When Scrappy-Doo Got Better | Billiam

yeah this is billiam welcome back to way too much scooby-doo i recently watched all of scooby-doo and scrappy do which is like one regular season of scooby-doo just with this new cast member scooby's nephew scrappy followed by 99 episodes of pure nothingness i watched it all because i really wanted to be able to say that i've seen the entire show well i watched all of scooby-doo and scrappy-doo wow nothing emptiness next time someone says follow your dreams don't but maybe do but perhaps reevaluate the low bar you set for something to be considered a dream i just really craved hearing the little i would get from telling people this was for work i wanted to actually go back and watch all of scooby's scrappy doo era because of the intense popular and passionate hatred for scrappy do and while the run of scooby-doo and scrappy doo was way too much scooby-doo it's only about half of scrappy's tv run while season 4 of sdsd tried to turn the ship around and prove the quality and get a few steps closer to the show's original mystery format it wasn't quite able to they were just a trio of fools they had to be a gang and a gang has to be at least four members no way freddie was coming back scrappy destroyed the mystery machine at the end of season one and there's no way velma has the patience to deal with just the three of them but daphne daphne's back if you ask me the accidental scooby-doo expert the era where it's just shaggy daphne in the dogs is an extremely underrated era in scooby-doo there's a lot of good episodes here and the 13 ghosts of scooby-doo is this out-of-left-field wacky turn for the series which is sort of really fun i mean flim flam vincent van ghoul so we're looking at the new scooby-doo and scrappy do show the new scooby-doo mysteries the 13 ghosts of scooby-doo and its recent finale film sounds pretty wacky to me so let's watch way too much scooby doo to redeem the one and only scrappy do oh that's just my new permanent live musician i've added to the show to liven things up around here nico we're always looking at ways to make things fresh around here at billiam play me off nico i never learned piano you sure do do you ever find yourself craving skills but nobody wants to share their skills with you yes well have you tried today's sponsor skillshare skillshare is an online learning community where millions of creatives come together to take the next step in their creative journeys creatively skillshare classes include a combo of video lessons and a class project it's meant to fit any kind of schedule and members get unlimited access to thousands of inspiring classes with community feedback from a community of millions god i suck at productivity this video was supposed to come out in early october whoops i really do want to post more often but i find myself getting set back day to day and going down time wasting rabbit holes i really don't need to sit on youtube all day and re-watch anime fight scenes that is not something i need to do multiple times a week so i'm taking some time to look at this project management in real life simple workflows to achieve your goals class by nikki henderson but there's also lessons on video making music production art photography etc and the first thousand people to click my link in the description will get a free trial of skillshare premium so go check it out and explore your creativity thank you again to skillshare for sponsoring this video the new scooby-doo and scrappy do show this is kind of a really interesting time in scooby-doo while it does try to recapture the spooky aesthetic and mystery-centric plots of the original show each episode is still segmented however now with two segments at 10 minutes a piece it feels enough like classic scooby-doo but with some fresh energy daphne is now a reporter she drives the mystery machine around with shaggy and the dogs to investigate paranormal hoaxes on you clowns except sometimes it's not a hoax oh but the frankenstein's moved out of the castle years ago so who lives there now dracula sometimes they're babysitting uh dracula's wolfman baby at the frankenstein castle wow daphne is a new daphne she's no longer only the damsel in distress she's the competent counterbalance to scooby and shaggy's antics she picks up on fred's leadership role and she must have slurped some of velma's brain cells because she can read now a skill which was previously exclusive to velma control unit made in detroit wow how'd you know that that me i read the label when fred tries to read he goes in the hole scrappy now tag teams with smart daphne which redistributes the balance of the show which is a real problem in season one of scooby-doo and scrappy do the other three characters were always meant to be the ones to push shaggy and scooby into danger but scrappy took over that role so they just sort of didn't all work together but now scrappy is a part of the other half so it's rebalanced i'm gonna take lots of pictures for daphne to use in her article if you watch the scooby-doo series in order i don't recommend it this kind of feels like character development for scrappy doo a monster let me add him daphne he can't hurt us not if we leave he can't let me at it he helps out asks questions and daphne's calmer than scooby and shaggy so she balances scrappy's high energy maybe it's the guy who wrecked this place i'll teach him some manners wait scrappy i got a better idea get the parachute wow it's almost as if scrappy a child sucked because his adult caretakers never tried to teach them or explain why his behavior was bad he still says splat and puppy power but it's not something they lean on the guy even knows his limits now all right what you do with my uncle scooby a wolf napping wolf you never mind they use the familiar gags when they think it works the second season of the show got a new makeover and a new title just because these shows need more titles here scooby-doo was