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''Scoo-oby, a pup named Scooby-Doo (Scooby-dooby doo, scooby-doo!)'' }}
 
''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'' is a cartoon show featuring [[Spinoff Babies|younger versions]] of the ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' cast (but is NOT''not'' set in the same continuity). It featured the "Scooby-Doo Detective Agency" as pre-teens who, like their older counterparts, solved supernatural themed mysteries in which the [[Monster of the Week]] turned out to be some crook in a mask. The show lasted from September, 1988 to August, 1991, a total of 30 episodes.
 
The show was a lot wackier and zanier than the original show. It hung plenty of lampshades on tropes used by the previous incarnations of the series. The show also made significant changes in the primary cast from the original source, justified in that they were younger and less mature versions of the original characters.
 
If that description sounds familiar, by the way, there's a reason for that: The team at H-B that created APNSD [[Spiritual Successor|is also responsible for]] ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' and ''[[Animaniacs]]''. They left for [[Warner Bros]] after the first season was finished.
 
More recently, the concept of revisiting the cast in their earlier years appeared in the movie ''[[Scooby -Doo]]: The Mystery Begins'' (meant to be a prequel to the original Scooby-Doo live action movie series) and the video game [[Scooby -Doo]]: First Frights. The movie set them as meeting in high school while the video game had them meet in elementary school.
 
Notable as the last series in which Don Messick played Scooby -Doo in.
 
The show uses several of the same tropes as the original series as well as many of its own.
 
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Becca from ''Life Goes On'' was Daphne.
** [[Scott Menville|Ma-Ti]] -- and the later (temporary) voice of Shaggy -- is Red Herring.
* [[I Broke a Nail]] / [[Super OCD]]: Daphne
* [[Identity Amnesia]]: Shaggy loses his memory and believes himself to be his hero, Commander Cool.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Fred becomes a hilarious ignoramus in this show, a characterization that stuck for a while, showing up in the live action movies, and every once in a while in ''[[What's New, Scooby -Doo?]]'', the animated movies and ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc|Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc.]]'' .
* [[Just Eat Him]]: "Like, Scooby-Doo just ''ate the Cheese Monster''!"
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: While [[Scooby Doo|the original]] wasn't necessarily all that scary, this is even more lighthearted.
** Also [[Denser and Wackier]], as this series is also a LOT more cartoony than the original series.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Lost in Imitation]]: This show developed the personalities of the heroes much more than the original show - Velma's braininess, Daphne's wealth, and Freddy's idiocy all became signature traits and have been a part of the franchise since.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Red Herring. Freddy ''always'' suspects him, to the point where other characters start to [[Lampshade Hanging]] this, but he was only the culprit once.
** And that one time was the one time Freddy wasn't allowed to accuse him.
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* [[No Fourth Wall]]: In some episodes, the characters would talk to the viewers directly after catching the monster, asking them if they had figured out who the monster is.
* [[Notable Original Music]]: Many episodes had an original song based around the [[Monster of the Week]], which was often played [[Once an Episode|during the chase]]
* [[Occult Detective]]
* [[Once an Episode]]: Freddy blames [[Red Herring]] for being behind everything.
* [[Panty Shot]]: Velma and Daphne in a couple of episodes. In past series, Velma's panties were colored the same as her skirt. Here they're white.
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* [[Shaggy Search Technique]]: Surprisingly, Scooby pulls it off more frequently than [[Trope Namers|Shaggy]].
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Velma. In early episodes her only lines in the entire show were "Jinkies" and the name of the real crook. (When this happened, the other characters would usually exclaim: "Velma talked!" in complete astonishment.) Later episodes gave her more lines, with Jinkies instead becoming her [[Verbal Tic]] that she'd found a clue.
* [[Snub By Omission]]: After the villains are revealed, they will say the traditional, "And I would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for you meddling kids." Many times, Scooby would have to remind them to finish by saying, "Oh, and that puppy."
* [[Speech-Impaired Animal]]
* [[Spinoff Babies|Spin-Off Kids]]
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