158 Fun Facts About Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo was created after parent groups protested what in 1960s Saturday-morning superhero cartoons?

Violence: action shows such as Space Ghost were cancelled under pressure from parent groups, so CBS asked for a gentler mystery comedy, and Scooby-Doo debuted in September 1969.

What breed of dog is Scooby-Doo?

Great Dane: designer Iwao Takamoto asked a breeder what a prize-winning one looked like, then drew the opposite, with bowed legs and a sloped back.

Who co-created the original "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" series for Hanna-Barbera?

Joe Ruby and Ken Spears were Hanna-Barbera story writers handed the job by Joseph Barbera; designer Iwao Takamoto and CBS's Fred Silverman shaped the show with them.

What is painted on the sides of the Mystery Machine alongside its name?

Flowers: the big blooms on its panels are pure flower power, the hippie style of 1969, the year the show began.

What is Scooby-Doo's full name?

Scoobert Doo is the name his parents use when they turn up in an episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, the prequel series about the gang as children.

What battle cry does Scrappy-Doo shout as he charges at monsters?

Puppy Power! was ad-libbed by Frank Welker, the voice of Fred, while he auditioned to play Scrappy; the producers kept the line but gave the part to someone else.

What colour is the baggy V-neck T-shirt Shaggy wears in the original Scooby-Doo series?

Green: it stays with him for decades, though he swaps it for a red V-neck in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo and a few 1980s TV films.

What kind of vehicle is the Mystery Machine?

A van: an episode of What's New, Scooby-Doo? reveals it once belonged to a family pop band, the Mystery Kids, before the gang took it over.

What is Shaggy Rogers' often-forgotten given first name?

The 2023 series Velma leans into it, calling its version of the character only Norville.

Who was the original voice actor for Scooby-Doo in the 1969 series?

Don Messick voiced Scooby-Doo from the 1969 premiere into the 1990s; a stroke during a recording session forced him to retire in 1996, and he died the following year.

The 'Ultra Instinct Shaggy' meme turned Shaggy into an all-powerful fighter in the style of which anime franchise?

Dragon Ball: a 2017 fan video set a clip of a hypnotised Shaggy beating up a biker gang to Dragon Ball Super music, and the joke grew until he became a fighter in the game MultiVersus.

What is Velma Dinkley's signature catchphrase, often exclaimed when she finds an important clue?

"Jinkies!" is Velma's exclamation on finding a clue; her other running gag is losing her glasses and crawling about saying 'I can't see without my glasses!'

What nickname has Daphne Blake earned over the Scooby-Doo series?

Daphne's frequent habit of stumbling into traps or getting captured earned her the memorable nickname "Danger-Prone Daphne."

In Scooby-Doo, how are Fred's elaborate traps for villains usually undone?

Shaggy or Scooby trip them by mistake, and the crook still tends to end up caught, just by some other accident.

What is Shaggy Rogers' signature exclamation of surprise or fear in Scooby-Doo?

"Zoinks!" was popularised by the show and is now a dictionary word, an interjection of surprise first recorded in the late 1960s, just as Scooby-Doo began.

In Scooby-Doo, the unmasked crook's closing complaint blames the gang for spoiling the scheme; what does he call them?

'Meddling kids' (sometimes 'pesky kids') is the unmasked villain's parting gripe, so familiar that Wayne's World parodied it with a 'Scooby-Doo ending' in 1992.

Which comedy actor voiced himself in two episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies?

Don Knotts voiced himself twice in 1972: first juggling disguises in a haunted mansion, then as a deputy in the Western town of Juneberry.

What year saw the release of the first live-action "Scooby-Doo" theatrical film?

The first live-action theatrical film based on the cartoon, simply titled "Scooby-Doo," was released in 2002.

Which horror icon voiced the warlock who guides the gang in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo?

Vincent Price voiced Vincent Van Ghoul, a warlock modelled on him, who guides the gang by crystal ball as they recapture the 13 ghosts.

Which villain from the original "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" was a glowing deep-sea diver?

Captain Cutler's Ghost turned out to be Cutler himself, alive and well: he had faked his death and used the glowing diving suit to steal yachts.

Why was Scooby's nephew added to the show and its title in 1979?

