WEBVTT - Scooby-Doo (2002)

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<v Speaker 1>On the Bechdel cast.

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<v Speaker 2>The questions asked if movies have women and them, are

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<v Speaker 2>all their discussions just boyfriends and husbands or do they

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<v Speaker 2>have individualism? It's the patriarchy, zephim fast, start changing it

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<v Speaker 2>with the Bechdel cast.

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<v Speaker 1>Railro and welcome to the rectal cast, not the rectal cast. Yes, Caitlin,

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<v Speaker 1>the rectal cast.

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<v Speaker 3>That's disgusting.

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<v Speaker 1>Rye ram is rait Lynn.

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<v Speaker 3>You said the rectal cast.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I am familiar and I'm aware.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, okay, we're welcome to the rectel cast. My ram

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<v Speaker 4>is ramy raptus. And I resent how Scooby would introduce

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<v Speaker 4>us the rectal cast, the rectal.

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<v Speaker 3>Cast, which you know, so be it so be it.

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<v Speaker 1>Scoobysh celet Scooby it Scooby it? Which celebrity thought that

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<v Speaker 1>the Bechdel test was called the rectal test?

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<v Speaker 3>Did that happen?

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<v Speaker 1>It was someone? Yes, whoa let me look it up.

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<v Speaker 3>You know who's been on Scooby who Joey Chestman?

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<v Speaker 4>Wait what that doesn't pass the rectal test, but actually,

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<v Speaker 4>anything involving Joey does pass the rectal test due to

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<v Speaker 4>how many hot dogs he eats, but it does not

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<v Speaker 4>pass the Bechdel Test due to the fact that he's

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<v Speaker 4>a man. Anyways, Yeah, he was in uh, he was

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<v Speaker 4>in an episode of Scooby Doo. It was a thrilling

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<v Speaker 4>day for me as a Scooby fan and most importantly

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<v Speaker 4>as Joey's wife.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, it was Diane Lane who accidentally called the

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<v Speaker 1>Bechtel test the rectal test.

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<v Speaker 4>I've got to be honest, I do feel like she's

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<v Speaker 4>well within her rights, and I hope that no one

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<v Speaker 4>corrected her. That's pretty iconic. Okay, So the Joey episode

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<v Speaker 4>actually came out in the last.

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<v Speaker 3>Couple of years.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a new Scooby venture called Scooby Doo and guess who?

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<v Speaker 3>And guess who joe.

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<v Speaker 4>Joey Tesmutt who passes the rectal test with flying covers

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<v Speaker 4>colors every fourth of July.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, of course. Well, speaking of hot dogs, there's that

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<v Speaker 1>part in this movie where Shaggy is like, hey, that

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<v Speaker 1>reminds me of the time that I tried to eat

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<v Speaker 1>the guy in the hot dog costume.

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<v Speaker 4>Started on this, I also was thinking, what was my

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<v Speaker 4>all Right, we have to introduce the show because this

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<v Speaker 4>is the main feed episode.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome to the Vexel Cast. What was the rectal rest retrod.

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<v Speaker 4>Where are we saying rectal unprecedented levels this week?

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<v Speaker 1>It's true. My name is Jamie Loftus, my name is

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<v Speaker 1>Caitlin Derunte, and this is our show where we examine

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<v Speaker 1>movies through an intersectional feminist lens using the rectal rest.

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<v Speaker 4>Which is the rio retrick prevented by Ralis and Rechdel,

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<v Speaker 4>sometimes called the real.

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<v Speaker 3>If this is your first.

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<v Speaker 4>Episode, you should probably pick a different episode to listen

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<v Speaker 4>to the first time.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 4>There's a lot of different versions of the rectal test,

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<v Speaker 4>but we use our our very own special version.

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<v Speaker 3>But Kaitlyn, what, what the fuck is it?

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<v Speaker 1>Well? Our version is that two characters of a marginalized

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<v Speaker 1>gender must have names. They must speak to each other Scooby,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't you know, Shaggy their boys. But if Velma and

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<v Speaker 1>Daphne talk to each other about something other than a man,

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<v Speaker 1>they can't be talking about something other than Scooby. Then

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<v Speaker 1>it passes.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we should we should make our test more.

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<v Speaker 3>I can feel a chaotic episode coming on, I really can.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I think we should make a special exception for today,

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<v Speaker 4>or just maybe a general addition to our version of

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<v Speaker 4>the rectal rest, where nowhere it does pass if you're

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<v Speaker 4>talking about Scooby.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, okay, so like an Alfred Molina kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, exactly Did I ever tell you about my like?

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<v Speaker 3>I like, there's a lot of.

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<v Speaker 4>Like stale Jamie bits that are going to be connected

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<v Speaker 4>to this episode. First of all, Matthew Lillard. I was

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<v Speaker 4>trying to remember what the fuck I was saying about Matthew.

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<v Speaker 4>I think I was pretending to be his assistant. Was

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<v Speaker 4>that it?

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<v Speaker 3>Or I would be like Willard, No, he was my assistant.

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<v Speaker 4>Matthew Lillard was my assistant in my in my little

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<v Speaker 4>fantasy life. And I was making him bring me I

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<v Speaker 4>think tuna on crackers. It could have been, oh, or

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<v Speaker 4>maybe soup. I kind of remember this was this, Oh,

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<v Speaker 4>I think Lillard was bringing me soup and he was

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<v Speaker 4>dropping this soup and I was yelling at him.

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<v Speaker 1>Was this on the Scream episode? Maybe I forget why

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<v Speaker 1>wee would have I.

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<v Speaker 3>Believe that that would have been. It could have also been,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think it maybe made a comeback.

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<v Speaker 4>In the what's that one on a Rider movie where

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<v Speaker 4>they're just complain and complain and complain, And he's in

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<v Speaker 4>that one too.

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<v Speaker 3>We covered it last year.

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<v Speaker 1>I swear to god reality bites. Yes, no he's not

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<v Speaker 1>in that is he?

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<v Speaker 3>Wait?

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<v Speaker 4>No a m I no, no, because no, I'm thinking

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<v Speaker 4>of Steve's on But.

