From the previous comment,"Fangface" was not a complete carbon copy of "Scooby Doo". However,it was a mixture of several shows that it completely copied. "Fangface" in fact was part "I Was A Teenage Werewolf",mixed in with part of "Josie And The Pussycats",part "The Funky Phantom",part of "The Hardy Boys",and part "Scooby Doo".
Producers Joesph Ruby and Kenneth Spears,who were collaborators with Hanna-Barbera struck out on their own with their own animation company Ruby-Spears Productions in 1978 for there first-ever Saturday Morning animated cartoon series ever produced under the company for ABC-TV. "Fangface" told the story of a quartet of teenage kids whose friendship was complicated by the fact that one of them could turn into a beast with one large arrow-pointed incisor sticking out from his mouth. Under the circumstances,Sherman Fangsworth(a carbon copy of Shaggy from Scooby Doo whose hairy alter ego was known as Fangface),his two male buddies and a young girl that accompanied them in their Wolf Buggy vehicle in solving mysteries,fight crimes,and running into the usual suspects,rather human or supernatural. In some of the segments they had to contend with not only Fangsworth's condition but also dealing with the lamebrained antics of Fangface and Puggsy. The leader of the group Biff,was also a carbon copy of Scooby Doo's Freddy while the female counterpart of the group,Kim,was the carbon copy of Scooby Doo's Daphne,but with one exception to the fact that she was Hispanic. Other characters along for the mysteries and adventure were Sherman's little baby brother,who was also a werewolf,aka Baby Fangs. The show ran for one season on ABC-TV,producing 13 episodes that aired from September 9, 1978 until October 28, 1978,and again in repeats from November 4, 1978 until September 8,1979. After Fangface's intital run after one season,the character appeared as part of the hour-long "Plasticman Comedy Adventure Show",also produced by Ruby-Spears for the 1979-1980 season. Ruby and Spears next animated venture the following season in 1979 was based on the DC Comics character Plasticman,and in 1980,they hit Saturady Morning paydirt with there first-ever action adventure entry "Thundarr The Barbarian" which became their biggest Saturday Morning hit.