To boost slipping ratings: ABC was weighing cancellation in 1979, and putting Scrappy in the title of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo revived the show's numbers.

Which pint-sized sidekick joined the gang in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo?

Flim-Flam is named for his trade: a flimflam is a swindle or con trick, and the boy is a con artist.

Which of these superhero duos made multiple guest appearances in "The New Scooby-Doo Movies"?

Batman and Robin guested twice in 1972, in 'The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair' and 'The Caped Crusader Caper', facing the Joker and the Penguin both times.

What was Scooby-Doo's working title just before Fred Silverman renamed it?

Who's S-S-Scared? was the more serious version that CBS president Frank Stanton refused to air as too frightening, so the show was reworked around comedy and its cowardly dog.

Why was Scooby briefly rewritten as a sheepdog before the first pitch?

They feared he looked too much like Marmaduke, the big dog of the newspaper comics, until Joseph Barbera assured them the two would not be confused.

After its CBS run ended, which network aired the various Scooby-Doo series from 1976 until 1986?

Fred Silverman, by then running ABC, brought the gang with him and reshuffled the lineup almost every year.

In Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), the gang investigates an island near which US city?

New Orleans is where a stranger invites the reunited gang out to her employer's island in the bayou.

What are the villains Simone and Lena revealed to be in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island?

Simone Lenoir and Lena Dupree are werecats who drain visitors' life force; unusually for the franchise, the island's zombies are real, and they are the pair's past victims.

Who directed the 2002 live-action Scooby-Doo movie?

Raja Gosnell, who had made Home Alone 3 and Big Momma's House, directed the 2002 film and its 2004 sequel Monsters Unleashed.

Which actress played Velma in the 2002 live-action Scooby-Doo film?

Linda Cardellini played Velma in both live-action films and later returned to the franchise to voice another character, Marcie Fleach, in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.

Where was the 2002 live-action Scooby-Doo film shot?

Queensland, Australia: Spooky Island was really the Tangalooma resort on Moreton Island, and the Movie World theme park beside the studio opened a Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster the same year.

Which comedy actor played Spooky Island's owner Emile Mondavarious in the 2002 Scooby-Doo film?

Rowan Atkinson played Emile Mondavarious, the fussy resort owner who turns out to be a robot piloted by a vengeful Scrappy-Doo.

Which Canadian band performed the theme song for What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Simple Plan recorded the What's New, Scooby-Doo? theme and later appeared as themselves in an episode, 'Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman'.

The Scooby-Doo series Mystery Incorporated is set in which town, the self-styled 'Most Hauntedest Place on Earth'?

Crystal Cove lives off its monster tourism, so the town's adults resent the gang for proving every haunting a fake.

Who replaced Matthew Lillard as the voice of Shaggy in 2020's Scoob!?

Will Forte took the role for the big-screen reboot; Matthew Lillard, Shaggy's regular voice, said he was disappointed at the recasting but wished the film well.

Which magazine's 2013 list of the 60 greatest cartoons of all time put Scooby-Doo fifth?

TV Guide ranked it fifth, though the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ran on CBS for only two seasons.

What shape is the tag that hangs from Scooby-Doo's collar?

A diamond: the yellow tag carries his initials, SD. In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo he inherits a valuable family collar he can't stand, and a dogcatcher's ghost turns up to steal it.

In which 1988 TV film is Shaggy forced to race in Dracula's Monster Road Rally?

Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) has Dracula turn Shaggy into a werewolf so his Monster Road Rally can go ahead; Scrappy and Shaggy's girlfriend Googie ride along.

Which working title for Scooby-Doo was also the name of its teen heroes' rock band?

Mysteries Five was an early treatment's title, modelled partly on The Archie Show: five teens and their bongo-playing dog, solving mysteries between gigs.

How does Scooby typically mangle his speech?

Starts words with an R: his first voice actor had already used much the same R-heavy speech for an earlier Hanna-Barbera character, so 'uh-oh' comes out as 'Ruh-roh'.

Which actress played Daphne in the 2002 and 2004 live-action Scooby-Doo films?

Sarah Michelle Gellar played Daphne in both films; in the first, Daphne comes back from the gang's break-up as a martial-arts expert and wins her own fight with a masked wrestler.

Which sitcom teenager was the model for Fred?

