Scoobert "Scooby" Doo is the eponymous character and the protagonist in the Scooby-Doo animated television series created by the popular American animation company Hanna-Barbera. Scooby-Doo is the male dog and lifelong companion of Shaggy Rogers and in many iterations, including the original series, is regarded as a unique Great Dane dog who is able to speak in broken English, unlike most other dogs in his reality, and usually puts the letter R in front of words spoken. Other incarnations, such as A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, present talking dogs like Scooby as quite common.
The head of children's programming at CBS, Fred Silverman came up with the character's name from the syllables "doo-be-doo-be-doo" in Frank Sinatra's hit song "Strangers in the Night".[1]
Different iterations of the character have been develop Casey Kasem, the previous voice actor for Shaggy Rogers, saed and expanded in the various series featuring the characters, many of them contradicting, such as the original series and recent live-action movies where Shaggy and Scooby-Doo first meet as older teenagers for the first time, contradicting the "Pup Named Scooby-Doo" animated series where they know each other from
almost infancy. Scooby is "the star of the show--the Shaquille O'Neal of the show." Kasem explained "People love animals more than they love people. Am I right or wrong? They give more love to their pets than they give to people. Scooby is vulnerable and lovable and not brave, and very much like the kids who watch. But like kids, he likes to think that he's brave."[3] Scooby is seen many times being tickled in both movies and series. 1) In What's New Scooby Doo there is 2 scenes where Scooby is tickled. 1 is where they are visiting a friend in San Francisco at a skating park and a security guard tickles Scooby. 2 is where they visit Fort Knox and some Mp's tickle Scooby. In both cases Scooby is tickled when a guard does a pat down to check him in case he's carrying anything. 2) In Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf Scooby's tummy is tickled by King Kong during a monster race. 3) In the Premiere episode of Shaggy and Scooby Doo! Get a clue Shaggy tickles Scooby's tummy when he hears it growling. 4) In Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders Scooby is tickled when one of the aliens attaches a wire to Scooby's tummy. 5) In Scooby Doo the Mystery Begins Shaggy is seen tickling Scooby's tummy after they first meet. 6) In Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School Scooby is tickled from behind by a monster impersonator of ShaggyLove Interests
In all ve Over the course of Scooby-Doo's various spin-offs, various relatives of Scooby were introduced:
rsions of the character, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy share several personality traits, mostly being cowardly and perpetually hungry. But their friends (Velma, Daphne and Fred) encourage them to go after the costumed villains, usually with "Scooby Snacks", a biscuit-like dog treat or cookie snack (usually shaped like a bone or, in later versions of the cartoons, Scooby's dog tag), though Scooby's inherent loyalty and courage does often force him to take a more heroic stance. Scooby has a speech impediment and tends to pronounce most words as if they begin with an "R", though most characters are able to understand him perfectly. In most iterations, he keeps his sentences relatively short, usually using charades for anything longer than three or four words. His catchphrase, usually howled at the end of every episode, is "Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" or "Rooby-Rooby-Roo". Scooby was voiced by Don Messick until the voice actor's death in 1997. Messick is also known for providing the voice of dog Astro on The Jetsons. The characteristic voices of Scooby and Astro are so similar that Astro's signature phrase, "Ruh-roh!" ("Uh-oh!") is popularly and improperly attributed to Scooby (as in "Ruh-roh, Raggy!"). |
Scooby is brown from head to toe with several distinctive black spots on his upper body and doesn't seem to have a melanistic mask. He is generally a quadruped, but displays bipedal 'human' characteristics occasionally. Scooby also has opposible thumbs and can use his front paws like hands. He has a black nose and wears an off-yellow, diamond shaped-tagged blue collar with an "SD" (his initials) and has four toes on each foot and unlike other dogs, Scooby only has one pad on the sole of each of his feet (so that it was easier to draw in the Scooby-Doo Annuals).
Scooby has a fully prehensile tail he can use to swing from or press buttons. Both his head and tail are malleable and useful as a communication aid or creating a distraction.
Creator Iwao Takamoto later explained that before he designed the character, he first spoke to a Great Dane breeder, who described to him the desirable characteristics of a pedigree dog. Takamoto then drew Scooby as the opposite of this. He said "I decided to go the opposite [way] and gave him a hump back, bowed legs, small chin and such. Even his colour is wrong."[2]
According to the official magazine that accompanied the 2002 movie, Scooby is seven years old (forty-nine in stereotypical dog years).originated the character's voice patterns, and provided Scooby-Doo's voice in every Scooby-Doo production from 1969 until 1996, when Messick retired. Scott Innes (also the then-voice of Shaggy) voiced Scooby-Doo in four late 1990s/early 2000s direct-to-video films, and Frank Welker (also the voice of Fred) took over beginning with What's New, Scooby-Doo? in 2002 and other spin-offs including the live-action prequels Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster. Neil Fanning provided the voice of the computer-generated Scooby-Doo in the first two Warner Bros. live-action feature films. Luke Youngblood is the stand in for the computer-generated Scooby-Doo in the live-action Scooby-Doo! Curse Of The Lake Monster while Frank Welker voices him.
- Don Messick (1969–1996)
- Hadley Kay (Johnny Bravo)
- Scott Innes (1998–2001)
- Frank Welker (2002–present plus Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster)
- Neil Fanning (2002 and 2004 live-action films)
- In Brazil, the actor Orlando Drummond has been the voice of Scooby Doo for 30 years, getting into Guinness World Records as the long serving voice actor for one character.
- In Denmark, Scooby-Doo is voiced by Lars Thiesgaard.
- In Japan, Scooby-Doo was previously voiced by Kazuo Kumakura and Naomi Kusumi. Scooby-Doo is possibly voiced by Masaya Onosaka.
In the following films listed below, it showed that Shaggy and Scooby both had the ability to come to the rescue and act as "superheroes" when the rest of the gang are in trouble (Such as being captured) or needed some help:
- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
- Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
- Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
- Scooby-Doo! And The Goblin King
- Scooby-Doo! And The Samurai Sword
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold
- Scooby-Doo (film)
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Don Messick originated the character's voice patterns, and provided Scooby-Doo's voice in every Scooby-Doo production from 1969 until 1996, when Messick retired. Scott Innes (also the then-voice of Shaggy) voiced Scooby-Doo in four late 1990s/early 2000s direct-to-video films, and Frank Welker (also the voice of Fred) took over beginning with What's New, Scooby-Doo? in 2002 and other spin-offs including the live-action prequels Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster. Neil Fanning provided the voice of the computer-generated Scooby-Doo in the first two Warner Bros. live-action feature films. Luke Youngblood is the stand in for the computer-generated Scooby-Doo in the live-action Scooby-Doo! Curse Of The Lake Monster while Frank Welker voices him.
- Don Messick (1969–1996)
- Hadley Kay (Johnny Bravo)
- Scott Innes (1998–2001)
- Frank Welker (2002–present plus Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster)
- Neil Fanning (2002 and 2004 live-action films)
- In Brazil, the actor Orlando Drummond has been the voice of Scooby Doo for 30 years, getting into Guinness World Records as the long serving voice actor for one character.
- In Denmark, Scooby-Doo is voiced by Lars Thiesgaard.
- In Japan, Scooby-Doo was previously voiced by Kazuo Kumakura and Naomi Kusumi. Scooby-Doo is possibly voiced by Masaya Onosaka.