Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy Doo: Scooby's Swiss Miss (1980)

 



A fun little short. 

In this cartoon, Scooby has a crush on a girl poodle. However the girl poodle has a jealous bulldog boyfriend, who thinks Scooby is trying to move in on his girl. 

Like many of the Scooby and Scrappy shorts, besides the characters this bears little resemblance to what one expects from Scooby-Doo. There are no monsters or ghosts and there is no mystery to solve. Rather these are silly little comedy shorts that bear more resemblance to a Looney Tunes cartoon or the early Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear shorts than the typical Scooby mystery. In fact, the bulldog and poodle feel like they just stepped out of Hanna-Barbera's 1975 The Tom and Jerry Show

Yet if you take this cartoon for what it is, it's a lot of fun. Even if he is not solving mysteries or dealing with anything creepy, Scooby still feels like his normal self. He is very charming and likable here, especially with his clumsy way of acting around the cute poodle (Sadly, I can't say it is that different than how I behave when I have a crush). Though these moments are not laugh out loud funny, they are charming and make Scooby especially likable and relatable here. The slapstick gags in the middle are decent enough, though they make you smile more than actually laugh. However, the ending to this short is absolutely hilarious. It honestly took me by surprise and made me laugh at loud.

Still, I feel as if this short could have made better use of both Shaggy and Scrappy, who are not given much to do here. Also, like most of these shorts, it is fun to watch but isn't as memorable as the typical Scooby mysteries. 

While this may not be anyone's favorite Scooby cartoon, it is still quite fun for what it is. 







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