Dobie Gillis became Fred, and the writers raided the rest of his sitcom too: his pal Maynard became Shaggy, Thalia became Daphne and Zelda became Velma.

What colour is Velma's signature baggy turtleneck sweater?

Orange is the sweater, worn with a red pleated skirt and the square glasses she can't see without, which tend to fly off in the middle of a chase.

What is Daphne's signature exclamation?

Jeepers! is Daphne's exclamation; her original voice, Stefanianna Christopherson, lasted only the first season before the part was recast.

What was the title of the very first Scooby-Doo episode, which aired in September 1969?

What a Night for a Knight opened the series on September 13, 1969; its haunted suit of armour, the Black Knight, turned out to be the museum curator, Mr. Wickles.

What is Fred's father's job in Mystery Incorporated?

Mayor: Fred Jones Sr. cashes in on the town's monster tourism, and is later exposed as no father at all, having stolen Fred from his real parents as a child.

In What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Fred's ascot was replaced by what?

A blue stripe: What's New, Scooby-Doo? dropped the ascot for a white sweater with a blue stripe, though the ascot returned in Mystery Incorporated.

Shaggy was modelled on Maynard G. Krebs, a goateed sitcom sidekick who belonged to which subculture?

Beatniks: Maynard's goatee, general look and habit of saying 'like' were handed straight to Shaggy, who was updated into a hippie for 1969.

Who voiced Scrappy-Doo in his first season on Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo in 1979?

Lennie Weinrib, the voice of H.R. Pufnstuf, landed the part after first choice Mel Blanc proved too expensive and several other actors were tried; he held it for one season.

What job does the grown-up Daphne have at the start of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island?

TV show host: tired of unmasking fakes, Daphne takes her series Coast to Coast with Daphne Blake on the road to find a real ghost, with Fred behind the camera.

Who wrote the screenplay for the 2002 live-action Scooby-Doo film?

James Gunn, who went on to direct Guardians of the Galaxy, wrote both live-action films; a third, which he was also set to direct, was dropped after the sequel earned less.

In which TV series do the monster-fighting heroes nickname themselves the Scooby Gang?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Buffy's friends call themselves the Scooby Gang, or the Scoobies, though unlike the cartoon's crooks in costume, the monsters they fight are real.

In the 2002 Scooby-Doo film, what do Spooky Island's monsters steal from its guests?

Their souls: the demons keep them in a vat and walk around in the guests' bodies, until Shaggy stumbles on the vat and frees his friends.

Which actress played Mary Jane in the 2002 Scooby-Doo film?

Isla Fisher played Mary Jane, the girl Shaggy falls for on the flight to Spooky Island, even though she turns out to be allergic to dogs.

Which two actors joined the cast for Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed?

Seth Green and Alicia Silverstone joined the 2004 sequel as curator Patrick Wisely and reporter Heather Jasper Howe, who smears the gang on TV and is finally unmasked as the villain in disguise.

Which institution's grand opening is disrupted at the start of Scooby-Doo 2?

The Coolsonian Criminology Museum's opening shows off the gang's old monster costumes until an Evil Masked Figure crashes it and makes off with two of them, helped by the Pterodactyl Ghost.

Which superhero does Mystery Inc. team up with in the 2020 film Scoob!?

Blue Falcon, here Brian Crown, who has taken over the mask from his father, joins the gang to stop Dick Dastardly from opening the gates of the Underworld.

Who voiced the villain Dick Dastardly in Scoob!?

Jason Isaacs voiced Dick Dastardly, the Wacky Races schemer recast as a grander villain hunting the three skulls of Cerberus.

Which two actors voiced Fred and Daphne in Scoob!?

Zac Efron voiced Fred and Amanda Seyfried voiced Daphne, with Gina Rodriguez as Velma; Frank Welker, as Scooby, was the only returning voice.

Which dog sidekick is Dick Dastardly trying to rescue from the Underworld in Scoob!?

Muttley, Dastardly's partner from Wacky Races, is trapped in the Underworld after a botched treasure raid, so the villain needs Scooby to open its gates and get him back.

Which team guest-starred three times on The New Scooby-Doo Movies?

The Harlem Globetrotters already had a Hanna-Barbera cartoon of their own, launched in 1970, so the studio simply sent its animated team to solve three mysteries alongside the gang.

