Shaggy Rogers


 * This article is for the original Shaggy Rogers. For other incarnations, see Shaggy Rogers (disambiguation).

Norville "Shaggy" Rogers is the owner and best friend of the Great Dane, Scooby-Doo.

Physical appearance
Described as a "lanky teen" by Fred Jones, Shaggy is fairly light for his age—even Velma Dinkley can pick him up with her own hands. He usually wears a green t-shirt and brown bell-bottom pants, but he is sometimes seen in a red t-shirt and blue-colored pants. He also has wiskers.

Personality
Both Shaggy and Scooby-Doo have nearly insatiable appetites, as well as tendencies towards goofing off and cowardice. But Scooby Snacks usually satisfy them. Due to these similarities, Shaggy typically treats Scooby as a normal person rather than his pet. Shaggy uses his catch phrase "Zoinks!" whenever he's surprised or scared, which is frequently.

Skills and abilities
Although usually considered a coward, Shaggy often proves useful in ferreting out the "monsters" and "ghosts" that are usually at the heart of the gang's mysteries, sometimes inadvertently, and sometimes by reluctantly acting as "live bait" for a trap, providing a necessary distraction for their eventual capture. Shaggy also has disguise and ventriloquism skills, as well as being athletic, which often helps the gang, and has even dressed up as Daphne and Scooby on at least one occasion (usually for Halloween or something similar.) He is even capable of doing certain vocal impessions, from the Ghost of Redbeard (Go Away Ghost Ship) to even a train in a tunnel (Mine Your Own Business).

Shaggy also has an enormous appetite able to eat and eat.... and eat.

History
For a detailed account, see animated history, comic history, video game history, and novel history

Appearances
For a full list of appearances by year and actor see Shaggy's filmography.

Disguises
Main article: Mystery Inc. Disguises

Behind the scenes
Shaggy closely reflects the 1960s era in which the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! series was created, particularly in his manner of speaking (he often punctuates his sentences with the word "like") and his appearance—he is lanky, with bushy brown hair and a rough goatee, and typically wears a green T-shirt and bell bottoms. Thus, he was the late-60s hippie. In fact, the primary inspiration for the character came from Maynard G. Krebs, a hippy character played by Bob Denver in the early 60s sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Though he was once depicted wearing a red winter jacket and blue jeans in the episode Watt A Shocking Ghost.

Voice actors
Casey Kasem played Shaggy for a time where he was portrayed as a vegetarian, by request of Kasem, who is a vegan. In the past, Shaggy had a tendency to overeat and eat anything he could. Kasem disagreed with this portrayal, and in 1995 he walked out on the role when Shaggy and Scooby-Doo were to be portrayed in a Burger King commercial. He also did this because the producers of Scooby Doo would not turn Shaggy into a vegan, which Kasem is. Therefore he quit, later to rejoin the crew when they allowed Shaggy to be a vegan, only ten years later, in the series What's New, Scooby-Doo?.

Scott Innes and Billy West briefly took over the role in several of the direct-to-video films produced in the late 1990s and early 2000s. From 2010, Matthew Lillard had been selected to voice Shaggy Rogers.

Memorable catchphrases

 * "Zoinks!"
 * "Like, no way man!"
 * "G-G-G-G-G-Ghost!"
 * "What is it, Scoob?"
 * "How about a snack, Scoob?"
 * "Scooby old buddy, old pal, old friend!"
 * "Scooby-Doo, where are you?!"
 * "like groovy!"
 * "Like HEEELLLP!!!!"
 * "GANGWAY!!!!!!!"
 * "Like wow!" 
 * Man it's Geronimo

Family and relatives

 * Mr. Rogers and Mrs. Rogers: "Mom and Pops". Shaggy's father is a police officer. At one point, Shaggy's parents moved to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
 * Maggie Rogers: Shaggy's sister. In A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, she is portrayed as a baby named "Sugey" (pronounced SHOO-gee), which was possibly Maggie's nickname.
 * Wilfred: Maggie's husband, and Shaggy's brother-in-law.
 * Gaggy Rogers: Shaggy's uncle, who likes to play practical jokes.
 * Uncle Shagworthy: Shaggy's rich uncle. Not only does he look like his nephew - he has the same appetite. Not surprisingly he keeps his most precious possession (food) in a safe!
 * Great Uncle Nat: Shaggy's great-uncle, who lives in the family home in Boston.
 * Fearless Shagaford: Shaggy's uncle, who owns the Fearless Detective Agency (see Fearless Fosdick)
 * Betty Lou Shaggbilly: Shaggy's Southern cousin, a hillbilly.
 * Uncle Beauregard: Shaggy's Southern Civil-war era uncle, deceased.
 * McBaggy Rogers: a Pilgrim who came to Plymouth, Massachusetts aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
 * Shaggy the First: who lived in Moonlight Castle in Austria long ago.

Romantic interests

 * Googie: Shaggy's girlfriend in Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf.
 * Crystal: A hippie girl who turned out to be an alien in Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders.
 * Rachel: A past girlfriend in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode, A Scooby-Doo Valentine.
 * Meadow: A hippie in What's New, Scooby-Doo? who broke his heart being the cat creature.
 * Mei Ling: A Chinese girl in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode, Block-Long Hong Kong Terror.
 * Madelyn Dinkley: In Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, Madelyn, the younger sister of Velma, had a huge crush on Shaggy. In the end Shaggy liked her too.