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Plot Summary:
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon series, Scooby-Doo. Created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, it premiered on September 13, 1969 at 10:30 a.m. EST and ran for two seasons for a total of 25 episodes. Its final first-run episode aired in January 1971. Nine episodes from Scooby-Doo's 1976-78 seasons, first run on ABC, were originally broadcast with the 1969 Scooby Doo, Where Are You! opening and closing sequences. The entire 1976-78 series is sometimes marketed as third-fourth seasons of the original "Where Are You!" series.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, not serious, anime, slapstick, exciting, light, retro, spooky, funny
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Martin Mystery (2003)
Plot Summary:
Martin Mystery is an Anime-influenced television series by the French animation studio, Marathon Media Group with the Japanese animation studio, Tatsunoko Production as an assistant animator, loosely based on the Italian comics Martin Mystère. Over the course of the show's 3 year run, the show was created, developed, written and animated in Tokyo, produced in Paris, and the English-Language voice acting took place in Toronto.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, Italy
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, captivating, anime, entertaining, spooky, 2d animation, nostalgic
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Ghostbusters (1986)
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Ghostbusters is an animated television series created by Filmation and distributed by Tribune Entertainment and launched following the success of Ivan Reitman and Columbia Pictures' 1984 film Ghostbusters. It ran from September 8 to December 5, 1986 in daytime syndication and produced 65 episodes. The cartoon was based on a live-action television show from 1975 titled The Ghost Busters. It is not to be confused with the animated show The Real Ghostbusters, which was based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. Columbia Pictures had to obtain the rights to the name from Filmation for its film, and after Ghostbusters was a hit, Filmation went into production with its animated series based on the characters from its series. The series is technically called simply "Ghostbusters", but home video releases used the name "Filmation's Ghostbusters" to avoid confusion. Reruns of the show currently air on Qubo Night Owl, and on the Retro Television Network. The series can also be seen on Hulu.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, feel good, light, anime, offbeat, dark fantasy
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Droopy: Master Detective (1993)
Plot Summary:
Droopy, Master Detective is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera in association with Turner Entertainment. The show is a spin-off from Tom & Jerry Kids and was dropped from Fox's Saturday morning schedule on January 1, 1994. Months later, the series was aired on weekday afternoons in August and September 1994.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, 2d animation
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Jonny Quest (1964)
Plot Summary:
Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is an American animated science fiction adventure television series about a boy who accompanies his scientist father on extraordinary adventures. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems, and created and designed by comic book artist Doug Wildey. Inspired by radio serials and comics in the action-adventure genre, it featured more realistic art, characters, and stories than Hanna-Barbera's previous cartoon programs. It was the first of several Hanna-Barbera action-based adventure shows – which would later include Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio – and ran on ABC in prime time on early Friday nights for one season in 1964–1965. After spending two decades in reruns, during which time it appeared on all 3 major US television networks of the time, new episodes were produced for syndication in 1986 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera's second season. Two telefilms, a comic book series, and a more modern revival series, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, were produced in the 1990s.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, retro, epic, detective, anime, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, buddy comedy
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Darkwing Duck (1991)
Plot Summary:
Darkwing Duck is an American animated action-adventure television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991–1995 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. It featured the eponymous anthropomorphic duck superhero whose alter ego is mild-mannered single quacker Drake Mallard. It is the only direct spin-off of DuckTales.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea, Australia, France, Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, funny, epic, light, anime, parody, fast, spoof
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Johnny Test (2005)
Plot Summary:
Johnny Test is an American /Canadian animated television series. It premiered on Kids' WB, on The WB Television Network, on September 17, 2005. It was introduced to Cartoon Network UK on January 12, 2006 as a sneak preview on Jungle Saturdays Block, and then on June 5, 2006, added to its daily lineup. Despite the merger of the UPN and that programming block's parent channel into The CW Television Network, the show still continued to air on Kids' WB, on The CW, with its second and third seasons, through October 28, 2006, to March 1, 2008. The series currently airs in the United States on Cartoon Network, as of January 7, 2008, and in Canada on Teletoon, as of September 8, 2006. International airings include Teletoon in Canada, Nick Germany, Nick Netherlands, Disney Channel Spain and on Cartoon Network in Latin America, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Denmark, Ireland, India and Sweden. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation for the first season and later seasons by Cookie Jar Entertainment & DHX Media. Starting from season 6, the show is produced by 9 Story Entertainment. The series is rated TV-Y7 for seasons 1-4, and TV-Y7-FV for season 5 onwards.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, stylized, not serious, anime, sitcom, offbeat, fast, 2d animation, nostalgic
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Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987)
Plot Summary:
