Hello, everyone. My name is Matthew, and I’ve been a huge fan of cartoons since I was a young boy. I primarily grew up watching cartoons on Nickelodeon, Fox Kids, and most importantly, Cartoon Network.

Cartoon Network introduced me to countless Warner Bros.-owned animated TV shows during my childhood, including but not limited to: Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Hanna-Barbera as well. But the most iconic Hanna-Barbera franchise that premiered in 1969 was none other than Scooby-Doo. However, there’s one problem with the franchise that still persists to this very day, and it involves one overhated character.

In 1979, Hanna-Barbera created a new character for the Scooby-Doo franchise, Scrappy-Doo. Even though Scrappy was not well-received by Scooby-Doo fans of the 1980’s, due to having a negative impact on the 80’s Scooby-Doo TV series, the character still saved the whole franchise from cancellation before then!

Not only that, but he also had some positive character improvement in the animated movies, Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, and Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, in which he was depicted as much smarter, helped figure out clues and was also less feisty.

But still, Warner Bros. continues to trash-talk Scrappy to this very day, such as poking negative fun at the character in the live-action Scooby-Doo movie from 2002, the Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated TV series, and the direct-to-DVD film, Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost. And he was recently given a villainous representation in the TV series, “Jellystone!”.

Now it’s time to give Scrappy-Doo the respect he deserves.

We, the fans of the Scooby-Doo franchise, are now tired of the undeserved hate against Scrappy, and he officially deserves better. I believe it’s time to reintroduce Scrappy-Doo in a positive way and give the character some changes for the better, like making him more helpful and likable just like what Hanna-Barbera did to him back in the late 1980’s.