Hello there Scooby fans i've had the pleasure of reviewing alot of Scooby-Doo related media but for some reason i've never gotten round to reviewing one of the many shows in this franchises history well now that all changes with my review of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!.
The set up for this series is that the gang are going there separate ways at the end of the summer and thus decide to travel in the Mystery Machine seeking fun and adventure but also running into lots of mysteries. I have to admit I actually kinda like the set up for this show since we now know how it would all end there's a ticking clock added since every adventure could be the last one the gang go on together.
Now what is interesting about the cast for this series is that this was the first time since A Pup Named Scooby-Doo that someone other then Mindy Cohn voiced Velma here is she played by her new voice actress Kate Micucci who is joined by the other Scooby regulars Matthew Lillard . Grey Griffin and the only original series cast member still with the franchise Frank Welker.
I do have to admit it did take me a while to get used to Kate playing Velma since all I could hear was her character from Scrubs but once I got used to it I did and still do enjoy her performance. The rest of the cast deliver the kind of performance you expect from them at this point Frank is great which is no surprise since he's been playing Fred since the 60's and been playing Scooby since 2002 I will talk about Grey later on but she's good in this show as is Matthew Lillard.
When this show first came out it premiered and aired on Cartoon Network for most of it's first season but for some reason nearly a year after it last aired the final six episodes from season 1 aired on Boomerang at 1 am and it's aired on Boomerang for it's second season and I have to ask why did Cartoon Network air it for so long on there main channel and then for no reason put it on Boomerang to me that makes no sense what so ever so either they
When the first images were released I admit i was horrified by the changes made to the designs and now to me at least most of the characters look like they would fit in with the Phineas and Ferb characters which no surprise since Zac Moncrief who is a producer for this new show was also a writer and director for Phineas And Ferb but tho I still think that Scooby does look kind of ugly but that might be just me tho.
Since this is basically a mystery show you'd expect at the very least more then half of the episodes would feature a good solid mystery that is not the case in fact if you pay close attention you can easily work out who the culprit is and that's not what a good mystery should do a good mystery should give you small hints as to the bad guy is and not make it obvious within the first ten to fifteen minuets.
I thought that the animation for the show was at actually really good it's a lot better then the animation for The PowerPuff Girls and Ben 10 reboots that's for sure there's a great amount of detail in the back grounds as well which was something that I liked and the characters have never had more fluid movements to them in any of the previous series and I know that will make a lot of fans of Mystery Incorporated angry but since I havn;t watched much of that show I will choose not to make any comment.
I'm just gonna come right out and say it Daphne in this show is best character because in this show they give her not only a purpose but also a personality in most of the shows she's just there and has the personality of a piece of wood but here tho she's the groups resident nut ball and every week she has a new quirk and alot of the time those quirks help solve the mystery of the episode.
Unlike the previous show which I believe was very serious this one is more light hearted and I think this is where Grey Griffin shines she has great comedic timing and that's something you can't teach as for the jokes them selfs they are laugh out loud funny I cannot count the amount of times I laughed just in the first episode alone the jokes aren't the smartest of jokes but they are funny none the less.
Overall this is a welcome addition to the Scooby franchise in my eyes yes it's as drama heavy as the previous show but I will say that you'll either love this show or hate it me I love it but I do wish the mysteries were better so it gets a 7 out of 10.