When Shaggy inherits an old Southern estate from an uncle, he and his sleuthing hounds take a road trip. But they don't even make it to the mansion before the haunting starts. Amid headless horsemen, walking skeletons, and a menacing butler, Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy get majorly spooked.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, suspenseful, tense, spooky, crying, offbeat
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Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988)
Plot Summary:
Shaggy is turned into a werewolf, and it's up to Scooby, Scrappy and Shaggy's girlfriend to help him win a race against other monsters, and become human again.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: spooky, exciting, offbeat, humorous, not serious, buddy comedy, teen comedy, 2d animation
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Robot and Monster (2012)
Plot Summary:
Robot and Monster is an American CGI animated series created by Dave Pressler, Joshua Sternin and J.R. Ventimilia. Main characters Robot and Monster are voiced by Curtis Armstrong and comedian Harland Williams, respectively. It began production in 2009 and was ordered for a full 26-episode season in 2010, before finally premiering on Nickelodeon on August 4, 2012. In December 2012, the series was put on hiatus, leaving 4 episodes unaired.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, offbeat
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Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001)
Plot Summary:
When Scooby and the gang get trapped in a video game created for them, they must fight against the 'Phantom Virus'. To escape the game they must go level by level and defeat the game once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, detective, fast, 2d animation
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Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979)
Plot Summary:
Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo travel from town to town in their van, The Mystery Machine, solving cases of hauntings, monsters and unexplained occurrences. Joining the gang is Scooby's pint-sized nephew, Scrappy-Doo. Unlike his uncle, the little pup is constantly looking for a fight, and it is all Scooby and Shaggy can do to keep him from hurtling head-on into every ghost and monster they encounter.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, detective, humorous, not serious, 2d animation
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Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010)
Plot Summary:
Scooby and the gang experience outdoor fun as they go back to Fred's old summer camp.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, funny, detective
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Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008)
Plot Summary:
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by the Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is a threat to their pals, Fred, Velma and Daphne.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: not serious, exciting, humorous, dark, spooky, offbeat
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Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword (2008)
Plot Summary:
The gang of Mystery Inc. take a trip to Japan and find themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancient blade fabled to possess extraordinary supernatural powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, entertaining, dark, anime
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The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985)
Plot Summary:
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo is the seventh incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, and the final first-run version of the original 1969–86 broadcast run of the series. It premiered on September 7, 1985 and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program. Thirteen episodes of the show were made in 1985. It replaced Scary Scooby Funnies, a repackaging of earlier shows; another repackaged series, Scooby's Mystery Funhouse, followed. The series used to air in reruns on Cartoon Network, but now the series only airs from time to time on Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective, anime, spooky, exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Inspector Gadget (1983)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Gadget is an animated television series that revolves around the adventures of a clumsy, dim-witted cyborg detective named lnspector Gadget – a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr. Claw, the leader of an evil organization, known as "M.A.D." This is the first syndicated cartoon show from DIC Entertainment. lt originally ran from 1983 to 1986 and remained in syndication into the late 1990s. It continues to air successfully in reruns around the world. The series was produced by companies in France, Canada, the United States, Taiwan, and Japan. It was a co-production between DIC Entertainment in France and Nelvana in Canada; the animation work was outsourced to foreign studios such as Tokyo Movie Shinsha in Japan and Cuckoo's Nest Studio in Taiwan. It was the first animated television series to be presented in stereo.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, light, retro, anime
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The Yogi Bear Show (1961)
Plot Summary:
Yogi, a smooth, talkative forest bear looks to raid park goers picnic baskets, while Park Ranger Smith tries to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, slapstick, exciting, humorous, not serious, nostalgic
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Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (2019)
Plot Summary:
Scooby-Doo and his pals win an all-expense paid vacation and embark on a trip of a lifetime to a tropical paradise. Their destination however, turns out to be Zombie Island. As soon as they arrive, they realize the place looks strangely familiar and is reminiscent of a trip they took years ago, in which they became wrapped up in a mystery involving zombies. The gang soon learns that their trip to paradise comes with a price when the zombies re-emerge and attack their hotel. Will Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang finally solve the mystery behind Zombie Island?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, captivating, surprise ending, humorous, entertaining, twist ending, not serious, 2d animation
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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010)
Plot Summary:
