Velma Dinkley

Velma Dinkley is a fictional character in the Scooby-Doo series.
 	
First Appearance:	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, What a Night for a Knight
Voices 	
Nicole Jaffe (1969–2003)
Pat Stevens (1976–1979)
Marla Frumkin (1979,1984)
Christina Lange (1988-1991)
B. J. Ward (1997-2002)
Mindy Cohn (2002–present)
'" Bets Malone'" (2012; singing)
Stephanie D'Abruzzo (2013)
Portayers 	
Linda Cardellini (2002 and 2004)
Lauren Kennedy (2004)
Hayley Kiyoko (2009 and 2010 live-action films)
She is prone to losing her glasses. She is seen as the brain of the group.
==Voices/Actresses==
===Voices===
Velma was first voiced by Nicole Jaffe. She was then voiced by the late Pat Stevens. Then Marla Frumkin provided her voice. Velma did not speak in the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo final episode, "The Ransom of Scooby Chief". After the character's absence from 1980 to 1983, Marla Frumkin reprised the role of Velma as a guest star in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries. Velma was absent again until A Pup Named Scooby-Doo when Christina Lange voiced the role. B.J. Ward then voiced Velma until Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights. Velma is currently voiced by Mindy Cohn.
===Actresses===
In the 2002 and 2004 live-action movies, Velma is played by Linda Cardellini and Lauren Kennedy. In the 2009 and 2010 live-action movies, She is portrayed by Hayley Kiyoko.
==Physical Appearance==
Velma has short brown hair and black glasses with blue lenses. She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange sweater (with roled-up sleeves), Red short pleated skirt, Orange knee socks, and Red Shoes. In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, She wore an orange vest, a white sweater and a red skirt. In Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo and The Witch's Ghost and Scooby-Doo And The Cyber Chase, She wore her original orange sweater with a red lineless skirt, White ankle high socks and red shoes. In Scooby-Doo and The Alien Invaders, She wore an Orange T-Shirt, Red Shorts, White ankle high socks and red sneakers. In What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Velma wore a re-vamped version of her original 1969 outfit with these differences:
*The Sleeves of Her Orange Sweater go all the way down to her wrists.
*There are only two lines in her Red Skirt (and their shaped together like a triangle).
*She has different red shoes.
In Aloha, Scooby-Doo!, Velma wore an Orange T-Shirt, Red Shorts, Orange knee high socks and red shoes. In Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue, She wore her Orange Sweater (With the sleeves at the wrist), and her original red pleated Skirt. In Scooby-Doo, Mystery Incorpated and the 2010-Present Movies, Velma (and the original kids in the gang) has completey gone back to her original 1969 outfit. Plus, on Mystery Incorpated, She has Red bows in her hair. In the Live-Action Movies, Velma wore many different outfits.
==Character Descrption==
Throughout her various appearance in the franchise, Velma is usually portrayed as a highly intelligent young woman with highly specific interests in science (which in the Scooby and Scrappy Doo series leads her to pursue a career as a NASA research scientist) or merely being very well read on obscure fields, such as ancient Viking writing (as in the third Scooby Doo series The New Scooby Doo Mysteries). In Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, Velma is described by her younger sister Madelyn as being "born with a mystery book in her hand". Consequently, Velma is usually the one to figure out the mystery, sometimes with the help of Fred and Daphne. In the beginning, notably "Where are you!" and "New Movies", a running gag is Velma's severe nearsightedness and her trouble with keeping her glasses on her face (often resulting in them falling off while she is being chased by the villain). When Scooby is too afraid to volunteer to help with a mission, Velma often offers him a dog treat called a "Scooby Snack" as a bribe. Her catchphrases are: "Jinkies!," "Jeepers!" (also used by other members of the gang, notably Daphne) and "My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!"
==Character Background==
Like all of the Scooby Doo gang, later ret-conned as Mystery Incorporated members, Velma has differing personal backgrounds and histories depending on which series one is referring to. In the original Where are you! series, Velma attended the same high school as the rest of the gang (as stated in the episode A Knight for a night). However, in the second series, the New Scooby Doo Movies, Velma is said to have been part of a different high school than her friends (as stated in the episode Spirited Spooked Sports Show).
==Appearances==
Velma has appeared in every TV Show, except the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Shorts and The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo. She was also excluded from the 1987-1989 Movies. And She also appeared in Every Episode of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, except Camp Comeoniwannascareya. And She only appeared in teo episodes of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue.
==Relatives==
Dale and Angie Dinkley Velma's parents, voiced by Kevin Dunn and Frances Conroy. They own the Crystal Cove Mystery Museum, which has in its display all of the costumes from the villains the gang has defeated over the years, as well as other objects that have connections to the supernatural or the unexplainable. Angie constantly tries to help her daughter in any way she can, while Dale tends to reprimend Velma. 
Madelyn Dinkley II Velma's younger sister voiced by Danica McKellar and Olivia Hack. She appears to be in her late teens and somewhat resembles her older sister in appearance & personality. Ironically, Velma herself refers to Madelyn as a nerd and doesn't seem to realize how much alike they really are. Unlike Velma, Madelyn wasn't exactly sure what she wanted to do for a living and had previously attended clown college until she discovered a fondness for stage magic and enrolls in a school for stage magicians. Madelyn has a huge crush on Shaggy Rogers and as a result of this, Shaggy refers to Madelyn as "Doe-eyed Dinkley" or by simply "Madds". She plays an important role in Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, when the magic school she's enrolled in is being terrorized by a giant griffin. 
Aunt Meg and Uncle Evan Velma's aunt and uncle, who live in a small town called Banning Junction which features in a Halloween episode of What's New, Scooby-Doo?.
Marcy Velma's cousin and the daughter of Meg and Evan. She is studying mechanical engineering in college, but unlike Velma she is fashionable. This along with Marcy's interest in Fred made her Daphne's rival of sorts. She was born on Halloween which over time led to her hatred of the holiday as it usually upstaged her birthday (even her parents have forgotten it). Consequently, she used local legend and her engineering background to create "Mechanical Scarecrow Monsters" to terrorize the town.
Category:Scooby-Doo Characters