Which Scooby-Doo Character Am I?

The show was first broadcast in September, 1969. It was originally going to be called W-Who’s Scared, but it was decided that it may make the show sound frightening for children, so they named it after the dog instead! There’s been Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo, Shaggy & Scooby Doo Get a Clue!, The Scooby Doo Show and What’s New, Scooby-Doo? Only Scooby and his mate Shaggy have appeared in every show. 

Scooby Doo’s unique name can be traced back to the legendary singer Frank Sinatra’s song ‘Strangers In The Night’ which was recorded in 1966, the year England last won the World Cup. In the song, Sinatra sings 'doobie do bee do' and man called Fred Silverman – a big cheese at the US TV channel CBS – misheard it on a flight as ‘Scooby Doo’ and decided it would be the perfect name for the dog. And the rest, they say, is history. 

Before he was named Scooby-Doo, there were plans to name him ‘Too Much’, in a show about a rock band. In the show, he was meant to be part of the line-up, playing the bongos. We’d have watched that, too. According to the show creators Ken Spears and Joe Ruby, Scooby – whose real name Scoobert Doo – is always 7 years old, but no-one has thought to ask if they meant in human or dog years.

We reckon they mean human years, as he’s far too big to be a puppy. He also has identical brothers named Skippy-Doo and Dooby-Doo! So which Scooby-Doo character are you most like? Are you like Fred, Daphne, Velma or Shaggy? Take this quiz and see!