Two childhood friends, Velma Dinkley & Freddy Jones, move into a mysterious town with connections to EVEN MORE mysteries from across the world. Joined by a resident Scary Story Writer & Hippie Skeptic with an escaped pound dog in tow, The Mystery Inc. Family is born, using their government ties to crack down on mysteries big & small. Iconic Internet Horror creatures & entities along with classic monsters & cryptids. Code: Paranormal tackles REAL fears for the Scooby Gang as they grow up together & become an unbreakable family of meddling kids!
Nerdy childhood friend to Freddy Jones, Velma's always loved science & the concept of the paranormal! While she starts off skeptic, once the spooky lid on her reality is lifted, she uses her love for technology & fiery spirit to explore the dangerous depths nearly UNPHASED! She hides her insecurities & lack of social skills through pure wit & occasionally hot temper!
Potential Reference points for Velma's voice: Kate Micucci, Linda Cardellini ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHk2-mOOYQg )&/or Mindy Cohn ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY7ya5OYWS8 )
*Additional unique takes on the character are encouraged*
" They say MOST Geniuses never reveal the methods to their madness! I am not most geniuses. I am Madness' disappointed Mother in Law. "
" I may be the size of a munchkin, but at least I'm A SEXY munchkin, dangit! I've got large teeth & the leg strength of an OX!! I could bite yer Jinkin' leg & run away with the evidence!! I'M VELMA DINKLEY!!! FEAR ME!!! "
"Haha! Okay, Okay, ya teddy bear, you win-- BUT! If you can prove to me & the gang that Zombie Island IS INDEED 100% realer than Daphne's mom's backside, You GOTTA let me take 10 samples of Zombie DNA back into the lab with me! Pleeeeeeaaasse? I'll be your best friend! "
A coward, a wimp by most measure, but he loves a great mystery, & can often get wrapped up in a good True Crime documentary while binge-eating! On the field, Shaggy's always surprising folks with the seemingly endless number of useless skills ( as far as confronting ghouls are concerned ) He's the general goofball of the group with a knack for handing out good potential tips to calm the Mystery Family's nerves. He's an absolute meditation guru in training, but he struggles taking his own advice. Maybe he just needs to find his own special methods NOT found in a self-help book!
Vocal References Include: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U95iIyTwYOw )
" Like DUDES, BREEEEEAAATHE.... There's not a single thing in our present moment to be spooked about. Like it's just like Mama Rogers always tells me-- " Protect that Positive Energ-- OH MY GOSH, A TARANTULA!!!!! "
" I think I got so scared I threw up, reverse threw up & blew my brains out of my ears at the same time LIKE WHAT THE HECK EVEN WAS THAT THING!!!? "
" AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN CLEARLY SEE THE SIGN THAT SAYS "DANGER"!!? Like, I love y'all to little Bacon bits, but I swear, you're all gonna give me a heart attack just jumpin' into stuff without questioning...! "
Freddy's a sweet-hearted charmer of a mystery-loving theatre kid with NOT many thoughts in his head beyond trap-building, being friendly & the paranormal. Fred entertains the possibilities of all things that bump in the night without question! Adults around him like to think he's joking, but Fred's nerdy passion stemmed from a young age without little change, no matter how many fun heated debates he & Velma've had. He's a Go-Getter with enough heart to glue this team together & keep everyone organized.
Vocal References Include: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGdqfwPPvPE )
" Why just th' other day, Officer Rice said I had the brains of a Golden Retriever-- Ha! How 'bout that, huh? I mean-- I don't think I know what it means, but it did put a good smile on the face! "
" Velms, JUST THINK! This is a chance to live out our dreams of becoming FOR-REAL Paranormal Investigators like the guys on T.V.! So what if they've all vanished-- If we all became a gang of Mystery-solving crime fighters, we could even find them TOO! We'd be AMAZING!! We're DOIN' this! "
" Well, gang... Looks like we've got ourselves a MYSTERY on our hands..... OOOOOOO--OMIGOSH, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HEHEE-- THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER!! "
The people-person & honey-hearted daughter of a rich family of fashion designers, Daphne Blake loves her family, but knows her professional heart belongs elsewhere! She dreams about being a famous mystery/horror writer. INCREDIBLY trope savvy & uses her love of storytelling to brave into the unknown! The others are absolutely terrified of most things they come across on their monstrous mysteries. For Daphne, if the creature is humanoid enough, she's probably crushing on it. Daph's no slouch when her friends are in danger, thanks to loads of Self Defense training from her family, if you make a wrong move with her.... Well, I hope you can run faster than her.