given a post ghostbusters post-thriller 80s [Music] this is the new scooby-doo mysteries there's kind of a continuing lean into a higher energy scooby-doo which actually works quite a bit even when it doesn't hit all the right notes nico you just keep doing what you're doing [Music] this season has become one of the most obscure scooby shows because it wasn't really widely available until it got released on the boomerang streaming app it's only recently that it's even been released on dvd with some episodes being compiled into this you know group of 13 episode collections as far as scooby content goes this is not bad at all i actually liked it quite a lot they bring back a lot of the missing parts to scooby like building up a monster's lore before it's unmasked it's a creature it's the creature from kevlar for your life even if it's not much to go on it helps to characterize the monsters and make them memorable the hands the sharks the dinosaurs the vikings oh yikes [ __ ] you vikings i love the classic scooby look and although this show is a lot brighter at times than i would like it makes up for it with some pretty great atmospheric shots with actual attempts at atmospheric lighting the characters are so much more enjoyable here it strikes a good balance can occasionally bring a good chuckle this may be the single greatest scooby-doo villain intro ever just every step of the way excellence in storytelling now to find that new top secret government decoder he tells us about the secret decoder suspense there it is we see the secret decoder payoff he sees the guard [Music] he overcomes the challenge we have already been through so much with him who is he he's code finger all of my questions have been answered the gang is hired by the us government to track him down things i do for my country well what's it gonna be shaggy would you sell government secrets for a scooby snack she walks everywhere knows every twist and crack in the mountains i think she's twisted and cracked i've never seen two scooby-doo characters like touch each other i s okay and the 10 minute format is done in a way which doesn't take away from a scooby-doo experience and this far into watching way too much scooby-doo it's kind of a welcome change as it makes the episodes go by a little faster however there's some really high quality two-part specials featuring velma and fred or just one of the two as guest stars it feels so nice to see them again and they make it feel like a reunion i never thought fred could smile so much he's a mystery writer now and velma works at nasa they're adults these episodes are some top-notch scooby-doo episodes that i think go overlooked because of the series past obscurity happy birthday scooby sees fred being framed for a crime ghost of the ancient astronauts has the characters being brought to some sort of zombie island where they meet real zombies huh we meet velma's uncle and some aliens too a night louse at the white house just watch tonight i am happy to announce nasa's new space station and as president the ghost of george washington i posted this today of all days that was not on purpose i'm just realizing it now right as it's getting upload i haven't taken this down yet all the president's ghosts come back and someone is trying to steal velma's top secret nasa info in case you were wondering yes velma is canonically the historical figure who found water on the moon a halloween hassle at dracula's castle sees the gang once again meeting real monsters they team up with classic villains to beat this magician dude cheer up igor we're all basically awful and disloyal those are very admirable tricks it's the nutcracker scooby-doo is the christmas special featuring the pretty cool christmas-themed villain the ghost of christmas never look at fred what a nice christian boy i wish these shows got more attention because they're just like good scooby-doo episodes with the success of the few double-length episodes they did story editor tom ruger was promoted to associate producer to lead a new 13-episode season of scooby-doo returning to the half-hour format for the first time in six years the 13 ghosts of scooby-doo there's sprinkles of that animaniac's energy from ruger and scooby takes many many steps away from reality into this cartoonish reality kind of farther than ever before series producer and director mitch schauer recommended they cast vincent price who was recently thrown back into the public conscious due to his part in michael jackson's thriller price would play vincent van gool who accompanied by an epic score tasks the gang with returning 13 evil ghosts to the chest of demons after they were accidentally released by scooby and shaggy those fools but cemeteries are out o.w.t out this is a warning to all living mortals that whosoever opens this chest of demons will release 13 of the most terrifying ghosts upon the face of the earth due to its plot and cartoonishly energetic tone this is the most creatively divergent the series has been from the original show thus far though they still sprinkle in the classic scooby music for big moments this is not a joking matter those ghosts can only be recaptured by the ones who set them free namely you the gang has a new look shaggy is in his elusive red shirt yeah you see what i did daphne looks like april o'neil two years before april o'neil and along for the ride is flim flam a little rag-a-muffin scam artist who's very skilled at a lot of shady things like pickpocketing and scamming can we prove our sincerity easy reach into that hat hey how did he do that i made those handcuffs ghost proof a lot of people hate flim flam but i respect the hustle relax gang it just so happens that i'm the owner manager of the flim flam travel agency what i also have a predisposition to like characters who can be described as a scamp i once had a third cousin who had a brother that owned a parakeet and that parakeet's former owner was a lawyer i can talk us