Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scrappy-Doo

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The result was keep. Sprinting faster (talk) 09:50, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Scrappy-Doo

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Clearly, this not meet WP:GNG and WP:PLOT. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 19:33, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have you considered merging or redirecting to the existing character article for the Scooby Doo series first? That seems like the more logical initial step.--76.69.169.220 (talk) 21:08, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Well-known cartoon character. The article already has some sources, and it is certainly possible to find others (see the "find sources" links above). --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:32, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I don't understand any of these CN nominations that you keep putting up lately for obviously notable characters and parts of programs. This is well-sourced and there's nothing that violates WP:PLOT in the least. Nate • (chatter) 05:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Widely known in New Zealand, can't speak for anywhere else. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:56, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No out-of-universe context or notability. For a second there I thought this one was notable, given a reference to the NY Times. But once you read that article, you see it's not really about this character and just an in-passing mention. Perhaps there are some sources from New Zealand if this character is so well-known there? --Crusio (talk) 22:08, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, notable character regardless of the article's current state. Perhaps Crusio and Jj98 could tell us where and how they looked for sources, because I found these with a quick Google search: a lengthy paragraph about the casting of Scrappy's voice in "The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors"[1]; a comparative character analysis of Scrappy and Scooby in "A comparison of cultural values in animated cartoons produced for the theatre and television, Volume 2", a book published by a university press[2]; The A.V. Club lists Scrappy-Doo as #1 on its list of "memorably unpopular characters", commenting on why fans hated the character[3]; Hanna-Barbera character designer Iwao Takamoto comments at length on Scrappy-Doo's creation and his negative view of the character and his view that it was a step backwards in the development of his employer's animation[4]; content on Scrappy-Doo's introduction in "Cartoon Superstars", which "traces the history of popular cartoon characters..."[5] and in "The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity"[6]; "Magill's Cinema Annual: 2003", commenting re: Scooby-Doo 2 film, "The best joke is that the much-hated late addition to the show, the cloying Scrappy-Doo, makes an appearance..."[7]; a gender-based critique in "The female investigator in literature, film, and popular culture" on shifting of Velma's "investigative role" to the puppy Scrappy, and commentary on Scrappy's personality[8]...
I found a lot more hits in books, but they unfortunately didn't have page or snippet views. I'd be shocked if there wasn't a lot more out there offline given the attention that Saturday morning cartoons (not to mention network shows generally) receive from television industry analysts, media critics, animation historians, and fan-oriented works. This Wikia page, though unsourced, certainly suggests as much: "Scrappy-Doo was added to the cast of Scooby-Doo to save the show's ratings, which by 1979 had begun to sink to the point of cancellation threats from ABC. After his addition to the show proved to be a ratings success, Hanna-Barbera restructured the show around Scrappy in 1980." postdlf (talk) 06:22, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Quite notable, as there were three different animated series featuring both Scooby and Scrappy as the main characters, and he was in the live-action Scooby-Doo movie as well. There are, as said previously, many different sources for this character. Indynchild (talk) 09:10, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Plenty of reliable secondary sources to demonstrate notability. Neelix (talk) 14:59, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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