Classical Anti-Hero: In a way. With his massive cowardice, Scooby's just as likely to avoid taking part in a mystery, as he is to take the role of the hero. Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Velma is usually tomboyish in comparison to Daphne, due to not being into fashion or high heels, but she wears a cute little red bow in Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated.

Attention Whore: He has some shades of this in Shaggy's Showdown. However, he overcomes this in the end. MacGyvering: In What's New, Scooby-Doo? it's not rare for Daphne to do this, usually with items she carries around in her purse. Action Girl: Later adaptations have Daphne display multiple, high-skill action abilities as if she's the franchise's own version of Lara Croft. The routine in nearly every direct-to-video film is to have a scene or two that showcases her action skills, and often the rest of the gang being surprised. Character Catchphrase: "Jeepers!". She also used "Creepers!" as an alternative throughout The Scooby-Doo Show, but this was abandoned by the Scrappy Era. The Klutz: In the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?. Other cast members sometimes sarcastically refer to her as "Danger Prone Daphne" because of this.In the live-action movies. The first one has him punching Fred in the face and casually abandoning his nephew in the middle of the desert. Though to be fair, Scrappy was more annoying than usual. According to Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes, Daphne always wanted to be a supermodel and a detective even as a child (the latter of which disappointed her parents). Her aspirations had an effect on her personal life as she was always late for dates whenever she went on mysteries with the gang; she and Fred deny the rumors that they are dating. Her father gave her and her friends the money to start off and, prior to buying the Mystery Machine, Daphne provided the gas money to drive them to where there were mysteries to be solved. In What's New, Scooby-Doo? He would often brag about being able to bench press 220 pounds, and said it enough times for it to qualify as a catchphrase. The Scarecrow (yes, that one) refers to them as "young adults" in Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!, suggesting that they're 18 at the youngest. Perpetual Smiler: Unless something annoys or scares her, she can almost always be seen sporting a content smile no matter what's going on — especially noticeable during the summations, which she almost always does with a big smile on her face. Particularly used in the more recent movies, where most things that make her frown last less than a few seconds. This dramatically reversed in Mystery Incorporated, where she spends a lot of time annoyed with her teammates. Her default facial expression here is "grumpy".

Stereotype Flip: Scooby is deliberately meant to be the antithesis of the "ideal" Great Dane, a breed generally seen as a proud, graceful, brave hunting hound. While he's certainly friendly and affectionate, he's also cowardly, klutzy, goofy, and prefers to stay out of trouble. His design is also meant to contain none of the traditional "ideal" traits of a Great Dane, aside from his size and rough shape. She also doesn't seem to like going to comic book conventions, like in an episode of What's New, Scooby-Doo? and the movie Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon. Not to mention the fact that she likes to keep her conclusions secret till the end of the investigation. The alternate continuity Velma from Mystery Incorporated was also very secretive: at one point she didn't tell her friends the real identity of Angel Dynamite and was also secretly working for Mr. E together with Hot Dog Water.In Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Fred's father, Fred Jones Sr., is definitely present ( though perhaps not emotionally)... and it turns out that he kidnapped Fred from his real father, Brad Chiles, threatening to hurt Fred if Brad didn't leave town. Characterization Marches On: In his first series, he was a hyperactive, insensitive Hot-Blooded Large Ham Boisterous Bruiser. Later seasons would gradually tone him down while not losing his feistiness and love of adventure. Embarrassing First Name: The name Scoobert wouldn't be officially established until A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. As Shaggy owns him, apparently he gave Scooby that name. Put on a Bus: Following Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Fred was absent from the series and didn't return until he made guest appearances on The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, where the premiere episode revealed that he had pursued a career as a mystery writer. Presently the only other time this sort of thing has happened was in the show Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!, where Shaggy and Scooby starred alone for most of the series and the only episodes featuring the rest of the gang were the series premiere "Shags to Riches", "Almost Ghosts", and "Inside Job". The first two were the only episodes that featured the entire Scooby Gang and gave everyone speaking roles, while the last one only featured Fred and Daphne in a silent cameo. Parental Substitute: Scrappy looks up to and loves his uncle as a father, believing him to be the best and having unquestionable faith in him.

Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Or clowns, in What's New, Scooby-Doo? as the result of an incident at a childhood birthday party where many of her favorite books and encyclopedias were thrown into a wood chipper by a party clown. The clown thought she would be entertained... it left her emotionally scarred. Strangely, she does not show any notable fear of the Ghost Clown in the original series. The direct-to-video movies released in the 2010s seem to flip-flop on whether the gang is teenagers or adults, as Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur mentions that Fred has trouble graduating high school, Scooby-Doo: Camp Scare has the gang work as volunteer camp counselors (a position which typically requires the applicant to have at least graduated high school), they are referred to as "young adults" early in Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon, and Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost has a sheriff mention that they are "almost 18". Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He is able to lift Scooby and Shaggy with one hand. So he has the strength for it...he just tends to borrow his strategies from Leeroy Jenkins.Noodle People: Almost every incarnation (particularly the animated ones) depict him as being tall and lanky. Grand Theft Me: In Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, she gets possessed by the ghost of Wanda Grubwort so the villain can enact her revenge for being burned at the stake. Butt-Monkey: He is the victim of practically every unfortunate occurrence in the series, from Fred's insane plans to simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. More than one instance sees him as literal live bait. Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, she and Scooby generally don't get along very well, often feuding over Shaggy and generally being nasty towards each other — to the point that in one episode, when Scooby is thrown in prison over a crime that he didn't commit, Velma doesn't care all that much because now she has Shaggy all to herself note for obvious reasons, he winds up dumping her at the end. Now, let's compare that to previous productions like A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, What's New, Scooby-Doo? and Scooby-Doo in Where’s My Mummy?, where Velma is all but stated to be Scooby's second best friend. Stoners Are Funny: Shaggy may or may not be an actual stoner, but how can people not jump to that conclusion? He's always hungry (he eats dog treats, for crying out loud), he's always freaking out over monsters, he thinks his dog (Scooby) can talk – though granted, his friends all think so too – he looks and speaks like a hippie stereotype, along with being a vegetarian during the Turn of the Millennium.

Super Not-Drowning Skills: Scooby on numerous occasions has demonstrated the ability to hold his breath for long periods of time, in addition to having Super Swimming Skills. Examples of this in action include "A Tiki Scare is No Fair" when he swims with the rest of the gang into an underwater cave, "She Sees Sea Monsters by the Sea Shore" when he saves Fred from drowning, "Uncle Scooby and Antarctica" when he rescues Little Pete from the Gilled Ghoul, Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword when he and Shaggy swim through the Gate of Water on their way to meeting the Green Dragon, and Scooby-Doo: Camp Scare when he goes diving in the lake (with a snorkel but no oxygen tank) and stays under for a while before being chased out by the Fishman. Kid Hero: They're teenagers in the original series Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. Most later incarnations either make them adults or leave their ages open to interpretation. Cute Clumsy Girl: In the early days. Other cast members sometimes sarcastically refer to her as "Danger Prone Daphne". According to Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster, being "danger prone" runs in the family. Adaptational Personality Change: In the Archie comics, he's snarky, abrasive, temperamental, rude, and opportunistic. His devotion to his uncle still remains, though.

Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: If a monster comes into the picture, will stop whatever he's doing to get it. Toned down in later episodes, though one other notable example of this from The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries was when he briefly forgot about the mystery when he spotted the crook's pirated video game. Expy: Unsure of what the voice of a hippie would sound like, Casey Kasem based his vocal style and mannerisms for Shaggy on those of Richard Crenna's character Walter Denton from Our Miss Brooks. How intelligent he (and to a lesser extent Scooby) is: even within the same shows, Shaggy can go from being Too Dumb to Live and needing to be explained most things to being surprisingly clever and figuring out clues along with the rest of the gang, even sometimes solving the mystery himself, depending on how the episode goes.