Whats the relationship between TVs Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo?
Dear Straight Dope: In the Scooby-Doo TV show, what is the relationship between Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo? The topic was raised on an episode of a TV show called Student Bodies and I would like your input. — Curious. Oh, gawd. Nothing says “bad TV writing” quite like dipping into the Scooby-Doo well for the supposed amusing pop culture/cartoon reference. Judging from your question, though, the scribes behind Student Bodies took the slightly higher road and avoided the “Velma’s a lesbian/Shaggy’s a stoner/Fred and Daphne are getting it on” jokes, which seem to litter any “adult” discussion of this show, and are the basis for at least two Websites dealing in sophomoric Scooby humor. Regardless, your question is easily answered by simply watching an episode of Scooby featuring Scrappy: You’ll hear Scrappy refer to the cowardly Great Dane as Uncle Scooby. From this we can deduce that Scrappy is Scooby’s nephew. Sure, there are problems: Why is Scrappy speaking the King’s English while Sco
