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Scooby-Doo (character)

January 01, 1970

Scoobert "Scooby" Doo is the eponymous character and protagonist of the animated television franchise created in 1969 by the American animation company Hanna-Barbera.[1] He is a male Great Dane and lifelong companion of amateur detective Shaggy Rogers, with whom he shares many personality traits. He features a mix of both canine and human behaviors (reminiscent of other talking animals in Hanna-Barbera's series), and is treated by his friends more or less as an equal. Scooby often speaks in a rhotacized way, substituting the first letters of many words with the letter 'r'. His catchphrase is "Scooby-Dooby-Doo!"

Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo character
First appearance
Created by
Voiced by
In-universe information
Full nameScoobert Doo
NicknameScooby-Dooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo
Scooby
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SpeciesDog
GenderMale
BreedGreat Dane

History

Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original Scooby-Doo series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, for Hanna-Barbera as a part of CBS's 1969–1970 Saturday morning cartoon schedule. Originally titled Mysteries Five, the dog who later became Scooby was originally more of a sidekick character – a bongo-playing dog named "Too Much" whose breed varied between Great Dane and sheepdog between treatments.[2][3]

By the time the series was pitched to the network as Who's S-S-Scared? in early 1969, Too Much was solidified as a cowardly Great Dane. Both the dog and the series would be renamed Scooby-Doo by Fred Silverman, CBS's head of daytime programming, between its unsuccessful first pitch and the second pitch that earned the show a green light. Silverman stated that he came up with the name from the syllables "doo-be-doo-be-doo" in Frank Sinatra's hit song "Strangers in the Night".[4][5] Though a similar name was featured in the title of the single "Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.)" released just a few months earlier in 1968 by The Archies, a fictional band from the CBS series The Archie Show that was also overseen by Silverman.[6][7] There was also a character in an unsold TV pilot Swingin' Together, broadcast in 1963 on CBS, named Skooby-doo.[8]

Taking notes from a Hanna-Barbera colleague who was also a breeder of Great Danes, production designer Iwao Takamoto designed the Scooby-Doo character with a sloping chin, spots, a long tail, a sloped back, and bow legs – all traits in direct opposition to those of a prize-winning purebred Great Dane.[9] In defining the personality of the dog, Ruby and Spears looked for inspiration to the characters played by Bob Hope in his horror-comedies – a coward who shows traits of bravery when his friends are in danger.[2] Veteran Hanna-Barbera voice artist Don Messick was the original voice of Scooby and spent decades working on the character.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. It ran for two seasons, with a total of 25 episodes. Its final first-run episode aired on October 31, 1970.

Personality

In most incarnations of the series, Scooby is regarded as a unique Great Dane dog who is able to speak in broken English, and usually puts the letter "R" in front of words and noises made. Other incarnations, such as A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, present him as a speech-impaired dog in the larger fictional universe as nobody in Coolsville seems bothered by his speaking ability. In recent years (most notably in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated), Scooby is able to speak in complete sentences and has more dialogue, though partially retaining his speech impediment. He consistently shows about the same level of intelligence as his friends, while also being subject to the same knack for clumsiness and moments of being dimwitted as well.

Different iterations of the character have been developed and expanded in the various series featuring the characters, many of them contradicting, such as the original series and the recent live-action films where Shaggy and Scooby first meet as older teenagers for the first time. This contradicts the animated series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, where they know each other from almost infancy, though the films may be seen as having a different continuity altogether than the cartoon products. As an adult canine, Scooby is usually treated as a mix of a pet and a friend by his companions.

In all versions of the character, Scooby and Shaggy share several personality traits, mostly being cowardly and perpetually hungry. Yet their friends (Fred, Daphne, and Velma) encourage them to go after the costumed villains, usually with "Scooby Snacks". The biscuit-like dog treat or cookie snack is usually shaped like a bone or, in later versions of the cartoons, Scooby's dog tag. However, Scooby's inherent loyalty and courage do often force him to take a more heroic stance even without any prodding. Scooby is also extremely ticklish, and this is seen in many of the television series and films.