Which 2019 series revived the celebrity team-up format of The New Scooby-Doo Movies?

Guess Who? is short for Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, whose guests voiced themselves or old roles: Jaleel White even revived Steve Urkel, two decades after Family Matters ended.

Which original Velma voice actress retired from acting after The New Scooby-Doo Movies?

Nicole Jaffe, Velma's first voice, married and retired from acting in 1973 to become a talent agent, coming back to voice Velma once more in 2003.

Which comedy legends did imitators voice on The New Scooby-Doo Movies?

The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy had retired or died by 1972, so impressionists supplied their voices, while living guests such as Sonny & Cher and Dick Van Dyke played themselves.

From 1980, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo episodes switched to what format?

Seven-minute shorts replaced the half-hour mysteries from 1980: each episode strung three together, with only Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy left from the old gang.

Which network hired Scooby-Doo's longtime champion Fred Silverman as its president in 1978?

NBC made Fred Silverman its president in 1978; he had launched Scooby-Doo at CBS and brought the show with him when he first switched networks, but this time it stayed behind.

Who developed A Pup Named Scooby-Doo before leaving to create Tiny Toon Adventures?

Tom Ruegger turned the gang into children for A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, then left Hanna-Barbera in 1989 for Warner Bros., where he created Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs.

Who voiced Fred in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, the first time someone other than Frank Welker did?

Carl Steven, a child actor, voiced the grade-school Fred; Welker stayed on the show voicing other parts, and it ran on ABC from 1988 to 1991.

What's New, Scooby-Doo? aired on which programming block?

Kids' WB was a natural home: Warner Bros. had absorbed Hanna-Barbera the year before, and What's New, Scooby-Doo? became the first new Scooby series since 1991.

Which former Facts of Life star voiced Velma from 2002?

Mindy Cohn was still a schoolgirl when Charlotte Rae discovered her on a research visit for The Facts of Life; she went on to voice Velma from 2002 to 2015.

Which channel aired the Scooby-Doo series Mystery Incorporated from 2010 to 2013?

Cartoon Network aired Mystery Incorporated, whose 52 episodes are numbered as chapters of one story, so the gang's romances and quarrels carry over from one episode to the next.

How many episodes did Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated run for?

It ended on April 5, 2013, exactly three years after its preview aired.

Who voiced Velma in the 2023 HBO Max adult series Velma?

Mindy Kaling voiced Velma and executive-produced the series, an origin story that reimagined her as a South Asian American teenager.

Why is Scooby himself missing from the 2023 adult series Velma?

The studio barred the dog: showrunner Charlie Grandy said Warner Bros. Animation told the team they couldn't use him, and the writers had struggled to find an adult take on Scooby anyway.

Which pirate's ghost is said to haunt the island in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island?

Morgan Moonscar gave Moonscar Island its name; in the film's backstory his pirates drove out the island's settlers, and the revenge that followed is the root of its curse.

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and the next three films were animated by a studio in which country?

Japan: Hanna-Barbera sent the animation overseas to Mook Animation, a Japanese studio that drew four Scooby films in a row, starting with Zombie Island, whose zombies, unlike the usual crooks in costumes, were real.

Which two rock bands contributed to the Zombie Island soundtrack?

Third Eye Blind and Skycycle share the soundtrack: Third Eye Blind covers the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! theme, while Skycycle plays 'The Ghost Is Here' and 'It's Terror Time Again'.

Which goth rock band was introduced in Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost?

The Hex Girls debuted in the New England town of Oakhaven and kept coming back across later films and series.

Which horror writer invites the gang to Oakhaven in The Witch's Ghost?

Ben Ravencroft, a horror novelist voiced by Tim Curry, invites the gang to Oakhaven, where he turns out to be a warlock seeking his ancestor Sarah's spellbook.

Which Scooby-Doo film is dedicated to studio co-founder William Hanna, who died months before its release?

Cyber Chase was released in October 2001, seven months after William Hanna died, and carries a dedication to him; his studio was folded into Warner Bros. Animation that same year.

Casey Kasem quit voicing Shaggy in the 1990s over a commercial for which chain?

Burger King wanted Shaggy for a commercial; Kasem refused on principle and walked away from the role, and other actors voiced Shaggy until he came back in 2002.

