The first incarnation of what has become a franchise-of-sorts. Scooby-Doo was a large, loveable but cowardly Great Dane who hung around four California high school students (Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy). The four teenagers were in constant search of mysteries and adventures, driving around in a bright green van known as the Mystery Machine. Many of the group's adventures involved villains who took on supernatural disguises (ghosts and monsters); the villains' activities usually involved blackmail, theft, fraud and other forms of corruption. At the first hint of trouble, Scooby-Doo (and usually, Shaggy as well) running for cover; they usually found themselves in even deeper trouble. This usually took the promise of a Scooby Snack to get Scooby (and Shaggy) to come out of hiding. The mysteries were always solved by the ending of each series (the villain proclaiming, "And I would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't have been for you meddling kids!" or some similar line).—Brian Rathjen imdb.com
The first incarnation of what has become a franchise-of-sorts. Scooby-Doo was a large, loveable but cowardly Great Dane who hung around four California high school students (Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy). The four teenagers were in constant search of mysteries and adventures, driving around in a bright green van known as the Mystery Machine....