Scooby-Doo: The original design had a different idea for characters that would have very different names

Scooby-Doo: The original design had a different idea for characters that would have very different names

Scooby-Doo: The original design had a different idea for characters that would have very different names

These days you could call Scooby and the gang by other names.

In addition to being one of Hanna-Barbera’s most popular cartoons, the Scooby-Doo and the iconic detective class animation has marked generations and continues to delight audiences with hilarious mysteries even today. However, things could have been very different, as the team behind the program another idea to create a character.

When Joe Barbera This William Hanna, the cartoonists who founded the iconic studio named after them received a design proposal for Scooby-Doo, the original goal of which was very different from the result for which the program became known throughout the world. And that even includes the names of Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy.

At that time (late 1960s), the cartoon universe was experiencing a kind of “crisis” due to boom action genre productions such as superheroes. This caused parents of children who thought such animations were cruel to start worrying that their children might be exposed to such content.

Thus, there was a need for innovation in the animation industry, which forced screenwriters Joe Ruby This Ken Spears, by Hanna-Barbera, created a story about a group of teenagers who travel across the country solving supernatural mysteries. So far, everything is very similar to the Scooby-Doo we know today, but not for long.

Originally, Scooby-Doo characters would have had different names.

The studio owners accepted the idea, and the program was soon named Secrets five (something like Mystery of the Five, loosely translated). The plot, in turn, will follow five young people – Jeff, Mike, Kelly, Linda and “WW”who will be accompanied by a dog. Everyone will be in a group called Secrets Fiveincluding a small dog (he played bongos in the band).

Thus, while the teenagers were not taking part in the show, they solved the mysteries associated with all sorts of supernatural creatures, such as ghosts, zombies and others. Of course, as we can see today, some elements changed and the Scooby-Doo universe changed until it reached what we know today, although it kept its premise by sending a group of young people with a puppy on a journey. through supernatural mysteries (via Cartoon Research).

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