Self Demonstrating / Shaggy Rogers

Like, Zoinks!

This page is best read in, like, the voices of either Casey Kasem or Matthew Lillard in English or Arturo Mercado in Spanish.

Like, hello there. My name is Norville Rogers, but everyone calls me Shaggy. I'm only seventeen, but, like, I'm sorta famous in my hometown because, like, I end up solving mysteries with my pals Fred, Velma, Daphne and my dog, Scooby-Doo!

Have you, like, got any food? No? I'd better order a pizza.

While I'm ordering the pizza, you can read my tropes here.

Tropes that, like, apply to me

• Absurdly Ineffective Barricade: Like, this has happened to me so many times that I'm starting to make sure that all my barricades can be undone just by pulling one thing out!
• Achievements in Ignorance: Like, there are a bunch of times when I've, like, done impressive things just 'cause I was really scared. Like, there was that one time I shaked the bars of an old-fashioned jail cell I was in so hard it, like, collapsed!
• Arch-Enemy: That guy Phibes was like, a real pain in my and Scooby's side when we were, like, living in my Uncle Albert's mansion. Sure glad we don't see much of him anymore!
• Ascended Fanon: Like, you guys think I can go Ultra Instinct and destroy, like, anything that comes across me with only 0.1% of my power, mostly 'cuz of that one time I beat up a buncha bikers while hypnotized. That's all just a buncha memes, though... but there are a few differences between UI and my powers. My Super Form is, like, all green and stuff, while Ultra Instinct is, like, white, and I don't even know what it does. All I know is it's strong enough to take on that Scorpion guy without a scratch on me after, and it lets me go toe to toe with the likes of Superman. Could I fight Goku himself? Eh, I'll let you figure it out. That's too convoluted a question for me to even fathom!
• Big Eater: I could, like, eat a million sandwiches! Or, like, ten of my patented Super Shaggy Sandwiches! Can I help it if my first toy was a garbage disposal?
• Bizarre Taste in Food: I, like, love a lot of food that most people would consider, like, weird, like chocolate-covered corn on the cob or hot dogs, hot dog tacos, and hot fudge pizza. Velma thinks I must have a cast-iron stomach. And that's not mentioning Scooby Snacks. I know they're supposed to be dog treats, but they taste just like caramel cookies!
• Character Catchphrase: I say "Zoinks!" like, a lot. I also say like, like many times.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: Like, sometimes I can outrun Scoob even if he's, like, running on all fours!
• Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Sometimes I'm, like, a bit of a goof.
• Collector of the Strange: Like, I have the world's biggest collection of decorator belt buckles! I think I have, like, 653.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Like, you wouldn't exactly know this since I'm mostly a scaredy-cat, but I'm capable of doing things like fighting biker gangs.
• Dagwood Sandwich: For me a sandwich isn't big enough until it has, like, at least a dozen slices of bread.
• Fanon: I've heard that some people think I, like, do drugs. Well, I don't, even if I seem high sometimes. Seriously, ask my lawyer, Harvey; I'm clean, and he, like, proved it!
• Depending on the Writer: Like, I go on and off a vegan diet a lot.
• Food as Bribe: Do you have, like, any idea how many times Scoob and I have been bribed with Scooby Snacks to do anything? We're practically, like, the Trope Codifiers!
  • Like, when Scoob and me discovered 'em back when they were called Sorcerer Snacks, it was a Decon-Recon Switch—Daphne thinks that bribing us to do stuff is, like, amoral, but the way me and Scoob see it, Fred just gives us Scooby Snacks for stuff we always have to do anyway!
• Forced Transformation:
  • Like, one time I became a werewolf! And, like, the title of that movie alone should cue you in on how much I liked it.
  • Also I thought this was the case when I went to Tokyo and ate a cursed pizza. Fortunately it was just a trick, like, same as always!
• Friend Versus Lover: Like, when I was dating Velma, she and Scooby didn't like sharing my attention. It didn't turn out well....
