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7	->"''There's a mystery in town, so call the coolest pup around\
8	Oh, Scoo-oby! A pup named Scooby-Doo!\
9	(Scooby-Dooby Doo, Scooby-Doo!)''"
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11	''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' is one of the more ambitious additions to the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' franchise, airing from September 1988 to August 1991 for 30 episodes. In it, Mystery Inc. (here called "The Scooby Doo Detective Agency") are [[SpinoffBabies aged-down to pre-teens]] and placed in a new continuity, but still solved supernatural themed mysteries in which the MonsterOfTheWeek turned out to be some crook in a mask.
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13	Notable for its DenserAndWackier humor which bordered on outright self-parody, poking fun at all of the tropes and clichés from the previous inceptions of the characters, the most notable being the constant use of a RedHerring foil, seen here OncePerEpisode in the form of a rotten kid named... [[MeaningfulName Red Herring]]. This was accompanied by appropriately broader designs and [[DerangedAnimation over-the-top cartoon animation]] which made the original show's already LimitedAnimation [[AnimationBump look like still photos by comparison]].
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15	The creative team at Creator/HannaBarbera responsible for the series would leave for Creator/WarnerBros after the first season to work with Creator/StevenSpielberg on [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures another, more successful series with similar concepts]].
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17	More recently, the concept of revisiting the cast in their earlier years appeared in the movie ''Film/ScoobyDooTheMysteryBegins'' (an AlternateContinuity to the [[Film/ScoobyDoo live-action]] [[Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed duology]] serving as a possible explanation for how the gang first met and solved their first mystery) and the video game ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooFirstFrights''. The movie set them as meeting in high school[[note]]Which is implied to have likely happened in the original continuity anyway.[[/note]] while the video game had them meet in elementary school. The character designs from this series would be used in the 2013 puppet film ''Film/ScoobyDooAdventuresTheMysteryMap''.
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19	This was the last animated series to have Creator/DonMessick voice Scooby-Doo, with ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooInArabianNights'' being the last work to have Don Messick voice Scooby in general.
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21	The show uses several of the same tropes as the original series as well as many of its own. See the ShoutOut page [[ShoutOut/APupNamedScoobyDoo here]].
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23	The Scooby Gang as kids would later be revisted in the 2020 CGI film, ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}''
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25	!!Tropes:
26	* AdaptedOut: This being a SpinOffBabies series with none of the main cast legally old enough to drive, there is no sign of The Mystery Machine, at least in the form of a van. They are occasionally seen riding around on an oversized, moterized skateboard with the appropriate color and decorations, but it's never named.
27	* AdaptationExpansion: This show is the first to give us Doo Manor and that it is to be Scooby's upon adulthood. In the franchise's Archie comic, this is expanded upon, being Spooky Doo's and is left to Scooby on a part of him knowing his nephew to be a coward. This also explains why during Scooby's puppyhood Dada Doo and Uncle Horton would both be living at their brother's home, until the rightful heir came of age.
28	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In other series, it is either Velma or Fred who is skeptical about the existence of ghosts and monsters. Here, it is Daphne.
29	-->"I keep telling you, [[RunningGag there are no such things as ghosts!]][[note]]She says this even when seeing an actual, real ghost in one episode.[[/note]]
30	* AdaptationalDumbass: Freddy. He was a lot more serious and competent in previous shows, but not here, where he is more scatterbrained and [[AgentMulder often believes in supernatural phenomenons and creatures]], and [[OnceAnEpisode almost always accuses bully Red Herring of being the ghost or monster]].
31	* AdultsAreUseless: In "Curse of the Collar", Scooby's mother gives him the Doo family collar, which an apparent ghost repeatedly tries to steal. Whenever Scooby tries to give the collar up to the "ghost", his mother can be heard yelling, "SCOOBERT!", indicating an awareness of the situation; yet, she does nothing to stop her son from being terrorized.
32	* AgentScully: At the end of "Ghost Who's Coming to Dinner", Daphne still doesn't believe in ghosts even after spending nearly the whole episode interacting with one.
33	%% * AmusingInjuries
34	* AmnesiaEpisode: "The Return of Commander Cool," where Shaggy is dressed as the titular superhero but ends up with amnesia and thinks he really ''is'' Commander Cool for the majority of the episode.
35	* AndThatsTerrible: The VerySpecialEpisode about drugs ''repeatedly'' reminded the audience at home that drugs were very, very bad. Every time Velma was bringing up the subject, she'd take a long pause and then virtually spit the word out in disgust ("He was selling...DRUGS!"); similarly, Scooby would react with revulsion whenever the word was spoken.
36	* AnimationBump: Common when [[Creator/KennedyCartoons Glen Kennedy]] was animating; the characters suddenly moved in a more fluid, bouncy manner, and were more prone to bizarre movements and bouncy wild takes.
37	* {{Antidisestablishmentarianism}}: In "For Letter or Worse", The first word the contestants playing the titular game show is "Antidisestablishmentarianism". [[PunnyName The Brainy Bunch]] figures it out as soon as the host informs the contestants it's the longest word.
