Scrappy-Doo

“	Scrappy Dappy Doo!	„
	~ Scrappy Doo

“	Let me at 'em! Let me at 'em!	„
	~ Scrappy Doo's infamous catchphrase

Scrappy Doo is a major character in the Scooby-Doo franchise. He is Scooby Doo's courageous nephew.

In his original 1979 series, he was voiced by the late Lennie Weinrib. Afterwards he was voiced by the late Don Messick, who also voiced Scooby back then. In the 2002 film, he was voiced by Scott Innes who also played Scooby in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and both Scooby and his owner Shaggy Rogers in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders and Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase.

What Makes Him a Scrappy?[]

He was added into the show to boost ratings among viewers, as the show was about to get cancelled by ABC, which worked, but made the whole franchise fall into the franchise zombie-territory.
He was only added to the series to appeal to kids, being the only child in a cast with teenagers and an adult dog
He was initially warmly received by viewers as at the moment of his introduction, as fans felt the old Scooby-Doo formula was getting repetitive. Even those who find him annoying and unnecessary agreed that he was tolerable in his debut season as he didn't steal the spotlight off of other characters. But, once the ratings improved thanks to his presence, Hanna-Barbera quickly took the wrong route with him and began to give him extra screentime, making viewers quickly grow annoyed of the character.
His catchphrase "Scrappy Dappy Doo" is a completely forced and unoriginal ripoff of his uncle's far superior catchphrase "Scooby Dooby Doo".
His other catchphrase "Puppy Power" was likewise seen as forced and trying too hard to become a thing.
In his first season he also had the tendency of adding "ruff" in the middle of his sentences. Thankfully it was never used again.
He is often considered quite annoying by the viewers, claiming he takes the spotlight away from Mystery Inc.
He had the tendency of staying behind and trying to fight the monsters despise being his young age, only causing more problems for Shaggy and Scooby who always had to go back to save him. His brash attitude towards the monsters was meant to come off as funny, but a lot of fans found it unbearable.
- In fact, TV executives agreed with this point, being worried that kids would try to imitate Scrappy, thus telling Hanna-Barbera to tone down this aspect in later seasons.
Every time he did get in a fight, he'd almost always win, which again for a small pup like him, makes him ridiculously overpowered.
He's also completely unconscious and uncaring towards the damage and problems he causes.
After Scrappy's first season, Fred, Daphne and Velma were completely removed from the show outside of certain guest appearances to give Scrappy more focus. Understandably, their respective fans were not pleased. Daphne would later return to the spotlight, but Fred and Velma wouldn't return full-time until 1988 with A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
His introduction also caused a shift in the show's writing from the iconic half-hour episode format of Mystery Inc. investigating cases of fake monsters. Now, episodes were that of 7-minute short formatted ones where Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy faced real monsters, which back then was considered a betrayal of the show's spirit. The format changed back to the regular mysteries after 3 years but now only in a 10-minutes short format.
Due to bearing some similarities to each other, some have also accused Scrappy of being a self-insert of Joseph Barbera, both sharing similar backgrounds and relationships with their respective uncles.
With Fred and Velma being absent, Scrappy took their roles in the mystery roles; he'd be the one who finds the clues, set the traps or explain the motives of the criminal. Some episodes went as far as to establish Scrappy as a child prodigy able to create technological artifacts not even Velma could. This not only makes him look unrealistically competent and the rest of Mystery Inc. look like complete morons, but goes against his original characterization.
At certain points it almost felt like he had become the true protagonist of the series. During the third season of The Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show there were multiple shorts with Scooby and Shaggy absent and Scrappy hanging out with his other uncle Yabba-Doo.
Some feel his design did not fit with the show's aesthetic.
His hatedom caused the character to be completely retired from the franchise in 1988 with no explanation as to where he went (Mystery Incorporated implied he died but that show happened in an alternative continuity).
He is even hated by the creators of the post-revival era, given he was revealed as the villain in the first live-action film, and his brief cameo as a statue in Mystery Incorporated was treated with fear by Fred and Daphne.
In the Archie Comics, he's seen as even more annoying as he's portrayed as a quite a jerk who's also snarky, abrasive, temperamental, rude, and opportunistic.

Trivia[]

Scrappy-Doo is the reason why "The Scrappy" term exists in the first place, being named after the travesty that once was his reputation amongst the Scooby-Doo fandom; fittingly, he serves as the Wiki's icon. While Scrappy has developed a fanbase over the years, he is the main reason the trope exists, and can still be used to help describe other hated characters because of how unchangeable it has become.
Ironically (or unironically), this is the only version of Scrappy to have ever been a Scrappy.
- His movie version doesn't count because, despite also being annoying and more unlikeable, it was completely intentional given his stance as the villain, and a flashback even shows Mystery Inc. having enough of Scrappy and abandoning him.
- The Scooby Apocolypse version also does not count because of his appealing designs and badassery.
- His version from the Velma show yet also doesn’t count because he is actually liked by fans due to his psychotic but entertaining design and doing everyone a favor by killing Velma, the literal Scrappy of the entire show.
He is also the icon of the One-Line Article template.

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