hotdogwaterfan asked:
Do you think Hot Dog Water has staying power? Assuming she doesn't die in Mystery Incorporated, could she break out of this series and pop in future Scooby Doo incarnations? Kinda like Harley Quinn did in Batman The Animated Series?
Not likely. Nothing in new Scooby Doo incarnations seems to stick, other than the odd easter egg. They always seem to reset back to the first six or so original “Scooby Doo Where Are You?” episodes as backstory and start over. Those first handful of episodes are Scooby Doo Immutable Canon. Everything else is Superman 3 and 4, waiting to be overwritten by the next Superman Returns.
Which is saddening, but I’m more of a realist than an optimist, especially when it comes to franchises.
And it also probably means that SDMI is going to be it for me, Scooby Doo-wise. I like this particular creative direction, not so much the icons themselves. The SDMI versions of the characters ARE those characters to me, and whoever does the next Scooby Doo cartoon is likely gonna have their own take.