04-0000April 4, 2010
at Boston Celtics
L 113-117[43]
44:32
42
14-31
0-9
14-22
7
9
1
1

43 (PO)
000000002010-04-19-0000April 19, 2010
vs Chicago Bulls
W 112-102[44]
41:05
40
16-23
2-4
6-6
8
8
1
2
This occurred during the first round of the 2010 NBA Playoffs.

44
000000002011-01-09-0000January 9, 2011
at Portland Trail Blazers
W 107-100[45]
46:11
44
17-26
3-5
7-10
13
6
2
0

45
000000002011-02-08-0000February 8, 2011
vs Indiana Pacers
W 117-112[46]
41:44
41
15-23
2-5
9-13
13
8
3
1

46
000000002011-03-18-0000March 18, 2011
at Atlanta Hawks
W 106-85[47]
30:54
43
16-21
5-7
6-7
2
3
0
0

47
000000002012-02-01-0000February 1, 2012
at Milwaukee Bucks
L 97-105[48]
40:17
40
14-24
4-7
8-10
8
5
2
0

48
000000002012-04-03-0000April 3, 2012
vs Philadelphia 76ers
W 99-93[49]
38:04
41
15-25
1-2
10-13
6
4
3
1

49 (PO)
000000002012-05-20-0000May 20, 2012
at Indiana Pacers
W 101-93[50]
43:54
40
14-27
0-0
12-16
18
9
2
2
The occurred during the 2012 NBA Playoffs against the Pacers (game 4).

50 (PO)
000000002012-06-07-0000June 7, 2012
at Boston Celtics
W 98-79[51]
44:49
45
19-26
2-4
5-9
15
5
0
0
In 2012, ESPN ranked the top 25 playoffs performances in NBA playoff history. This game ranked number 9.[52]

51
000000002013-02-26-0000February 26, 2013
vs Sacramento Kings
W 141-129[53]
47:45
40
14-23
1-2
11-12
8
16
2
1

52
000000002014-02-18-0000February 18, 2014
at Dallas Mavericks
W 117-106[54]
38:28
42
16-23
4-8
6-8
9
6
2
0

53
000000002014-03-18-0000March 18, 2014
at Cleveland Cavaliers
W 100-96[55]
41:40
43
14-19
6-8
9-13
6
4
2
3

54 (PO)
000000002014-05-12-0000May 12, 2014
at Brooklyn Nets
W 102-96[56]
43:28
49
16-24
3-6
14-19
6
2
3
0
This occurred during the 2014 NBA Playoffs against the Nets in game 4.

55
000000002014-11-11-0000November 11, 2014
at Boston Celtics
W 122-121[57]
41:00
41
16-27
3-8
6-9
4
7
0
1
The Cavaliers overcame a 19-point deficit in the 4th quarter to beat the Celtics. James moved to 24th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list, surpassing Robert Parish.

56
000000002014-12-12-0000December 12, 2014
at New Orleans Pelicans
L 114-119[58]
37:37
41
17-24
2-2
5-8
5
5
0
1
LeBron James scored 19 points in the first quarter alone, his season-high. Also, he surpassed Mark Price and became the player with the most three-points made in Cleveland Cavaliers history.

57
000000002015-02-26-0000February 26, 2015
vs Golden State Warriors
W 110-99[59]
36:12
42
15-25
4-9
8-11
11
5
3
1
This was James's season-high.

58 (PO)
000000002015-06-04-0000June 4, 2015
at Golden State Warriors
L 100-108[60]
45:46
44
18-38
2-8
6-10
8
6
0
0
This was James's career-high in an NBA Finals game. Game 1, Finals, Overtime.

59 (PO)
000000002015-06-09-0000June 9, 2015
vs Golden State Warriors
W 96-91[61]
46:00
40
14-34
2-6
10-12
12
8
4
2
Game 3, Finals.

