A Pup Named Scooby Doo episode review: The Computer Walks Among Us
A Pup Named Scooby Doo episode review: The Computer Walks Among Us
I recently got a hand-me-down video capture device from one of my pals. I figured I’d use it to capture images from A Pup Named Scooby Doo (my favorite Scooby show) and write a fun little review/summary of my favorite episode while I’m at it. This is a seriously under-rated show and I’m hoping I can encourage some folks on my F-list to check it out for themselves (or at least give them a chuckle with this write up).
And feel free to use these images for stuff like icons if you want. Credit isn’t necessary (since I clearly don’t own this series), but it would be greatly appreciated.
Without further ado, here goes:
Our episode begins at the Coolsville Junior High Science Fair.
That sign looks like something you’d see in Soylent Green, doesn’t it?
The whole gang is there to support Velma.
And I have no idea why Red Herring is sitting with Velma’s parents. That is never explained. O_o
Velma’s invention is a robot that can do anything she tells it to do
Even make birthday cake!!
Naturally, all Freddy can think about is how much Velma’s invention resembles the aliens in his favorite supermarket tabloid.
Daphne quickly scolds him and tells him to stop being a rude jackass and pay attention to Velma’s presentation
Daphne has had Fred whipped since before they hit puberty! You go girl!
Red Herring tries to upstage Velma because he’s a jerk (no wonder Fred is always trying to get him locked up for crimes he didn’t even commit!)
And Red soon learns the folly of messing with someone who has an all-powerful robot at her disposal
The gang approves!
Velma wins (big surprise, right?) and everyone is happy
And Scooby gives her a big celebratory kiss…
… because he’s her buddy and their friendship is an unbreakable bond that will last a lifetime...
NO! NO! NO! I am determined to get through at least ONE Scooby Doo post without bitching about how Mystery Incorporated ruined Scooby and Velma! A Pup Named Scooby Doo is a happy show and this post will be a happy place, dammit!
*ahem* Anyway, our episode continues by showing the gang at school the next day. Just as Velma is leaving the classroom, Bruce (the second place winner of the science fair) comes in to congratulate her.
He also lets her know that he’s her “biggest fan”
Awww, it looks like this little dork has a crush on Velma.
….uh oh. This little dork has a crush on Velma. I think we all know that this won’t end well.
Thankfully, Scooby is there to cockblock Bruce by saying that he already holds the title of “Velma’s #1 fan” (d'awwww).
The awkward moment is broken when Scooby and Velma hear Daphne screaming out in the hallway. It turns out that someone stole a notebook from her locker! And this is a major tragedy because it’s the only notebook that matches her outfit (OH NOES!)
Fred is sure that the answer to this mystery lies somewhere in his coveted tabloid collection. But he is shocked to find that the locker thief has stolen his entire collection.
So shocked that he channels Tex Avery!
Shaggy and Scooby proceed to check their locker/fridge (their school let them convert it to a fridge!? Why didn’t my middle school let me do that!?) and are horrified to discover that all their disgusting food is gone!
Velma calms her friends by reminding them that she possesses a deus ex computer that can track down the locker thief in a heartbeat.
Freddy then proceeds to steal Velma’s thunder by tearing out the results and heading for the thief himself. Yeah, Freddy is kind of a dick in this episode.
I bet he can’t even read what’s on that paper!
Freddy finds the offender’s locker…
...and congratulates Velma on a job well done
But then Velma informs him that the locker full of stolen contraband is hers. So Freddy, being Freddy, accuses her of just pretending to be friends with the gang her whole life as an elaborate ruse to steal their stuff.
This theory does not amuse Daphne one bit
Bruce then comes by and notices his missing slide rule lying in the mountain of stolen junk in front of Velma’s locker. And so ends Velma’s first of MANY doomed romances.
And then, as if dealing with Freddy and Bruce wasn’t enough, Red Herring comes along to sling more insults in Velma’s direction. Luckily, Scooby is there to tell Red to piss off….
…because bullying (especially male bullies harassing young, tiny girls) is one thing Scooby Doo will not tolerate under any circumstance!
Must….suppress….rant….
**ahem** Anyway, Daphne uses her handy-dandy butler Jenkins to dispose of Red before he can make Velma cry (or be accused by Fred). BTW, the Pup Named Scooby Doo version of Daphne is awesome. She doesn’t take bullcrap from anyone!