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<v Speaker 1>He is in Hackers. I think he is in Hackers.

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<v Speaker 4>How long has it been since we've covered a Lillard

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<v Speaker 4>original and we haven't done SLC Punk and we should

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<v Speaker 4>at some point we should. I've only seen that movie

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<v Speaker 4>once and it was the only time I've done Molly,

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<v Speaker 4>and I was like, why would you do Molly and

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<v Speaker 4>then watch SLC Punk alone? Not alone, to be clear,

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<v Speaker 4>not alone with a friend.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh okay, congrats.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>There was the bit about matth Miller being my assistant,

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<v Speaker 4>and you're right making me soup. I think I'm going

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<v Speaker 4>to bail on it. I think I'm going to bayl

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<v Speaker 4>on it for two. But I do have another Scooby,

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<v Speaker 4>but I'd like to share.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a longer term one.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>I used to have this dream, not like a but

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<v Speaker 4>like a wish, a cherished wish it kind of dream

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<v Speaker 4>in which, at every pivotal point in my life, I

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<v Speaker 4>thought it would be really funny if there was someone

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<v Speaker 4>wearing a Scooby costume, just also in the room in

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<v Speaker 4>a way that would feel so bizarre that I would

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<v Speaker 4>want people to feel like they were dreaming if they attended.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm talking about like a wedding that is a

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<v Speaker 4>very standard wedding, but someone in the audience or the

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<v Speaker 4>not the audience, god depressing.

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<v Speaker 3>The pews or whatever the states, is wearing.

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<v Speaker 4>A Scooby costume and like no attention is brought to it.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm talking I'm giving birth delivery room.

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<v Speaker 1>Ohoa, Scooby, this Skuby be there.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, all the way through my funeral, when I've you know,

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<v Speaker 4>shuffled off this mortal coil.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it would be fun for there to be

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<v Speaker 3>just someone in a Scooby suit. Now each important turn

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<v Speaker 3>in my life?

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<v Speaker 1>Is this a like a lifelong dream you've had or this.

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<v Speaker 4>Has been something I've been talking about since high school?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh? Whoa, Yeah, okay I have if I were.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not at my apartment at the moment, but if

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<v Speaker 4>i were, I could show you. An illustration that I've

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<v Speaker 4>done of me is a self portrait.

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<v Speaker 3>There's two Jamie's.

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<v Speaker 4>It's much like the Free to call it Self portrait

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<v Speaker 4>where she's sitting across from another Freedom.

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<v Speaker 3>It's that but it's me and.

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<v Speaker 4>Between us is a Scooby interesting So it has been

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<v Speaker 4>a cherished wish for a long time. And I'll say

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<v Speaker 4>it's not too late because the very arbitrary life quote

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<v Speaker 4>unquote accomplishments I was listing, none of them have happened.

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<v Speaker 4>And so not too late for Scooby at the wedding,

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<v Speaker 4>not too late for Scooby in the delivery room, not

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<v Speaker 4>too late for.

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<v Speaker 3>Or Scooby at the funeral. Yeah, Scooby at the funeral. Wait,

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<v Speaker 3>what is that? Is a sun Dance movie waiting to happen?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? Okay, so you should write it.

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<v Speaker 4>I guess all right, I'm not going to talk for

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<v Speaker 4>the rest of the episode.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that okay?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'll take overs. We should talk.

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<v Speaker 4>About the Matreon because this this episode is happening in

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<v Speaker 4>this way, Yes, due to the fact that our listener

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<v Speaker 4>base has really gone off the rails.

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<v Speaker 1>It's true, run off the rails, like it?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>So we are covering Scooby Doo two thousand and two

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<v Speaker 1>because we had put a request out to our matrons

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<v Speaker 1>on the Matreon asking what horror movies that we have

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<v Speaker 1>not yet covered that they would like us to cover

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<v Speaker 1>for the month of October, and not.

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<v Speaker 4>To be fair, should we have put Scooby Doo two

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<v Speaker 4>thousand and two under horror movies we haven't covered?

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<v Speaker 1>Some might say, now, well, well here's what happened. So

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<v Speaker 1>eventually it became a poll that the matrons voted on,

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<v Speaker 1>but before that we were just submitting any request.

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<v Speaker 3>And you sickos.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it was my fault with the wording of the

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<v Speaker 1>original post because I just said spooky movie rather than

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<v Speaker 1>like a horror movie.

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<v Speaker 4>I would say that, yeah, that does pretty closely, and

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<v Speaker 4>you got the double oh, sounds like it's Scooby Doo.

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<v Speaker 1>More like spooky Doo.

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<v Speaker 4>It's giving Scooby, it's giving Scooby.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, sorry, I'm listening.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. So I remember the requests flooded in and there

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<v Speaker 1>were six that ended up on the pole, the most

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<v Speaker 1>frequently requested movies, and one of them was Scooby Doo

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and two. So we put it on the pole.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it would be like maybe somewhere in the middle,

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<v Speaker 1>towards closer to the last place. Unbelievable response by a landslide.

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<v Speaker 4>I think did a lap around the closest competitor, Like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know what are you all every listener on

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<v Speaker 4>this show the exact same age, like what, I don't

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<v Speaker 4>understand what the but I do think that I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>well whatever, twenty year cycles, right, people have Scooby Doobe

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<v Speaker 4>Doo two thousand and two on the brain and they're

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<v Speaker 4>also I will shout out one of my favorite YouTubers

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<v Speaker 4>of all.

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<v Speaker 3>Time, Mike's Mike did a barn burner of a video

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<v Speaker 3>about Scooby Dobe Doo two thousand and two just last year.

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<v Speaker 4>Another YouTuber who I really like, named bread Sword, did

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<v Speaker 4>a very popular Scooby Doo video in the last couple

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<v Speaker 4>of years where he watched forty four Scooby Doo movies

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<v Speaker 4>Scooby Scooby's.

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<v Speaker 3>Got his paw on the pulse again, let's just say

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<v Speaker 3>that he got.

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<v Speaker 4>Joey, he got Joey or you Joey Chestnut and Joey Chess,

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<v Speaker 4>not another person who's got his paw on the pulse while.