On what condition did Casey Kasem agree to return to his Scooby-Doo role?

Shaggy would be a vegetarian: Kasem, a strict vegetarian, returned for What's New, Scooby-Doo? in 2002 only after the producers agreed to make Shaggy one too.

Which famous radio countdown show did Shaggy's voice Casey Kasem co-create and host?

American Top 40 launched in 1970 with Kasem counting down the week's hits, a job he held alongside Shaggy for years, signing off: 'Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.'

Which superhero sidekick did Casey Kasem voice in Super Friends?

Robin was Kasem's role before Shaggy was: he first voiced the Boy Wonder in 1968's The Batman/Superman Hour, then kept the part throughout Super Friends from 1973 to 1985.

In which 2006-08 series does one of the gang inherit a mansion and fortune from his Uncle Albert?

Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! made Shaggy heir to his missing uncle's riches and left the rest of the gang to occasional guest spots while the pair battled Dr. Phibes.

Which 1996 slasher role made Matthew Lillard a horror star before he played Shaggy?

Stu Macher, one of the two killers in Wes Craven's Scream, was Lillard's breakthrough; he played Shaggy in the live-action films and later took over as the character's cartoon voice too.

What treats does the gang use to bribe Scooby into facing a monster?

Scooby Snacks are the gang's standard bribe for bravery, and they work on Shaggy too, who wolfs down the dog treats as eagerly as Scooby does.

Which media mogul's company bought Scooby-Doo's studio, Hanna-Barbera, in 1991?

Ted Turner's company and a partner paid about $320 million for Hanna-Barbera in 1991, then used its library, Scooby-Doo included, to fill an all-cartoon cable channel launched the next year.

Which famous cat-and-mouse duo did William Hanna and Joseph Barbera create at MGM?

Tom and Jerry won Hanna and Barbera seven Academy Awards at MGM, but when the studio shut its cartoon unit the pair struck out on their own and turned to television.

Which band starred with the gang in the 2015 film Rock and Roll Mystery?

KISS: Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery (2015) had Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer voice themselves at the KISS World park.

Which live-action series crossed over with Scooby-Doo in a 2018 episode that turned its heroes into cartoons?

Supernatural's episode 'Scoobynatural' sucked Sam, Dean and Castiel into the cartoon, where they joined the gang on a case and found that, for once, the ghost was real.

Before designing Scooby-Doo, Iwao Takamoto worked at Disney on which classic film?

Lady and the Tramp was one of the Disney features Takamoto worked on after joining the studio in 1945, straight from the Manzanar internment camp, where fellow internees had taught him to draw.

Scooby's designer Iwao Takamoto also designed which earlier Hanna-Barbera dog?

Astro, the Jetsons' dog, was Takamoto's too; for Scooby he asked a colleague who bred dogs what a prize-winner should look like, then drew the opposite, bowed legs, sloped back and all.

In The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, where does Daphne's plane strand the gang?

The Himalayas: on a flight to Honolulu, Daphne's plane is thrown off course and lands in the mountains, where Scooby and Shaggy are tricked into opening the chest.

Which two bumbling ghosts trick Scooby and Shaggy into opening the Chest of Demons?

Weerd and Bogel trick Scooby and Shaggy into opening the chest, then spend the series as lackeys of the escaped ghosts, who keep trying to get rid of the gang before they can be recaptured.

Which 2019 Scooby-Doo film wrapped up a story left unfinished in 1985?

Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost tied up a story left open for 34 years: the 1985 series was cancelled before the gang had put all thirteen ghosts back in the chest.

Which 1990s cartoon star teamed up with the gang to find his missing aunt in a 1997 crossover?

Johnny Bravo met the gang in 'Bravo Dooby-Doo', an episode of his own show: they drove him to his aunt's haunted house, where the ghost turned out to be the aunt herself.

Who played Velma in the 2009 Scooby-Doo TV film The Mystery Begins?

Hayley Kiyoko was 17 and about to start her last year of high school when she was cast as Velma, years before she became better known as a singer and songwriter.

In which town is the Scooby-Doo film The Mystery Begins set?

Coolsville is where the four are thrown together in detention at Coolsville High; blamed for a ghostly prank and suspended, they team up to clear their names and solve their first case.

