There had to be some people in America, Ailes figured, who wanted something other than Scooby-Doo or the latest in kitchen knives.

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The 25-year-old has forged a career away from Buffy, starring in the blockbusters including I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scooby-Doo.

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By the 1990s the company had struck a deal with USAopoly, an outfit that since has produced more than 200 themed versions, ranging from Star Wars to Scooby-Doo.

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Following Hanna's death in 2001, Joseph Barbera remained active as an executive producer for Warner Brothers Animation on TV series such as What's New, Scooby-Doo? and Tom and Jerry Tales.

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Maybe the Ghostbusters or Scooby-Doo and those meddling kids.

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Scooby-Doo, a Great Dane who leads a group of teenagers in ghost-hunting adventures, made his debut in 1969 and the series ran for 17 years, a record for a TV animated series.

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"I love Ron, so I tied up my long hair in a bun and stuffed it under a red wig that my mom and I cut ourselves from a 'Scooby-Doo' Daphne wig, " she said.

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And as if there haven't already been enough recycled media brands pushed to the movie screen in recent years, AOL Time Warner's Warner Bros. will bring a live-action version of the Scooby-Doo mystery cartoons, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame.

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