60 (PO)
000000002015-06-14-0000June 14, 2015
at Golden State Warriors
L 91-104[62]
44:46
40
15-34
3-8
7-9
14
11
1
0
Game 5, Finals. James scored the second highest triple double in NBA Finals history, behind Jerry West's 42 point-triple double.[63]

61 (PO)
000000002016-06-13-0000June 13, 2016
at Golden State Warriors
W 112-97[64]
42:38
41
16-30
4-8
5-8
16
7
3
3
James and Irving both had 41 points in road elimination game.

62 (PO)
000000002016-06-16-0000June 16, 2016
vs Golden State Warriors
W 115-101[65]
42:35
41
16-27
3-6
6-8
8
11
4
3
Joined Jerry West, Rick Barry, Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O'Neal as the only players to score 40 points in back-to-back NBA Finals games.[66]

63
000000002016-12-10-0000December 10, 2016
vs Charlotte Hornets
W 116-105[67]
42:27
44
17-24
5-10
5-9
9
10
3
1

64
000000002017-04-02-0000April 2, 2017
vs Indiana Pacers
W 135-130[68]
51:39
41
16-29
3-10
6-12
14
11
2
1

65 (PO)
000000002017-04-20-0000April 20, 2017
at Indiana Pacers
W 119-114[69]
45:13
41
14-27
6-12
7-14
13
12
1
2

66 (PO)
000000002017-06-12-0000June 12, 2017
at Golden State Warriors
L 129-120[70]
46:13
41
19-30
2-5
1-4
13
8
2
1
Finals. Game 5.

67
000000002018-03-19-0000March 19, 2018
vs Milwaukee Bucks
W 124-117[71]
40:01
40
16-29
3-7
5-8
12
10
2
1

68
000000002018-03-28-0000March 28, 2018
at Indiana Pacers
W 118-105[72]
36:53
41
14-26
4-8
9-11
10
8
1
0

text:
with Cleveland Cavaliers

with Miami Heat

(PO)
Denotes a playoff game

text: 50-plus points[edit]

text:
Number
Date
Opponent
Box Score
Minutes
played
Points
Field goals
3 pt
Free throws
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Notes

1
000000002005-03-20-0000March 20, 2005
at Toronto Raptors
L 98—105[73]
48:00
56
18—36
6—12
14—15
10
5
2
0
At the age of 20 years, 80 days, James became the youngest player to score 50 points in a game. On 000000002009-11-14-0000November 14, 2009, the record was broken by Brandon Jennings at the age of 20 years, 52 days.

2
000000002005-12-10-0000December 10, 2005
at Milwaukee Bucks
L 106—111[74]
42:48
52
19—29
5—9
9—10
7
7
2
0

3
000000002006-01-21-0000January 21, 2006
at Utah Jazz
W 108—90[75]
42:47
51
19—35
4—8
9—11
5
8
2
0
At the age of 21 years, 22 days, James became the youngest player to score 5,000 career points. He surpassed Kobe Bryant's previous record, who was 22 years and 116 days old.[76]

4
000000002008-01-15-0000January 15, 2008
at Memphis Grizzlies
W 132—124[77]
47:10
51
18—28
6—12
9—16
8
9
3
1
LeBron scored nine points in overtime.

5
000000002008-03-05-0000March 5, 2008
at New York Knicks
W 119—105[78]
43:50
50
16—30
7—13
11—16
8
10
4
0

6
000000002009-02-04-0000February 4, 2009
at New York Knicks
W 107—102[79]
44:03
52
17—33
2—7
16—19
9
11
0
2

7
000000002009-02-20-0000February 20, 2009
at Milwaukee Bucks
W 111—103[80]
40:04
56
16—29
8—11
15—22
5
9
0
0

8
000000002009-03-13-0000March 13, 2009
at Sacramento Kings
W 126—123[81]
46:59
51
16—30
4—11
15—17
6
2
3
3
LeBron scored six points in overtime

9
000000002011-02-03-0000February 3, 2011
at Orlando Magic
W 104—100[82]
42:39
51
17—25
3—5
14—17
11
8
1
1
Started the game 11 for 11 from the field

10
000000002017-11-03-0000November 3, 2017
at Washington Wizards
W 130—122[83]
42
57
23—34
2-4
9—9
11
7
3
2
At age 32, James scored his second-highest scoring game of his career, and his first 50 point game since March 2014.

