Velma Dinkley is a

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in the ''

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'' franchise. She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange

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, a short pink pleated skirt (or in later episodes an

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, or sometimes shorts),

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, Mary Jane shoes, and a pair of black square

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, which she frequently loses and cannot see without. During the winter, she sometimes wears high-heeled boots. She is seen as the "brains" of the group.

Character description

Throughout her various incarnations, Velma is usually portrayed as a highly intelligent young woman with an interest in the sciences. She is also often portrayed as being very well-read on obscure fields such as Norse writing (as in the third ''Scooby-Doo'' series, ''

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''). Due to her intelligence and problem-solving abilities, Velma is typically the first one to solve the mystery and, like

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and many other fictional detectives, often keeps her conclusions secret till the end of the story. Velma Dinkley was inspired by the brainy sweater girl

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, as played by

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, from the late 1950s/early 1960s American sitcom ''

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''. A

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in ''

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'' and '' The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' is Velma's severe myopia and her ability to repeatedly lose her glasses (often the result of them falling off her face while she is being chased by a

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), saying "My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!" whenever she accidentally misplaces them. Another running gag occurs when other frightened characters leap into her arms. Velma is characterized as the most skeptical of the gang and is most likely to discount any

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explanations to their mysteries. This is particularly evident in the films '' Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost'' and ''

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'', in which she discounts ghosts and zombies (which are real within the context of the franchise) that could not be unmasked by claiming they are

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Character background

Like all of the ''Scooby-Doo'' kids, later ret-conned as Mystery Incorporated members, Velma has a differing personal backstory and origin in different series. In the original flagship ''

'' series, Velma is shown to attend the same high school as the rest of the gang (as stated in the inaugural episode "

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"). However, by ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'', Velma is said to have graduated from a different high school (as stated in the episode "Spirited Spooked Sports Show"). In the film ''

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'', it is revealed that her middle name is Daisy. According to '' Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes'', before she said "Jinkies!" she used to say "Oh, my!" but it wasn't as catchy. Her parents are depicted to have pushed her from an early age to excel in her studies, resulting in hundreds of awards for outstanding achievement. Because of this, she is more vocal than her comrades would like. Of course, she also does her share of sweet-talking too. During the first season of the 2010–2013 series ''

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'', Velma is in a romantic relationship with Shaggy, much to the distaste of Scooby-Doo. Their relationship ends in "Howl of the Fright Hound" (season 1, episode 10). This series' incarnation of Velma is shown to be secretive and controlling. In the second season of ''Mystery Incorporated,'' Velma is shown secretly working for the series' overarching villain, Mr. E, alongside Marcie "Hot Dog Water" Fleach who is Velma's former rival in science fairs. The two become friends after Velma returns to the gang and by the time of the series finale, Velma and Marcie are teammates at the Tri-state Olympiad of Science. This version of Velma frequently uses the expressions " Oy" and " Oy gevalt", and is also shown listening to Klezmer music, hinting at a

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identity.

Love interests

Velma Dinkley is usually shown in relationships with men such as

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(with whom she has a son in ''

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''),

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, Patrick Wisely,

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, Ben Ravencroft, and many other male characters, although since the 2010s, she has been depicted as also being romantically interested in other women, such as Coco Diablo. In 2020,

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, the screenwriter of the 2002 ''Scooby-Doo'' film, stated that Velma was written "eyeballing Daphne" in early drafts of the script in accordance with the film's original intent as an R-rated

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of the ''Scooby-Doo'' canon (with Shaggy meant to be depicted as a stoner, and Fred a

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, the latter also ambiguously portrayed in the final film by

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as " closeted

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because of the ascot"), although the final film would see Velma have a romance with a male waiter, with the film's 2004 sequel '' Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' further depicting Velma in a full romantic relationship with Seth Green's character, Patrick Wisely. While addressing comments on his

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page in 2020 about ''Mystery Incorporated''s episode director labelling its version of Velma as being

