ScoobyDoo

Scooby-Doo is an American animated media franchise created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears for Hanna-Barbera. The central character is Scooby-Doo, a talking, easily frightened Great Dane who teams with four teenagers to solve mysteries. The Mystery Inc. gang—Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers—travels in a van known as the Mystery Machine and investigates spooky occurrences that often turn out to involve criminals in disguise.

The franchise began with Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1969, a mystery-comedy series produced by Hanna-Barbera. Its format centers on lighthearted puzzles and misdirection, with the monsters revealed as humans in disguise and motives typically rooted in greed or vanity.

Over the decades Scooby-Doo has expanded to numerous television series, direct-to-video films, theatrical features, comics, and video games. Notable entries include The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1973), Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1981), What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006), Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013), Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (2015–2018), and Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019–2021). Live-action films include Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monster Unleashed (2004), while the animated feature Scoob! was released in 2020. The franchise has also produced numerous direct-to-video titles and a wide range of comics and games.

Core characters, besides Scooby-Doo, include Shaggy, Velma, Fred, and Daphne, who contribute different skills and personalities to the group’s investigations. The franchise is known for its blend of humor, mystery, and lighthearted scares, and has become a recognizable element of popular culture.