Which cousin of Scooby's debuted in The Scooby-Doo Show in 1976?

Scooby-Dum, Scooby's dim-witted cousin from the swamp, has one running gag: at the word 'clue' he whips out a magnifying glass and intones 'Dum, dum, dum, DUM!'

Which Hanna-Barbera hero was paired with Scooby in a 1976 programming hour?

Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, a bumbling robot dog who fights crime beside a caped hero, shared The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour in 1976 before the block grew into the two-hour Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics.

Which two DC reporters call in Mystery Inc. in Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!?

Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, the Daily Planet reporters, bring in Mystery Inc.; Jimmy spends the film proclaiming Daphne his girlfriend over her protests.

Which WWE star, voicing himself, befriends the gang in the 2014 Scooby-Doo film WrestleMania Mystery?

John Cena meets the gang on their arrival at WWE City and hands them VIP tickets to the next show; Triple H, Kane and The Miz also voice themselves.

Who performed the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! theme song?

Larry Marks sang the theme, written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh, for the 1969-70 season; Austin Roberts re-recorded it for season two.

Who became Daphne's voice in 1970 after Stefanianna Christopherson left the role?

Heather North stepped in for the second season after Stefanianna Christopherson married and moved away, and she remained Daphne's regular voice until Mary Kay Bergman succeeded her in the late 1990s.

Which voice actor played Shaggy just once, in 1998's Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island?

Billy West, the voice of Fry in Futurama, was Shaggy for this one film only; the part then passed to another actor for the next three movies.

Which sitcom family got its own Hanna-Barbera cartoon a year after guest-starring on The New Scooby-Doo Movies?

The Addams Family dropped in for 'Wednesday Is Missing' in 1972, with John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassidy voicing their old sitcom roles, and got an animated series of their own in 1973.

Who voiced Scooby-Doo in the four films that began with Zombie Island, before Frank Welker took the role?

Scott Innes, a radio personality, voiced Scooby in all four films and took on Shaggy as well from The Witch's Ghost, performing both halves of the duo.

Which I Know What You Did Last Summer star played Fred in the first live-action Scooby-Doo film?

Freddie Prinze Jr. played Fred opposite his real-life partner as Daphne, so the pair were a couple both on screen and off.

In the animated film Scoob!, Scooby-Doo is the last descendant of which historical ruler's dog, Peritas?

Alexander the Great's dog Peritas makes Scooby the only one who can unlock the gates of the Underworld, which is why Dick Dastardly hunts him.

Why did Warner Bros. release the animated Scooby-Doo film Scoob! digitally in the US instead of in cinemas?

The COVID-19 pandemic had closed theaters around the globe, so Scoob! went on sale digitally on the very day it had been due on the big screen.

Which wrestling company co-produced a 2014 animated Scooby-Doo film in which John Cena helps the gang?

WWE Studios made the film with Warner Bros. Animation, and the story starts when Shaggy and Scooby win a trip by beating a video game's hardest level.

Which legendary creature terrorises Daphne's family castle in a 2004 animated Scooby-Doo film?

The Loch Ness Monster shows up while the gang visit Daphne's cousin Shannon at the castle, the home of Daphne's Scottish ancestors.

Which legendary creature is blamed for terrorising Veracruz, Mexico, in a 2003 animated Scooby-Doo film?

El Chupacabra proves to be a hoax, staged to scare the townspeople away so that a new theme park could be built.

In Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, what jobs are Shaggy and Scooby hired to do at Miss Grimwood's school?

Gym teachers is the job, but the pupils turn out to be the daughters of monsters such as Count Dracula, the Wolfman and the Mummy.

Which Baywatch star makes a cameo appearance as herself in the first live-action Scooby-Doo film?

Pamela Anderson is one of the film's celebrity cameos, along with the rock band Sugar Ray.

In which part-animated film do a cartoon Shaggy and Scooby-Doo scold Matthew Lillard over his Shaggy?

Looney Tunes: Back in Action has the cartoon pair air their grievances to Lillard over lunch on the Warner Bros. studio lot.

Which 30 Rock star voices the superhero Captain Caveman in the animated Scooby-Doo film Scoob!?

Tracy Morgan voices the fur-covered hero, one of several classic Hanna-Barbera characters folded into the film's shared universe.

