History Trivia / SCOOBYDOO

** Joe Ruby and Ken Spears hated ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', feeling that it missed [[CharacterDerailment the point of the characters]] and was too dark and cynical, whereas ''Scooby-Doo'' is supposed to be fun. Some other writers seem to agree, as a few of the Direct-to-DVD films [[TakeThat have jokes at the series' expense]] -- that is, unless you see it as TrollingCreator[=/=]SelfDeprecation, given that [[ProductionPosse some of the crew]] for ''Mystery Incorporated'' returned for some of these films, including showrunners Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone.

** Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop built a full-sized stand-in puppet of Scooby for the film that ultimately went unused and Scooby became a CG character instead.

** Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop built a stand-in puppet of Scooby for the film that ultimately went unused and Scooby became a CG character instead.

** Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop built a stand-in puppet of Scooby that ultimately was never used and Scooby became a CG character.

** Scooby was originally meant to be a stand-in puppet built by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop but the puppet was dropped and Scooby became a CG character in the final cut.

** James Gunn revealed on Twitter that he had wanted to make Velma a lesbian, but that the studio had vetoed that -- forcing him to make her AmbiguouslyGay, then not giving her a love interest at all, and then giving her a boyfriend in the sequel.

--->'''Nicole Jaffe:''' In those days, I wanted to be Daniel Day Lewis, Emma Thompson. I was not interested in being in voice-over. I needed to make a living and wasn’t doing anything else at the moment. [With Scooby-Doo], I didn’t think I was doing something iconic. It was like getting a soap opera when you wanted to be in a Scorsese film. I thought it was like a drive-by.[...]I thought this was a stepping stone to paying my rent and I would go off and do greater things.

** Vincent Van Ghoul was voiced by Creator/VincentPrice in ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'' and later by Creator/MauriceLaMarche for his cameo in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' and ''The Curse of the 13th Ghost'' due to Price's passing in 1993.

** Vincent Van Ghoul was voiced by Creator/VincentPrice in ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'' and later by Creator/MauriceLaMarche for his cameo in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' and ''The Curse of the 13th Ghost''.

** Vincent Van Ghoul was voiced by Creator/VincentPrice in ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'' and later by Creator/MariceLaMarche for his cameo in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' and ''The Curse of the 13th Ghost''.

** Joe Ruby and Ken Spears hated ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', feeling that it missed [[CharacterDerailment the point of the characters]] and was [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy too dark and cynical]], whereas ''Scooby-Doo'' is supposed to be fun. Some other writers seem to agree, as a few of the Direct-to-DVD films [[TakeThat have jokes at the series' expense]] -- that is, unless you see it as TrollingCreator[=/=]SelfDeprecation, given that [[ProductionPosse some of the crew]] for ''Mystery Incorporated'' returned for some of these films, including showrunners Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone.

** While the film has plenty of self-aware humor as it is, the original plan was for a straightforward self-parody along the lines of ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats''. Shaggy would have explicitly been a stoner and Daphne and Velma would have had [[LesYay a closeted lesbian relationship]]. After ''Pussycats'' flopped, the project was retooled to a "hard" PG, cutting out some of the more adult material but leaving in all of the gross-out jokes.
** The Luna Ghost or 'Old Man Smithers' from the beginning of the film was planned to be revealed as the main villain in an early draft. This explains why the Luna Ghost features on the movie's poster, despite only appearing in the opening.

** Scrappy originally didn't appear in the film and was only mentioned by Shaggy and Scooby offhand and was heavily implied to have been put to sleep for undisclosed reasons.

** Scooby was originally meant to be a stand-in animatronic puppet built by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop but the puppet was dropped in favour of Scooby being a CG character.

** Scooby was originally meant to be a stand-in animatronic puppet built by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop but it was decided to have him be a CG character in the final cut.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/1/10/Jhcs_scoodydoo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100506235903&format=original A stand-in puppet of Scooby]] built by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop was going to used in the film but was replaced by a CG character in the final cut.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/1/10/Jhcs_scoodydoo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100506235903&format=original A stand-in puppet of Scooby built by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop]] was going to used in the film but was replaced by a CG character in the final cut.

