Scooby-Doo is known for a lot of things one of them being the incredible amount of iterations
of the show trying new Styles adding in new characters fitting in with the current times
babyfying them you name it Scooby-Doo and his meddling group of mystery solvers have done
it all while some of the iterations are a lot more well received than others a few versions
of the franchise often get overlooked and honestly are pretty underrated that's the
case for the version of Scooby-Doo we are taking a look at today be cool Scooby-Doo right off the
bat you can easily see the look of the show is drastically different from the more traditional
look of these characters something that the 2006 series Shaggy and Scooby-Doo get a clue
played with as well but here it was certainly a lot more drastic why was this show overlooked
Why didn't it necessarily connect with fans of the franchise and what makes it underrated
today let's dig into be cool Scooby-Doo if you enjoy the video you better be cool and
subscribe let's solve these Mysteries I present to you man most primitive form
so be cool Scooby-Doo comes to us right off the tales of Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated which is
my personal second favorite version of Scooby-Doo behind A Pup Named Scooby-Doo I've been covering
different Scooby-Doo series here on the channel like both of those that I just mentioned and we'll
have a look at more later this year as well and this one coming right after such a more serious
and darker in tone show like Mystery Incorporated be cool Scooby-Doo flips to be the complete
opposite both in parts thanks to the landscape of cartoons at the time changing heavily in style and
you know it's nice to have a breather sometimes after something as heavy as Mystery Incorporated
but where the show needed to fit in to appeal to a more current audience at the time it still
wanted to keep the DNA of Scooby-Doo alive and well within it specifically calling back and
having fun with old references and personalities lifted from the original 1969 show a move that
to me seems like a no-brainer for a decent formula at the time fit the modern landscape
but don't lose what made you special in the first place something I think a good amount of Scooby
new shows have done pretty well but for some reason be cool was treated as anything but cool
as we will explore the show's fate how it felt pushed aside and seemingly lost in the shuffle
of other Scooby-Doo properties it paints a pretty vivid picture as to why this show has this sadly
forgotten aura about it but come on how could you ever see this and just forget about it these
character designs are drastically different and I certainly can't forget them they were all designed
to be exaggerated hipster-esque versions of the original designs this helps play into who these
characters are as people in the show maintaining original personality traits that are tried and
true to who they have always been but offering enough new to give it a nice fresh take in bits
and parts some things more exaggerated and new than others the visuals being recognizable but
clearly different is a good way to look at the characters Personalities in general the whole
Mystery Incorporated crew is back you have Matthew Lillard voicing Shaggy Kate masuchi as Velma gray
DeLisle as Daphne and Frank Walker voicing both Fred and of course Scooby-Doo and we follow them
as they travel together over the summer break after high school and try to have a nice fun
time together before they all embark on the rest of their lives a solid premise for the show that
I feel I as well as a lot of other people can relate and resonate with of course along the
way the usual Scooby-Doo Shenanigans happen there are Mysteries to solve monsters that derail their
journey and a more modern cartoon sense of Comedy that was popular in the mid-2010s on
Cartoon Network what are you not telling us Velma out with it coming up next it's be cool Scooby-Doo
looks like we've got another mystery on our head along with the whole game it's not surprising to
see a new version of Scooby-Doo sometime after a previous iteration so when be cool Scooby-Doo
was announced it wasn't anything too out of the ordinary it was labeled as a modern comedic Twist
on the classic property and was announced over a year before it even premiered alongside other
new iterations of classic shows now at this time a lot of cartoons especially on Cartoon Network were
adopting the 11 minute segmented run time but be cool Scooby-Doo would still be at a full 22
minute length for the majority of its 52 episodes development on the show had a fresh new outlook
for what the final product was going to be the last Scooby-Doo we did was a little more intense
and a little scarier this new one is much more cartoony and silly I think people are really going
to like it what we've got so far is really funny in 2014 we got our first announcement of the show
and our first glimpse of the new look of the cast thanks to Warner Bros and TV Guide magazine you
remember those look I have Pokemon ones from 1999 I'm really cool I know but they both partnered up
