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After 53 years: a main character from "Scooby Doo" comes out of the closet Israel today

2022-10-06T11:27:02.634Z


In the new movie of the beloved and successful children's series, the beloved character of Velma, the smart one in the group and the main mystery solver, is presented as a lesbian - and the network is buzzing with excitement


Exciting news for fans of the successful cartoon series "Scooby Doo".

After years of rumors, now comes the official step: Velma Dinkley's beloved character is finally coming out of the closet.

It took 53 years, but in the new movie of the beloved and successful children's series, Valma is presented as a lesbian and the network is buzzing with excitement.

In a short segment that was leaked to the network yesterday (Wednesday) from the new animated film in the series, which was named "Trick or Treat Scooby Doo" and will air on the Cartoon Network channel on Friday next week, Velma's character encounters a costume designer named Coco Diablo, an encounter that produces in Velma an outburst of emotions that she has trouble hiding , and is also reflected in her body gestures in several scenes: in one she is delighted by the touch of Koko's hand on her shoulder, in another her glasses are covered with steam and she blushes and mutters "Jinkies" (a phrase associated with her in moments of excitement), and in general it seems that every meeting with her arouses in her an excitement reserved for those who is in love

While now it seems that the time is finally ripe to give the sexual orientation of Velma, the smart side of the group and the main mystery solver, the stage and not try to disguise or go round and round around the issue, the discussion about her sexual orientation has existed for many years and she is considered a beloved and talked about character among the community of passionate fans of the series "In the sea

Over the years, the producers of the series often referred to rumors that he was attracted to women, but at the same time the tendency was never officially presented or integrated into the plot.

Already two years ago in 2020, producer and director James Gunn ("Suicide Squad 2", "Guardians of the Galaxy"), who was behind the script for the first two live-action films produced for the series in 2002 and 2004, revealed in a tweet on Twitter that Velma was written and presented Clearly a lesbian in his script, but the studios were less fond of the direct reference and made sure to obscure her identity until she finally had a boyfriend.

"I tried," he admitted in a half-desperate tone.

"But they didn't let that happen and made her identity ambiguous," he revealed.

"And why is she a lesbian," Tony Sarvan, who served as a producer on the animated series "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Ltd" that aired at the beginning of the previous decade, also reinforced his words. was right for her.

There are clues in the series that explain why she has a hard time with it," he explained.

This relationship was not right for her.

Velma and Shaggy in "Scooby-Doo",

"Scooby Doo" is a successful animated series that first appeared in 1969 in the United States.

In its center, the protagonist of the series is a Dane dog named Scooby Doo, his owner Shaggy and Shaggy's friends, Daphne, Velma and Freddie, who are engaged in solving mysterious supernatural cases.

The series was broadcast on the American CBS network until 1976 and then moved to the ABC network and was broadcast there until 1985, when over the years it received a long series of television innovations, including four live-action films in the first decade of the 2000s.

Now with the exciting discovery and coming out of the closet comes a kind gesture on Google: whoever types Velma Dinkley's name in English in the search engine, will get to see LGBT flags dancing on the screen.

Google's tribute to Velma from "Scooby-Doo", photo: screenshot

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Source: israelhayom

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