Talk:Scooby-Doo (character)

Impostor Scooby

I,Nick Ash, was thinking that there should be an article of some sort on the old plot device where a bad guy, secondary character or guest star impersonates the protagonist of a story or show. Hanna-Barbera did a lot of that, including with Scooby, as I wrote...

Like several other H-B characters, Scooby-Doo has been impersonated on more than one occasion. In the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You episode "Never Ape an Ape Man," the Ape Man (the episode's villain) puts on a latex mask of Scooby-Doo to play the old "mirror" gag, and then near the end of the episode, Shaggy briefly wears the Scooby-Doo mask. Then in an episode of The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show entitled "Scooby's Gold Medal Gambit," the Chameleon (not to be confused with the Spider-Man villain) dons a Scooby-Doo costume and mask and perfectly imitates Scooby's voice in order to try and steal Scooby's olympic trophies. He is unmasked after the Chameleon talks in his real voice claiming how he hates Scooby's favorite food, Worcestershire Sauce. Then on the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "A Scooby-Doo Valentine," former N'Sync member J.C. Chasez dresses up in a full Scooby-Doo mask and suit, along with four extras portraying the human gang, to frame Mystery Inc.

No offense to fans of J.C!

Reinsertion of the Great Dane picture

I reinserted the image of the Great Dane. The picture gives an opportunity to compare the visual attributes of the cartoon character to a real Great Dane. If you object to the image, please change it instead of removing it. --Bensin 23:47, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I have to say, I agree with the previous editor who removed the picture, as it's out of place here. The Great Dane article is linked to in the first section, so if readers are interested in comparisons they can see plenty of photographs there. Generally images should be directly related to the subject of an article, such as screenshots, promo pictures, etc. Having a photograph of a Great Dane in this article would be like having an image of a lion in The Lion King article, or a white-tailed deer in Bambi, and so on. Masaruemoto 02:54, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough! But I do think that even images that are indirectly related to the subject can earn a place, even if mostly to improve the layout and make the article more reader-friendly. Images can sometimes aid a reader to remember what they've read. --Bensin 21:58, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

No images?

Why so? —May the Edit be with you, always. (T-borg) ^{(drop me a line)} 12:40, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Scooby-Doo eats live sandwich.JPG

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Full name

Isn't his full name me Scoobert Dooby "Dooby" Doo— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.88.244 (talk)

We would need to demonstrate that name was more than a single-episode bit or a nickname. A fictional character's correct name is the name they are known by in the work. To say the character must have a different, "full" name is in-universe, as if this were a real person who couldn't possibly have been given the legal name Scooby-Doo. Since this is a work of fiction, we would need to know what the significance of the "full" name was, i.e. something a writer made up for a single episode, something the producers always considered his real name but seldom used, something routinely identified in the show as his "full name", something used for the short-running Professer Scoobert Doo's Gradooate School of Mystery. Just stating another name is the character's proper/real/full name is unencyclopedic. / edg ☺ ☭ 02:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Creators

HI, I think Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera should be given credit along side Iwao for creating Scooby-Doo. After all Iwao may have designed Scooby but Bill and Joe produced the show.

Wolfdog406 (talk) 22:15, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Removal of article

HI, i deleted this because this is not productive.

Jeffrey P. Dennis, author of the journal article "The Same Thing We Do Every Night: Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons," said that several commentators argued that Scooby and Shaggy are a homosexual couple, citing Saturday Morning Fever authors Kevin and Timothy Burke. Dennis argues that while Scooby and Shaggy hunt for ghosts together, they are not a homosexual couple since they do not engage in activities as a couple, share living spaces, or express any romantic feelings towards one another. Dennis said that their habits of jumping into one another's arms when threatened would usually be a sign of cowardice rather than affection. Martin Goodman of Animation World Magazine responded, stating that "Any serious reading of this section in Saturday Morning Fever (pp. 105-111) quickly reveals that the Burkes were, in a most un-academic fashion, goofing" and "As for any specific statements on the sexual orientations of Scooby and Shaggy, the Burkes plainly dismiss the issue: “Sometimes a cartoon character is just a cartoon character” (p. 106)." scrappy doo- scoobys nephew

Wolfdog406 (talk) 20:43, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Hadley Kay as Scooby

I don't think Hadley Kay wasn't a very good Scooby Doo on Johnny Bravo I mean Don Messick should've voiced him one last time before he died. --MikeySalinas17 (talk) 00:08, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Scoobra Doo?

