Our fan spotlight today is Connor, who is a Scooby fan that frequents this blog and loves drawing! It was really cool to find out that he got into Scooby through his parents recording a Scooby marathon on VHS, since that’s the same way I got into the franchise! He’s also our only fan spotlight this year that drew his own image for the top of his post, which you can see above! Here is his fan spotlight:
1. What is your name? My name is Connor. 2. How did you get into Scooby-Doo? My mom grew up watching Scooby Doo when she was little, so she decided to introduce Scooby Doo starting with my oldest sister, then my older brother, and lastly, me (the youngest). My parents recorded VHS tapes of a Scooby Doo marathon, and they also owned those two-episode VHS tapes in the early 90’s. When the DVD’s came out, they started collecting them. I believe a few years after I was born, we had the complete season 1 and 2 DVD, the Scooby Doo & Dynomutt Hour DVD, and Scooby Doo, Where Are You? Season 3 DVD to start out with. My siblings and I were introduced to Scooby Doo ever since we were toddlers, and over time, we started to grow up with Scooby Doo on our own. My family lived with the classics, but watched some of the middle era Scooby Doo shows and movies, but I am the one who went further than they did, and according to my dad, I’m the household expert. 3. What is your favorite Scooby-Doo episode and film? Why? That is a very tricky question to answer. There are so many great episodes and movies to choose from. “A Night of Fright is No Delight” and “Haunted House Hang-Up” are indeed two of my favorites, with the plot and atmosphere, creepy moments, and iconic villains. “Big Scare in the Big Easy,” “Large Dragon at Large,” “Block- Long Hong Kong Terror,” and “Camp Comeoniwannascareya” are episodes I think are great. Another couple of episodes are “The Night the Clown Cried” and “The Night the Clown Cried II - Tears of Doom!”. I enjoyed the plot of how the gang got back together after the events of the season 1 finale, and had to learn how to stop Crybaby Clown without Daphne (even if it was a short time), and I really enjoyed the climactic battle/chase with Crybaby Clown. As for movies, my favorite movie from the classic era is Cyber Chase, because I love the premise of Mystery Inc. getting trapped and traveling through the game their friend made, while also trying to solve the mystery behind The Phantom Virus. The moments where they meet their cyber counterparts and the final battle against The Phantom Virus are always my favorite scenes. “Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby Doo meets Courage the Cowardly Dog” is my top favorite of the modern era movies. It combines two of my favorite cartoons together in a very interesting plot that also gives an interesting explanation of Courage’s home town of Nowhere, and it is a movie I never knew I needed until the news about the movie dropped. Other great movies I would say are: Boo Brothers, Zombie Island, Aloha, Scooby Doo!, Where’s My Mummy?, Camp Scare, Mask of the Blue Falcon, and Stage Fright. Sorry for listing so much, it’s just not easy picking just one favorite out of everything else. :) 4. What ways are you involved in the Scooby fandom online? I occasionally visit your website for the latest news and be a part of the polls and community. I would also visit deviantartists, like Cybereman2099, to find inspiration for my drawings, and make sure to credit who and what inspired my drawings. I was thinking of creating a deviantart account and posting pictures of my drawings and just creating a world of heroes, villains, monsters and mystery. It might include some Scooby Doo elements, some Sonic elements, and a little bit of Spider-man in the mix. (Fair warning, most villains might be dragons or other reptiles that are either pure dragons or hybrids) 5. In your opinion, what is the best series or era of Scooby? The best era of Scooby Doo is the classic era. While I enjoy all eras of the franchise, the classic era brought some of the best shows and movies, and basically became the foundation and building blocks for the franchise. 6. What one Scooby-Doo series or film would you want a sequel to someday? I think it will be interesting to see a sequel film for “Shaggy & Scooby Doo Get a Clue!”. Since in the final episode, Dr. Phibes escaped and hasn’t been captured, it would be interesting to see Shaggy & Scooby (along with Fred, Daphne, and Velma) return and help Uncle Albert and Robi stop Dr. Phibes, Agents 1 & 2, and the rest of Phibes’ henchmen once and for all. The movie will have the mystery aspect, and some action and adventure like in the show. If it needed a more mystery aspect, it could have a mystery involving a hulking monster mech stealing advanced tech, similar to The Dragon from “Heart of Evil”. The cast will still be the cast we know and love, with Jeff Bennet reprising his role as Dr. Phibes and Agent 2 and Jim Meskimen returning as Robi and Agent 1, and maybe Matthew Lillard will voice Uncle Albert. 7. What direction would you like to see the franchise go in the future? Hopefully, I want to see the franchise to bring back the darker tone of the series like the four dark era movies or Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated, but still keep some or most of the formula, but this time, how about a little more real villains/monsters,with great story writing and of course, awesome chase music if possible. I also hope to see the franchise survive this wretched merger with WB and (UGH!!!) Discovery. 8. Who is your favorite member of the gang and why? Scooby Doo is my favorite character mainly because of his charm and big heart. While we do see him scared so much, he has shown signs of courage and bravery whenever the gang needs him, whether it's done with Scooby Snacks or by his own will, and he will jump into action to protect his friends and save the day despite his being scared. I do also enjoy his moments of being hungry, because I like to eat myself. Because of Scooby Doo, I learned that even when I’m scared, I can still be courageous and face my fears. As a bonus, he inspired me to draw and create one of my main characters. 