38	* ArkhamsRazor: Used almost every episode during TheSummation, every suspect is listed... and the one character who isn't listed for whatever reason (too unlikely, had an alibi, or the writers simply didn't feel like including him / her) is invariably the culprit. "Horror of the Haunted Hairpiece" is an especially egregious example, as the culprit openly hated the business he was trying to close, and made no attempt at an alibi...but was still never suspected by the gang for some reason.
39	* ArtEvolution: The first season's animation was more bright and colorful, and often more fluid. It was digitally colored in-house at H-B. From the second season onward, the show's look changed, due to the animation now being produced using hand-painted cels. Glen Kennedy also left after the show's first season, so the animation got less fluid and over-the-top. The final season also had a number of OffModel moments and other animation problems.
40	* BadassAdorable: Scooby is a puppy this time around but that doesn't mean he won't face the MonsterOfTheWeek (as long as there are Scooby Snacks involved of course).
41	* BagOfHolding: In "The Babysitter From Beyond", Sugie's diaper bag somehow has enough room for her teddy bear, her playpen, her blanket, a whole refrigerator of her baby food, and a ''giant boulder.''
42	* BalloonBelly: In "For Letter Or Worse", Scooby ends up really fat for a couple of scenes after eating a literal truckload of Scooby Snacks. He slims back down when seeing the MonsterOfTheWeek causes him to deflate.
43	* BanisterSlide: Scooby and Shaggy do this in Scooby's giant doghouse in "The Sludge Monster From The Earth's Core" episode.
44	* BatmanGambit: This is how the gang catches the monster in "The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book". The gang pretends to have found ''another'' limited edition Commander Cool comic book (the monster had previously stolen the other one). This prompts the monster to show up to take the (actually fake) comic book and allows the gang to catch him. It's a BatmanGambit because this plan would not have worked if the monster's secret identity, [[spoiler:the comic book's creator]], hadn't been so greedy as to try to [[spoiler:make his limited edition the only one in the world]].
45	* BattleButler: Dawson, the stand-in for Daphne's usual butler Jenkins in "Dog Gone Scooby", chases off a pack of angry stray dogs by acting even bigger and meaner.
46	* BigEater: Both Scooby and Shaggy, at their usual, have enormous appetites. Scooby scarfs down an entire sundae in a single bite in the ''opening''.
47	* BiggerOnTheInside (combined with ClownCarBase): Scooby's dog house is definitely this--on the outside, it looks a regular dog house, but on the inside, it's an opulent mansion that's luxurious enough to impress Daphne.
48	* BlindWithoutEm: Velma, who even as a kid needs them to [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] levels. She trips and loses her glasses in "A Bicycle Built For Boo", and spends most of the chase scene either down on her hands and knees desperately feeling around for them, or being rescued by Scooby from her various [[BlindMistake Blind Mistakes]].
49	* BrickJoke:
50	** In "Now Museum Now You Don't", Red Herring is aware that Shaggy and Scooby entered the museum disguised as a mother and a baby, and he tried to expose them only to accidentally provoke a real mother with a baby, and she chases after him. By the time the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency has caught the Samurai Ghost, Red appears again, ''still'' being chased by that lady.
51	** "The Computer Walks Among Us" has Gus the janitor showing the gang his mopping kayak. He's not seen again until the end of the episode, where he's gotten Velma's robot to row said kayak.
52	* CaptainColorbeard: The villain of the episode "Ghost Who's Coming to Dinner" is a ghost pirate named Boobeard.
53	* CharacterCatchphrase: Many of the same from the original series and many others.
54	** "Jinkies."
55	*** "Velma said, 'Jinkies.' It must be a clue."[[note]]Once though, they missed hearing her say it twice, so she had to shout it in order for them to say the phrase.[[/note]]
56	** After Shaggy makes a {{pun}}:
57	--->'''Shaggy:''' "Get it, Scoob?"
58	--->'''Scooby:''' (after much laughing) "I don't get it."[[note]]This had actually been done before in at least one version of the main franchise.[[/note]]
59	** "Zoinks!"
60	*** One time the gang said it for the culprit, she said, "How did you know I was gonna say that?".
61	** "Would you do it for a Scooby Snack?"
62	*** Averted in "The Computer Walks Among Us". Scooby enters a dark closet when Velma kisses him.
63	*** Also averted in "Curse of the Collar", where Scooby enters Dr. Needlemeyer's office for his parents, declining the Scooby Snack.
64	** '''Daphne''': "That will be all, Jenkins."\
65	'''Jenkins''': "Yes, Miss Blake."
66	** "It could only be...Red Herring!"[[note]] "I didn't do it! Hmph, what a weenie!"[[/note]]
67	** "Let's split up, gang!" (always said by Fred when splitting up is completely inappropriate).
68	** "There's no such things as ghosts!" Ironically, Daphne doesn't even believe the slightest possibility of monsters existing (even when they met an actual ghost), while in most series she believes, along with Scooby and Shaggy, the monster might be real (or at least more open-minded). Even her parents don't believe in ghosts.
