Shaggy's real name is Norville

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Because apparently, the name 'Norville' just didn't quite capture the essence of a perpetually panicked teenager who runs in place before sprinting. The revelation of his actual birth name adds a tragic layer of suburban normalcy to a guy who spends his life running away from men in rubber ghost masks. It completely ruins his counter-culture slacker aesthetic.

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