List of Scooby-Doo characters
This is a list of Scooby-Doo characters. Scooby-Doo is an American animated franchise based around several animated television series and animated films, as well as live action movies. There are five main characters in the franchise: Scooby-Doo, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, and Velma Dinkley—known as "Mystery Incorporated". The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, premiered in 1969, and has spawned many follow-up series and several direct-to-DVD movies.
Mystery Incorporated
[edit]Scooby-Doo
[edit]Scooby-Doo is the eponymous character in the Scooby-Doo animated television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears alongside the popular American animation company Hanna-Barbera. Scooby-Doo is the pet and lifelong companion of Shaggy Rogers and in many iterations, including the original series, is regarded as a unique anthropomorphic 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]
From 1969 to 1994, Scooby was voiced by Don Messick. In the 1997 episode of Johnny Bravo, Scooby was voiced by Hadley Kay. From 1998 to 2001, he was voiced by Scott Innes, who also voiced the character in video game projects (including PC, DVD and board games), commercials and some toys until 2008. In Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Scooby was voiced by Neil Fanning. Scooby is currently (2002–present) voiced by Frank Welker (the voice of Fred Jones). For parody versions, Scooby was voiced by Mark Hamill in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Seth Green and Dave Coulier in Robot Chicken.
Shaggy Rogers
[edit]Norville "Shaggy" Rogers is a fictional character from the American animated television series Scooby-Doo, about the adventures of four crime-solving teenagers and Shaggy's pet Great Dane, Scooby-Doo. Shaggy is a cowardly slacker more interested in eating than solving mysteries.
From 1969 to 1997, Shaggy was voiced by Casey Kasem; he would return to voice him again from 2002 to 2009. In Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Shaggy was voiced by Billy West. From 1999 to 2001, he was voiced by Scott Innes, who also voiced Shaggy in video game projects (including PC, DVD and board games), commercials and some toys until 2009. In Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Shaggy was voiced by Scott Menville. Shaggy is currently (2010–present) being voiced by Matthew Lillard, who played Shaggy in the live-action theatrical films. He was portrayed by Nick Palatas in the Cartoon Network prequel films, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009) and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010). Will Forte voices Shaggy as an adult with Iain Armitage voicing his younger self in the theatrical animated film Scoob!.
Fred Jones
[edit]Sometimes called "Freddie", he wears a blue and/or white shirt (which is sometimes worn under a white shirt, sweater, or jacket) and blue jeans. In the original depictions, Fred wears a 16 1/2 size orange ascot. In the 1990s direct-to-video movies and in the 2000s series What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Fred's outfit was given an update, with the removal of his orange ascot and two blue stripes added to his sleeves. He is often shown constructing various Rube Goldberg traps for villains, which Scooby-Doo and/or Shaggy would often set off by mistake, causing the villain to be captured another way. Fred usually takes the lead in solving mysteries. When searching for clues, Fred and Daphne usually go together with Velma coming along, but sometimes Fred and Daphne would pair off, having Velma go with Shaggy and Scooby.
In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Fred was depicted as being somewhat less intelligent, believing in legends such as Bigfoot and mole people, and liked reading a magazine called The National Exaggerator. In each episode, Fred would (usually wrongly) blame the crime on the neighbourhood bully Red Herring (a play on the idiom red herring). In his teenage version, he is shown to have many interests (obsessions for traps, martial arts, wrestling, and weight lifting). He is shown to be hopeless at speaking any language other than English. In an episode of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Fred is learning to speak French - badly - and Daphne suggests he just sticks to saying "oui oui", to which he replies, "I already did that before we left the hotel". He is typically shown to be oblivious to Daphne's romantic interests, while at the same time falling for other girls.
In the episode "The Song of Mystery" from Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, he is called Fredrick by his tutor Mary-Ann Geerdon. However, in Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map, he is called Fredward.
Fred is voiced by Frank Welker, who has retained this role throughout every incarnation of each series where Fred is portrayed as a teenager from 1969 to 1983 and again since 1997. In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (where he is portrayed as a child), he was voiced by former child actor Carl Steven.
