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:''This article is about the original incarnation of Scooby-Doo. For other incarnations and uses, see [[Scooby-Doo (disambiguation)]].''
 
:''This article is about the original incarnation of Scooby-Doo. For other incarnations and uses, see [[Scooby-Doo (disambiguation)]].''
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{{Expansion|Behind-the-scenes: His creation.}}
 
{{Character
 
{{Character
 
| image= Scooby-Doo.png
 
| image= Scooby-Doo.png
| birthname= Scoobert Doo
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| birthname= Scoobert<ref name="Scoobert">''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo|APNSD]]'': ''[[Curse of the Collar]]''</ref> Doo
 
| alias= Uncle Scooby
 
| alias= Uncle Scooby
 
| nickname= Scooby; Scoob
 
| nickname= Scooby; Scoob
 
| species= Great Dane
 
| species= Great Dane
 
| gender= Male
 
| gender= Male
| hair= Brown (with black spots)
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| fur= Brown (with black spots)
 
| eyes= Black
 
| eyes= Black
 
| powers= Anthropomorphism; monster mimicky (transformation); prehensile tail
 
| powers= Anthropomorphism; monster mimicky (transformation); prehensile tail
| job= Amateur sleuth
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| job= Amateur sleuth <sup><small>([[Scooby-Doo#Occupation|for other jobs, see below]])</small></sup>
 
| affiliation= [[Mystery Inc.]]; [[Scooby-Doo Detective Agency]] (''formerly'')
 
| affiliation= [[Mystery Inc.]]; [[Scooby-Doo Detective Agency]] (''formerly'')
| family= [[Dada-Doo]] (father); [[Mumsy-Doo]] (mother); [[Yabba-Doo]] (brother); [[Ruby-Doo]] (sister); [[Skippy-Doo]] (brother); [[Scrappy-Doo]] (nephew); [[Scooby-Dum]] (cousin)
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| family= [[Dada-Doo]] (father); [[Mumsy-Doo]] (mother); [[Ruby-Doo]] (sister); [[Skippy-Doo]] (brother); [[Scrappy-Doo]] (nephew); [[Scooby-Dum]] (cousin)
| firstapp= ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!|SDWAY]]'': ''[[What A Night For A Knight]]''
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| firstapp= {{SDWAY}}: {{WAY101}}
| actor= [[Frank Welker]]
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| actor= [[Frank Welker]] <sup><small>([[Scooby-Doo#Voices of Scooby-Doo|for previous actors, see below]])</small></sup>
 
}}
 
}}
{{Introquote|Well, nothing's impossible when you've got Scooby-Doo around.|[[Daphne Blake]] to her [[Shannon Blake|Scottish cousin]]|''[[Scooby-Doo! And The Loch Ness Monster]]''}}
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{{Introquote|Well, nothing's impossible when you've got Scooby-Doo around.|[[Daphne Blake]]|''[[Scooby-Doo! And The Loch Ness Monster]]''}}
'''Scoobert<ref>''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo|ANSD]]'': ''[[Curse of the Collar]]''</ref> "Scooby"-Doo''' is a Great Dane belonging to [[Shaggy Rogers]], and mascot of [[Mystery Inc.]].
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'''Scoobert<ref name="Scoobert" /> "Scooby" Doo'''<ref group="Note">Trademarked and sometimes stylized as "'''Scooby-Doo'''" in media and within the series.</ref> is the Great Dane mascot of [[Mystery Inc.]], and pet and best friend of [[Shaggy Rogers]].
   
 
==Physical appearance==
 
==Physical appearance==
Scooby is brown from head to toe with several distinctive black spots on his upper body. He is generally a quadruped, but displays bipedal 'human' characteristics occasionally. Scooby also has [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb opposible thumbs] and can use his front paws like hands. He has a black nose and wears an off-yellow, diamond shaped-tagged blue-green collar with an "SD" (his initials) and has four toes on each foot and unlike other dogs, Scooby only has one pad on the sole of each of his feet (so that it was easier to draw in the Scooby-Doo Annuals).
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Scooby is brown from head to toe with several distinctive black spots on his upper body. He is generally a quadruped, but displays bipedal 'human' characteristics occasionally. Scooby also has [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb opposible thumbs] and can use his front paws like hands. He has a black nose and wears an off-yellow, diamond shaped-tagged blue-green collar with an "SD" (his initials) and has four toes on each foot and unlike other dogs, Scooby only has one pad on the sole of each of his feet.
   
