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!Mystery Inc.

!!Scooby Doo
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->Voiced by:\\
Creator/DonMessick (1969-1994)\\
Hadley Kay (1997)\\
Scott Innes (1999-2001, 2001-2006 video games)\\
Neil Fanning (2002-2004 Live Action Films)\\
Creator/FrankWelker (2002-present)\\

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* BigEater
* BigFriendlyDog
* TheBigGuy
* ButtMonkey: Often drifts into this.
* CatchPhrase: "Scooby Dooby Doo!" and "[[SpeechImpairedAnimal Ruh-oh!]]"
* CoolUncle: Scrappy thinks of Scooby this way, despite Scooby's cowardice.
* CowardlyLion: Scooby's cowardice was likely [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] through time, but whenever you get in his way, he can definitely take you down.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In some iterations.
** ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated had his most Badass form when he "killed" a robot double who tried to kill his frends with a forklift! His line to the robot? "PLAY DEAD!"
** BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold had the Scooby Gang run into Batman and Robin. It just happens that [[RealityWarper Batmite]] also [[TookALevelInBadass helps]] Scooby and Shaggy into the fight as well.
* DetectiveAnimal
* DogsAreDumb: Played with, for while he's certainly [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear smarter than the average dog]], Scooby is usually the least intelligent member of the team.
** There are times he gets lucky in what he does just happens to be heroic enough to save the day (once when Jeannie was trapped in a bottle and surrounded by a force field that only sound could penetrate, Scooby howled at a pitch high enough to shatter the bottle's glass).
** In the movies, he very obviously TookALevelInDumbAss.
* TheDragAlong
* HeroicDog
* HeroismIncentive: WouldYouDoItForAScoobySnack
* IdiotBall: Scooby carries this throughout some movies and incarnations.
* InvincibleIncompetent
* LargeHam: Often in the original series when he needs to be the bait and tries to get out of it.
* LetsGetDangerous: When anyone he really cares about is in trouble. There was even one moment when Velma was captured and Scooby turned down a Scooby Snack, saying he didn't need it to be persuaded to help rescue her.
* LovableCoward: Though he ''does'' have his hero moments. See CowardlyLion above.
* RogerRabbitEffect: Even though the humans are also cartoons, Scooby-Doo far exceeds them in his ability to do ToonPhysics. Shaggy shares this ability to a lesser degree.
* TalkingAnimal: A talking Great Dane.
** SpeechImpairedAnimal: All of Scooby's words invariably start with an 'R', except for when he says his name, and sometimes even then.
* TeamPet
* TookALevelInBadass: In some incarnations, mostly the movies.
* TookALevelInDumbAss: In the live-action movies. See DogsAreDumb above.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', which adds to the attempt in developing the characters. He got better, of course.

!!Norville "Shaggy" Rogers
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->Voiced by:\\
CaseyKasem (1969-1994, 1997, 2002-2009)\\
Creator/BillyWest (1998)\\
Scott Innes (1999-2001, 2001-2009 video games)\\
Creator/ScottMenville (2005-2008)\\
Matthew Lillard (2002-2004 Live-Action Movies, 2010-present)\\
Nick Palatas (CartoonNetwork Films)
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Not as much as Velma, but "What's New Scooby Doo" and the live actions films do feature a Shaggy more attactive than the skinny, lanky original Shaggy.
* {{Adorkable}}
* BigEater
* CatchPhrase: "Zoinks!"
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In some iterations.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether Shaggy is vegetarian or not. In TheMovie he's portrayed as vegetarian, as he was in ''WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' and the ''Scooby Doo Behind the Scenes'' shorts, but recently he seems to be back to his old ways.
* TheDragAlong
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Thus he only goes by "Shaggy".
* EruditeStoner
* GreaseMonkey[=/=]MrFixit: Whenever Shaggy is shown to actually have a job, it's invariably related to cars or mechanics.
* [[ValleyGirl HippieSpeak]]
* InvincibleIncompetent
* KavorkaMan: It's not so much that Shaggy is a pimp, but many episodes and movies have shown that many an attractive female seems to think Shaggy is hot.
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: You'd never know what his real name was in the show. (It was revealed in a ''APupNamedScoobyDoo''.)
* TheLancer
* LetsGetDangerous
* LikeIsLikeAComma
* LovableCoward: In the early seasons it's justified as even though the so-called monster is a person pulling a ScoobyDooHoax, they are still sometimes dangerous criminals who will kill if their trick doesn't scare off the intruder. Later season remove that fact.
* NervousWreck: Usually.
* StonersAreFunny
* {{Ventriloquism}}: Shaggy will sometimes use his ability to "throw his voice" to fool the villains.
* WagTheDirector: Shaggy becomes vegetarian whenever Casey Kasem plays him in modern times, because Kasem himself is vegetarian and refused to reprise the role otherwise.

