"and Shaggy Rogers—and the title character, a semi-anthropomorphic Great Dane named Scooby-Doo. The group travels in a blue and green van with two orange flowers named the Mystery Machine, solving mysteries involving several local legends; in doing so, they discover that the perpetrator is almost invariably a disguised person who seeks to exploit the legend for their personal gain. ""Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"" is the first incarnation of what would eventually become a long-running media franchise, which primarily consists of subsequent animated series, several films, and related merchandise. ""Scooby Doo, Where Are You!"" was the result of CBS and Hanna-Barbera's"
"Scooby-Doo (character) Scoobert ""Scooby"" Doo is the eponymous character and protagonist of the animated television franchise of the same name created in 1969 by the American animation company Hanna-Barbera. Scooby-Doo is a male Great Dane and lifelong companion of amateur detective Shaggy Rogers, with whom he shares many personality traits. Named after a nonsense vocal line in Frank Sinatra's hit song ""Strangers in the Night"", he features a mix of both canine and human behaviors (reminiscent of other funny animals in the Golden age of American animation), treated by his friends more or less as an equal while speaking in"
"Scrappy-Doo Scrappy-Doo is a fictional Great Dane puppy created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1979, with the catchphrases, ""Scrappy Dappy Doo"", ""Lemme at 'em!"" and ""Puppy Power!"". He is the nephew of Hanna-Barbera cartoon star Scooby-Doo. Scrappy has appeared in a number of the various incarnations of the ""Scooby-Doo"" cartoon series. Lennie Weinrib provided his voice for one season in 1979, and from 1980 on it was performed by Don Messick (who also voiced Scooby). In the first live-action theatrical movie, video games, and commercials, he was voiced by Scott Innes. He was created to save the show's ratings which by"
"useful as a communication aid or creating a distraction. Creator 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 color is wrong."" According to the official magazine that accompanied the 2002 movie, Scooby is seven years old. Don Messick originated the character's speech patterns and provided Scooby-Doo's voice"
"Scooby-Doo (film) Scooby-Doo (also known as Scooby-Doo: The Movie) is a 2002 American live-action/computer-animated family adventure film based on the long-running Hanna-Barbera animated television series of the same name. It is the first installment in the ""Scooby-Doo"" live-action film series, directed by Raja Gosnell, written by James Gunn, and starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini and Rowan Atkinson. The plot revolves around Mystery Incorporated, a group of four young adults and a dog who solve mysteries, who reunite after a two-year disbandment, to investigate a mystery on a popular horror resort. Filming took place in"
"personality of the dog, Ruby and Spears looked for inspiration to the characters played by Bob Hope in his horror-comedies – a coward who shows traits of bravery when his friends are in danger. Veteran H-B voice artist Don Messick was the original voice of Scooby and spent decades working on the character. ""Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"" premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969, at 10:30 am. EST and ran for two seasons, for a total of 25 episodes. Its final first-run episode aired on October 31, 1970. In most incarnations of the series, Scooby is regarded as a unique"
"melanistic mask. He is generally a quadruped but displays bipedal 'human' characteristics occasionally. Scooby also has opposable thumbs and can use his front paws like hands. He has a black nose and wears an off-yellow, diamond-shaped-tagged blue collar with an ""SD"" (his initials) and has four toes on each foot. 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). Scooby has a fully prehensile tail he can use to swing from or press buttons. Both his head and tail are malleable and"