He was portrayed by Freddie Prinze Jr. in the 2002-2004 live-action films and by Robbie Amell in the Cartoon Network prequel films, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster.
Zac Efron voices Fred as an adult while Pierce Gagnon voices his younger self in the theatrical animated film Scoob!.
Daphne Blake
[edit]Together with her other teenage companions, Fred Jones, Shaggy Rogers, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy's pet Great Dane Scooby-Doo, Daphne would engage in solving various mysteries. Daphne was portrayed as the enthusiastic, but clumsy and danger-prone (hence her nickname "Danger-Prone Daphne" revealed by her cousin, Shannon, being danger-prone is a Blake family trait in Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster) member of the gang, who always follows her intuition. She serves as the damsel in distress and would occasionally get kidnapped, tied up, and left imprisoned. Scooby and Shaggy usually save her, but sometimes Fred and Velma or even the whole gang do it. But as the franchise went on, she became a stronger, more independent character, who can take care of herself.
Daphne's character is the most developed in the starring cast, going from a klutzy teenager to a successful journalist to an ingenuous fashionista to a black belt martial artist. Daphne is also seen as the moral support in adaptations such as Mystery Incorporated. When Scooby is nowhere to be found, Daphne also shouts "Scooby-Doo! Where are you?!". She occasionally helps the rest of the gang capture the villain by using some random, yet helpful, accessories she has at the moment. For example, in one episode, the gang is tied to posts by ropes, so Daphne pulls out her credit card and slices the ropes in half, leaving her free to untie the other members of the gang.
During the series' fourth incarnation, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, some of the episodes focused on Daphne. In the episode "Shiver and Shake, That Demon's a Snake", Daphne buys an idol that is cursed by the snake demon. On the sailboat, the snake demon attacks Daphne and demands an idol to return. Daphne throws it to Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy. In the episode "The Scary Sky Skeleton", Daphne is reunited with her old friend, Wendy. In the episode "I Left My Neck in San Francisco", Daphne becomes sick and she's unable to help the gang to solve the mystery about the Lady Vampiress of the Bay. Due to the vampire's look, Daphne's unseen reflection in the mirror, the bat flying around Daphne's bed and herself returning to bed a little later, Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are convinced that Daphne is a vampiress. When the vampiress is revealed to be Lefty Callahan, Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy realize they made a mistake with suspecting Daphne and she's feeling well again.
Her usual appearance consists of a purple dress, pink pantyhose, purple shoes, and a green scarf. In Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, she wore a purple and green three-piece suit with matching shoes. As a child, she wore a pink sweater, red skirt, and pink pantyhose with white go-go boots. In The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, she wore some other purple clothes with purple pants and purple high heels.
While not as clever as Velma, Daphne would always solve her problems in a different way. The character later became more confident and started playing a more active role as time went on, a result of changing attitudes towards women during the 1970s and 1980s. In What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Daphne has also been known to open locks or do other tasks.
In the movie Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Daphne as a young adult, had a very successful investigative TV series called Coast to Coast with Daphne Blake on a fictional channel called "Americana", which the show had aired on for two seasons. The producer of the show was Fred Jones, with whom she began a relationship with within the film's ending.
Throughout the various incarnations of the character, there has been speculation that Daphne and Fred had an attraction toward each other. This is emphasized in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. Throughout the first season, they are shown to be actively dating with Daphne showing more of her feelings toward Fred.
Daphne was voiced by Stefanianna Christopherson from 1969 to 1970. She was replaced by Heather North who would voice Daphne until 1997 and again for the two direct-to-DVD movies, Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico. Daphne was voiced by Mary Kay Bergman from 1998 to 2000. Daphne has been voiced by Grey DeLisle since 2001. In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Daphne was voiced by Kellie Martin. She was portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar in the 2002-2004 live-action films and by Kate Melton in the 2009-2010 live-action telefilms.
Amanda Seyfried voices Daphne as an adult with Mckenna Grace as her younger self in the theatrical animated film Scoob!.
