Creation
Scooby (originally intended to be called a sheepdog called Too Much) was created for a unaired show called ‘Mysteries Five” which was would have a featured a band who balanced Monster fighting with their musical career in a similar vein to Josie And The Pussycats. The pitch was later heavily altered to the familiar Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?.
Designer Iwao Takamoto consulted a Great Dane breeder to learn the makings of a prize-winning Great Dane and specifically designed “Two-Much” to be the opposite. Two Much was renamed Scooby-Doo after Frank Sinatra’s trademark scat following his song “Strangers In The Night”
Scooby-Doo
The eldest of
Family
- Scrappy Doo
. Scooby’s young nephew (and son of Scooby’s sister Ruby Doo), Scrappy is the bravest of Scooby’s relatives. Scrappy became a recurring character in the Scooby Doo series beginning in 1979, and was noted for being quite headstrong and always wanting to face off in a fight against the various villains (unlike his uncle). Scooby and Shaggy were present at Scrappy’s birth.
- Yabba-Doo: According to Scrappy and Yabba-Doo Yabba is Scooby’s brother, a white dog owned by Deputy Dusty in the American southwest. Unlike Scooby, Yabba is brave. Unlike Scooby’s and Scrappy’s, his typical custom catch-phrase at the end is “Yippity-Yabbity-Doooo!!!” (and not “Yabba-Dabba-Doo!”, presumably due to another Hanna-Barbera character’s usage of that phrase).
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Scooby-Dum: Scooby’s cousin, a blue-grey dog. A Mortimer Snerd-esque dog who longed to be a detective. Was rather dimwitted (he’d keep looking for clues even after the mystery was solved).
- Scooby-Dee: Scooby’s distant cousin, a white dog. Spoke with a Southern accent, and was an actress.
- Dooby-Doo: Scooby’s cousin, a singer. He is one of Scooby’s few relatives to have hair on his head. Only appeared in “The ‘Dooby Dooby Doo’ Ado”.
- Momsy and Dada Doo: Scooby’s parents.
- Whoopsy-Doo: Scooby’s cousin, a clown. Owned by Shaggy (Norville)’s uncle, Gaggy Rogers.
- Ruby-Doo: Scooby’s sister, and mother of Scrappy-Doo.
- Skippy-Doo: Scooby’s brother. Highly intelligent. He wears glasses.
- Howdy-Doo: Scooby’s brother. Enjoyed reading supermarket tabloid newspapers. He appears to become a redhead.
- Horton-Doo: Scooby’s uncle. Was interested in monsters and science.
- Dixie-Doo: Scooby’s cousin and the pet of Betty Lou, Shaggy’s Southern cousin.
- Grandpa Scooby: Scooby’s grandfather.
- Great-Grandpa Scooby: Scooby’s great-grandfather.
- Yankee-Doodle-Doo: Scooby’s ancestor. Not much is known about him. He appears to be a pilgrim.
- Dumper Scoots: A confused lion that thinks he is a dog. Having the same speech pattern as Scooby-Doo, he believes he is Scooby’s cousin.
Phobias
Scooby-doo is scared of ghosts, monsters, dark places or creepy people. In an episode of a pup named Scooby-Doo, he was scared of weredoos (dogs turned into werewolves).
List of cartoons he has appeared and stared in
- Scooby Doo Where Are You?
- The Scooby Doo Show
- The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
- The All New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show
- What’s New Scooby-Doo
- Scooby & Shaggy Get a Clue
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- Be Cool Scooby Doo
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
- Johnny Bravo
- Sabrina The Teenage Witch
- Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law
- Batman:The Brave And The Bold
- Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
List of Live Action movies
- Scooby-Doo
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins – (not connected to previous two movies)
- Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
Lists of Non Theatrical films
- Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood
- Scooby-Doo Meets The Boo Brothers
- Scooby-Doo’s Arabian Nights
- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
- Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost
- Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School
- Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase
- Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
- Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire
- Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico
- Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster
- Scooby-Doo in Where’s My Mummy
- Aloha Scooby Doo
- Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy
- Chill Out Scooby-Doo
- Scooby Doo and the Goblin King
- Scooby-doo and the Samurai Sword
- Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
- Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
- Scooby-Doo! Legend Of The Phantosaur
- Scooby-Doo! Music Of The Vampire
- Big Top Scooby-Doo!
- Scooby-Doo! Mask Of The Blue Falcon
- Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
- Scooby Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery
- Scooby Doo! Frankencreepy
- Scooby Doo! Moon Monster Madness
- Scooby Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery
- Lego Scooby Doo!: Haunted Hollywood
- Scooby Doo! and WWE : Curse Of The Speed Demon
- Scooby Doo!: Shaggy’s Showdown