Scooby-Doo Walkaround Costumes

For 50 years now, Scooby Doo has entertained both children and adults in many forms of media, though best remembered were the Saturday Morning Cartoons.  As his popularity increased, it was only natural for him and his mystery solving gang (and sometimes Scrappy Doo as shown above) to become meet-able characters to interact with.  So we are doing yet another Walkaround Costume list.
NOTES:  1.This list is for the Scooby-Doo costume only.  No Shaggy, Fred, or Daphne or any other characters are listed on here.
                2.These characters must have been official by their copyright holders at that time.  No bootlegs nor Maskimal heads being mentioned on here.
                3. The names given to these costumes are chosen by me.  No official names have been given to any of these costumes except for Live Spectacular Scooby Doo
                4.  All dates of these costumes are approximate, not official.  Many of these costumes have overlapped each other.

Coney Island Scooby-Doo 1970-mid 1970's

In 1969, Coney Island merged with Taft Broadcasting who owned Hanna-Barbera at that time.  Right away they used their characters at the park.  That same year, however, also brought the premiere of that famed Great Dane.  Scooby-Doo Where Are You aired the fall of 1969, so the following summer since it was a hit, Scooby began to appear in the park riding the rides and meeting guests.  Being Scooby's first costume, for 1970, it ain't that bad.  His eyes are crossed and netted and possibly where the performer sees through.  The only flaws were that his gloves were too short making it easy to see the performer's arms and sometimes he is not wearing his iconic collar.  This costume would transition over along with Coney Island to a new park called Kings Island and remained there until Hanna-Barbera made upgrades to all the costumes.

Kings Entertainment Scooby-Doo 1975-early to mid 1990's

Perhaps the longest lasting Scooby Doo costume was this one.  It was introduced at Carowinds and the newly opened Kings Dominion.  It also became standard for all Hanna Barbera attractions ranging from places like Marineland to even their own short lived Hanna-Barbera Land in Texas.  Scooby's eyes are much more round and had darker fur.  His eyes are straight, and now started to have better dog like legs.  The gloves may sometimes still have issues though, as seen in the Hanna Barbera Ice Revue TV special, but overall it was not a bad look for a standard Scooby-Doo for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon era.

Universal Studios Scooby-Doo (aprox. 1990-2002)

Perhaps one of the most unique of all the costumes was this one.  When Universal Orlando opened, they teamed up with Hanna Barbera with a new attraction and hopes that MCA/Universal would acquire the studio (the deal fell through and Hanna Barbera ended up with Turner).  To celebrate, new costumes of the Mount Rushmores of Hanna Barbera were created.  Scooby Doo looks more crazy than cute.  His eyes are crossed, but the eyes also moved a la how Cookie Monster's roll when he moves around.  His fur is much lighter, and his smile is more crooked to look more dog like.  This costume was only used at Universal, and was gone when The Fantastic World of Hanna Barbera was replaced with the Jimmy Neutron ride.  Scooby, however, continues to make appearances at Universal as you'll see.

Promotional Scooby Doo (approx. 1991-1995)

In addition to the costume used at Universal, Hanna-Barbera also had one for promotional purposes.  Scooby looked very on model and cuter compared to previous versions.  Some versions had heads with or without a tongue or his mouth would not be open.  This costume was first used to promote Hanna-Barbera Home Video as well as the 30th Anniversary of The Flintstones.  By the time the costume ended appearing, it was used to help promote Cartoon Network.  

Paramount Scooby Doo (mid-late 90's-2009)

The Paramount Parks began using this Scooby Doo costume to help promote Scooby in the parks despite things switching over to Nickelodeon.  Very similar to the Kings Entertainment Scooby, his eyes are off balance, but small.  His fur was dark and snout was not as long.  His head was pretty big though, and the wrong person inside could make things look weird (though rarely the case).  In 2006, Cedar Fair bought the Paramount Parks when Paramount opted out of the theme park business.  Scooby Doo and Hanna-Barbera (and Nickelodeon for that matter) ended their appearance at these parks in 2009, and were replaced with Snoopy in 2010.

Six Flags Scooby Doo (2000-present)

When Hanna-Barbera fully merged with Warner Bros., new costumes of Scooby Doo began to be made to help promote the product.  And with Six Flags having a deal with Warner Bros. what better parks to debut in than the Six Flags chain.  While these costumes were cheaper to produce, Scooby looks completely on model.  Big eyes, big snout, big nose, dark brown fur, and really big feet.  This costume was massed produced and used at Warner Bros. Theme Parks (except Abu Dahbi) and various Scooby Doo promotions.

Universal Studios Scooby Doo version 2 (early to mid 2000's-present)

Although Hanna-Barbera's reign at Universal was over, Scooby Doo's popularity was gaining.  A brand new movie plus his first Saturday Morning show since the 80's meant that Scooby was the most popular Hanna-Barbera character and a craze has begun.  As such, Universal continued to use Scooby-Doo, but not without an upgrade.  Instead of going with the standard Six Flags version, this new costume was of higher quality.  Scooby has smaller eyes and a longer snout.  His body tends to be built more buff and tends not to slack like a furry suit.  His paws are much bigger and fur much darker.  Most of the time he is seen along side face characters of Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma.  This version can still be seen at Universal

Warner Bros. World Scooby Doo (2018-present)

This version of Scooby for Abu Dahbi's new park is very detailed.  He's on model with small but expressive eyes.  His nose and paws are big with a nicely built body suit with dog like legs.  His fur is much lighter than previous versions perhaps making the performer much more comfortable.  It combines all the elements of the costumes used at Six Flags for being on model and Universal for being slim and tone.

Live Spectacular Scooby (Coming March 2020)

This elaborate version of Scooby-Doo is made exclusively for the upcoming Scooby Doo Lost City of Gold Live Show Tour.  He now has much smaller eyes, a much skinnier body, and so much dog fur giving him the effect of him looking like a real dog.  According to Billboard, "The titular Great Dane stands 6-foot-3-inches and took a team of 12 world-class puppeteers over 1,600 hours to create."  Live Spectacular Scooby is the official name given to him by the company that made him.