The teacher comes by and finds the answer key for an upcoming math test among the pile. Despite the gang reminding her of the glaringly obvious fact that a girl who can build a super-computer doesn’t need to cheat in order to pass an 8th grade math test; the teacher immediately suspends Velma without even hearing her side of the story. I guess all those years of being a model student and a teachers’ pet got Velma absolutely squat when it really mattered. Let that be a lesson to you, kids!
Oh, and Freddy shows his support by telling the teacher that “Velma may steal from her friends; but she’d NEVER CHEAT!” (gee, thanks Fred).
Cut to the gang’s treehouse. Velma is reacting to the suspension as if it’s a death sentence. And the gang is staying with her (presumably to make sure she stays far away from razor blades and Evanesence albums).
Freddy comforts Velma by reminding her that she’s not the first child to ever be kicked out of school in disgrace in front of all her friends.
"Seriously Velma, Dana Plato got kicked out of school, too. And look how awesome she turned out!”
He also tells Velma that there’s lots of lucrative work out there for criminal geniuses like her (at this point, the gang FINALLY tells him to shut the f**k up!)
…okay, why the hell did they even let Freddy into the treehouse? This isn’t the first time in this series that Fred has seemingly gone out of his way to bring up stuff that’s likely to make Velma cry. It’s like bringing her to tears was some sick goal of his.
And 20 years later, he would finally succeed!
Before Velma can run sobbing from the treehouse, Scooby reminds her that the gang still loves her (well, maybe not Fred) and they’ll support her no matter what.
Cutest scene in the entire series!
This tender moment is quickly broken when Freddy tells Velma that the Scooby Doo Detective Agency will only help her with the case if she tells them how she pulled off the locker heists.
Is Fred really this stupid or is he just a jerk? I still can’t decide.
Luckily, Daphne is there to lay the smackdown on him and promptly becomes “The Leader” on this investigation.
Have I mentioned how much I love Pup-Daphne yet? Because I do!
The gang decides that they need Velma’s computer to solve this crime. And Velma questions how she can get into the school if she’s suspended. Daphne solves the problem by dressing Velma like a 1985 workout video.
Looks like Shaggy approves! ~_^
Freddy doesn’t recognize Velma at all because he’s a dumbass. But, on the bright side, at least this means she can go the rest of the night without enduring his verbal abuse!
Freddy concocts an elaborate plan to break into the school via the cafeteria skylight while Daphne ignores him and opts to knock on the door instead.
The janitor answers the door by screaming in Daphne’s ear and causing her to do a wild take
Prompting the others the follow her lead and do their own wild takes before entering the building
The janitor doesn’t want to let “the New Girl” in because she isn’t a student. Daphne gets past this hurdle by telling the janitor that "New Girl" is her cousin. Apparently, Coolsville Junior High students and their relatives are free to walk the halls at all hours of the night. Go fig.
Scooby uses his cartoonish clue-detecting nose to sniff out evidence
And Red Herring pops out of the locker to harass Velma just as the gang finds their first clues.
Redd calls Velma a "weenie” (oooh, burn!) and threatens to tattle on her. This earns him a locker door to the face courtesy of Scooby Doo!
Because insulting Velma isn’t cool. And Scooby wouldn’t ever even THINK about calling Velma a nasty name or accusing her of being a BFF stealing slut or anything like that.
AAARG!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD YOU F**KED UP SHOW!!!!!
Freddy does not trust “the New Girl” and insists that she has to help hunt for clues if she wants to hang out with them. At this point, Daphne simply gives up trying to set him straight. He’s not even worth the time it would take to smack him.
Just as the gang finds some tire tracks, the robot charges toward them and announces his intention to “delete” them all
Prompting the kids to channel Tex Avery yet again
Velma blames herself for creating this monstrosity. Because the poor girl didn’t have enough things to be depressed about already
To add insult to injury, the robot turns on it’s creator and tries to drag Velma to her doom
Scooby valiantly tries to save her…
…and the gang just sits there and watches while Scooby gets his ass kicked (literally!) by the robot
Hey gang. Don’t try to help Scooby or anything. I’m sure he’ll figure out how to get Velma back after the third or fourth beating.
Luckily, Scooby knows that computers are weak against feathers (was that true back in 1989?) and uses one to free Velma.
