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with mindy kaling's velma reach its season finale, we decided to take a look at a dozen different versions of velma dinkley from scooby-doo and rank them. first being introduced in 1969, there are many different versions of velma out there, but which one is your favorite?
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linda cardellini 16:54
mindy cohn 20:26
hayley kiyoko 22:09
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I think we can all agree that each member of Mystery Incorporated for the 2000's live-action Scooby-Doo-ology was too perfectly cast. đ
Precisely, I immediately think of Matthew Lillard, Freddy Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Linda Cardellini as Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma, respectively. It helps that Matthew went on to voice Shaggy in some animated features.
@@trinaq I also want to credit Seth Green as Velma's love interest Patrick in Monsters Unleashed. Not only for the Buffy connection between him and Sarah, but I think he and Linda were believable as strong-willed yet awkward smart people trying to navigate their feelings for each other. I even liked the misdirect of her fear that he was involved with the villain working as a brief wrench to their dynamic.
@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose Preach, Seth Green deserves more love and recognition as Patrick. He usually plays cool characters, but Patrick was a slightly nerder version of Oz.
â@@trinaq Plus, Linda returns in Scooby works as Marcie, or Hot Dog Water.
Honestly I feel like the 2000s version is a great example of how you can add adult humor, modernity, and even change the medium of something (live action instead of animation) but do it well. It's keeping the heart of the source material that's important.
I'm predicting that Mindy Kaling's Velma will be the worst ranked, while Linda Cardellini will be the best.
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â@@ModernGurlz As if we didn't know how this would play out đ
We stan Linda Cardellini here.
â@@ModernGurlz it's just objectively correct, queen. No other way to rank those two
@@ModernGurlz mindys Velma is racist and hateful, missing the point of Velma. its not Scooby doo.
I find it kind of eye-rolling that Velma (2023) tries so hard to be "edgy" and "adult" when James Gunn had already thought that up *years ago,* but was back then denied the vision. And I'm sure even *that* would've been better than what Mindy Kaling thought she was giving us, because like you said, despite the innuendos present in Gunn's films (many of which go over your head as a kid but as an adult WOW), at least they're on characters *clearly* written and portrayed as over 21. đ
Agreed, why even bother making the "Scooby Doo" universe "more mature", when it was ALREADY attempted in the past, only to be toned down?
I feel like Mindy Kaling probably thought that her version would be "the one", ya know? Like it would be the edgy version that stuck and and would be less criticized because of her popular and the modernity of it.
apparently to mindy, sexualizing your underage characters is enough to make them âedgyâ and âadultâ.
@@crab2195 And unfortunately, she's not the only one. (Ex. the writers of Riverdale, Euphoria)
@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose thereâs a whole studio (of course itâs HBOmax) that gave this show the green light so of course itâs not just mindy. itâs hollywood.
Can we get a video like this for all of Daphne's looks?? She's a fashion icon.
YESSS
She's mid
â@@bigbawlzlebowski8886 shut up
@@bigbawlzlebowski8886 I WILL NOT TOLERATE DAPHNE SLANDER
her mystery incorporated hex girl outfit played a crucial part in my childhood!
I think the reason why people are upset about the race swapping in "Velma" when they didn't care about past race swapping is simple:
In "Velma" the characters constantly talk about race and constantly disparage other people for their race. Whereas in other versions of the story where Velma was race swapped, it wasn't a giant focus. She was just Velma, and the characters' races didn't matter.
How convenient for whites
@@imadori1010
Convenient for "whites" in what way?
Not true at all ⊠I get how you can say that but I can 100% promise you people were already and about it way before the show aired they didnât even know it was gonna turn out that way ⊠also most of the people didnât even know about the past race swappings hell even myself who grew up being a huge scooby fans never knew those existed until now
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Maybe a small percentage of the people talking about it now were talking about it way back then. So yeah, for those people, they would of course have different reasons.
