First episode that ends with "meddling kids"?

[Ark]

Hello, I'm trying to figure out the origin of the meddling kids end phrase. What episode did it first appear in?

[wileyk209]

It was first used in "Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright," from the second season of the original series. Also in the episode that came after, "Jeeper's It's the Creeper," the villain mutters "Blasted meddling kids."

[Ark]

Okay, right that makes sense. Yes. Thanks!

[scoobnick]

so, it was coined early on then.

[wileyk209]

Yes; the phrase wasn't said as often during the 70s, but there were some "The Scooby-Doo Show" episodes that used it. More often than not, the phrase could vary quite a bit. A very early use of a variation of it was in "A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts," when Big Bob Oakley says "And I would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for you blasted kids and that dog!" And there were numerous villains that wouldn't say anything like it as they were being apprehended. But it was pretty much "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" that made saying such a line a regular part of the franchise, though they usually said it as "pesky kids", and they'd even parody it on occasion. This carried over to virtually all of the Scooby-Doo stuff Warner Bros. produced ("What's New Scooby-Doo" loved parodying it in virtually every episode; and "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated" made it into a mad-libs catchphrase in most episodes, with the villain of the day/week saying "...if it weren't for you meddling [insert noun here]!" )

[Deleted]

And they still get away with using it!