 
Scooby has a fully prehensile tail he can use to swing from or press buttons. Both his head and tail are malleable and useful as a communication aid or creating a distraction.
 
Scooby has a fully prehensile tail he can use to swing from or press buttons. Both his head and tail are malleable and useful as a communication aid or creating a distraction.
 
Iwao Takamoto later explained that before he designed the character, he first spoke to a Great Dane breeder, who described to him the desirable characteristics of a pedigree dog. Takamoto then drew Scooby as the opposite of this. He said "I decided to go the opposite [way] and gave him a hump back, bowed legs, small chin and such. Even his colour is wrong."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo_%28character%29#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup>
 
   
 
==Personality==
 
==Personality==
 
Scooby-Doo and [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] share several personality traits, mostly being scared easily, but their friends ([[Velma Dinkley]], [[Daphne Blake]] and [[Fred Jones]]) encourage them to go after the costumed villains usually with "[[Scooby Snacks]]", a biscuit-like dog treat or cookie snack (usually shaped like a bone or as shown in later versions of the cartoons Scooby's dog tag), though occasionally appealing to Scooby-Doo inherent loyalty and courage to take a more heroic stance.
 
Scooby-Doo and [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] share several personality traits, mostly being scared easily, but their friends ([[Velma Dinkley]], [[Daphne Blake]] and [[Fred Jones]]) encourage them to go after the costumed villains usually with "[[Scooby Snacks]]", a biscuit-like dog treat or cookie snack (usually shaped like a bone or as shown in later versions of the cartoons Scooby's dog tag), though occasionally appealing to Scooby-Doo inherent loyalty and courage to take a more heroic stance.
   
In all iterations, Scooby has a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_impediment speech impediment] and tends to pronounce most words as if they begin with an "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R R]", though most of the characters are able to understand him perfectly. His [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_phrase catch phrase], usually howled at the end of every episode, is "Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" or "Rooby-Rooby-Roo", sometimes followed by a quirky chuckle.
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In all iterations, Scooby has a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_impediment speech impediment] and tends to pronounce most words as if they begin with an "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R R]", though most of the characters are able to understand him perfectly. His [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_phrase catch phrase], usually howled at the end of every mystery, is "Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" or "Rooby-Rooby-Roo", sometimes followed by a quirky chuckle.
   
 
When he solves cases with his nephew [[Scrappy-Doo]], he's very protective of him, as he often runs after him to prevent him from going straight to the monster or ghost.
 
When he solves cases with his nephew [[Scrappy-Doo]], he's very protective of him, as he often runs after him to prevent him from going straight to the monster or ghost.
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==History==
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===Animated history===
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{{Main|Scooby-Doo/animated history}}
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===Comic history===
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{{Main|Scooby-Doo/biographical account of comic appearances}}
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===Novel history===
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{{Main|Scooby-Doo/biographical account of novel appearances}}
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===Video game history===
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{{Main|Scooby-Doo/biographical account of video game appearances}}
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==Appearances==
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* [[Scooby-Doo/filmography|Scooby's filmography]]
   
 
==Family and relatives==
 
==Family and relatives==
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:''For a complete list of Scooby's family members, look [[:Category:Doos|here]]. For other relatives, look [[:Category:Doo relatives|here]].''
Over the course of Scooby's adventures, many relatives of his were introduced:
 
* [[Scrappy-Doo]]: Scooby's young nephew (and son of Scooby's sister [[Ruby-Doo]]),
 
* [[Scooby-Dum]]: Scooby's cousin, a gray dog. A Mortimer Snerd-esque dog who longed to be a detective; he was rather dimwitted (he'd keep looking for clues even ''after'' the mystery was solved).
 
* [[Scooby-Dee]]: Scooby's cousin, a white dog. Spoke with a Southern accent, and was an actress, even though she was Scooby's cousin, she acted more like a girlfriend.
 
* [[Yabba-Doo]]: Scooby's brother, a white dog owned by [[Deputy Dusty]] in the American southwest. Unlike Scooby's and Scrappy's, his typical custom catch-phrase at the end is "Yippity-Yabbity-Doooo!!!", and not "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!"
 
* [[Dooby Dooby Doo]]: Scooby's identical cousin. He is a famous singer and is one of few of Scooby's relatives who had hair.
 
* [[Mumsy-Doo]]: Scooby's mother.
 