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking about it. So apparently, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>this is an animated Scooby Doo movie or just maybe

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<v Speaker 1>the name of an episode of a Scooby series. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it actually might be a movie, though, there's something

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<v Speaker 1>called Scooby Doo in the Curse of the Thirteenth Ghost

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<v Speaker 1>that came out in twenty nineteen with Matthew Lillard voicing Shaggy.

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<v Speaker 1>Matthew Lillard is also in a movie called Thirteen Ghosts,

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<v Speaker 1>so is this a crossover kind of thing?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, and then also there's been Scooby Doo by Drama

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<v Speaker 4>Oh in the last couple of years, because I think

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<v Speaker 4>we talked about this on the podcast at the time,

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<v Speaker 4>which is wild because I have no idea what the

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<v Speaker 4>conversation would have can I to do?

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<v Speaker 3>But one of I think the enduring of the many

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<v Speaker 3>enduring elements of Scooby do two thousand and two, this

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<v Speaker 3>like Matthew Lillard Shaggy specifically became Cannon Cannon. He still

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<v Speaker 3>does Shaggy to this day.

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<v Speaker 4>He's done Shaggy one, two, three in three different series

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<v Speaker 4>this year alone. He is the canonical Shaggy. That has

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<v Speaker 4>not been true for anyone else in this cast. Not

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<v Speaker 4>to say that they weren't wonderful, but like usually voice

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<v Speaker 4>casting is.

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<v Speaker 3>Pretty fluid, but not so.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I think Lillard really just nailed it so

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<v Speaker 4>much that.

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<v Speaker 1>He cornered that market.

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<v Speaker 3>And God bless but if you recall, there was a

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<v Speaker 3>bit of drama.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh it's be a drama, Scoob. Yes, right, yes, the movie, Scoob.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you for remembering the drama surrounding Scoob. Yes, they

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<v Speaker 4>replaced Matthew Lillard. People were furious they were losing it.

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<v Speaker 4>Will Forte Shaggy. I love will Forte, but it was wrong.

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<v Speaker 4>It was wrong, and Lillard I think in a way

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<v Speaker 4>that I was like, all right, this is maybe a

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<v Speaker 4>bit much. He publicly responded and he was like, I'm

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<v Speaker 4>very disappointed to not have been cast in Scoop.

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<v Speaker 3>It hurts, it feels bad.

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<v Speaker 4>And the fans were outraged because Lillard's canon Shaggy.

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<v Speaker 3>He loves being Shaggy. And I'm thrilled to report that.

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<v Speaker 4>It really has appeared to have course corrected, because.

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<v Speaker 3>You know that Scuba is twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 4>I remember watching it and early locked down and being like,

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<v Speaker 4>this is the worst thing that's going to happen in

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<v Speaker 4>twenty twenty. No, like, that's that's how you know that.

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<v Speaker 4>You know the world is in utter disarray. Lillard's not

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<v Speaker 4>even doing Shaggy.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a mess.

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<v Speaker 4>Unfortunately, within the year it was the fans they got

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<v Speaker 4>what they fucking wanted and he's.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, he is our Shaggy again.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank goodness.

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<v Speaker 4>None of this passed the Bechtel test, but it is relevant,

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<v Speaker 4>and that is how Scooby would say that word.

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<v Speaker 3>He would say relevant.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he actually would say relevant or zoinks?

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<v Speaker 3>Can I just say zoinx?

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<v Speaker 1>You can?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh God, bless this movie. What a treat.

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<v Speaker 4>So anyways, if you're listening to this episode and you've

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<v Speaker 4>voted for Scooby Doo on the Matreon, this.

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<v Speaker 1>Is your faults.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope you're happy, because I'm actually quite happy that

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<v Speaker 4>we are covering this movie. Same But if you're not

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<v Speaker 4>a member of the Matreon, here's a plug for it,

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<v Speaker 4>because I mean, we couldn't be more biased. But it's

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<v Speaker 4>a treat. It's a treat for five bucks a month,

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<v Speaker 4>you can get two bonus episodes. It's just me and Caitlin.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a little more, you know. It's like a lighthearted,

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<v Speaker 4>fun vibe. Over on the Matreon, we usually choose a

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<v Speaker 4>theme every month. This month it's popular horror requests we

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<v Speaker 4>haven't gotten too.

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<v Speaker 1>And so the reason that we shifted Scooby Doo over

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<v Speaker 1>to the main feed is because it won by such

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<v Speaker 1>a landslide, and we're like, well, if this many matrons

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<v Speaker 1>want it, surely this many people in general want it.

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<v Speaker 1>So then on the Matreon this month we are covered

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<v Speaker 1>bring I Guess like second and third place, which basically

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<v Speaker 1>tied two votes apart.

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<v Speaker 4>It felt it felt right, it felt right to do it,

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<v Speaker 4>so we're doing it. Follows in Barbarian, which both also

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<v Speaker 4>take both take place in the Greater Detroit area and

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<v Speaker 4>are kind of more independent movies, so it feels like

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<v Speaker 4>a more appropriate match up over there. And if you

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<v Speaker 4>would or if you're interested in those episodes or hell,

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<v Speaker 4>the like one hundred and fifty episodes of backlog we

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<v Speaker 4>have over in the Matreon, it is a mere five

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<v Speaker 4>dollars a month. It's a very fun community and as

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<v Speaker 4>you can tell by the episode we're doing right now,

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<v Speaker 4>they're absolute menaces over there.

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<v Speaker 3>They're always making us do all sorts of I think,

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<v Speaker 3>I truly, I'm trying to think of.

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<v Speaker 4>Like for me, for me on the Matreon, I think

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<v Speaker 4>it's it's the Pinocchio Wars for me. That's where we

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<v Speaker 4>can really let our worst instincts fly free. We did

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<v Speaker 4>do a theme earlier this year that was every adaptation

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<v Speaker 4>of Pinocchio that came out in twenty twenty two, which

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<v Speaker 4>was three of them, including the poly sharp Pinocchio. So

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<v Speaker 4>if you really want some some deep cuts and some

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<v Speaker 4>fun discussions, that is where you can find them.

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<v Speaker 3>But today serious discourse.

