Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo)

Velma Dinkley (born Velma Von Dinkenstein) is one of the three tritagonists (alongside Fred Jones and Daphne Blake) of the franchise. 
She is prone to losing her glasses. She is usually seen wearing a baggy long-sleeved orange sweater, short red pleated skirt (or in later episodes shorts), orange knee-high socks, and red strap-on Mary Janes. She is seen as the brains of the group and the older sister of Madelyn.
==Portrayals==
Velma has been voiced by several actresses. From 1969 to 1974, Nicole Jaffe voiced Velma; from 1976 to 1979, the late Pat Stevens voiced the character. From 1979 to 1980, 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 series, 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 voiced Velma in a Johnny Bravo crossover episode. From the 1998-2001 animated movies, B.J. Ward reprised her role in all movies though Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase. Nicole Jaffe returned temporary to voice Velma in the movies, Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico. She is currently voiced by Kate Micucci. In the Japanese dub from the series and movies, she is voiced by Tomoe Hanba.
In the latest three Scooby series, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! and Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, as well as all cartoon movies made since 2004, Velma is voiced by Mindy Cohn. In the 2002 and 2004 live-action movies, Velma is played by Linda Cardellini. Velma is portrayed by Hayley Kiyoko in the live action TV films. In Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! she is voiced by Kate Miccuci. In Daphne & Velma, she was played by Sarah Gilman.
== Birth Country==
Velma was born in Germany (as revealed In Scooby-Doo Frankencreepy). When she and her Jewish parents moved to America, over the years, Velma met and became close friends with Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Fred Jones, and Daphne Blake.
==Original Incarnation==
NOTE: This is in chronological order.
===Early Life===
As revealed in Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy, Velma was born in Germany as Velma Von Dinkenstein. When she and her parents moved to America, her full name was changed to "Velma Daisy Dinkley". As Velma grew, she later met Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Daphne Blake, and Fred Jones and began solving mysteries with them. Velma also has a younger sister named Madelyn who is brainy, just like her older sister, but Madelyn loves magic and wishes to become a magician. As a kid, Velma used to be afraid of clowns but has eventually gotten over that fear. Velma's sister Madelyn mentions that Velma was born with a mystery book in her hands so she has loved mysteries from a very early age. At some unknown point when she was younger, Velma became friends with Aggie McDuff, who she would meet again when Mystery Inc. had to help her solve the mystery about the Ghost of Finnyan McDuff. Some point in her youth, Velma and Mystery Inc. became friends with Arlene Wilcox, who they wouldn't meet again until they had to help her solve a mystery.
== Heroic Acts ==
==== TV Shows ====
===A Pup Named Scooby-Doo===
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===Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?===
* Velma helped her friends travel on haunted and abandoned coats of crystal cove, She sometimes stumble upon clues and costumed criminals on accident when her glasses are temporarily lost, bringing her close to solving mysteries
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===The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries ===
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* In the episode lights camera mayhem, Velma proved to pity the faceless phantom by suggesting no charges placed due to lack of incidents and no harm caused.
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* In the Night the Clown Cried: she proved to care bondfully of her old gang and helped reunite them each including Fred rehabilitate and stand up to find the true culprit.
===In Movies===
* In Zombie Island:
* In Scooby-Doo and The Witch's Ghost, Velma served as the main protagonist of "Scooby-Doo and the Witches Ghost". Where she encountes and reluctantly helps Ben ravencroft find his ancestor’s spellbook, She helps the Hex Girl in defeating snd putting an end to Sarah Ravencroft and her descendant Ben for good.
* In Scooby-Doo and The Alien Invaders: Velma discovered the “aliens” were trying to rob an abandoned gold mine.
* Scooby-Doo and The Cyber Chase, Velma worked alongside her digital counterparts to defeat the phantom virus and expose Bill Lemore for the cybercrime.
* Scooby-Doo and The Legend of The Vampire, Velma discovered the holograms used by the presumed deceased band Wildwind to scare their competitors the Hex Girls.
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====Scooby-Doo: Frankencreepy====
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== Personality ==
Velma is the smartest member of the group and out of all the members, she has the biggest fascination with mysteries. Velma is highly skeptical around the supernatural and believes that many of the monsters are as fake as the ones she unmasks (though in one episode of Mystery Incorporated, she wished the supernatural was real since debunking them can get boring). Velma also cares about her friends, such as in Where's my Mummy, when she tried protecting the gang by telling them to stay out of the mystery.
Velma and her sister Madelyn have a lot in common. Both of them have obsessions: one for mysteries the other for magic. Both of them study and read a lot and over analyze almost everything (ironically, Velma thinks Madelyn is the nerdy one). Velma is so smart she mentions that she has a book for every occasion.
==Character description==
Throughout her various incarnations, Velma is usually portrayed as a highly intelligent young woman with various interests ranging from highly specified sciences or merely being very well read on various and sometimes obscure information, 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 Freddie and Daphne.