Vocal References Include: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFRpnh0uZ3I )
" Velma, you know I look up to you right? Your confidence even when it feels like the world is deliberately working against you-- The way you bark back at nature?! I WISH I had to courage to stand up to my parents like that! You're amazing. Please don't let this one bad day make for a bad life. "
" JEEPERS!! I mean, I know we're supposed to be terrified right now, but THOSE PECTORALS! Is it too late to ask for his number? Who knows! Maybe he's really nice! "
" EEEE, Can you guys BELIEVE the scene this sets!?! Think of the headlines " Man's Hairy Disappearance Leaves Evidence of WEREWOLVES! " This is the kind of story material us writers DREAM of!! Mama's got dibs on writing the film adaptation! "
He's TERRFIED of just about any & all kinds of ghoul & mystery imaginable, but he LOVES the teens. Having been on the run for most of his life with no discernable reason why or anyone to call family, Shaggy & the others faked being his owners just to get authorities off his back! While Scooby's often used as the test dummy for alot of Velma's inventions & often food-bombed into situations he'd rather not engage in, Scooby will fight tooth & nail to save his new family from any threat that comes at them. He's the bravest & most loyal of them all.
Vocal References Include: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa3cvZih84U )
" HMPH! Scared? I'm not scared! R'I'm the scary one! R'I'm a Scary boy! Watch me howl! * LONG INHALE *...... *Pathetically small-sounding woof*
" Scooby-Dooby- DOOOOOOOOOO!!! Hee-He-HEE-hee-hee-hee!! "
a stone cold, hot headed & persistent sheriff of the Coolsville Police Department & the gang's antagonist! Taught goodness from her deceitful & disingenuous great uncles, the founders of Coolsville, her perception of justice is of a misguided but earnest desire to be a hero & live up to her family's *supposed* greatness. She takes her job immensely seriously & hates these kids so friggin' much. An aggressive, unstoppable & hilariously unshakeable force-- She's no cryptid, but her persistence & extremity scares the gang like nothing else!
" HA!! That's RICH! The ONLY "MyStErY" YOU'LL be solving is WHY I HAVEN'T LOCKED YOU INTO THE FURTHEST, COLDEST CELL this side of the COUNTY LINE!! KEEP YOUR SAUSAGE FINGERS UP WHERE I CAN SEE 'EM!!! "
" My great uncles built this town with their BARE HANDS! They taught me everything I needed to know about using my power to protect the innocent. It's my legal & familial duty as their great niece to save this degraded den of dunces from dastards like YOU! "
" YOU DORK-WEASELS HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ME!! YOU'LL SEE! ONE DAY, I'LL CATCH YOU DOWN-DIRTY MEDDLING KIDS... A-AND YOUR-- STUPID TALKING BALL OF FLUFF, TOO!!! "
( voice resembles Space Ghost from Coast to Coast ) Seemingly the PEAK, SHINING example of what a true mayor SHOULD be! A HERO by all measures! And yeah, he’s pretty good! Incredibly charming, works out a ton & tries to do what’s best for the people! He even runs his own local talk show with a few friends where he interviews members of the town with pride!
But he can definitely have a bit of an ego problem to him, & he’s often pretty quick to stomp out anything that he feels’ll make HIM or the town look bad. You can see how the Mystery Inc. Family are probably REALLY good at potentially doing both! IS he really a larger part of something more dangerous, or is he just a bit too airheaded for his own good?