** A stand-in puppet of Scooby built by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop,[[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/1/10/Jhcs_scoodydoo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100506235903&format=original as seen here]], was going to used in the film but was replaced by a CG character in the final cut.

** A stand-in puppet of Scooby built by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop was originally going to used in the film but was replaced by a CG character in the final cut.

* A stand-in puppet of Scooby built by Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop was originally going to used in the film but was replaced by a CG character.

** The Scottish-born Australian Creaotr/IslaFisher plays the American Mary Jane.

* AwesomeDearBoy: According to the DVDCommentary, several of the music acts, including Shaggy ([[NamesTheSame the reggae singer, not the character]]) and Music/{{Outkast}} agreed to appear on the soundtrack because the name "Scooby Doo" was fun to sing.

** The cast have disowned the film and hate it. Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr had low opinions on the wardrobe of Fred, specifically the ascot, and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was once asked in an interview which of her films she would forbid her children from watching, ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' or ''Film/CruelIntentions''. Gellar chose this film. Creator/LindaCardellini was also dissatisfied with the final cut, finding it too raunchy for a children's film. Creator/MatthewLillard initially hated the film but eventually warmed up to it, as his performance as Shaggy was consistently praised even amongst the critics who hated the film, and it led to him being able to voice Shaggy in future animated Scooby-Doo productions.

** Velma was originally Nicole Jaffe up until the 1976 series, ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooShow'' in which she declined to reprise her role, and the character went to Pat Stevens, who voiced Velma throughout the entire run of that show, as well as in the ''Scooby Goes Hollywood'' movie, her appearances in ''WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder'', and the first 11 episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndScrappyDoo''. Velma then had a ''bizarre'' recasting with Marla Frumkin, who gained a very notorious reception among fans because of her very awkward line delivery. Frumkin played Velma in the last four episodes of that series and two cameos throughout the 80's. From 1988 to 1991, Velma was voiced on ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' by Christina Lange. When Velma appeared in her normal form again in 1997, BJ Ward took over the role, and voiced Velma in all media until 2002 when Nicole Jaffe assumed the role again for two DTV movies, and from 2002-2015, Mindy Cohn voiced Velma in pretty much all other media (doing a Nicole Jaffe impression). Cohn was later nominated for an Emmy for her voicework as Velma in 2005. Stephanie D'Albruzzo voiced Velma in the 2013 direct-to-video puppet feature ''Film/ScoobyDooAdventuresTheMysteryMap''. In the latest TV series ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'', Velma is voiced by Creator/KateMicucci of Music/GarfunkelAndOates and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fame, who has since taken on the role of Velma full time.

** Daphne was the first character to be recast. Her original voice actress, Stefanianna Christopherson, left the show before the end of the first season of the original series (17 episodes) to move to New York to get married, and opted not to reprise her role for the second season. The role was recast with Heather North (the then roommate of Nicole Jaffe, the voice of Velma). North continued to voice Daphne in all media until 1998 (with the exception of ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' from 1988-91, where she was voiced by Kellie Martin) when the character was recast again, this time with Creator/MaryKayBergman. Bergman suddenly passed away in 1999, after voicing Daphne for 3 direct-to-video movies. Since then, Grey [=DeLisle=] has voiced Daphne in all media (except for two DTV movies in 2002-2003 in which Heather North briefly returned).

** Hadley Key was going to voice Scooby, reprising his role from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', as shown [[https://youtu.be/VkQbwJsXj9E?t=780 here]], before he was replaced by Neil Fanning.

** "Old Man Jenkins" has become the term for the everyman Scooby-Doo villain. While there was a suspicious old man named Mr. Jenkins in one episode of the original series, he was ultimately innocent.

** At [[https://youtu.be/VkQbwJsXj9E 13:00]] , Hadley Kay (who voiced Scooby Doo on ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'') , said how he was going to reprise the role for the movie before he was replaced by Neil Fanning.

** The reason we never saw Fred and Daphne look for clues together in the early days was due to the writers finding them boring. According to writer Charles M. Howell, while Daphne was brought back for ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooShow'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'', the writers simply didn't know what to do with Fred, despite having Creator/FrankWelker onboard.