Hey, I just wanted to correct a little assumption I made that Mindy Cohn retired from her role as Velma. It’s implied that she was replaced outright due to how when Matthew Lillard was recast in SCOOB, she tweet with a reply that said “been there, it sucks”. In my defense, her Twitter account no longer exists & this hasn’t been outright confirmed, but it’s safe to assume, especially with how the Scooby-Doo VAs were suddenly recast for SCOOB. Sorry for any confusion, I would’ve mentioned this had I known. Hope y’all still enjoy the video!
Oof yeah that shit sucks when companies just replace ya suddenly from a role you've been doing for so long. There's some recent examples of it not quite being the case, Bayonetta VA drama, but stuff like that where it was some major BS like the Sonic Adventure Voice Cast getting dropped in favor of the 4Kids dub cast is definitely some shitty company behavior. Sucks to lend your talent to something for so long and get attached only to be cast aside as if you were totally disposable and your time lending your voice to that role meant nothing.
In all fairness, in the case of this show's artstyle, these designs work better than the *actual* Family Guy designs; because these official redesigns in Be Cool looked like a moderation: exaggerated to a comedic style while retaining the sense of depth they have.
I'm used to adult cartoons looking more like 1969 style Scooby Doo. Sealab 2021, Harvey Birdman, Space Ghost, The Venture Bros, and even the human character models in Aqua Teen Hunger Force all come to mind
Even John K. made an interesting criticism about FG’s art-style by saying: “You can draw 'Family Guy' when you're 10 years old. You don't have to get any better than that to become a professional cartoonist. The standards are extremely low.” He even warned FG is a bad influence to future-animators.
Always felt bad for this show, cause it was pretty funny, and it was unfairly judge for the art style and the fact that it came right after Mystery incorporated.
This feels like the Legend of Zelda Windwaker of Scooby Doo cartoons. People immediately wrote it off solely on its design and it didn't get a chance until much later.
The show really is an underrated gem on the franchise with how funny and enjoyable Be Cool can be. As many didn't like it just because of the artstyle and how it came after Mystery Inc. It's an example not to judge a book by it's cover.
I honestly feel the same about Shaggy and Scooby Doo Get a Clue people HATE on the artstyle and it's opening theme a lot but I feel like it can be a charming show and it was the first series in a long while to truly focus on Shaggy and Scooby (since 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo but it literally lasted for 13 episodes lol)
i agree, this is my 2nd favourite scooby-doo show (mystery incorporated is obv the best) it was actually pretty entertaining ngl, especially as a kids show, the ending (besides the 2 part episode) was actually really good.
I’m glad more people are giving this show a chance. This show coming right after Mystery Incorporated and airing at the same time as Teen Titans Go, when it was still vehemently hated, did not do them any favors
Heres my theory, on its way to its next season, Mystery Incorporated was struck by lightning and was split in to two halves. The first half was Be Cool, a really funny show with terrible visuals. The other half became Velma, a show with terrible writing but surprisingly good visuals.
I’ve never seen this show, nor more than a couple episodes of any Scooby-Doo, but the thumbnail had saw much raw energy that I was compelled to see what this show was like.
Thanks for giving this one another look, Nick. Just finished the show up for the first time much earlier this year and I really enjoyed it for what it was trying to pull off. My personal favorite is “Trading Chases”, I think that probably had Fred at his best.
I liked *Be Cool Scooby-Doo* before it was cool. This show is place firmly in my *Shows That People Blindly Hated On And Realized Were Good Way Too Late* collection.
This show was a diamond in the rough, and I will always love it. It was a different and underrated take. Got hate when most people didn’t give it a chance.
This is one of the most underrated iterations of Scooby Doo. I watched this a couple of episodes at a time after going through Scooby-Doo and Guess Who, and it was a breath of fresh air after how hit-or-miss that show was.
it makes so much sense in hindsight that the show was originally gonna have more of a 60s throwback look but family guy crew members being brought on forced them to compromise, the art style does kinda feel like a halfway point between family guy and paul coker's design work, especially with stuff like the hatching on shaggy's nose. also i always love andy sturmer im so happy hes still at it
It’s interesting that you can still see remnants of that original idea. The “summer vacation” premise is still in some descriptions for the show. Also, I specifically did pickups lines just to give Andy Sturmer more credit once I actually dug into his credits so I’m glad you appreciated that.
I liked this show. it's a shame people didn't give it a chance due to the art style it got some pretty good laughs out of me. I think the show would have done better if it didn't just come of the heals of mystery incorporated
I loved this show but people literally judge it by its artstyle instead of its comedy which I absolutely love out of any series. Looking forward to this video‼️
Hey, Nick! Thanks for the shoutout and glad some of the interviews helped inform your backstory deep dive. I really enjoyed the video and think this is one of the overall fairest and most accurate takes on the series and its production. Hope this leads to more people discovering this diamond in the rough of a show. Good stuff!
I would've been curious about a season 3. Apparently they had plans to do their own version of Scrappy Doo, which interests me since usually modern Scooby Doo versions either mock or ignore him
Considering all the attention Scrappy has gotten recently with being in merch, on Velma and in a CN Twitter post in a positive way, wondering if Scrappy will make a come back in the next classic styled animated series though I doubt he'd appear in the upcoming Netflix live action adaption.
