A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988)

Adventure · Animation · Comedy

The world's favorite chicken-hearted canine, as a puppy? That's right! And the old gang is back with him. Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, and Freddy are all here as gangly kids — goofing off, solving kid-size mysteries, and having run-ins with ghouls, ghosts, and goblins.

IMDb rating: 6.8 (6,765 votes)
Episode average: 7.4 ↑ +0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1988)

7.42 avg 13 episodes 7.1 → 7.7 24 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Bicycle Built for Boo!	7.1	168
2	The Sludge Monster from the Earth's Core	7.2	140
3	Wanted: Cheddar Alive	7.1	138
4	The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book	7.5	134
5	For Letter or Worse	7.6	118
6	The Babysitter from Beyond	7.7	122
7	Snow Place Like Home	7.9	112
8	Now Museum, Now You Don't	7.6	111
9	Scooby Dude	7.3	110
10	Ghost Who's Coming to Dinner	7.4	119
11	The Story Stick	6.9	106
12	Robopup	7.4	105
13	Lights... Camera... Monster	7.7	107

Season 2 (1989)

7.45 avg 8 episodes 7.6 → 7.6 24 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Curse of the Collar	7.6	103
2	The Return of Commander Cool	7.3	96
3	The Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll	7.4	94
4	Chickenstein Lives!	7.5	92
5	Night of the Living Burger	7.5	97
6	The Computer Walks Among Us	7.5	93
7	Dog Gone Scooby	7.2	92
8	Terror, Thy Name Is Zombo	7.6	93

Season 3 (1990)

7.23 avg 3 episodes 7.2 → 7.3 23 min avg

Rising

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Night of the Boogey Biker/Dawn of the Spooky Shuttle Scare	7.2	87
2	Wrestle Maniacs	7.2	92
3	Horror of the Haunted Hairpiece	7.3	85

Season 4 (1991)

7.13 avg 3 episodes 7.4 → 7.2 23 min avg

U-shaped

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Were-Doo of Doo Manor	7.4	96
2	Catcher on the Sly/The Ghost of Mrs. Shusham/The Wrath of Waitro	6.8	87
3	Mayhem of the Moving Mollusk	7.2	84