Velma finally confirmed to be lesbian in new Scooby-Doo movie
gaytimes.co.ukVelma Dinkley is openly lesbian in the brand new movie ‘Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!’ after years of speculation among fans. Snippets from the newly-released film show the Mystery Inc.
member get flustered when she meets costume designer Coco Diablo. “And as promised, here are your Scooby Snaaaaa…” the beloved character says before going googly-eyed as her glasses fog up. “Jinkies,” she then declares.
Velma’s sexuality has been confirmed off-screen several times by those who have worked on the show, though the explicit depiction of her identity will be rejoiced by ‘Scooby-Doo’ fans across the globe.
James Gunn, who wrote the early-2000s live-action films ‘Scooby-Doo’ and ‘Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed’, said he “tried” to make her openly lesbian. “In 2001 Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script,” he wrote on Twitter in 2020. “But the studio just kept watering it down & watering it down, becoming ambiguous (the version shot), then nothing (the released version) & finally having a boyfriend (the sequel).” Similarly, Tony Cervone, who worked as a supervising producer on the ‘Mystery Incorporated’ series, said she “is not bi.