But I can also promise that only a very small percentage of the haters today knew about this show before it aired. Myself being one of them. I only heard about it because of YT recommendations lol. And then a lot of my friends heard about it purely from word of mouth. Plus a lot of acquaintances of mine who don't even really watch these kinds of shows or care about cartoons at all know about it only because of the backlash after the show aired. So yeah. I still think the vast majority of people who dislike the race swapping dislike it for the reason I said in my first post.
But I agree, it's not all of them. Especially not the people from before the show aired.
What I think was most annoying was how much she talked down south asian culture rather than just being proud of it and showing representation
Maybe I'm biased because I grew up loving the 2000's live action movies, but Linda Cardellini is by far my favourite Velma. She brought a sense of dorky charm to her Velma, making her more lovable. đ„°
My favorite live action is Hayley Kiyoko's version, who i nickname "Velma Hashimoto".
Linda Cardellini is Velma for me she just plays it so on character that when I watch the cartoons I see her in them too
I just don't care for the voice. Just feels a bit too stereotypical for my taste
Same
Just wanted to add that Velma wasnât renewed because of the hate watching. Season 2 was already announced before the show aired. They normally make 24 episodes and just split them into 2 seasons for animated shows now. Other than that, love this video and would love to see more on the rest of the gang!
Plus, I heard that if a show is struggling, a network may greenlight another season to keep up the illusion of popularity. This is what happened with the 2016 PPG reboot and after some articles claimed the show was popular, the ratings almost instantly dropped. I could be wrong tho.
@@thegrandxbunny2073 makes sense, Netflix was like that at times
Hold up, that's not true. Season 2 wasn't announced until after a few episodes of season 1 already aired. Granted the executives may very well have greenlit season 2 before season 1 aired, but that announcement never came until after season 1 started airing.
Mystery Inc. Velma is probably one of top favorite incarnation of Velma. Everybody loves her sass and her strong and weak points.
I agree
Same
You should totally review all of Daphneâs outfits! Sheâs the epitome of fashion.
Heather chandler? your still alive?
I don't remember exactly where, but Mindy Kaling would have mentioned that she wanted to make a nerdy girl character with Indian ethnicity, but didn't have the courage to do something new so she got Velma who was already kinda of a nerd to make her into the character she wanted. So yeah, she literally wanted to create a new character and not just update some that already existed like it should be.
She isn't even a new character. She's Mindy's self-insert made to project her internalized misogyny and hate fetishization of white guys
she's already made a nerdy Indian girl in Never Have I Ever tho..
"A Pup Named Scooby Doo" has the cutest incarnation of Velma đđ„° "Mystery Incorporated" Velma feels like the best example of what a modern version of the character can & should be. Still retaining her trademark smart & deductive reasoning, a dash of snark, holds a great care for the gang/her found family, & provides positive representation for LGBTQ+ community w/o turning being a stereotype or one dimensional caricature.
Be Cool Scooby Doo holds the blueprint for a modern Velma. Funny, snarky, uses detective work, and isn't in a cringe "funny" short-lived romance with Shaggy where she can be heard saying inane things like "happy month anniversary" to Shaggy regarding their one month old relationship. No Velma, you know well what anniversary means. You're smart.
Personaly I'd say Velma in Scooby Doo: On Zombie Island and Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated are my favorite versions of the characher
@@Eanki_ Velma is terrible representation.
Same đ
Linda Cardellini's Velma might not have ended up being explicitly gay, but she became the gay awakening for a lot of young girls at the time so I consider that a win
I think we can all agree that Linda's Velma was an awakening for damn near everyone đ
And to think she was an "ugly outcast" in Freaks and Geeks.
But she might turned some gay dudes straight aswell
The idea was to bring the spirit in the LGBT community đłïžâđ with a lesbian Velma.
I know right đ
Mystery Inc is my absolute favorite Velma. She has so much personality and the series in general is so good. It touches on adult themes but also some sort of realistic friend relationship problems.