Scooby has a speech impediment and tends to pronounce most words as if they begin with an "R"; however, most characters are able to understand him almost 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 production, is "Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" or "Rooby-Rooby-Roo". Scooby was voiced by Don Messick through Arabian Nights in 1994, after which point Messick quit smoking; quitting smoking changed his voice and prevented him from achieving the same raspy vocal effect (despite Messick's efforts, he suffered a career-ending stroke in 1996 and died in 1997, before any further Scooby-Doo productions were made). Messick is also known for providing the voice of the dogs Astro on The Jetsons and Muttley (who snickered).[10] The characteristic speech impediments of Scooby and Astro are so similar that Astro's signature phrase, "Ruh-roh!", is popularly and improperly attributed to Scooby (as in "Ruh-roh, Raggy!");[citation needed] of the two voices, Scooby's had a deeper and throatier timbre than Astro's.

According to Fred in Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes, the thought of having a dog with an Adam's apple was a little strange, but they got used to it, so when he started talking, it wasn't a big deal. But despite his special gift of speech, he did have his shortcomings like his cowardice. But as Mystery Inc. bonded, he would form a special partnership with Shaggy, comparing themselves to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Shaggy says that things just clicked and whenever the gang needs bait for a villain, they would send Shaggy and Scooby in and he says there's no one else he would rather work with. Fred claims that the only thing that scares Scooby more than monsters is a trip to the vet.

Appearance and anatomy

Scooby is brown from head to toe with several distinctive black spots on his upper body and does not seem to have a melanistic mask. He is generally a quadruped but displays bipedal 'human' characteristics occasionally. Scooby also has opposable 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. Unlike other dogs, Scooby only has one pad on each of his paws, a trait that was added to make it 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 color is wrong."[11]

According to the official magazine that accompanied the 2002 film, Scooby is seven years old.

Voice actors

Don Messick originated the character's speech patterns and provided Scooby-Doo's voice in every Scooby-Doo production from 1969 until his retirement in 1996. Voice actor Hadley Kay voiced the character for a brief period in 1997, for two episodes of Johnny Bravo, and a few television commercials. Scott Innes (also the then-voice of Shaggy) voiced Scooby-Doo in the 1998-2001 direct-to-video films and continued to voice the character regularly for video games (such as Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights), toys and some commercials until 2008. Neil Fanning provided the voice of the computer-generated Scooby-Doo in the 2002 live-action film and its 2004 sequel. Frank Welker (also the voice of Fred since 1969) has voiced Scooby since 2002, taking over beginning with What's New, Scooby-Doo? and other spin-offs including the live-action prequels Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster. Dave Coulier and Seth Green have both voiced the character in Robot Chicken.

Voiced By:

Portrayed By:

  • David Droxler (2001; Scooby-Doo! in Stagefright - Live on Stage)[39][40]
  • Pierre-Marc Diennet (2001; Scooby-Doo! in Stagefright - Live on Stage)[40]
  • Jamie Brown (2009; Scooby-Doo! and the Pirate Ghost - Live on Stage)[47]
  • Cody Collier (2013; Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries)[48]
  • Eddie Arnold (2014; Scooby-Doo Live! The Mystery Of The Pyramid)[49]
  • Joe Goldie (2016; Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries)[50]
  • Clement Chaboche (2020; Scooby-Doo! and the Lost City of Gold)[51]
  • Gabriela Jovian-Mazon (2022; Scooby-Doo! and the Lost City of Gold)[51]

Voiced by in unofficial material and other languages:

