A Pup Named Scooby-Doo studio after the first season. "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" is the final television series in the franchise in which Don Messick portrayed Scooby-Doo before his death in 1997, and one of the few in the franchise in which someone other than Frank Welker voiced the character of Fred Jones (child actor Carl Steven took on the role for this series; Welker voiced other bit roles in the series, including as Fred's uncle). Messick and Casey Kasem, the latter of whom voiced Shaggy Rogers, were the only two voice actors from other "Scooby-Doo" series to reprise their roles, and both received
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! on-the-run Uncle Albert. Another noticeable difference is that Shaggy now wears a white short-sleeved shirt with a green strip across the middle and green sleeves instead of his trademark green T-shirt. Frank Welker still does Scooby's voice. In addition, Shaggy and Scooby's cowardice tendencies have been considerably toned down. Much like "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo" on ABC in 1985 (which had actual ghosts and monsters) and the "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo" shorts in 1980, this show is different from the usual "crooks masquerading as ghosts and monsters" series. Fred Jones, Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley are downgraded, but not completely