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<v Speaker 4>On the main feed Scooby Doo two thousand and two. Now, Caitlin,

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<v Speaker 4>what is your history with this movie?

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<v Speaker 3>And I would also say Scooby canon.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, I had never seen this movie before, no way, really,

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<v Speaker 1>it's true, and I had never seen its sequel either,

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<v Speaker 1>nor had I really seen any Scooby Do intellectual property.

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<v Speaker 1>I fascinated where of the characters. You know, it has

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<v Speaker 1>permeated pop culture, you know, the zeitgeist if you will.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just knew through cultural osmosis who all the

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe i'd like it was on in the background

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<v Speaker 1>at some point, but I never like actively sat down

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<v Speaker 1>and watched any Scooby show or anything like that. But

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<v Speaker 1>I you know, obviously you know Scooby and Scrappy and

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<v Speaker 1>Shaggy and Fred and Velma and Daphne.

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<v Speaker 4>They're very Yeah, they're like peak cultural osmosis stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, so, but yeah, I had never seen this movie

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<v Speaker 1>or I feel like sick much in the way of

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<v Speaker 1>any other Scooby Doo property. But I was, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>keeping my eye on the pole and saw that Scooby

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<v Speaker 1>Doo was taking the lead by a lot. I was like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll watch it. So I watched it a few weeks

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<v Speaker 1>ago with our friend Bryant, and then I watched it

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<v Speaker 1>two more times to prep for this episode.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I mean, you've got to be ready. You've got

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<v Speaker 4>to be ready because there's a lot going on in

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<v Speaker 4>this movie. And I'm like, kind of serious.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew. I told you. Remember, we were like, You're like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if there's anything to say, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, there's some stuff to say, and we'll say it.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I also watched Scooby Doo two two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and four Monsters Unleashed.

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<v Speaker 4>I haven't seen that movie, I don't think since it

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<v Speaker 4>came out out. So I'm thrilled to.

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<v Speaker 1>Hear Jamie, what is your relationship with Scooby.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, you know, I love it. I love it. I

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<v Speaker 3>love it. Maybe will not shock long time listeners of

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<v Speaker 3>the show know that I love Scooby Doo.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that like it was maybe in like arrogant

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<v Speaker 4>child brain. It was maybe one of the first cartoons

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<v Speaker 4>I got burnt out on as a kid, because I

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<v Speaker 4>really loved Mainline. I mean, they would show reruns on

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<v Speaker 4>Cartoon Network. I'd watch them with my cousins. But it

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<v Speaker 4>was you know, very, very formulaic, which I think is

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<v Speaker 4>commented on quite brilliantly at the beginning of Scooby Doo

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<v Speaker 4>two thousand and two, where it's a ghostly mystery, but

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<v Speaker 4>also like I mean, in the deeper into Scooby canon

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<v Speaker 4>you got, there's a lot of kind of questions of like,

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<v Speaker 4>in the Scooby Doo world, is magic real? Is the

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<v Speaker 4>supernatural force in this movie? I think it is equally

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<v Speaker 4>ambiguous and confusing and equally written off and dismissed.

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<v Speaker 3>Which I guess is true to canon.

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<v Speaker 4>But also it's like it's always like, oh, oh no,

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<v Speaker 4>it's not you know, ghosts aren't real. It's just some

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<v Speaker 4>some horny old guy. Yeah, it's you know, like in

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<v Speaker 4>a very predictable way.

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<v Speaker 3>And so it was like as a kid, I remember

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<v Speaker 3>loving it.

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<v Speaker 4>And then being like, oh my god, I think I

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<v Speaker 4>know how every episode's going to end, and then abandoning

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<v Speaker 4>the Scooby ship for a while.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be honest I saw this movie in theaters.

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<v Speaker 4>I remember loving it, thinking it was a little raunchy,

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<v Speaker 4>really being fixated on Sarah Michelle Geller's outfits, and being

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<v Speaker 4>I think I've mentioned this on the show before, being

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<v Speaker 4>I like there, I didn't like practical effects.

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<v Speaker 3>Or CG animals when I was.

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<v Speaker 4>A kid, and I think a particularly gnarly time to

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<v Speaker 4>be a kid and be witnessing effects because I, with

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<v Speaker 4>all due respect to you know, to the Scooby Hive,

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<v Speaker 4>to the denizens of the Mystery Machine.

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<v Speaker 3>Scooby looks busted in these movies. He freaks me out.

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<v Speaker 4>He freaks me out, and yeah, Scooby Doo two thousand

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<v Speaker 4>and two. Even as a kid, I was like, this

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<v Speaker 4>is not this.

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<v Speaker 3>Is not my Scooby. I don't you know, this is

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<v Speaker 3>not hashtag not my Scooby.

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<v Speaker 4>I was.

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<v Speaker 3>I was a little freaked by the Scooby But I

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<v Speaker 3>loved this movie. I thought it was so funny. And

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<v Speaker 3>I also am just like, as a.

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<v Speaker 4>Grown person interested in Scooby discourse, Scooby Dooby discourse as

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<v Speaker 4>we call it in the community. I'm not a part

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<v Speaker 4>of the community. Let maybe I just but I am

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<v Speaker 4>interested because I feel like there is a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>because it's been you know, as a property that's been

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<v Speaker 4>around for I believe, let me check, I did know

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<v Speaker 4>off the top of my head. Yeah, over half a century.

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<v Speaker 4>These damn kids have been ripping masks off of old

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<v Speaker 4>guys heads. And I think that there is like a

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<v Speaker 4>really interesting legacy around the way that Peo fans.

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<v Speaker 3>Have perceived these characters. I think there's a huge queer.

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<v Speaker 4>Reading of the Scooby Doo expanded universe that is very

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<v Speaker 4>unique and very cool and also ties into this movie

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<v Speaker 4>directly for the sake of like I don't know, there's

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<v Speaker 4>if you're a listener, there's a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>Of Scooby Doo content.

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<v Speaker 4>We're mostly going to be sticking to the movie, but

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<v Speaker 4>you know, in the context of who these characters have meant,

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<v Speaker 4>I think, especially with like Daphne and Velma and a

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<v Speaker 4>little bit of Fred, there's a lot to talk about.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's an interesting and wholesome kind of property.