text: 60-plus points[edit]

text:
Number
Date
Opponent
Box Score
Minutes played
Points
Field goals
Three-point field goals
Free throws
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Notes

1
000000002014-03-03-0000March 3, 2014
vs Charlotte Bobcats
W 124—107[84]
41:12
61
22—33
8—10
9—12
7
4
0
0


document_title: The Middle (season 8)

question_text: who plays sue's roommate on the middle

question_tokens: who plays sue 's roommate on the middle

text: The Middle (season 8)

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main cast[edit]

text:
Patricia Heaton as Frankie Heck
Neil Flynn as Mike Heck
Charlie McDermott as Axl Heck
Eden Sher  as Sue Heck
Atticus Shaffer as Brick Heck

tag: ul

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Daniela Bobadilla as Lexie Brooks, Sue's college roommate and best friend and Axl's new girlfriend as of "The Par-Tay."
Alphonso McAuley as Charles "Hutch" Hutchinson, Axl's teammate, best friend, and college roommate.
Tommy Bechtold as Kenny, Axl and Hutch's friend and roommate.
Greer Grammer as April,[3] Axl's cute but very very dimwitted girlfriend whom he met over the summer. They briefly married before getting an annulment. They remain a couple until breaking up in the episode "Exes and Ohhhs".
Casey Burke as Cindy Hornberger, Brick's quirky girlfriend.
Jen Ray as Nancy Donahue, the Hecks' neighbor and Frankie's best friend.
Sean O'Bryan as Ron Donahue, Nancy's husband and a friend of the Hecks.
Beau Wirick as Sean Donahue, Axl's best friend from high school.
Pat Finn as Bill Norwood, a friend and neighbor of the Hecks.
Julie Brown as Paula Norwood, Frankie's neighbor and friend.
Brock Ciarlelli as Brad Bottig, Sue's best friend.
Jovan Armand as Troy, Brick's classmate and friend.
Paul Hipp as Reverend Tim-Tom, the preacher at the Hecks' church
Emily Rutherfurd as Dierdre Peterson, the Hecks' neighbor who has four children

text: Guest[edit]

text:
Dave Foley as Dr. Chuck Fulton, Brick's therapist.
Brooke Shields as Rita Glossner, the Hecks' uncouth and troubled neighbor.
Emily Rutherfurd as Dierdre Peterson, the Hecks' neighbor who has four children.
Norm Macdonald as Rusty Heck, Mike's brother.
John Cullum as "Big Mike" Heck, Mike's father.
Jack McBrayer as Dr. Ted Goodwin, Frankie's over-friendly boss who is oblivious to sarcasm.
Gia Mantegna as Devin Levin, Frankie's hairdresser's relative and Axl's college classmate/ex-girlfriend. They break up when Devin thinks they should see others.
Galadriel Stineman as Cassidy Finch, Axl's ex-girlfriend who broke up with him when they went to different colleges.
Katlin Mastandrea as "Weird Ashley" Wyman, Axl's weird classmate who has been his accidental date to prom.
Monica Horan as Anna Ferguson, the matriarch of the Fergusons who accidentally took Brick home when he was a baby (while the Hecks made off with the Ferguson kid).
Horan also played Amy Barone, who was Heaton's sister-in-law on her previous sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond.
Alan Rachins as Mort, a clothing store clerk where Frankie and Axl go to buy a suit.

