Velma Officially Confirmed as Gay in New ‘Scooby-Doo’

Velma Dinkley is lastly depicted as a lesbian in the upcoming movie Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo!. It’s one thing that different writers have tried to indicate in a extra direct manner, however for one cause or one other, has by no means panned out. In the case of the James Gunn Scooby-Doo motion pictures from the early 2000s, it got here all the way down to studio interference.

Tony Cervone, a supervising producer on Mystery Incorporated, additionally spoke just a little bit about his personal makes an attempt at depicting the character as a lesbian (by way of Variety). While it may not essentially be extremely apparent if the viewer is not searching for it, the intention behind her characterization was to suggest closely that she was a lesbian. He mentioned:

I’ve mentioned this earlier than, however Velma in ‘Mystery Incorporated’ is just not bi. She’s homosexual. We at all times deliberate on Velma appearing just a little off and out of character when she was relationship Shaggy as a result of that relationship was improper for her and he or she had unstated issue with the why. There are hints concerning the why in that episode with the mermaid, and when you comply with all the Marcie arc it appears as clear as we may make it 10 years in the past. I don’t suppose Marcie and Velma had time to behave on their emotions throughout the primary timeline, however submit reset, they’re a pair. You cannot prefer it, however this was our intention.

James Gunn’s Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed have been initially meant to characteristic an explicitly lesbian Velma however by way of a collection of orders from the higher-ups on the studio, we ended up with a Velma who was fairly ambiguous, even having a boyfriend in the sequel.

In Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo, Velma has plenty of interactions with a well-known clothier by the identify of Coco Diablo. Upon first seeing her, Velma’s cheeks flip crimson, her glasses fog up, and he or she says her catchphrase, “Jinkies!” In a later scene, Diablo calls her “the cute one” and Velma’s face will get just a little knotted up on the praise.

Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo! was launched digitally on October 4.