Scooby-Doo (Character)

Scoobert Scooby-Doo is the eponymous character and protagonist of the Scooby-Doo franchise created by the popular American animation company Hanna-Barbera. 
 	
First Appearance:	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, What a Night for a Knight
Voiced by: 	
Don Messick (1969-1997) 
Hadley Kay (1997)
Scott Innes (1998-2006)
Neil Fanning (2002 and 2004)
Frank Welker (2002-Present)
He is the male dog and lifelong companion of Shaggy Rogers and in much iteration, including the original series, is regarded as a unique Great Dane dog who is able to speak in broken English, unlike most other dogs in his reality, and usually puts the letter R in front of words spoken. Other incarnations, such as A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, present talking dogs like Scooby as quite common. The head of children's programming at CBS, Fred Silverman came up with the character's name from the syllables "doo-be-doo-be-doo" in Frank Sinatra's hit song "Strangers in the Night".
==Voices==
Scooby was first voiced by the late Don Messick, who was also known for providing the voice of the dogs Astro on The Jetsons and Muttley (who snickered).The characteristic voices of Scooby and Astro are so similar that Astro's signature phrase, "Ruh-roh!" ("Uh-oh!") is popularly and improperly attributed to Scooby (as in "Ruh-roh, Raggy!"). He was later voiced by Scott Innes in the 1998-2001 DTV Movies and Neil Fanning in the theatrical live-action movies. Scooby's current voice talent is Frank Welker.
==Physical Apperance==
Scooby is a Big Brown Dog with five black spots. Two each on his arms and one on his back. He is always seen wearing a Blue Collar with a tag that has his inital in Yellow.
==Personality==
Different iterations of the character have been developed and expanded in the various series featuring the characters, many of them contradicting, such as the original series and recent live-action movies where Shaggy and Scooby-Doo first meet as older teenagers for the first time, contradicting the "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" animated series where they know each other from almost infancy. In all versions of the character, ‎Scooby-Doo and Shaggy share several personality traits, mostly being cowardly and perpetually hungry. But their friends (Velma, Daphne and Fred) 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, in later versions of the cartoons, Scooby's dog tag), though Scooby's inherent loyalty and courage does often force him to take a more heroic stance. Scooby has a speech impediment and tends to pronounce most words as if they begin with an "R", though most characters are able to understand him perfectly. In most iterations, he keeps his sentences relatively short, usually using charades for anything longer than three or four words. His catchphrase, usually howled at the end of every episode and movie and game, is "Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" or "Rooby-Rooby-Roo".
==Appearances==
Scooby has appeared in every TV Show, Movie and Videogame in his franchise.
==Relatives==
#Scrappy-Doo: Scooby's young nephew (and son of Scooby's sister Ruby-Doo), Scrappy is the bravest of Scooby's relatives. Scrappy became a recurring character in the Scooby-Doo series beginning in 1979, and was noted for being quite headstrong and always wanting to face off in a fight the various villains (unlike his uncle). He has one or two catch phrases, the one he uses the most is "Puppy Power!" Scooby and Shaggy were present at Scrappy's birth.
#Scooby-Dum: Scooby's cousin (according to Shaggy in "Headless Horseman of Halloween), a blue-grey dog. A Mortimer Snerd-esque dog who longed to be a detective. Was rather dimwitted (he'd keep looking for clues even after the mystery was solved). His catch-phrase was also different then Scooby's and Scrappy's. Instead of "Scooby-Dooby-Dum" his typical custom catch-phrase is "Dum dum Dum DUM!", an intoningthe opening four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which he would do after someone said the word "Clue."
#Yabba-Doo: According to Scrappy and Yabba-Doo, Yabba is Scooby's brother, a white dog owned by Deputy Dusty in the American southwest. Unlike Scooby, Yabba is brave. Unlike Scooby's and Scrappy's, his typical custom catchphrase at the end is "Yippity-Yabbity-Doooo!!!" (and not "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!", presumably due to another Hanna-Barbera character's usage of that phrase).
#Scooby-Dee: Scooby's distant cousin, a white dog. Spoke with a Southern accent, and was an actress.
#Dooby-Doo: Scooby's cousin, a singer. He is one of Scooby's few relatives to have hair on his head. Only appeared in "The 'Dooby Dooby Doo' Ado".
#Momsy and Dada Doo: Scooby's parents.
#Whoopsy-Doo: Scooby's cousin, a clown. Owned by Shaggy (Norville)'s uncle, Gaggy Rogers.
