Television Crossover Universe

You know Scooby-Doo and Mystery, Incorporated.  And you know Josie and the Pussycats.  But in the 1970s, there were several groups of teenagers with mascots running around the country solving mysteries.  Most can attribute Mystery, Inc. as the starter of the trend.  This blog has already covered Scooby and Josie in separate articles, and in fact, both are over on the right hand column in most most viewed blogs list.  If you enjoy reading this, I suggest you check those out too. So who were these other teams of teenage sleuths? Jeannie Speed Buggy Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels The Funky Phantom Jabberjaw Foxxy Love and the Foxxy Five ( Foxxy Love--Foxxy was in the 1980s the leader of a music group called the Foxxy Five for a few weeks, and is a mystery solving detective.  She is a grandmother, but never sees her kids or grandkids.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Are you ready kids? Aye, aye, captain! I can't hear you! Aye, aye, captain! Ooooooooooh Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants! Absorbent and yellow and porous is he! SpongeBob SquarePants! If nautical nonsense be something you wish! [ From: http://www.elyrics.net ] SpongeBob SquarePants! Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish! SpongeBob SquarePants! Ready? SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants! SpongeBob SquarePants! Ha, ha, ha Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha So, the big question is:  Is Spongebob in the Looniverse or the TVCU?  He seems to have crossover connections to both.  Perhaps Bikini Bottom is indeed one of those bordertowns, like Toon Town, that sits within a portal between both worlds.  Since it's under the sea, it's less noticeable.   Anyways, let's look at the chronology: 1946 to 1958--MOSTLY HARMLESS/UNREALITY MAGAZINE-- Or, if you don't like the Looni...