Velma Dinkley
[edit]Throughout her various incarnations, Velma is usually portrayed as a highly intelligent young woman with various interests ranging from highly specified sciences (which in the "Scooby and Scrappy-Doo" series leads her to pursue a career as a NASA research scientist) or merely being very well read on various and sometimes obscure information, such as ancient Viking writing (as in the third Scooby-Doo series "The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries"). In Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, Velma is described by her younger sister Madelyn as being "born with a mystery book in her hand". Consequently, Velma is usually the one to figure out the mystery, sometimes with the help of Fred and Daphne.
In the first series, notably Where Are You! and New Movies, a running gag is Velma's severe near-sightedness and her trouble with keeping her glasses on her face (usually after falling off while being chased by the villain).
When Scooby is too afraid to volunteer to help with a mission, Velma often offers him a dog treat called a "Scooby Snack" as a bribe. Her catchphrases are: "Jinkies!" and "My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!"
Like all of the Scooby-Doo gang, later retconned as Mystery Incorporated members, Velma has differing personal backgrounds and histories depending on which series one is referring to.
In the original Where Are You! series, Velma attended the same high school as the rest of the gang (as stated in the episode "What a Night for a Knight"). However, in the second series, The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Velma is said to have graduated from a different high school than her friends (as stated in the episode "Spirited Spooked Sports Show"). In the current series, Velma is stated to be a native of Ohio, unlike the other members of the gang. But on one occasion, she mentioned she's from Texas.
Velma was voiced by Nicole Jaffe from 1969 to 1973, who would voice the character again in the two direct-to-DVD movies, Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico. Jaffe was later replaced by Pat Stevens, who would voice Velma from 1976 to 1979; Marla Frumkin replaced her from 1979-1980 and would voice the character again in 1984. Velma was voiced by B.J. Ward from 1997 to 2002, by Mindy Cohn from 2002-2015 and in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Velma was voiced by Christina Lange. Starting with Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (2015-2018), Velma has been voiced by Kate Micucci. Gina Rodriguez voiced Velma as an adult with Ariana Greenblatt voicing her younger self in the animated theatrical film Scoob!. She was portrayed by Linda Cardellini in the 2002-2004 live-action films and by Hayley Kiyoko in the 2009-2010 live-action telefilms.
Cast
[edit]Secondary characters introduced in The Scooby-Doo Show/Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
[edit]Scrappy-Doo
[edit]Scrappy-Doo is Scooby-Doo's dimwitted nephew. He was added to the cast of Scooby-Doo to save the series' low ratings, which threatened to cause its cancellation. After his addition to the show proved to be a ratings success, Hanna-Barbera restructured the show around Scrappy in 1980. The original format of four teenagers and their dog(s) solving supernatural mysteries for a half-hour was eschewed for simpler, more comedic adventures which involved real supernatural villains (the villains in previous Scooby episodes were almost always regular humans in disguise).
Scrappy remained an integral part of the Scooby-Doo franchise, on both television and in Scooby-related licensed products and merchandising, through the end of the 1980s. He was also briefly the star of his own seven-minute shorts — the Scrappy and Yabba Doo segments of The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour. Teamed with his uncle Yabba-Doo and Deputy Dusty, he helped maintain law and order in a small town in the American west. In later years, the presence of Scrappy-Doo has been criticized as having had a negative effect on the various Scooby-Doo series of the 1980s.[2] However, the gradual decline of Scooby-Doo has been credited to other factors as well, such as changes in format.[3] Scrappy-Doo has become the symbol of an irritatingly overexuberant or cute character added to a series in an attempt to maintain ratings, a phenomenon also known as Cousin Oliver Syndrome.[4]
Due to the general perception of the character by audiences, Scrappy-Doo has rarely appeared in modern media. He appears as an antagonist in Scooby-Doo (2002), where he seeks revenge on Mystery Inc. for abandoning him. In Velma, Scrappy is depicted as an artificial lifeform created by Project SCOOB!.
