Parents Beware! Velma comes out gay!

In the newest Scooby Doo franchise video “Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!” just released on multiple online formats, Velma comes out gay. Although in the past two decades, some have wanted her to come out gay, this is the first time. In fact, it is not simply an inference. As a parent of a twelve-year-old who loves to watch Scooby Doo, we will not rent or otherwise view this version. Period. You can look below as I quote some various articles, show some screen shots, and you can see a video compilation of the scenes in the new movie.

To be honest, this disgusts me. Why? Why make this show about anything sexual? Of course the show is not about Christian values; it never was. But why make it about this? This movie is adults making adult entertainment in the veneer of children’s entertainment.

Parents, you can make up your own mind about what you will do or how you will handle it in your own home. Again, no thank you here.

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From Zoe Papadakis

In the latest “Scooby-Doo” film — a Halloween special entitled “Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!”— Velma is depicted as an LGBTQ character. This was confirmed in online clips of the new film released Tuesday that reveal the fictional character develops a crush on another female character.

Two years ago filmmaker James Funn, who was behind “Scooby-Doo” and its sequel, “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed,” revealed that he had unsuccessfully tried to make the fan-favorite character gay.

“I tried! In 2001 Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script. But the studio just kept watering it down & watering it down, becoming ambiguous (the version shot), then nothing (the released version) & finally having a boyfriend (the sequel),” he tweeted at the time, according to Comic Book magazine.

Gunn also spoke about Velma’s sexual orientation in another tweet that year saying that the studio cut “Scooby-Doo” to a PG rating when a handful of parents were “outraged” by a PG-13-rated test screening.

“Language and jokes and sexual situations were removed, including a kiss between Daphne and Velma. Cleavage was CGI’d over,” Gunn wrote, according to Comic Book magazine. “But, thankfully, the farting remained.”

 

Velma is finally confirmed to be part of the LGBTQ+ community in the latest Scooby-Doo film ‘TRICK OR TREAT’. pic.twitter.com/x5a3vK5k8z

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) October 4, 2022

Also here’s the part where she actually admits it 🥲🥲 pic.twitter.com/nyA3toBz80

— Trin 🎃 (@MythicalLlamaXO) October 4, 2022

 

From Ryan Gajewski

After Velma seems smitten upon meeting Coco, a fashion designer with a criminal past, Velma’s longtime friend and fellow detective Daphne (Grey Griffin) quips, “I didn’t know convicted felons were your type.”

This leads a flustered Velma to reply, “What? Type — me? Please. Who has time for a type? We have our work cut out for us, and I am focused like a laser on … OK, who am I kidding? I’m crushing big-time, Daphne! What do I do? What do I say?”

Another clip shows Daphne attempting to help Velma strike up a casual conversation with Coco by nudging her and saying, “Now’s your chance to talk to her.” Daphne later pulls Velma aside when it’s clear that Velma’s small-talk skills could use some polish.