The thing that really caught me, though, once I got beyond my relief that the show has not become instantly horrible despite the disruption, was the clear reference to the team as the Scooby Gang. It's not as if Bones is the first show to ever do that; Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the most prominent and best show to claim the mantle. I just think it's fascinating that such a silly show yielded such an effective and durable archetype. I never thought Scooby-Doo was particularly good, and certainly the live-action adaptation was more humiliating than revivifying of the franchise. The reappropriations are more about reinterpretation than homage, or even particularly direct reference. Certainly nobody on Bones is Shaggy. Or the damn dog.