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [note 1]Prod.codeU.S. viewers(millions)1691"The Core Group"Lee Shallat ChemelIllana WernickOctober 11, 2016 (2016-10-11)T12.152516.78[4]
Sue comes back from her summer at Dollywood and decides to major in theatre. Brick starts high school. Axl brings home a girl named April that he's been seeing, and Frankie notices that she's not exactly the brightest. The next day Frankie cooks a family dinner, but April, Jeremy (Sue's tree-hugging squeeze), and Cindy also show up. This gives Frankie a glimpse into the family's future, making her worry that their "core group" will soon be no more.
1702"A Tough Pill to Swallow"Phil TraillRich DahmOctober 18, 2016 (2016-10-18)T12.152526.02[5]
Sue has a major dilemma: she has been dropped from all her classes for non-payment. Although her financial aid is for four years, she was not aware that she still had to reapply every year. With the deadline now long over, Mike tries to rectify the situation and get the aid reinstated, but is unsuccessful. He must ultimately sell his share of the Li'l Rivals diaper business to keep Sue in school. Elsewhere, Axl and Hutch get into an argument because Axl keeps taking their motor home off-campus to visit April; while Brick struggles to swallow a pill for his ear infection, having never taken medication in pill form before.
1713"Halloween VII: The Heckoning"Lee Shallat ChemelTim HobertOctober 25, 2016 (2016-10-25)T12.152535.72[6]
Frankie is both surprised and annoyed to hear the kids would rather live with Mike if they ever divorced. Sue attempts to reclaim her bedroom from Brick, causing Brick to stay at home and protect his turf instead of trick-or-treating. Axl begins lashing out at his family after spending so much time acting nice around April.
1724"True Grit"Victor Nelli Jr.Jana Hunter & Mitch HunterNovember 1, 2016 (2016-11-01)T12.152545.43[7]
Frankie accidentally buys underwear with a sexy saying on the bottom. When she goes to return the item, the young salesperson angers Frankie with comments about her age, so Frankie instead buys more panties with similar sayings. Brick worries about losing a friend when the school's football coach recruits Troy. Elsewhere, Sue tries to work up the nerve to break up with Jeremy, while Axl vainly implies that Lexie has a crush on him.
1735"Roadkill"Lee Shallat ChemelRoy BrownNovember 15, 2016 (2016-11-15)T12.152556.21[8]
Brick turns 15 and insists that his parents to teach him to drive, as Axl and Sue had learned at 15, but his erratic driving scares both parents so Axl lets him learn on the RV. When Brick knocks over the huge ceramic "Orson Cow" during a nighttime driving lesson, Axl convinces his brother they must cover up the crime. Elsewhere, Sue panics because the deadline to declare a major is approaching and she still can't decide among her four choices. When she learns that Mike sold his diaper business to fund her studies, Sue ditches her impractical majors and decides to earn her degree in Hospitality and Hotel Management.
1746"Thanksgiving VIII"Elliot HegartyIlana WernickNovember 22, 2016 (2016-11-22)T12.152566.88[9]
Frankie fumes when Axl announces that he'll be with April's family for three different Thanksgiving meals, forcing Frankie to arrange a Heck family meal at 8:00 AM. On the eve of Thanksgiving, Sue and Brick also say that they don't like April and even Mike gets mad when he learns Axl won't be back home Thanksgiving night to watch the Colts game with him. Amidst the verbal jabs, Axl walks in. Frankie finally tells him that he can do way better than April, causing Axl to leave and not return. Meanwhile, Brick starts working at Spudsy's, agonizing Sue, who criticizes everything he does while they work together.
1757"Look Who's Not Talking"Lee Shallat ChemelTim HobertNovember 29, 2016 (2016-11-29)T12.152576.62[10]
Several days after the Thanksgiving incident, Axl still refuses to talk to Frankie, who continues to fume. Mike visits Axl and tries to get him to relent, but is unsuccessful. The family problems trigger one of Brick's quirks, which gets him in trouble at school and earns him a meeting with Dr. Fulton. Meanwhile, Brad visits Sue and stays longer than expected, later admitting that he dropped out of NYU because he didn't feel like he belonged.
1768"Trip and Fall"Elliot HegartyRich DahmDecember 6, 2016 (2016-12-06)T12.152586.06[11]
Mike trips and falls when going down the stairs at the quarry. He just wants to forget the embarrassing incident, but the fall has ruined the quarry's streak of accident-free days and causes a safety trainer to be sent to the site. Frankie goes on an unintended road trip with Rita Glossner. Sue tries to get Axl to come home for Christmas, but he is still mad at everybody for not liking April. Axl finds out that April's family does not like him. At the end of the episode, Axl tells Sue that he and April got married.