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, producer

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confirmed in response that his intention was for this iteration of Velma's relationship with Marcie "Hot Dog Water" Fleach to be depicted—as clearly as would be permitted at the time—as a romantic one, following her previous failed relationship with Shaggy, with the characters subtly implied to be in a relationship in the series finale, with Marcie referring to Velma as "my girl". In the 2022 animated film ''

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'', Velma is depicted as " crushing big time" on female supporting

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Coco Diablo, which was widely reported by online news media as confirmation of the character's

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ism. However, right after the release of ''Trick or Treat'', it was revealed that Velma would have a "secret crush" on Fred in the upcoming

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adult-oriented and metafictional

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series '' Velma'', pitched as a " love quadrangle", in which both Shaggy and Daphne would be depicted as having crushes on Velma.

Relatives

Relatives of Velma shown during the series' run include: * Dale and Angie Dinkley: Velma's parents in ''

'' (2010–13), voiced by Kevin Dunn and

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. They own the Crystal Cove Mystery Museum, which has in its display all of the costumes from the villains the gang has defeated over the years, as well as other objects connected to the supernatural or the unexplainable. * Madelyn Dinkley: Velma's sister in ''

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'', voiced by

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. She appears to be in her late teens and somewhat resembles Velma in appearance and personality. Velma refers to Madelyn as a nerd and does not seem to realize how much alike they really are. She helps the gang when the magic school where she's enrolled is terrorized by a giant

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, maintaining a consistent crush on Velma's ex-boyfriend,

. * The Four: Velma's older brothers in ''

'', who operate several underground facilities in which they perform weird scientific experiments, each positioned in strategic places of a specific field (Hugo Dinkley in the military, Cheeves Dinkley in politics, Quentin Dinkley in the Secret Service and Rufus Dinkley in a research medical company). Velma describes them as a unique mind that seemed to share four bodies when they were younger. With Velma (as The Five), they created Project Elysium, unwittingly plunging the world into an apocalyptic nightmare. * Aunt Meg and Uncle Evan: Velma's aunt and uncle (voiced by

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and

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), who live in a small town called Banning Junction which features in a

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episode of ''

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''. * Daisy Dinkley: Rufus'

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and Velma's sister-in-law in ''

''. Daisy is a secret genius, later joining the gang in an effort to find a cure to the nanite apocalypse. * Marcy: Velma's cousin who studies mechanical engineering in college, and is the daughter of Meg and Evan. She is born on

which over time leads to her hatred of the holiday as it usually upstages her birthday. Consequently, she uses a local legend and her engineering background to create mechanical scarecrow monsters to terrorize the town on her eighteenth birthday. * Aman Dinkley: Velma's father in '' Velma'', an

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would-be mystery writer. * Diya Dinkley: Velma's absentee mother in ''Velma'', a woman "with a bit of darkness" in her who left Velma and her father behind. * Sophie Garcia: Velma's stepmother in ''Velma'', a

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self-made restaurateur who believes "Old Guys Rule" with zero sense of irony. * Aunt Thelma: A

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at the Coolsville Marine Institute whose dolphins were being stolen in the ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' episode "Scooby Dude". * Uncle Dave (Walton): A member of the U.S. Border Patrol, as seen in the episode ''Watch Out! The Willawaw!'' * Great Uncle Dr. Basil Von Dinkenstein: Velma's infamous great-uncle, who purportedly creates the "Frankencreep" monster in the film ''Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy''. * Verona Dempsey: Velma's rival importer in ''

'' * Frederick Rufus "" Rogers-Dinkley: Velma's son with

(named after Fred Jones and Rufus Dinkley), as seen in the final volume of ''

''.