69	** Red Herring often states [[DudeNotFunny "That's not very funny"]] whenever he gets laughed at for getting his deserved comeuppance for his bullying ways.
70	* CharacterExaggeration: Done to Fred, Daphne, and Velma. Shaggy and Scooby are about the same as ever. That may be because it's close to impossible to exaggerate them. They've always had bottomless stomachs, they've always been complete cowards, and they've always done anything for a Scooby Snack or twenty. Sometimes a whole box.
71	** Scooby simply adores Velma in this show. She gets as many "wet puppy kisses" from Scooby as Shaggy does.
72	* ClearMyName: The gang helped Velma do this in one episode when she was facing suspension after being framed for using a robot (which she did create) to break in to the school lockers.
73	** The gang also helped Shaggy and Scooby after they were framed for stealing a pair of priceless katana from a museum.
74	* ClothespinNosePlug: Scoob puts a clothespin on his nose on to elude Stikweed's stench (unfortunately he still smells it).
75	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Freddy, who is completely clueless during every mystery they try to solve. Other than [[OnceAnEpisode Red]] [[RunningGag Herring]], Freddy has also claimed that the [[MoleMen Mole People]] were the culprits (or even that the culprit was working for the Mole People).
76	* ComeBackMyPet: "Dog Gone Scooby" has the gang look for Scooby after he runs away due to thinking they don't want him around anymore.
77	* ComicBookAdaptation: The fifth issue of ''Hanna-Barbera Presents'' featured two comic stories based on ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo''.
78	* CompetitionCouponMadness: In "Terror, Thy Name is Zombo", Scooby and Shaggy go through 450 boxes of cereal to be the first to ride a new roller coaster at a local amusement park. When the park owner asks in astonishment how they were able to eat that much cereal, Shaggy replies, [[BigEater "Like, we were hungry."]]
79	* ConflictBall: In "Night of the Living Burger", Shaggy and Scooby have fallen out and spend the whole episode bickering, [[spoiler:and [[NoodleIncident we never find out what they were arguing about in the first place]]. When Daphne asked them, they had both forgotten.]]
80	* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Shaggy and Scooby try this in "The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book" to avoid Dr. Croaker spotting them and stealing their rare Commander Cool comic. The trouble is, everyone recognizes them anyways, notably Daphne...
81	-->"Ewww, don't you two know that the [[Creator/HumphreyBogart Bogart]] look is [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes out this season?]]"
82	* ConspiracyTheorist: Freddie frequently comes up with bizarre theories about aliens (or the mole people, or Red Herring) trying to conquer the earth in the most harebrained way imaginable.
83	* ContinuityNod: In "The Return of Commander Cool", Carol Colossal's toy company is being tormented by an alien, that turns out to be her secretary, Barbara Simone in an attempt to steal blueprints. Ms. Colossal returns in the episode, "Wrestle Maniacs", revealing that she hired Ms. Simone back on as her secretary through a prison-release work permit. She notes that good help is hard to find.
84	* CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel: Averted for the most part. The setting is the early 1960's (which makes sense, as the original took place in the later 60's), and the music is rooted in Doo Wop and Motown. Though Velma has a computer, it's an impossibly bulky UNIVAC-style model. Daphne does have an 80s-style StatusCellPhone and she's tasked by her parents to manage an arcade at one point, bringing this trope somewhat into play.
85	%%* CrazyPrepared: Velma. She has a BagOfHolding.
86	* CrossoverCameo: WesternAnimation/YogiBear and Ranger Smith appear in "The Story Stick". Yogi notably is portrayed as [[BearsAreBadNews much more of a vicious wild animal]] than his regular self, scaring the villain off in one scene, and would be almost unrecognizable were it for the fact that he still has his trademark hat and tie on.[[note]]That said, it's likely just a wild bear that happens to have Yogi's hat and tie as a shout out.[[/note]] Yogi and Boo-Boo also appear on a TV in "Lights, Camera, Monster."
87	* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Only in the episode "Night of the Boogie Biker" is Freddy right about bully Red Herring being the monster. It's also the one episode where was attempting to not accuse Red Herring...
88	** Played with in another episode, when the gang is planning on creating a movie. Freddy suggests that they make a film about them solving a mystery, and the gang congratulates him on having a good idea. This is apparently so rare that the show is "interrupted" by a special news bulletin featuring an announcer shouting "FREDDY HAD A GOOD IDEA! IT'S A MIRACLE!"
89	** Also played with in the episode "Dog Gone Scooby" as well. They do flashback to their first mystery as babies, where Red was the monster (Fred claims to have known all along, but only made this claim after he was unmasked). This is also one of the few episodes in which interrogating Red is actually helpful, as he had seen Scooby at the butcher shop.
90	%% * DeliciousDistraction
91	* DeadpanSnarker: Daphne tends to make snide remarks about Fred, Shaggy, and Scooby's quirks.
92	* DiabolicalDogcatcher: There's an evil dog catcher who sometimes goes after Scooby. What kind of a dog catcher goes after dogs that aren't strays?