* [[Dada-Doo]]: Scooby's father.
 
* [[Whoopsy-Doo]]: Scooby's cousin, a clown. Owned by Shaggy's uncle, Gaggy Rogers.
 
* [[Ruby-Doo]]: Scooby's sister, and mother of Scrappy-Doo.
 
* [[Skippy-Doo]]: Scooby's brother. He is highly intelligent and wears glasses.
 
* [[Howdy-Doo]]: Scooby's brother. Enjoyed reading supermarket tabloid newspapers.
 
* [[Horton-Doo]]: Scooby's uncle. Was interested in monsters and science.
 
* [[Dixie Doo]]: Scooby's cousin.
 
* [[Grandpa Scooby]]: Scooby's grandfather.
 
* [[Great-Grandpa Scooby]]: Scooby's great-grandfather.
 
* [[Yankee Doodle Doo]]: Ancestor of Scooby who came to Plymouth, Massachusetts aboard the ''Mayflower'' with Shaggy's ancestor, [[McBaggy Rogers]].
 
   
==Love interests==
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==Romantic interests==
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Scooby has both noticed and gained the attention of the opposite sex over the years (sometimes, occasionally, even human).
* [[Amber]]: Shaggy and Scooby are abducted by the "aliens" and abandoned in the desert. There they meet a wild life photographer, Crystal and her dog Amber. Scooby was heartbroken when it is revealed that Amber and Crystal are actually aliens from another planet and must go home, though he and Shaggy quickly forget about them when they found out there was one more Scooby Snack box left. Amber and Crystal did seem to have actual feelings for Shaggy and Scooby but don't pursue them due to 'long distance relationships never working out'. Amber's disguised form is that of a Golden Retriever wearing a red bandana while her true form is a large, blue reptilian creature with a beak-like mouth. Like Scooby, she is capable of speech but only shows so as she's about to leave, and unlike Scooby, she speaks like a normal human. (''[[Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders]]'')
 
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* [[Sandy Duncan]]: Scooby fell for [[Sandy Duncan]] at a studio, much to Shaggy's annoyance. (''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'': ''[[Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde]]'')
 
 
* [[Amber]]: Shaggy and Scooby are abducted by the "aliens", and abandoned in the desert. There they meet a wild life photographer, Crystal and her dog Amber. Scooby was heartbroken when it is revealed that Amber and Crystal are actually aliens from another planet and must go home, though he and Shaggy quickly forget about them when they found out there was one more Scooby Snack box left. Amber and Crystal did seem to have actual feelings for Shaggy and Scooby but don't pursue them due to 'long distance relationships never working out'. Amber's disguised form is that of a Golden Retriever wearing a red bandana while her true form is a large, blue reptilian creature with a beak-like mouth. Like Scooby, she is capable of speech but only shows so as she's about to leave, and unlike Scooby, she speaks like a normal human. (''[[Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders]]'')
 
* [[Sandy Duncan]]: Scooby fell for [[Sandy Duncan]] at [[Mammoth Studios|a studio]], much to Shaggy's annoyance. (''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies|TNSDMovies]]'': ''[[Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde]]'')
 
* [[Scooby-Dee]]: Scooby and his cousin [[Scooby-Dum]] compete for the affections of canine movie star Scooby-Dee, who is also their cousin. (''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]'': ''[[The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller]]'')
 
* [[Scooby-Dee]]: Scooby and his cousin [[Scooby-Dum]] compete for the affections of canine movie star Scooby-Dee, who is also their cousin. (''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]'': ''[[The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller]]'')
* Sled dog: Scooby falls in love with a sled dog. At the end, she kisses him. (''The Scooby-Doo Show'': ''[[A Scary Night With a Snow Beast Fright]]'')
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* Sled dog: Scooby falls in love with a sled dog. At the end, she kisses him. (''[[The Scooby-Doo Show|TSDS]]'': ''[[A Scary Night With a Snow Beast Fright]]'')
 
* [[Chiquita]]: Scooby meets up with Chiquita, [[Alejo Otero]]'s [[Jorge Otero|son]]'s pet Chihuahua, when the gang arrives at Alejo's family hotel. (''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico]]'')
 
* [[Chiquita]]: Scooby meets up with Chiquita, [[Alejo Otero]]'s [[Jorge Otero|son]]'s pet Chihuahua, when the gang arrives at Alejo's family hotel. (''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico]]'')
 