during their San Diego Comic-Con spread to show off the new Scooby-Doo show that was in the
work overseen by the executive producing of Sam register before he would eventually become the
president of Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros animation he's someone who would know the
current landscape for cartoons better than most specifically for that Network seeing things change
and evolve over time but there was this supposed back and forth confusion of where this version of
Scooby-Doo would be heading to seemingly heading to Cartoon Network but being shown as something
coming to Boomerang and Boomerang will come back into play here in just a bit but on October 5th
2015 be cool Scooby-Doo would officially premiere on Cartoon Network luckily this show is a pretty
easy breezy watch if you're coming off of the Mystery Incorporated Series where here
the episodes are well episodic so it really makes no difference how you watch them which makes the
classic feel of a self-containing weekly mystery a fun concept to get behind without the pressure
of missing some detail or key story moments don't get me wrong I love all that stuff too
but it's nice when not everything is that way and you can watch a show like this a lot more
casually one thing I love about Scooby-Doo is the chase music I touched on this a lot more in my
pup named Scooby-Doo video but it's this moment that happens in the show that really sets this
classical feeling to the show whether it's easing the tension during a spookier moment or just to be
even more silly they're always a fun time in any version of Scooby-Doo here in be cool Scooby-Doo
they actually bring back the goofiness of it with new songs every chase scene which at this point
hadn't been around for a little bit at least with lyrics with what's New Scooby-Doo being the last
iteration to feature them back in the early 2000s the whole villain of the week thing is a return
to Classic Scooby Vibes we are used to most often taking familiar monster designs and having some
sort of twist during the reveal or a theming of the villain being in relation to some other
famous works now in the form of a parody for those who get the references with some of them being
easier to point out than others it made the whole unmasking part at the end of the Mysteries a lot
more fun and sometimes surprising usually with a point for the bad guy doing it rather than a shock
twist for no reason like I mentioned earlier the show handles our familiar characters in
a way that keeps them true to who they are but exaggerates and explores more of their character
Fred struggles with being the leader of the group while it's all mainly played up for comedy it
does give a good look into the psyche of someone dealing with control issues or at least that's
how they're viewed by others and being responsible for leading this group of people we see how this
weighs on him heavily throughout the series as far as Shaggy and I guess Scooby as well they're
kind of like a package deal here they really boil down to their usual selves but with more character
building of who they already were they still are scared of things they still eat a lot but
it feels more like buddies having conversations similar to a buddy comedy that would pair up to
funny actors they have good times they have their arguments and they even get to vent and point out
the Ridiculousness of the lives that they live as especially being constantly chased by the villains
specifically it's a familiar and welcoming Dynamic that just adds a little bit of flair to it here
and there that I personally really enjoy Daphne did have one of the biggest character changes
overall mainly because there was a lot of room here to play with the character I really loved
how Daphne was handled in Mystery Incorporated how important her character felt and here Daphne ends
up being the character with the most personality possibly the most unhinged character and I mean
that so endearingly she's extremely quirky and offers another level of Comedy to the show that's
main focus was to be more comedic than usual often delivering the biggest laughs in the best episode
to episode bits so while there is a bit of the classic Daphne there mainly visually she really
gets to stand out in the series by changing things up a lot more than usual now as far as
Velma the show truly plays up her character as this Ultra nerdier and often grosser version of
who she originally was she rarely is as overly in your face smart about everything like she's
been in the past whether it was in a neutral way or more of a snarky way as she is kind of
just there and helps out and feels like she's running at 15 effort for most things and when
we do spend more time with her character we see who she is shine based on how much she cares and
values her friends even at the detriment of her own passions in life maybe we need to spend more
time with Velma one day maybe I don't know like a show just based solely on her and maybe just like
make it nothing like Scooby-Doo you know nah I don't think that'll ever happen only the most
foolish Reckless self-destructive dope would even attempt to do this anyway the callbacks
