Velma Dinkley is a teenage citizen of Crystal Coveand a member of the town's newest incarnation of Mystery Incorporated. She lives with her parents who run the Crystal Cove Spook Museum for tourists interested in the hauntings of Crystal Cove.
Velma is frequently referred to as the smartest member of the gang, as well as the smartest student at Crystal Cove High. She strongly believes in finding proof and evidence before determining something is real. Velma is very knowledgeable when it comes to computers and research. However, she is also bossy, clingy, rude and demanding, as evidenced when she was dating Shaggy, forcing him to change who he was, and wanted him to choose her over Scooby. She didn't even seem to care when Scooby got framed and sent to jail and was glad to have Shaggy all to herself.
She also seems to be the most scheming and secretive member of Mystery Inc., as illustrated by her posing as the mysterious masked figure,[4] and keeping a number of secrets from her friends, including the true identity of Angel Dynamite,[5]and working for Mr. E when the gang briefly broke up.[6]
She is implied to be Jewish: she listens to Klezmer music[7], and frequently exclaims "Oy" and "Oy gevalt".
She pursued a relationship with Shaggy Rogersand became frustrated when he seemed more interested in his dog and food than in her. When she thought Shaggy didn't want to take her to the prom, she actually kicked over several tombstones in a cemetery they were exploring;[8] in the episodes leading up to that point she was curiously abusive, trying to force Shaggy to give up everything he loved, like the food he wanted to eat or the clothes he wanted to wear. She even coerced him into engaging in self-harm in order to change his speech patterns.
After being dumped by Shaggy, she took the break-up very hard and decided to ignore Shaggy and Scooby's attempts at friendship, showing she can be very bitter. Despite her history with them, she eventually realized that they need to work together to perform their best as part of the gang, and she admitted that she would never let anything bad happen to Scooby despite the fact that her boyfriend chose him over her. She also appeared to be on better terms with Shaggy after the latter was betrayed by someone he trusted and the former sympathized with him.
Later she and Shaggy seem to have chemistry again, but that time it's Velma who says she doesn't feel the same way and Shaggy seems disappointed.
