'Begins'? I don't think he ever actually saw his uncle as brave - which is why he was always so gung-ho; he was covering bravery for the both of them.

I won't lie, as a kid, when I watched Scooby Doo, the show never quite caught on with me. I admittedly found the show kinda boring, but I did catch the scrappy episodes, and genuinely liked him.

he was made to revive the series, and he did. I think the general hate comes from older folks who grew up off of the show back then, who hated the character loudly, then everyone just kind of hopped on.

Then the network followed suit and made jokes about it, and now Scrappy is the most hated character in the franchise.

I honestly always thought that was unfair, and that if they really wanted to, they could bring him back, make him better. Not even has a mainstay, but a recurring one. I know I'd definitely watch it.

Your idea of an older Scrappy realizing his Uncle isn't who he thought he was is certainly an angle I oculd see played with.

revive nothing he killed it for a decade what revived the franchise was zombie island and the threats being real and dangerous which they later pussed out on but at least they have the hint of something is real
he didnt ask the brat latched on and wouldnt let go and his redemption would involve an appology on his part
yabba wouldnt have been bad

I always loved Scrappy because he was the only one who actually had any bravery of the gang. What they did to him in the films is beyond cruel.

To be fair Scrappy's whole downfall of a character was due to a character assassination, the creator of the movie that made him a villain adamantly despised the dog... F*** you James Gunn

Puppy power!

Wow… this is an über impressive way to redeem Scrappy as a character! If there’s this much potential for him, imagine how much more potential there could be for other franchises.

Anyways, more to the point, I never understood the hate towards Scrappy anyway, I thought he did better in the made-for-TV movies and “The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo” until they canned him.

I've never understood the hate for the character either but I guess one factor of the downfall for Scrappy was how he was handled and executed. But everything else that happened to the character was just stupid and unnecessary like with the meta and self aware jokes about how he was a mistake and that when he's acknowledged the shows and films act like he never existed or was ever there in the first place which is asinine rather than acknowledge their mistakes and flaws they'll just act like it never happened refusing to accept reality and move on and try to fix him as a character which yeah looking back at I've always found stupid

Kids hate the kid character.
That's why most protagonists in a cartoon are teens, tweens or adults.

Right

At least we can say that Scrappy is already a redeemed hero thanks to the infamous Velma adult series, there people could appreciate him a little more in light of what a shitty series it was. XD

Some thoughts about my former real life childhood hero

Two words: Brett Favre (saw the Netflix doc that showed his darker side; used to like him when he was a Packer until he "unretired" himself to the Jets/Vikings and also when Aaron Rodgers came along; etc.)

His darker side included harassing women on the phone during his time as a Jet (surprised that he had that attitude during his time as a Packer) and using welfare money to promote a non-existing drug that treated concussions

Honestly I always felt scrappy would have been an excellent contrast to Scooby and maybe even a good way to reason why hes so scared all the time.

Scrappy struck me as ambitious and brave to a fault. Kind of if Fred was a puppy and pushed to an extreme.

He absolutely got assassinated but I never really got the idea he idolized his uncle that much. Maybe a bit cause his uncle is famous.

When bit comes to redeeming a character, no one comes to mind more than Timothy Brisby and Jenny McBride from Secret of NIMH 2, They deserve a chance.

Also, I never hatted Scrappy Doo, nor do I hate any character that's classified as "annoying", I seem to be able to tolerate them.

This is an interesting take on Scrappy.

Its a sad to say but the same WB and CN normalize the hate to Scrappy, when I was a kid I never hear about "he was the worst to the franchise" or something like that, I enjoyed most of the shows and tv movies where he was involve, but when the first live action movie come damage very bad the image of Scrappy, later the CN bumpers only shows how make he annoying and unrespected, and the final nail was the same franchise dont want to hear about it, they make the joke "never talk about it" when they try to remember he or even worst they negate he never existed

Alot of comments for Scrappy! Each person is correct in part, the ratings for Scooby in the 70's were "in the tank" and Scrappy came along and saved the show! The kids loved him! Yes, he was like "fingernails on a chalkboard" but he served a purpose, Scrappy saw in Scooby what he wanted to see. Years later James Gunn would use him as a villain in the Scooby movie...it was brilliant and it worked because he knew it would. Poor "Scrappy" maybe someday people will fill differently about this 2D character?

this is how I imagine if they Scoob 2

Oof, right in the feels

Always had a love/hate relationship with the little guy due to how much he was handled on screen in the first half of his initial appearances but in all honesty it's unfortunately due to chemistry. Pairing him with just Shaggy and Scooby was a mistake that they eventually remedied surprisingly well with the new direction they took Daphne in.

Shaggy and Scooby are a great pair though normally by themselves or with a proper leader character (to keep them in check and for them to sass). They're the slacker supremes, two charismatic cowards who can bumble their way out of any sticky situations, and that's why having Scrappy alone in that dynamic hurt his image so much. They're best as comic relief, not as full time leaders.

Scrappy is this young, little firecracker who thinks he can do anything and is surprisingly very competent... just a little too competent for being the kid member out the gate. He was being made to fit both Fred's and Velma's roles in the trio. This unfortunately makes him come across as a Gary Stu and oh boy that catchphrase wasn't helping him.

Returning to Daphne, when they began adding her, changing her from mostly being the cheerleading damsel in distress into this smart, determined, reporter gal who could fill in Fred's and/or Velma's roles easily ended up balancing the team chemistry. Scrappy wasn't controlling the dynamic as much since Daphne was kind of the straight woman lead. Now we had Scrappy as the wild card apprentice, and Shaggy and Scooby back to being comic relief more consistently.

The episodes of the Scrappy and Scooby-Doo Show that began adding Daphne (and the few that brought the whole gang together) felt like that's where Scrappy was in the right spot. A still slightly reckless, though learning team player. I guess since he had better role models in terms of mystery solving and such, he mellowed out a bit.

Shaggy and Scooby just were not cut out to be helping raise a kid/puppy. Thank goodness they had the idea of expanding on Daphne's character. It saved the era of the show from crashing just as quickly as it started, but unfortunately pre-Daphne Scrappy had left his mark on many fans at the time leading to the creators tossing him to the shadows of the canon.

You just can't have characters like Scrappy and even more so, Flim-Flam, running around without a strong leader character.

I remember an episode of the series the 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, where Scooby acts bravely to save everyone—he was up against a ghost who could control time!

I really like this idea. If you ever decide to make turn it into a fan-comic I'd like to read it.