the references just the overall Vibe of the show is truly something pretty special it never takes
itself too seriously but I never felt it slipping into a territory where it goes too far with just
being a random comedy that hurts rather than helps its established Legacy in fact I think
it quite respects where the franchise came from and has fun with the tropes we all know and love
from the series while it doesn't top my personal list of Scooby-Doo show it is a very nice refresh
for such a well-recognized property a property that you can do many different things with if the
iterations have taught you anything you can make it dark you can make it funny Scooby-Doo doesn't
just have to fit into one mold one style which I think is kind of the beauty of how Scooby-Doo has
evolved since its conception and to add on to that if this wasn't for you Scooby-Doo has constant
refreshes and style changes tonality shifts and plenty of other avenues already out there that
may suit your interests and I'm sure plenty more to come but in the end the show had a pretty rocky
relationship with the network ultimately leading to a harder way to watch the show which is odd
since you think Scooby-Doo as a property would be given some sort of extra Spotlight even if it
was at its worst which be cool is certainly nowhere close to that so then what happened
next is more be cool Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo I'm sweet and loyal in the best ground in the world the show ended up premiering 20
episodes from October 5th 2015 to March 12 2016 and then it disappeared which was extremely odd
since that wasn't even the full run of the first season with six episodes left unaired at the
time were the viewership numbers not good enough maybe to the network standards but the majority
of episodes were pulling in over 1 million eyes per episode perhaps it was due to a lot of behind
the scenes issues dealing with episodes that had to have been Rewritten or Executives not
sure of what direction they truly want to take the franchise in or dealing with any current backlash
of the look of the show all playing a part into this decision plus the time slot being adjusted
not in the show's favor is usually not a good sign of faith in the show from the network but
then over a year later now in late June of 2017 the final six episodes of the first season ended
up premiering which should sound like a win the only problem with that being that all six
episodes were released back to back to back on Cartoon Network's sister Channel Boomerang from
2 am to 5am in the morning depending on your time zone yeah the literal graveyard slots where the
majority of the show's fans wouldn't be awake to watch it it was on a different network than
before and it has been over a year since the last episode but somehow through the miracle
of hey stranger things have happened the second season of the show would come to fruition into
the back half of 2017 where the first 15 episodes of the second season were released sporadically
between boomerangs video on demand service and graveyard slots on the Boomerang channel minus
the Halloween episode which was included on the Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo DVD a bit earlier but
this whole release was messy considering in other countries the entirety of season 2 had already
been released and shown off months earlier than the US would Premiere them the final 11 episodes
left would eventually Premiere individually on boomerang's channel in March of 2018 where the
series finale would be released on March 18th of that same year it was also the only episode that
had two 11-minute segments for some reason but maybe it was a test because while this was the
end of the series in general and despite all of that whole mess we just went over there was
potentially a chance for a season three for the show but there was still clashing behind
the scenes and even if there were to be more in this series how would it have been treated anyway
I think based on the final episode and how every other cartoon for the most part followed the two
segment formula we would have seen the show become a lot smaller in scope quicker with
the stories and packed more with the comedy but alas this iteration of the show was canceled I
can't even say it ran a good course because it barely was given a Fighting Chance the ratings
and viewerships weren't Justified enough for the network to give it some more time sadly I think
this show works both as a standalone show in its own right and as a nice palette cleanser to
Mystery Incorporated to go from something so dark to something so the opposite I mean that in the
best of ways for both shows I honestly do think this version of Scooby-Doo is worth the revisit
if you're craving some fun adventures with some meddling kids and their dog this surely will give
that to you with a slightly new Twist on familiar friends be cool Scooby-Doo deserved better and
in my opinion is pretty underrated if you have seen this version of Scooby-Doo let me know your
thoughts on it as well as what's your favorite version of Scooby-Doo tell me in the comments
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