Appearances in other media

  • Scooby-Doo and Shaggy made a non-speaking cameo in Teen Titans Go! episode, "I See You" when Cyborg and Beast Boy were rapping. Scooby later appears in the crossover episode "Cartoon Feud" along with The Scooby Gang, where Control Freak forces them to compete in Family Feud with Frank Welker reprising the role of Scooby.
  • Scooby-Doo appeared twice in Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy as a character who is described as being on the "wrong show" along with the other principal members of Mystery Inc.
  • Scooby-Doo has appeared in Johnny Bravo in the episodes "Bravo Dooby-Doo" and "'Twas the Night" during the first season, voiced both times by Hadley Kay.
  • In the Yin Yang Yo! episode "Slumber Party of Doom", Scooby and Shaggy make two cameos, with the first being Shaggy complaining about Yin and Yang stealing their montages and Scooby saying, "It sucks!"
  • Scooby-Doo and Shaggy made a cameo appearance in Looney Tunes: Back in Action complaining to Matthew Lillard (who played Shaggy) about his performance in the first live-action Scooby-Doo film. They both threaten to come after Lillard if he ruins the sequel. Scooby-Doo states that he will give him a "Scooby snack" and begins growling viciously.
  • Scooby-Doo appears as a guest in a 1996 video called Kids for Character.
  • Scooby-Doo also appears in an episode of Drawn Together, voiced by James Arnold Taylor.
  • Scooby-Doo (voiced by Marc Silk) was once impersonated by David Beckham in a 2004 animated Scooby-Doo promo from the United Kingdom.
  • Scooby-Doo appears in the Robot Chicken episode "Operation: Rich in Spirit", voiced by Dave Coulier (who previously imitated Scooby's voice in Full House). He is amongst Mystery Inc. members who end up killed by Jason Voorhees except Velma. Seth Green voices him in the episode "Ban on the Fun" when in the segment that spoofs Laff-A-Lympics in the style of the Munich massacre. This time, Scooby did not get killed.
  • In an episode of Robotboy, when Robotboy and his mother escape from police with a big speaker, a dog that looks like Scooby hangs on to the speaker and follows them home.
  • In an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, this alludes to The New Scooby-Doo Movies where Batman originally starred in. However, with some meddling from Bat-Mite, not only were the dynamic duo able to fight unlike in the original appearance, but he also removed Shaggy and Scooby's cowardice allowing them to, for the first time, fight the villains toe to toe.
  • In the episode "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" (7ACV19), on the Futurama series, Bender is re-conceived as a parody of Scooby-Doo, they call him Bendee Boo.
  • Scooby-Doo and Shaggy make an appearance on the Sabrina the Teenage Witch live action series episode "Sabrina Unplugged".
  • Scooby-Doo is a playable character alongside Shaggy in the crossover video game Lego Dimensions. His character includes a large sandwich called the "Scooby Snack". Frank Welker reprises the role.
  • Scooby-Doo makes a cameo in the 1988 Disney film Oliver & Company. During the song "Perfect Isn't Easy", he appears on a black-and-white photo at the right front of Georgette's portrait collection.
  • Scooby-Doo, along with the other 4 members of Mystery Inc., make an appearance throughout the 16th episode of the 13th season of Supernatural entitled "Scoobynatural" when the two lead protagonists, Sam Winchester and his brother Dean Winchester, and their accomplice, Castiel, are transported into an episode of Scooby-Doo; the Supernatural episode itself is a crossover between the two franchises with Frank Welker voices Scooby-Doo in the episode.[55]
  • Scooby-Doo also appears in the 2021 film Space Jam: A New Legacy. His design is the same from the 2020 film, Scoob!.
  • Scooby-Doo made a non-speaking appearance in Jellystone! in the episode "Frankenhooky", where he and the Mystery Inc. Gang stop the Ghost Chasers from attacking Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo at an abandoned cheese theme park.

Reception

Casey Kasem, the original voice actor for Shaggy Rogers, said that 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."[56]

