History Trivia / ScoobyDooAndScrappyDoo

** By 1979, ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooShow'' was on the verge of cancelation by Creator/{{ABC}}, and Joe Barbera came up with the new character to help save it. None of the on-staff writers at Creator/HannaBarbera could write a satisfactory pilot script, and Evanier, the editor of their comic book division, was chosen. Barbera and Evanier worked together to finalize the character, and Evanier eventually turned in a satisfactory pilot script, and the show was picked up for a full season and made it on the air after endless salary and billing disputes, conflicts with Standards & Practices, and much, ''much'' ExecutiveMeddling.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mastermind behind the sky skeleton dresses up an actual skeleton and puts it in a plane, programming the plane to fly itself the plane, but is given a way by dropping small pieces of paper from his punch cards-an actual very old way to program computers...or self-driving biplanes, in this case.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mastermind behind the sky skeleton programs an actual skeleton to fly the plane, but is given a way by dropping small pieces of paper from the punch cards he used-an actual very old way to program computers...or self-driving biplanes, in this case.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco". That is all.

* HostilityOnTheSet: According to Creator/MarkEvanier, Lennie Weinrib was undergoing problems in his personal life at the time and could be quite difficult as a result. Part of the reason Scrappy was recast after this season was because Weinrib didn't get on with the voice director. It got to the point where Weinrib would be willing to return if Evanier would take over as voice director, but this didn't work out.

* ActorSharedBackground: The SeasonFinale reveals that Scrappy is from New York, just like his voice actor, Lennie Weinrib.
* CreativeDifferences: According to Creator/MarkEvanier, part of the reason Lennie Weinrib didn't voice Scrappy again after this season was due to conflicts with voice director Gordon Hunt.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://scoobydoocast.libsyn.com/apnsd-episode-33-interview-with-mark-evanier-part-two According to]] Creator/MarkEvanier]], Scrappy's owner was originally Daphne's niece but this character was dropped in the development process. There was also some debate as to whether he should be a silent character or not.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Before Lennie Weinrib was cast, there were other actors considered for the role of Scrappy: Creator/MelBlanc, Creator/DawsButler, Creator/DonMessick, and Creator/FrankWelker.
** [[https://scoobydoocast.libsyn.com/apnsd-episode-33-interview-with-mark-evanier-part-two According to Mark Evanier]], Scrappy's owner was originally Daphne's niece but this character was dropped in the development process.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before Lennie Weinrib was cast, there were other actors considered for the role of Scrappy: Creator/MelBlanc, Creator/DawsButler, Creator/DonMessick, and Creator/FrankWelker.

* ThrowItIn: According to Creator/MarkEvanier, Creator/FrankWelker was the one who came up with Scrappy's CatchPhrase. During his audition, he ad-libbed a bit where he yelled a fanfare noise before shouting "Puppy Power". While he didn't get the part, Joe Barbera thought it was a great catchprhase.

* CreativeDifferences: According to Creator/MarkWeinrib, part of the reason Lennie Weinrib didn't voice Scrappy again after this season was due to conflicts with voice director Gordon Hunt.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before Lennie Weinrib was cast, there were other actors considered for the role of Scrappy: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Don Messick, and Frank Welker.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before Lennie Weinrib was cast, there were other actors considered for the role of Scrappy: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Don Messick, Creator/MarilynSchreffler, and Frank Welker.

* ActorSharedBackground: The SeasonFinale reveals that Scrappy is from New York, just like his voice actor Lennie Weinreib.
* ThePeteBest: Creator/LennieWeinreib, Scrappy's voice actor, left the show after the first season due to a pay dispute. As a result, Creator/DonMessick, Scooby's voice actor, took over the role for the rest of his regular appearances into the 1980s.

** By 1979, ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooShow'' was on the verge of cancelation by Creator/{{ABC}}, and Joe Barbera came up with the new character to help save it. None of the on-staff writers at Creator/HannaBarbera could write a satisfactory pilot script, and Evanier, the editor of their comic book division, was chosen. Barbera and Evanier worked together to finalize the character, and Evanier eventually turned in a satisfactory pilot script, and the show was picked up for a full season and made it on the air following endless salary and billing disputes, conflicts with Standards & Practices, and much ''much'' ExecutiveMeddling.
** Casting the character's voice was difficult in its own right, and the entire pilot was recorded at least five different times. Creator/MelBlanc was Barbara's first choice to voice Scrappy, but he turned the role down over salary disagreements. Then Creator/FrankWelker was considered before Creator/DonMessick was cast, and the pilot script recorded with the entire cast. Then ABC decided they didn't like Don's version, so Creator/DawsButler was cast and the entire script re-recorded. Then they didn't like his version, and Marilyn Schreffler was cast and the script re-recorded once again before Welker was cast, and the entire script recorded a fourth time. Then Paul Winchell and Dick Beals were cast at different points, though production was halted while Barbera once again attempted to strike a deal with Mel Blanc. Ultimately, Lennie Weinrib was cast in the role simply because he was the first choice the network wouldn't veto. Even he would end up leaving the role at the end of the season over a salary dispute, along with a personality dispute with the voice director, and Don Messick became Scrappy's permanent voice afterward.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before being cast with Creator/LennieWeinreib, there were other actors considered for the role of Scrappy, those actors being Creator/MelBlanc, Creator/DawsButler, Creator/DonMessick, Creator/MarilynSchaffer, and Creator/FrankWelker.

** By 1979, ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooShow'' was on the verge of cancelation by Creator/{{ABC}], and Joe Barbera came up with the new character to help save it. None of the on-staff writers at Creator/HannaBarbera could write a satisfactory pilot script, and Evanier, the editor of their comic book division, was chosen. Barbera and Evanier worked together to finalize the character, and Evanier eventually turned in a satisfactory pilot script, and the show was picked up for a full season and made it on the air following endless salary and billing disputes, conflicts with Standards & Practices, and much ''much'' ExecutiveMeddling.

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/LennieWeinreib, Scrappy's voice actor, left the show after the first season due to a pay dispute. As a result, Creator/DonMessick, Scooby's voice actor, took over the role for the rest of his regular appearances into the 1980s.
* TalkingToHimself: Creator/DonMessick voiced both Scooby and Scrappy after the latter's original voice actor left.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before being cast with Creator/LennieWeinreib, there were other actors considered for the role of Scrappy, those actors being Creator/MelBlanc, Creator/DawsButler, Creator/DonMessick, Creator/MarilynSchaffer, and Creator/FrankWelker.

* TheOtherDarrin: Lennie Weinreib, Scrappy's voice actor, left the show after the first season due to a lay dispute. As a result, Don Messick, Scooby's voice actor, took over the role for the rest of his regular appearances into the 1980s.
* TalkingToHimself: Don Messick voiced both Scooby and Scrappy after the latter's original voice actor left.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before being cast with Lennie Weinreib, there were other actors considered for the role of Scrappy, those actors being Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Don Messick, Marilyn Schaffer, and Frank Welker.