Shaggy

A silent background character in Daria who has an uncanny resemblance to Shaggy Rogers of the Scooby-Doo cartoon show, hence the nickname. One source says the character's original name for production purposes was Boy Teen 8. In "Cafe Disaffecto," a seating chart is shown in Mr. O'Neill's hands, according to which Shaggy is actually named Dewey. For consistency, however, the more commonly used nickname will be used here. (Do not confuse with the Daria fan artist known as Beatnik Shaggy.)

Shaggy appears in the very first Daria episode, "Esteemsters," at the back of the small group of new students that Principal Li is showing around Lawndale High. Daria and Quinn are at the front of the group. This implies that he, too, was a new student and beginning 10th grade there. In "The New Kid," Shaggy is shown working as part of the school yearbook staff. He shares various classes with Daria and Jane in the series but never interacts with them.

Shaggy has a curious place in the lore of this fandom, as various episodes appear to show him doing impossible or at least unlikely things. He appears in two places at one time in "The Invitation," and is shown in a flashback at least three years earlier at a Lawndale High football game, watching Tommy Sherman play, in "The Misery Chick." He watched Kevin Thompson crash his motor scooter and break his leg in "A Tree Grows in Lawndale," and is also one of the few eyewitnesses to the falling out between Daria and Jane in a school hallway when Daria admitting kissing Tom Sloane ("Dye! Dye! My Darling").

Shaggy in Fanfic
Despite his peculiarities, Shaggy does not often appear in Daria fanfic, and to date has never had major roles. He appears (still mostly in the background) in Richard Lobinske's First Summer story, "Fun on the Fourth," as "Beatnik Shaggy"; in Richard's story "Spelling It Out" as Dewey; and in Canadibrit's "Process of Elimination" as Shaggy. He currents appears in the unfinished story, "A Hard Days' Night" by TAG, using the codename Shaggy but actually being named Dewey.

In Kara Wild's Driven Wild Universe installment, "In Her Own Words," Shaggy has a more prominent role as a character named Vince Rogers, founder of an infamous underground newspaper. Wild named him before the MTV website revealed "Shaggy" as his official name. This is his most notable appearance in fanfic so far.