* [[Roxanne]]: An old girlfriend that Scooby meets again when the gang return to [[Coolsville|their home town]] to take a break from mystery solving. In the time apart, she met singer [[J.C. Chasez]]'s pet bulldog, [[Rico]]. (''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'': ''[[A Scooby-Doo Valentine]]'')
 
* [[Roxanne]]: An old girlfriend that Scooby meets again when the gang return to [[Coolsville|their home town]] to take a break from mystery solving. In the time apart, she met singer [[J.C. Chasez]]'s pet bulldog, [[Rico]]. (''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'': ''[[A Scooby-Doo Valentine]]'')
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==Occupation==
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Scooby has joined [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] in taking odd jobs, for extra cash, and other times when he's forced to take an actual profession to support himself when [[Mystery Inc.]] decide to take a hiatus, and can't slack off as usual. This is a list of them:
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* Junior detectives-for-hire: Contrary to the above, when the gang was in their preadolescence, they worked out of [[Scooby-Doo Detective Agency clubhouse|a clubhouse]], calling themselves the [[Scooby-Doo Detective Agency]], and charged a minimal fee for their services in solving the mysteries in their hometown of [[Coolsville]]. ({{APNSD}})
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* Actor: Scooby got the role of [[Sandy Duncan]]'s dog, after solving the case at [[Mammoth Studios]]. (''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies|TNSDMovies]]'': ''[[Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde]]'')
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* Carnival owner: Scooby, along with the rest of [[Mystery Inc.|the gang]], was given a share of [[Dick Van Dyke]]'s [[Dick Van Dyke's Carnival|carnival]], after saving it from going under. (''TNSDMovies'': ''[[The Haunted Carnival]]'')
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* Construction worker: He, Shaggy, and [[Fred Jones|Fred]] took questionable jobs at a [[Acme Construction Company site|construction site]]. (''[[The Scooby-Doo Show|TSDS]]'': ''[[High Rise Hair Raiser]]'')
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* Freelance journalist: Scooby, Shaggy, [[Scrappy-Doo|Scrappy]], and [[Daphne Blake|Daphne]] became freelance journalists, forming the second incarnation of the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency. (''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show|TNS&SDS]]'', {{TNSDMysteries}})
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* Gym teacher: He, Shaggy, and [[Scrappy-Doo|Scrappy]] were hired as gym teachers at [[Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Ghouls|Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls]], or so they believed. (''[[Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School]]'')
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* Co-racecar driver. (''[[Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf]]'')
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* Aiport customs: He and worked in customs at an airport during the break-up of [[Mystery Inc.]], but were fired when they ate all the confiscated cheese. (''[[Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island]]'')
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* Detective: He, Shaggy, and Scrappy worked for Shaggy's uncle [[Fearless Shagaford]] at the [[Fearless Detective Agency]]. (''[[The Scooby & Scrappy Doo Puppy Hour]]'')
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Additionally, Scooby assisted Shaggy when he was a paper boy, by unloading the delivered papers into [[Cherry 59 Starfire Special|his bike]]'s basket. When [[Scooby-Doo Detective Agency|the gang]] discovered [[Mr. Conrad|Shaggy's boss]] stole his bike chain to work his counterfeiting machine, Shaggy quit, and so did Scooby. (''APNSD'': ''[[A Bicycle Built for Boo!|A Bicycle Built for <u>Boo</u>!]]'')
   
 
==Notes/trivia==
 
==Notes/trivia==
* The name "Scooby-Doo" comes from the last line of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra Frank Sinatra] song "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_In_The_Night Strangers In The Night]",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo_%28character%29#cite_note-2 [3]]</sup> although other singers have used the phrase before Sinatra's song was released.
 
* Scooby-Doo was born on the [[Knittingham Puppy Farm]] (owned by [[Mrs. Knittingham]]).
 
 
* Scooby-Doo was once impersonated by former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Sync N'Sync] star [[J.C. Chasez]] in the ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' episode, ''[[A Scooby-Doo Valentine]]''.
 
* Scooby-Doo was once impersonated by former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Sync N'Sync] star [[J.C. Chasez]] in the ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' episode, ''[[A Scooby-Doo Valentine]]''.
 
* He usually says, at least once per episode, "Ruh-roh, Raggy" ("Uh-oh, Shaggy").
 
* He usually says, at least once per episode, "Ruh-roh, Raggy" ("Uh-oh, Shaggy").
 
