<P> Scooby - Doo, Where Are You! was the first incarnation of what would eventually become a long - running media franchise, which primarily consists of subsequent animated series, several films, and related merchandise . </P> <P> Scooby Doo, Where Are You! was the result of CBS and Hanna - Barbera's plans to create a non-violent Saturday morning program that would appease the parent watch groups that had protested the superhero - based programs of the mid-1960s . Originally titled Mysteries Five, and later Who's S-S - Scared?, Scooby Doo, Where Are You! underwent a number of changes from script to screen (the most significant being the downplaying of the musical group angle borrowed from The Archie Show). However, the basic concept--four teenagers (Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy) and a cowardly, clumsy Great Dane (Scooby - Doo) solving supernatural - related mysteries--was always in place . </P> <P> Scooby - Doo creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears served as the story supervisors on the series . Ruby, Spears, and Bill Lutz wrote all of the scripts for the seventeen first - season episodes, while Lutz, Larz Bourne, and Tom Dagenais wrote the eight second - season episodes with Ruby and Spears as story editors . The plot varied little from episode to episode . The main concept was as follows: </P> <Ol> <Li> The gang is driving in the Mystery Machine, returning from or going to a regular teenage function, when their van develops engine trouble or breaks down for any of a variety of reasons (overheating, flat tire, out of gas, etc .), in the immediate vicinity of a large, mostly vacated property (ski lodge, hotel, factory, mansion, cruise ship, etc .). </Li> <Li> Their (unintended) destination turns out to be suffering from a monster problem (ghosts, Yetis, vampires, witches, etc .). The gang volunteers to investigate the case . </Li> <Li> The gang splits up to cover more ground, with Fred and Velma finding clues, Daphne finding danger, and Shaggy and Scooby finding food, fun, and the ghost / monster, who chases them . Scooby and Shaggy love to eat, including dog treats called Scooby Snacks which are a favorite of both . </Li> <Li> Eventually, enough clues are found to convince the gang that the ghost / monster is a fake, and a trap is set (usually by Fred) to capture it; or, they may occasionally call the local sheriff, only to get stopped by the villain half - way . </Li> <Li> If a trap is used, it may or may not work (more often than not, Scooby - Doo and / or Shaggy falls into the trap and / or they unwittingly catch the monster another way). Invariably, the ghost / monster is apprehended and unmasked . The person in the ghost or monster suit turns out to be an apparently blameless authority figure or otherwise innocuous local who is using the disguise to cover up something such as a crime or a scam . </Li> <Li> After giving the parting shot of "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids", the offender is then taken away to jail, and the gang is allowed to continue on the way to their destination . </Li> </Ol>

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