History Characters / ScoobyDoo

* BassoProfundo: Thanks to the sonorous bass voice of Michael Rye.

* BassoProfundo: Thanks to his voice actor Michael Rye.

* BassoProfundo: Thanks to the deep-voiced Alan Oppenheimer.

* BassoProfundo: Thanks to Michael Rye.

* DubNameChange: In Japan, his name is Hansamu/Handsome.

* AdaptationalJerkass: He has become this in ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'', rendering him into a control freak and an unmasking hog.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Daphne in ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'', which is a total reversal of their roles in ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''.

* BoundAndGagged: Not as often as you might think for a character nicknamed "Danger-Prone Daphne", but regularly enough to deserve an honorable mention.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo''.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Freddy in ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Daphne in ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo''.

* DumbMuscle: He's a large friendly dog who isn't very bright and is heavy enough to topple bad guys by accident. Though he still has his flashes of brilliance.

* EscapeArtist: Scooby can be a good escape artist if he needs to when there is no help or unnecessary like in The Vampire Strikes Back from ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' when he wrapped his own head by his tongue then quickly revert it and in ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyAndScrappyDooShow'' quickly freed himself from the sarcophagus after wiggling it to open it when the gang became locked in the storage room along with the ropes and tape after being doused by flour.

* EscapeArtist: Scooby can be a good escape artist if he needs to when there is no help or unnecessary like in The Vampire Strikes Back from ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' when he wrapped his own head by his tongue then quickly revert it and ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooAndScrappyDooShow'' quickly freed himself from the ropes and tape after being doused by flour.

* ArtInitiatesLife: His master plan is to distribute newspapers around the world that are printed with an enchanted iink which allows the monsters printed in the paper comics to come to life.

* ArtImitatesLife: His master plan is to distribute newspapers around the world that are printed with an enchanted iink which allows the monsters printed in the paper comics to come to life.

* NeverGetsFat: Both Scooby and Shaggy eat huge amounts of food in one sitting, but they remain pretty trim. [[JustifiedTrope Justified when one recalls]] they are very often running away from danger and the speeds that he and Shaggy can go through can rival ''Olympian athletes.'' Little wonder they go through so much food if they're burning it through regular amounts of panic-induced exercise. According to the "Those Meddling Kids" interviews, there was one point where Shaggy overdid it with the Scooby Snacks and ate about forty percent of his body weight. This led to Shaggy starting his vegan diet.

* NeverGetsFat: He and Scooby eat huge amounts of food in one sitting, but they remain pretty trim. [[JustifiedTrope Justified when one recalls]] they are very often running away from danger and the speeds that Shaggy can go through can rival ''Olympian athletes.'' The original cartoon even noted Shaggy was in track and a gymnast. Little wonder he goes through so much food with Scooby if they're burning it through regular amounts of panic-induced exercise. According to Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes, Shaggy goes on a vegan diet, the real reason he's so skinny. However, he once had to battle an unhealthy habit of overeating the Scooby Snacks; he actually ate forty percent of his body weight! This resulted in Shaggy starting his vegan diet and beginning a new hobby: collecting decorator belt buckles.

* PerpetualSmiler: Unless something annoys or scares her, she can almost always be seen sporting a content smile no matter what's going on -- especially noticeable during the summations, which she almost always does with a big smile on her face. Particularly used in the more recent movies, where most things that make her frown last less than a few seconds. This dramatically reversed in ''Mystery Incorporated,'' where she spends a ''lot'' of time annoyed with her teammates. Her default facial expression here is "grumpy".

* CharacterCatchphrase: "Dum dum dum DUM!" (from Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's ''Fifth Symphony.'')
* ChuckCunningHamSyndrome: Even moreso than ''Scrappy'' in this regard. He only appeared in 4 episodes of ''The Scooby-Doo Show'' as well as on Laff-A-Lympics and hasn't turned up nor been mentioned since.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Laff-A-Lympics frequently paired him with Babu.

* SpeakOfTheDevil: If he so much thinks you called for him, he'll come without hesitation. One time Velma said, "[[CharacterCatchphrase Jinkies]]," and he came.

* ClassicalAntiHero: Shaggy's probably even ''more'' likely to turn tail on a mystery than Scooby is.

[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''French:''' Creator/FrancisLax (1969-1997), Hervé Rey (Seasons 2-4 of ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''), Éric Missoffe (1998-present), Jérémy Prévost (''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue''); '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Creator/MarioMonjardim (1972-2013), Orlando Prado (''WesternAnimation/TheThirteenGhostsOfScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMeetsTheBooBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'', ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf''), Mckeidi Lisita (''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryInc'' from "Heart of Evil" on, current voice)[[/labelnote]]

[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''French:''' Creator/FrancisLax (1969-1997), Hervé Rey (Seasons 2-4 of ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''), Éric Missoffe (1998-present), Jérémy Prévost (''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue'')[[/labelnote]]

[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''French:''' Pierre Collet (1969-1970), Creator/ClaudeBertrand (1969-1970, replacement voice), Jacques Deschamps (1st voice in ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies''), Jacques Torrens (1972-1997), Creator/EmmanuelCurtil (Seasons 2-4 of ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''), Éric Missoffe (1998-present)[[/labelnote]]

* LovableJock: It isn't apparent at first, but Shaggy is actually a school athlete. His considerable speed -- that he puts to use in running away from the monster -- is the product of his time on the school track team, and in the original series episode "What a Night for a Knight", Daphne says that he's "the swinging-est gymnast in school".

* NiceGuy: He may be cowardly and will likely run at anything remotely creepy, but he will always put his friends first, even before his pure love of eating. He really is a nice and friendly guy.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Fred's Manly Man. He's scrawny, awkward, easily frightened, and prefers to eat food rather than solve mysteries.

* HeroesWantRedheads: To Daphne in several incarnations, especially in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' where the two have a real and problematic relationship.

* ShorterMeansSmarter: DependingOnTheArtist, of course, but according to some guidebooks, she is only 4'9".

* CharacterCatchphrase: "LetsSplitUpGang!" and "Looks like we've got another mystery on our hands!".

* CharacterCatchphrase: "Let's split up, Gang!" and "Looks like we've got another mystery on our hands!".

** This is lampshaded in one episode of ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'', where the group decides to split in a different way for once, with Fred splitting off with Shaggy, only to find they have absolutely no chemistry as a pair.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: If the ghost of a RealLife person is featured, for obvious plot-related reasons they ''will'' be getting a HistoricalVillainUpgrade. "The Spirits of '76" gets in ''three'' with Benedict Arnold, Major John Andr&eacute, and William Demont.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Velma, to give Vincent some peace, suggests that his time in Chest of Demons caused Asamad Van Ghoul to regret his actions and instead become a guardian angel for his descendent as a means of redemption. It's implied this might very well be accurate, but Velma notes that she doesn't believe her own explanation or indeed that ''anything'' truly supernatural happened whatsoever]].