Cartoon mystery TV show for kids. The "gang" travel around in a colorfully painted van called "The Mystery Machine" solving puzzles.
The gang consist of a talking dog named Scooby Doo, a hippy named
Shaggy, a short brainiac named Thelma and two others whose names escape me.
There was also an
annoying puppy introduced into the series named "Scrappy Doo", evidentally placed there to try to extend the target audience to toddlers.
As a young
boy I figured out early on that nine times out of ten the bad
guy was the first person the gang met.
The cartoon were made into two partly non-animated movies. The first
one featured the great Rowan Atkinson.
Me: Oh I see you're watching Scooby Doo. I'll
bet the bad
guy is the first person they met.
My
Sister: No way. The first person they met was a cop.
At the end of the show:
Me: See... I told you it was the cop!