!!Velma Dace Dinkley
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->Voiced by:\\
Nicole Jaffe (1969-1973, 2001, 2003-2004)\\
Pat Stevens (1976-1982)\\
Marla Frumkin (1979)\\
Christina Lange (1988-1991)\\
Creator/BJWard (1984, 1997-2001)\\
Mindy Cohn (2002-present)\\
Linda Cardellini (2002-2004 Live-Action movies)\\
Hayley Kiyoko (CartoonNetwork movies)
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Varies, but she gets hit with this semi-often. While not truly ugly, Velma is traditionally overweight looking, with a short-and-stout appearance, tacky haircut and a relatively plain face. Starting with ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland, this started to change somewhat, ''especially'' in WhatsNewScoobyDoo and the movies (much like Shaggy): where she's made very petite with a tiny waist and an hourglass figure, with a cute-as-a-button face to boot. And in the live action films, she's played by very attractive actresses. The most recent animated movies fuse these two somewhat, and Mystery Inc brings back her original appearance, but with a very stylized appearance.
* {{Adorkable}}
* AdventurerArchaeologist: She becomes one in ''Where's My Mummy'' and probably has the greatest CrowningMomentOfAwesome in the Scooby history.
** Interestingly, in an episode of ''The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries'', Velma has an uncle named John who's an archaeologist.
* AgentScully: She is the more vocal skeptic of the group, but for the most part she just goes along with it.
* BlindWithoutEm: "My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!"
* BrainyBrunette
* CatchPhrase: "Jinkies!"
* DeadpanSnarker: Mainly her most recent incarnations.
* GadgeteerGenius: Velma arguably qualifies, at least in ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'' where she's capable of building (among other things) a robot dog with a remarkable number of functions and an MP3 player the size of a sugar cube (though the latter lacked earphones).
* HollywoodNerd
* MagicSkirt
* TheMeddlingKidsAreUseless: ''Averted''.
* {{Meganekko}}
* {{NASA}}: In at least one series, she left the gang to work for NASA as a rocket scientist.
* OnlySaneMan
* 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.
* PutOnABus: In the '80s era productions, Velma left the group to work for NASA, occasionally visiting for episodes about astronauts or the White House being haunted.
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Dur.
** AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Half her dialog in ''The Mystery Begins''...
** SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: ...And the other half.
* SweaterGirl
* TeenGenius
* YouthfulFreckles
* ZettaiRyouiki

!!Daphne Ann Blake
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->Voiced by:\\
Indira Stefanianna Christopherson (1969-1970)\\
Heather North (1970-1997, 2003)\\
Kellie Martin (1988-1991)\\
Creator/MaryKayBergman (1998-1999)\\
Music/GreyDeLisle (2000-present)\\
Creator/SarahMichelleGellar (2002-2004 Live-Action movies)\\
Kate Melton (CartoonNetwork movies)
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* ActionGirl: In the live-action movie.
* AdaptationalBadass: Overall, Daphne has been portrayed as more {{badass}} in later adaptations than in earlier ones, but she still flits between being an ActionGirl and DistressedDamsel in each production.
* BikerBabe: Shown in recent movies, such as ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooLegendOfThePhantosaur Phantosaur]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/BigTopScoobyDoo Big Top]]''.
* BoundAndGagged: Quite frequently.
* CatchPhrase: "Jeepers!"
* TheChick
* CrimefightingWithCash: In the ''Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' prequel, she's revealed to basically be the financier for all the investigations.
* DefrostingIceQueen: As a kid, in flashbacks and prequels.
* DesignatedVictim: Typically being the member of the gang most likely to get abducted, get trapped, get hypnotized, fall through a secret passage...
* DamselInDistress
* HotScoop
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure
* InSeriesNickname: Danger-Prone Daphne.
* IntrepidReporter: Whenever she's an adult, this is usually her career.
* TheKlutz: In ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!''
* MacGyvering: In ''What's New, Scooby Doo?''
* MsFanservice
* ParentService
* ProperTightsWithASkirt
* PutOnABus: Daphne was the last character other than Scooby-Doo or Shaggy to leave the cast before the series' major revival, apparently to become a journalist.
* {{Redheaded Hero}}ine
* ShesGotLegs
* SpoiledSweet
* TookALevelInBadass: And has kind of bounced around between ActionGirl and DistressedDamsel in search of a happy medium ever since.

