History Trivia / ScoobyDooWhereAreYou

** None of the villains actually say, "And I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for YouMeddlingKids!" word for word, but a few do paraphrase it. (They weren't actually called "meddling kids" until Season 2's "Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright," when the villain said, "And it would've been mine if it weren't for these meddling kids!")

* NamesTheSame: Redbeard the Pirate, the villain in "Go Away, Ghost Ship", would also be the name of the villain in the gang's first encounter with the Harlem Globetrotters in ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies''.

** In its developmental stage as ''Mysteries Five'', there were originally five kids who, in a knockoff of ''The Archie Show'', played rock music as well as solved mysteries. Their names were Geoff, Mike, Kelly, Linda, and W.W. (as well as their bongo-playing sheepdog, Too Much). Geoff and Mike were melded to become Fred (originally Ronnie but renamed after CBS programming head Fred Silverman), Kelly became Daphne, Linda became Velma and W.W. became Shaggy.

** According to the Storyboards of "What a Night for Knight", Fred was originally named Ronnie, which was during the time the show was in develeopment.

* BeamMeUpScotty: None of the villains actually say, "And I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for YouMeddlingKids!" word for word, but a few do paraphrase it. (They weren't actually called "meddling kids" until Season 2's "Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright," when the villain said, "And it would've been mine if it weren't for these meddling kids!")

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Judging by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ERfa1ghHo Japanese intro's]] lyrics, the dubbers seemed to think Scooby ([[DubNameChange named "Crooper" in this version]]) is a [[TheLoad useless]] DirtyCoward we're [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist meant to mock]], instead of the endearing LovableCoward he's usually portrayed as.
-->Why are you such a coward,
-->That's why everyone makes fun of you!
-->Why are you so cowardly,
-->That's why everyone's laughing at you!
-->Crooper the Cowardly pest!
-->Crooper the Cowardly pest!
-->A disgrace to his canine friends!
-->Once in a while, fight and do something good!
-->Go, Go, Go Cowardly Crooper!
-->Why are you such a coward,
-->That's why everyone makes fun of you!
-->Why are you so cowardly,
-->Ghost stories make you shiver in fear!
-->Crooper the Cowardly pest!
-->Crooper the Cowardly pest!
-->He holds everyone up for a delicious bone!
-->Face the bad guys,
-->Go, Go, Go Cowardly Crooper!
-->Crooper the Cowardly pest!
-->Crooper the Cowardly pest!
-->He holds everyone up for a delicious bone!
-->Face the bad guys,
-->Go, Go, Go Cowardly Crooper!

* TheOtherDarrin: Indira Stefanianna Christopherson voiced Daphne in season 1. She 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 almost all media until 1998.

* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/FrankWelker wanted to audition for the role of Shaggy since he had always been cast as the straight man and wanted to do a comedic character. Creator/CaseyKasem wanted to audition for the role of Fred because he claimed he was not a comedic actor.

** Creator/FrankWelker wanted to audition for the role of Shaggy since he had always been cast as the straight man and wanted to do a comedic character. Creator/CaseyKasem wanted to audition for the role of Fred because he claimed he was not a comedic actor.

* CreatorsPest: Why did we hardly ever see Fred and Daphne searching for clues, but Scooby, Shaggy and Velma on their own? Not because they were off having sex, but rather because the writers found them boring, due to them being the straight characters.

** In its developmental stage as ''Mysteries Five'', there were originally five kids who, in a knockoff of ''The Archie Show'', played rock music as well as solved mysteries. Their names were Geoff, Mike, Kelly, Linda, and W.W. (as well as their bongo-playing sheepdog, Too Much). Geoff and Mike were melded to become Fred (originally Ronnie but renamed after CBS programming head Fred Silverman), Kelly became Daphne, Linda became Velma and W.W. became Shaggy.** Creator/FrankWelker wanted to audition for the role of Shaggy since he had always been cast as the straight man and wanted to do a comedic character. Creator/CaseyKasem wanted to audition for the role of Fred because he claimed he was not a comedic actor.

** In the original pitch, Velma and Shaggy were siblings. It showed in the debut episode, "What a Night for a Knight", as Velma has Shaggy's cough medicine at hand, and in "Decoy for a Dognapper", Shaggy keeps a spare pair of glasses for Velma. Fans of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncoporated'' can breathe a sigh of relief.

* CreatorsPest: Why did we hardly ever see Fred and Velma searching for clues, but Scooby, Shaggy and Velma on their own? Not because they were off having sex, but rather because the writers found them boring, due to them being the straight characters.

* TheOtherDarrin: Indira Stefanianna Christopherson voiced Daphne in season 1, but was replaced by Heather North in season 2.

* TheOtherDarrin: Indira Stefanianna Christopherson voiced Daphne in season 1, but was replaced by Heather North in season 2.

* BeamMeUpScotty: None of the villains actually say, "And I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for YouMeddlingKids!" word for word, but a few do paraphrase it. (They weren't actually called "meddling kids" until Season 2's "Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright," when the villain said "And it would've been mine if it weren't for these meddling kids!")
* EditedForSyndication: When the series entered syndication in the early 1980s (through the Program Exchange), the episodes had their LaughTrack removed. If you're used to watching the episodes with the original laugh track intact, then you may find them rather awkward-sounding. Worldvision's syndicated prints from the late 1980s also lacked the laugh track on most episodes, except for the first two ("What a Night for a Knight!" and "A Clue For Scooby-Doo.") This is how Creator/CartoonNetwork also originally aired the episodes, until Turner made new masters for the show that restored the laugh track around 1997.
* TheOtherDarrin: Stephaniana Christopherson voiced Daphne in season 1, but was replaced by Heather North in season 2.

* BeamMeUpScotty: None of the villains actually say, "And I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for YouMeddlingKids!" word for word, but a few do paraphrase it.