scooby doo be undoubtedly one of the most simple and successful and beloved cartoon character in the world . so and what happen when you have be everywhere and do everything with the formula . you switch it up right . wrong . you stop production and let it rest for a decade or so and then run it again and keep the core of it success intact . that be to say and stick with the formula for the most part but add your particular flavour to it . this to me be why what new scooby doo work and they want back to the classic scooby doo formula which have only successfully resurface a decade earlier in a pup name scooby doo but for the most part have not be tap since the original scooby doo where be you . the first sign ( to me ) of a weak offering be the inclusion of extraneous character while there might be a few fond memory from past iteration but generally if you think scooby doo you aren not think of film flam and scrappy doo or scooby dum . even bad and the exclusion of the other core member of mystery inc generally indicate a group of production people who do not understand from a kid point of view how the show work . the basic premise have always be a group of people who be diametrically oppose get together and through their own individual and stereotype quality manage to surmount the task give at hand . this next paragraph be just my theorize so skip it if you want represent i hope that i can explain why i think fiddle around with the basic element of the show be detrimental with my interpretation of what the gang represent and how they contribute to the whole while fred represent the driver and i think in general it be the purpose of fred to give the group direction and organization and sub task . fred isn not a happy go lucky teenager and he your bos and your teacher and your dad and your authority figure . fred move without hesitation and be drive by task ( problem always equal solution for fred ) . in many way fred be the antithesis to shaggy . shaggy be your best friend and that guy who be just a little more afraid of thing than you be and he enable you to be brave and to not be at the back of the pack . shaggy represent emotion and be frequently show emotional extreme from elation to fear . velma represent rational thought and she apply logic but a we see time and again on the show she require clue that for the most part be collect in piece by the other member of the show . leave on her own would velma solve a mystery . the group often find itself in situation where truth aren not obvious and only through chance encounter do they achieve the necessary information to complete their task and chance be represent by daphne . at one point ( i think it be the first scooby doo series ) she be know a danger prone . writer have use daphne to link unrelated event together through accident . she frequently be the one who find the secret door and collection of object or some other detail that can help the gang link clue together . finally scooby himself represent u and the participant . he be always in the centre of event and capable of all the thing the rest of the gang be capable of and yet handicap because he be not human and much like u the television viewer be unable to truly participate . scooby doo work because all these personified element of problem solve be immediately identifiable and entertain . maybe i be over thinking thing but and in my life i have see a lot of scooby doo ( be a 30 year old self proclaim nerd and it kind of roll with the territory ) . to me there be a magic with the classic scooby doo formula that should never be mess with . a many have point out while scooby doo be not a great work of art nor be it completely trite and it fall into the category of program that can be watch by young eye with a hearty bowl of breakfast cereal . mess about with the raw simplicity transform it into something else and something less .