"would be renamed ""Scooby-Doo"" by Fred Silverman, CBS's head of daytime programming, between its unsuccessful first pitch and a second pitch which earned the show a green light. Silverman came up with the name from the syllables ""doo-be-doo-be-doo"" in Frank Sinatra's hit song ""Strangers in the Night"". Taking notes from a Hanna-Barbera colleague who was also a breeder of Great Danes, Production designer Iwao Takamoto designed the Scooby-Doo character with a sloping chin, spots, a long tail, a sloped back, and bow legs – all traits in direct opposition to those of a prize-winning purebred Great Dane. In defining the"
"Shaggy Rogers Norville ""Shaggy"" Rogers is a fictional character in the ""Scooby-Doo franchise"". He is a cowardly slacker and the long-time best friend of his equally cowardly Great Dane, Scooby-Doo. Like Scooby-Doo, Shaggy is more interested in eating than solving mysteries. Shaggy has a characteristic speech pattern, marked by his frequent use of the filler word ""like"" and, when startled, his exclamations of ""Zoinks!"". His nickname derives from the shaggy style of his sandy-blond hair. He also sports a rough goatee. His signature attire consists of a green v-neck T-shirt and maroon bell-bottom pants, both of which fit loosely. In"
"A Pup Named Scooby-Doo A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is an American animated mystery comedy series produced by Hanna-Barbera. It is the eighth incarnation of the studio's ""Scooby-Doo"" franchise, and depicts juvenile versions of the title character and his human companions as they solve mysteries, similarly to the original ""Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"" television series. The series was developed by Tom Ruegger and premiered on September 10, 1988, airing for four seasons on ABC as well as during the syndicated block ""The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera"" until August 17, 1991. Ruegger, along with most of Hanna-Barbera's production staff, departed from the"
"dogcatcher. The series also features Scooby and Shaggy as their favorite superhero duo. Shaggy would be the fearless Commander Cool (a combination of Batman and Superman) and Scooby would be his faithful canine sidekick Mellow Mutt (a combination of Krypto, Robin, and Ace the Bat-Hound). In 2013 a direct-to-video puppet movie was released exclusively to US Walmart stores and digital download called """", that featured traits similar to that of ""A Pup Named Scooby-Doo"". Shaggy was exactly like his older incarnation. He ate a lot and used the terms ""Like"" and ""Zoinks!"" constantly. He sometimes agrees with other members of"
"Scooby Snacks Scooby Snacks (Scooby Snax) are a fictional food item, but there is also a licensed dog treat with the same name. They are used as a form of incentive payment for the cartoon characters Scooby-Doo and Shaggy from the Hanna-Barbera series ""Scooby-Doo"" and its various spin-offs. Producer William Hanna had always imagined that a ""Scooby Snack"" would taste like some sort of a caramel-flavored cookie. He and Joseph Barbera had previously used the concept of a dog, Snuffles, that goes wild for doggie treats in the Quick Draw McGraw series in 1959. Likewise Hanna-Barbera created dog character Muttley,"
"two telefilm prequels: ""Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins"" and ""Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster"", which both aired on Cartoon Network in 2009 and 2010 respectively. A spin-off film ""Daphne & Velma"" was released on May 22, 2018, and a reboot will be released on May 15, 2020. Scooby-Doo (film) Scooby-Doo (also known as Scooby-Doo: The Movie) is a 2002 American live-action/computer-animated family adventure film based on the long-running Hanna-Barbera animated television series of the same name. It is the first installment in the ""Scooby-Doo"" live-action film series, directed by Raja Gosnell, written by James Gunn, and starring Freddie Prinze Jr.,"
"for Shaggy to be a smoker of marijuana, and ""took umbrage"" to the inclusion of allusions to such in the 2002 ""Scooby-Doo"" live-action feature film. Shaggy Rogers Norville ""Shaggy"" Rogers is a fictional character in the ""Scooby-Doo franchise"". He is a cowardly slacker and the long-time best friend of his equally cowardly Great Dane, Scooby-Doo. Like Scooby-Doo, Shaggy is more interested in eating than solving mysteries. Shaggy has a characteristic speech pattern, marked by his frequent use of the filler word ""like"" and, when startled, his exclamations of ""Zoinks!"". His nickname derives from the shaggy style of his sandy-blond hair."
"Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (also known as Mystery Incorporated or Scooby-Doo! Mystery, Inc.) is an American animated mystery comedy-drama series; the series serves as the eleventh incarnation of the ""Scooby-Doo"" media franchise created by Hanna-Barbera, as well as the first that was not originally run on Saturday mornings. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network UK and premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on April 5, 2010, with the next twelve episodes continuing, and the first episode re-airing, on July 12, 2010. The series concluded on April 5, 2013, after two seasons"
"Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf is a 1988 animated made-for-television film produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication as part of the ""Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10"" series. It marked Scrappy-Doo's last appearance as a protagonist in the ""Scooby-Doo"" franchise to date; he would not appear in a ""Scooby-Doo"" production again until the live-action ""Scooby-Doo"" movie in 2002, where he was the main antagonist. Every year, all of the classic Hollywood monsters (consisting of Frankenstein's monster, his wife Repulsa, a Mummy, the Witch Sisters, Bone Jangles the Skeleton, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Snyde, Swamp Thing, and Dragonfly) gather at Count Dracula's"
"voiced Scooby since 2002, taking over beginning with ""What's New, Scooby-Doo?"" and other spin-offs including the live-action prequels ""Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins"" and ""Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster"". Dave Coulier and Seth Green have both voiced the character in ""Robot Chicken"". Voiced By: Voiced by in unofficial material and other languages: Casey Kasem, the previous voice actor for Shaggy Rogers, said that Scooby is ""the star of the show—the Shaquille O'Neal of the show."" Kasem explained ""People love animals more than they love people. Am I right or wrong? They give more love to their pets than they give"
"he suffered a career-ending stroke in 1996 and died in 1997, before any further ""Scooby-Doo"" productions were made). Messick is also known for providing the voice of the dogs Astro on ""The Jetsons"" and Muttley (who snickered). The characteristic speech impediments of Scooby and Astro are so similar that Astro's signature phrase, ""Ruh-roh!"", is popularly and improperly attributed to Scooby (as in ""Ruh-roh, Raggy!""); of the two voices, Scooby's had a deeper and throatier timbre than Astro's. Scooby is brown from head to toe with several distinctive black spots on his upper body and does not seem to have a"
"as Scooby-Doo, ""The Jetsons""' dog Astro, and Penelope Pitstop. He worked as a producer at Hanna-Barbera, supervising shows such as ""The Addams Family"", ""Hong Kong Phooey"", and ""Jabberjaw"". He directed several feature length animated films, including ""Charlotte's Web"" (1973) and """" (1990). The inspiration for Scooby-Doo's creation as a Great Dane came from an employee of the Hanna-Barbera company, who bred this dog. Takamoto was Vice-President of Creative Design at Hanna-Barbera and was responsible for overseeing Hanna-Barbera's many merchandising lines as well as design work for their Animation Art Dept. In 1996, he received the Winsor McCay Award for lifetime"
"Scott Innes Scott Innes (born October 1, 1966) is an American voice actor, author, songwriter and radio personality. Innes became the voice of Scooby-Doo between 1998 and 2002 after Don Messick's death in 1997. From 1999 to 2002, he was also the voice of Scooby's best friend and owner Norville ""Shaggy"" Rogers. He was replaced by Frank Welker (as Scooby) and by Casey Kasem (as Shaggy) in 2002, although Innes still provided the voices in video game projects and some commercials until 2009. He also voiced Scooby's nephew Scrappy-Doo in the live action movie ""Scooby-Doo"" (2002). He voiced Fred Flintstone"
"What's New, Scooby-Doo? What's New, Scooby-Doo? is an American animated mystery comedy series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for The WB television network; it is the ninth incarnation of the ""Scooby-Doo"" franchise that began with Hanna-Barbera's ""Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"" and the first of such since the previous incarnation, ""A Pup Named Scooby-Doo"", ended in 1991. The series revives the format of ""Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"", in which the title character and his companions, Fred Jones; Daphne Blake; Velma Dinkley and Shaggy Rogers, travel to varying locations solving mysteries; this format is modernized for ""What's New, Scooby-Doo?"", in which the"
"Scooby dog tags for checkpoints, hamburgers for health/energy, and pies for weapons. Fred, Daphne, and Velma help Scooby and Shaggy to overcome obstacles by giving them important game playing moves and tips via Velma's handheld communication device. The player controls Scooby-Doo and Shaggy in a 3D environment. The player defeats bosses, and tracks down Scooby snacks and other pick-ups. The main goal of the game is to defeat the Phantom Virus, a computer virus which has been terrorizing video games. The game consists of 7 stages and 21 levels in total. The player controls Scooby Doo in stages one, four,"
"Snoopy Snoopy is Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the ""Peanuts"" movies and television specials, like ""The Peanuts Movie"". Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip, and is considered more famous than Charlie Brown in other countries. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs. Snoopy is a loyal, innocent, imaginative and good-natured beagle who is prone to imagining fantasy lives, including being an"
"to be inducted with a star, after Schulz. Snoopy Snoopy is Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the ""Peanuts"" movies and television specials, like ""The Peanuts Movie"". Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip, and is considered more famous than Charlie Brown in other countries. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs. Snoopy is a loyal, innocent, imaginative and good-natured beagle who is"
"Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword is a 2009 direct-to-DVD animated comedy mystery martial arts film, as well as the thirteenth entry in a series of direct-to-video animated films based upon the ""Scooby-Doo"" Saturday morning cartoon franchise. In the United States, the DVD sold 163,890 units in its first week and as of January 2014, it has sold approximately 524,725 units. This is the last direct-to-video Scooby-Doo film to use the bright animation style keen to the ""What's New, Scooby-Doo?"" TV series. It was also the last ""Scooby-Doo"" production featuring Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers before"
"other half of the hour was filled by ""Dynomutt, Dog Wonder"", a new Hanna-Barbera cartoon about a superhero named Blue Falcon and his goofy mechanical canine sidekick, Dynomutt. The Mystery, Inc. gang made guest appearances in three of the ""Dynomutt, Dog Wonder"" segments. The show was renamed to ""The Scooby-Doo / Dynomutt Show"" when ABC added a rerun of ""Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"" to the show in November 1976. In 1977, ABC had a programming block called ""Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics"". The ""Scooby-Doo"" segment of this two-hour block included 8 new episodes of ""Scooby-Doo"" (two of which featured Scooby-Dum and one"
"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is an American animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. Produced for CBS, the series premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning schedule on September 13, 1969, and aired for two seasons until October 31, 1970. In 1978, a selection of episodes from the later series ""Scooby's All-Stars"" and ""The Scooby-Doo Show"" were aired on ABC under the ""Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"" name and, as such, is sometimes marketed as its third season. The series centers on a group of characters consisting of four teenagers—Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley,"
"as Fred, actress Nicole Jaffe as Velma, and musician Indira Stefanianna Christopherson as Daphne. Scooby's speech patterns closely resembled an earlier cartoon dog, Astro from ""The Jetsons"" (1962–63), also voiced by Messick. Seventeen episodes of ""Scooby-Doo Where are You!"" were produced in 1969–70. The series theme song was written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh, and performed by Larry Marks. Each of these episodes features Scooby and the four teenage members of Mystery, Inc.—Fred, Shaggy, Daphne and Velma—arriving at a location in the Mystery Machine, a van painted with psychedelic colors and flower power imagery. Encountering a ghost, monster, or"
"Scooby-Doo! (film series) The Scooby-Doo film series consists of five live action comedy films based on the Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series of the same name. Toward the end of the 1990s, Warner Bros. and producer Charles Roven began producing a series of feature live action films starring Scooby-Doo, beginning with the 2002 film ""Scooby-Doo"", directed by Raja Gosnell. Gosnell also directed the 2004 sequel """" (2004). A prequel television film, ""Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins"" (2009), was released by Cartoon Network. Brian Levant directed the film and its sequel, ""Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster"" (2010). Development for a live-action treatment"
"Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo) Frederick Herman Jones is a fictional character in the American animated series ""Scooby-Doo"", about a quartet of teenage mystery solvers and their Great Dane companion, Scooby-Doo. He has been voiced by Frank Welker since the character's inception in 1969. In most series, Fred wears a white and/or blue shirt and blue jeans. In the original series, Fred wears an orange ascot tie. In the 1990s direct-to-video movies, Fred generally wears a light blue shirt sometimes with a jacket. In the 2002 series ""What's New, Scooby-Doo?"", Fred's outfit was given an update, with the removal of his orange"
"The Scooby-Doo Show The Scooby-Doo Show is an American animated mystery comedy series. The title of the series is an umbrella term for episodes of the third incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's ""Scooby-Doo"" franchise. A total of 40 episodes ran for three seasons, from 1976 to 1978, on ABC, marking the first ""Scooby"" series to appear on the network. Sixteen episodes were produced as segments of ""The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour"" in 1976, eight episodes were produced as segments of ""Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics"" in 1977 and sixteen episodes were produced in 1978, with nine of them running by themselves under the ""Scooby-Doo, Where Are"
"Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem is a video game based on the Hanna-Barbera/Warner Bros. cartoon ""Scooby-Doo"". The game was released by Artificial Mind and Movement, THQ and Warner Bros. in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. It was later released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox in 2004. The player controls two characters, Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo, as they progress through five levels, solving mysteries for Mystery Inc. Shaggy and Scooby get to switch places when the player wants to play either as Shaggy or Scooby, find a clue then report it to Velma Dinkley and can defeat"
"but still much braver than Scooby and Shaggy. In all three movies, he sometimes serves as the brains of the trio, figuring out the clues and where to go next. Also, the idea of Scrappy actually may not have been all that new to the series, as he ""...bore a resemblance to Spears's and Ruby's initial idea for a feisty little dog"", which was one of the early ideas for the Scooby-Doo character himself, along with the ""big cowardly dog"" ultimately chosen. Hints of Scrappy can also be seen in the fact that there were originally six members of mystery"