11 TV Hookups That Should Have Happened

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    PurpleAnchor

    Shaggy & Velma (Scooby Doo Where Are You) would have been in my humble opinion a match made in TV heaven.

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    OrangeTag

    Fred Burkle from Angel and Willow from Buffy. Or Fred and Faith.

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    BlueProcessor

    Technically, that one was canon. Joe Ruby and Ken Spears (the animators who drew Mystery Inc. for Hanna-Barbera) said themselves that they intended Shelma to be canon, but subtle & not so in your face about the relationship. Conversely, fans invented Fraphne, because Ruby and Spears simply wrote all-star athlete/resident trap enthusiast Fred Jones & danger-prone rich redhead Daphne Blake out of the scene when the gang split up ("Let's split up, gang!") NOT to pair Fred with Daphne, but more over because they didn't find Fred nor Daphne's character traits & stereotypical archetype personalities appealing enough, whereas all of the comedy fell to perpetually hungry hipster Shaggy & his dog Scooby-Doo, with Velma on hand to play the no-nonsense straight woman to their silly antics & even at times, become a source of laughs herself whenever she lost her glasses ("My glasses! I can't see a thing without my glasses!') and accidentally, found herself somewhere creepy without realizing it or mistook the episodic villain as another member of the gang until she put on her spare glasses & realized that it was the villain she was interacting with, before promptly running away as the villain gave chase. Velma coming out was only a recent development by WB for Mystery Incorporated to appease those in the LGBTQ+ community who identified with the resident brain of the group. From the original series right up until recently, Velma Dinkley was straight & in love with Norville "Shaggy" Rogers.

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    GreenPlane

    Before Family Ties Spin Off Is Friends Courtney Cox

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    tunnmmumonomonothyhol

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