There's a better way to make Scrappy-Doo evil...

I guess Scrappy-Doo is a villain forever now, so let's embrace it.

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[emmamacfarlane]

Scrappy Doo’s personality traits are basically identical to every puppy or small dog I’ve ever met. Enthusiastic, oddly clever, and will pick a fight with anything regardless of its size.

[tulokthebarbrarian]

Scrappy didn't DOO anything wrong

[Shadrio]

Hey there, Scrappy Doo non-hater here. So what you're telling me is that there's an easy rewrite to make it so Scrappy isn't actually the villain of the first Scooby movie?

That it's:
Instead of writing Scrappy being an annoying little twerp in that flash back, you could have it so instead he becomes disillusioned with Scooby, tries to set out on his own, heads towards the spookiest mystery he can get his paws on (because it's something that his cowardly uncle WOULDN'T doo), gets in way over his head with the Daemon Riteous, feels fear for the first time, gets overtaken AND THEN the whole island demon story wouldn't have to change? And that this would be the motivation for Scooby to want to come along, as it'd be the last known location of his now years long lost nephew?

Damn, that's crazy.
EDIT: just wanted to specify that I was referring to the live action Scooby Doo movie

[Kirkklan]

I'll always remember Billiam's assessment of Scrappy-Doo

It wasn't that he was bad in any way... it was the show that he was in that dragged him down.

[dragon]

If you asked me Scrappy Doo's personality, I would sum it up in one word... scrappy.

Yeah, he idolizes his uncle, but his main trait is the same one that kinda ticks alot of people off. He acts first, questions later. He's quick to act and in all honesty, I gotta respect that.

[Tommedian]

Scrappy wasn’t even really evil in Velma. He only killed a bunch of corrupt government agents and scientists who experimented on and tortured him, and Velma

[theantitroll]

Stop 👏 Making 👏 Scrappy 👏 Doo 👏 The villain

[NutronicAtomic]

Paused at 10:33

Scrappy is Brave, Just and lacks foresight. He's a YOUNG, HOT-BLOODED, DOG. He got as excided about mysteries as the other 3 missing characters put together (from his debut) and wore his heart on his sleeve. To be honest, Scrappy's biggest failings can be placed squarely on Scooby and Shaggy. Shaggy offered no real training for him, and Scooby does very little to impart any practical wisdom aside from "be scared of everything" which was counter to his core personality.

I liked Scrappy as a kid because he was a good foil for Scooby. Scooby tries to be scared or run away, Scrappy would mess that plan up and FORCE him to overcome his fear to protect his nephew. I really liked this dynamic because it highlighted how Scooby could be brave not just for food, but for family. It also showed more of the wacky world that Scooby and Shaggy lived in and helped make Scooby stand out less as the only talking animal.

I never understood the Scrappy hate, and I am so glad he got a partial redemption in the apocalypse comic. (Thank you Comics Explained for the awesome review!)

[davidcheater]

So, as a kid I watched the original episodes when they first came out.
Scrappy Doo was a part of the flanderization* of the characters. Some network executive decided "Hey, let's put kids in kid shows." And that's how we got the various Cousin Olivers.

To make Scrappy a believable villain have him age into becoming a cynical teenager rather than a gullible child. Have him set up mysteries to prove to the world that the idealized version of Scooby he'd had as a child was a complete fake. Disillusionment works as a villain origin story.

*Shaggy started off as a varsity athlete in gymnastics. Freddy started off as a competent leader who let other people shine. Velma had emotional intelligence as well as education and smarts. Daphne was kind as well as brave.

[theantitroll]

NerdSync going from superheroes to Scooby-Doo is my favourite content creator evolution on this platform

[BlUsKrEEm]

It would have made more sense to have the live action movie's villian be Scoobi-Dum. You could totally see him trying to help the gang out by proving monsters are real, by making monsters real without realizing the problems that would cause

[shadowdramon]

I’d rather they redeem Scrappy instead of constantly playing off the “everybody hates Scrappy” memes. Honestly, he’s only annoying in the first Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo show (the one where they did the Three Stooges like stories with Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy.). The 3 tv specials, and the subsequent shows with Scrappy, he’s actually fine.

[Kitsunekun]

Okay, Scrappy was energetic, fearless, naive, loud, stubborn, a bit clueless. I also remember loving the character when he came out. I wasn't alone, he actually wasn't hated till much later on.

[dooplets._.]

It isn't even October and he's still giving us all these Scooby snacks, I will graciously eat this meal, thank you

[ultimatedbz]

Your description of Scrappy gave me another good way to make him the villian more based in the series "lore". Simply have scrappy realize that scooby isn't as brave as he thought he was. This could have been the gang's last case where Scrappy gets captured or put in danger, he's not afraid because his uncle scoob is there to save him. However Scoob's own cawardice gets the better of him and he fails to save him. The gang think they lost scrappy and break things off. Years later they are brought together again my a mysterious figure, we slowly find out what happened to drive them apart as they face new dangers and again Scrappy is revealed as the antagonist fueled by abondonment by the gang. The gang has no choice but to defeat him as scrappy's plans fall apart and he once again is put in a similiar dangerous scenario. This time Scoob has learned to overcome his fear and save him, the two have a moment where they both awknowledge their faults and come to a better understanding, maybe scrappy did all this to help scooby become brave or just realizes he has gone too far. We end with the gang fully reunited Scrappy in toe, maybe Scrappy needs some time before he can be back fully with the mystery gang but in this moment; they are a family again.

[cabecadeprego]

Scooby Apocalypse is the adult version of Scooby-Doo we need to see in film or on TV

[darkninjafirefox]

Part of why kid me loved the Ghoul School special so much was because of Scrappy. Hes excited about the mysteries and forces Scooby to face the threats instead of running. Hes acts like a puppy and saved the franchise back in the day

[SplashSurfer]

Basically, if an executive told me to make Scrappy an antagonist or villain in my Scooby series. I’d tell that guy to go EFF themselves. Scrappy did NOTHING WRONG. He is a precious pup and must be protected at all costs. He’s everything you just mentioned him as. At the heart of it all, he’s a kid who is learning what it takes to be a great sleuth and solve spooky mysteries. It’s Scrappy that needs to learn when to be brave and when to retreat, it’s him who needs to learn that not every problem can be solved by picking fights and looking for trouble. My ideal Scrappy would be sort of a reoccurring friendly rival for the Mystery gang. Solving mysteries by himself or with them. He’d be a bit older, roughly around the age of a pre-teen, 12 years old (which is odd when his uncle is supposed to be 7 in human years) to be exact. And he’d also be seen around in Coolsville, writing stories as an undercover supernatural/paranormal journalist for his blog that focuses on spooky supernatural mysteries, legends, and recent mysteries that are going on and need to be solved or have been solved.

[greatgodzooky]

I never felt Scrappy was annoying, and personally, I like Scrappy. Justice for Scrappy-Doo!

[bugspray]

I have always always thought that an animated stylized Scooby Doo apocalypse film would be incredible, and could finally serve as a solution to Scrappy’s reputation problem