Useless Things I Know About Scooby-Doo: The Original Series That Are Actually Canon:
1. Shaggy Rogers is a vegetarian
2: Shaggy was called “Buzz” until his 10th birthday
3: Shaggy has a collection of 653 decorator belt buckles and he wears a different buckle every episode, you just can’t see it
4: Shaggy started collecting belt buckles to combat his Scooby-Snack addiction related weight problems
5: Shaggy’s actual name is Norville
6: Shaggy found the Mystery Machine
7: Shaggy is a talented gymnast
8: Daphne wanted to be a supermodel or detective when she grew up
9: Daphne gets straight A’s in school
10: Daphne regularly loses dates because she leaves them to solve mysteries
11: Daphne’s Dad, George Blake, gave the gang a 100 dollar check to get started
12: Velma came up with the phrase “Jinkes” on the fly
13: Velma used to say “oh my” before she said Jinkes
14: Velma’s has hundreds of awards for outstanding achievements in school
15: Fred is a bass and sings from the opera Showboat when the team gets scared
16: Fred’s nickname is “Pickles” according to his school yearbook
17: Fred traveled with a performance crew as an actor before deciding to be a detective
18: Fred wants to be a mystery writer
19: Scooby’s full name is Scoobert Doo
20: Scooby Doo has a limited number of phrases he can say and has to act out anything that can’t be explained simply
21: The gang thought Scooby’s speaking was strange at first, but decided it “really wasn’t a big deal”
22: Before they had the Mystery Machine the gang used to pay their parents gas money to drive them around
BONUS: The series was supposed to be about a band who went around solving mysteries, but that completely changed when Scooby-Doo got added to the cast and became the title character
