''Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!'' is an American

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produced by Warner Bros. Animation as the twelfth incarnation of

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's ''

Scooby-Doo ''Scooby-Doo'' is an American animated media franchise based on an animated television series launched in 1969 and continued through several derivative media. Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original series, ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are ...

'' animated series. In the show, the ''

'' gang decide to travel during their last summer break together, encountering havoc-wreaking monsters along the way. Described as having a more comedic tone than its previous incarnation, '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'', the show employs character traits from the original 1969 series on top of redesigned character models. The series was announced in March 2014 to premiere on

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. However, a promotional image at the 2015 upfront announced the show to air on

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and the news was later confirmed on June 29, 2015. It was originally scheduled to air on Boomerang, but the series instead premiered on Cartoon Network on October 5, 2015. On March 7, 2017, it was announced that the remaining unaired episodes would be released on Boomerang's

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streaming service. The final eleven episodes premiered on the Boomerang television network in March 2018 and were added to the Boomerang streaming service on September 26, 2018.

Plot

The ''

'' gang decide to travel in the Mystery Machine, seeking fun and adventure during what could possibly be their last summer break together. However, havoc-wreaking monsters seem to be drawn to them, appearing almost every stop of the way. Nonetheless, they do not let it prevent them from completing their journey, and while they are at it, they solve every mystery they encounter.

Voice cast

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and

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* Matthew Lillard – Shaggy Rogers * Grey DeLisle – Daphne Blake *

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Velma Dinkley Velma Dinkley is a fictional character in the '' Scooby-Doo'' franchise. She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange turtleneck sweater, a short pink pleated skirt (or in later episodes an A-line skirt, or sometimes shorts), knee socks, Mary Ja ...

Production

''Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!'' was announced in March 2014, along with other reboots of Warner Bros. classics, such as '' The Tom and Jerry Show'' and '' Wabbit''.

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, promoted to president of Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series a month prior, is its supervising producer. The animation direction is performed by Shaunt Nigoghossian, with Richard Lee overseeing art direction. Episodes run for a half-hour. The twelfth series in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise, the show was previewed in an article from a Comic-Con edition of ''

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'', writing that it would be less dark than its previous incarnation, '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated''. Zac Moncrief, a producer, called it "a more comedic ensemble", with character traits extracted from the original 1969 series. This decision nulled the romantic subplots present in ''Mystery Incorporated''.

has limited dialogue. Meanwhile, Fred has upgraded the Mystery Machine with modern appliances. In addition, the series employs redesigned character models for the gang, retaining their original clothes, with a few design tweaks. Moncrief described this as a "simplistic, edgy design to match the comedic styling of this latest version." However, he denied it as "a campy or meta version" of ''Scooby-Doo''. This marks the first ''Scooby-Doo'' television series not to feature

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in any capacity; Kasem, who voiced Shaggy from 1969 to 2009, retired from voice acting due to declining health during the production of ''Mystery Incorporated'' (in which he portrayed Shaggy's father) and died on June 15, 2014. Kasem's death leaves

as the only surviving original cast member still with the franchise. It is also the first series since '' A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' where Velma is voiced by an actress other than Mindy Cohn, and marks the debut of

as the character's voice actress.

Broadcast

''Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!'' made its worldwide debut on October 4, 2015, on

in the United Kingdom and Ireland and premiered on

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in Canada on October 8. The series premiered on

in Australia on December 28. The series also aired in 2019 on e.tv.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2015–17)

This season premiered on

in the

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on October 5, 2015. After airing twenty out of the twenty-six episodes from the first season, the series was put on a long

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following the premiere of "Giant Problems" on March 12, 2016. The final six episodes of the first season were aired on Cartoon Network's sister station

in an overnight graveyard slot on June 20, 2017.

Season 2 (2017–18)

On March 7, 2017, it was announced that the rest of ''Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!'' would be premiering exclusively on the streaming service for Boomerang, a sister channel of Cartoon Network. The season premiered on the streaming service on September 28, 2017. Despite this, the final eleven episodes of the season premiered on the Boomerang television network. The season concluded on March 18, 2018.

Home media

Region 1

Region 2

Region 4

References

External links

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