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Has anyone realized how strange "s****. Doo, Where Are You!" was?

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I found this comment made on IMDb and it made me realize a lot about it:

"s****. Doo" was one weird little cartoon in its day, but a great cartoon all the same. Part of what made it so good was the genuinely surreal feeling of every episode. We have 4 hippie kids and their dog, totally into the 60's culture, and yet none of their surroundings resemble anything like planet Earth. Instead, they drive their groovy van into creepy landscapes consisting of green fog and dark, menacing forests. On the rare occasion when they would leave the Valley of Death and go to an actual city, they would be surrounded by abandoned warehouses and empty construction sites. Take all of this and add that spooky xylophone music, and you have one h**l of an atmosphere.

The creepy Gothic settings, however, were off-put by the total cheerfulness and optimism of these kids. Fred especially was disturbingly happy ("Good job, gang!"). It is also strange that reasonably smart and well-adjusted kids like Fred, Daphne, and Velma would choose to hang out with some goofy stoner who talked to his dog (ever notice how he's the only one who can actually HEAR s****.?). The obvious implication is that he supplied them with "s****. snacks," but they don't seem to be as tripped out on the evil weed as Shaggy. Then again, maybe that's why they were so happy about everything. Maybe all the weird atmospheres and monsters were just hallucinations. Maybe it was all a fever dream. Who can tell? As for these theories that Fred and Velma were g*y... who knows? Maybe they were, maybe they weren't. Whatever the case may be, it all boils down to 4 kids and a dog driving around aimlessly, and occasionally catching people dressed in monster suits. Weird, weird stuff, but still wildly entertaining. It is a classic cartoon that should be remembered for its weirdness.

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  1. This cartoon was made in the 60's or 70's?  Lot's of drugs back in those days.  That would explain some of the wacko cartoons back in those days.  I think some of those animators were on LSD, peyote, shrooms, or into toad l*****g. ( ^ _ ^ )


  2. Ah no. please don't analyse cartoons .the majority of cartoons are crazy like that Captain Caveman...Wacky races etc who cares how stupid and inane the plots were its entertainment

  3. Now that I think about it, Shaggy was probably doped out because, like you said, he was the only one who really talked or heard s****.. The s****. snacks thing makes sense now too. It's funny when you are an adult and you re-watch things you used to enjoy as a child and they make more sense.

    As far as Fred being g*y, I would believe it - but Velma would probably be asexual. Daphne might just turn both ways. Shaggy, it's all girls. So there you have it, the g*y one, the asexual one, the bisexual one, and the straight one. I think that covers all the broad topics.

    Love and peace. LOL.

  4. Come on please don't analyze cartoons like that! Cartoons are meant for the entertainment on KIDS. They're ridiculous but fun to watch! s****. used to be one of my favourite shows, no matter how weird the plot was. If you think about it, ALL cartoons have stupid stories! Spongebob's a talking sponge living underwater, but we all love the show ANYWAY! :D

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