I always remember when the show was labeled Family Guy Scooby-Doo by many people online. However, much like rise of the tmnt, people have been coming around back to this one and really enjoying it! I personally have been laughing my butt off re-watching it on max, and really really like daphne! I never thought I'd love this crazy Ginger, but here I am!❤
I actually liked this version of the gang pretty well not my favorite but not the worst thing ever. And it's actually pretty hilarious and Daphne is a vibe and my favorite. I mean I would rather rewatch this 100 times in a row then rewatch Velma once.
NICK!!! Really great video! I don't recall seeing much of this show outside of the fact that people couldn't stop comparing the art style to primetime shows. You made me wanna give the show a watch!!
I do actually like the art style! As someone who started watching the show as a kid with NO context as to what family guy or Rick and Morty looked like, I thought it was weird but still enjoyable. Especially the big goofy face Scoob had.
"Be Cool, Scooby-Doo" has always been my favorite Scooby-Doo incarnation. It does have it's flaws, but it's perks help more than make up for it. I've been a fan since it's premiere.
11:07 I don't think Mindy Cohn retired, I think Velma was just recast. Mindy hasn't outright said she was replaced but back when Matthew Lillard found out he was recast for the Scoob movie, she responded to his tweet with "Been there... it sucks."
I'll admit, I was one of the many totally put off by the series by its Art Style. But after watching this, it genuinely looks like good, goofy fun that I think the Scooby franchise SHOULD go for.
I like how this dude put all this energy into trying to convince me this doesn't look like family guy only for me to sit here and say this still looks like family guy
This was when all millennials and some boomers looked at Scooby Doo shows in disgust and never looked back I feel bad for the creators of Guess Who Scooby Doo reboot :(
when it was first airing, i was skeptical and hesitant seeing what the film industry had been doing and then seeing the artstyle. but it was family dinner and we decided to give it a try. the puppet gag kept me invested and the series surprised me with how funny it could get. turned out to be a pretty good series and i'm glad we gave it a chance.
The best thing about this show is that it helped Kate Micucci go down the path that led to her voicing Webby Vanderquack (aka the best moe girl in post-Gravity Falls Disney history) (And yes I did see the reference at 13:04 why wouldn’t I?)
This version of the gang is so dysfunctional but in a really fun way. I love how Daphne does a new weird bit everyday and the others are so used to the nonsense that they try to not engage.
Small sidenote but I absolutely adored the Crash music throughout the whole video! Just like Be Cool, Scooby-Doo, both COTT and MOM were underrated and underappreciated games! Or well, at least MOM was 😂
I really thought it was a family guy joke when it first showed off💀 I watched the trailer and was waiting for the punchline or for it to “zoom out” to show Peter laughing at it or making a joke about it. It took me a minute to realize it’s a legit show
11:07 RETIRED?!! OOOOOOOHHH YOU JUST DON'T KNOW 17:38 Or you were in Canada. But great stuff again, Nick. You manage to make me interested in things that most other people wouldn't even make an attempt for, even for a Scooby Snack or whatever.
Goofy fun with memorable repetitive gags on a tight budget is probably the most classsic production schedule for a Scooby-Doo project. But you can tell the writers really did everything with the more limited means available.
Family Guy or not, the art style was just a bit much for me. I eventually watched it on boomerang and really enjoyed the whole self aware aspect of it, but I just had trouble looking at it some times. Bear in mind, I also had some trouble with Mystery Incorporated, and anything that isn't "full HB designs" with them as "tall people" (pup named scooby doo I gave a pass because everyone was young elementary age), because I had just gotten so used to them looking like that. I know not to judge a book by its cover, but when a kid dresses in all black with an SOD shirt and dyed black hair with a red stripe, one can't be faulted for thinking the kid is going through "teen sad personality" and be surprised when the kid is actually bubbly and thinks life is great.
i really hope you do a video on Shaggy and Scooby Doo get a clue, it feel like its one of the best spin off series, i mean, they took the 2 most scared characters, and gave them a spin off with an evil villian. i feel like it deserves a video for going so far.
Thanks for showcasing this again, might give it a chance for the comedy alone (What put me off was the eyes, man. I just wish they changed the eyes). A goofier Daphne seems like a nice change but I don't know if I'd like a more manic and self-absorbed Fred. Scooby and Shaggy costumed moments and cutaway gags was a connection that surprised me, hope they managed to not overstay or over-saturate.
I was one of the people who bashed the art style but I gave it a chance after the disappointment from Mystery Inc. But I became a solid fan after a few episodes. I liked the show so much that I tracked down early episodes that didn't release officially in the US aka the high seas lol I got old clips to show it! Can't believe that was actually 7 years ago! Now I'm just happy people finally got into it after being so underappreciated over the years. Thanks for the video nicktendo!
my favorite ep is the scooby snack one where they tackle the moraity of bribing shaggy and scooby but turns out they always become monster bait, it s just now with scooby snacks they get yummy food out of something that happens anyway
