In 2024, a viral video showed a raccoon opening a trash can in a parking lot. The audio was overlaid with the classic chase music ("The Chase" by Ted Nichols). The raccoon looked at the camera, shrugged, and ran. That video is a Scooby-Doo parody. It requires no text, no dialogue, and no context. The visual language of the parody has become a native dialect of the internet.

(2018) represents the peak of this deconstruction. In this episode, Sam and Dean Winchester (professional monster hunters) are literally sucked into a VHS tape of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! They meet the animated gang and immediately shatter their innocence. Dean realizes the "ghost" is a man in a sheet and is disappointed. Sam points out that the gang has never faced a real demon. The parody works because it forces the innocent, logic-bound world of Scooby-Doo to collide with the brutal, supernatural reality of Supernatural . The result is hilarious but oddly tragic.

: A mandatory plot device used to isolate characters for specific gags. The Door Chase