Jinkies! It’s finally happened! Scooby-Doo’s intrepid nerd detective Velma has finally solved her way right out of the closet! The longtime lesbian icon is now, officially, gay! And no, I don’t mean in that winky half-butt Disney and Marvel way. I mean the new animated film, Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!, is basically a lesbian rom-com, in which Velma falls for a villain, and then she learns to loosen up as the villain learns to tighten up, and then the villain saves the day because Velma has changed her for the better, changed her for good. Oh my god, you’re right: That IS the plot of D.E.B.S. The new Scooby-Doo is basically animated D.E.B.S.!
Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! is actually a very funny movie for people who grew up on Scooby-Doo. The set-up is that Mystery, Inc. decides to look into the person who’s making all the masks they keep pulling off of bad guys at the end of every movie/episode. They find out it’s Coco Diablo, designer and mastermind of one of the most notorious costume crime syndicates in the world. Once they have her arrested and carted off to jail, crime stops because criminals don’t have access to high quality disguises anymore.
That means Mystery, Inc doesn’t have anything to do, which is especially hard on Fred who doesn’t even know who he is if he’s not micromanaging everyone in his vicinity at all times, so he wishes for crime in a magic well and suddenly the balance of good vs. evil is in the hands of Mystery, Inc.
It’s Coco Diablo who sets Velma’s heart aflame. And also her cheeks. She blushes so hard every time she looks at or talks to Coco, I’m surprised her face doesn’t catch on fire. When Velma first peeps Coco, in her atelier/lair, Velma diagrams her, assessing her for both attractiveness and gayness. The evil cat best friend is a dead giveaway on the latter. Velma likes what she sees! Her glasses fog up with longing! After they put Coco away for her crimes, Velma buys her memoir. “The prose is surprisingly poetic,” she tells her friends, before finally admitting to Daphne that she’s got BIG GAY FEELINGS for their archenemies. “I’m crushing big time, Daphne!,” she squeals. “WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I SAY!” It gets even more complicated when they spring Coco Diablo from jail to help them solve their new case. Velma says it might be a tight squeeze in the van, but she doesn’t mind. Coco could just sit in her lap! Finally, her awkward bumbling is rewarded with reciprocal flirting, all science projects and library puns. Coco calls Velma “the cute one.” And Velma’s gets so hot she literally melts her glasses off her face.
I would love nothing more than Velma and Coco to become an epic star-crossed good vs. evil will-they/won’t they. A modern day Root and Shaw.
You can rent Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! on Amazon for $5.99 or wait until October 14th when it comes to HBO Max and Cartoon Network.
Do you know the time it is airing on cartoon network?
Not that I’m not going to watch this, because I am, but Velma and HotDog water from Mystery Incorporated are my otp.
Yay! Gay Velma!
great day for all of us whose first foray into cosplay was wearing an atrocious tangerine turtleneck for half of second grade and saying jinkies a lot!
I LOVE to hear this!! Velma as played by Linda Cardellini in the live-action movie made middle-school me feel feelings I could not yet identify at the time.
Found a clip of Velma being gay. https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rj7hhqQwlf1yf87vs_720.mp4
I feel like I got bonked on the head and woke up in an alternate universe. I keep having to pinch myself. This is great !
This explains why my sister randomly sent me a link to a Velma costume….
Will be tuning in on the 14th.
Also, go to Google and type in “Velma”. You’re welcome.
Holy shit. This is important!! Scooby Doo was a defining part of my childhood. Thank you for reporting on this Heather