Scrappy-Doo (Don Messick) is a major character of the Scooby-Doo franchise. He is fictional Great Dane puppy created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1979 as the nephew of Scooby-Doo. Scrappy has appeared in a number of the various incarnations of the Scooby-Doo cartoon series.
In his original 1979 series, he was voiced by Lennie Weinrib. Afterwards he was voiced by Don Messick, who also voiced Scooby back then. In the 2002 film, he was voiced by Scott Innes who also played Scooby in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and both Scooby and his owner Shaggy Rogers in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders and Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase.
Why This Version Rocks
- This version of Scrappy is a lot more mature, observant, and less annoying than his old counterpart.
- While he does still use his catchphrase, he uses it rarely, and not at all in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo.
- He has a lot more moments of being in action and being useful than the old version.
- While he does still have a desire to show how tough he is, he is no longer as arrogant about it than he used to be.
- He also became a lot more friendly and sensitive.
- His annoying constant tendency to try and pick fights with villains was downplayed, and he develops better common sense to when he should and should not backdown from a fight.
- There have been a lot of episodes where he manages to keep Scooby and Shaggy out of danger.
- He is one of the most bravest members of the gang.
- His voice performance is an improvement over his original voice. He also stops speaking in an unnecessary Brooklyn accent.
Bad Qualities
- Despite his redemption, he still does have a few annoying moments.
- His 1979-1980 version.
- He was horribly flanderizied in the 2002 live action film and was even turned into the main antagonist of the film.