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<v Speaker 4>And I do remember there was something of a shit

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<v Speaker 4>storm surrounding, like discourse around the Mindy Kaling Velma series

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<v Speaker 4>that came out last year. I'm gonna say I'm not

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<v Speaker 4>touching that. I'm not touching that I didn't watch it.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. The only dull.

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<v Speaker 1>Thing I will say that I think is relevant to

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<v Speaker 1>our discussion is that the cast of Scooby Doo has

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<v Speaker 1>for a very very long time been white, just a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of white people. And then Velma, the HBO Max

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever, just Max whatever, it's HBO, what trying to

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<v Speaker 1>make Max happen?

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<v Speaker 4>Anyway, I know the world is going to be incinerated

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<v Speaker 4>in ten years.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing matters. Yeah, but the animated series Velma starring and

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<v Speaker 1>I think like executive produced by Mindy Kaling. Mindy Kaling

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<v Speaker 1>plays Velma. There's also Constance Wu plays Daphne and Sam

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<v Speaker 1>Richardson plays Shaggy, as well as Glenn Howardton playing Fred.

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<v Speaker 1>So three of the four main cast are people of

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<v Speaker 1>color in the series. So it, you know, course corrects

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<v Speaker 1>this problem of you know, Scooby Doo being extremely white. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>audiences hated that series and the creative liberties it took right,

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<v Speaker 1>which I from my recollection of it, was not connected

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<v Speaker 1>to the Scooby Doo gang not being white.

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<v Speaker 4>It was more connected to just like the writing and

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<v Speaker 4>how the series ended up.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't yeah, I again, I didn't watch it because

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<v Speaker 3>it just seemed so nuclear. Maybe it was good. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>I yeah, I remember like there being an initial wave

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<v Speaker 4>of excitement of like, oh, this historically like white group

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<v Speaker 4>of teenagers. Like they're like they're diversifying this cast in

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<v Speaker 4>a way that makes total sense. But then I do

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<v Speaker 4>remember there being conversation around handling the queerness of the

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<v Speaker 4>group was considered to be fumbled all this other stuff

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<v Speaker 4>We didn't but that's not what we're talking about today.

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<v Speaker 4>But all I have to say the fact that there

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<v Speaker 4>was a massive wave of Scooby Dooby discourse within the

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<v Speaker 4>last calendar year. These characters people care, they don't care

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<v Speaker 4>about what's going on with these damn kids. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 4>think that this was in conclusion, I think this was

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<v Speaker 4>a movie that was was formative and also one where

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<v Speaker 4>I just like the women are they're really they're really

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<v Speaker 4>doing something, They're really doing something cool in this movie.

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<v Speaker 4>I just remember being like, Wow, Linda Cardliniewater interesting, interesting,

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<v Speaker 4>and I'm thinking about it, all right, let's talk about

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<v Speaker 4>and also like for because I think we will be

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<v Speaker 4>talking about this at length within the conversation after the recap.

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<v Speaker 4>This is directed by Rajah Gosnell and screenplay and story

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<v Speaker 4>by James Gunn, who has spoken about this movie extensively.

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<v Speaker 4>He is later famous for doing Guardians at the Galaxy.

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<v Speaker 3>He's currently in charge of that. Master Yeah has encountered

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<v Speaker 3>his you know share of.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, public humiliation in the way that I feel

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<v Speaker 4>like anyone who gets remotely near superhero properties does. But

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<v Speaker 4>in general it seems to be a pretty beloved writer

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<v Speaker 4>and certainly loves talking about Scooby doo So we're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>be getting into that Scooby Dooey discourse.

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<v Speaker 1>But first, yes, first a break, and then we will

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<v Speaker 1>come back for the recap, and we're back.

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<v Speaker 4>Is there any is rot Row, It's Scooby Dooey Doo,

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<v Speaker 4>It's zoinks and for me it'sinks. Okay, h zoinks? What

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<v Speaker 4>happens in this movie? Case?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay? Well, first of all, we are in Coolsville, USA.

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<v Speaker 1>M ever heard of it?

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<v Speaker 3>I just like it's so Scooby Doobe goofy. I just

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<v Speaker 3>love how like brain Dead some of it is. I

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<v Speaker 3>love Yeah, Colesville, Yes, perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>We open on Mystery inc aka like the Scooby Game,

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<v Speaker 1>solving a group of bisexual teenagers, Yes, and their large

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<v Speaker 1>dog who can talk. They are solving a mystery at

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<v Speaker 1>a toy factory. Of course, it's Shaggy played by Matthew Lillard.

0:26:13.960 --> 0:26:19.159
<v Speaker 1>Fred is Freddy Prince Junior, Velma is Linda Cardellini, Daphne

0:26:19.200 --> 0:26:22.719
<v Speaker 1>is Sarah Michelle Geller, and of course Scooby Doo and

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<v Speaker 1>he's voiced by Neil Fanning.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, who is not our normal Scooby. I think we

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<v Speaker 4>would normally have Oh gosh, Frank, not your normal Scooby.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, okay, So they stop this guy, old man Smithers,

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<v Speaker 1>who is pretending to be a ghost, and he's like,

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<v Speaker 1>I would have gotten away with it too, if it

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<v Speaker 1>weren't for you meddling kids.

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<v Speaker 4>Cloud yet another phrase intrinsically connected to the Scooby universe.

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<v Speaker 1>And then a bunch of people show up. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you think, Pamela Anderson? God, And it's quote unquote her

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<v Speaker 1>fault that old man Smithers did this whole thing to

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<v Speaker 1>begin with because she wouldn't go out with him.

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<v Speaker 3>Frank.

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<v Speaker 4>So now, welker, Frank, oh, welker. And I only say

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<v Speaker 4>that because we've talked about him on the show before.

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<v Speaker 4>He's like a legendary voice actor. Yes, And I love

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<v Speaker 4>voice actors. Okay, Frank Walker, but this is not Frank

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<v Speaker 4>weldcler Let's go back to the discussion.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, okay, So Pamela Anderson is there because it's her

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<v Speaker 1>toy factory question mark.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, not sure she's a girl boss to get the

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<v Speaker 3>toy factory.

