It is a uniquely strange feeling that a franchise like Scooby-Doo, currently past its 50th year of existence, has seemingly never found a solid footing with popular culture. There is no doubt that the children’s mystery comedy was a huge hit in the first years following its inception, but after that initial run, the mystery-solving teenagers have existed in a state of cultural limbo. Each attempt at a reboot comes off more as an indication of the franchise’s inability to capture the heart of the moment.