The kids get the hell out of dodge…
…and distract the computer using the old “car wash bait and switch”
It works! But Fred is concerned because “New Girl” disappeared and was mysteriously replaced with Velma
And it’s Shaggy’s turn to slam a door in Red's face (isn’t it fun to watch the lanky dork shove the beefy bully into a locker?)
And Fred decides to start acting like the leader (even though we all know that Daphne wears the pants in this group)
Our heroes’ next stop is the spooky basement where the janitor works.
It’s so spooky that Scooby won’t even accept a Scooby Snack bribe to go in!!
So Velma ends up forcing him in there by using a combination of her irresistible cuteness…
…and a guilt trip in the form of an “I’m about to cry” face.
Velma is very good at guilt-tripping Shaggy and Scooby into manning up and getting things done in this show (which fuels my fanon theory that the Dinkleys are Jewish)
Freddy tries to interrogate the Janitor
It goes about as well as you’d expect
The girls have better luck. They manage to rule the janitor out as a suspect before he rows away in a kayak mop (don’t ask).
After the janitor leaves, the gang begins their obligatory “musical chase sequence”. And the robot’s chase song is one of my favorites because it’s just completely ridiculous (it’s a doo-wop song about a teenage girl in love with a robot. Seriously!) and catchy as hell.
Sadly, the song isn’t good enough to convince the robot not to eat half the gang
And the robot is just about to have Velma and Scooby for dessert…
…when Scooby inadvertently reminds Velma that the robot is programmed to do whatever she says.
So Velma proceeds to defeat the robot by overloading it with ridiculous commands
And the day is saved!
Later, Freddy tries to solve the case. He claims that all the evidence points to Velma and “New Girl” teaming up with aliens from Mercury to steal their stuff.
And the gang is still not amused by Fred's lame attempts to paint Velma as a criminal mastermind
Fred then tries to accuse Red. But Daphne quickly puts the kibosh on that…
…right before asking Velma if she was really innocent after all (Oh no, Fred’s stupidity is contagious now!).
Before Shaggy has a chance to turn on her, Velma reveals the true identity of the crook:
It’s Bruce! Wow, the dude who had a crush on Velma turned out to be a criminal! What a shocker! I guess this little jackass is the guy who put the romantic jinx on Velma. Damn him!
Bruce tells everyone that he framed Velma for the crimes because he was tired of her always getting better grades than him and winning the science fair every year. He then proceeds to get in her face and PHYSICALLY THREATEN HER!!
But Scooby Doo is having none of that!
Because Scooby Doo is a chivalrous pup. He would never tolerate a male using his physical size and strength to intimidate a smaller, weaker female! And he would never dream of threatening a woman with violence for ANY reason (especially for something petty like, say, expressing romantic affection for Shaggy)...
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...........OK, screw it! I can’t hold it back anymore:
FUCK YOU, MYSTERY INCORPORATED!!!!!!
FUCK YOU for taking two of the sweetest and coolest fictional characters in existence and mutating them into two of the most loathsome, repugnant creatures to ever pollute my TV screen! FUCK YOU for assassinating their characters (and Shaggy’s) as a cheap ploy to add soap opera “drama” to your stupid, melodramatic story arc! FUCK YOU for taking an inspirational, brilliant, and independent female character like Velma Dinkley and reducing her to nothing more than an insecure, boy-crazy, nymphomaniac, bunny-boiler who needs a boyfriend on her arm in order to feel complete (even if said boyfriend treats her like shit)! And FUCK YOU for turning a sweet character like Scooby Doo into a jealous, possessive asshole and putting a creepy, stomach-churning new spin on his and Shaggy’s previously cute and platonic relationship!
Nice try. But having Scooby suddenly feel sorry for Velma out of the blue isn’t gonna make up for having him act like a perverted Cujo in previous episodes!
And the fact that Velma is still a raging bitch renders Scooby’s change of heart all the more confusing (he didn’t feel bad for her when Shaggy reduced her to a sobbing wreck in front of half the city. But he feels bad now that she’s constantly acting like a bitter shrew and blaming him for Shaggy’s bullshit!? Wha?).
**catches breath**
Anyhoo, in conclusion, despite being a screwball comedy/parody designed for little kids; A Pup Named Scooby Doo managed to get the characters and their chemistry down perfectly. And, unlike Mystery Incorporated, it passes The Bechdel Test with flying colors. THIS is how you reboot a franchise! You can modernize and put new twists on classic characters without adding a “hip&dark” twist like a "dumb-boy/horny-girl/psycho-dog" love triangle!
