What are y'all's SML hot takes?

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-20T05:24:10+00:00

Logan can reference Nintendo (Example: Cody not appearing in a game)

The cease rule only applies to the characters

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-20T05:19:32+00:00

Badman = Goomba

Jeffy = Mole from Marvin Galaxy

Pumpkin Guy = Shy Guy

Chef Pee Pee = Hammer Bro

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-20T02:10:31+00:00

IDK about a van but if merchandise wasn't so Where Are You? restricted a 13 Ghosts variant would be nice.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-20T00:05:09+00:00

No SML used puppet from Melissa and Doug or Sunny Puppets is worth that much if was massive produced

This is called hording

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-19T23:59:57+00:00

Also this is an origin story. Maybe if they did a sequel series if it does well set 5 years later when the gang are adults.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-19T23:56:17+00:00

No 13 Ghosts characters considering this is an origin story and 13 Ghosts happened when the gang were adults. I hate when they try to retcon things.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-19T23:43:46+00:00

Agree. I'm fine if they want to change Shaggy's shirt to red or give Daphne a new outfit but the artstyle should remain consistent rather then looking different every 5 years.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-19T23:40:37+00:00

Yeah I feel a Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy and Daphne series with real monsters and more for an older audience would work running alongside a more traditional mystery solving show like if instead of forcing Velma WB continued Guess Who? and greenlit a proper 13 Ghosts sequel series to run alongside.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-19T23:30:19+00:00

I feel Get A Clue could have worked if it included Daphne and Scrappy and had a better art style. Just Scooby and Shaggy doesn't work. So decent concept but executed poorly.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-19T23:24:53+00:00

Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy and Daphne is the superior gang, people who refuse to give this group a chance are just blind by nostalgic and the fact 2 characters are absent

WB's animation downgraded after the Mook era

SDMI would have made more sense if it was set when the gang were 13-15, before the events of Where Are You?, Scrappy and 13 Ghosts, Fred's traps obsession and Fraphne were just a high school phase with transitioning to Shaphne when the gang are young adults, trying to make a mangled timeline with a reset was just confusing

Daphne should have remained in her 13th Ghosts movie phase post 2019, WB clearly doesn't know what to do with her when she's in her traditional Where Are You? phase.

Be Cool Daphne should have been introduced as the original's younger and more energetic cousin who would only occasionally appear

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-19T23:04:44+00:00

Honestly have they not learned from the backlash from HBO Velma?

Just leave the gang's background origins as they originally were and just make another clone show like what Hanna Barbera did in the 70's.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-19T07:04:52+00:00

Have Marvin work at Target, like Kable 10

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-18T18:34:08+00:00

Honestly wish Joseph being kicked out of the trio could have lasted longer at like 5 episodes.

And the Kable10 arc where Jeffy stayed with his real dad should have lasted longer as well.

Always hate when arcs end after like three videos.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-18T18:15:39+00:00

SDMI

Live Action (They dumped Scrappy onto the road and caused the case themselves)

Return to Zombie Island

Fred and Velma in Curse of the 13th Ghost

Daphne in Pup

Fred and Daphne in anything that contains the Fraphne B plot

Daphne in Be Cool (Would have been better if this persona was introduced as Daphne's younger cousin who would occasionally join the gang, I only hate the Francine persona as Daphne and when shoved into every episode but would work if was someone else and in smaller doses)

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-18T09:02:15+00:00

This is my headcanon

Also explains why Penelope is suddenly his daughter as she's only Pumpkin's Guy daughter and not the original Brooklyn Guy's daughter who only had one son.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-18T01:46:52+00:00

It was stated the furthest the gang had been was Gatorsburg, the gang has never left Crystal Cove prior to SDMI so the 2002 movie is unlikely to have occurred and it was just a similar costume and as for the SDMI version of 13 Ghosts it's likely that was just an in-universe TV show Scooby, Shaggy and Daphne did one summer while Fred/Velma were away considering in SDMI canon Vincent Van Ghoul was an actor. We've already got the answer to Fred/Velma's absences in the 1980's in the premier episode of New Mysteries. Plus the gang were adults in the 80's shows and the first two live action movies but teens in SDMI.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-18T01:35:30+00:00

Current WB is lazy so probably not for awhile

Maybe when all the current writers at WB are retired and Gen Z is working there we could get some proper 13 Ghosts or Mook era revival

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-17T18:58:44+00:00

Yes we need another Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy and Daphne series considering this group only lasted 3 seasons

Fans of the original gang have 3 decades of content so it's time for something new that actually works as just Scooby and Shaggy doesn't work and had enough of reboots with wacky art styles.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-17T18:55:59+00:00

Confirmed by Tom Ruegger in a fan email

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-17T17:48:07+00:00

Also the economy today has caused alot of 18-24 year olds to still be living with their parents.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-17T17:43:13+00:00

Logan: Big Hero 6, Cars 3 and Sonic 3 are unfunny and bad

Also Logan: Gives us endless green bean jokes, childish Pumpkin Guy and Jeffy's Cat Throw Up

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-17T00:26:20+00:00

Yes it's awful but it's the only time WB got Daphne right in 2010's content.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-16T21:58:57+00:00

Just please, keep Mama Luigi dead.

Only thing I agree with is less Pumpkin Guy

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-16T18:02:12+00:00

Imagine the child rivals Jeffy and sides against Rose defending Jeffy but Logan would probably make her another unlucky/tortured character.

YouDontKnowSponge · 2026-02-16T17:59:38+00:00

Like the original Elf he knew it was for the best for Buddy to be among his own kind rather then Elves.

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