If Disney hadn't extended the US Copyright Law so many times, this year would be when Scooby-Doo Where Are You? (released in 1969) entered the Public Domain. As such, here's some things to remember for when Scooby-Doo enters the Public Domain in 2064
The town in which Scooby-Doo and the gang resides wasn't known as Coolsville until 1988 when A Pup Named Scooby-Doo established it. As such you won't be able to have Scooby live in Coolsville (or Crystal Cove for that matter) until 2083 (or 2105 for Crystal Cove)
"Norville" was only established as Shaggy's real first name in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, alongside Scoobert being Scooby's first name. Until then Shaggy was just sort of considered his real name (barring an educational filmstrip from the 70s which listed him as William)
The gang is entirely 16 in Where Are You, save for Shaggy who is 17
The gang had no official name (at most occasionally being referred to as "The Scooby Gang"), Mystery Incorporated as the team name wasn't introduced until an LP in 1977, and didn't make it to the animated canon until 1998's Zombie Island. Even the lesser known "Scooby-Doo Detective Agency" wasn't around until the Scrappy era.
Speaking of, The Doo Family wasn't established until 1978 in The Scooby-Doo Show. So no Scooby-Dum, no Scrappy-Doo, no parents, no Whoopsy-Doo, none of em.
Not all of season 1 enters in at the same time, as the last 2 episodes were released in 1970. Here are all of the Scooby-Doo Monsters that will enter PD alongside him and the gang
Please note that The Black Knight Ghost here is specifically the one with a red plume and a grated helmet design. There are two other Black Knights that will not enter until much later
The good news is that while the Batman and Scooby-Doo crossover episodes won't technically enter Public Domain until 2067, Batman and Scooby-Doo will still both be PD and so you can make your own cheap as free by that time
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