• Girl of the Week: Like, I've had lots of girlfriends! There was Googie, Crystal, I tried dating Velma for a while, but that didn't really work out, and, like, her sister Madelyn has a crush on me.
• Going Through the Motions: Like, I run the exact same way almost every time—I lean down in, like, almost a sixty degree angle, and, like, tuck in my arms and run like crazy!
• Heroes Love Dogs: Me and Scoob, we've been like two hungry peas in a pod, ever since we were kids!
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: Well, there's Scoob, obviously, he and I always stick together even when the rest of the gang splits up, but other than him, I also owe Chris Paul my life for sharing his pizza!
• Hidden Depths: Like, no one would guess by looking at me, but I'm actually a pretty good gymnast and track runner in school. It like, gets a lot of use, considering how often I get chased by creepazoids in costumes.
• Hypno Fool: Like, I once got hypnotized by this doctor to cure my scaredy-cat tendencies so whenever someone says a trigger word I turn into this brave guy who spouts, like, constant movie one-liners. Apparently that's where you guys thought I'd developed Ultra Instinct.
• I Do Not Like Crubeens and Farl: Like, I really don't.
• Interclass Friendship: Like, I'm friends with more than a few famous people, like Chris Paul and Sia!
• Jerkass Has a Point: Like, the CEO of the company that makes Sorcerer Snacks renamed 'em after Scooby instead of me. I gotta admit, it makes sense that kids would wanna buy snacks from, like, a talking dog instead of a bearded guy.
• Like Is, Like, a Comma: Like, I guess I do, like, say "like" between my sentences a lot. Some sci-fi author dude, like, totally called me on it when I first met him.
• Limited Wardrobe: I nearly always wear, like, this green T-shirt and baggy red pants. Like, sometimes I'll wear a red shirt for variety's sake (and I busted out a wardrobe update, like, when I inherited a million dollars), but I don't deviate from it too often. Like, part of it is most other pants are too tight for me—Shaggy likes it baggy!
  • Although, there is one thing I change a lot: I wear a different belt buckle for every mystery!
• Lovable Coward: I guess I do, like, scare easily. So does Scooby. Like, can you blame us, though? Sometimes we have to deal with real ghosts!
• Luck-Based Search Technique: Like, I used to be the Trope Namer back when it was, like, called the "Shaggy Search Technique!"
• Messy Hair: My hair is pretty messy, like, nearly all the time.
• Multiple-Choice Past: Like, I can't remember if I named Scooby after Scooby Snacks or if the company that made them renamed them after Scooby.
• Never Gets Fat: Scoob and I eat a whole lotta stuff in one sitting, but we, like, always stay trim. Like, Fred thinks it's 'cause I have a high metabolism, but it also has to do with the fact that, like, Scoob and I spend a lot of time running from monsters, and I, like, go on and off a vegan diet.
• Noodle Incident: Like, you wanna know how Chris Paul saved my life? Okay, but I warn ya, it's a seriously scary story! Like, I hadn't eaten in three or four hours, and Chris Paul shared his pizza with me!
• Only Known by Their Nickname: My given name is Norville, but, like, nobody calls me that. And, like, I used to be called "Buzz" when I was a kid 'cause I had a buzzcut until I was 10.
• Race Lift: Like, there's this Black version of me in one of the many retellings of how the gang and I first met! This guy's got my boundless appetite, but he doesn't even go by Shaggy—he sticks with his real name. And he's completely hopeless around women and doesn't have my cowardice!
• Trademark Favorite Food: I've got, like, a bunch of favorite foods! Scooby Snacks, sandwiches, hot dogs, pizza. Makes me hungry just thinking about them. But my signature is my Super Shaggy Sandwich!
  • Like, when I was living in my uncle Albert's mansion, I picked up a taste for, like, hot dog tacos and pizza sticks, 'cause Uncle Albert's nanotech Scooby Snacks, like, only work on animals.
  • Like, if I had to pick an absolute favorite, though, it would have to be, like, extra cheese pizza with pickles!
• True Companions: There's me and Scoob of course, but like, can't forget the rest of the good ol' gang either! Even when we go our separate ways, we always seem to find our way back together.