| rdfs:comment | - Hanna-Barbara and its successor, Warner Bros. Animation, have produced numerous follow-up and spin-off animated series and several related works, including television specials and telefilms, a line of direct-to-video films, and two Warner Bros.–produced theatrical feature films. Although the format of the show and the cast (and ages) of characters have varied significantly over the years, the most familiar versions of the show feature a talking dog named Scooby-Doo and four teenage mystery solvers: Fred "Freddie" Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers. Shaggy’s voice is provided by Top 40 DJ Casey Kasem. Scooby’s speech patterns closely resembled an earlier cartoon dog, Astro from The Jetsons .
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| abstract | - Hanna-Barbara and its successor, Warner Bros. Animation, have produced numerous follow-up and spin-off animated series and several related works, including television specials and telefilms, a line of direct-to-video films, and two Warner Bros.–produced theatrical feature films. Although the format of the show and the cast (and ages) of characters have varied significantly over the years, the most familiar versions of the show feature a talking dog named Scooby-Doo and four teenage mystery solvers: Fred "Freddie" Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers. Shaggy’s voice is provided by Top 40 DJ Casey Kasem. Scooby’s speech patterns closely resembled an earlier cartoon dog, Astro from The Jetsons . These five characters (officially collectively known as "Mystery, Inc." but never referred to as such in the original series) drive around in the Mystery Machine van , solving mysteries by exposing seemingly otherworldly ghosts and monsters as flesh-and-blood crooks, with the young investigators discovering that the criminal had used costumes, latex masks and special effects to frighten or deceive witnesses. Later versions of Scooby-Doo featured different variations on the show's supernatural theme, and include characters such as Scooby's cousin, Scooby-Dum, and nephew, Scrappy-Doo, in addition to or instead of some of the original characters. Repeats of the series are broadcast frequently on the Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the United States and other countries.
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