93	* TheDitz: Freddy isn't very bright.
94	* DoesNotLikeSpam: Scooby loves Scooby Snax as per tradition, but he utterly ''hates'' Acme Dog Biscuits.
95	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
96	** Daphne's parents talk about "Tuesday nights" as if they're special nights to be intimate with each other. When asked why they reference Tuesday nights with a seductive tone, Daphne says Tuesdays are actually for counting money, which usually lasts until Saturday.
97	** Scooby's reaction to eating a Scooby Snack. He moans with pleasure, then shoots into the sky as fireworks go off, and finally drifts back to earth with a happy smile on his face. Oh, and Shaggy usually holds him afterwards. This happened to Daphne when in the presence of her favourite singer. This seems to be a ShoutOut to Snuffles the Tracking Dog from ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'', who would often react that same way to getting a biscuit. [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Muttley]] has also done this.
98	* DrivesLikeCrazy: Velma whenever the gang is on the skateboard. In the first episode, Daphne and Fred beg her to slow down as she follows Scooby to a building.
99	* DrugsAreBad: As a result of being produced during the height of the Anti-Drug campaign, this episode is extremely anvilicious when it comes to drugs, even for an American kids show. Most shows had maybe one or two special episodes about drugs, this show had it become a recurring motive.
100	-->"DRUGS?! Drugs can mess you up!"
101	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode is the only one that does not include a picture of Shaggy being dragged by Scooby in the EpisodeTitleCard. As well, Velma is portrayed as TheSilentBob, where the gang reacts to Velma ''speaking'', not her catchphrase of "Jinkies".
102	* EasilyForgiven: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] in "Dog Gone Scooby". Scooby runs away because he thinks the gang doesn't want him around anymore. When they finally find him near the end of the episode, Scooby is still angry at Shaggy even after he apologizes, but he immediately forgives Daphne and Velma.
103	* ElvisImpersonator: "The Spirit of Rock'n Roll" had an Music/ElvisPresley {{Expy}} named [[AlliterativeName Purvis Parker]], and the gang met one of his impersonators.
104	* EpisodeTagline:
105	** In the episode "Scooby Dude", Scooby's catchphrase becomes "[[DrugsAreBad Drugs?! Yuck! P'tooey!]]".
106	** The episode where Acme Dog Biscuits are featured gives Scooby a one-episode catchphrase. "Racme Dog Biscuits? Ruck!!!"
107	* EverybodyDidIt: A variation in "For Letter or Worse." While only one person--[[spoiler: namely, Prestina]]-- is the culprit, it turns out that [[spoiler: the majority of the suspects the gang met ''were'' [[MasterOfDisguise Prestina in various disguises.]]]]
108	* EverybodyDoTheEndlessLoop: Lampshaded by the characters yelling, "Start the music!" whenever a chase started. The chase montages were even filled with clips of the characters (and sometimes the monster) dancing.
109	* EveryoneHasStandards: As big as their appetites are, Shaggy and Scooby don't care for Mr. O'Greazy's fast food (as it's just that disgusting) or Crusty Baker's restaurant menu (which includes uncooked spaghetti and breadsticks made of wooden sticks).
110	* ExpositoryThemeTune: And a catchy one at that.
111	-->''There's a mystery in town, so call the coolest pup around! Oh, Scooby! [[TitleDrop A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]!''
112	* {{Expy}}: There are some character designs that are clearly based on those of characters from earlier Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
113	** Daphne in this series looks a lot like Holly from ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s''.
114	** The Morgansons from the episode "Snow Place Like Home" bear a strong resemblance to WesternAnimation/MrAndMrsJEvilScientist.
115	* ExtremelyOverdueLibraryBook: In "The Ghost of Mrs. Shusham,", the titular ghost demands Shaggy return an overdue book to the Old Coolsville Library by midnight. Shaggy proceeds to tell his friends that when he was younger, he checked out a book entitled ''Pizza Parrot and the Butterbean Bunnies'' from the library only for Scooby to accidentally bury it in the backyard. In Shaggy's defense, however, the library closed down shortly afterwards, preventing Shaggy from ever returning the book at all.
116	* TheDragAlong: Per usual, Shaggy and Scooby have to be dragged kicking and screaming on missions because of their cowardice.
117	* FaintInShock: {{Parodied}} In "The Were-Doo of Doo Manor". Scooby and his parents faint every time someone says "Were-Doo" out loud. In-Universe, it's called a "Doo Family Faint."
118	* FairplayWhodunnit: Usually the clues to figure out who it is will be right there in the episode, although sometimes you'd have to ignore whatever funny antics are going on at the time to see them (for example, a suspect might be carrying some item that in hindsight helps prove he's the monster, but you might not see it because Shaggy and Scooby are having some funny reaction at the time).
119	* FearlessInfant: In "The Babysitter from Beyond", Shaggy's baby sister Sugie does not appear to be fazed by the monster Boogedy Bones.