"In no way is the gang defined by their whiteness, except for Fred."
I'd like to ask Kaling exactly why Fred is excluded from that sentiment.
I think that his more of her interpretation, because I read some articles about her and it seems like she has a tendency to associate attractive man with white skin. Iâm serious.
@PieSaysHello Now that sound very suspect.
@@piesayshello5509 Him being a jock stereotype who is very privileged is a big part of the show, so it makes sense for him to be white.
â@@silly9434 those aren't exclusively white things
i mean you can't really make Fred a black person.
About Daphne being a damsel-in-distress in the original series, I don't recall her being one, I just recently rewatched the original first two seasons (perfect timing for this video, lol), and the only episodes I can think of where she was a "damsel-in-distress-ish" was when she fell down in that trap door in "Hassle in the Castle," so she was lost from the gang for awhile. However, that doesn't automatically make her a DID, cuz she managed to find the gang later on - in her OWN TERMS. She hits Shaggy with a vase, thinking it was the Ghost. I mean, original Daphne already took matters into her own hands.
The other episode I can think of where one could argue "she was a DID" was that episode with the vampire, werewolf and another ghost? where she doesn't really run with the rest of the gang in that drawbridge (she just stands there still, lol), so the monsters raise the bridge, she falls toward the castle gates and she's captured by the monsters. But when Fred and Velma find her, Daphne warns them to not come nearer, for "it's a trap," only for the door to then quickly slam shut, trapping all three inside the cell. So, it wasn't just Daphne, but Fred and Velma became damsels-in-distress that moment on, only to then be rescued by Shaggy and Scooby.
Those are the only episodes I could think of and unless I'm mistaken, but I really don't get where the whole "Daphne is a damsel-in-distress" came from. She did take matters into her own hands when she could. I think it's just because she's pretty and rich, and she got lost from the gang on very few occasions, that people have to make the case of, "Oh, poor little rich girl, who can't do things on her own." ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ The 2002/04 Daphne did not really subvert her original counterpart, cuz Daphne was never a damsel-in-distress to begin with.
Shaggy and Scooby were dudes in distress far more often than Daphne was ever a damsel in distress. I really don't understand why people keep making this assumption about Daphne
I think it mainly has to do with the fact that she's the token girly girl of the mystery gang. And since society still tends to associate being feminine with being helpless, people who either never watched the OG show or haven't watched it since they were kids often tend to misremember Daphne as the "pretty girl who gets kidnapped a lot".
It's because she was beautiful and feminine. People's brain automatically assume you're stupid, weak, and have nothing else going on for you, if you happen to have both of those traits.
Daphne was an icon, a legend, and the moment. WBK.
Yeah I agree I remember being really surprised hearing her being called a damsel in distress because I grew up on old scooby reruns and don't remember her being kidnapped all that often. Arguably it happened more to shaggy and scooby as comedic relief.
You're very correct I just wanted to say that it felt weird reading DID because my brain kept automatically interpreting it as dissociative identity disorder lol
Youâve really chosen a great topic today. Also, as much as Iâm a fan of Linda Cardelliniâs Velma and the iconic campy outfits (shoutout to the 2000s Movies), the âScooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporatedâ had THE BEST VELMA.
My personal faves are tied Linda Cardellini and "Mystery Incorporated".
And I just gotta say, I can't believe that you didn't mention the unintentional subtext you set up with Hayley Kiyoko! She is both Japanese American, as designer Iwao Takamoto may or may not have intended Velma to be, and went on to be the most prominent open lesbian popstar to date. Also, I think it's worth mentioning that Sheila Kuehl, who played "The Many Loves of Dobby Gillis" character that inspired Velma, went on to be an open lesbian and Californian politician. Velma's blueprints are queercoded all over.
