Scooby Doo is a Great Dane, one of the biggest dog breeds. The character was created by Iwao Takamoto, animator at Hanna-Barbera Productions. Takamoto studied the breed when developing the character, but took plenty of liberties for the fictional series.
Physical Characteristics
Great Danes are known as the “Apollo of dogs” due to their stately grace. This breed is well-balanced and not clumsy. On the contrary, Scooby-Doo is a misshapen Great Dane with a less refined frame and body type.
Scooby-Doo is the pet and best friend of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers and in many iterations is regarded as a unique Great Dane dog who is able to speak in broken English, unlike most other dogs in his reality, while other incarnations make talking dogs like Scooby a common event.
Scooby-Doo is the eponymous character and protagonist of the animated television franchise of the same name, created in 1969 by the American animation company Hanna-Barbera. He is a male Great Dane and lifelong companion of amateur detective Shaggy Rogers, with whom he shares many personality traits.
Wilby (in dog form) from "The Shaggy Dog"
Most people today recognize the Old English Sheepdog: a large, long-haired dog with fur over his eyes. But the breed was almost unknown in America when Disney released the movie "The Shaggy Dog" in the 1960's. The breed instantly became popular.
Cast. Barbara Luddy as Lady, an American Cocker Spaniel, who is the primary character in the film.
So, Bluey is a blue heeler. This breed is also known as an Australian cattle dog. All the members of Bluey's family are also this breed, which is appropriate because the family lives in Australia.
Snowy is a white Wire Fox Terrier who is a companion to Tintin, the series' protagonist.
Scooby Doo is a Great Dane, one of the biggest dog breeds. The character was created by Iwao Takamoto, animator at Hanna-Barbera Productions. Takamoto studied the breed when developing the character, but took plenty of liberties for the fictional series.
English setter and giraffe hybrid Toot Toot is completely deaf and almost completely blind.
What dog breed is Clifford? Clifford is a Giant Vizsla. Although Clifford is over 10 feet tall and weighs A LOT (we don't know exactly how much because he broke the scale!), the average Viszla is only about 2 feet tall and between 45 and 65 pounds. The Vizsla breed originated in Hungary as a hunting dog.
Krypto appears in Titans, portrayed by dog actors Wrigley, Digby, and Lacey. This version is a golden retriever and test subject of Cadmus Laboratories kept in a Kryptonite-powered cage before they are rescued by Conner and joins the Titans.
According to Evanier, Standards and Practices found the little guy “too independent” and wanted im to conform more with his uncle Scooby. Evanier successfully refuted their demands in a conference, but Hanna-Barbera would later cave and have another writer water Scrappy down.
Mystery Incorporated, Velma is in a romantic relationship with Shaggy, much to the distaste of Scooby-Doo.
Scrappy Cornelius Doo is a fictional Great Dane puppy created by Hanna-Barbera in 1979 as the nephew of Hanna-Barbera cartoon star Scooby-Doo. Scrappy has appeared in a number of the various incarnations of the Scooby-Doo cartoon series.
Herge named the dog Milou, the nickname of his first girlfriend Marie-Louise. When The Adventures of Tintin came to America, Milou was given the name Snowy. It was a short name to fit in the speech bubbles, and the name fit well with the color of his fur.
Hergé created Tintin as a young, White, blonde Belgian who is a native of Brussels.