Velma Dinkley is the deuteragonist in the Scooby-Doo franchise. She was the smartest member of the group, but (in the CBS days, at least) constantly losing her glasses.
Like all of the Scooby-Doo gang, later labelled as Mystery Incorporated members, Velma has varying personal backgrounds and histories, depending on which series is meant.
According to the original "Where Are You!" series, Velma went to the same high school as all of her Mystery Incorporated partners. In the debut episode "What a Night for a Knight", she states she attended the same high school gym class as Shaggy. This is retconned in "The New Scooby-Doo Movies", where Velma is stated now to have attended and graduated from a completely separate high school from her friends (as reported in the episode "Spirited Spooked Sports Show" with comedian Tim Conway).
In the current series, unlike the other members of Mystery Inc., Velma is stated to be a native of Ohio. But on one occasion, she mentioned she's from Texas.
In Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, Velma is described by her little sister, Madelyn, as having been "born with a mystery book in her hand".
Despite differing writers and which particular incarnation of series is meant, Velma is typically portrayed as an extremely intelligent and slightly tomboyish yet beautiful young woman with various interests ranging from highly specific sciences (which, in the "Scooby and Scrappy-Doo" series, leads her to pursue a career as a NASA research scientist) to merely being very well read on varied and sometimes obscure info, such as ancient Viking writings, as stated in The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour.
It is due to this logical focus that Velma is typically the one to solve the mystery, sometimes with the assistance of Fred Jones.
In the first two series, "Where Are You!" and "New Movies", a running gag of the series is Velma's difficulty with keeping her glasses on her face (typically from being unintentionally knocked off her face while being chased by the villain). Velma is typically depicted as having a very limited vision without her glasses.
When Scooby is too afraid to volunteer to help with a mission, Velma offers him a dog treat called a "Scooby Snack" as a bribe frequently.
Velma is normally dressed in a pleated brown miniskirt, orange sweater, and glasses. When the gang splits up, Velma either goes off with Fred Jones and Daphne Blake or occasionally goes with Scooby-Doo and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers and on occasion, even by herself. Her catchphrases are: "Jinkies!", "My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!" and "You wouldn't hit someone wearing glasses, would you?".
Physical appearance[]
Velma Dinkley is a slender teenage girl with short brown hair and freckles. She is always seen wearing her black-framed glasses. Her default outfit is a baggy orange turtleneck sweater, red knee-length pleated skirt, orange knee-high socks, and red Mary Jane shoes.
As a child in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, she wears a white turtleneck sweater under a orange sweater vest, red skirt, white floppy socks, and red Mary Jane shoes.
In What's New, Scooby-Doo?, her outfit is altered where she still wears her orange sweater and socks, except she wears a smooth red knee length skirt and red platform wedge heel Mary Jane shoes.
"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" • "Land of a Million Drums" • "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" • "Don't Wanna Think About You" • "Summer Feelings" • "On Me"
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