Honestly my favourite is still the original iteration of Velma đ She always seemed very confident to me about her intelligence and I also like that she could also be comedic with her oblivousness. As someone who is also nerdy I feel like that version of Velma bucks a lot of the stereotypes nerdy characters typically have (being more uptight and insecure) and she still feels really refreshing as a character.
I think the main reason no one (save for a very specific group that will take issue no matter what) cared when the race swapping happened before is because unlike in Velma 2023, their whiteness or lack thereof wasnât made the central point of their character. POC characters can definitely have their race be integral to their character, but in Velma it comes off as obnoxious and pandering, and in general many of us are kind of tired of it. We want to see ourselves in creative media where weâre allowed to just be people who happen to be POC, where we can save the world, go on quests, or experience stupid high school drama without the story revolving around skin color. I wouldâve been completely fine if Velma, Daphne, and Norvilles races had no bearing on their personal conflict, hell I wouldâve been more into it. That isnât the issue. The issue is that it IS integral to their characters in all the wrong ways.
This is really well said! I think race swapping to add diversity can be a good thing. But, when it becomes the focus, in a unsubtle and non-nuanced way, it feels as if it's solely to pander or adhere to stereotypes.
Even having race be an important factor for the story isn't a problem, if it is handled in a way that makes sense, respects the older works, and fits the existing characters' personalities and background. For example, say Shaggy was changed to be from a culture that hates dogs. That could be some potential nice backstory about why he became so close with Scooby despite his cultural stigma. But if it's just used for some lazy stereotypical jokes about that culture hating dogs or making Shaggy a dog hater who hates putting up with Scooby's antics, or a platform for the writers to make annoying edgy racist jokes, then it would be a bad thing to do.
@@TheImperialSenate Velma is also raci in the new series. how is this likab?
@@TheImperialSenate Oh I dont think its a problem at all. My point was more that a) many of us are tired of only existing in creative media where our race is our primary conflict and b) that Velma makes race integral to the story in all the wrong ways.
Exactly!
I'm gonna pretend to be surprised when y'all choose Queen Linda đžđ»
I don't blame you. Linda Cardellini happened to voice one of my favorite pop culture characters, Wendy Corduroy.
I hope you do one on Daphne as well! Specially since she changes her fashion more often
Doesnât have her own spin-off though
The live action, mystery incorporated, the first four movies version, and whatâs new scooby doo are my favorite versions of Velma. Also the whatâs new scooby doo opening song is literally a bop.
fun fact: in one of her live action versions, sheâs played by Hot Dog Waterâs voice actor.
She had a name, it was Marcy.
I was obsessed with Scooby Doo as a kid, and the home movie era is by far my favorite. I really like seeing the gang as adults living in the real world and dealing with pretty fleshed out characters (zombie island and witch's ghost specifically) and the grittier, cinematic animation style suited it so well.
I didn't really like the james gunn movies as a kid because they made the gang too silly, but I appreciate how fun they are now. I was just too much of a scooby doo purist at the time, lol.
one thing about the scooby-doo that I feel that the Mindy Kaling show destroyed is the relationships between all of them, I reason I liked the characters is that they were all different but they didn't let their differences come between them being friends it actually made their bond stronger, when I saw clips of Velma (2023) of Velma and Daphne hating eachother it doesn't really work in my opinion
You saw clips....the bond actually builds as the show progresses
You saw clips.
@@imadori1010 By the end of show their "bond" is really flimsy. Fred upset with Norvell because his mom was killed. Velma is confused about her feelings for Daphne and Norvell. Daphne is upset because Velma keeps stringing her along. And Norvell has PTSD because her accidentally killed Fred mom. They end season with them still arguing with each other.
Exactly. They respect and love each other. Thatâs where a lot of the charm of the show comes from. Now I have heard people argue that Velma is an origin story, and that this is why the gang have a different dynamic. After all this show might explain how they all became friends. The problem is that they are all so nasty. Both to each other and as people in general. I canât imagine them ever becoming the gang we know and love.