Which 1960s counterculture imagery decorates the psychedelic Mystery Machine driven by Scooby-Doo's gang?

Flower power imagery and psychedelic colours cover the van that carries the gang to the scene at the start of each classic mystery.

Which toy brand's 2012 line of 247 cars included KITT from Knight Rider and Scooby-Doo's Mystery Machine?

Hot Wheels gave the Mystery Machine and KITT two of the 50 New Models slots that opened its 2012 range.

Which battle royale game let players drive Scooby-Doo's Mystery Machine during its 2025 Halloween event?

Fortnite added the whole gang as playable skins for its Fortnitemares event, with the Mystery Machine as a vehicle.

Which British van was heavily modified to play the Mystery Machine in the first live-action Scooby-Doo film?

Bedford CF vans came from Vauxhall's commercial vehicles division, which sized the model to compete directly with the Ford Transit.

In What's New, Scooby-Doo?, the Mystery Machine's haunting is a stunt to promote what for its former owners?

A comeback concert for the Mystery Kids, the child musicians who once owned the van, was the point of the publicity stunt.

Which DC comic series reimagines the Mystery Machine as an armoured vehicle built by a scientist?

Scooby Apocalypse, launched by DC Comics in 2016, sends the gang across a world of creatures mutated by a nanite virus.

Which Kevin Smith comedy duo hitch a ride in the Mystery Machine with Scooby-Doo's gang in a 2001 film?

Jay and Silent Bob thumb a lift with the gang in a brief scene of the road movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Which nu metal band drives a Mystery Machine lookalike in a South Park Halloween parody of Scooby-Doo?

Korn fill the role of Mystery, Inc. in the episode and crash their van after spotting pirate ghosts on the road.

Which colour runs through nearly all of Daphne's outfits in Scooby-Doo, starting with her original mini-dress?

Purple stays her colour scheme from the animated mini-dress and shoes to her live-action wardrobe, usually set off by a green scarf.

Which belonging does Velma keep losing in the middle of a chase in a long-running Scooby-Doo gag?

Her glasses usually fall off while a villain is chasing her, and Velma is so severely near-sighted that she is stuck until she finds them.

Which filler word peppers Shaggy's speech in Scooby-Doo, a habit his creators borrowed from a TV beatnik?

Like came from the same beatnik sitcom character who lent Shaggy his goatee, though the writers updated him into a hippie.

What does Daphne train in during the gang's two-year split in the first live-action Scooby-Doo film?

Martial arts was her answer to being tired of playing the damsel in distress, and later versions of Daphne kept the fighting skills.

In the first Scooby-Doo episode, Daphne calls Shaggy his school's best at which sport, explaining his escapes?

Gymnastics, plus a later claim to be a track runner, is the cartoon's excuse for how a devoted coward keeps evading villains.

Which neighbourhood bully does young Fred keep accusing in the Scooby-Doo gang's childhood series?

Red Herring lives up to his name, the mystery writer's term for a false clue, because Fred's hunches about him keep proving wrong.

What kind of animal is Professor Pericles, mascot of the original Mystery Incorporated in Scooby-Doo lore?

A parrot voiced by Udo Kier, Pericles was the talking mascot of an earlier team of young sleuths, much as Scooby is to the gang.

Which white-furred brother of Scooby-Doo fights crime out West alongside his master Deputy Dusty?

Yabba-Doo helps keep law and order in a small town in the American West, with an enthusiastic nephew along as his sidekick.

Which criminal costume designer does Velma fall for in the 2022 film Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!?

Coco Diablo made disguises for many of the gang's old villains, and this was the first time Velma was explicitly shown as lesbian or bisexual.

Dusk of Scooby-Doo's Hex Girls is voiced by Jane Wiedlin, a co-founder of which 1980s new wave band?

The Go-Go's earned Wiedlin a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and she also wrote one of the cartoon band's later songs.

Which instrument does Dusk play in the Hex Girls, the gothic rock trio from the Scooby-Doo franchise?

Drums are Dusk's job, with Luna on keyboards and bass and Thorn out front on lead vocals and guitar.

In Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, Thorn can re-imprison the witch because she is one-sixteenth what?