1779"A Very Marry Christmas"Lee Shallat ChemelJana Hunter & Mitch HunterDecember 13, 2016 (2016-12-13)T12.152596.39[12]
Axl finally decides to return home and tell Frankie that he got married but, when he arrives, Frankie is so overjoyed to see him that he delays breaking the news, which annoys Sue, who is struggling to keep the secret. Frankie ultimately learns the truth when April's parents call, causing her and Mike to convince Axl to get the marriage annulled. Elsewhere, Brick does such a great job babysitting neighbor Deirdre's three children that the kids constantly come knocking for him. Also, Mike doesn't know how to reciprocate when Bill Norwood gives him an unexpected Christmas gift.
17810"Escape Orson"Jaffar MahmoodRoy BrownJanuary 3, 2017 (2017-01-03)T12.152606.62[13]
New Year's Day finds the Hecks lamenting that they did nothing special over the holidays, until Frankie finds an about-to-expire pass to an escape room. While leaving, the family runs into the Donahues, who brag about their record time escaping the room. This makes Frankie more determined than ever and she is confident they can beat the Donahues' time because Sue is so good at puzzle games. However, Sue later confesses to Axl that she cheated during all the family games she won. The Hecks are joined by a man named Milt in the escape room, being short of the minimum number of participants, and Brick becomes convinced that Milt is really David S. Rosenthal, author of the Planet Nowhere books.
17911"Hoosier Maid"Elliot HegartyBruce RasmussenJanuary 10, 2017 (2017-01-10)T12.152617.30[14]
Frankie is ecstatic when she wins a month's worth of free maid service. Unfortunately, she discovers that good help is hard to find. Mike learns that his father is now using a cane and can't get himself upstairs, so he and Rusty try to get him into a home, much to his annoyance. Against school rules, Axl, Hutch, and Kenny move into "The Bin" with Sue and Lexie after getting fed up with the RV. They are caught, forcing Sue and Lexie to live in the RV. Axl continues to assume that Lexie likes him, which she vigorously denies. When Lexie realizes that she does like Axl, she finally allows her wealthy father to move her and Sue into a nice apartment.
18012"Pitch Imperfect"Melissa KosarRich DahmJanuary 17, 2017 (2017-01-17)T12.152626.67[15]
Axl panics when he realizes that he only has four months until he graduates from college, but he hasn’t sent out any job resumés – something he should have started when he was a junior. Meanwhile, Brad agrees to lead Sue’s no-cut a cappella group as they enter a music competition; and Brick desperately seeks his parents' advice when Cindy tells him he reads too much and that she'll break up with him if they don't do more things together.
18113"Ovary and Out"Elliot HegartyIlana WernickFebruary 7, 2017 (2017-02-07)T12.152636.42[16]
Frankie becomes sad when her doctor informs her that her ovaries are shriveled up and her childbearing years are over. Mike tries to cheer her up by borrowing Dierdre's infant overnight, which puts some perspective on being an older parent. Elsewhere, Sue and Axl are a bit shocked when romantic sparks fly between Sean Donahue and Lexie, and Brick must hone his font knowledge when he meets Gibson, a worthy opponent who joins Brick's club at school.
18214"Sorry Not Sorry"Phil TraillTim HobertFebruary 14, 2017 (2017-02-14)T12.152646.32[17]
Brick witnesses Mike and Frankie fighting under stress when the pipes in the basement suddenly burst and they have to fix the problem. He asks Sue and Axl to host an intervention for their parents. Mike and Frankie are initially remorseful about how they made Brick feel, but later decide it's the kids' fault. Ultimately, everyone learns that they need to improve themselves.
18315"Dental Hijinks"Lee Shallat ChemelJana Hunter & Mitch HunterFebruary 21, 2017 (2017-02-21)T12.152656.27[18]
Mike does all he can to avoid getting a tooth problem fixed, which includes involving Dr. Goodwin in a series of lies to keep Frankie at bay. Sue decides to pursue Tyler (Keaton Savage), the golf cart guy on campus, but it seems she may have misinterpreted his friendliness as flirting. Axl, Hutch, and Kenny try to sell the Winnebago. Brick starts writing a Scottish musical in the style of Hamilton.
18416"Swing and a Miss"Danny SallesRoy BrownMarch 7, 2017 (2017-03-07)T12.152666.12[19]
Lexie spends Spring Break with the Hecks and confesses to Sue that she has a crush on Axl. Elsewhere, the quarry softball team is on a losing streak, so Mike hires Coach Tink Babbitt as a ringer. The team starts winning, but Tink takes over and benches Mike. Also, Nancy Donahue exclaims that Frankie must be very proud of one of her family members' achievements, but Frankie is clueless. Back at school after break, Sue accidentally tells Axl that Lexie likes him. Axl seeks out Lexie at a St. Patrick's Day party, but runs into Devin Levin instead.