* Scooby's voice is similar to that of the earlier character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_%28The_Jetsons%29 Astro] from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons The Jetsons]'', also voiced by [[Don Messick]].
 
* Scooby's voice is similar to that of the earlier character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_%28The_Jetsons%29 Astro] from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons The Jetsons]'', also voiced by [[Don Messick]].
* According to the novels, Scooby likes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach_cobbler peach cobbler]<sup>(ref needed)</sup>.
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* According to the novels, Scooby likes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach_cobbler peach cobbler].{{Cite}}
   
 
==Appearances in other media==
 
==Appearances in other media==
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* In an episode of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Brave_and_the_Bold Batman: The Brave and the Bold]''. This episode alludes to ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'' where [[Batman]] originally starred in. However with some meddling from Bat-Mite not only were the dynamic duo able to fight unlike in the original appearance, but he also removed Shaggy and Scooby's cowardice allowing them to, for the first time, fight the villains toe to toe.
 
* In an episode of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Brave_and_the_Bold Batman: The Brave and the Bold]''. This episode alludes to ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'' where [[Batman]] originally starred in. However with some meddling from Bat-Mite not only were the dynamic duo able to fight unlike in the original appearance, but he also removed Shaggy and Scooby's cowardice allowing them to, for the first time, fight the villains toe to toe.
   
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==Behind-the-scenes==
==Voice actors==
 
 
The name "Scooby-Doo" comes from the last line of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra Frank Sinatra] song "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_In_The_Night Strangers In The Night]", although other singers have used the phrase before Sinatra's song was released.
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==Voices of Scooby-Doo==
 
[[Don Messick]] originated the character's voice patterns, and provided Scooby-Doo's voice in every ''Scooby-Doo'' production from 1969 until 1996, when Messick got a stroke and retired. [[Scott Innes]] (also the then-voice of Shaggy) voiced Scooby-Doo in four late 1990s/early 2000s direct-to-video films, and [[Frank Welker]] (also the voice of Fred) took over beginning with ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' in 2002.
 
[[Don Messick]] originated the character's voice patterns, and provided Scooby-Doo's voice in every ''Scooby-Doo'' production from 1969 until 1996, when Messick got a stroke and retired. [[Scott Innes]] (also the then-voice of Shaggy) voiced Scooby-Doo in four late 1990s/early 2000s direct-to-video films, and [[Frank Welker]] (also the voice of Fred) took over beginning with ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' in 2002.
   
==In other languages==
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===In other languages===
 
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil], the actor [[Orlando Drummond]] has been the voice of Scooby Doo for over 35 years.
 
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil], the actor [[Orlando Drummond]] has been the voice of Scooby Doo for over 35 years.
   
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| ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo]]'', ''[[Scooby Goes Hollywood]]'', ''[[Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo meets the Boo Brothers]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf]]'', ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Curse Of The Lake Monster]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Legend Of The Phantosaur]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon]]'', ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery]]''; current
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| ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo]]'', ''[[Scooby Goes Hollywood]]'', ''[[Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo meets the Boo Brothers]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf]]'', ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Legend Of The Phantosaur]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon]]'', ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery]]''; current
 
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| [[Gábor Melis]]
 
| [[Gábor Melis]]
| ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo And The Ghoul School]]'', ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[Arabian Nights]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (film)|Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster]]'', ''[[Aloha, Scooby-Doo!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?]]'', ''[[Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!]]'', ''[[Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]''; current
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| ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo And The Ghoul School]]'', ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[Arabian Nights]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (film)|Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster]]'', ''[[Aloha, Scooby-Doo!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?]]'', ''[[Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword]]''; current
 
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Scoobert[1] "Scooby" Doo[Note 1] is the Great Dane mascot of Mystery Inc., and pet and best friend of Shaggy Rogers.

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Scooby-Doo, also known as Scoobert "Scooby" Doo, is the eponymous iconic character from the Hanna-Barbera franchise. He is a Great Dane and the mascot of Mystery Inc., the team that solves mysteries using Scooby to sniff out clues.
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Scoobert Doo is Scooby-Doo's legal and full name.
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Scooby-Doo debuted in 1969 as the star of the series Scooby Doo Where Are You!.
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Physical appearance

Scooby is brown from head to toe with several distinctive black spots on his upper body. He is generally a quadruped, but displays bipedal 'human' characteristics occasionally. Scooby also has opposible thumbs and can use his front paws like hands. He has a black nose and wears an off-yellow, diamond shaped-tagged blue-green collar with an "SD" (his initials) and has four toes on each foot and unlike other dogs, Scooby only has one pad on the sole of each of his feet.