Scrappy was voiced by Lennie Weinrib from 1979 to 1980. Weinrib was later replaced by Don Messick, who voiced Scrappy from 1980 to 1988. Scott Innes voices Scrappy in Scooby-Doo (2002) and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
Scooby-Dum
[edit]Scooby-Dum (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) is Scooby-Doo's cousin, who lives in the Okefenokee Swamp.[5] He also appears in Laff-A-Lympics, voiced by Daws Butler.[6]
Yabba-Doo
[edit]Yabba-Doo (voiced by Don Messick) is a white Great Dane who fights crime with his master, Deputy Dusty (voiced by Frank Welker), and his enthusiastic nephew Scrappy-Doo.
Scooby-Dee
[edit]Scooby-Dee (voiced by Janet Waldo) is a white Great Dane and Scooby-Doo's distant cousin, who appears in The Scooby-Doo Show. She was meant to return to The Scooby-Doo Show as a girlfriend to Scooby-Doo, but the show ended before that could happen.[7]
Introduced in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
[edit]Vincent Van Ghoul
[edit]Vincent Van Ghoul (voiced by Vincent Price) is a magician who assists Mystery Inc. in capturing the 13 Ghosts after Shaggy and Scooby accidentally release them. In Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Van Ghoul is voiced by Maurice LaMarche and depicted as an actor who commonly appears in horror films.
Flim Flam
[edit]Flim Flam (voiced by Susan Blu) is a young Tibetan con artist and ally of Mystery Inc. He also appears in Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost, voiced by Noshir Dalal.
Weerd and Bogel
[edit]Weerd and Bogel (respectively voiced by Arte Johnson and Howard Morris) are ghosts and allies of the 13 Ghosts. Throughout the series, Weerd and Bogel attempt to joins S.A.P.S. (Spook and Poltergeist Society), a group of esteemed ghosts and ghouls.
- Weerd is voiced by Arte Johnson.
- Bogel is voiced by Howard Morris.
13 Ghosts
[edit]The 13 Ghosts are a group of malevolent ghosts and demons who were imprisoned in the Chest of Demons. Weerd and Bogel tricked Shaggy and Scooby into opening the Chest to free them.
The 13 Ghosts consist of:
- Maldor the Malevolent (voiced by Peter Cullen) is a ghostly warlock from the Dark Ages who is a master of the black arts.
- Queen Morbida (voiced by Linda Gary) is a vampire-like queen who commands an army of monsters.
- Reflector Spectre (voiced by Michael Rye) is a mirror demon who can trap people in his mirror.
- Zomba (voiced by Susan Blu) is a zombie demon who can transport people into movies and TV shows.
- Captain Ferguson (voiced by Robert Ridgely) is a ghostly sea captain and his crew who haunts the Bermuda Triangle on his ghost ship.
- Nekara (voiced by Linda Gary) is an enchantress who can drain magic with her Trance of Love.
- Marcella (voiced by B. J. Ward) is a witch who manipulated three bumbling witches called the Brewski Sisters into freeing her.
- Time Slime (voiced by Robert Ridgely) is a demon who manipulate time.
- Demondo (voiced by Michael Rye) is a demon who can imprison people in books and comic strips.
- Rankor (voiced by Hamilton Camp) is a vampiric demon who sought to join S.A.P.S. by having Vincent Van Ghoul look into the Eye of Eternity which slowly turned him to stone.
- Professor Phantazmo (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) is the ringmaster of the Circus of Horrors which is staffed by demons and monsters.
- Zimbulu (voiced by Peter Cullen in his true form, Edie McClurg in human form) is a lion demon who posed as a medium named Tallulah.
- The film Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost features the 13th Ghost, Asmodeus (voiced by Nolan North).
Introduced in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost
[edit]The Hex Girls
[edit]The Hex Girls are an eco-goth rock band consisting of members Thorn (Sally McKnight), Dusk, and Luna. Thorn is voiced by Jennifer Hale, Dusk is voiced by Jane Wiedlin and Luna is voiced by Kimberly Brooks. They are first seen as suspects of the mystery that is going on in their hometown, Oakhaven, later becoming the gang's friends. They first appeared in Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost,[8] and reappeared in Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?.[9]
In the movie Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, they are first seen as suspects of the mystery the gang is investigating. Thorn later plays an important role on Sarah Ravencroft's ghost demise by reading the spell which sends her back to the spell book where she came from, along with her descendant Ben Ravencroft. Along with Scooby and the rest of the gang, they end up giving a concert to pay for the damage the Ravencrofts did.
In Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire, Thorn, Luna and Dusk are the artists that are going to open the Vampire Rock Musical Festival, ending up being kidnapped by Yowie Yahoo's vampire minions, which leads the gang to look for them, while trying to solve the mystery regarding Vampire Rock. They end up being saved, and accompany the gang to their performance at the festival.
In the series What's New, Scooby-Doo?, they appear in the episode "The Vampire Strikes Back", where the gang must help them capture a vampire that has been trying to scare them away from a castle in Transylvania, where they are shooting their latest single. According to Daphne, Dusk intended to leave the group to start a solo career, but this wasn't brought up again with the episode's ending implying she chose to stay.
In Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, they appear in the episodes "In Fear of the Phantom" and "Dance of the Undead". They ask the gang to help them catch a ghost who wants to put them out of business after Thorn is nearly crushed to death. After most of Crystal Cove is hypnotized by a zombie ska band, Scooby and Shaggy track them down and ask them for help to defeat them in a battle of the bands. They also help the gang find another clue of the Crystal Cove Mystery, by discovering and deciphering a hidden soundtrack in the Planispheric Disk.
The band makes a cameo appearance in a image in the 2020 film Scoob! and the HBO Max's Velma series.
Introduced in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
[edit]Red Herring
[edit]Red Herring (voiced by Scott Menville) is a neighborhood bully from the gang's hometown in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. He is a rival of Fred Jones, who blames him for crimes. Herring also makes minor appearances in the comic Scooby-Doo! Team-Up and Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!.
Introduced in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
[edit]Werecats
[edit]Simone Lenoir (voiced by Adrienne Barbeau), Lena Dupree (voiced by Tara Charendoff), and Jacques (voiced by Jim Cummings) are a trio of immortal werecats who live on an island in Louisiana. Simone and Lena originally lived in a village and worshipped a cat god, who they prayed to for bountiful harvests. When the pirate Morgan Moonscar and his crew invaded the island and killed everyone, Simone and Lena escaped, after which the god transformed them into werecats. The two later recruit Jacques and transform him as well.
In Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island, several people pose as werecats while hunting for Moonscar's treasure.
Introduced in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
[edit]Sheriff Bronson Stone
[edit]Sheriff Bronson Stone (voiced by Patrick Warburton) is the sheriff of Crystal Cove. In the rebooted timeline depicted in the series finale "Come Undone", he and Mayor Janet Nettles are married and have four children: Eastwood, Norris, Billy Jack, and Lynda Carter.
Hot Dog Water (Marcie Fleach)
[edit]Marcie Fleach (voiced by Linda Cardellini), also known as Hot Dog Water, is a resident of Crystal Cove and Velma's rival. She joins Mystery Incorporated as Daphne's replacement, only to leave in "Web of the Dreamweaver" following Daphne's return. In the rebooted timeline depicted in the series finale "Come Undone", Marcie is Velma's friend.
It was revealed by Warner Bros animator Tony Cervone on Instagram that writers of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated intended for Velma and Marcie to be in a romantic relationship.[10]
Mayor Fred Jones Sr.
[edit]Mayor Fred Jones Sr. (voiced by Gary Cole) is the mayor of Crystal Cove and Fred's adoptive father. He is proud of Crystal Cove being named the "Most Haunted Place on Earth" and uses it to attract tourism. In the rebooted timeline depicted in the series finale "Come Undone", Jones Sr. is the principal and soccer coach of Crystal Cove High School.
Mayor Janet Nettles
[edit]Janet Nettles (voiced by Kate Higgins) succeeds Fred Jones Sr. as mayor of Crystal Cove after he is exposed as the Freak of Crystal Cove.[11] In the rebooted timeline depicted in the series finale "Come Undone", she and Sheriff Stone are married and have four children: Eastwood, Norris, Billy Jack, and Lynda Carter.[12]
Ed Machine
[edit]Ed Machine (voiced by Richard McGonagle) is the CEO of Destroido Corp and Mr. E's henchman. Professor Pericles later kills him to "send a message" to E.
