Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and Shaggy Rogers—and the title character, a semi-anthropomorphic Great Dane named Scooby-Doo. The group travels in a blue and green van with two orange flowers named the Mystery Machine, solving mysteries involving several local legends; in doing so, they discover that the perpetrator is almost invariably a disguised person who seeks to exploit the legend for their personal gain. "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" is the first incarnation of what would eventually become a long-running media franchise, which primarily consists of subsequent animated series, several films, and related merchandise. "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" was the result of CBS and Hanna-Barbera's
Scooby-Doo married and retired from voice acting, Heather North assumed the role of Daphne, and would continue to voice the character until 1997. The TV influences of "I Love a Mystery" and "Dobie Gillis" were apparent in the first episodes. Of the similarities between the "Scooby-Doo" teens and the "Dobie Gillis" teens, the similarities between Shaggy and Maynard are the most noticeable; both characters share the same beatnik-style goatee, similar hairstyles, and demeanors. The core premise of "Scooby-Doo, Where are You!" was also similar to Enid Blyton's "Famous Five" books. Both series featured four youths with a dog, and the Famous