Scooby-Doo (character) Scooby-Doo (character) Scoobert "Scooby" Doo is the eponymous character and protagonist of the animated television franchise of the same name created in 1969 by the American animation company Hanna-Barbera. Scooby-Doo is a male Great Dane and lifelong companion of amateur detective Shaggy Rogers, with whom he shares many personality traits. Named after a nonsense vocal line in Frank Sinatra's hit song "Strangers in the Night", he features a mix of both canine and human behaviors (reminiscent of other funny animals in the Golden age of American animation), treated by his friends more or less as an equal while speaking in
Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo) Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo) Frederick Herman Jones is a fictional character in the American animated series "Scooby-Doo", about a quartet of teenage mystery solvers and their Great Dane companion, Scooby-Doo. He has been voiced by Frank Welker since the character's inception in 1969. In most series, Fred wears a white and/or blue shirt and blue jeans. In the original series, Fred wears an orange ascot tie. In the 1990s direct-to-video movies, Fred generally wears a light blue shirt sometimes with a jacket. In the 2002 series "What's New, Scooby-Doo?", Fred's outfit was given an update, with the removal of his orange