out of this oh through flim flam the team meets vincent van gould this isn't your grandpa's scooby-doo this is your grandpa's scooby-doo but this is also not the gang you know either this is great i love the original gang but this this is new gang plus there's a charm to this show that makes it kind of fun outside of the traditional scooby-doo formula vincent price is the glass slipper that fits around scooby's up to five and a half inch paw he sounds like he's just having a great time and i love seeing him just you know chill with the gang well we may need munchies for this i'll provide the pop and how goes the long journey my friends uh whose house is this daphne's in pjs and scooby-doo has a room here so like well do you have anything to say for yourself shaggy and scooby are demoted to pure idiots which plays well against van gould's more campy serious nature this is beginning to get quite annoying everybody is a goofball even daphne who despite holding on to her role as the more competent one in the group will often join in on the more gag based scenes alongside everyone else each episode usually features new gang plus either encountering by chance or specifically going after one of the 13 ghosts my spectral chart indicates spirit activity in your immediate area in fact i believe there are ghosts aboard your very ship so let's talk about some of these ghosts the 12 ghosts we see because they never catch the 13 ghosts in the 13 episodes of the 13 ghosts of scooby-doo all have unique powers and whatnot they do an okay job of making each one memorable some better than others there's queen morbidia who has a whole gang of monsters including this little spider i like zomba drags the gang into a movie the son of the bride of the ghost of frankenstein this is definitely one of my favorites there's a lot of good jokes it's a wonderful scoob scooby quits new gang plus but they have to stop time slime so they bring a new dog to the show to replace scooby-doo 13 ghosts of scooby-doo starring bernie gumpshire [Music] another ghosty are you ready for action uncle bernie [Music] getting pulverized isn't in my contract uh sorry bernie but you didn't read the fine print oh but if you're out there listening scooby-doo america needs you oh yes the man who hired velma to find water on the moon scooby wants to quit forever but vincent takes him through time to see his birth and what life is like without scooby-doo dang these two are rad as heck get out of here scooby also scooby stays with his parents his parents make a lot of appearances in this era how does one in this world negotiate with the dog parents to keep their dog child as a pet and then we have scooby and quacky land dimondo drags new gang plus into scooby's comic strips or they meet all sorts of wacky characters like tom ruger's very own platypus duck howdy folks [Music] he's just a cool guy who helps the gang out scooby likes him hell yeah platypus duck there's also these two ghosts who are the ones who tricked scooby and shaggy to open the chest they're trying to impress the 13 ghosts they tricked scooby and shaggy to release because only the living can open the chest and they follow new gang plus around and work with whichever ghost there is to catch that episode i know people are gonna want my opinion on these two literally nothing no reaction neutral the show's humor is often hit or miss but occasionally a little golden chicken nugget will shine through the storm clouds of silly nonsense and genuinely make me laugh and because it was supposed to even when the show isn't funny it's still fun to watch because it doesn't feel like they're phoning it in here it truthfully feels like the creative team from the actors the animators the writers we're genuinely having a fun time yeah i've often talked about how scooby-doo can lean on familiar gags too much but in 13 ghosts old gags feel fresh again because of their execution flimflam and scrappy always push the disguise gag up to an 11. here they do a whole bit where they're doing a report on a children's tv watchdog i'm here with tv no no expert loretta cut it out ms cut it out i believe you have some concerns about the show thus far she wants to get rid of the dragon because it breathes fire and fire is dangerous you will hate dragons you don't understand i sure do you want to cut out this honest self-respecting dragon and put him out of work of course there's loads and loads of pop culture references ooh robert redford eat your heart out i never said flimflam couldn't be annoying i did not say he couldn't fit nicely under a steamroller sometimes scooby's pronunciation is often a joke but usually the punchline is someone else not understanding him here they just have him repeat the name of some magical item with a complicated fantasy name and he seeks the wonder wand of sakuras the wonder round of rodriguez no the wonder wand of zagras oh they do this same joke in the scooby doo and scrappy doo show season one you know scoob for an old throne this is pretty well padded this is just the most boring way to frame this action but in 13 ghosts there's so much more energy put into it scooby what's wrong from the stutter building suspense shaggy's scared face the cutting back and forth the monster petting scooby and scooby enjoying it they do not pet scooby enough in scooby-doo it feels like they appreciate and understand the characters strengths and weaknesses more than the series's traditions the play to the characters strengths make them enjoyable even when i'm not laughing and these characters do kind of fit all together in a weird way the only real problem is flim flam kind of makes scrappy redundant flim flam was created at the request of the studio to add a new child aged character but they already had one his name is scrappy i don't mind him most of the time but when he's annoying he's really annoying somebody get the steamroller oh so tragic 25 to life is a long stretch even for a pre-teen con