120	* FeudEpisode: In "Night of the Living Burger," Shaggy and Scooby have just had a fight and spend nearly the whole episode with their backs to one another, refusing to speak. This hinders the gang's attempts at solving a mystery involving a [[GiantFood giant]] [[AnthropomorphicFood monster hamburger]]. Once all is said and the two are speaking to each other again, they realize that [[spoiler: neither one remembers why they were arguing in the first place]].
121	* FirstStepFixation: In "The Babysitter from Beyond", the MonsterOfTheWeek is trapped in a basement due to several large objects barricading the door. The monster climbs out of the basement through a nearby window, goes into the house through the door, removes the obstructions, then goes back outside and climbs back into the basement so that he can leave.
122	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Toward the end of the original run, one episode was done in a ThreeShorts format with simpler, more slapstick-oriented plots, possibly as a shout-out to the franchise's earliest attempts to change up the "monster mystery" formula (though sans Scrappy).
123	* FrankenX: The episode "Chickenstein Lives" had the gang face a chicken Frankenstein monster named Chickenstein.
124	* FreeRangeChildren: The kids run about Coolsville with little concern from their moms or dads (who do appear in the show at some point or another).
125	* TheGhost: We don't see Freddie's parents at all in the series.
126	* GoodParents: All of the parents of the main kids have them...well, except Freddie's due to them being TheGhost. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are notable in that they're not only good parents to Shaggy and baby Shugie but they're like another set of parents to Scooby-Doo.
127	* GoThroughMe: Shaggy and Scooby have both stated in one episode that if you mess with Velma, you mess with them.
128	* HeadlessHorseman: Actually, the headless skateboarder. No joke.
129	-->"DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!!!!!!! OH, DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!!!!!!!
130	* HeroicBSOD: In "Night of the Boogey Biker", when Red Herring was revealed to be the criminal after Fred Jones was made to promise not to accuse Red Herring of committing the crime for once,[[note]]Red only took his mother's bike so he could repair it and give it back to her as a surprise and only dressed up as the Boogey Biker to scare away the gang so they wouldn't spoil the surprise.[[/note]] Fred throws a nasty tantrum.
131	* HomeAloneAntics: The episode "The Babysitter From Beyond" is nearly a WholePlotReference to Film/HomeAlone with the gang trapped in a house as an escaped convict, a crazed babysitter, and a 3 headed zombie attempt to get in. The gang construct a trap using a giant tennis racquet and pulleys to combat one of the crooks.
132	* IWillShowYouX: In "A Bicycle Built for Boo", Freddie, under the belief that Red Herring stole Shaggy's bicycle and painted it blue, damaged Red's bicycle with a sandblaster.
133	-->'''Freddie:''' ''(sheepish)'' Well whattaya know. It's not Shaggy's bike after all. Oops.\
134	'''Red:''' I'm gonna "oops" you, Freddie!
135	* IdentityAmnesia: Shaggy loses his memory and believes himself to be his hero, Commander Cool.
136	* IdiotHero: Fred becomes a hilarious ignoramus in this show, a characterization that stuck for a while, showing up in the live action movies, and every once in a while in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'', the animated movies and ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryInc Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc]]''.
137	* InsaneTrollLogic: Fred in this series has a vivid imagination and explains things with little to no sense at all.
138	* TheJeeves: Jenkins. Dawson, who responds to Daphne's call when Jenkins isn't available, also counts.
139	* {{Jerkass}}: Innocent in most cases or not, Red Herring is still a huge jerk to the gang.
140	* JerkassHasAPoint: Red may be a jerk, but he sure has every right to be annoyed with Freddie constantly accusing him of crimes he didn't commit.
141	* JustEatHim: In the episode "Wanted Cheddar Alive", after being chased by a literal cheese monster for the entire episode, Scooby solves the problem by eating at the villain's costume when he's cornered.
142	-->'''Shaggy:''' "Like, nice work, Scoob, you licked the monster!"
143	%% * LampshadeHanging
144	* LanguageBarrier: In the episode "Now Museum, Now You Don't", the monster of the episode is a "samurai ghost". However, at one point he tries to steal some valuable swords, and Velma says something to him in Japanese[[note]]"Kono katana wa nisemono desu".[[/note]]. He steals the swords anyway, but that proves he doesn't understand Japanese, since Velma was saying to him, "Those swords are fake." Now why would a Japanese ghost not understand Japanese? It's one of the major clues that he is actually [[spoiler:the curator of the museum]].
145	* LanternJawOfJustice: Shaggy's dad is a police officer with a big chin.
146	* LighterAndSofter: While [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou the original]] wasn't necessarily all that scary, this is even more lighthearted.
147	** Also DenserAndWackier, as this series is also a ''lot'' more cartoony than the original series.
148	* LimitedWardrobe: As is standard for cartoons, the characters always wear the same clothing in every episode.
149	* LittleMissSnarker: Daphne is far more sarcastic in this series than in other incarnations as she’s often exasperated with Fred’s idiocy.
