When Joe Barbera was still around, the closest to romance the gang got with each other was
Scooby Doo And The Cyber Chase, when Daphne kissed Fred on the cheek for taking the lion out in the Coliseum stage. Apart from that, everything was pretty much still a platonic working relationship. I'm pretty sure the creators, Joe Ruby and Ken Spears are still around, and I think they would have the official say on an actual nuptials.
True, very true. Although there are those who are in the Daphne/Shaggy school of course, after watching the 1983-1985 episodes thinking that the two of them would be a couple.
That's a good point on Ruby and Spears as well. I think they're still around, and I think they've said that they like the new series, but don't quote me on that.
I thought I saw an interview or something along those lines online I think. The problem I have on Ruby and Spears having a say about any nuptials is that they might suggest to WB to continue the same, tired, boring Scooby series that have been around for over 40 years now.
While there's no problem with regular Scooby series and movies, where its just the main five characters solving mysteries, I think the time will come eventually(and hopefully soon) that there will have to be a time where the gang will have to grow up, maybe get married and leave the sleuthing to a new generation.
First, the voice actors and actresses that perform the characters are getting older, and probably won't be able to do much voice work any more. Frank Welker for one; he's in his 60s so he won't be voicing Fred and Scooby any longer then probably twenty more years or so.
Hypothetically, if the Scooby franchise keeps going(and it most likely will), wouldn't that create the need for someone to voice Fred and Scooby after he retires or passes? There are talented voice people out there, and when Frank hangs up the microphone, someone will have to step in.
As for what I was talking about earlier in the post, I give you the example of Star Trek: Star Trek had a modest run in the 60s on NBC with the original cast, and then movies with the original cast.
However, in 1987 they did something remarkable: they had a new series, with a whole new cast, but still keeping the Star Trek title. Of course that was Star Trek The Next Generation and was very succesful.
They've done other Star Trek series and movies after that, and while those might not have been that succesful, it's still interesting to point out that Paramount and the people behind Star Trek at least tried something new.
If Star Trek fans never got Next Generation, and had Kirk, and Spock and the others on the original show for decades, do you think fans would have gotten tired of it? I say yes, and this is what WB and Ruby and Spears have to realize with the Scooby franchise.
I see maybe Fred and Daphne getting married, and possibly Shaggy and Velma getting married, or both of them can get married to other people, it doesn't really matter. But if each couple has kids, I could see their children picking up the sleuthing as sort of a Scooby Doo the Next Generation.
Heck, you could even wait until their kids are teens and do the show like that. Or you could have four new teens and a new talking dog taking up the sleuthing and still call the show Scooby Doo The Next Generation.
These are the things Warner Brothers and the creators will have to think about someday. Because even the longtime Scooby fans will start to get fickle after a while; heck, there are some people who don't like Mystery Incorporated because its different. So any new show with new characters would have to be done so the fans would like it; I personally think the fans would like a new show with new characters, I know I would ;D