9. What is your favorite villain? Why? This is also a tricky one to answer, there’s so many great villains. I already mentioned “A Night of Fright is no delight” and “Haunted House Hang-Up” having iconic villains, being The Green Ghosts and The Headless Specter, due to them being being absolutely creepy and being voiced by Hal Smith, who provided both villains with eerie and creepy laughs and cackles. The Phantom Virus is another great creepy villain with how he seems to enjoy causing mischief and mayhem and is downright menacing, and the same can be said for Mr. Hyde from Mask of the Blue Falcon. Crybaby Clown, Professor Pericles, and The Evil Entity are also amazing villains bringing their own charm and malice to Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated and indeed perfect for the dark tone the show has. 10. In your opinion, who is the best recurring (non-gang) character in the franchise? Scooby Dum is one of my favorite recurring characters in the franchise. I love how he tries to be a detective but goofs up bringing some memorable humor and he just fits really well being a part of the gang now and then. I wish they could bring him back to continue being a recurring character. 11. Do you have a Scooby-Doo collection? If so, what’s in it? I have almost every show and movie on DVD, some of the unreleased episodes I do plan on having mp4 files of until WB releases the remaining episodes on DVDs. I still have some of the VHSs my family had when I was little, those being Wedding Bell Boos, A Halloween Hassle at Draculs’s Castle, The Headless Horseman of Halloween, Reluctant Werewolf, three of the dark era movies, and the first three What’s New Scooby Doo era movies. I have the 3d platform games from the Gamecube, Playstation, Xbox, and Wii era. I have files of almost all of the Scooby Doo comics (there are still some old issues that haven’t been put on the internet yet) and some issues of the 2010’s, at least some of the issues from #100 to now. I have some toys and plushies, one of which I was given when I was little and still have to this day. I definitely have an almost completed collection of Scooby Doo music mp3 files. Lastly, I have a lot of books including coloring books, storybooks, the encyclopedia book, and the Scooby Doo Mysteries series. I have a big collection, so I can’t really tell you what all I have, so I figured I would list the big chunks of the collection. 12. What do you think has made the franchise so popular that it’s still going strong after 50 years? What I think has made the Scooby Doo franchise so popular is that it has everything for everyone. 13. What is one fun fact about you in real life? One fun fact I would say about myself is that I like dragons and werewolves, they look so cool and inspired me to draw one of my main characters, who is mostly a dragon, but does carry some wolf traits, and looks a little more wolf-like when he transforms. 14. Please feel free to share anything else you’d like to here! Thank you WildwindVampire for creating a wonderful website and letting me be a part of your fan spotlights. Thanks to everyone here on the website for being a wholesome community where we can share our thoughts, opinions, and other things about the franchise. I know we’re in dark times because of the WB and (UGH!!!) Discovery merger, but if we stay strong, spread awareness, support the creators, writers, animators, actors and many more, and support other movies and cartoons that are being affected by the merger, we could hopefully pull through this disaster. Best wishes for everyone! A big thank you to Connor for being today’s fan spotlight! We’ve only got two fan spotlights left this year, so be sure to check back on the blog tomorrow to meet another Scooby fan (and for the Monday fun fact)!
11 Comments
Gibby Norton
9/11/2022 09:28:35 am
I’m happy to see Scooby fans in the recent blogposts appear to really be behind Get a Clue! If these Scooby movies have been used to give 13 Ghosts and Courage thr Cowardly dog series finales, I don’t see why they can’t make a new feature-length finale for Get a Clue just to revisit that crazy series haha! I haven’t watched the show in many years now, but I was always a fan. I can remember watching it on Saturday mornings on Kids WB and catching my friends up on the show at school on Monday cause none of them woke up Saturday mornings to watch it!
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9/11/2022 04:52:08 pm
Absolutely agreed! Get a Clue is definitely overhated as a series. It's definitely not like anything else in the franchise, but it's quite fun and humorous in it's own way, at least imo!
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Matt
9/11/2022 04:53:05 pm
Believe it or not, even as someone who never was able to get into it, I also find it very cool to see
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Becker
9/11/2022 09:59:00 am
I agree with Connor's answer for a sequel idea. That and Reluctant Werewolf are my choices for sequels I'd love to see, mainly because of the kinda-cliffhangers (but they still work regardless of those teases/hanging questions)
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9/11/2022 04:54:30 pm
I'd enjoy both of those sequels too. It never made sense to me that Reluctant Werewolf just ended like that. I liked how the cliffhanger in Boo Brothers made you think, because Beauregard's ghost being real made the audience wonder which appearances of his ghost were the sheriff and which were the real ghost. Reluctant Werewolf just ending when Dracula and the Hunch Bunch returned makes no sense because it leaves no room for interpretation, it just ended randomly lol.
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Drakosleuth
9/11/2022 04:40:40 pm
Thank You very much @WildWindVampire. I really enjoyed answering these questions and sharing fun facts about myself and sharing opinions with others. This is a great community, and I'm so glad that I am a part of it. Thank you @WildWindVampire, and thank you everyone else. :)
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9/11/2022 04:55:14 pm
Thank you too Drakosleuth for being one of the fan spotlights! I had a lot of fun reading your answers, and I'm so glad you're a part of this community too! :)
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Drakosleuth
9/11/2022 05:22:52 pm
You're welcome, and I'm gonna be honest, question #6 was my favorite question to answer. My imagination was really flowing while answering that question. :) 9/11/2022 08:38:51 pm
I'm so glad you enjoyed that question! It's one of my favorite questions to read people's responses for as well just because there's always such a big variety of answers :)
James Dixon
9/12/2022 11:28:24 am
Love the drawing.
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Drakosleuth
9/12/2022 01:02:46 pm
Thank you, it is a redrawn version of one I traced drew back in middle school. The library had a Hanna-Barbera Cartoons encyclopedia book that had an image of all Hanna-Barbera characters with cartoon versions of Willaim Hanna and Joseph Barbera in the center of the picture.
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