Scooby has a fully prehensile tail he can use to swing from or press buttons. Both his head and tail are malleable and useful as a communication aid or creating a distraction.

Personality

Scooby-Doo and Shaggy share several personality traits, mostly being scared easily, but their friends (Velma Dinkley, Daphne Blake and Fred Jones) encourage them to go after the costumed villains usually with "Scooby Snacks", a biscuit-like dog treat or cookie snack (usually shaped like a bone or as shown in later versions of the cartoons Scooby's dog tag), though occasionally appealing to Scooby-Doo inherent loyalty and courage to take a more heroic stance.

In all iterations, Scooby has a speech impediment and tends to pronounce most words as if they begin with an "R", though most of the characters are able to understand him perfectly. His catch phrase, usually howled at the end of every mystery, is "Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" or "Rooby-Rooby-Roo", sometimes followed by a quirky chuckle.

When he solves cases with his nephew Scrappy-Doo, he's very protective of him, as he often runs after him to prevent him from going straight to the monster or ghost.

History

Animated history

Main article(s): Scooby-Doo/animated history

Comic history

Main article(s): Scooby-Doo/biographical account of comic appearances

Novel history

Main article(s): Scooby-Doo/biographical account of novel appearances

Video game history

Main article(s): Scooby-Doo/biographical account of video game appearances

Appearances

  • Scooby's filmography

Family and relatives

For a complete list of Scooby's family members, look here. For other relatives, look here.

Romantic interests

Scooby has both noticed and gained the attention of the opposite sex over the years (sometimes, occasionally, even human).

  • Amber: Shaggy and Scooby are abducted by the "aliens", and abandoned in the desert. There they meet a wild life photographer, Crystal and her dog Amber. Scooby was heartbroken when it is revealed that Amber and Crystal are actually aliens from another planet and must go home, though he and Shaggy quickly forget about them when they found out there was one more Scooby Snack box left. Amber and Crystal did seem to have actual feelings for Shaggy and Scooby but don't pursue them due to 'long distance relationships never working out'. Amber's disguised form is that of a Golden Retriever wearing a red bandana while her true form is a large, blue reptilian creature with a beak-like mouth. Like Scooby, she is capable of speech but only shows so as she's about to leave, and unlike Scooby, she speaks like a normal human. (Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders)
  • Sandy Duncan: Scooby fell for Sandy Duncan at a studio, much to Shaggy's annoyance. (TNSDMovies: Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde)
  • Scooby-Dee: Scooby and his cousin Scooby-Dum compete for the affections of canine movie star Scooby-Dee, who is also their cousin. (The Scooby-Doo Show: The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller)
  • Sled dog: Scooby falls in love with a sled dog. At the end, she kisses him. (TSDS: A Scary Night With a Snow Beast Fright)
  • Chiquita: Scooby meets up with Chiquita, Alejo Otero's son's pet Chihuahua, when the gang arrives at Alejo's family hotel. (Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico)
  • Roxanne: An old girlfriend that Scooby meets again when the gang return to their home town to take a break from mystery solving. In the time apart, she met singer J.C. Chasez's pet bulldog, Rico. (What's New, Scooby-Doo?: A Scooby-Doo Valentine)

Occupation

Scooby has joined Shaggy in taking odd jobs, for extra cash, and other times when he's forced to take an actual profession to support himself when Mystery Inc. decide to take a hiatus, and can't slack off as usual. This is a list of them:

Additionally, Scooby assisted Shaggy when he was a paper boy, by unloading the delivered papers into his bike's basket. When the gang discovered Shaggy's boss stole his bike chain to work his counterfeiting machine, Shaggy quit, and so did Scooby. (APNSD: A Bicycle Built for Boo!)