I didnât like Velma because of how mean they all were to each other and everyone else. Not here for that in the TV I choose to watch, especially not Scooby Doo, whether itâs an origin story or not. I prefer OG Velma, Mystery Inc., Pup Named Scooby Doo and the live action Velma đ
âI think most Indian-American girls when they see this *skeptical*, *hardworking*, *kind of unappreciated character* can *identify with her*
As an Indian, Iâm completely baffled that someone could actually say this. When I had only seen that part where Velma wore that shiny top to school I really said:
*Nope, thatâs enough CZcams for today!*
And didnât look at CZcams for the next whole day. So no Mindy, us Indians donât even put ourselves on the same level as yourself- I mean your version of Velma
Iâm really happy that Be Cool Velma got ranked #11, literally 2nd! Itâs so good and seems so genuine. She seems awkward, a little bit of a know it all, but still genuinely loving mysteries and her role in the gang. It seems many over look her just because they donât like the art style of the show. Thanks for genuine ranking and research of all of these, it was really entertaining and fun to watch, and Iâm glad Be Cool Velma was ranked up there, itâs definitely my favorite of her. Amazing work!!
Nicole Jaffe and Mindy Cohn are untouchable as Velma. Linda Cardellini is my favorite as she did an iconic job for the live action. đ
A little disappointed you didnât mention Marcie from Mystery Inc . Voiced by Linda Cardellini herself, she becomes an increasingly important character /person to Velma over the course of the series.
I would say that the actual reason for the change in tone of the first live action movie was due to the recent failure of the adult-oriented Jossie and the Pussycats live-action remake, especially considering that the movie was clearly edited rather than rewritten and several elements of the origina R-rated version like the plunging necklines still remain in the end product.
A Pup Named Scooby Doo is my absolute favorite, the Linda Cartellini second, and Myster Incorporated third!
I love A pup named Scooby Doo as well but I always found Freds voice to sound weird but everything else about it was perfect.
I really love Linda Cardellini's version of Velma. While still incredibly intelligent and genius, she was also shown to have emotional insecurities and desired to be seen as a whole person with feelings, not just for her brain.
I think my favorite versions would be the 90's direct to video (dtv) Velma, and the original live action Velma. The dtv movies were something I grew up on, with Zombie Island scaring me (in the best way possible) because it wasn't some greedy realtor or disgraced figure in town in a mask. And the original live action movies just sort of...fit the bill for me as a kid. Seeing the characters come to life, to not just be cartoons, was amazing to me, because little 6 year old me didn't know that could happen.
I saw the original series before anything, and yeah, I enjoyed it. But not like the movies I mentioned. Though, I will say, without seeing the source material first, I probably wouldn't have loved the movies as much, just because I wouldn't have had a sort of build-up to the more "frightening" (that's how I saw them at the time) plots.
I want you to do Daphne next!
Linda Cardellini , Mindy Cohn and B.J Ward are my favorites.
This video was SO fun! I grew up with Scooby, and the franchise still has a major place in my heart. You should do the same concept, but for Daphne. She's my favorite member of the gang, and she's had so many different interpretations throughout all of the movies and shows. My personal favorite versions are Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mary Kay Bergman, and Grey Griffin from Mystery Incorporated, What's New, and Be Cool
I'll always have a soft spot for Linda's Velma
I grew up on Mindy Cohn and Kate Micucci as the voice of Velma in the 2000s/2010s shows and movies, so I have more of an attachment to those characters, with Mystery Inc. Velma being the most memorable. I also really like B.J. Ward's Velma, she's just so sweet đ
Kate Micucci is so underappreciated. Her recurring role on Raising Hope is so sweet and funny, and Garfunkel and Oates had some bangers. She honestly could have played a live action Velma and killed it.
There was also a Scooby Doo fan movie that was a kickstarter project back in 2020, I believe. It was stalled because of the pandemic but I think they finished it and itâs available to watch now. I havenât watched it but there was a lot of promo for it so would love to know what you think of that project!