#Ruby-Doo: Scooby's sister, and mother of Scrappy-Doo.
#Skippy-Doo: Scooby's brother. Highly intelligent; he wears glasses.
#Howdy-Doo: Scooby's brother. Enjoyed reading Supermarket tabloid newspapers. He appears to become a redhead.
#Horton-Doo: Scooby's uncle. Was interested in monsters and science.
#Dixie-Doo: Scooby's cousin and the pet of Betty Lou, Shaggy's Southern cousin.
#Grandpa Scooby: Scooby's grandfather.
#Great-Grandpa Scooby: Scooby's great-grandfather.
#Yankee-Doodle-Doo: Scooby's ancestor. Not much is known about him. He appears to be a pilgrim.
#David-Doo: Scooby's shenanigan laden IT cousin.
==Love Interests==
#Amber: In Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, 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 at the end of the movie and unlike Scooby, she speaks like a normal human.
#Dusk: (The drummer of the Hex-Girls) In the episode "The Vampire Strikes Back", Scooby was caught in a costume and Dusk kisses him. Scooby then giggles and then licks her.
#Chiquita: In Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico, Scooby meets up with Chiquita, Alejo's son's pet Chihuahua, when the gang arrives at Alejo's family hotel.
#Googy: In Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, he received a kiss from her, then later at the monster race, he tried to get another kiss, but was pulled off by Shaggy.
#Sandy Duncan: In The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode: Sandy Duncan's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Scooby fell for Sandy Duncan at a studio. Sled dog:
#In The Scooby Doo Show episode, A Scary Night With a Snow Beast Fright, Scooby falls in love with a sled dog. At the end, she kisses him Miyumi:
#In Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword, the gang meets up with Daphne's foreign friend, Miyumi, in Japan. Miyumi's affection for Scooby was evident in a few scenes in the movie, such as petting him at the beginning, offering him ten Scooby Snacks inside of a cave while trying to lure him out of a jet, and even kissing him on the nose at the end of the movie. On another side note, Scooby enjoyed watching a battle between Daphne and Miyumi, which Shaggy referred to as a "kung-fu catfight" and Scooby agreeing. Also, Scooby hinted an interest for Miyumi at the end of the movie by asking her to sit next to him in the Mystery Machine during the gang's future mysteries before she declined.
#Chrissie (Possibly): Mr. B's prize dog, and mother of the Secret Six (Maize, Flax, Jingle, Knox, 14-Carat, and Bling-Bling) appeared in the What's New, Scooby-Doo episode "Homeward Hound".
#Roxanne: An old girlfriend that Scooby meets again in What's New episode, A Scooby-Doo Valentine. In the end, she leaves Scooby for singer J.C. Chasez's pet bulldog Reecho.
#Scooby Dee: A distant cousin of Scooby Doo. She was originally intended to be Scooby's love interest (and Scooby Dum's), but the series ended before this could eventuate. She only appeared in two episodes (The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller and Homeward Hound).
==Shaggy and Scooby Doo as heroes to the Gang==
In the following films listed below, it showed that Shaggy and Scooby both had the ability to come to the rescue and act as "superheroes" when the rest of the gang are in trouble (Such as being captured) or needed some help:
#Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
#Scooby-Doo (film)
#Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
#Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
#Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
#Scooby-Doo! And The Goblin King
#Scooby-Doo! And The Samurai Sword
#Batman: The Brave and the Bold
==Weakness==
Scooby is seen many times being tickled in both movies and series.
#In Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School Scooby is tickled from behind by a monster impersonator of Shaggy.
#In Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf Scooby's tummy is tickled by King Kong during a monster race.
#In Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders, Scooby is tickled when one of the aliens attaches a wire to Scooby's stomach.
#In episodes of What's New Scooby Doo there are two scenes where Scooby is tickled. One is where they are visiting a friend in San Francisco at a skating park and a security guard tickles Scooby, and the other is where they visit Fort Knox and some Mp's tickle Scooby. In both cases, Scooby is tickled when a guard does a pat down to check him in case he's carrying anything.
#In the premiere episode of Shaggy and Scooby Doo! Get a Clue, Shaggy tickles Scooby's stomach when he hears it growling.
#In Scooby Doo the Mystery Begins, Shaggy is seen tickling Scooby's stomach after they first meet.
#In Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated Scooby gets Tickled by students under a Love Spell.
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*Scooby's First Voiced Talent, the late Don Messick, made Scooby, snicker, he also provided that same snicker to the dogs Astro on The Jetsons and Muttley.
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