*sigh*
That was depressing. I need to end this on a happy note.
That’s better.
I recently got a hand-me-down video capture device from one of my pals. I figured I’d use it to capture images from A Pup Named Scooby Doo (my favorite Scooby show) and write a fun little review/summary of my favorite episode while I’m at it. This is a seriously under-rated show and I’m hoping I can encourage some folks on my F-list to check it out for themselves (or at least give them a chuckle with this write up).
And feel free to use these images for stuff like icons if you want. Credit isn’t necessary (since I clearly don’t own this series), but it would be greatly appreciated.
Without further ado, here goes:
Our episode begins at the Coolsville Junior High Science Fair.
That sign looks like something you’d see in Soylent Green, doesn’t it?
The whole gang is there to support Velma.
And I have no idea why Red Herring is sitting with Velma’s parents. That is never explained. O_o
Velma’s invention is a robot that can do anything she tells it to do
Even make birthday cake!!
Naturally, all Freddy can think about is how much Velma’s invention resembles the aliens in his favorite supermarket tabloid.
Daphne quickly scolds him and tells him to stop being a rude jackass and pay attention to Velma’s presentation
Daphne has had Fred whipped since before they hit puberty! You go girl!
Red Herring tries to upstage Velma because he’s a jerk (no wonder Fred is always trying to get him locked up for crimes he didn’t even commit!)
And Red soon learns the folly of messing with someone who has an all-powerful robot at her disposal
The gang approves!
Velma wins (big surprise, right?) and everyone is happy
And Scooby gives her a big celebratory kiss…
… because he’s her buddy and their friendship is an unbreakable bond that will last a lifetime...
NO! NO! NO! I am determined to get through at least ONE Scooby Doo post without bitching about how Mystery Incorporated ruined Scooby and Velma! A Pup Named Scooby Doo is a happy show and this post will be a happy place, dammit!
*ahem* Anyway, our episode continues by showing the gang at school the next day. Just as Velma is leaving the classroom, Bruce (the second place winner of the science fair) comes in to congratulate her.
He also lets her know that he’s her “biggest fan”
Awww, it looks like this little dork has a crush on Velma.
….uh oh. This little dork has a crush on Velma. I think we all know that this won’t end well.
Thankfully, Scooby is there to cockblock Bruce by saying that he already holds the title of “Velma’s #1 fan” (d'awwww).
The awkward moment is broken when Scooby and Velma hear Daphne screaming out in the hallway. It turns out that someone stole a notebook from her locker! And this is a major tragedy because it’s the only notebook that matches her outfit (OH NOES!)
Fred is sure that the answer to this mystery lies somewhere in his coveted tabloid collection. But he is shocked to find that the locker thief has stolen his entire collection.
So shocked that he channels Tex Avery!
Shaggy and Scooby proceed to check their locker/fridge (their school let them convert it to a fridge!? Why didn’t my middle school let me do that!?) and are horrified to discover that all their disgusting food is gone!
Velma calms her friends by reminding them that she possesses a deus ex computer that can track down the locker thief in a heartbeat.
Freddy then proceeds to steal Velma’s thunder by tearing out the results and heading for the thief himself. Yeah, Freddy is kind of a dick in this episode.
I bet he can’t even read what’s on that paper!
Freddy finds the offender’s locker…
...and congratulates Velma on a job well done
But then Velma informs him that the locker full of stolen contraband is hers. So Freddy, being Freddy, accuses her of just pretending to be friends with the gang her whole life as an elaborate ruse to steal their stuff.
This theory does not amuse Daphne one bit
Bruce then comes by and notices his missing slide rule lying in the mountain of stolen junk in front of Velma’s locker. And so ends Velma’s first of MANY doomed romances.
And then, as if dealing with Freddy and Bruce wasn’t enough, Red Herring comes along to sling more insults in Velma’s direction. Luckily, Scooby is there to tell Red to piss off….
…because bullying (especially male bullies harassing young, tiny girls) is one thing Scooby Doo will not tolerate under any circumstance!
Must….suppress….rant….
**ahem** Anyway, Daphne uses her handy-dandy butler Jenkins to dispose of Red before he can make Velma cry (or be accused by Fred). BTW, the Pup Named Scooby Doo version of Daphne is awesome. She doesn’t take bullcrap from anyone!