Yes, it's called "Mystery Incorporated"! And tbh for something fan made it's fairly well produced. It's kind of like Scooby Doo with the look/tone of a CW teen drama (think Riverdale or Nancy Drew lol).
Mystery Incorporated is great because it had that tension between Velma and Hot Dog Water, who was voiced by Linda Cardellini!
I didnât really care for a Pup Named Scoobyâs Velma because she tended to hold off on information until the reveal, sometimes information youâd have no idea of knowing.
âThat piece of the monsterâs costume that fell off of them, well I did a chemical analyses of it off screen and figured out it was fake.â
Of course, anything compared to Velma the tv show looks like a masterpiece now.
I love how it opens with two Velmas arguing. Genius.
I never even knew the Scooby gang were teenagers until 2011 when I was still in highschool. Since I was a kid, I thought the Scooby gang were adults.
I personally really liked Hayley Kiyokoâs Velma. She was so freaking cute!
THE original mystery incorporated IS THE ALL time BEST..NOW I want to watch some freaking Scooby doo
I looove sassy Velma. And Mindy Cohn is my favorite voice actress with Nicole. Replacing her with Kate is still one of my biggest pet peeves. Kates voice is just way to nerdy and annoying for Velma. And Velma 2022 is just awful. Itâs literally being adult and edgy just to be adult and edgy. ScoobyNatural and zombie island are great examples on how to be good and dark
Zombie Island is actually pretty scary. I like that movie best out of all the animated ones they made. Witches Ghost is also good!
This was a really well done historical retrospective of Scooby Doo and specifically Velmaâs incarnations! Linda Cardellini and the Mystery Incorporated Velma are definitely my top versions. But I also love Pup named Scooby Doo Velma - if they had actually followed through with only having her say Jinkies! that would have made her even more iconic.
The funny thing is that Linda Cardellini was in Mystery Incorporated but she played Hot Dog Water, a side character and anti-hero who becomes Velma's love interest. (I know it's subtle, but it's pretty obvious.) Also live-action Shaggy played Mystery Inc Shaggy.
And he did great with it!
I have never viewed Fred as a âstereotypical white guyâ though.. I just find him goofy and charming.
Growing up.. I actually identifies with Velma (even though don't look like her).. for the longest time until she became a character that âfor sure Indian-American women can relate toâ. Seems like they made the character not inclusive at all -.-
Idk where this thing about that a character MUST look like you to relate to them.. I find race swapping in ANY race racist when it just want to be relatable to the race it swapped in :(
Linda will always be my favorite Velma. Do different versions of Daphne next
This was a well thought out video. You obviously did your research, it was easy to understand, and it was the perfect length. 10/10. â€
I love these types of videos from you. I know they take lots of effort, but it's definitely worth it. I didn't realise there were so many iterations!
Hey, I know you aren't only a Disney CZcamsr, but could you make a vid on Lottie's (from Princess and the Frog) dresses? She has lots of pinky poofy things, but at the end has a very nice dark pink lowcut dress.
She did a tiktok video on Lottieâs dresses :))
@@ath7587 Yah but for anyone who doesn't have TikTok (like me I just don't find it appealing) it might be nice for a full video.
I would love to see her do a full video for Lottie like how she did for Tiana, it's one of my favorite videos of hers.
My favorite is Mistery Incorporated series from 10's Velma, the one that had a crush in Shaggy. My second place is the Kid Velma from a Puppy Named Scooby Doo. My Third Place is the Classic Velma
I would love to see a video ranking different movie adaptations of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet soon.
My main problem with race bending is how lazily itâs often done. Some companies I wonât mention seem to think changing a characterâs race and then basing their entire personality around that one thing counts as character building. I donât know about you, but I feel like people of color deserve well thought out characters rather than empty gestures.