See also

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January 01, 1970
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Scoobert Scooby Doo is the eponymous character and protagonist of the animated television franchise created in 1969 by the American animation company Hanna Barbera 1 He is a male Great Dane and lifelong companion of amateur detective Shaggy Rogers with whom he shares many personality traits He features a mix of both canine and human behaviors reminiscent of other talking animals in Hanna Barbera s series and is treated by his friends more or less as an equal Scooby often speaks in a rhotacized way substituting the first letters of many words with the letter r His catchphrase is Scooby Dooby Doo Scooby DooScooby Doo characterFirst appearance What a Night for a Knight Scooby Doo Where Are You September 13 1969Created byJoe Ruby Ken Spears Iwao TakamotoVoiced byDon Messick 1969 1996 Frank Welker 1979 1997 2002 present Hadley Kay 1997 Scott Innes 1998 2008 2017 2020 Neil Fanning 2002 2004 see below In universe informationFull nameScoobert DooNicknameScooby Dooby DooScooby DooScoobyScoobSpeciesDogGenderMaleBreedGreat Dane Contents 1 History 2 Personality 3 Appearance and anatomy 4 Voice actors 5 Appearances in other media 6 Reception 7 See also 8 ReferencesHistoryWriters Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original Scooby Doo series Scooby Doo Where Are You for Hanna Barbera as a part of CBS s 1969 1970 Saturday morning cartoon schedule Originally titled Mysteries Five the dog who later became Scooby was originally more of a sidekick character a bongo playing dog named Too Much whose breed varied between Great Dane and sheepdog between treatments 2 3 By the time the series was pitched to the network as Who s S S Scared in early 1969 Too Much was solidified as a cowardly Great Dane Both the dog and the series would be renamed Scooby Doo by Fred Silverman CBS s head of daytime programming between its unsuccessful first pitch and the second pitch that earned the show a green light Silverman stated that he came up with the name from the syllables doo be doo be doo in Frank Sinatra s hit song Strangers in the Night 4 5 Though a similar name was featured in the title of the single Feelin So Good S K O O B Y D O O released just a few months earlier in 1968 by The Archies a fictional band from the CBS series The Archie Show that was also overseen by Silverman 6 7 There was also a character in an unsold TV pilot Swingin Together broadcast in 1963 on CBS named Skooby doo 8 Taking notes from a Hanna Barbera colleague who was also a breeder of Great Danes production designer Iwao Takamoto designed the Scooby Doo character with a sloping chin spots a long tail a sloped back and bow legs all traits in direct opposition to those of a prize winning purebred Great Dane 9 In defining the personality of the dog Ruby and Spears looked for inspiration to the characters played by Bob Hope in his horror comedies a coward who shows traits of bravery when his friends are in danger 2 Veteran Hanna Barbera voice artist Don Messick was the original voice of Scooby and spent decades working on the character Scooby Doo Where Are You premiered on CBS on September 13 1969 at 10 30 a m Eastern Time It ran for two seasons with a total of 25 episodes Its final first run episode aired on October 31 1970 PersonalityIn most incarnations of the series Scooby is regarded as a unique Great Dane dog who is able to speak in broken English and usually puts the letter R in front of words and noises made Other incarnations such as A Pup Named Scooby Doo present him as a speech impaired dog in the larger fictional universe as nobody in Coolsville seems bothered by his speaking ability In recent years most notably in Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated Scooby is able to speak in complete sentences and has more dialogue though partially retaining his speech impediment He consistently shows about the same level of intelligence as his friends while also being subject to the same knack for clumsiness and moments of being dimwitted as well Different iterations of the character have been developed and expanded in the various series featuring the characters many of them contradicting such as the original series and the recent live action films where Shaggy and Scooby first meet as older teenagers for the first time This contradicts the animated series A Pup Named Scooby Doo where they know each other from almost infancy though the films may be seen as having a different continuity altogether than the cartoon