150	* LorreLookalike: The episode "Snow Place Like One" features a character named Mr. Morganson whose voice and appearance are inspired by Creator/PeterLorre. Unlike past series' Lorre Lookalikes, however, he's not the villain of the episode.
151	* LostInImitation: This show developed the personalities of the heroes much more than the original show. Velma's braininess, Daphne's wealth, and Freddy's idiocy all became signature traits and have been a part of the franchise since.
152	%%* LuckBasedSearchTechnique: Surprisingly, Scooby pulls it off more frequently than Shaggy.
153	* MailmanVsDog: In "Catcher on the Sly", Buster [=McMuttmauler=] at one point tries to lure Scooby into a trap by disguising himself as a mailman. His disguise backfires when a bunch of other dogs promptly attack him.
154	* MeaningfulName: Red Herring. Freddy ''always'' suspects him, to the point where other characters start to {{Lampshade\|Hanging}} this, but he was only the culprit once. And that one time was the one time Freddy wasn't allowed to accuse him.
155	* TheMeddlingKidsAreUseless: While this trope is already common in the franchise, "Curse of the Collar" featured it in the flashback establishing the villain's motive. He was the "ghost" of a Dog Catcher who blamed Scooby's parents for his crimes being exposed...except all indications are that his boss would have caught him anyway. At most the Doos made the arrest slightly easier by chasing him into a cage because he was chasing an apparently non-stray puppy.
156	* MidBattleTeaBreak: In "The Were-Doo of Doo Manor", just as the Were-Doo about to attack Shaggy and Scooby, a bell sounds, indicating that it's snacktime, so they all stop what they're doing and go to a table to eat. Once they're finished, Shaggy and Scooby run off and the Were-Doo chases after them.
157	* MonsterClown: In "Terror, Thy Name is Zombo", the costumed monster the gang face is a hideous clown ghost named Zombo.
158	* MonsterOfTheWeek: As usual, every episode has the gang defeat and unmask criminals disguised as monsters and other supernatural creatures.
159	* MorphicResonance: In "For Letter or Worse," the culprit turns out to be [[spoiler: Prestina, who, as a MasterOfDisguise, goes undercover as various people in the television studio to throw the kids off her trail. However, she grabs the VillainBall by always wearing a gold ring on her hand regardless of who she's pretending to be, allowing Velma to make the connection and expose her.]]
160	* MythologyGag: This show brings back Ruby Doo, Scrappy's mother, who hadn't appeared since the early 1980s.
161	* NarrativeShapeshifting: Scooby would often change his appearance to that of the MonsterOfTheWeek.
162	* NoFourthWall: In some episodes, the characters would talk to the viewers directly after catching the monster, asking them whether they had figured out who the monster is.
163	* NoodleIncident: In "The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book", when Shaggy tries to tell the others that Dr. Croaker attempted to steal his Commander Cool comic, Fred and Daphne complain that he's claimed to have been attacked by comic book villains before with no details given aside from the names of the villains and where Shaggy claimed to have been accosted by them.
164	* NotMeThisTime: In one episode, Fred repeatedly accuse Red Herring of committing the crime, which lead to a RunningGag of him saying this in that episode.
165	** It was inverted in another episode. The gang challenges Fred to go without accusing Red Herring of any crimes for twenty-four hours, just before a motorcycle is stolen. It turns out that this was the one time Red ''did'' do it (he was secretly adding a sidecar to the bike as a present). Fred has an ''epic'' HeroicBSOD at the news.
166	* NotQuiteDead: In "Curse of the Collar", the gang deals with the ghost of the dogcatcher with a grudge against the Doo Family, Buster [=McMuttMauler=]. Which as usual wasn't real. But then later in the series we see that the real Buster [=McMuttMauler=] is still very much alive as well.
167	* NotSoAboveItAll: Velma is normally quite reserved, but the opening to "Wrestle Maniacs" sees her get very into cheering on a wrestling match, much to Daphne's surprise.
168	%% * OccultDetective
169	* OnceASeason: In every season, there is an episode where Commander Cool and Mellow Mutt are a significant part of the plot.
170	* OnceAnEpisode: In every episode, Freddy blames Red Herring for being behind everything, even in the episode where the gang is supposed to prove Red innocent.
171	** ''Almost'' every episode. The gang challenges him to go 24 hours without doing this in one episode and he succeeds, only to find out that Red ''was'' the culprit. He takes the news...[[HeroicBSOD rather well]].
172	* OpeningNarration: Most episodes begin with Shaggy narrating what he, Scooby and the gang are doing, often ending in a TitleDrop.
173	* OutOfCharacterMoment: Played entirely for laughs, of course. In "The Story Stick", Velma finds a clue as usual and says "Jinkies", but this time nobody chimes in that it must be a clue, because everyone else is busy looking under tree stumps and the like and are too far away. Velma says "Jinkies" louder, but still they don't hear. So Velma gets so frustrated she brings out a ''megaphone'' and screams "I SAID JINKIES!!!" prompting Fred to finally say the line about Velma finding a clue.