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<v Speaker 1>It's great, yeah, yeah, And so everyone's like, wow, good job,

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<v Speaker 1>mystery inc.

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<v Speaker 4>This was a This was a big thing for movies

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<v Speaker 4>of two thousand and two, because if we're talking about

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<v Speaker 4>like goofy children's movies of two thousand and two, unavoidable

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<v Speaker 4>or avoidable until I'm forcing the discussion, is a Master

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<v Speaker 4>of Disguss starring Dana Carvey comes out in this same

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<v Speaker 4>stretch of time, We've got Scooby Doo coming out in June.

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<v Speaker 4>Master's Disguise on its heels August second, two thousand and two,

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<v Speaker 4>and that movie also opens with a nostalgic to children,

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<v Speaker 4>meaningless reveal of a famous woman.

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<v Speaker 3>In Master of.

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<v Speaker 4>Disguise, it's Bo Derek rips off a rubber mask with

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<v Speaker 4>James Brolin, and she's Bo Derek, and that's you know,

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<v Speaker 4>that's for parents. I guess this is I think that

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<v Speaker 4>we're getting kind of a lot of and I have

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<v Speaker 4>a quote for this.

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<v Speaker 3>Later in the episode.

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<v Speaker 4>But this movie, I think you can very clearly trace

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<v Speaker 4>its lineage too, coming off the success of Shrek.

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<v Speaker 3>Shrek changed everything.

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<v Speaker 4>We know this to be true. I really do feel

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<v Speaker 4>like it comes up on the show at least once

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<v Speaker 4>a month. Shrek changed everything because now you have to

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<v Speaker 4>have jokes for parents as well, and that becomes like

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<v Speaker 4>very inherent to what popular children's media is.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think that you can.

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<v Speaker 4>Really really see that reflected in Scooby Doo, which comes

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<v Speaker 4>out the following year, and James Gunn, Oh god, he

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<v Speaker 4>used this very funny turn of phrase.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh he said in the heat of Shrek. That's what

0:29:12.640 --> 0:29:18.000
<v Speaker 3>he said. There, excuse me, in the heat of Shrek.

0:29:18.400 --> 0:29:20.240
<v Speaker 3>It's like in the heat of the kind of movie.

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<v Speaker 1>It's in the heat of Shrek.

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<v Speaker 3>In the heat of Shrek. But there is I think

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<v Speaker 3>that that's.

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<v Speaker 4>Like there are there's a quality to these like children's

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<v Speaker 4>movies of the early two thousands that are like a

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<v Speaker 4>little raunchier than than they even are now.

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<v Speaker 3>Due to the heat of Shrek.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, and and Trek makes me feel like I'm in heat,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know.

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<v Speaker 3>What, so awesome, I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, okay, sorry, sorry, sorry sorry.

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<v Speaker 3>We're in the first scene of the movies.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, okay, So mystery Ink solves the mystery. Everyone's like, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>good job, and Fred is like, yeah, I basically did everything,

0:30:08.960 --> 0:30:12.959
<v Speaker 1>and so Velma is upset with Fred for taking credit

0:30:13.000 --> 0:30:15.600
<v Speaker 1>for her plan, and she decides to quit.

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<v Speaker 4>I really like the choice of dynamics between characters.

0:30:20.080 --> 0:30:22.840
<v Speaker 3>I think there's room for more. We'll talk about it.

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<v Speaker 3>But I kind of.

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<v Speaker 4>Because I'd seen this movie a bunch of times, but

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<v Speaker 4>easily not in at least like five years, and I

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<v Speaker 4>kind of forgot that, like Fred and Velma have a

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<v Speaker 4>bit of a power struggle, but it makes sense with

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<v Speaker 4>their characters, and I liked it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so yeah, so Velma quits. Then Daphne, who does

0:30:44.280 --> 0:30:47.560
<v Speaker 1>not like that she's the one who's always getting kidnapped

0:30:47.600 --> 0:30:51.880
<v Speaker 1>and damseled, also quits okay, and then Fred quits because

0:30:51.880 --> 0:30:56.680
<v Speaker 1>everyone else is quitting, So now it's just Shaggy and Scooby.

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<v Speaker 1>We cut to two years later. Shaggy and Scooby are

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<v Speaker 1>living on the beach. They're just chilling, you know, they're

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<v Speaker 1>just vamping.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe they're vamping.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't that what you would used to what.

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<v Speaker 3>No, there was a phrase that.

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<v Speaker 1>You have said on the podcast, like probably honestly seven

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<v Speaker 1>years ago.

0:31:22.640 --> 0:31:25.840
<v Speaker 3>They're very Actually, I couldn't have said that. What was it?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay?

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<v Speaker 3>What was I trying to express at that time? Like

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<v Speaker 3>just chilling lamping? Lamping lamp.

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<v Speaker 4>And even that now makes me sound ancient, crusty dead.

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<v Speaker 3>That's so.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that was like what you would say if you

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<v Speaker 4>were like hanging out with your friends in.

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<v Speaker 3>Two thousand and nine.

0:31:44.400 --> 0:31:47.320
<v Speaker 4>It's because and that's from a movie that we haven't covered,

0:31:47.320 --> 0:31:49.600
<v Speaker 4>and I.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't think we ever need to Napoleon Dynamite. That's where

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<v Speaker 3>that comes from. Oh, I am.

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<v Speaker 1>Not realize that was the source of it. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 1>I love lamp lamping. Is that vamping is just like

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<v Speaker 1>what you do when you're on stage and you need

0:32:03.280 --> 0:32:03.960
<v Speaker 1>to kill ten.

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<v Speaker 3>The nice comedian is still not arrived, right.

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<v Speaker 4>Vaping is what they would have been doing if you

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<v Speaker 4>could show that in the movie took place twenty years later.

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<v Speaker 3>What they are doing is smoking weed in a van

0:32:16.200 --> 0:32:16.640
<v Speaker 3>for two.

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<v Speaker 4>Years, but that they're not allowed you know, you're not

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<v Speaker 4>allowed to show it.