products As an adult canine Scooby is usually treated as a mix of a pet and a friend by his companions In all versions of the character Scooby and Shaggy share several personality traits mostly being cowardly and perpetually hungry Yet their friends Fred Daphne and Velma encourage them to go after the costumed villains usually with Scooby Snacks The biscuit like dog treat or cookie snack is usually shaped like a bone or in later versions of the cartoons Scooby s dog tag However Scooby s inherent loyalty and courage do often force him to take a more heroic stance even without any prodding Scooby is also extremely ticklish and this is seen in many of the television series and films Scooby has a speech impediment and tends to pronounce most words as if they begin with an R however most characters are able to understand him almost 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 production is Scooby Dooby Doo or Rooby Rooby Roo Scooby was voiced by Don Messick through Arabian Nights in 1994 after which point Messick quit smoking quitting smoking changed his voice and prevented him from achieving the same raspy vocal effect despite Messick s efforts he suffered a career ending stroke in 1996 and died in 1997 before any further Scooby Doo productions were made Messick is also known for providing the voice of the dogs Astro on The Jetsons and Muttley who snickered 10 The characteristic speech impediments of Scooby and Astro are so similar that Astro s signature phrase Ruh roh is popularly and improperly attributed to Scooby as in Ruh roh Raggy citation needed of the two voices Scooby s had a deeper and throatier timbre than Astro s According to Fred in Scooby Doo Behind the Scenes the thought of having a dog with an Adam s apple was a little strange but they got used to it so when he started talking it wasn t a big deal But despite his special gift of speech he did have his shortcomings like his cowardice But as Mystery Inc bonded he would form a special partnership with Shaggy comparing themselves to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson Shaggy says that things just clicked and whenever the gang needs bait for a villain they would send Shaggy and Scooby in and he says there s no one else he would rather work with Fred claims that the only thing that scares Scooby more than monsters is a trip to the vet Appearance and anatomyScooby is brown from head to toe with several distinctive black spots on his upper body and does not seem to have a melanistic mask He is generally a quadruped but displays bipedal human characteristics occasionally Scooby also has opposable 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 Unlike other dogs Scooby only has one pad on each of his paws a trait that was added to make it 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 color is wrong 11 According to the official magazine that accompanied the 2002 film Scooby is seven years old Voice actorsDon Messick originated the character s speech patterns and provided Scooby Doo s voice in every Scooby Doo production from 1969 until his retirement in 1996 Voice actor Hadley Kay voiced the character for a brief period in 1997 for two episodes of Johnny Bravo and a few television commercials Scott Innes also the then voice of Shaggy voiced Scooby Doo in the 1998 2001 direct to video films and continued to voice the character regularly for video games such as Scooby Doo Night of 100 Frights toys and some commercials until 2008 Neil Fanning provided the voice of the computer generated Scooby Doo in the 2002 live action film and its 2004 sequel Frank Welker also the voice of Fred since 1969 has voiced Scooby since 2002 taking over beginning with What s New Scooby Doo and other spin offs including the live action prequels Scooby Doo The Mystery Begins and Scooby Doo Curse of the Lake Monster Dave Coulier and Seth Green have both voiced the character in Robot Chicken Voiced By Don Messick 1969 1996 Frank Welker 1979 1997 2002 present Scooby Goes Hollywood as Baby Scooby Doo 12 What s New Scooby Doo Sabrina the Teenage Witch Looney Tunes Back in Action Shaggy amp Scooby Doo Get a Clue Scooby Doo The Mystery Begins Scooby Doo Curse of the Lake Monster Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated Batman The Brave and the Bold Be Cool Scooby Doo Scooby Doo The Museum of Mysteries 13 Scooby Doo and Guess Who Scoob various direct to DVD films specials video games and commercials 14 Rich Little 1981 1985 1991 Canada s Wonderland live shows Yogi s Picnic Hanna Barbera Land live shows 1984 Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade Hanna Barbera Fun Looking for a Home Ice Capades 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Keith Scott 1981 1997 Pauls commercial Hanna Barbera Gala Celebrity Nite 22 23 Bill Farmer 1985 1990 ABC Family Fun Fair 24 25 Greg Burson 1997 PrimeStar commercial 26 27 Hadley Kay 1997 1998 Johnny Bravo commercials Scott Innes 1998 2008 2017 2020 Scooby Doo on Zombie Island Scooby Doo and the Witch s Ghost The Scooby Doo Project Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders Scooby Doo s Haunted Mansion 28 Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law Scooby Doo Playmobil Mini Mysteries various video games specials talking toys and commercials 29 Marc Silk 1998 2004 2009 2015 present Radio 1 Breakfast Cartoon Network UK and Ireland bumpers Boomerang UK and Ireland bumpers CITV UK and Ireland bumpers Adidas commercial Scooby Doo and the Pirate Ghost Live on Stage commercial LEGO Scooby Doo commercial 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 John Nagle 2001 Scooby Doo in Stagefright Live on Stage 39 40 David Droxler 2001 Scooby Doo in Stagefright Live on Stage 40 Pierre Marc Diennet 2001 Scooby Doo in Stagefright Live on Stage 40 Kenny James 2001 phone message 41 Neil Fanning 2002 2004 Scooby Doo Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed video game J P Manoux 2004 Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed as Scooby Brainiac 42 James Arnold Taylor 2004 additional lines in Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed 43 Jeff Bergman 2004 Boomerang UK bumper 44 33 45 Danny Bage 2009 Scooby Doo and the Pirate Ghost Live on Stage 46 Jess Harnell 2012 Big Top Scooby Doo as Human Scooby Doo Portrayed By David Droxler 2001 Scooby Doo in Stagefright Live on Stage 39 40 Pierre Marc Diennet 2001 Scooby Doo in Stagefright Live on Stage 40 Jamie Brown 2009 Scooby Doo and the Pirate Ghost Live on Stage 47 Cody Collier 2013 Scooby Doo Live Musical Mysteries 48 Eddie Arnold 2014 Scooby Doo Live The Mystery Of The Pyramid 49 Joe Goldie 2016 Scooby Doo Live Musical Mysteries 50 Clement Chaboche 2020 Scooby Doo and the Lost City of Gold 51 Gabriela Jovian Mazon 2022 Scooby Doo and the Lost City of Gold 51 Voiced by in unofficial material and other languages Seth MacFarlane 1999 Family Guy Mark Hamill 2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 52 Dave Coulier 2005 Robot Chicken 53 Seth Green 2007 2019 Robot Chicken 53 James Arnold Taylor 2007 Drawn Together 54 Kevin Shinick 2011 Mad Mikey Day 2012 Mad In Brazil the actor Orlando Drummond was the voice of Scooby Doo for 35 years getting into Guinness World Records as the longest serving voice actor for one character Drummond stopped voice acting in 2015 being replaced by Reginaldo Primo More recently Scooby Doo has been dubbed by Guilherme Briggs In Bulgaria Scooby Doo has been voiced by many actors but mostly by Radoslav Rachev and Georgi Spasov In Czech Republic Scooby Doo is voiced by Pavel Rimsky and Pavel Vondra In Denmark Scooby Doo is voiced by Lars Thiesgaard In France Scooby Doo is voiced by Pierre Collet Jacques Torrens Claude Bertrand and Eric Missoffe In Finland Scooby Doo is voiced by Pasi Ruohonen In Israel Scooby Doo is voiced by Simcha Barbiro In Italy Scooby Doo is voiced by Sergio Gibello Enzo Consoli Pietro Ubaldi and Nanni Baldini In Romania Scooby Doo is voiced by Florian Silaghi In Albania Scooby Doo has been voiced by Genci Fuga and Lorenc Kaja In Germany Scooby Doo is voiced by Willi Roebke and Thomas Piper In Japan Scooby Doo has been voiced by Kazuo Kumakura and Naomi Kusumi In Hungary Scooby Doo was voiced first by Tibor Kristof by early films and later Attila Hanko in the first two seasons of The Scooby Doo Show and later voiced by Gabor Vass and now voiced by Gabor Melis In Sri Lanka Scooby Doo is voiced by Gaminda Priyaviraj In Spain Scooby Doo is voiced by David Garcia Vazquez Jose Luis Siurana and Cristopher Santana In Slovakia Scooby Doo is voiced by Marian Slovak and Pavol Topoľsky In Sweden Scooby Doo is voiced by Stefan Frelander In Norway Scooby Doo is voiced by Hallvard Lydvo and Svein Tindberg In Portugal Scooby Doo is voiced by Rui de Sa In Poland Scooby Doo is voiced by Ryszard Olesinski in most films and by Wiktor Zborowski Jacek Jarosz and Jan Kulczycki in 89 version of Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo In Russia Scooby Doo is voiced by Nikita Semenov Prozorovskiy in cartoons and by Boris Bystrov in films In Mexico Scooby Doo is voiced by Ismael Larumbe Sr Francisco Colmenero and Antonio Galvez In Netherlands Scooby Doo