with so many iterations of Scooby-Doo out there it's extremely easy to not remember
each and every one of them but sometimes it's not because you couldn't remember it but more
so that the higher ups wanted to bury the memory of it in general the show itself the art style
of it the changes to the characters and focus of the narrative are all things to look at for why
some fans of Scooby-Doo could be turned away from liking this show or giving it a chance in general
but larger decisions from the top of the studios may have been what kept this version of Scooby-Doo
from finding a grander audience in general today we are talking about the often forgotten Shaggy
and Scooby-Doo get a clue a series that put the focus on those two characters first and foremost
to create something new both visually and in tone for the franchise at a time when trying new things
for legacy properties such as Scooby-Doo wasn't as easy as just slapping the well-known name on
something and sending it out to the masses as the landscape changed the shows had to adapt
some found success with this and some end up in this little bit of remembrance that makes
you question if they even happen in the first place while Scooby-Doo would later go on to find
more success trying to adapt the franchise in new ways after this Shaggy and Scooby-Doo get a clue
leaves us with an interesting little take on the property that is worth exploring a bit so let's do
that now Scooby-Doo is a franchise that I feel the older I get the more I fall in love with
aside from having the handful of iterations that I love the most I have just grown such
a fondness for the characters in general so getting to dig into a series that didn't last
too long in terms of the number of episodes mixed with it then getting shoved aside and
forgotten about to move on with something else that would be different for the property makes
it all that much more exciting to see if there was something here that was great on the other
end of that this might add on to the understanding of why it maybe didn't work and was given up on by
Warner Brothers either way we should get a clue or even maybe a few in understanding the bigger
picture here the series gets you invested into the lives of Shaggy and Scooby from the jump
seeing that their living situation isn't the greatest they don't have much money and thus
they don't have much food to eat when they're hungry which is always so this brings us the
twist for them in their lives when shaggi's Uncle Albert ends up missing and because of this Shaggy
is left being the one directly named to inherent all the uncle had this includes a mansion a robot
Butler a billion dollars and some villains the other stuff sounds really nice but the villains
part definitely adds on to the mystery of how or why Shaggy's uncle has gone missing mystery
that kind of gets explained a little bit in the first episode anyway as it turns out the bad guys
are after Shaggy's uncle's nanotechnology with the secret of how they're made being baked into Scooby
snacks that now give Scooby an array of different powers or effects that end up ating in the coming
situation Shaggy and scoo find themselves in which is kind of like world saving spies on
top of this Shaggy upgrades the Mystery Machine to be a transforming vehicle capable of turning
itself into new versions of itself to also Aid in certain situations or just be used for the
most useless things well useless things to many others of course Shaggy and scoo need the Mystery
Machine to turn itself into some sort of food making and dispensing device right so it was such
a different concept for the franchise to head in what helped further set get a clue apart from the
other iterations of Scooby-Doo out there what led to its downfall and why it kind of disappeared for
good hello Shaggy and Scooby-Doo get a clue was born out of the changing of times where
the series before this one what's New Scooby-Doo did a great job in bringing the classic Scooby-Doo
formula to the modern day of the early 2000s but Warner Brothers wanted to do something
new something fresh something that would Breathe new air for the property we touched on this when
speaking about the series that follows get a clue Mystery Incorporated but here they were in the
testing ground of what the heck they should do ray dorantes who had been a writer on cartoons around
that time such as Azie and DXs and Shon Showdown was tasked with developing what this new version
of Scooby-Doo would be there really wasn't any set of hard rules to follow in making get a clue
either essentially Ray was given a blank slate to create something completely new for Scooby-Doo and
not be held by the formula that Scooby-Doo would traditionally follow this open invite to make
something from scratch had Ray jump to the idea of just focusing on Shaggy and Scooby having the
most interest in these characters anyway thanks to seeing them as the main characters I mean one
of them is literally the title Scooby-Doo and the other is Scooby's best bud the love able hungry
and easily frightened Shaggy but what would be interesting about following just these two
well Ray figured that giving them this insane inheritance to play around with gives us a fun
look into the characters who are used to only having so little and now suddenly have access to
a lot it would be a way to watch these characters who we often see as being scared or less heroic
now become the main focus as we see them Branch away from the others to really become their own