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<v Speaker 3>But in the heat of Shrek, you can imply it.

0:32:22.840 --> 0:32:24.680
<v Speaker 3>In the heat of shrug. You can imply it, you

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<v Speaker 3>just can't show it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, okay, so they're not vamping. They're lamping. Well, they

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<v Speaker 1>are kind of just killing time until the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>mystery something happens.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, they're really like the Yeah, they're eating, they're snacking.

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<v Speaker 1>But they're not detectives any more until they're approached by

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<v Speaker 1>someone who wants them to come to an amusement park

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<v Speaker 1>called Spooky Island because there's a mystery at the park

0:32:54.440 --> 0:32:55.640
<v Speaker 1>that needs solving.

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<v Speaker 4>Another brainless title for a location, and you're like, mmm,

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<v Speaker 4>the only way this could get better is if mister.

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<v Speaker 3>Bean was on the island. Well, guess what.

0:33:06.360 --> 0:33:09.560
<v Speaker 4>Baby, But first we go, we go to the airport

0:33:09.640 --> 0:33:12.160
<v Speaker 4>and we see the gang reunite, which is important and

0:33:12.240 --> 0:33:16.360
<v Speaker 4>formative because of Daphne's suitcases matching her dress.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, yes, the other members of Mystery Ink have

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<v Speaker 1>also received letters inviting them to Spooky Island. None of

0:33:25.160 --> 0:33:27.920
<v Speaker 1>them know that the other members of the group were

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<v Speaker 1>going to be there, and so they kind of reluctantly

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<v Speaker 1>bored the flight to Spooky Island. On the plane, Shaggy

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<v Speaker 1>meets a woman named Mary Jane lay By Isle of Fisher.

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<v Speaker 4>Incredible that that is what she's doing in this movie,

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<v Speaker 4>Mary Jane.

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<v Speaker 3>Again, we're in the heat of Shrek and these things

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<v Speaker 3>will happen.

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<v Speaker 1>And Mary Jane and Shaggy have a lot in common,

0:33:56.080 --> 0:33:59.360
<v Speaker 1>and they're flirting, they're vibing, they're lamping.

0:33:59.360 --> 0:34:02.160
<v Speaker 3>Maybe even we have to get it. We have to

0:34:02.160 --> 0:34:03.360
<v Speaker 3>stop saying it. We have to.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. So they arrive on Spooky Island and meet Emil

0:34:09.440 --> 0:34:13.799
<v Speaker 1>Mondavarius ka Rowan Atkinson aka mister Bean.

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<v Speaker 3>We do quick? Have I mentioned this on the show?

0:34:17.760 --> 0:34:21.640
<v Speaker 4>I think about it frequently as a big James A

0:34:21.800 --> 0:34:22.359
<v Speaker 4>castor fan.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you know where I'm going with this? Oh? Yes, okay.

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<v Speaker 4>I love James a Caster. He whatever he's doing right now,

0:34:32.000 --> 0:34:35.520
<v Speaker 4>I wish him well. He released an amazing special and

0:34:35.560 --> 0:34:38.080
<v Speaker 4>I think, like twenty twenty or twenty twenty one, I

0:34:38.080 --> 0:34:41.919
<v Speaker 4>think calls like called like cold Lasagna in nineteen ninety eight,

0:34:42.200 --> 0:34:46.239
<v Speaker 4>want to kill myself, something like that. The thrust of

0:34:46.400 --> 0:34:55.080
<v Speaker 4>this thrust Caitlin, the thrust of the special involves him

0:34:55.239 --> 0:34:58.680
<v Speaker 4>after like years, I think, close to a decade, disclosing

0:34:59.040 --> 0:35:03.160
<v Speaker 4>that his one time fiance left him for mister Bean,

0:35:03.719 --> 0:35:06.680
<v Speaker 4>and how as a comedian it was a very challenging

0:35:06.800 --> 0:35:09.319
<v Speaker 4>secret to keep due to the fact that it was

0:35:09.360 --> 0:35:12.640
<v Speaker 4>a devastating to his life and b being left for

0:35:12.760 --> 0:35:16.160
<v Speaker 4>mister Bean is kind of the funniest way to be

0:35:16.239 --> 0:35:21.799
<v Speaker 4>abandoned by someone you love, to be like, sorry, I've

0:35:21.840 --> 0:35:24.000
<v Speaker 4>fallen in love with mister Bean. I'm pregnant with mister

0:35:24.000 --> 0:35:24.960
<v Speaker 4>Bean's baby.

0:35:25.680 --> 0:35:32.759
<v Speaker 1>Gregmand with mister mister Greg Bean, and anyways, I wish

0:35:32.880 --> 0:35:33.399
<v Speaker 1>them the best.

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<v Speaker 4>Mister Bean still married to I'm not gonna give her

0:35:37.560 --> 0:35:41.120
<v Speaker 4>government name, you know, like, but I just remember, I mean,

0:35:41.160 --> 0:35:42.919
<v Speaker 4>it's a great special And I also was like, wow,

0:35:43.040 --> 0:35:46.359
<v Speaker 4>James Acaster, classy for keeping that under your hat for

0:35:46.400 --> 0:35:48.880
<v Speaker 4>ten years. I don't think I would have been that

0:35:48.960 --> 0:35:53.120
<v Speaker 4>successful if if, if my beloved had had run out

0:35:53.200 --> 0:35:57.880
<v Speaker 4>on me from one mister Bean. Anyways, mister Bean's on

0:35:57.880 --> 0:36:00.600
<v Speaker 4>the island, yes, and he's not acting stilly, and so

0:36:00.640 --> 0:36:01.920
<v Speaker 4>we're like, something's up.

0:36:02.640 --> 0:36:06.440
<v Speaker 1>So he believes he runs the amusement park Spooky Island,

0:36:06.640 --> 0:36:09.279
<v Speaker 1>and I think the island is also called Spooky I'm

0:36:09.320 --> 0:36:09.720
<v Speaker 1>not sure.

0:36:09.920 --> 0:36:10.960
<v Speaker 3>Anyway, we don't know.

