It was an open secret, which had never before been revealed during the adventures of "Scooby Doo": Vera, the nerd of the detective dog gang, is coming out in the next animated film of the franchise.
The clips from this new opus, "
Trick or Treat Scooby Doo
", made especially for Halloween, show Vera Dinkley blushing in her eternal orange dress, her glasses clouded with emotion, when she meets the film's villain, costume designer Coco Devil.
“
I love Daphne so much!
What do I have to do ?
What should I say?
“, she confides then in another scene unveiled this week on social networks.
A turning point in the franchise
The cowardly dog "
Scooby Doo
" and his friends began solving crime riddles aboard their famous "
Mystery Machine
" in 1969, in a children's television series that marked several generations.
Many fans of the franchise had long believed that Vera was a lesbian, but it had never been confirmed on screen before.
The producers of previous series and films had already left many clues to indicate that Vera was queer, but the studios had so far never agreed to make her an openly LGBT character.
In 2020, Tony Cervone, for example, posted an image of Vera on Instagram with another female character, against a backdrop of a rainbow flag, on Pride Day.
“
We tried to be as clear as we could ten years ago ,” the creator of the “
Scooby Doo: Associated Mysteries
” series, which aired between 2010 and 2013
, wrote on social media . “
Most of our fans understood.
For the others, I suggest you take a closer look
,” he added.
The new film's director, Audie Harrison, told NPR public radio that he doesn't expect Vera's sexual affinity confirmation to be "
very groundbreaking
."
"
I just tried to have fun with a comedy about an awkward teenage crush
," he explained.
“
That being said, it's really good to be part of the standardization of representations, especially with a franchise as well known as Scooby Doo!
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