Scrappy-Doo show around Scrappy in 1980. The original format of four teenagers and their dog(s) solving faux-supernatural mysteries for a half-hour was eschewed for simpler, more comedic adventures which involved real supernatural villains (the villains in previous "Scooby" episodes were almost always regular humans in disguise). Scrappy remained an integral part of the "Scooby-Doo" franchise, on both TV and in "Scooby"-related licensed products and merchandising, through the end of the 1980s. He was also briefly the star of his own seven-minute shorts — the "Scrappy & Yabba-Doo" segments of "The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour". Teamed with his uncle Yabba-Doo and Deputy
Scooby-Doo "Scooby" theatrical and direct-to-video features. From 1990 to 2002, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo appeared as characters in the "Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera" simulator ride at Universal Studios Florida. The ride was replaced in the early 2000s with a "Jimmy Neutron" attraction, and "The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera" instead became an attraction at several properties operated by Paramount Parks. Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are currently costumed characters at Universal Studios Florida, and can be seen driving the Mystery Machine around the park. In 2001, "Scooby-Doo in Stagefright", a live stage play based upon the series, began touring across the world. A follow-up, "Scooby-Doo