Notes/trivia

Appearances in other media

  • Scooby-Doo appeared twice in Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as a character who is described as being on the "wrong show," where he speaks very little. He appears in "Reap Walking" and "Keeper of the Reaper", the former was a brief non-speaking cameo while the latter was voiced by Frank Welker.
  • Scooby has appeared in Johnny Bravo in the episodes "Bravo Dooby-Doo" and "'Twas The Night" during the first season voiced both times by Hadley Kay.
  • In an episode of Yin Yang Yo! called "Slumber Party of Doom", Scooby and Shaggy make two cameos. The first being Shaggy complaining about Yin and Yang stealing their montages and Scooby saying, "It sucks!"
  • Scooby-Doo and Shaggy made a cameo appearance in Looney Tunes: Back In Action complaining to Matthew Lillard (who played Shaggy) about his performance in the live-action Scooby-Doo movies.
  • Scooby-Doo appears as a guest in a 1996 video called Kids for Character.
  • Scooby-Doo also appears in an episode of Drawn Together.
  • Scooby-Doo was once impersonated by David Beckham in an animated Scooby-Doo promo from the United Kingdom.
  • Scooby-Doo appears in the Robot Chicken episode "Operation: Rich in Spirit" voiced by Dave Coulier (who previously imitated Scooby's voice in Full House). He is amongst Mystery Inc. members who end up killed by Jason Voorhees except Velma. Seth Green voices him in the episode "Ban on the Fun" when in the segment that parodies the Laff-A-Lympics in the style of the Munich massacre. This time, Scooby did not get killed.
  • In an episode of Robotboy when Robotboy and his 'mother' escape from police with a big speaker, a dog which looks like Scooby hangs on to the speaker and follows them home.
  • In an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold. This episode alludes to The New Scooby-Doo Movies where Batman originally starred in. However with some meddling from Bat-Mite not only were the dynamic duo able to fight unlike in the original appearance, but he also removed Shaggy and Scooby's cowardice allowing them to, for the first time, fight the villains toe to toe.

Behind-the-scenes

The name "Scooby-Doo" comes from the last line of the Frank Sinatra song "Strangers In The Night", although other singers have used the phrase before Sinatra's song was released.

Voices of Scooby-Doo

Don Messick originated the character's voice patterns, and provided Scooby-Doo's voice in every Scooby-Doo production from 1969 until 1996, when Messick got a stroke and retired. Scott Innes (also the then-voice of Shaggy) voiced Scooby-Doo in four late 1990s/early 2000s direct-to-video films, and Frank Welker (also the voice of Fred) took over beginning with What's New, Scooby-Doo? in 2002.

In other languages

In Brazil, the actor Orlando Drummond has been the voice of Scooby Doo for over 35 years.

Actor Language Notes
Sharbal Ayoub Arabic Current
Jacques Torrens French Original
Willi Roebke German Original
Gábor Vass Hungarian Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Scooby Goes Hollywood, Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, Scooby-Doo meets the Boo Brothers, Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!, Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King, Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare, Scooby-Doo! Legend Of The Phantosaur, Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire, Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon, Big Top Scooby-Doo!, Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games, Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays, Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright, Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery; current
Gábor Melis The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, Scooby-Doo And The Ghoul School, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Arabian Nights, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire, Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico, Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster, Aloha, Scooby-Doo!, Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?, Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!, Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword; current
Attila Hankó* The Scooby-Doo Show; original
Enzo Consoli* Italian Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Scooby Goes Hollywood; original, former
Nanni Baldini What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!, Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!, Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King, Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword, Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare, Scooby-Doo! Legend Of The Phantosaur, Big Top Scooby-Doo!, Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon, Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright, Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery, Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!, Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games, Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays, Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow, Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace; current
Pietro Ubaldi Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire, Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico, Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster, Aloha, Scooby-Doo!, Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?; former
Roberto Gammino The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders, Bravo Dooby-Doo; former
Sergio Gibello The Scooby-Doo Show, Scooby-Doo meets the Boo Brothers, Scooby-Doo And The Ghoul School, Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf; former
Giorgio Gusso Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show, The Scooby & Scrappy Doo Puppy Hour; former
Antonio Angrisano A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights; former
Hallvard Lydvo Norwegian The Scooby-Doo Show, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire
Svein Tindberg The Scooby-Doo Show (season 3)
Ryszard Olesiński Polish Current (since the 90s or so)
Jan Kulczycki Former (Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo – VHS only)
Jacek Jarosz
Wiktor Zborowski
Orlando Drummond Portuguese (Brazil) Original
Sandu Pop Romanian Original
Ismael Larumbe, Sr.* Spanish (Mexico) Original, former
Antonio Gálvez Spanish (Mexico) Current
Stefan Frelander Swedish Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire

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Footnotes

  1. Trademarked and sometimes stylized as "Scooby-Doo" in media and within the series.

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