The teacher comes by and finds the answer key for an upcoming math test among the pile. Despite the gang reminding her of the glaringly obvious fact that a girl who can build a super-computer doesn’t need to cheat in order to pass an 8th grade math test; the teacher immediately suspends Velma without even hearing her side of the story. I guess all those years of being a model student and a teachers’ pet got Velma absolutely squat when it really mattered. Let that be a lesson to you, kids!
Oh, and Freddy shows his support by telling the teacher that “Velma may steal from her friends; but she’d NEVER CHEAT!” (gee, thanks Fred).
Cut to the gang’s treehouse. Velma is reacting to the suspension as if it’s a death sentence. And the gang is staying with her (presumably to make sure she stays far away from razor blades and Evanesence albums).
Freddy comforts Velma by reminding her that she’s not the first child to ever be kicked out of school in disgrace in front of all her friends.
"Seriously Velma, Dana Plato got kicked out of school, too. And look how awesome she turned out!”
He also tells Velma that there’s lots of lucrative work out there for criminal geniuses like her (at this point, the gang FINALLY tells him to shut the f**k up!)
…okay, why the hell did they even let Freddy into the treehouse? This isn’t the first time in this series that Fred has seemingly gone out of his way to bring up stuff that’s likely to make Velma cry. It’s like bringing her to tears was some sick goal of his.
And 20 years later, he would finally succeed!
Before Velma can run sobbing from the treehouse, Scooby reminds her that the gang still loves her (well, maybe not Fred) and they’ll support her no matter what.
Cutest scene in the entire series!
This tender moment is quickly broken when Freddy tells Velma that the Scooby Doo Detective Agency will only help her with the case if she tells them how she pulled off the locker heists.
Is Fred really this stupid or is he just a jerk? I still can’t decide.
Luckily, Daphne is there to lay the smackdown on him and promptly becomes “The Leader” on this investigation.
Have I mentioned how much I love Pup-Daphne yet? Because I do!
The gang decides that they need Velma’s computer to solve this crime. And Velma questions how she can get into the school if she’s suspended. Daphne solves the problem by dressing Velma like a 1985 workout video.
Looks like Shaggy approves! ~_^
Freddy doesn’t recognize Velma at all because he’s a dumbass. But, on the bright side, at least this means she can go the rest of the night without enduring his verbal abuse!
Freddy concocts an elaborate plan to break into the school via the cafeteria skylight while Daphne ignores him and opts to knock on the door instead.
The janitor answers the door by screaming in Daphne’s ear and causing her to do a wild take
Prompting the others the follow her lead and do their own wild takes before entering the building
The janitor doesn’t want to let “the New Girl” in because she isn’t a student. Daphne gets past this hurdle by telling the janitor that "New Girl" is her cousin. Apparently, Coolsville Junior High students and their relatives are free to walk the halls at all hours of the night. Go fig.
Scooby uses his cartoonish clue-detecting nose to sniff out evidence
And Red Herring pops out of the locker to harass Velma just as the gang finds their first clues.
Redd calls Velma a "weenie” (oooh, burn!) and threatens to tattle on her. This earns him a locker door to the face courtesy of Scooby Doo!
Because insulting Velma isn’t cool. And Scooby wouldn’t ever even THINK about calling Velma a nasty name or accusing her of being a BFF stealing slut or anything like that.
AAARG!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD YOU F**KED UP SHOW!!!!!
Freddy does not trust “the New Girl” and insists that she has to help hunt for clues if she wants to hang out with them. At this point, Daphne simply gives up trying to set him straight. He’s not even worth the time it would take to smack him.
Just as the gang finds some tire tracks, the robot charges toward them and announces his intention to “delete” them all
Prompting the kids to channel Tex Avery yet again
Velma blames herself for creating this monstrosity. Because the poor girl didn’t have enough things to be depressed about already
To add insult to injury, the robot turns on it’s creator and tries to drag Velma to her doom
Scooby valiantly tries to save her…
…and the gang just sits there and watches while Scooby gets his ass kicked (literally!) by the robot
Hey gang. Don’t try to help Scooby or anything. I’m sure he’ll figure out how to get Velma back after the third or fourth beating.
Luckily, Scooby knows that computers are weak against feathers (was that true back in 1989?) and uses one to free Velma.
The kids get the hell out of dodge…
…and distract the computer using the old “car wash bait and switch”
It works! But Fred is concerned because “New Girl” disappeared and was mysteriously replaced with Velma
And it’s Shaggy’s turn to slam a door in Red's face (isn’t it fun to watch the lanky dork shove the beefy bully into a locker?)
