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Scooby-Doo

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Scooby-Doo

Summary

Scooby-Doo is a media franchise[1]. Scooby-Doo ranks in the top 3% of media_franchise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,928 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scooby-Doo is the creator of Joe Ruby and Ken Spears[3].
  • Scooby-Doo is the creator of Iwao Takamoto[4].
  • Scooby-Doo is the creator of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera[5].
  • Scooby-Doo's instance of is recorded as media franchise[6].
  • Joe Ruby and Ken Spears wrote the screenplay for Scooby-Doo[7].
  • Scooby-Doo's genre is detective fiction[8].
  • Scooby-Doo's genre is thriller[9].
  • Scooby-Doo's genre is horror film[10].
  • Scooby-Doo's genre is adventure film[11].
  • Scooby-Doo's genre is comedy thriller[12].
  • Scooby-Doo's genre is comedy television series[13].
  • Scooby-Doo's genre is mystery fiction[14].
  • Scooby-Doo is named after Scooby-Doo[15].
  • Scooby-Doo's production company is recorded as Hanna-Barbera[16].
  • Scooby-Doo's production company is recorded as Warner Bros. Animation[17].
  • The original language of Scooby-Doo was English[18].
  • Scooby-Doo's Commons category is recorded as Scooby-Doo[19].
  • Scooby-Doo's country of origin is recorded as United States[20].
  • Scooby-Doo began on September 13, 1969[21].
  • Scooby-Doo's characters is recorded as Scooby-Doo[22].
  • Scooby-Doo's characters is recorded as Shaggy Rogers[23].
  • Scooby-Doo's characters is recorded as Velma Dinkley[24].
  • Scooby-Doo's characters is recorded as Daphne Blake[25].
  • Scooby-Doo's characters is recorded as Fred Jones[26].
  • Scooby-Doo's distributed by is recorded as Warner Bros. Television Studios[27].

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Designation and Status

Scooby-Doo's instance of is recorded as media franchise[6].

History and Context

Scooby-Doo is named after Scooby-Doo[15].

Why It Matters

Scooby-Doo ranks in the top 3% of media_franchise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,928 views/month).[2] Scooby-Doo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Scooby-Doo is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Billy West Casey Kasem Hanna-Barbera Jason Isaacs Joseph Barbera Matthew Lillard Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed United States William Hanna

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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