18517"Exes and Ohhhs"Lee Shallat ChemelRich DahmMarch 14, 2017 (2017-03-14)T12.152675.92[20]
Axl runs into nearly all of his ex-girlfriends while attending a St. Patrick's Day party, including Devin Levin, Cassidy, and even Weird Ashley. Hutch tells Axl that the universe is trying to tell him something about his love life and that he must speak with each of them to try and figure it out. In the fallout, Axl breaks up with April. Not knowing that Tyler is set to take Sue to the Chancellor's Ball, Sean Donahue pays her a surprise visit and offers to escort her to it. While at the ball with Tyler, Sue talks about Sean nonstop, causing her to rethink whom she should be dating. Meanwhile, Brick purchases an old microfiche machine from a library sale and finds a "scandalous" local news article about Frankie from 1983.
18618"The Par-tay"Jaffar MahmoodIlana WernickApril 4, 2017 (2017-04-04)T12.152685.44[21]
Bill Norwood is so upset with Mike for poaching his plumber at a reduced rate that their friendship could be at risk. Elsewhere, Brick convinces Axl to let him hang out with him at college over the weekend, not to visit the library, but to have some fun and party. With Brick's encouragement, Axl works up the nerve to pursue Lexie romantically.
18719"The Confirmation"Charlie McDermottTim HobertApril 11, 2017 (2017-04-11)T12.152695.29[22]
After being reminded that Brick was never confirmed, Frankie and Mike send him to Reverend Tim-Tom's Wilderness Jesus Jam weekend camp to brush up on his religious knowledge in preparation for the blessed event. Brick is shocked to discover that his bunkmate is Blake Ferguson, the boy he was switched with at birth and was raised by Frankie and Mike for the first month of his life. Meanwhile, Axl's relationship with Lexie becomes complicated when he says he doesn't want to tell anyone yet, causing Sue and Brad set up Lexie on a date with another guy. Also, Sean Donahue comes to the apartment to tell Sue how he feels about her, but Axl turns him away because he thinks Sean is there for Lexie.
18820"Adult Swim"Lee Shallat ChemelJana Hunter & Mitch HunterApril 18, 2017 (2017-04-18)T12.152705.25[23]
After discovering that he doesn't have a decent suit to wear for upcoming business interviews, Frankie is thrilled when Axl agrees to let her take him shopping and help him pick out a suit. When Mike threatens to tear down the family backyard pool if Sue and Brick don't start using it, they begin to worry that he and Frankie may get rid of more things around the house from their childhood that they don't use anymore, as they edge towards adulthood.
18921"Clear and Present Danger"Phil TraillRoy BrownMay 2, 2017 (2017-05-02)T12.152715.07[24]
Frankie has trouble remembering where she hid Axl's graduation gift, which she bought and put away a long time ago. When she does find it, it turns out to be not as special as she thought it was. Axl trains Brick to become physically stronger after Cindy has to save Brick from a bully. Axl realizes during the process that he's not as physically fit as he was when he was training for football. Sue plans a surprise birthday video for Mike which does not sit well with her stoic father, resulting in having her feelings hurt. Mike eventually reconciles with Sue after opening up to her about his own father and mother.
19022"The Final Final"Lee Shallat ChemelRich DahmMay 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)T12.152725.02[25]
After missing his final college test before he graduates, Axl pleads with his teacher to let him take it anyway. Sue confides to Brad that her sophomore year in college was kind of a letdown. A chance to speak to Orson High students about college life briefly lifts her spirits, but she is soon dejected when the experience leads her to the realization that she was a nerd during her high school years. Meanwhile, Frankie, Mike and Brick all hit a stretch of good luck, and owe it to the Donahues' address number being accidentally painted on their curb.
19123"Fight or Flight"Eileen HeislerIlana WernickMay 16, 2017 (2017-05-16)T12.152735.27[26]
Axl is asked by Kenny to travel through Europe with him for three months, with Kenny paying for the trip. Mike is staunchly against the idea, saying Axl needs to grow up and start looking for a job at home, while Frankie sees it as Axl getting a rare opportunity that she and Mike never had. It is revealed that Mike really wanted to spend one last summer with Axl. Brick seeks out his old lawn chair after experiencing back pain. Meanwhile, Sue backs into another vehicle while at the store, and leaves a note despite doing imperceptible damage. When the owner doesn't call right away, Sue panics and returns to the scene to leave several more notes. In the end, Axl ends up leaving for Europe, while Sue gets into contact with the owner of the car.