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is the eleventh incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo animated series, and the first incarnation not to be first-run on Saturday mornings. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network and premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on April 5, 2010, with the next twelve episodes continuing, and the first episode re-airing, on July 12, 2010. The series concluded on April 5, 2013 with two seasons and fifty-two episodes, with a total of twenty-six episodes per season. Mystery Incorporated returns to the early days of Scooby and the gang, when they are still solving mysteries in their home town, though it makes many references to previous incarnations of the franchise, not least among them many cases and creatures from the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. Episode by episode, the series takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to the classic Scooby-Doo formula, with increasingly outlandish technology, skills and scenarios making up each villain's story, and a different spin on the famous "meddling kids" quote at the end of every episode. Contrasting sharply with this, however, are two elements that have never been used in a Scooby-Doo series before: a serial format with an ongoing story arc featuring many dark plot elements that are treated with near-total seriousness, and ongoing relationship drama between the characters.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, light, anime, detective, suspense, slapstick, teen horror, lovecraft, comedy drama
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Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994)
Plot Summary:
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy travel to Arabia to become the Caliph's Royal Food Tasters. But they bite off more than they can chew and are forced to run for their lives! It's a wild magic carpet ride as Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and their genie (Yogi Bear) and a jolly sailor named Sinbad (Magilla Gorilla) take you on an adventure of mistaken identities, exotic locations and fun-filled action and surprises!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, not serious
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The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Plot Summary:
Travel with Tintin, the young and intrepid Belgian reporter, and his faithful dog Snowy as they take you from Tibet to the Moon, or from Egypt to the depths of the sea -- solving mysteries, pursuing truth and justice, and gambling with their lives.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, tense, anime, retro, serious, fast, slapstick comedy
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The Looney Tunes Show (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Looney Tunes Show is an American animated sitcom which premiered May 3, 2011 on Cartoon Network. The show features characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons updated for the 21st century. It is produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The show is rated TV-PG; TV-PG-V in 2 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, tense, light, entertaining, adult animation, sitcom, retro, anime, cult classic
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Fanboy and Chum Chum (2009)
Plot Summary:
Fanboy & Chum Chum is an American CGI animated television series created by Eric Robles for Nickelodeon. It is based on Fanboy, an animated short created by Robles for Nickelodeon and Frederator Studios, which was broadcast August 14, 2008 on Random! Cartoons. The series premiere drew 5.8 million viewers. The second episode was watched by 5.4 million viewers. The theme song was written by Brad Joseph Breeck and performed by experimental punk band The Mae Shi. No third season was announced at Nickelodeon's upfront for the 2013-2014 season.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, not serious, humorous, slapstick, computer animated, nostalgic
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Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster (2004)
Plot Summary:
While the gang travel to Scotland to visit Daphne's cousin and witness the Highland Games, they find themselves terrorized by the legendary Loch Ness Monster.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, light, detective, scary, exciting, offbeat, surreal
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Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2009)
Plot Summary:
The gang goes on a trip to check on Velma's younger sister, Madelyn. She's been studying stage magic at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, where apparently there have been sightings of a giant griffin. The gang decides to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, light, slapstick
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Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, not serious, fast
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Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Mystery Gang goes to Hawaii for the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest. However, the gang and the locals find the island invaded by the vengeful Wiki Tiki spirit and his demons.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, exciting, offbeat
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Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Mega Mondo Pop Cartoon-a-Con in sunny California marks the spot for mystery in this all-new original Scooby-Doo adventure! Herculoids Frankenstein Jr. and Space Ghost are just a few of the celebrated comic book characters headlining at the unconventional convention plus there's a megabucks movie premiere starring Scooby-Doo and Shaggy's all-time favorite super heroes Blue Falcon and Dynomutt! So when the gruesome villain Mr. Hyde unleashes monster bats howling hounds and sinister slime upon the festivities it's time for Mystery Incorporated to follow the clues and set their monster traps. But it's the pizza-snacking super-powered tag team of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo who tap into their inner super hero to prevent the entire event from being smothered in ghoulish green goo! Like right on Dog Wonder!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating
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The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984)
Plot Summary:
Picking up almost directly where 'The New Scooby and Scappy Doo Show' left off. The main difference being that the team are now occasionally joined by Fred and Velma, who have been absent since season one of the 'Scooby and scrappy Doo' show in 1979.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, not serious
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Pound Puppies (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of pound dogs make it their mission to place puppies with their perfect person and have lots of adventures along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, feel good, exciting