Portrayals

Voice actors

From 1969 to 1973,

Nicole Jaffe Nicole Cowgill Jaffe (born May 23, 1941) is a retired Canadian actress, best known as the original voice actress for Velma Dinkley in Hanna-Barbera's ''Scooby-Doo'' Saturday morning cartoon series from 1969 to 1973. Biography A life member o ...

voiced Velma. From 1976 to 1979,

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voiced the character. From 1979 to 1980, Marla Frumkin provided her voice. After the character's absence from the 1980 to 1983 series, Frumkin reprised the role of Velma as a guest star in ''

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''. Velma was absent again until ''

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'', when Christina Lange voiced the role. B.J. Ward voiced Velma in a ''

'' crossover episode, then reprised her role in all films from ''

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'' on through ''

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'' as well as an episode of the

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''.

returned temporarily to voice Velma in the direct-to-video films ''

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'' and ''

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''. From 2002 until 2015, Velma was voiced by

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of '' The Facts of Life'' fame. In '' Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map'', Velma is voiced by

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. On July 8, 2015, it was announced that

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would take over the role of Velma in the then-upcoming series ''

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''. Trisha Gum voiced Velma in '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part''. Velma was voiced by Ariana Greenblatt as a child and

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as a teenager in the animated film ''

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'', with Greenblatt being set to reprise the role of her younger self in ''Scoob!: Holiday Haunt'' before the film was canceled in August 2022. She makes a cameo as a spectator in '' Space Jam: A New Legacy''. In February 2021, a spin-off adult animated prequel of her is in the works with

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voicing Velma while executing producing with Charlie Grandy, Howard Klein, and Sam Register. On February 10, 2021, it was announced that Velma will have her own

series which will be released on

in January 2023. Titled '' Velma'', the series will follow an adult-oriented and metafictional " love quadrangle"

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with Velma portrayed as being of

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descent, although aware that she is normally

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. On July 11, 2022, the trademark for the series was listed as abandoned, only for

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Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys to confirm the series to still be in production in August, with it previewing at

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on October 6, 2022.

Additional voice actors

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('' Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips'') * Robyn Moore ( Pauls commercial) *

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(one line in ''

'', '' Mad'') * Linda Cardellini ('' Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed: The Video Game'', '' Robot Chicken'') * Krystal Harris (singing voice in ''

'' in 2002) * Bets Malone (singing voice in ''

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'' in 2012) *

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(''Scooby-Doo!

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Mini Mysteries'')

Parodies

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(''Mad'') *

Julie Nathanson Julie Nathanson (born May 10, 1975) is an American actress who can be heard as Silver Banshee and Jewelee in DC's animated film '' Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay'' and as Jess Black in Ubisoft's '' Far Cry 5''. She has been voicing Belle from ''Bea ...

(''Mad'') * Kathryn Griffiths ( ''The Demon Road Trilogy'', as Linda) *

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(''Robot Chicken'')

Live-action portrayals

In the 2002 and 2004 live-action films, Velma is played by Linda Cardellini, who then voiced her for the '' Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' video game and '' Robot Chicken''.

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portrayed young Velma in a flashback sequence in '' Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed''. Velma is portrayed by

Hayley Kiyoko Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft (born April 3, 1991) is an American singer, dancer and actress. As a child model and actress, she appeared in a variety of films including ''Scooby-Doo!'' film series (2009–2010), '' Lemonade Mouth'' (2011), '' Blue Lagoon ...

in the 2009 live-action film ''

Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins ''Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins'' is a 2009 American made-for-television comedy horror mystery film directed by Brian Levant. It is a reboot to the films '' Scooby-Doo'' and '' Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed''. The film reveals how the Myste ...

'' and its 2010 sequel ''

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portrayed the young Velma in the 2018 direct-to-video film '' Daphne & Velma''.

Additional live-action actors

* Randi Rosenholtz (''Scooby-Doo! in Stagefright – Live on Stage'' (2001)) * Laura Sicurello (''Scooby-Doo! and the Pirate Ghost - Live on Stage'' (2009)) * Michele Dumoulin (''Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries'' (2013)) * Louise Wright (''Scooby-Doo Live! The Mystery Of The Pyramid'' (2014)) * Rebecca Withers (''Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries'' (2016))

Parodies

* Jane Silvia (''

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'' (2001))

References

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