" I have a giant brain that is able to reduce any complex machine into a simple yes or no answer. "
" Dames are like mustard: they taste great on a sandwich. But when you're not eating a sandwich... they just sit there in the fridge... on a shelf... in a jar... labeled... mustard. "
" Those stupid kids, why did I even bother? "
" Bears are Crazy. They'll bite your head if you're wearing a steak on it. "
" Welcome back, stupid viewers! You'll watch anything! Go ahead, change the channel. You'll be back! "
" I'll be dead long before you were born and I'll be dead long before you'll be dead. "
Red & his squad run a prank channel where some pranks consist of scaring the daylights out of anyone with fake acts of paranormal activity. Ultimately, this has the inverse effect of making the gang’s mystery-solving & claims of real ghouls seem like a big joke. *They can also be seen getting thrown into jail pretty often.*
He'll stuff ya in a trash can & humiliate you in front of your peers, Red's you high school bully too insecure to confront his own feelings & problems. All he knows is he gets a kick outta making others seem smaller & framing his antics as a joke. But one does have to wonder if his obsession with Freddy & the Mystery Family specifically hints at any underlying level of admiration & jealousy.
" HAAAA, HAHAHA! I scared the SLIME outta you doofuses! Now go on, Jones! Just admit you're out here wastin' yer time & uh-- Leave the demon huntin' to the professionals 'kay? M'kay. BUH-BYE Now! "
" WHAT'S POPPIN' MY RED PIMPLES & MUSTY DIMPLES? It's your boy, the Rad Red Reeper, COMIN' ATCHA with the SCARIEST, PISS YOUR PANTS CLOWN SIGHTING you'll EVER. SEE. Oppress the FREAK outta that Subscribe button so you never miss a stream! "
*FLUSTERED* WHAT TH--SHUT UP, JONES!! Pfft-- L-Like I'd ever sneak out into the middle o' the woods to see YOUR sorry squad with YOUR tight sorry butt!......"
* Realizes what he just said. *
SH-SHUT IT! YOU'RE CRUISIN' FOR A BRUISIN' IN CLASS TOMORROW, IDIOT!! RED: ROLLIN' OUT "
VOCAL REFERENCES: Sarah Vowel ( Violet ): https://youtu.be/TF0hnCzHd1U / Sophia Anne Caruso ( Lydia Deetz ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AAaa7WO60Y /
The neat-freak goth girl who just wants to feel like she’s a part of something, despite not really liking Red & his tag-team of toxicity. Seen as another school weirdo, with her love of spiders, she gets stepped over ( metaphorically ) by whatever group she tries to take part in. When the mystery gang try to help her out ( Especially Velma & Daphne ) they get her to see what a truly healthy & loving friend group really is.
Humanity & cruelty are attached to the hip. So blind to the inconvenience they cause to the smallest beauties. Sometimes they torture just for fun! Insecta and Arachnida don't do that. They consume for survival. Never cruelty. They craft webs & colonies of their own fate. Families of equally smaller beauties. Free from human cruelty. I wish I could be like them. But instead, I'm trapped in this cacophony of meat & cartilage wrapped in a flesh sock.
RRRRAAAAAUGH!! FREE AT LAST! Gone are the days of sleepless nights, DREADING the rise of sunlight as I prepare to be swirled into a toilet in the Girl's Locker Room! I RISE from my coffin of inadequacy & CHOKE THE LIFE out of the old miniscule ghost of my former self! Today, my cocoon TEARS to reveal the NEW, DARING, AMANDA ANDERSON!!
Do you ever wish people would just-- SEE YOU...? HEAR you...? For who you really are? I try fitting in to all these circles & I never belong to ANY FREAKING ONE OF THEM. I'm tired of trying. Tired of FORCING myself to FIT. Tired of changing, tired of the names, tired of EVERYTHING! Aren't you?
* MUST BE GOOD AT CREATURE/ CRITTER SOUNDS *
If you’re ever lost in the woods, buried within corridors of trees, you may be inclined to follow that bright glowing sparkle of light at the end of your path.
You were better off in blissful ignorance of the darkness surrounding you. The closer you draw towards the light, you hear a hollow screeching sound that gets louder & LOUDER. By that point, you’ve either been eaten, mangled or taken to who-knows-where.
*DULL CLICKING SOUNDS*
*AGRESSIVE SCREECH*
*VILE HISSING. LONGFORM & IN SHORT RAPID SUCCESSION*
