Cross-media picks for Joseph Barbera fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.
The picks here share a sensibility that Joseph Barbera fans will recognise instantly: the scrappy underdog, the absurd chase, the haunted house that turns out to be a man in a mask. Whether it's a cat-and-mouse race for a mansion in Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry or bumbling teens unmasking Revolutionary War ghosts in Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters, these are stories built on comic timing, lovable ensemble casts, and the reliable pleasure of seeing a scheme hilariously collapse. Warm, anarchic, and endlessly rewatchable.
Film
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers
A spooky Southern plantation inheritance caper where ghost-busting comedy meets classic Scooby mystery atmosphere.
Film
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
Cat and mouse rivalry escalates gloriously into a cross-country race for the ultimate prize: a new home.
Film
Scooby-Doo! and the Robots
Three robot-themed mystery episodes where the gang tackles mechanised menaces with their trademark blend of wit and panic.
Film
The Zoot Cat
Tom reinvents himself with a zoot suit to win a date, only for Jerry to ensure the scheme unravels perfectly.
Film
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
Mystery Inc. teams up with basketball legends to chase down the ghosts of Revolutionary War figures in pure comedic style.
Film
Tom and Jerry: The Movie
Tom and Jerry set aside their rivalry to help an orphaned girl escape a scheming, exploitative guardian.
Film
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
The gang becomes housekeepers for a famously macabre family while a villainous vulture threatens everyone involved.
Film
Tugboat Mickey
Mickey's simple maintenance day turns into a chaotic rescue mission when his crew consists entirely of Donald and Goofy.
Series
The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series
Three-segment anthology of funny animal characters, each built around a comic double-act dynamic and gentle absurdism.
Series
The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too!
Saturday-morning mix of Scooby mystery shorts and Richie Rich adventures packaged for maximum animated variety.
Series
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Tom and Jerry reimagined as kids — same irresistible rivalry, same comic chaos, just earlier in the timeline.
Series
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
Scrappy pint-sized energy reinvents the Scooby formula with snappier pacing and new two-part mystery adventures.
Series
Boes
A newspaper-strip-born comic animal series delivering over a hundred quick-fire comedic episodes in classic form.
Series
Garfield and Friends
Garfield's lazy sardonic worldview and Orson's farm follies make for warm, character-driven comic storytelling.
Series
Yo Yogi!
Yogi, Huck and the gang as teenage mall detectives — familiar characters in a fresh, lightly hip new setting.
Series
Richie Rich
The world's richest kid in animated form, blending wholesome family comedy with Harvey Comics' beloved characters.
Game
Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers
Guide Scooby and the gang through three classic villain encounters in an adventure faithful to the original series' spirit.
Game
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem
A multi-platform game pitting Mystery Inc. against a gauntlet of supernatural threats in the franchise's signature style.
Game
Scooby-Doo Mystery
Two parallel Scooby adventure games delivering interactive mystery-solving in the classic cartoon's comedy-horror groove.
Game
The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
Fred Flintstone races through platformer levels to rescue his beloved pets in this NES adaptation of the Stone Age sitcom.
Game
The Disney Afternoon Collection
Six classic Disney afternoon characters in one golden-era action collection, evoking the same weekend-cartoon warmth.
Game
Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards
A card game built around Fox animated shows that rewards fans who love collecting and combining comedy cartoon universes.
Game
Scooby-Doo! Unmasked
Haywire animatronics and a missing cousin make for a mystery-platformer that captures the gang's problem-solving charm.
Game
Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers
Nine playable characters and 75 weapons make Tom and Jerry's eternal rivalry into a chaotic, laugh-fuelled fighting game.
Book
Chip and Dale’s New Home
Chipmunks Chip and Dale play all year while Donald works — a gentle seasonal story about mischief and neighbourly contrast.
Book
The mixed-up museum
Scooby and the gang visit a museum where the exhibits literally come to life, triggering their familiar comedic panic.
Book
Darkwing Duck
A read-along adventure with the actual voice cast brings Darkwing Duck's crime-fighting absurdity to a picture-book format.
Book
Scooby-doo! and the Frankenstein monster
The Mystery Inc. gang goes up against a wax museum monster with an eye on a rare necklace — compact, classic Scooby.
Book
Walt Disney Productions presents Scamp to the rescue
A mischievous puppy steps up heroically when his siblings are kidnapped, in a warm Disney animal adventure story.
Book
Scooby-Doo! an even or odd mystery
Scooby-Doo and the gang make learning even and odd numbers feel like solving a mystery — fun, accessible early reading.
Book
Scooby-doo! and you
An interactive mystery at a restaurant invites young readers to solve the case alongside Scooby and his friends.
Book
Scooby-Doo! and the phantom cowboy
A Wild West theme park haunted by a phantom cowboy and a spectral buffalo — classic Scooby mystery in a new setting.
Start with the films and TV shows built around his most iconic characters — Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry captures the relentless slapstick rivalry, while Garfield and Friends delivers the same warm, character-driven comedy in a leisurely Saturday-morning format.
Several games translate the Hanna-Barbera sensibility directly into interactive form — Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers lets you guide the Mystery Inc. gang through classic villain encounters, and Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers turns the cat-and-mouse rivalry into chaotic multiplayer fun.
Yes — titles like Scooby-Doo! and the Frankenstein Monster and Scooby-Doo! and You bring the gang's mystery-solving adventures to picture-book form, while Scooby-Doo! An Even or Odd Mystery sneaks in some maths alongside the spooky fun.