is voiced by Huub Dikstaal Appearances in other mediaScooby Doo and Shaggy made a non speaking cameo in Teen Titans Go episode I See You when Cyborg and Beast Boy were rapping Scooby later appears in the crossover episode Cartoon Feud along with The Scooby Gang where Control Freak forces them to compete in Family Feud with Frank Welker reprising the role of Scooby Scooby Doo appeared twice in Cartoon Network s The Grim Adventures of Billy amp Mandy as a character who is described as being on the wrong show along with the other principal members of Mystery Inc Scooby Doo has appeared in Johnny Bravo in the episodes Bravo Dooby Doo and Twas the Night during the first season voiced both times by Hadley Kay In the Yin Yang Yo episode Slumber Party of Doom Scooby and Shaggy make two cameos with the first being Shaggy complaining about Yin and Yang stealing their montages and Scooby saying It sucks Scooby Doo and Shaggy made a cameo appearance in Looney Tunes Back in Action complaining to Matthew Lillard who played Shaggy about his performance in the first live action Scooby Doo film They both threaten to come after Lillard if he ruins the sequel Scooby Doo states that he will give him a Scooby snack and begins growling viciously Scooby Doo appears as a guest in a 1996 video called Kids for Character Scooby Doo also appears in an episode of Drawn Together voiced by James Arnold Taylor Scooby Doo voiced by Marc Silk was once impersonated by David Beckham in a 2004 animated Scooby Doo promo from the United Kingdom Scooby Doo appears in the Robot Chicken episode Operation Rich in Spirit voiced by Dave Coulier who previously imitated Scooby s voice in Full House He is amongst Mystery Inc members who end up killed by Jason Voorhees except Velma Seth Green voices him in the episode Ban on the Fun when in the segment that spoofs Laff A Lympics in the style of the Munich massacre This time Scooby did not get killed In an episode of Robotboy when Robotboy and his mother escape from police with a big speaker a dog that looks like Scooby hangs on to the speaker and follows them home In an episode of Batman The Brave and the Bold this alludes to The New Scooby Doo Movies where Batman originally starred in However with some meddling from Bat Mite not only were the dynamic duo able to fight unlike in the original appearance but he also removed Shaggy and Scooby s cowardice allowing them to for the first time fight the villains toe to toe In the episode Saturday Morning Fun Pit 7ACV19 on the Futurama series Bender is re conceived as a parody of Scooby Doo they call him Bendee Boo Scooby Doo and Shaggy make an appearance on the Sabrina the Teenage Witch live action series episode Sabrina Unplugged Scooby Doo is a playable character alongside Shaggy in the crossover video game Lego Dimensions His character includes a large sandwich called the Scooby Snack Frank Welker reprises the role Scooby Doo makes a cameo in the 1988 Disney film Oliver amp Company During the song Perfect Isn t Easy he appears on a black and white photo at the right front of Georgette s portrait collection Scooby Doo along with the other 4 members of Mystery Inc make an appearance throughout the 16th episode of the 13th season of Supernatural entitled Scoobynatural when the two lead protagonists Sam Winchester and his brother Dean Winchester and their accomplice Castiel are transported into an episode of Scooby Doo the Supernatural episode itself is a crossover between the two franchises with Frank Welker voices Scooby Doo in the episode 55 Scooby Doo also appears in the 2021 film Space Jam A New Legacy His design is the same from the 2020 film Scoob Scooby Doo made a non speaking appearance in Jellystone in the episode Frankenhooky where he and the Mystery Inc Gang stop the Ghost Chasers from attacking Yogi Bear and Boo Boo at an abandoned cheese theme park ReceptionCasey Kasem the original voice actor for Shaggy Rogers said that 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 56 See alsoWilliam Hanna Joseph Barbera List of fictional dogs Portals nbsp Cartoon nbsp Television nbsp United StatesReferences Erickson Hal 2005 Television Cartoon Shows An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1949 Through 2003 2nd ed McFarland amp Co pp 719 726 ISBN 978 1476665993 a b Shostak Stu February 5 2012 Interview with Joe Ruby and Ken Spears Archived April 4 2019 at the Wayback Machine Stu s Show Retrieved March 18 2013 Ruby and Spears 2002 Fred Silverman TV executive came up with Scooby Doo and championed All 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