The Original "Mystery Incorporated"
[edit]Mr. E (Ricky Owens)
[edit]Mr. E (voiced primarily by Lewis Black; Jeff Bennett as a young adult) is a mysterious figure who gives clues to the gang throughout the first season. He is later revealed to be Ricky Owens, a member of the original Mystery Incorporated and an ally of Professor Pericles. In the rebooted timeline depicted in the series finale "Come Undone", Owens is married to Cassidy Williams, and the two work together with Pericles at an environmentally-friendly version of Destroido called Creationex.
Angel Dynamite (Cassidy Williams)
[edit]Cassidy Williams (voiced by Vivica A. Fox and her younger self is voiced by Kimberly Brooks) alias Angel Dynamite, is an ally of Mr. E and a member of the original Mystery Incorporated. She first appears in "Beware the Beast from Below" as a radio DJ for the K-Ghoul radio station. In the rebooted timeline depicted in the series finale "Come Undone", Cassidy is married to Ricky Owens, and the two work together with Pericles at an environmentally-friendly version of Destroido called Creationex.
Professor Pericles
[edit]Professor Pericles (voiced by Udo Kier) is a sentient parrot and the mascot of the original Mystery Incorporated. Throughout the series, he attempts to summon the Evil Entity, only to be killed by him. In the rebooted timeline depicted in the series finale "Come Undone", Pericles is the benevolent mascot for Ricky and Cassidy's company, Creationex.
Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves
[edit]Bradley "Brad" Chiles (voiced by Tim Matheson) and Judy Reeves (voiced by Tia Carrere) are members of the original Mystery Incorporated and the birth parents of Fred Jr. When Fred Jones Sr. abducts Fred to keep Brad and Judy from returning to Crystal Cove, the two continue to live their lives under secret identities as the Sternums, a couple who invent traps and help mystery solvers. In the rebooted timeline depicted in the series finale "Come Undone", the two are obstetricians who were never separated from Fred.
Nova
[edit]Nova (voiced by Amy Acker) is Brad and Judy's pet Cocker Spaniel. She is later possessed by the Anunnaki, who warn Mystery Inc. of the Evil Entity.
Alice May
[edit]Alice May (voiced by Hynden Walch) is an employee of Mr. E who uses the alias of Ghost Girl and the Obliteratrix.
The Evil Entity
[edit]The Evil Entity (voiced by Clancy Brown) is an evil Anunnaki who was imprisoned in a crystal sarcophagus buried beneath Crystal Cove. He came to Earth thousands of years ago during Nibiru, which weakened the barriers between dimensions and allowed him to cross over. His influence causes most of the series' events. Professor Pericles eventually frees the Entity before Mystery Inc. destroys him, creating a new timeline free of his influence.
Introduced in Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!
[edit]Coco Diablo
[edit]Coco Diablo (voiced by Myrna Velasco) is a costume designer who designed disguises for many of the villains Mystery Inc. has faced in the past. She is a parody of French fashion designer Coco Chanel. Velma has a crush on Diablo, making it the first the character has been explicitly portrayed as a lesbian or bisexual. Velma was previously implied to be in a relationship with Marcie Fleach in Mystery Incorporated and was "explicitly gay" in the initial script for Scooby-Doo.[13]
Minor characters
[edit]Dada and Mumsy-Doo
[edit]Scooby's father and mother, first introduced in The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show. They later appeared in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, and were voiced by Don Messick and Frank Welker. In addition to Scooby, they had several other children; Ruby, Skippy, Howdy, and Yabba-Doo.
Colton and Paula Rogers
[edit]Shaggy's unnamed father and mother were first introduced in The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show. Their younger versions later appeared in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. In this version, Shaggy's father is a police officer and his mother is a socialite. In addition to Shaggy, they had a daughter named Maggie, also known as Suggie. In the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated continuity, Shaggy's father and mother were named Colton and Paula Rogers.
