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Scooby Doo is one of the world's longest running cartoons. It was first broadcast at 10:30am on 13 September 1969.
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The gang's full names are Frederick Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers.
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Scooby - whose real name is Scoobert Doo - is a great dane born in Knittingham Puppy Farm.
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The show was originally going to called Who's Scared? but the initial artwork was so frighting that tv bosses rejected the cartoon.
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Creators William Hanna and Joe Barbera, also dreamt up Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, The Jetsons and many, many more.
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In the first episode - What a Night for a Knight, the gang track down a mysterious black suit of armour that has been kidnapping museum workers.
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At the end of the show the villian announces "I would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those MEDDLING kids..." Then Scooby howls "Scooby Dooby doooooooo!".
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"Jinkies!" Velma's trademark exclamation, means she's discovered a vital clue. Shaggy's favourite word is "zoinks!".
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Most of the episodes a have a pun title like Which Witch is Which? That's Snow Ghost and Nowhere to Hyde.
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Villians in the show have included The 10,000 - volt Ghost, The Ghost of Geromino and The Ghost of Finnyan MacDuff.
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Rumour has it Velma can speak every language in the world.
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Scooby Doo was voiced by actor Don Messick who died in 1997. He was also the voice of Muttley in the Dick Dastardly cartoon.
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The Mystery Machine has a VW front and a Chevy rear. Scooby and Shaggy painted with flowers.
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Shaggy's uncle is called Uncle Shaggworthy and Daphne has a butler called Grovelly.
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Shaggy's first toy was a waste disposal unit.
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Velma left the show to become a research scientist for NASA. Fred left the cartoon to become a mystery novelist.
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Top American disc jockey Kasey Kasem voiced Shaggy.
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The gang's investigating club Mystery Inc, was set up with the money donated by Daphne's father.
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Celebrity guests have included Batman and Robin, The Addams Family and Dick Van Dyke.
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Ace Basketball team The Harlem Globetrotters appeared in three adventures - The Ghostley Creep from the Deep, The Loch Ness Mess and The Mystery of Haunted Island.
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Shaggy's ancestral home is Moonlight Castle in Austria. His father was a policeman.
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Scooby has a brother called Howdy Doo. His cousins are called Scooby Dum, Scooby Dee, Whoopsy Doo and Dooby Doo.
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The Mystery Machine has three recurring faults, over heating radiator, flat tyres and headlight problems.
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Matthew Lillard [Scream Fame] has signed up to play Shaggy in the live action Scooby Doo Movie. Along with Sarah Michelle Gellar who will play - Daphne Blake, Freddie Prinze Jr. - Fred Jones, Linda Cardellini - Velma Dinkley and Scooby himself is voiced by Scott Innes.
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When Scooby is very happy he says "Rooby-dooby-doo!"
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Mary Kay Bergham, who somtimes voiced Daphne also voices the Mayor on South Park.
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