Trivia / A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

• Acting for Two:
  • Frank Welker voicing Eddie Jones and Casmer Codwaller in “Chickenstein Lives!” and in “The Computer Walks Among Us”, he voices Dinkley 2000, Bruce Wormsley and Mr. Dinkley.
  • Don Messick voicing not only Scooby, and recurring characters Jenkins (Daphne’s butler) and the newscasters but also Daddy Doo in “Curse of the Collar” and “The Were-Doo of Doo Manor” as well as Horton-Doo in the latter episode.
  • Casey Kasem not only voiced Shaggy but also his father, Mr. Rogers.
  • Charlie Adler voicing Wendel McWendel, a nameless little boy, and a nameless hawaiian-shirt clad collector in “The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book” as well as Gus and Crusty Baker in “Horror of the Haunted Hairpiece” and Mr. O’Greasy and Grady Laurence in “Lights... Camera... Monster”.
  • James Avery voiced Count Shockula and Skippy Johnson from “Night of the Living Burger”.
  • Scott Menville voicing neighborhood bully Red Herring as well as his aunt, Hedda.
  • B. J. Ward as Mrs. Rogers, Sugie and the babysitter from “The Babysitter from Beyond” along with Bona Lickton, Bernice Binder and Mrs. Shusham in “The Ghost of Mrs. Shusham” and Mrs. Dinkley and Mrs. Stickler in “The Computer Walks Among Us”.
  • Michael Bell as Mr. Ryan and Jay Littlefield in “The Story Stick”, and Mr. Peterson and Mr. Forester in “Snow Place Like Home".
  • Jim Cummings as Ghost of the Hooded Heifer/Hooded Heifer, Coolsville Comet and Herbert Blaum in “Wrestling Maniacs".
• Adored by the Network: Cartoon Network and Boomerang used to air this show a lot back in the mid-90s, 2000s, and early-2010s. Cartoon Network had a preschool block and this was one of the few cartoons to still air reruns on the channel after it got cancelled. It was also the youngest show to air at Boomerang's launch.
• Cast the Runner-Up: According to Tom Ruegger, Scott Menville was originally considered for Freddie before being cast as Red Herring.
• Children Voicing Children: Fred, Daphne, and Velma are all voiced by actual children, while Don Messick and Casey Kasem reprise their respective roles as Scooby and Shaggy. Fred's voice actor apparently went through puberty as his voice is slightly deeper in later episodes.
• Cross-Dressing Voice:
  • Kath Soucie voiced Bobby of the Brainy Bunch from “For Letter or for Worse”.
  • Red Herring’s aunt from "Night of the Boogy Biker" is voiced by Scott Menville.
• Dawson Casting: Shaggy and Scooby, with Casey Kasem (who was in his late 50s) and Don Messick (who was in his early 60s) playing the young versions of their regular characters.
• Follow the Leader: In addition to the Spinoff Babies trend, this show was also Hanna-Barbera's answer to the successful Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures series by Ralph Bakshi that premiered on CBS the previous year, produced in the same satirical manner.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Carl Stevens replaced Frank Welker as Fred, making this the first Scooby project where Welker didn't voice him. Fred would not be voiced by anyone other than Welker again until the 2020 film, SCOOB!.
  • Kellie Martin replaces Stephaniana Christopherson and Heather North as Daphne.
  • Christina Lange replaces Nicole Jaffe, Pat Stevens, and Marla Frumkin as Velma.
• Rereleased for Free: The whole series is free to watch on Tubi starting on June 2023.
• Role Reprise: Casey Kasem and Don Messick reprise their roles of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, while Freddy, Daphne and Velma were voiced by new actors, making this the only installment of the Scooby franchise to not have Frank Welker^note Although he did appear in "Chickenstein Lives!" as Fred's uncle, Eddie Jones cast as Fred^note Until the release of SCOOB! in May 2020. This ended up being the last series where Scooby was voiced by Don Messick.^note Though it would not the final instance, as he would continue to voice Scooby in other projects until the 1995 video game Scooby-Doo Mystery.
• Technology Marches On: Despite the show supposedly taking place in the early 60s, when the gang was younger prior to the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? premiering in 1969, some late 80s/early 90s technology was present. Velma often would type data in a large computer that would pop out of a briefcase, and Daphne could be seen with a cell phone (which was quite rare to see back then, but much more common today.)
• What Could Have Been: Originally during production producer Tom Ruegger wanted Velma to say nothing but the word "Jinkies" throughout the entire series. After the first episode, new story editors were brought onboard to write episodes and decided to have Velma say more than just "Jinkies" which Ruegger thought would have made her more memorable.
• Working Title: The show was originally called Scooby Doo: The Puppy Years .
• Word of God: Scooby's two brothers names' had been a passed around joke studio wise (Scooby Doo has a brother named Howdy Doo?), but turned into actual characters for a cameo.

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