The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo is an American animated television series. It premiered on September 7, 1985 (1985-09-07), and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program. It replaced Scary Scooby Funnies, a repackaging of earlier shows; another repackaged series, Scooby's Mystery Funhouse, followed. Fred Jones and Velma Dinkley were both absent in this incarnation.