The BEST episodes of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo season 1

Every episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo season 1!

For more than a decade, it looked as if this would be the final weekly Scooby Doo series. Following the unsuccessful run of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, the creators went back to the drawing board and turned the original "Mystery Inc." characters into small children, who now worked under the title of "The Scooby Doo Detective Agency." Gone were the days of a pup named Scrappy-Doo, this series ushered in the age of a pup named Scooby-Doo! Although they would have been this age in the '50s or '60s, the kids were far more like kids of the '80s, with computers, skateboards, and gadgets that were popularized far later. As in the original series, the villains of this series were always bad guys in rubber masks, a concept that they had gotten away from when Scrappy entered the show and the ghosts became real. More cartoonish than the rest of the shows, the characters seemed to nod back to the old Warner Bros. cartoons -- complete with bugging eyes, gaping jaws, and a myriad of hijinks an

Last Updated: 10/4/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Lights...Camera...Monster
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8.62
125 votes

#1 - Lights...Camera...Monster

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/3/1988

Freddy is doing a new film edition to the Stinkweed series. He runs into the actor who plays Stinkweed who claims that he's being framed for some strange incidents.

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The Babysitter from Beyond
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8.54
142 votes

#2 - The Babysitter from Beyond

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1988

Scooby and Shaggy go to see a scary film while dropping off Shaggy's baby sister at the sitters, but they are horrified when they find the sitter is hideous. What's worse is that the monster movie character has come to life and an escaped convict is on the loose.

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Scooby Dude
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8.50
155 votes

#3 - Scooby Dude

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/1988

The gang heads down to the beach where Velma's aunt works to help solve the mystery of her dolphins' disappearance. They also learn of a mysterious stranger prowling around the beach.

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The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book
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8.43
140 votes

#4 - The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1988

Scooby and Shaggy are at the Coolsville comic book convention where they learn their old friend has been saving the #1 comic book of Commander Cool for them. They find themselves in trouble when one Commander Cool's enemies comes to steal the comic book.

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Snow Place Like Home
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8.17
170 votes

#5 - Snow Place Like Home

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/1988

The gang heads down to a snowy mountain for the weekend. Their fun is turned into a disaster when a monstrous creature shows up to turn them into ice.

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Robopup
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8.12
92 votes

#6 - Robopup

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/1988

The gang goes to spend a wonderful weekend at Daphne's house. They befriend her security guard who's helping Daphne try to find the thief that's in her house. Shaggy and Scooby soon discover that the thief is a dead chef that was fired years ago.

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Wanted Cheddar Alive
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7.93
162 votes

#7 - Wanted Cheddar Alive

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1988

At the Scooby Snack factory, where Scooby's food is being made a strange accident occurs at the cheese lab. The workers are all chased away by a strange cheese creature demanding that Scooby Snacks stop being made.

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For Letter or Worse
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7.71
136 votes

#8 - For Letter or Worse

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1988

The gang go to the TV studio to appear on their favorite game show, but everything changes when the ghost of a long dead gangster appears.

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The Sludge Monster from the Earth's Core
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7.67
170 votes

#9 - The Sludge Monster from the Earth's Core

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1988

The Coolsville bank is robbed. The janitor says that he saw a monster in the vault but nobody believes him and he is accused of the robbery. He's proven right when Scooby finds the monster inside his doghouse.

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A Bicycle Built for Boo!
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7.59
250 votes

#10 - A Bicycle Built for Boo!

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1988

While putting up Shaggy's papers for his morning route, Scooby runs into a green monster that steals Shaggy's bike. The gang traces it to a haunted house where they find a room full of counterfeit money.

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Ghost Who's Coming to Dinner
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6.69
137 votes

#11 - Ghost Who's Coming to Dinner

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/12/1988

It's Halloween and the gang gets set out for trick or treating. At their friends the Johnsons' house, they learn that there is a real ghost living there. The ghost is a sweet one or so they think. The ghost of a long dead pirate comes demanding the Johnsons move away. The real ghost asks the gang to help save his house.

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Now Museum, Now You Don't
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6.57
122 votes

#12 - Now Museum, Now You Don't

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1988

Fred, Daphne, and Velma help Shaggy and Scooby clear their names when they're framed for stealing a bunch of Japanese swords with a curse that attracts a Samurai Warlord Ghost and encounter the ghost at the same time.

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The Story Stick
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6.34
125 votes

#13 - The Story Stick

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/19/1988

The gang is camping out in the woods where they learn about the totem monster. Things take a serious turn when the legend comes to life and the totem monster wants them off his land.

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