Velma.
Velma Dinkley is a character from the Scooby-Doo series. She is the bespectacled resident genius and second-in-command of Mystery Inc., often being the one to decipher the clues and solve the crimes.
She originally met Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Owl, and Gopher in the first (and, for so far, only) episode of The New Winnie the Pooh Movies entitled The Pooh Mysteries (which featured the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! pilot episode What a Night for a Knight). Pooh's Adventures of Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins will truly explain how Pooh and his friends first met Scooby-Doo and the gang.
Appearance[]
Velma is a Caucasian teenage female, with chin-length auburn hair and freckles. She is somewhat obscured by her fashion choices, wearing a baggy, thick turtlenecked orange sweater, with a red skirt, red panties, knee length orange socks and black Mary Jane shoes. Velma has a slightly wider waist than the thinner framed Daphne Blake, as seen when both are dressed in swimwear, but this may be exaggerated due to her sweater, which makes her look somewhat heavyset. Her facial shape is also more circular/square compared to the ovular shape Daphne. She is also well known for her thick-framed, square glasses.
Personality[]
She has a fascination with mysteries (her younger sister Madelyn said that she was "born with a mystery book in her hand". At times she can be competitive with other people who are very intelligent like she is, such as Verona Dempsey.
She is sharp-witted and sometimes sarcastic, not lost on others. She also seems to love secrecy, and has a bit of slyness in her character, as she was the only gang member to actually perpetrate a hoax, albeit for a noble reason, as she was helping Omar Karam protect Cleopatra's riches. In the same case, she was also overly-caring of the gang, as she wanted to protect them from harm's way, despite everything they've been through.
When she found some unappetizing chicken at the Addams Family mansion, she said "it's time to start my diet." While this may be an excuse, the phrasing "my" rather than "a" implies that she may diet regularly, perhaps self-conscious of her weight.
She loses her glasses on a regular basis, immediately claiming "My glasses. I can't find my glasses" or "I can't see without my glasses," before hitting the floor to crawl around until she finds them.
She is a very serious skeptic, and has a philosophy that they're always a rational explanation (and admits that it's kinda boring).[citation needed]
She conquered her extreme phobia of clowns during the Menacing Metallic Clown case.
She also thinks herself as pure of heart and got annoyed that no one kidnaps her during the Valdronya case.
She can also identify fake jewels by looking at them, having dealt with a variety of monster jewel thieves for years.
Trivia[]
- The junior-high school aged, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo version of Velma was animated with a rapid walk similar to that of Marvin the Martian. She was also drawn with glasses somewhat as large as her head. This younger Velma always carried a suitcase with her (compact size) that holds a very advanced computer.
- In the Johnny Bravo episode, Bravo Dooby-Doo, the Scooby-Doo cast meet Johnny, with Velma briefly developing a crush on him, but changed her mind by the episode's end. Also in Bravo Dooby-Doo, homage is paid to Velma's catchphrase, "Jinkies!" When Johnny and the gang are being chased by the evil gardener, Johnny exclaims, "Jinkies," then wonders, "Jinkies... Jinkies. Hey, isn't that a breakfast cereal or something?". He also paraphrases another catch phrase, when, after a collision, both Velma's and Johnny's glasses are knocked off. As they search around for them, Velma says her signature phrase, "My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!" while Johnny laments, "My glasses! I can't be seen without my glasses!"
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? tried to add interests and phobias that were neither mentioned before or after the series aired:
- Velma is a huge a fan of ice hockey, knowing most of the game strategies (she discusses a few of them with Brett Hull). She even gets to play for the United States team in the finals.
- She is the only member of Mystery Inc. to be the monster during a case, albeit for a noble reason.
- Velma's redesign in Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, is based on Linda Cardellini's portrayal in Scooby-Doo: The Movie and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
- A goat villager from the Animal Crossing franchise shares Velma's name and appearance.
- Velma will bond really well with May's brother, Max since they are both smart and member of a gang and the two will form a brother and sister relationship.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo, and the gang reunited with Pooh and his friends and met Simba, Timon, Pumbaa, Tennessee Tuxedo, and Chumley in Pooh's Adventures of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.
- Velma will meet Ronald McDonald and the gang in Ronald McDonald's Adventures of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.
- Velma will meet TIno and his friends again in Tino's Adventures of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.
- Velma will meet Ash Ketchum and the gang again in Ash's Adventures of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang will make their first guest appearance in a Ronald McDonald crossover film in Ronald McDonald's Adventures of Space Jam.
- Velma, along with Daphne and Fred, made her first guest appearance in a Winnie the Pooh crossover film with Scooby-Doo and Shaggy in Winnie the Pooh Says Hocus Pocus.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang will join Pooh and the gang again in the Pooh's Adventures Chronicles, Winnie the Pooh Meets Cinderella, Pooh's Adventures of Escape to Witch Mountain, Pooh's Adventures of Avatar, Winnie the Pooh Meets The Outsiders, Pooh's Adventures of Return from Witch Mountain, Pooh's Adventures of Jaws (along with its sequels), Winnie the Pooh Meets Danny Phantom, Winnie the Pooh Shouts Help! I'm a Fish, Winnie the Pooh Says The Mummy Returns and Winnie the Pooh in Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang will meet Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Chomper, Ruby, Guido, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, Kenny McCormick, and Genie in Littlefoot's Adventures of Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang will see Littlefoot and the gang again and meet Zazu in Littlefoot's Adventures of Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang will see Littlefoot and the gang again in Littlefoot's Adventures of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang will make their first guest appearance in a Land Before Time crossover film in Littlefoot's Adventures of The Black Cauldron.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang will join Littlefoot and the gang in Littlefoot's Adventures of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Littlefoot's Adventures of Beetlejuice, Littlefoot's Adventures of Free Willy: Yuletide and Red Tide, Littlefoot's Adventures of All Dogs Go to Heaven, Littlefoot's Adventures of Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Littlefoot's Adventures of Ghostbusters II, Littlefoot's Adventures of All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, Littlefoot Meets The Swan Princess, Littlefoot and The Return of Jafar, Littlefoot's Adventures of Dinosaur, and more.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang will reunite with SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star and meet Bloom and her friends in Bloom's Adventures of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang make their first appearence in Benny, Leo and Johnny's Adventures of Epic Mickey. They appear once again, asking Benny, Leo, Johnny, and Rae's help to find a real haunted house in Benny, Leo and Johnny's Adventures on Zombie Island.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang will meet Franklin the Turtle and his friends in Franklin the Turtle's Adventures of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.
- Velma is going to have her own adult-animated series on HBO Max where she'll be voiced by Mindy Kaling (Taffyta Muttonfudge and Disgust), who's also one of the executive producers.
- Velma, Scooby-Doo and the gang will first meet Top Cat and his friends in Top Cat's Adventures of Scooby Doo on Zombie Island.
Quotes[]
- Jinkies!
Gallery[]
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