!!Fred "Freddie" Herman Jones
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->Voiced by:\\
Creator/FrankWelker (1969-1983, 1997-present)\\
Carl Stevens (1988-1991)\\
Freddie Prinze Jr. (2002-2004 Live-Action movies)\\
Robbie Amell (CartoonNetwork movies)
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* BowtiesAreCool: Fred's stubborn attachment to his apricot ascot has evolved into a variant of this.
* BrainlessBeauty: In the live-action films, and occasionally elsewhere.
* CatchPhrase: "LetsSplitUpGang!"
* CluelessDetective: Fred started out as being perhaps the most intelligent member of the team behind Velma, and essentially become less competent the longer the franchise has run, [[TookALevelInDumbass with a lot of his intelligence and leadership qualities changing hands from him into Daphne]]. This reached its apex in situations where he became the least competent member of the team with Shaggy and Scooby often outwitting him. He's gotten a bit better since then.
* ConspiracyTheorist: As a kid in ''APupNamedScoobyDoo''. See the Red Herring example below.
* CrazyPrepared: In ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'', Fred has made enough "special modifications" to the Mystery Machine to put Han Solo to shame, including fitting it with a roof airbag which conveniently enables Shaggy to save Velma when she falls off a highrise movie set in "Lights, Camera, Mayhem".
* GadgeteerGenius: In ''What's New, Scooby Doo?'', Fred at least comes close with his improbably sophisticated modifications to the Mystery Machine.
* TheGenericGuy: Former TropeNamer. He was the least interesting member of the cast in the original series, but later portrayals of him avert this, usually making him goofy and naive. Being TheHero also makes him the StandardizedLeader.
* TheHero
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Creator/FrankWelker His voice actor]] has quite a resume, and he's still voicing Freddie even today.
* IconicItem: He will defend his (outdated even at the time it was introduced) orange ascot vigorously against any fashion police who mocks it.
* TheLeader: Type II/IV primarily, and a subtle Type III that gets {{Flanderized}} and parodied in later installments.
** StandardizedLeader: See TheGenericGuy.
** SupportingLeader: He may be the leader, but he isn't the main character.
*** Except in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare'', which is something of ADayInTheLimelight for him.
* ObliviousToLove: In some incarnations like ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' Fred is a teenager with only one thing on his mind. Unfortunately for Daphne, that something happens to be "solving mysteries and building traps!"
* PutOnABus: In the 1980s era productions, Fred left the group to open an actual solo private investigator business, that is implied to not have gone well. See CluelessDetective above.
* RedHerring: In ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', a kid named [[TheBully Red]] [[MeaningfulName Herring]] was the culprit behind the first case the group ever solved, and Fred then accused him of every other crime they ever ran across.

!Supporting Characters

!!Scrappy-Doo
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[[caption-width-right:200:[-You'll find this same image on [[TheScrappy another page]].-] ]]
->Voiced by:\\
Lennie Weinrib (1979-1980)\\
Creator/DonMessick (1980-1986)\\
Scott Innes (2002 Live-Action movie)