versions of Heroes how does this change them in their way of life and on top of that how does that
affect what they do you know solve Mysteries well it turns out things were changed greatly and much
like the following series Mystery Incorporated the show had a large overall mystery regarding
Shaggy's Uncle while still having these other situations to deal with and Mysteries to solve
in the meantime between that from there it was just Concepts and ideas to play with from having
the main villain being developed in a comedic yet dangerous tone and wanting to bring forth
something different like nanotech capabilities for scoo not even a full week l later into the
development of things the show was brought forth to Warner Brothers and the green light was given
from all that had just been put together Ray was in a good spot here he was liked by the
higher-ups his ideas were liked by both the higher-ups and the focus tested groups and now
he could essentially create whatever he wanted to do with the brand for the series making the
creative decisions on where to take the show and even go back in to fix things up if certain things
were not liked or needed some tweaking this also comes at a cost though as there was the freedom
to make anything there wasn't a a lot of time to make it all happen we all know that cartoons
more than anything get put on such crazy tight schedules to get episodes produced that it can
often lead to a pretty rough and tiring work environment for all involved the other problem
with this more specifically in the case of get a clue is that Ry was left to himself to write out
most of the scripts not having a real writer's room like most shows would having him spend days
detailing a script to be as great as it can so it can be delivered with all the right notes to the
artists animators and voice actors as to keep a solid pacing of produc ucing the episodes for the
series eventually the series premiered on the kids WB block on the CW September 23rd 2006 and Shaggy
along with scoob have to deal with the evil Dr F's plans of a long list of evil things he's doing
as we continue to see a cast of characters that operate within each episode's plots to differing
degrees whether they be The Lovable goofballs agent 1 and two or Roby and his overly destructive
ways as a robot Butler the main rotation of characters we'd meet all pretty much had a
nice unique charm to them making more of these Side characters feel more like a Mainstay cast
thanks to how we explored their characters through the show the special new thing here in the series
is that thanks to the nanotechnology in which Dr fibes is after it's used in the secret special
recipe for what would be regular Scooby snacks and now scoob can transform into almost anything other
than that the show feels a bit empty with what to do with these Concepts Shaggy and Scooby-Doo
get a clue as a series by itself leaves a lot to be desired with what they had built up for
the showed to be comparatively towards the other iterations this one focuses a lot on the comedy
aspect of it all making the focus on what's going on feel less important than Landing a joke but in
saying that the show does tend to land a lot of the jokes yes there are your typical easy
to goto lower-end jokes that are Bas level just gross out slapstick or potty humor but there is
a lot of bits thanks to the characters themselves delivering them or how the situation presents them
that often feel a lot more thought out you can see the writing in those moments coming through a
lot stronger versus other jokes that you can feel were rushed or spent less time developed in order
to meet the deadlines given in production it's a mixed bag of Chuckles and genuine laughs that make
it feel like there is something more here than not but depthwise when it comes to furthering
the story or overall plot a lot of it can end up feeling like filler due to the limitations
given to the show speaking of the plot I think it's the strongest aspect in many ways offering
a solid through line narrative and figuring out everything regarding Shaggy's Uncle the growth of
the characters both good guys and bad feels earned and achieved as they go along and it doesn't end
up feeling like nothing has changed and since the show has this momentum building main mystery it's
important to show how shaki and scoob are moving forward how the main villain fives is moving
forward and where the story of it all ends us at having to deliver a solid conclusion or else what
was it all for and for that it did leave off on a feel-good note wrapping up the series in a nice
way that acts as an ending to the great mystery at hand involving Shaggy's Uncle so even if there
was a third season given to the show Ray doesn't know where that could have even gone as different
ideas of raising the stakes higher adding in new things about characters we already know Finding
ways to incorporate new or Legacy characters and more would really just be taking the show to a
new starting point as by the end of season 2 the Main situation is resolved and it feels concrete
for the most part continuing it from there wouldn't necessarily break that but it would
make the ending a bit less impactful for what it was but to even get to this point it wasn't easy
the ratings in terms of viewership was pretty good so then why did it have to wrap things up and come
to an end and on top of that why was it seemingly hidden much like Shaggy's Uncle Albert Shaggy and