I never heard or seen Scoobra Doo. In what episode(s) does she appear in and how is it that she is in love with Scrappy when they are suppose to be siblings?

Wolfdog406 (talk) 03:29, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

OK, i did some research and there is NO Scoobra Doo. So I'm going to delete that.

Wolfdog406 (talk) 03:36, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Sexuality

Is there any point in the "Sexuality" section? It is about the personal opinions or speculations of people with no particular claim to relevance or importance. There is no sexuality in the cartoons themselves, and specualtions by outsiders is of marginal relevance if any. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:33, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Agreed, this falls under original research and POV at least. Judgeking (talk) 06:54, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I've started a section about this one reference on the Reliable Sources noticeboard at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Cartoon_Sexuality, any interested parties may want to participate. Judgeking (talk) 21:42, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

The consensus seems to be that this section places undue weight on a subject that is a non-issue in the cartoon itself Judgeking (talk) 00:29, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

The consensus at RS noticeboard is that A. the source is an RS and B. the RS noticeboard is not the place for determining whether something is of undue weight.

Undue weight is an editorial concern, and that is resolved on an article by article basis on the talk page(s).

In this case, there's hardly anything scholarly so far presented about Scooby Doo. Fictional character articles are supposed to contain "creation and conception" (from primary sources) and "reception/analysis" (from secondary sources) - So far, Dennis had the only secondary source content.

What this article needs is for more info from secondary sources to be posted here

WhisperToMe (talk) 18:16, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

I believe the issue of potential homosexuality should not be readded. It places undue weight on a topic that I believe is a non-issue for most people. Also, the paper the section references contains the opinion of only one man, who, as a gay man himself who writes almost exclusively about gay issues, cannot be objective. Judgeking (talk) 18:11, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Whether or not this person "cannot be objective" is unknowable, and is only your opinion. You do not get to decide on your own what does or does not get incorporated into the article. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 18:32, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Neither to you and Whisper, that's kind of my point. Judgeking (talk) 18:49, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Neither of us is claiming to be a decider - but a consensus, one way or the other, would. However, your contention that the source was unreliable has been shot down quite effectively. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 18:55, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard#Cartoon_Sexuality WhisperToMe (talk) 02:44, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Also WP:FRINGE says "We use the term fringe theory in a very broad sense to describe ideas that depart significantly from the prevailing or mainstream view in its particular field."

Dennis said in his essay that Scooby and Shaggy are not gay. If the mainstream viewpoint is that Scooby and Shaggy are not gay, then Dennis's conclusion is not a fringe theory.

WhisperToMe (talk) 20:26, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Which would make a sexuality discussion even more UNDUE. Johnuniq (talk) 21:04, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Alternate name origin?

Although the article states that the name Scooby-Doo was inspired by the 1966 Sinatra song "Strangers in the Night," a reference to the actual phrase "scooby-doo" can be found in this 1961 Sports Illustrated article on hot-rodding: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072476/1/index.htm 141.248.3.1 (talk) 22:03, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

What about scoubidou ? 82.16.58.234 (talk) 16:24, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

love interests

This sections needs reworking, or maybe should be removed altogether, with parts being integrated to the rest of the article, because most of the "love interests" are really minor characters, and scooby noticing them, and approaching them, doesn't mean they are a love interest! Love interest means they were interested in each other romantically, or had a relationship. Most of the ones mentioned do not apply.Caringtype1 (talk) 23:40, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

I agree. I've been editting this section down repeatedly over the years. Feel free to be bold and make the changes you think should be made. Ckruschke (talk) 15:57, 13 August 2012 (UTC)Ckruschke