Today we’re spotlighting a fan named Dan, otherwise known as Wileyk209, who is an active poster on the ScoobyAddicts forum, a fanfiction writer (you can check out two of his fanfics, “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge, and The Drive-In of Doom on the fanfiction page of this site!), and a professional cosplayer!
Here’s Dan’s profile: 1. What is your name? You can call me Dan. 2. How did you get into Scooby-Doo? When I was six or seven years old I discovered Cartoon Network and fell in love with the channel; this was back in the mid-90s when they still ran many old Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Warner Bros. cartoons. Then one evening I saw the 1976 "Scooby-Doo Show" episode "A Frightened Hound Meets Demons Underground." At the time I was into classic spooky monsters and such, and I enjoyed the idea of dressing up and pretending to be them, which is just what the villains on Scooby-Doo did, but they did it for bad purposes, but it still got me into the show, along with the amusing antics of Scooby and Shaggy. 3. What is your favorite Scooby-Doo episode and film? Why? Some of my favorite episodes and films include "The Backstage Rage" (great creepy villain, and I also love puppetry) "Never Ape an Ape Man" (another fun villain, and I also love the movie set stuff and antics), "A Frightened Hound Meets Demons Underground" (again, this was the very first Scooby-Doo I ever saw), "The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller" (another fun movie set story, and also featuring Scooby-Dee), "Make a Beeline Away from That Feline" (a great creepy mystery and villain taking place in New York City), "Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School" (it was fun seeing Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy helping out the daughters of famous monsters, and again the villain was awesome) "Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost" (the Hex Girls are really cool and also enjoy the New England in autumn setting) "Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire" (a fun homage to the classic shows, complete with the old surviving voice actors) and "Mask of the Blue Falcon" (another fun homage, albeit to the Hanna-Barbera universe in general.) 4. What ways are you involved in the Scooby fandom online? Besides my cosplaying as Scooby-Doo (among the other characters I often cosplay as), I've written a few fun fanfics, reviewed episodes and movies online, and I've also done a few of those "YouTube Poop" mashup videos involving Scooby in some way. 5. In your opinion, what is the best series or era of Scooby? Definitely 1969-1978, which covers "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?", "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" and "The Scooby-Doo Show" episodes. But I also enjoy "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" and "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated." 6. If they could make a sequel to one Scooby-Doo series or film, what would it be? I would have to say "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo," revived as an animated direct-to-video movie or a fourth season to the original show. It was such a fun and comic take on the franchise, and you could really see the elements of "Tiny Toon Adventures" taking shape in its first season (due to sharing some of the same staff members.) That "Mystery Map" puppet movie was fun, but it was missing a few of the elements from the show (especially Red Herring!) 7. What direction would you like to see the franchise go in the future? Hmmm, I'm not sure. Anything that doesn't use the "spooky" or "mystery" formula usually isn't good. I didn't really like the 1980-1982 episodes where it was just Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy, and I also hated "Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue," both of which strayed away from the typical formula and did not feature the whole gang. And the less said about that 90s "Arabian Nights" movie, the better. 8. Who is your favorite member of the gang and why? Definitely Scooby-Doo; I love funny animal characters, and Scooby is definitely one of them. He's a funny, cartoony kind of Great Dane with an appealing design and funny voice, and can do so many things! My favorite human member of the gang is Shaggy, as he and I seem to have quite a bit in common in terms of humor, appetite and sense in dressing up (though I'm much less cowardly as Shaggy, though!) 9. What is your favorite villain? Why? That's a hard one to pick! I do have a few favorites, like the Puppet Master (again, I'm into puppetry, and he had a great creepy costume and laugh), the Ape Man (he wasn't afraid to mess with the gang, like sending a dummy of himself towards Shaggy or disguising himself as Scooby), Big Bob Oakley (how he disguised as Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster, the Wolfman AND a gypsy fortune teller in the same episode!), the Cat Creature (he had a pretty sneaky plan to make it look like Daphne's aunt was changing into the creature), the Chameleon (a very hammy master of disguise with his Achilles' Heel being his strong dislike of Worcestershire sauce), Stinkweed (he used the monster he hated playing in movies to commit crimes in hopes of making the monster unpopular) and Nasty-Doo (a fun werewolf-like Scooby relative.) 10. In your opinion, who is the best recurring (non-gang) character in the franchise? Probably Sheriff Stone from "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated." The franchise has had many sheriffs, but this one was more comical and had more of a personality, along with Patrick Warburton's distinctive voice. 11. Do you have a Scooby-Doo collection? If so, what’s in it? I don't have much of a dedicated collection, but I do have quite a bit of merchandise that I've included with my collections of certain things. My DVD/Blu-Ray library includes several pre-1990s Scooby-Doo titles (and a few of the newer ones) among the many animation DVDs and Blu-Rays I own. I also have a few of the Peter Pan Records Scooby-Doo titles in my vinyl record library, and a few different Scooby-related plushies and figures I display in my room (including Funko Pop figures of Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Dum). My library of comics and other books includes several Scooby-Doo titles, mostly assorted comics from the 70s to the present, along with that new "Scooby-Doo Encyclopedia" and a behind-the-scenes book of the 2002 movie. I also have a couple of Scooby-Doo T-shirts I enjoy wearing, and of course I also have my Scooby-Doo cosplay gear, including the Rubies deluxe adult hooded Scooby suit, their Scooby hoodie shirt, a plush Scooby maskimal, the Rubies/Mask Illusions latex Scooby mask and their Dr. Coffin and Ghost Clown latex masks (I hope to collect all the villain masks they make!) 12. What do you think has made the franchise so popular that it’s still going strong after 50 years? I think it would have to be because there is something for everyone. Male and female leads to appeal to both genders, a comedic talking animal character, the fact that they travel around and solve spooky mysteries, along with how the villains wearing ghost and monster disguises can be used to teach small children that ghosts and monsters are only make-believe. With that said, several of the shows can have things that appeal to all ages, though some might be better-suited for older children, teens and adults, like some of the direct-to-video movies (especially the early ones) or "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated." There's also the basic mystery formula that people seem to enjoy seeing, and may want to try and figure out the villain's true identity on their own before the reveal (I find that's gotten easier with much of the newer stuff, IMO.) 13. What is one fun fact about you in real life? As I mentioned, I love old cartoons, and I'm really into cosplay, including cartoon characters. I'm also what you'd call a "furry," but not like any of that stupid stereotypical sexual stuff you may have heard. (You can read more about how being a furry isn’t necessarily a sexual thing here: https://wile-e2005.livejournal.com/235463.html) Besides Scooby, I also enjoy cosplaying as Wile E. Coyote and Disney's Big Bad Wolf, and I am also working on a fursuit of an original toon wolf character of mine. 14. Please feel free to share anything else you’d like to here! If you want to check out my YouTube channel to get to know me a little more, it's www.youtube.com/user/wileyk209zback Thanks so much to Dan for his answers!
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