*SPOILER REVIEW* After watching so many underwhelming projects from the Scooby-Doo franchise lately, seeing something that not only pays a loving tribute to the original "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" series, but also expanding and improving upon elements in new and interesting ways that doesn't feel wrong and out of place is so mind boggling to me. Like i knew going in that this was going to a joy to watch, but my first impression of the first few episodes was't too high. I like the idea of Shaggy and Velma dating at the beginning only for them to break up because they have so little in common, that it would ultimately be a very unhealthy relationship, but i feel like them dragging that plot point out for the first 10 episodes felt a bit tedious. Shaggy and Velma want it to work out, but you know it's not gonna last and I feel like they should ended their relationship in the first 5 episodes. This is when Scooby becomes really unlikable for these first few episodes where he hates the idea of sharing Shaggy with Velma even though later in the series, Scooby gets his own girlfriend and Shaggy doesn't mind at all. So the show runners just made him unlikable for the sole reason of splitting up Shaggy and Velma. Daphne's dialogue 95% of the time just boiled down to "Will Fred F^$% me?" and she barely has any personality out of that, but thankfully she get's better later in the ser…

**SPOILERS AHEAD** **Character Overview:** I think the shows main problem is right here, the characters. They all feel so shallow, except for Velma, but everybody else is just kind of there. I think Daphne is great example of this, in the beginning episodes we met her parents and her very successful sisters while she is not. This could have been at least explore, in an episode or two. It could have added something to her character, as her only purpose throughout the show was to be with Fred, and even when they broke up she just dated another guy. I think they made the worst choice here, even her doing nothing except trying to get over Fred would have been better. We would at least see her struggling, I am just sad her character went nowhere. During the end they get together, and it is mentioned that she is now the only successful sister. This was clearly planned and for some reason dropped, but it was really needed for her character development. Velma has the most depth in the show compared to everyone else, it's nothing amazing but at least she has something going for her. She was really annoying during the beginning of the show with the whole Shaggy relationship, once she figured out this wasn't for her, she got a lot better. Her interactions with Mr E and Cassidy were interesting, and we did get to see her in some tough spots because of that. Especially once we she got…

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