Shaggy Rogers


 * This article is for the original Shaggy Rogers. For other versions look here.

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

Physical Appearance
Shaggy is fairly light for his age -- even Velma 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. Plus he has wiskers.

Personality
Scooby and Shaggy are frightened easily and are unwilling to go on any mystery. But Scooby Snacks usually satisfy them. Shaggy also has an enormous appetite able to eat and eat.... and eat.

Early Life
(Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo)

(The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book)

(Night of the Boogey Biker)

(New Mexico, Old Monster)

(A Terrifying Round With A Menacing Metallic Clown)

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
As a young preteen, Shaggy was part of the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency, the precursor of the famous Mystery Inc., in this group he was teamed with monster-obsessed Fred Jones, danty and rich Daphne Blake, intelligent Velma Dinkley and his own puppy Scooby-Doo. He and the gang faced various criminals in their local neighborhood of Coolsville. Before his own boss was put in jail, he delivered newspapers around his neighborhood. Like his older self, he dislike mysteries entirely and prefer the joys of a normal boy and his dog. These activities included eating, reading comic books, dressing up like his hero Commander Cool, and watching TV.

Post Scrappy-Doo Era
(Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island)

(Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost)

(Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders)

(Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase)

(Scooby-Doo! And The Legend Of The Vampire)

(Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico)

What's New, Scooby-Doo? Era
(Scooby-Doo! And The Loch Ness Monster)

Post What's New, Scooby-Doo? Era
(Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo)

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".

Both Shaggy and Scooby-Doo have nearly insatiable appetites, as well as tendencies towards goofing off and cowardice. 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.

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.

Disguises
Main article: Mystery Inc. Disguises

Voice Actors
Casey Kasem played Shaggy for a time where Shaggy 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!!!!!!!"

Family & 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.
 * Shagbert (Shaggy from livingston): Shaggy's Scottish cousin from the band jakata.[citation needed]
 * 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.

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.