Thursday, October 16, 2025

The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show: The Mark of Scooby (1983)

 



A fun little cartoon. 

I this short cartoon, Scooby, Shaggy, Scrappy and Daphane go to the Old California Festival and see a play featuring the Zorro-like dog El Sabueso. That night excited by the show, Scooby goes to sleep and dreams that he is El Scoobo and Scrappy is Scrappito and the must save Senorita Daphne and Senor Shaggy when they are kidnapped. 

 The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show featured our heroes going back to solving mysteries after previously having starred in short that often had nothing to with mysteries or anything spooky. However, this cartoon is almost a step back to our heroes' non-mystery solving days. There is no mystery to be solved here and nothing spooky at all. This is just a silly little cartoon short starring Scooby-Doo. However, like the similar shorts that were made not long before hand, this is a charming little cartoon. It is never laugh out loud funny, but the silliness brings a real charm, and this is a pleasant way to spend 11 minutes. There are some pretty amusing gags here, including the one where our heroes disguise as a mariachi band. Plus, the whole concept of Scooby as a masked Zorro-style hero is a very fun one. Having him and Scrappy imagine themselves as these heroes is perfectly in character for them, while showing a playful side to them we don't see often enough. 

This may not be a cartoon classic, but it is very charming and cute. 


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