Phineus Phibes

Dr. Phineus Phibes is the main antagonist of Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!.
He is an evil scientist who is obsessed with becoming immortal and taking over the world. He serves as the archenemy of Scooby-Doo and Shaggy Rogers.
Biography
Background
Phineas Phibes grew up in the border of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas where he had an unhappy childhood of being mocked for his accent and will never be a cowboy.
When he was young he tired to make himself immortal, but he got electrocuted and lost his hand, got his hair changed, and his body changed that allows lightning to strike him any time he ventures outside even on a sunny day that caused him to be traumatized.
Dr. Phibes tried to get the nano tech formula, which grants users super powers, from Albert Shaggleford, Shaggy’s uncle, but was not able to due to Albert went into hiding , and he entrusted to keep the nano tech formula to his nephew and Scooby-Doo in the form of Scooby Snacks.
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!
He first appears in the episode, Shag to Riches, where he sends his agents like Agents 1 and 2 to kidnap Shaggy and Scooby-Doo and they’ve got in and captured them and he tells them where is the formula and shaggy gave the formula but unbeknownst to him it was a recipe for hot dog tacos and he tells his minions to lock shaggy and Scooby-Doo in the room to drown them but they escaped and Dr. Trebla, his new assistant, tells him that the formula was for hot dog tacos that he hated, and the big whale swallowed the entire submarine.
In the episode of More Fondue for Scooby-Doo, Dr. Phibes planned to cause an avalanche at Mt. Zeyodelwietzen where the hotel is and during the global warming conference. He plans to use a blimp that is disguised as a cloud to fire a laser to melt the glacier of the mountain. When he learned that Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are there, he order Missy Swiss and Carla to eliminate them. However, his plan failed, the duos managed to stop the avalanche and destroyed the blimp. Also, Missy Swiss and Carla failed to deal with due to the latter always attacking the former to point of wanting to turn herself to the police.
Following the episode of High Society Scooby, Dr. Phibes ordered Agent 1 and 2 to kidnap three world’s leading scientists to gain their technologies at the golf club. However, the agents failed to kidnap them due to Shaggy and Scooby’s effort of stop them as a result, their punishment was to be in a giant hamster cage where there’s a lion wanting to eat them.
In the episode Party Arty, he got intel from Agent 2 through spy cameras around Shaggy’s mansion that Shaggy and Scooby-Doo needed a robot butler to replace Robi for a house party after proving to dangerous to their next door neighbor, who threatened to evict them. He sent in Agent 2 and a dangerous and untested robot called Arty to eliminate them. His plans failed as Shaggy and Scooby-Doo shrink the robot down, and they destroyed those spy cameras.
In the episode Smart House, Dr. Phibes planed to upload a computer virus called Kevin into the National Defense facility to hijack all the weapons around the world, but it failed due to the virus intercepted by Shaggy and Scooby-Doo and it is uploaded in the mansion. He ordered the techies, Ricky and Mark, to retrieve the virus. The techies managed to get the virus, but they did upload the virus to Phibes’ lair that causes mayhem as payback for not giving them their lunch money.
In the episode Lightning Strike Twice, Phibes set up his lair in outer space. He planed to create a thunderstorm that will engulf the world to make people suffer as he did starting with Shaggy and Scooby. His storm machine was destroyed by Shaggy, Scooby, and Robi with the help of Phibes’ agents, who were easily mistaken them as aliens, when the trio were covered in green pudding, and expressed interest in follow their command.
In the episode Don’t Feed the Animals, Phibes kidnapped a renown scientist that specialized in the rainforest to find a way of getting immortal. He planed to destroy the forest using bulldozer, kidnap wild animals, and steal all the plant to get it. When he learned that Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are there, he sent in poachers, Bruce and Brucey, to eliminate them. His plans failed when Dr. Phibes and the poacher were attacked by marmosets, who ate Scooby Snacks, which granted them superpowers, and Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, released the animals, rescued the scientist, and set the bulldozer to attack Phibes while leaving him trapped.
Following the episode Mystery of the Missing Mystery Solver, Dr. Phibes set up a party for the award of the Mystery Solver of the Millennium by luring several detectives including Shaggy and Scooby-Doo and hosting as the Mystery Man. His plan is to kidnap them all and eliminate them. However his plans were foiled by Shaggy and Scooby-Doo by outsmarting them and proving they are capable detective.
In the episode Chef of Steel, he sent ticket for Shaggy and Scooby-Doo to watch as audience call Chef of Steel and sent in Chef Suki Sukihari to participate the show using the hypnotizing hibachi to get them to reveal the nano tech formula if not, then Suki can eliminate them. His plan failed when Scooby destroy the hibachi using the sound power Scooby Snix as a result the ruthless chef was hypnotized, and the chef gave him a blowing raspberry after Shaggy tells him to, much to his humiliation.
In the episode Almost Ghost, Dr. Phibes created a stealth technology to make Agent 1 and 2 invisible at the blimp , so they can go to one of the top secret agency called Department of Extreme Weaponry to steal the disintegration ray. While the agents are busy infiltrating and getting the weapon, Dr. Phibes is seeing a sheep piloting a Mystery Machine, plane mode, that causes him to think he is crazy. His plans was foiled by Shaggy and Scooby-Doo with the help of fellow Mystery Inc., Velma, Daphne, and Fred, who were investigating ghost at the same building, and his blimp fell down when a chicken bazooka was launched inadvertently by Scooby just he realized he is not crazy when the agents is informing about their defeat.
