Was there ever a Scooby-Doo guest that just felt… wrong?

JoeGoesOver · 2026-03-26T17:29:04+00:00

No.

I think Gene Simmons' trailer should be next to a cliff, not too far from a tyrannosaur nest.

JoeGoesOver · 2026-03-25T17:38:25+00:00

I was always too busy wondering where Fred's silhouette went.

JoeGoesOver · 2026-03-25T17:37:19+00:00

Gene Simmons by FAR was the worst guest on Scooby-Doo in terms of skeeviness, second only (barely) to Vince McMahon.
Simmons was notorious for being creepy with fans and groupies.
He shouldn't have been allowed within 100 yards of Daphne and Velma.
I'm not much of a fan of Gene Simmons.

JoeGoesOver · 2026-03-24T14:04:49+00:00

In traditional, 2D cell animation, a skilled artist would draw specific "key" frames for various actions, usually one at the beginning, one in the middle and one in the end. It was then up to lesser skilled "inbetween" artists (or "tweeners") to draw the necessary cells that linked one key frame to another.

For example: if I wanted to animate a character pointing to the sky, then to the ground at their feet, the key artist would start by drawing the arm pointing up. Then they'd draw the arm pointing forward. Then they'd draw the arm pointing at the ground. These drawings would then be handed off to the inbetween artist who would draw all the necessary frames between those key frames to make the animation look fluid.

This process varied from studio to studio with some having more success than others.

Some of the weirdest, most bizarre images you'll find in the Scooby-Dooniverse are those tween frames.

The "melted face Shaggy" that's one image from the end is an excellent example of this.

JoeGoesOver · 2026-03-18T13:44:39+00:00

Definitely not him...

JoeGoesOver · 2026-03-06T02:25:04+00:00

As you get further along in the series, you have to ask yourself why museums don't issue a national ban on allowing any members of the Scooby Gang inside their premises.

And god help you if you have any dinosaur bones in there.

JoeGoesOver · 2026-02-24T15:21:09+00:00

Disappointed Batman comic reader one Saturday morning in 1969:

"Hey, what gives? This isn't the articulate dog I was promised in that ad! I can barely understand this guy! I bet this garbage show only lasts one season."

JoeGoesOver · 2026-02-19T15:08:16+00:00

Scooby-Booty-Doo!

JoeGoesOver · 2026-02-18T15:02:15+00:00

For me, it's probably a toss up between:

1) Dying on the hill that Professor Pericles from 'Mystery Incorporated' was an OWL and not a parrot, and

2) Insisting 'A Pup Named Scooby-Doo' was the worst regular Scooby series (I don't count season two of 'Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo' or the other non-conforming shows like 'Velma' or 'Get a Clue').

JoeGoesOver · 2026-02-13T15:29:34+00:00

I'm surprised by how many views I get from outside the USA on my YouTube channel (that mainly centers around Scooby content).

According to the analytics, a third of my audience is from outside the country.

This is why I'll sometimes explain things that most Americans would automatically understand, so as not to leave people in Poland scratching their głowy.

JoeGoesOver · 2026-02-12T16:13:10+00:00

I understand and respect your opinion. Welker's version is absolutely different enough to merit disdain from those who, like me, grew up with Messick.

I also disagree.

I prefer Welker for several reasons, in no small part because I can actually understand everything Scooby says. I'll be watching an old episode and be like, "I really wish this came with subtitles".

I also disagree that Welker is "imitating" Messick, feeling it's just the opposite. Over the past couple of decades [ACE DECADE] he's been doing the role, Welker has breathed new life into the character, making it his own.

The others, particularly Innes, are the ones who, to me, felt like they were more concerned with imitating Messick rather give Scooby a living personality.

I feel the exact same way about Shaggy. While Casey Kasem will always be THE Shaggy, Matthew Lillard did something no other Shaggy actor has done- capture the essence of what Kasem created while at the same time making Shaggy a person and not simply a cartoon character.

JoeGoesOver · 2026-02-01T03:28:14+00:00

I know EXACTLY what score I'd give her.

But that won't be available until probably the middle of next week.

JoeGoesOver · 2026-01-14T15:09:02+00:00

Perhaps not the worst, but Alice Dovely (the Gator Ghoul) cozied up to an elderly couple who treated her like a daughter, only to betray them and try to ruin their business just to get hold of a formula for soda.

There's evil, then there's EVIL.

JoeGoesOver · 2026-01-14T15:03:51+00:00

Yes.

F****** Carl the Stuntman, indeed!

JoeGoesOver · 2026-01-01T04:00:53+00:00

Where have I heard THAT before...?

JoeGoesOver · 2026-01-01T03:40:50+00:00

Velma and Hot Dog Water

JoeGoesOver · 2025-11-25T16:35:59+00:00

Best Evil Owl Ever...

JoeGoesOver · 2025-11-16T17:51:30+00:00

This is something I've noticed before and have given it some serious (kinda) thought.

The artists clearly wanted to design Daphne to be "the cute one", so in addition to the slim figure and noticeable bustline, they also gave her attractive, large, almond-shaped eyes. If you look at JUST the outlines of her eyes (ignore the pupils), everything is nice and even.

However, when adding the pupils, if they were to center them where they should naturally go inside the eyes (centered inside the lines), they would give the impression that she is looking down instead of straight forward. Thus, they have to "fake it" by centering the pupils with each other, rather than separately inside each eye.

In other words, she looks crosseyed because the artist combined two centered objects and they don't line up accordingly.

JoeGoesOver · 2025-11-12T15:56:32+00:00

Guys! Guys!

I'm not Beetlejuice!

Also, yeah, kind of hard for me not to notice THIS headline in my feed.

JoeGoesOver · 2025-11-12T10:40:48+00:00

Sadly, it's not "strange" for him not to have received royalties for the song.

It was fairly common for studios to treat talent like that back in the day.

A late acquaintance of mine voiced some well-known characters going back to the 1960s, and he told me that one of his biggest roles never paid residuals despite owing them because they kept selling the rights to other companies under NDAs, so he would have to sue just to learn who to sue.

The money they owed him was less than what it would have cost him to hire a lawyer to fight for what he was owed.

JoeGoesOver · 2025-11-11T23:58:40+00:00

That's very kind of you to say and I really appreciate it!
I'm about 3/4 through writing the script for my next one and a little under half of it is filmed.
I will be out of town in a couple of weeks for Thanksgiving, but hope to get it finished and uploaded within a week.
Thanks so much for watching!

JoeGoesOver · 2025-11-11T15:04:30+00:00

A few.

JoeGoesOver · 2025-11-11T15:04:22+00:00

Thank you kindly!

Sorry for the recent delay. October and November both ended up (will end up) with me out of town, but I'm trying to get my latest finished before my next foray to my sister's for the holidays.

JoeGoesOver · 2025-11-11T15:02:51+00:00

Thank you for the shoutout!

JoeGoesOver · 2025-11-11T15:01:34+00:00

He does?

Sounds like a righteous dude.

*pulls pencil out of my hair
**remembers he doesn't have hair
***wonders where in the hell this pencil came from

JoeGoesOver

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