KISS Guess Who Episode Storyboard Animatic Leaked

There has been quite a few rumors and even a subtle nod by character designer Tracy Mark Lee that instead of The Hex Girls episode, a KISS episode was originally planned in its place. A storyboard animatic just posted by the Behind the Scoobs Instagram account confirms this. The animatic shows KISS and the gang stopping the same crazed roadie (Tiny) in the Hex Girls episode who was possessed by the cursed guitar.

In addition, for those who haven't kept up with that account's posts, they've also revealed some very interesting things about the original concept for SCOOB! The numerous pieces of concept art and storyboard animatics they've posted shows that the film was originally much darker and grittier, and was heavily implied to be written for an adult audience. In addition to Dick Dastardly, the film was originally going to have a mystery involving a ghoul named Dr. Bandersnatch, a mad doctor who roamed an abandoned asylum as a zombie (see design in header image above). Based on what has been posted by the account, the film would have had a lot more fight scenes, one even involving blood. Perhaps the biggest hint to the film's PG-13 rating was that the culprit, who would have been Meryl Streep, calls the gang "dumbasses" after being unmasked, and references "the munchies."

Perhaps the film's biggest difference is that it went much deeper into Hanna-Barbera lore. In addition to Blue Falcon, Dynomutt, Captain Caveman and Dee Dee, the film was originally set to feature Penelope Pitstop, Jabberjaw, Atom Ant and Grape Ape.  Captain Caveman was also given a much bigger role. The Hanna-Barbera stuff was a lot less surface-level as well, involving extended sequences paying homage to classic Hanna-Barbera shows (a long Wacky Races sequence was posted by Behind the Scoobs).

It's been interesting to watch the animatics from the previous version of the film, as I feel it's given more insight into how the writers got to the finished product of SCOOB! One of the most common complaints about the film is the lack of mystery, but these animatics confirm there was originally a mystery within the film's plot that was removed (presumably due to being not kid-friendly). It appears the film's original version also had its plot much more heavily based on Greek mythology, which you can see the slight remnants of with the Cerberus stuff in the final version. 

It seems like many of the ideas from the original film were kept, but aspects that wouldn't have been appropriate for kids were removed, and parts that might be a bit too complex  (such as the deep cut Hanna-Barbera stuff and the Greek mythology) were also toned down to make it more palatable for a younger audience.

I doubt this will be the last SCOOB! animatic that we see, since the account seems to be posting a couple per week, but I just wanted to share my thoughts on what we'd gotten so far.