In the episode Pole to Pole, Dr. Phibes built an EMP device that will shut down the world’s technology except his own, so he can rule the world and be immortal. He sent in Agent 1 and 2 to participate race to reach the finishing line at the North Pole, so the device can activate at the appropriate time. He also made a back up plan in case his agents failed the race by place with Agent 13 secretly placing EMP device in the Mystery Machine. The plan actually succeeded with the dog and the hippie boy winning the race allowing the device to activate and shut down the world’s technology including Robi. Unfortunately for Dr. Phibes, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, using a super speed Scooby Snack, traveled back in time to warn their past versions of the bomb in their vehicle thus his plan lead to failure. Also, he got the device, which activated, causing him to lose all hair and shock to his body from prank delivery by those present duo.
In the episode Big Trouble, Dr. Phibes built giant robot in the middle of the desert with the intent of linking it so he can be powerful to rule the world, bring immortal, and on a side note devilish handsome. Also, he had techies to invent a giant hamster ball for the purpose of being protected from lightning strike whenever he goes outside. While he and his agents are outside to test the robot, Shaggy and Scooby manage to take control of the robot. Dr. Phibes manage to link himself and take control of the robot before the duos would have take the robot to the Hoover Dam with the intent of destroying the robot. Dr. Phibes, now power mad, almost harmed his agents. However Shaggy and Scooby-Doo stop Phibes and his destroyed the giant robot with the latter using the giant robot power Scooby Snack and getting the Phibes’ robot soaked in water from the dam forcing him to go outside and getting struck by lightning without his hamster ball.
In the episode of Operation Dog and Hippy Boy, Dr. Phibes hired three dangerous supervillains, Cat Lady, Mr. Invisible, and Menace, to eliminate Shaggy and Scooby-Doo for the reward of one million dollars. He also sent in Agent 2 to eliminate them as well. However, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo managed to defeat them by paying Mr. Invisible to leave them alone, fighting against Cat Lady, tricking Agent 2 using their rodent problem against him, and dealing with Menace. Menace, however, managed to acquire a sample of the nano tech formula, which succeed in one of Phibes' goal.
In the episode Shaggy and Scooby World, Dr. Phibes set up his lair under Shaggy and Scooby's amusement park with the intent to endanger the park and the people as well, during the grand opening. Meanwhile, Dr. Phibes had his techies work on the nano tech formula to get the result tested on the agents and Menace. However, the formula backfired on them as it was only safe for animals to use them with the exception to the hair grow power. He sent in Agent 1 and 2 to use the device to make the amusement park go faster. Shaggy and Scooby being aware of the plan manage to stop them. Dr. Phibes, being frustrated with his agents not able to deal with them, demanded the techies for the nano tech formula to turn himself powerful being only for him to be turned into a cat, and Menace, who took the formula earlier got his backfired with permanent happy-go-lucky personality, wanted to pet the cat, much to Phibes' horror.
In the episode Almost Purr-fect, Dr. Phibes still have the effect of turning into a cat along with gaining other cat traits from the last episode. His plan is to go to Shaggy and Scooby's mansion to get the missing key component to complete the nano tech formula with Agent 1 and 2 being sent to disguise as a dog for the annual dog show as a distraction. Although he hates the transformation, it did allow him to get the information on how to access the missing key component of the nano tech formula. Even though, he had many obstacles, he did succeed in acquiring the key item.
In the episode Inside Job, Dr. Phibes managed to created a nano tech formula that is suitable to use for humans. He used the nano tech power to turn himself powerful and handsome. However, the overuse of the nano tech formula may have a harmful side effects, but he doesn't care as long he is handsome. When Dr. Phibes as Kevin who is the most pretty of them all, he was dismay by the fact that there are couple of people are more good looking than him including Shaggy and Scooby. He plans to host the party to invite the octuplet twins called "The Nifty" and the dog and the hippy boy, so he can send them in the rocket to the sun to make himself the most prettiest person on earth. Dr. Phibes lost his beauty when Shaggy and Scooby managed to remove all the nano tech in Phibes body using a shrinking technology and a Mystery Machine to destroy all the nano bots inside before he could have sent "The Nifty" toward the sun.
In the episode Zoinksman, Dr. Phibes continued using nano tech formula on himself, as a result, he's permanently cured of the condition of that makes him struck by lightning and gained superstrength. He set up the lair on a remote inside the super volcano with the intent of setting explosives to cause a nuclear winter, so the world will give in to his demand. He contacted the general to contact the world leaders to give in to his demands, but the general views this as a bluff and don't take it seriously. Dr. Phibes decided to do it to prove he is a threat, but Agent 2 tried to dissuade him over a his make believe story of the Quitchyhupo, the giant bat that lives in the volcano of the island and said to anger anyone who threaten the island. Before he started to blow up the volcano, Quichyhupo, who is actually a Zoinksman suit that Shaggy tried to use during the mission but cause more harm than good, scared them to the point of running away.
Trivia
In the opening of the show, Phineus Phibes does a Nazi salute as he orders his agents to capture Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.
He is a parady of mixed characters of Dr. Strangelove and Dr. Evil.
He has a father who is Agent 13.
In Runaway Robi, his mother is mentioned to be a bank robber.