This is so well researched! Great job
rankings start at 35:30
i love ur velma inspired look in the intro
I feel so betrayed by the Velma series đȘ when it was announced with the poster with the bloody glasses I was SO invested! A more mature Velma dealing with real mysteries and murders sounds sooo cool in paper and kinda fits her really well. Needless to say I was very disappointed
HBO: we have an edgy and smart Velma. Truly quality.
James: Define quality.
Scooby-Doo is one of my favorite cartoons from Hanna-Barbera, I also love the live action adaptation. You should make a video ranking Daphne's outfits.
your velma-inspired fit looks so good even better than the live action velmas đ
Iâd totally love for u to a video for each character. This video was so good
Always a nice surprise when you upload, love your content. â€ïžđ
Unpopular opinion: I actually really like Scrappy Doo đđ
You're not the only one. I really related to his Gung Ho attitude when I was younger.
Sarah Gilman was not wearing a wig. That was her hair. Poor thing đą
oh no now i feel bad đ°
21:01 not just by Simple Plan , but it 's also sung by Jeff Stinco too .
I hope you do a fashion analysis video on Jeff Stinco and talk about his legacy as a male fashion icon and his impact on male fashion in the 2000s .
Major thankies ;)
a pup named scooby doo holds a very special place in my heart because it was my absolute favorite show as a kid at one point. i hated missing it and often would stay up late to catch reruns. i loved each character, but if all velma said was "jinkies" i think i'd hate the character and eventually the show. you didn't really see smart girls on televison back then which always made velma so cool and an inspiration. a character who can only say one thing is a joke and making the smart girl a joke character would basically say that girls being smart are jokes, because like that would ever happen. i'm glad that the story writers fought against that idea, otherwise the character and the show would be so much worse.
Honestly, I don't think the 2023 Velma should be #12 - it should be number #13. It's that bad.
This is amazing you did a great job I think! I hope you do a similar video about Daphne too!
I LOOOOVEEEEE your ranking videos, so much fun to watchđ§Ąâ€ïžđ§Ąâ€ïžđ§Ąâ€ïž
aww What's new Scooby-Doo will always be my favourite cause it's the one I grew up withđ„° (also the intro of it is a complete bop) but still I agree that that version of Velma wasn't as well developed as other ones! Linda Cardellini's version was great
I've been scrolling and scrolling for someone to say what's new scooby doo!𧥠i grew up with it too! And will always hold a special place in my heart, you worded that so well its so wholesome an has so many bops doesn't it?đ
I think the mystery incorporated one the one where Fredâs a badass that jumps on planes going down the runway is the best that one Velma was in line with character while also doing a good job of maintaining that sheâs still a teenage girl
Fun fact Linda Cardelinni as Velma is the part of the cast of Avengers Age of Ultron and Avengers Endgame, she played as Hawkeye's wife and she attended Iron Man's Funeral, RIP Tony... And I need credit to Hayley Kiyoko as well, the live action Velma is fantastic and realistic
Quality content as always
you need to do one for daphne. she is the girly girl of the group, and that is your schtick!
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I'm sure such a video is in the works, but I would love to see a follow up to this video covering Daphne.
Wish you had a little section of honorable mentions...I Loved Velma from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back đ
Mindy Cohnâs Velma is my favorite of all. I love her as Natalie in Facts of Life and she does a really good job playing the character straightforward in Whatâs New but also in Mystery Incorporated where she is snarky and frustrated.