Scooby's more courageous nephew.
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* [[spoiler:AdaptationalVillainy]]: In the live-action movie, he turns out [[spoiler:to be the BigBad]].
* BrooklynRage: In his earliest appearances he had a definite Brooklyn accent, which was toned down after a while.
* CaptainErsatz[=/=]{{Expy}}: Of Henery Hawk, FoghornLeghorn's pint-sized predator from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', according to Mark Evanier.
* CatchPhrase: ""Da-da-da-da-da-da, Puppy Power!" and "Let me at 'em, Let me at 'em!"
* CousinOliver
* {{Defictionalization}}: You'd be surprised how many people have named their dogs Scrappy-Doo.
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]] and [[spoiler:BigBad]]: Both in the first live-action movie.
* KidAppealCharacter: A famously unpopular one.
* LeeroyJenkins
* LetMeAtHim: His CatchPhrase.
* [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel: In the first live-action movie.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Subverted. He ''is'' able to lift Scooby and Shaggy with one hand.
* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Oh ''yes!!''
* TheScrappy: The TropeNamer. [[invoked]]
* TakeThat: In the first live-action movie he's [[spoiler: unceremoniously kicked off the team and becomes the BigBad]], and in a recent episode of ''[[ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Mystery Incorporated]]'' the team reveals they vowed to never speak of him again.
* TalkingAnimal: Lennie Weinrib in the first year, Don Messick afterward.

!!Scooby-Dum
->Voiced by DawsButler
* CatchPhrase: "Dum dum dum DUM!" (from LudwigVanBeethoven's ''Fifth Symphony.'')
* DeepSouth
* TheDitz
* SimpletonVoice
* TalkingAnimal: Voiced by Creator/FrankWelker in the Scooby eps, Creator/DawsButler on ''Laff-a-Lympics''.

!!Flim-Flam [=McScam=]
->Voiced by Susan Blu

* AwesomeMcCoolname: He is a Tibetan orphan with that name . . .
* BetaCouple: He was basically the Shaggy to Scrappy Doo's Scooby.
* ConMan
** SnakeOilSalesman
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan
* CousinOliver
* ImprobableAge
* KidDetective
* LovableRogue
* MasterOfDisguise
* TakeThat: An episode of ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated has said he's in prison for 25 years for his crimes.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears

!! Yabba-Doo
Scrappy's other uncle, seen only in the 1982–83 season.
* {{Cowboy}}
* CowboyCop

!! Vincent Van Ghoul
->Voiced by:\\
VincentPrice (''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'')\\
MauriceLaMarche (''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'')

* FunctionalMagic
* InkSuitActor: He's basically just VincentPrice.
* MrExposition
* SpiritAdvisor
* WhoYouGonnaCall

!! The Hex Girls
->Voiced by:\\
Thorn: JenniferHale\\
Dusk: Jane Wiedlin\\
Luna: Kimberly Brooks

* {{Expy}}: They are essentially a CaptainErsatz of JosieAndThePussycats with a coat of {{goth}} and ecofeminist paint.
* GranolaGirl
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Well, Thorn, Dusk and Luna are StageNames. Only Thorn's real name was revealed in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost'' (Sally [=McKnight=]).
* PerkyGoth
* ThePowerOfRock
* SoapBoxSadie

!! Monsters and Ghosts
* BedSheetGhost: Three! The Phantom of Vazquez Castle, the ax-wielding phantom from "Haunted House Hang-Up", and the Ghost of Scooby Manor in "Scooby's Roots" [[spoiler:which, bizarrely, turned out to be a real ghost in a costume]].
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Snow Ghost is the ghost of a deceased Yeti, and the ghost of Bigfoot showed up, too.
* BlobMonster: Several. The Gloppy Green Ghost, the Wax Phantom, the Cheese Monster ([[SincerityMode seriously]]), the Tar Monster, the Mud Monster, and the Creature from the Chem Lab.
* BlowYouAway: The Windmakers.
* CoDragons: The Hooded Zombies to Zentuo in "Mystery Mask Mix-Up".
* EvilChef: The ghosts of Chefs Maras and Pierre [[IncrediblyLamePun Ghoulache]].
* GiantFlyer: The Giant Vulture, the Willawaw, and the Wakumi.
* JekyllAndHyde: A monster from the original series. [[spoiler: It turns out that "Hyde" is actually just Jekyll in a suit]]. Hyde is also the main disguise of the villain from the Creator/SandyDuncan episode.
* MultipleHeadCase: Boogedy Bones. He even has one on his foot!
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Chickenstein!
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The gang has faced both Western and Eastern dragons.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Actually, they're all pretty classic.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The one haunting Franken Castle was pretty normal for a werewolf, but the next one was an ''undead'' werewolf.
* RealAfterAll: The zombies from ''Zombie Island'' and the entire monstrous cast of the first ThreeShorts series.
* ScoobyDooHoax: These guys are the TropeNamer.
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