174	* OverlyLongName: One episode features a character named Rosemary Kate Heather Tiffany Bibby Smith Jones Wolfe Nelson. Her birth name is Laura Jane Carla Barbie Mallory Madeline Morton Mitchell. She usually goes by Julie.
175	* PepperSneeze: Occurred with newspaper ink instead of pepper in "A Bicycle Built For Boo", where Scooby went into sneezing fits over smelling newspaper ink.
176	* PhraseCatcher: The villains in each episode say to the gang: "I would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you pesky kids. Oh, and that puppy."
177	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Velma demonstrates in "Now Museum, Now You Don't" that she's actually quite skilled at karate despite her small size. The samurai ghost winds up learning this the hard way.
178	* PolicemanDog: In "Robopup", the Blakes' security guard introduces the titular Robopup to the gang, whose purpose is to solve crimes -- which is particularly helpful since the house is being haunted by the Ghost of Chef Pierre.
179	%%* ProWrestlingEpisode: "Wrestle Maniacs".
180	* RealAfterAll: The cast actually ''does'' find a real ghost at one point, though it's a harmless friendly ghost named Mr Boo. The VillainOfTheWeek's plan would result in the house he haunts to be demolished, which would mean the good ghost would cease to exist, so the team ends up having to help him.
181	* RedHerring: Short of using an actual red fish, you just can't get more literal than this: Red Herring was the name of an actual character, a local bully. {{Once an Episode}}, Freddy would accuse him of being the culprit; the accusation always came out of nowhere, with zero evidence to support it. Fred's logic was that Red was a jerk, and thus must be the villain. Red would always respond with an airtight alibi, much to Freddy's chagrin. Only in the episode "Night of the Boogie Biker" was Red actually the monster.\
182	To make matters worse, in said episode, the other kids bet Freddy that he can't go a single case without accusing Red of anything, and he struggles the whole way. So when it ends up being ''literally the only time'' Red was actually guilty, Fred, upon finding out, [[HeroicBSOD drops to the ground in tears, kicking and screaming]] [[IKnewIt "I knew it! I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it!"]]
183	* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: If only because Daphne's status as a rich girl is played for all it's worth. Apart from Velma, she usually plays the OnlySaneMan role (especially with regards to Fred).
184	-->'''Daphne:''' "[[TheJeeves Jenkins]]? Be scared for me."
185	-->'''Jenkins:''' "Yes, Miss Blake. ''AHHHHHHHH!"''
186	%% * RunningOnTheSpot
187	* RunningGag: The show has several running gags.
188	** Freddy accusing Red Herring of being behind the crime, which is often followed by Red Herring or Daphne explaining why Red Herring ''can't'' be the perpetrator.
189	** Shaggy making a joke, asking Scooby if he gets it, and Scooby laughing hysterically before admitting that he doesn't get it.
190	** Scooby's speech impediment of pronouncing words as if they began with R resulted in a tendency for him to parrot a word spoken by another character and the other character correcting him with "No, (insert word Scooby parroted spoken normally)".
191	** Almost every episode includes a WeInterruptThisProgram moment (see entry below).
192	** "The Were-Doo of Doo Manor" has a Doo Family Faint occur at every mention of the word "Were-Doo".
193	* SarcasmBlind: Freddy is always blissfully unaware of Daphne and others' sarcastic remarks.
194	* ScoobyDooHoax: Like in most continuities, every episode is about the gang stopping a criminal who disguises themselves as a monster or ghost.
195	* SelfParody: One of the first Scooby-Doo shows to do so, often lampshading the usual tropes and conventions associated with the franchise.
196	* ShrinkingViolet: Velma. In early episodes, her only lines in the entire show were "Jinkies" and the name of the real crook (when this happened, the other characters would usually exclaim: "Velma talked!" in complete astonishment). Later episodes gave her more lines, with "Jinkies" instead becoming her VerbalTic that she'd found a clue.
197	* SkewedPriorities: Daphne once refused to be saved from a fall because the helicopter Jenkins brought doesn't match her dress.
198	* SnubByOmission: After the villains are revealed, they will say the traditional, "And I would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for you meddling kids." Many times, Scooby would have to remind them to finish by saying, "Oh, and that puppy."
199	* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Scooby, naturally, has his speech impediment of pronouncing every other word as if it began with the letter R. However, it is less frequent than the original.
200	* SpellingForEmphasis: In "The Were-Doo of Doo Manor", Mumsy Doo warns Shaggy that Scooby is detecting the presence of a W-E-R-E D-O-O.
201	-->'''Shaggy:''' A Were-Doo?\
202	''(Cue a Doo Family Faint)''
203	* SpinOffBabies: The premise of the show is that Scooby and the gang are now children.
204	* SpoiledSweet: Daphne, in this incarnation, is depicted as being very rich, a tad spoiled, and extremely vain, but she's also very level-headed, and loyal to her friends no matter what.
205	* StartMyOwn: Lester Leonard left the Critter Getters to start his own monster-catching business.
206	* StatusCellPhone: Rich girl Daphne had one, even if it was AnachronismStew (the original series premiered in 1969, which means this series would take place around the early-to-mid 1960s.)
