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Scrappy-Doo (1979)
Animal Outfit: green collar / dog tag / furrowed brow / the weight of a thousand scorned Scooby-Doo fans Tagline: "(dundundun DUN da DAAA) P-p-p-puppy Power!!" Plot summary: DeIt's difficult to write about Scrappy-Doo without devolving into violent fits of hatred. Regardless of what impact he may have had on the Doo franchise, the fact remains that he is the single most hated character in the history of animation. More than Marv and Wendy. More than Godzooky. Maybe even more than Jar Jar Binks. The little great dane puppy with the chicken hawk mentality has entire websites devoted to how he should be destroyed. Why? Because he was not afraid. A great man (Eddie Izzard) once said that Shaggy and Scooby remain such beloved characters because they were cowardly. Nowhere else in popular culture do we find characters who just want to run away from all danger, and we love them for it. We connect with the idea that, when you're a dirty hippie hanging out with your vaguely anthropomorphic dog friend, and all the sudden some fish monster arrives to fuck up your day, fright is the appropriate response. You don't hang out in your van like a tool, trying to figure out the rest of the story, Paul Harvey style. (PAGE TWO) You run away. Like a sane human being. So, once it's established that Shaggy and Scooby are going about things in the right manner, what's going to be more irritating that a well meaning but annoyingly lionhearted puppy who REFUSES TO JUST AVOID THE CONFLICT. I mean, they'd have to pull the kid away from the monster by his tail, and even then he wouldn't stop moving his fists in circles like he's fucking Russell Crowe Fightin' Around the World. (more) User Comments: Scrappy doesn't wear much, aside from his collar and the giant neon sign above his head that blinks "I'M THE COUSIN OLIVER" over and over again. These and many other jokes are yours free with Scrappy-Doo. I also would've accepted "more like Crappy-Doo" and "more like Scrappy-Don't." User Rating:
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