I'm really glad you gave 2010 Mystery Incorporated Velma a good rating. When it comes to being meddling teenagers, I think Mystery Inc. captured that aspect of the characters the best. It made the characters feel like they're actual teenagers which helped me relate a lot better when I was younger. It was a very impactful and well-thought out take on edgy teen drama while delivering a fantastic, sinister, bone-chilling story on mystery at the same time. In my opinion, it's one of the best incarnations of Scooby-Doo and it still holds up to this day!~
All of them except Mindy Kaling's version
Mystery Incorperated Velma will always be a sass queen to me đ
I'm so happy that Be Cool, Scooby-Doo getting recognition it actually deserves! This one and Mystery Inc. are the ones that were actually different in the best way possible and deserved to be renewed
I was obsessed with Mystery Incorporated, honestly. I canât remember the plot but man did I love it
Yeah, neither can I. đ
The creators of Mystery Incorporated also wanted that Velma to be gay, but the execs said no. Take a look at her relationship with Hot Dog Water: they're basically two teens who don't know they're in love yet.
From what I understand about animation, since the process is so time intensive, it is common practice to start working on the second season before the first has finished airing. So the publicity, good or bad, has little to do with it getting a second season. Now if it gets a third, that's all the hat watchers fault.
Iâm only the most casual of casual fans but my favorite animated Velma is the one from the first few animated direct-to-video, BJ Wardâs Velma. I especially like her crush on the writer guy in The Witchâs Ghost. But Linda Cardelini is my favorite live action. She did such a good job and I love that she got more focus in the second film.
That said, I didnât know that Scoob! existed before now and it has a real chance of becoming my favorite once I see it.
Linda is fantastic in her role I can't imagine other actress at the time to play her.
Nicole Jaffe and Mindy Cohn will always be my favorite, since Nicole introduced the character and Mindy gave her the best personality ever (which is still somehow disliked by some people). Tbh Velma in Mystery Inc. was SUCH A mood/vibe, and with the spooky tone that the mystery inc. had - it worked out perfectly, i hope Mindy Cohn returnâs as Velma some day, since Nicole sadly canât. Pat was controversial since she couldâve been good but she didnât try enough!
Mindy Cohn will always be my favorite. Being born in late nineties she's the Velma I grew up with with What's New Scooby Doo, and she continued to voice the character for the next 13 years making her the longest-running a voice for her. She's also the voice in Mystery Incorporated which is my favorite Scooby-Doo series
SHE CAME BACK!!!
I love this kind of videos
Some coworkers of mine were upset by the Velma show's raceswapping because Daphne was the pretty pale-skinned Asian, and Velma was the frumpy dark-skinned Asian, and they thought it was implying that Velma's dark skin was undesirable. Great Unifier indeed. đ
I think the series 'mystery incorporated' (2010) took the perfect direction 'maturing' the themes of the story. The subversion of the supernatural elements being real while jumping off the pretense that it's always just a selfish individual in the town who's the real monster I really enjoyed watching it as an older teen. The themes were actually pretty grim at times without feeling too edgy. I would have loved a modern Velma centric show (even with more 'adult' humor and exploring her sexuality) with a similar spooky & dark tone using those elements to further develop her character in ways the 2010 show didn't
I would give everything to see the original cut of Gunn's vision
Great job
Could you make a ranking/style analysis of Fred and Daphne's outfits and why they're the only ones from the gang who kept having different styles of clothing, at least in the late 90s and early 2000s, when Velma and Shaggy kept their original outfits? My theory is because Fred and Daphne's outfits are the most reminiscent of the time it came out. If you google 1969 fashion for men and women, you will come across Fred and Daphne's look-a-like outfits. So, I guess with the late 90s/early 2000s incarnations of Scooby-Doo, the animators and the costume designer of the live-action movies must have felt to give Fred and Daphne clothes that would be more contemporary and relatable to audiences of that time. This is a late comment, so it's most likely that Tess won't view it by now, but for the early birds in her next video, please suggest her this next topic. Ever since I was a kid, I've always been curious as to why Fred and Daphne were the only ones who had different outfits in the late 90s to early 2000s.
Iâd guess because Fred and Daphne are the most ânormalâ kids in the group. While shaggy and Velma donât care about their looks, Daphne is a fashionista and Fred a typical teenager. Thus, I think it makes sense that their outfits would be changed and theyâd be the ones audiences were supposed to resonate with.