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
No.

Title

Air date
Rating/share(18–49)
Viewers(millions)
DVR(18–49)
Total(18–49)

1

"The Core Group"

October 11, 2016
1.8/7
6.78[4]
N/A
N/A

2

"A Tough Pill to Swallow"

October 18, 2016
1.5/6
6.02[5]
N/A
N/A

3

"Halloween VIII: The Heckoning"

October 25, 2016
1.5/6
5.72[6]
0.7
2.2[27]

4

"True Grit"

November 1, 2016
1.4/5
5.43[7]
0.6
2.0[28]

5

"Roadkill"

November 15, 2016
1.6/6
6.21[8]
0.7
2.3[29]

6

"Thanksgiving VIII"

November 22, 2016
1.6/6
6.88[9]
0.7
2.3[30]

7

"Look Who's Not Talking"

November 29, 2016
1.6/6
6.62[10]
N/A
N/A

8

"Trip and Fall"

December 6, 2016
1.4/5
6.06[11]
0.7
2.1[31]

9

"A Very Marry Christmas"

December 13, 2016
1.6/6
6.39[12]
0.7
2.3[32]

10

"Escape Orson"

January 3, 2017
1.7/6
6.62[13]
N/A
N/A

11

"Hoosier Maid"

January 10, 2017
1.7/6
7.30[14]
0.7
2.4[33]

12

"Pitch Imperfect"

January 17, 2017
1.7/6
6.67[15]
N/A
N/A

13

"Ovary and Out"

February 7, 2017
1.6/6
6.42[16]
0.6
2.2[34]

14

"Sorry Not Sorry"

February 14, 2017
1.5/6
6.32[17]
N/A
N/A

15

"Dental Hijinks"

February 21, 2017
1.5/6
6.27[18]
N/A
N/A

16

"Swing and a Miss"

March 7, 2017
1.5/5
6.12[19]
N/A
N/A

17

"Exes and Ohhhs"

March 14, 2017
1.6/6
5.92[20]
N/A
N/A

18

"The Par-tay"

April 4, 2017
1.4/6
5.44[21]
0.6
2.0[35]

19

"The Confirmation"

April 11, 2017
1.3/5
5.29[22]
TBD
TBD

20

"Adult Swim"

April 18, 2017
1.3/5
5.25[23]
TBD
TBD

21

"Clear and Present Danger"

May 2, 2017
1.2/5
5.07[24]
0.6
1.8[36]

22

"The Final Final"

May 9, 2017
1.2/5
5.02[25]
0.6
1.8[37]

23

"Fight or Flight"

May 16, 2017
1.2/5
5.27[26]
TBD
TBD

text: Notes[edit]

text: Jump up ^ The first 12 episodes of season eight were broadcast one day earlier in Canada.

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