In the first series, notably Where are You! and New Movies, a running gag is Velma's severe near-sightedness and her trouble with keeping her glasses on her face (usually after falling off while 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!" and "My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!"
As a child, Velma used to have a fear of clowns, but in What's New Scooby-Doo she finally got over that fear. And, aside from having a fear of clowns, in Shaggy's Showdown, she is revealed to be allergic to horses.
==Relatives==
Relatives of Velma shown during the series' run.
===Dale and Agnes Dinkley===
Velma's parents.
===Madelyn Dinkley===
Velma's cute and lovely sister voiced by Danica McKellar. 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.
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*Aunt Thelma: works with dolphins at a marine institute.
*Aunt Gretchen: owner of a renaissance fair and the sister of Uncle Brent.
*Uncle Brent: used to own a renaissance fair, but got arrested. Also he is the brother of Aunt Gretchen.
*Uncle Dave (Walton): works as a border guard.
*Uncle John: works as an archaeologist.
*Uncle Cosmo Dinkley: paternal uncle, also works as an archaeologist.
*Uncle Elmo: a doctor.
*Uncle Ted: also works as an archeologist.
*Thelma Lou: is a detective and ancestor of Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo! Team Up series.
*Lilia: a cousin of Velma and works as a botanist.
*Tavish MacDougal: Velma's third cousin twice removed, he owns a hotel.
*Dahlia Pinkney: Velma's aunt who owns a computer game company.
*Aunt Selma: owns a dog obedience school.
*Dexter Dinkley: Velma's cousin.
*Ludwig Van Hammersley: Velma's cousin and owner of Van Hammersley Superconductors.
*Velma Dinkley's grandfather: he lives in New Orleans.
*Otto Dinkley, né Von Dinkenstein: Velma's great-grandfather, he brought his family from Germany to America during the immigration period.
*Thelma Dinkley: Velma's cousin who works as an Egyptologist.
*Basil Von Dinkenstein: Velma's great-great-uncle, he was a baron and scientist.
*Von Dinkenstein: Velma's great-great-aunt.
== Love Interests==
=== Davy Jones===
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===Beau Neville===
While Daphne falls in love with Beau because of his good looks, Velma falls in love with him after she learns that he is a detective and hears one of his poems. As Beau tells her one of his poems, he shows her that he is a gentleman by helping her on to the boat as they leave Moonscar Island/Zombie Island. Velma tells him that he is a good poet but Beau doesn't think he is. He mentions that because he loves mysteries; he wants to write his own detective stories. When Velma hears this, it makes love Beau even more, but she tries to hide the truth about loving him and act like that she loves detective stories more than detectives. Velma tells him that she owns her own mystery book store which, catches Beau's interest because of his love for mysteries.
===Ben Ravencroft===
Ben Ravencroft is a famous horror writer. He became a writer after he learned about his family history with the supernatural. Mystery Inc. meets Ben as they try to solve a mystery in a museum. Ben helped them capture the villains. After meeting Ben Ravencroft, it is revealed that Velma has had a crush on him and loved his books for years, so when she meets him and visits his home, it's a dream come true for her. Ben Ravencroft also shows an interest in Velma, although he reveals the truth after he gets the book he was looking for that he tricked her. He never really loved her, and Velma was upset that her favorite book writer lied to her and pretended to love her.
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===Guy L'Avorton===
Mystery Inc. meet Guy L'Avorton after Daphne wants to plan a surprise visit to her cousin Danica LaBlake. Velma mentions that he is a french movie star and talks about how she loves him and his movies. The rest of the gang doesn't know who he is except for Velma when they first meet him they learn that he is Danica's boyfriend but despite that Velma still loves him anyway. Even though he is Danica's boyfriend, Guy L'Avorton acts like a gentleman around Velma, which makes her love him even more. But while Velma is in love with him, the rest of the gang think of him as a suspect, but despite her friends suspensions of him don't stop her from still falling in love with him. Eventually, they learn that Danica and Guy L'Avorton were behind her kidnapping to help her get out the spotlight so she doesn't have be a model anymore and live a calm, quiet, and normal life. After finally solving the mystery and helping Danica and Guy L'Avorton get the life that they want, the gang starts to leave France but not before Guy L'Avorton gives Velma his hat which makes her love him even more.
