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5 of 5. My final post in this series! This is the potential line-up of the original Scooby gang. All looks normal until... that last guy. Iwao Takamoto was originally designing a group of five characters as Hanna Barbera's answer to the popularity of The Archies. In the 2nd drawing, you see that one of those characters was a rich, snooty type. But then, Ken Spears, who created Scooby Doo with his writing partner, Joe Ruby, said that they went into Joe's office one day and said, "What if we added a dog?" As you can see from the first drawing, the gang evolved to the point where Iwao ended up giving the ascot to Fred and making the rich, snooty character into more of a hipster. And you can see by the "X" on the hipster, he was literally taken out of the lineup, only to have his design recycled in another show. Many historians have talked about how the designs were heavily influenced by the show, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" and you can see from the second drawing, more of the literal translation with Fred's hair looking a lot more like Dobie's. #scoobydoo #hannabarbera

_james_dixon_esq

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@lar18192

authenticfrontiergibberish

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Cool to see mention of Dobie Gillis!

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cactusjesus5

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Assuming that last guy was based on Dobie like the rest, I guess he was meant to be Milton?

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josephrdivieste

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Van, as someone who grew up watching reruns of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons (they literally raised me 😂) I am so jealous that you got to work in that studio! I would have loved to have gotten the opportunity to set foot in that building where so many memorable cartoons were born.

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therussellreyesshow

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cool history! but yeah i can see why they took him out. looks too similar to Fred

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samythekay

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This guy would be the best twist villain ever.

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thenicoleham

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this is wild and far out man, mystery solved!! 👽 🌸🌼 thanks for sharing!!!