Scooby-Doo get a clue we're living large scoop after two seasons the show was over but so was
the kids W block on Saturday mornings on the CW as it would transition from Kids WB to the CW
for kids not making the cut when the rebranding happened to continue on where only a few shows
did as new shows would find their way there but with all this happening the show didn't get to
go anywhere get a clue didn't even get reruns on places like Cartoon Network or Boomerang leading
to the show feeling non-existent and forgotten about for around a decade until 2018 where the
entire show would be made available on Boomerang streaming service giving it a small little bump
for Scooby-Doo fans to find again or discover for the first time outside of a couple DVD releases
again the freedom to create something brand knew was there and that was nice but having a tight
production schedule to produce the episodes and a limited budget that led to many animation errors
or just more stiff animation in general really held the show back from being what it could have
been more time overall would have led to the show having a chance at larger ideas and even bringing
in the rest of the Scooby-Doo gang more often but now these only exists as what ifs and wants it's a
shame when that happens because it wasn't for the lack of wanting to do more but for not being able
to do more as far as the art style of the the show it definitely has a very uncanny feeling
originally the idea was to have the main cast of Scooby-Do characters have a larger resemblance
towards their liveaction movie counterparts a point to which I don't think they necessarily do
all that much but the real question is why do that in the first place I know brand recognition is one
thing but usually aside from small changes here or there the Scooby-Doo characters whether cartoon or
liveaction all follow the same base mold of how these characters look and dress plus here it's
mainly just Shaggy and scobo the rest of the cast are Side characters that don't really play into
much here at all Shaggy himself looks the most different giving him a new shirt that for some
reason reminds me of Joey Wheeler's battle City fit but that's just me regardless the look of the
show definitely goes in another direction from the usual Look hanab Bar Bara had for the characters
giving it one of the most distinct looks for the franchise outside of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo and
the eventual be cool Scooby-Doo other Scooby-Doo shows had slight variations on the art style but
here I think it's the most drastic to where it truly feels nothing like Scooby-Doo while
still kind of feeling like Scooby-Doo if that makes sense it's it's hard to explain because
it looks so different but yet I am familiar with what I am seeing I feel that this point the the
way that the show looks is the biggest indicator for those who gave the show a chance and those
who didn't want to look at it on top of that Ray didn't have any control over how the show looked
he had control of the ideas the writing Etc but not what the actual show would end up looking
like even saying that he isn't necessarily a fan of how the final product looked while
Eric romsky known best for his work on Batman the Animated Series was the one designing the look of
the show and created a unique look for it all it just wasn't what Ry had envisioned When developing
his ideas becoming a part of the show that he just had to go with to me at least I don't mind
the look and in many ways I get this fun Venture Brothers vibe to it thanks to people like agents
1 and two here it by far isn't my favorite look for the Scooby-Doo world but I don't think it's
bad or doesn't fit I wish the property would play more into trying different art styles in general
between the different series more than they have the essence of Scooby-Doo can be brought
out through the characters the art can help create a new canvas for their stories so I'd love to see
that on a larger scale they're not always going to be for everybody but I always get excited when a
property such as this try something new Shaggy and Scooby-Doo get a clue isn't a perfect show but it
had some fun ideas to play around with focusing on just Shaggy and Scooby while being fun at
points doesn't work for Scooby-Doo as a whole as much if anything it makes this iteration of the
franchise feel like the definition of a spin-off rather than a brand new series Scooby-Doo for me
works best when all the players are involved the majority absence of Velma Fred and Daphne
is felt and to not give them any real importance makes the show feel a lot more empty than it is
however it's not a long show only lasting a total of two seasons totaling 26 episodes making it a
pretty easy breezy watch through it just might turn out to not be your cup of tea for the same
reasons I don't consider it the best offering from the property but who knows you may just
end up loving it for those same reasons but as far as Shaggy and Scooby-Doo get a clue that's
it for this short live series it lives on as this little moment in the legacy of Scooby-Doo
that some remember some love and some have never heard of but if you remember it let me know your
thoughts on this version of Scooby-Doo do you think it should have had more of a chance tell
me in the comments I've been Jordan Fringe thanks so much for watching like And subscribe later
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