artist so the series never concluded they never catch the 13 ghosts in the 13 episodes of the 13 ghosts of scooby doo but in 2019 werner released a straight to dvd sequel film scooby-doo and the curse of the 13th ghost this is the first scooby film i've seen with the updated art which is used for the annual sometimes bi-annual scooby-doo straight to video release i enjoy scooby-doo when i watch it but i've stated that i am not a big scooby-doo fan like at all i've enjoyed the parts of the series that i've enjoyed but i don't really keep up with the new releases because i already get way too much scooby-doo from doing these videos i'm not about to use my free time to watch even more scooby doo why are you taunting me recently added permanent member to the cast of william some seamless isn't this what you wanted with your short short life don't you enjoy watching scrappy do with me every single day though i kind of liked this movie it does have some more action adventure elements which isn't totally unwelcome but i don't love and the humor doesn't always land with me a 24 year old adult did you hear something oh like that's just scooby's stomach he hasn't eaten anything in over seven minutes but i like a lot of the characterizations here let me guess the mystery machine um no but that's way better i like this little moment it's just how two different characters perceive the same thing velma says it sarcastically and daphne's like oh that's great flim flam is a sight for sore eyes he's doing so well and they incorporated him into the story pretty well but of course the star is vincent van ghol and his reunion with shaggy scooby and daphne maurice lamarche plays him so well and i'm happy that vincent price's mark on scooby-doo has remained my air boon boo host just scream mailed me back on my diaphone the package from shaggy was never delivered by the ghostal service it's just such a great fit what they have unfinished business and must capture the 13th and final ghost which velma and freddy were completely unaware of so warner brothers requested a few things be avoided with this film first they wanted to keep the supernatural elements vague so they could be deniable to people who like scooby-doo without real monsters and supernatural ghosts and two they were not to include scrappy or flim-flam they were able to get flimflam in the story but scrappy is nowhere to be seen not even in the opening credits when they're recapping the original 13 ghosts of scooby-doo then there's this i guess the gang's all here except scrappy what's a scrappy you know damn well who that is velma i think they did an okay job with the restrictions they had they let fans believe the 13 ghosts of scooby-doo still happened despite the recent movie's commitment to uh the monsters aren't real hoax debunking mysteries what if you're wrong oh fine what nothing however there's tons of references and visual callbacks that make it feel like it's somewhat within that world and they do a classy job keeping the super natural elements vague but i think a proper 13 ghost's conclusion should have new gang plus reuniting scrappy could have been staying with flim flam in the himalayas which could explain his long absence scooby-doo has been so many things at this point it's been around for over 50 years 51 years it's been a raunchy comedy a superhero film mysteries surrounding paranormal hoaxes elements of teen drama slightly grounded characters it's been scarier it's been sillier and it's been nonsense there's no reason scooby-doo can't be all of these things just like how dc characters like batman have a million different variations of themselves none of which are any less valid or any less part of batman's dna than the last and scooby-doo has avoided paranormal stuff just as much as it's embraced it at this point and just because some people nerds hate scrappy do doesn't mean others would be interested in seeing him again and there's so much [ __ ] scooby doo if you put scrappy in an episode or in a movie by the time people notice there will be two new scooby doo shows and 10 new movies okay the other members of the gang not being aware of the events of the 13 ghosts of scooby-doo is the final clue i need there is absolutely no way that these two weren't i mean the body language they sleep in the same house together and there's no evidence they have their own room same train cabin same hotel room i have never seen two members of the gang hug before and it's a long hug i mean it's just a instagram queen and her sweaty gamer bf that's right sea monkeys uh back to the task at hand this era of scooby-doo is so underrated it fixes a ton of the issues of scooby-doo and scrappy-doo and brings a really fresh energy to the show that it really really needed however this is scrappy's last tv show but not his last tv appearance so next time join me and see monkeys and nico permanently as we watch way too much scooby doo we'll go to the ghoul school we'll meet the booze brothers and even reluctantly become a werewolf hey i'm recording this the day the video goes out i just really felt it important to tell you guys something that i forgot to include in the video uh shaggy has an uncle named gaggy rogers and i'm just really curious uh as to why he has that nickname and why it's something his family calls him like some joker uncle gaggy so anyways i'm tired i'm stressed i'll see you next week

Channel: Billiam

Views: 342,386

Keywords: Scooby-Doo, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Billiam, Nostalgia, Commentary, The New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show, The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Scrappy-Doo, Hannah-Barbera, Warner Animation, Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost, Warner Brothers, Video Essay, Review

Id: o7AdejvnTv8

Length: 25min 27sec (1527 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 07 2020

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