In the Velma series, Shaggy's father and mother were named Lamont and Blythe Rogers (voiced by Gary Cole and Nicole Byer). Lamont is a therapist who also works as Crystal Cove High's school counselor and Blythe is the principal of the school. In this version, Shaggy's mother is an african-american woman, while his father is white and bears a resemblance to Shaggy's original design.
- Mrs. Rogers is voiced by Casey Kasem and B.J. Ward (in the original series) and Grey Griffin (in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc)
- Mr. Rogers is voiced by Casey Kasem in both versions. Kasem also voiced other versions of Shaggy in the franchise.
Dale and Angie Dinkley
[edit]Velma's unnamed father and mother, first introduced in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. In addition to Velma, they had a daughter named Madelyn (introduced in Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo). In the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated continuity, Velma's father and mother were named Dale and Angie Dinkley. They own the Crystal Cove Spook Museum. In the Scooby Apocalypse comics, Angie and Dale had five children; Velma, Hugo, Cheeves, Quentin, and Rufus.
In the Velma series, Velma's father and mother were named Aman and Diya Dinkley (voiced by Russell Peters and Sarayu Blue). Aman is a lawyer who struggles to keep Velma in line, while Diya is an alcoholic who used to write mysteries, inspiring Velma's passion, until her disappearance.
- Mrs. Dinkley is voiced by B.J. Ward (in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo) and Frances Conroy (in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc).
- Mr. Dinkley is voiced by Frank Welker (in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo) and Kevin Dunn (in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc).
Nedley and Elizabeth Blake
[edit]Nedley and Elizabeth Blake are Daphne's father and mother. They were first introduced in The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show, and their younger versions later appeared in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. Nedley has had several different names over the years; in the Ottenheimer books, he was called Jonathan, and in the first segment of Cartoon Network's Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes, he was called George R. Blake.
In the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated continuity, Daphne's father and mother were named Barty and Nan Blake (voiced by Frank Welker and Kath Soucie). In addition to Daphne, they had several other daughters; Daisy, Dawn, Dorothy, and Delilah. The Blake clan is a quite rich and influential family in Crystal Cove, even having a building at Darrow University named after them. According to Daphne in some episodes, her parents are mentally unstable.
In the film Daphne & Velma, Nedley and Elizabeth were portrayed by Brian Stepanek and Nadine Ellis. In this version, Daphne's mother is an african-american woman.
In the Velma series, Daphne's adoptive mothers were Donna and Linda Blake (voiced by Jane Lynch and Wanda Sykes), while her biological father and mother were Carroll and Darren (voiced by Ming-Na Wen and Ken Leung). Donna and Linda are two slightly incompetent detectives who began investigating Brenda's death, and Caroll and Darren are two asian criminals members of the Crystal Cove Gang.
Skip and Peggy Jones
[edit]Skip and Peggy Jones are Fred's father and mother, first introduced in the film Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (voiced by Tim Conway and Edie McClurg). Skip has also a brother named Eddie (voiced by Frank Welker) who appeared in one episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
In the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated continuity, Fred's foster father was Mayor Fred Jones Sr. (voiced by Gary Cole), while Fred's real father and mother were Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves (voiced by Tim Matheson and Tia Carrere; with younger selves voiced by Nolan North and Kari Wahlgren).
In the Be Cool, Scooby-Doo continuity, Fred's father was Donald Jones, a criminal also known as Professor Huh?.
In the Velma series, Fred's father and mother were named William and Victoria Jones (voiced by Frank Welker and Cherry Jones). They own the Jones Gentlemen's Accessories. Victoria is the daughter of Harry Meeting, the general and the creator of Project SCOOBI, which can transfer people's brains to other bodies. Fearing that Fred would not be able to inherit the family company due to his childishness, Victoria hypnotized William and decided to start killing people in Crystal Cove and stealing their brains to replace Fred's. Eventually, she revealed herself to the gang and ended up dying in the caves, being crushed by a stalactite.
Maggie Rogers
[edit]Maggie Rogers (voiced by B. J. Ward) was first introduced in The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show. She is Shaggy's younger sister and the wife of Wilfred. Her baby version later appeared in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, where she was nicknamed Sugie.
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