207	* StrictlyFormula: Find bad guy, interview suspects, find clues, trap the monster, and let Velma reveal who the monster is. Of course, this formula has been found in many ''Scooby-Doo'' spin-offs, so it's naturally lampshaded to a great extent.
208	* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: "Now Museum, Now You Don't" has Scooby and Shaggy wrongly accused of stealing the samurai swords at the museum. They end up having an ImagineSpot where they're in prison [[TimePassageBeard with gray beards]] and have numerous tally marks on the walls of their prison cells to keep track of how long they've been in jail.
209	-->'''Shaggy''': Like, it's almost Christmas, Scoob.
210	* TeenGenius: Velma went from being TheSmartGuy to being an OmnidisciplinaryScientist, having [[ReedRichardsIsUseless a super-computer devoted solely to crime-solving stuffed in a briefcase]], and doing work for NASA even.[[note]]Although the "real" Velma was referred to as working for NASA in a few episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries.[[/note]]
211	* TheTelevisionTalksBack: Quite a bit...
212	** In "Wanted Cheddar Alive", the gang watch a news report about a cheese monster who had been ravaging Coolsville. Tying into one of the shows [[RunningGag running gags]], Scooby exclaims "A rease ronster??", to which the CEO of the Scooby Snacks company being interviewed on TV replies "No, a cheese monster."
213	** In "The Babysitter From Beyond", it happens twice. First, during a TV spot for the horror film ''Boogedy Bones Rises From the Grave'', the announcer states that the movie is "guaranteed to scare your socks off." Shaggy says, "Like, I don't wear socks!" In true [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Tom]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Ruegger]] fashion, the announcer replies "Then you'd better get some!" Later on, a CoincidentalBroadcast starting as Shaggy is speaking even had the newscaster say "[[WeInterruptThisProgram We interrupt Shaggy to bring you a Coolsville news bulletin!]]"
214	* TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim: Shaggy and Scooby did this throughout "Night of the Living Burger", using Daphne as an intermediary.
215	* TimePassageBeard: Shaggy and Scooby's ImagineSpot of being in prison after being falsely accused of stealing the samurai swords in "Now Museum, Now You Don't" depicts the pair as having long gray beards to underscore that they've been locked up for a long time.
216	* TitleDrop: At the beginning and end of every episode there is a mention of the show's title.
217	* ThemeTuneRollCall: "Join Shaggy and the crew: Daphne, Freddy, Velma, too! Scooby, a pup named Scooby-Doo!"
218	* TookALevelInDumbass: Freddie is significantly dumber than he's ever been depicted in previous Scooby-Doo incarnations. The personality trait stuck around in later productions.
219	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Although Shaggy and Scooby are known to eat just about anything, there's nothing they love more than Scooby Snacks.
220	* UnnamedParent: None of the characters' parents have their names revealed.
221	* TheVillainSucksSong: Most of the episodes have a song about the episode's monster and how threatening they can be sung during the obligatory chase sequence.
222	* VillainyFreeVillain: Red Herring, who was never guilty of the crimes, but was still an obnoxious punk.
223	* VocalDissonance: Creator/CaseyKasem still voiced Shaggy with the same inflection as the adult version even though the character was about 13 years old here.
224	* VocalEvolution: Freddy's voice became deeper in later episodes when his voice actor went through puberty.
225	* WeInterruptThisProgram: More often than not, a newscaster may interrupt the episode with a "special announcement" usually either relating to the episode's plot or to signal to the audience that one of the show's [[RunningGag running gags]] is about to occur or has just occurred.
226	-->"We interrupt ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' for this special announcement. [[CharacterCatchphrase Velma just said 'Jinkies,']] and you know what that means! Thank you."
227	* WildTake: Several. The animators seemed to have a running bet to see who could make the next wild take even more outrageous and surreal. [[Creator/KennedyCartoons Glen Kennedy]]'s wild takes have often been the most off the wall.
228	* WritersCannotDoMath: In "The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book", Shaggy says there's only three first editions left. If you count them there are actually four. Two in Selma's case which she was selling, one in the case she keeps for herself, and one in Wendell [=McWendell's=] case.
229	* YouMeddlingKids: With emphasis on ''kids'' this time, and the villains often would refer to them as "''pesky'' kids" rather than "meddling."
230	* YourTelevisionHatesYou: Seen and then played with in the opening scene to "The Were-Doo of Doo Manor." During Shaggy's sleepover at Scooby-Doo's luxurious doghouse, they decide to watch some TV. But the first thing they see on the screen is the opening to ''Monster Theater'', which of course scares them. They change the channel, only to find ''Yuck Cinema'' starting up (showcasing red slime oozing down the screen), and then change the channel to find ''[[SubvertedTrope Walter the Wonder Pup]]'', one of Scooby's favorite shows, starting up. But this week's episode [[DoubleSubversion involves lots of "monsters and yuck"]], to which Shaggy and Scooby rush to turn the set off.

Context WesternAnimation / APupNamedScoobyDoo