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Velma Dinkley is a fictional character in the American television animated series Scooby-Doo , about the adventures of four crime-solving teenagers and their Great Dane companion, Scooby-Doo . Velma is portrayed as the resident genius of the quartet, and makes great use of her skills in such areas as reading Chinese , deciphering scientific formulae, operating communications equipment, and so forth. A running gag of the series is Velma's trouble with keeping her glasses on her face (usually from being accidentally knocked off of her face while being chased by the villain), as she is very nearsighted . Her catchphrase is "jinkies!" When Scooby is too afraid to volunteer for a mission (which tends to be most of the time), Velma often offers him a dog treat called a "Scooby snack" as a bribe. It has often been supposed that Velma is a lesbian , although the cartoons themselves offer no such information. Velma's alleged lesbianism was, however, parodied in both Warner Bros .1
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character Velma Dace Dinkley is a fictional character in the American television animated series Scooby-Doo . She wears glasses because her vision is quite poor, and she is prone to losing them.She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange sweater , short pleated skirt, knee socks, and Mary Janes .
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Fictional character Velma Dinkley (last name revealed to be an Americanization of Von Dinkenstein) is a fictional character in the American television animated series Scooby-Doo .She is prone to losing her glasses.She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange turtleneck , short pleated skirt (or in later episodes an A-line skirt, or sometimes shorts), knee socks, and Mary Janes .She is seen as the brain of the group.
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Fictional character from Scooby-Doo Fictional character Velma Dinkley is a fictional character in the Scooby-Doo franchise.She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange turtleneck , short red pleated skirt (or in later episodes an A-line skirt , or sometimes shorts), knee socks , Mary Jane shoes, and most prominently, a pair of square glasses, which she frequently loses.She is seen as the brains of the group.
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Fictional character from Scooby-Doo Fictional character Velma Dinkley is a fictional character in the Scooby-Doo franchise. She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange turtleneck sweater , a short red pleated skirt (or in later episodes an A-line skirt , or sometimes shorts), knee socks , Mary Jane shoes, and a pair of black square glasses , 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.
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Fictional character from Scooby-Doo Fictional character Velma Dinkley is a fictional character in the Scooby-Doo franchise. She is usually seen wearing a baggy orange turtleneck sweater , a short red pleated skirt, knee high socks , Mary Jane shoes , and a pair of black square glasses , which she frequently loses and is unable to see without.She is seen as the "brains" of the group and also serves as Fred Jones ' third-in-command.
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fictional character in the american television animated series scooby-doo
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fictional cartoon character in the scooby-doo franchise
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