Wiccan blood matters because only a Wiccan can seal the witch back inside her spell book, something the warlock villain cannot do.

Which Mass Effect star, the voice of Commander Shepard, plays lead singer Thorn of Scooby-Doo's Hex Girls?

Jennifer Hale was recognised by Guinness World Records in 2013 as the most prolific female video game voice actor.

In Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, Thorn's suspicious ritual is really an herbal remedy for what?

Her vocal cords need soothing before she sings, which is all that Fred and Daphne had really caught her preparing.

Under which stage name does Daphne briefly join the Hex Girls in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated?

Crush retires once the Phantom haunting the band is in jail, turning down Thorn's open invitation to stay on.

What is the real name of Thorn, lead singer of the Hex Girls in Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost?

Sally McKnight grew up in the town where the film is set, and the band are rehearsing there when the gang first meet them.

What is the day job of Thorn's father, who poses as a ghost in Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost?

Pharmacist by day, he plays the ghost in a town-wide publicity stunt meant to revive the failing tourist trade.

In a 2020 Scooby-Doo episode, why did former fourth member Xander have to leave the Hex Girls?

An outbreak of hives ended his time on stage, and Xander went on to run the Hex Girls fan club instead.

Which voice of Princess Allura in Voltron: Legendary Defender also plays Luna of Scooby-Doo's Hex Girls?

Kimberly Brooks has voiced Luna since the band's first film, and shares a first name with the character, whose real name is Kimberly Moss.

Scooby-Doo's Hex Girls come from the fictional town of Oakhaven in which New England state?

Massachusetts is where the gang first watch the band perform, and briefly take the three musicians for suspects in the local haunting.

Which retail chain began making Hex Girls merchandise in 2020, two decades after the band's Scooby-Doo debut?

Hot Topic's exclusive three-pack of Funko Pops of the band sold out in under 10 minutes in May 2021.

Which cartoon band did co-creator Rick Copp cite as a partial inspiration for Scooby-Doo's Hex Girls?

Josie and the Pussycats was an earlier Hanna-Barbera cartoon about a touring all-girl band that kept getting mixed up in mysteries.

In What's New, Scooby-Doo?, where are the Hex Girls filming a video when a creature attacks Fortescu Castle?

Transylvania nearly ends the band, as a frightened Dusk considers quitting for a solo career before the gang step in.

What do the Hex Girls call themselves in Witch's Ghost when Scooby-Doo's gang suspect them of witchcraft?

Eco-goths is how the band explain their dark look after Fred and Daphne catch Thorn in what seems to be a strange rite.

Why did Warner Bros. Discovery scrap a Scooby-Doo film that was set to feature the Hex Girls?

As a tax write-off, the studio shelved Scooby-Doo and the Haunted High Rise, which would have put the Hex Girls at the centre of its story.

Which country singer performs the Scooby-Doo theme on the Witch's Ghost soundtrack led by the Hex Girls?

Billy Ray Cyrus opens the 1999 album with the theme tune, and the Hex Girls follow with songs of their own.

Which genre does a hypnotic zombie band play before the Hex Girls beat them in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated?

Ska is in the villains' name, Rude Boy and the Ska-Tastics, and the Hex Girls defeat them in a battle of the bands.

Which song does Thorn co-write with Daphne in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated to help her get over Fred?

Trap of Love is performed with Daphne on stage as a temporary Hex Girl, and it draws the Phantom straight into Fred's snare.

Which tongue-in-cheek award did the sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed win for Worst Remake or Sequel?

A Razzie went to the live-action follow-up, in which an Evil Masked Figure turns the costumes of the gang's old foes into real monsters.

Which toy company released a Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine building set, numbered 75902, in August 2015?

Lego gave its Mystery Machine a driver's cabin, a removable roof and seats for Shaggy and Fred.

Which Diff'rent Strokes star hitchhikes with Scooby-Doo's gang before their van strands them at a haunted castle?

Gary Coleman ends up changing the van's flat tyre in the 2001 special Night of the Living Doo while Scooby sings his old sitcom's theme.

Which Garfunkel and Oates comedian became the voice of Velma in Scooby-Doo projects from 2015?

Kate Micucci is also the voice of Webby Vanderquack in DuckTales and of Sadie Miller in Steven Universe.