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===Johnny Bravo===
In "Bravo Dooby-Doo", Johnny Bravo met the Mystery Inc. Velma once had a crush on him but he never bother to realize it since he was making a move Daphne few times, much to the latter's annoyance, but failed constantly. On a stormy night, Johnny Bravo's car breaks down. Just to his luck, The Mystery Machine drives up to Johnny. After flagging the gang down, he explains that he broke down on a trip to his Aunt Jebidisa's house. Johnny finally convinces the gang to drive him there by telling them her house is haunted, which convinced the gang to help him out. After the whole ordeal with the Ghostly Gardner, it turned out that Aunt Jebidisa was behind it, attempting to scare off Johnny because she viewed him as an embarrassment to the Bravo family. She was angered for failing to get rid of Johnny, but also at the gang for foiling her plan. Surprisingly, they apologetically ask if there's anything they can do to make it up to her. Off-screen, she then requests them to have Johnny be tied to a tree on the side of a road as an act of apology, to which they agree to do, including Velma who now has finally see how much boorish Johnny really is. Aunt Jebidisa then travels with the gang in the Mystery Machine, wanting to go someplace fun with her handsome new friend, i.e. Shaggy, who gulps at the thought. As they drive away leaving Johnny stranded until Speed Buggy offered him a ride. In a Cartoon Network commercial, Johnny recalled his time with Velma after picking up her glasses. He even loved her and once asked Velma to marry him, but she declined saying her job with the Mystery Inc. comes first, leaving Johnny heartbroken. In the movie, "Johnny Bravo Goes To Bollywood", he made a shout out to Velma on camera.
===Coco Diablo ===
In Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!, Velma develops a crush on her, which seems like the culmination in the long-running real world jokes that Velma looks like a lesbian.
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==Trivia==
* In the cartoon series, Velma was always shown to be a 15-year-old, freckle faced, heavy-set, "nerdy-girl" stereotype who wears thick long-sleeved orange sweaters and stands 4'10"; but in the 2002 live-action movie that takes place a decade after the cartoon, Velma matures into a 25-year-old, make-up wearing, hourglass shaped, "hot-teacher" stereotype who wears revealing tight-fitting orange shirts and grew into being the same height and physique as Daphne.
*In Shaggy's Showdown it is revealed that Velma is allergic to horses.
* Velma, like the rest of the gang, met their first real ghost, Bartholomew Byford Boo, in the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo episode "Ghost Who's Coming to Dinner".
*Even though Mystery Inc has meet Blue Falcon, Dynomutt, Batman, Robin and many superheroes in The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Batman the Brave & the Bold and met a supervillain in Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo, Velma mentions that comics and superheroes baffle her in Mask of the Blue Falcon.
*Orange is her favorite color.
*Velma along with Fred have meet the real Dracula, his wife, Wolfman, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, Gill-Man and the Invisible Man in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries episode "A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle".
* While Mary Shelley got the idea of her book Frankenstein from Dinkenstein family Velma and the gang have visited the real Frankenstein castle in Scooby-Doo Where Are You. They have also meet the real Frankenstein Monster in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries.
*In The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries episode "Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo" it is revealed that Velma Dinkley was working for NASA. Which is the reason why she isn't in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries or in or in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, which is why Shaggy and Daphne have to tell her about the events of 13 Ghosts in Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (where she meets Flim-Flam for the first time).
*By the time of Zombie Island, Velma left NASA for unknown reasons and opened up her own book store called Mystery Inc Book Shop.
*In Scooby-Doo and The Legend of The Vampire, Daphne mentions that Velma loves to sing but Velma doesn't sing in front of people because she has stage fright.
*In the Scooby-Doo Where Are You episode "Mystery Masked Mix-Up", it is revealed that Velma can read in both traditional and simplified Chinese.
*In the movie Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!, Velma reveals that she likes to read in another language.
*In the movie Scooby-Doo: Moon Monster Madness, Velma reveals that she has want to be an astronaut ever since she was a little kid almost since birth, she even joined NASA in the live-action movie.
*While it is revealed in What's New Scooby-Doo episode "A Terrifying Round With A Menacing Clown" that Velma had a phobia of clowns since she was five, she didn't show her fear when facing the Ghost Clown.
*In the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo episode "Now Museum Now You Don't", when facing off against the Samurai Ghost, Velma used martial arts to take down the ghost.
*In the recent movies that revisit leftover plots from TV shows and movies like Curse of the Thirteenth Ghost and Return to Zombie Island, Velma's inability to truly believe in the supernatural reached the point of frustrating fans to the point they hoped some form of terrible karma would befall her.
**She thinks Vincent is a nutcase who believes he's a warlock, despite his use of a crystal ball; even thinking the ghosts in the chest of demons were hallucinations from the Himalayan attitude, when they had in fact be captured AROUND THE WORLD
**She passed off the zombies as swamp gas hallucinations and the cat people as greedy treasure hunters; even though they decapitated a zombie and saw the cat people transform and decompose in front of them.
*Velma's sexuality has varied between various Scooby-Doo media. In the first live-action Scooby-Doo movie and the Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated animated series, Velma was intended to be portrayed as a homosexual. However, in the shows and movies following the original Scooby-Doo series and the Scooby Apocalypse comics, Velma is heterosexual. 
**In the 2022 animated film Trick-or-Treat Scooby-Doo, which is based on the original series, Velma seems to have a crush on the female character Coco Diablo.
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