And Fred decides to start acting like the leader (even though we all know that Daphne wears the pants in this group)
Our heroes’ next stop is the spooky basement where the janitor works.
It’s so spooky that Scooby won’t even accept a Scooby Snack bribe to go in!!
So Velma ends up forcing him in there by using a combination of her irresistible cuteness…
…and a guilt trip in the form of an “I’m about to cry” face.
Velma is very good at guilt-tripping Shaggy and Scooby into manning up and getting things done in this show (which fuels my fanon theory that the Dinkleys are Jewish)
Freddy tries to interrogate the Janitor
It goes about as well as you’d expect
The girls have better luck. They manage to rule the janitor out as a suspect before he rows away in a kayak mop (don’t ask).
After the janitor leaves, the gang begins their obligatory “musical chase sequence”. And the robot’s chase song is one of my favorites because it’s just completely ridiculous (it’s a doo-wop song about a teenage girl in love with a robot. Seriously!) and catchy as hell.
Sadly, the song isn’t good enough to convince the robot not to eat half the gang
And the robot is just about to have Velma and Scooby for dessert…
…when Scooby inadvertently reminds Velma that the robot is programmed to do whatever she says.
So Velma proceeds to defeat the robot by overloading it with ridiculous commands
And the day is saved!
Later, Freddy tries to solve the case. He claims that all the evidence points to Velma and “New Girl” teaming up with aliens from Mercury to steal their stuff.
And the gang is still not amused by Fred's lame attempts to paint Velma as a criminal mastermind
Fred then tries to accuse Red. But Daphne quickly puts the kibosh on that…
…right before asking Velma if she was really innocent after all (Oh no, Fred’s stupidity is contagious now!).
Before Shaggy has a chance to turn on her, Velma reveals the true identity of the crook:
It’s Bruce! Wow, the dude who had a crush on Velma turned out to be a criminal! What a shocker! I guess this little jackass is the guy who put the romantic jinx on Velma. Damn him!
Bruce tells everyone that he framed Velma for the crimes because he was tired of her always getting better grades than him and winning the science fair every year. He then proceeds to get in her face and PHYSICALLY THREATEN HER!!
But Scooby Doo is having none of that!
Because Scooby Doo is a chivalrous pup. He would never tolerate a male using his physical size and strength to intimidate a smaller, weaker female! And he would never dream of threatening a woman with violence for ANY reason (especially for something petty like, say, expressing romantic affection for Shaggy)...
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...........OK, screw it! I can’t hold it back anymore:
FUCK YOU, MYSTERY INCORPORATED!!!!!!
FUCK YOU for taking two of the sweetest and coolest fictional characters in existence and mutating them into two of the most loathsome, repugnant creatures to ever pollute my TV screen! FUCK YOU for assassinating their characters (and Shaggy’s) as a cheap ploy to add soap opera “drama” to your stupid, melodramatic story arc! FUCK YOU for taking an inspirational, brilliant, and independent female character like Velma Dinkley and reducing her to nothing more than an insecure, boy-crazy, nymphomaniac, bunny-boiler who needs a boyfriend on her arm in order to feel complete (even if said boyfriend treats her like shit)! And FUCK YOU for turning a sweet character like Scooby Doo into a jealous, possessive asshole and putting a creepy, stomach-churning new spin on his and Shaggy’s previously cute and platonic relationship!
Nice try. But having Scooby suddenly feel sorry for Velma out of the blue isn’t gonna make up for having him act like a perverted Cujo in previous episodes!
And the fact that Velma is still a raging bitch renders Scooby’s change of heart all the more confusing (he didn’t feel bad for her when Shaggy reduced her to a sobbing wreck in front of half the city. But he feels bad now that she’s constantly acting like a bitter shrew and blaming him for Shaggy’s bullshit!? Wha?).
**catches breath**
Anyhoo, in conclusion, despite being a screwball comedy/parody designed for little kids; A Pup Named Scooby Doo managed to get the characters and their chemistry down perfectly. And, unlike Mystery Incorporated, it passes The Bechdel Test with flying colors. THIS is how you reboot a franchise! You can modernize and put new twists on classic characters without adding a “hip&dark” twist like a "dumb-boy/horny-girl/psycho-dog" love triangle!
*sigh*
That was depressing. I need to end this on a happy note.
That’s better.