0:36:11.320 --> 0:36:15.919
<v Speaker 1>He believes that someone is casting a magic spell on

0:36:16.200 --> 0:36:19.440
<v Speaker 1>the college students who go to the park for spring break,

0:36:20.320 --> 0:36:25.920
<v Speaker 1>and he believes this because they arrive all lively and excited,

0:36:26.160 --> 0:36:30.360
<v Speaker 1>but when they leave, they're like kind of zombie esque.

0:36:30.440 --> 0:36:33.839
<v Speaker 1>They're like just you know, dull and quiet.

0:36:33.719 --> 0:36:36.320
<v Speaker 3>Just kind of like boring, boring.

0:36:36.480 --> 0:36:39.759
<v Speaker 4>Right, Yeah, they don't leave, they're like I think the

0:36:39.880 --> 0:36:43.000
<v Speaker 4>subtext to is like they arrive slutty, they leave.

0:36:43.719 --> 0:36:46.600
<v Speaker 1>Not slutty, they're not horny.

0:36:48.400 --> 0:36:52.640
<v Speaker 3>Just like interesting, what a quandary for mister Bean.

0:36:52.920 --> 0:36:57.520
<v Speaker 1>Right, So the Scooby Gang gets to work on solving

0:36:57.640 --> 0:37:04.640
<v Speaker 1>the mystery. Velma goes to an event I'm not sure where.

0:37:04.960 --> 0:37:10.160
<v Speaker 1>This guy nagu Tauna is pissed at a Meal for

0:37:10.239 --> 0:37:16.280
<v Speaker 1>building his park on this land and disturbing and displacing

0:37:16.920 --> 0:37:22.320
<v Speaker 1>these like creatures slash ancient beings who lived on the island,

0:37:22.880 --> 0:37:27.920
<v Speaker 1>and the island is a thoroughfare to a supernatural realm.

0:37:28.560 --> 0:37:33.880
<v Speaker 1>And we'll talk all about that representation, yes, in a bit.

0:37:33.840 --> 0:37:37.440
<v Speaker 4>At of the major weaknesses of a fine movie.

0:37:37.600 --> 0:37:37.920
<v Speaker 3>Yes.

0:37:38.800 --> 0:37:43.439
<v Speaker 1>So, now Nagoo is a suspect on a different part

0:37:43.440 --> 0:37:48.040
<v Speaker 1>of the island. Daphne is investigating and runs into this

0:37:48.160 --> 0:37:53.600
<v Speaker 1>man who is doing a quote unquote voodoo ritual. We

0:37:53.680 --> 0:37:58.000
<v Speaker 1>will also talk about how that is represented. And he's like,

0:37:58.760 --> 0:38:04.440
<v Speaker 1>definitely do not go into the Spooky Island Castle, and

0:38:04.520 --> 0:38:09.280
<v Speaker 1>so she's like, well, obviously I have to go there now. Meanwhile,

0:38:09.480 --> 0:38:13.520
<v Speaker 1>Scooby is being lured into the creepy forest with the

0:38:13.560 --> 0:38:17.560
<v Speaker 1>promise of a bag of hamburgers, and while he's there,

0:38:17.600 --> 0:38:22.600
<v Speaker 1>he gets attacked. Scooby, Yes, he gets attacked by some

0:38:22.719 --> 0:38:27.560
<v Speaker 1>kind of monster and he escapes and rushes over to Shaggy,

0:38:28.239 --> 0:38:33.640
<v Speaker 1>who again is still flirting and vibing with Mary Jane.

0:38:33.760 --> 0:38:36.080
<v Speaker 1>And then Daphne also shows up and she's like, Okay,

0:38:36.080 --> 0:38:39.359
<v Speaker 1>we got to go check out this castle. So they

0:38:39.360 --> 0:38:42.359
<v Speaker 1>go to the castle. Fred and Velma are already there

0:38:42.400 --> 0:38:44.839
<v Speaker 1>scoping things out, and it turns out to be this

0:38:45.280 --> 0:38:50.359
<v Speaker 1>ride that's closed for maintenance, and the group splits up

0:38:50.400 --> 0:38:55.360
<v Speaker 1>to search the castle for clues. Now, Fred and Velma

0:38:55.400 --> 0:39:01.240
<v Speaker 1>find what appears to be a brainwashing facility for a cult. Yeah,

0:39:01.280 --> 0:39:06.480
<v Speaker 1>Shaggy and Scooby find the set of a TV show

0:39:06.640 --> 0:39:10.800
<v Speaker 1>and then they have a burping and farting contest there. Also,

0:39:10.880 --> 0:39:13.440
<v Speaker 1>does that set ever come back in any way?

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<v Speaker 4>Not that I could tell, No, And I do think,

0:39:16.760 --> 0:39:20.000
<v Speaker 4>I mean, I guess that that is just like again,

0:39:20.080 --> 0:39:25.520
<v Speaker 4>I mean and I mean it is maybe creatively foolish

0:39:25.600 --> 0:39:30.399
<v Speaker 4>to have Scooby and Norvil shaggy rogers, you know, like

0:39:30.520 --> 0:39:32.200
<v Speaker 4>in the mix and not.

0:39:33.480 --> 0:39:35.440
<v Speaker 1>Farting farts and burps. Yeah.

0:39:35.560 --> 0:39:37.879
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's kind of their whole their whole thing came.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, all come on and in the heat of trek

0:39:41.520 --> 0:39:45.040
<v Speaker 1>and the of people and.

0:39:45.000 --> 0:39:49.560
<v Speaker 4>Farting booming for a burping and farting extravagance. In fact,

0:39:49.640 --> 0:39:53.440
<v Speaker 4>I'm on IMDb right now, brack Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>Going to the.

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<v Speaker 4>Tags, the tags for Scooby you two thousand and two.

0:39:58.000 --> 0:40:02.800
<v Speaker 4>First tag farting contest. Wow, second tag two thousand's, third

0:40:02.840 --> 0:40:06.600
<v Speaker 4>tag strong female Character, fourth tag fart.

0:40:08.560 --> 0:40:10.319
<v Speaker 1>Okay, so.

0:40:11.960 --> 0:40:15.040
<v Speaker 4>You know there's a lot of which I mean, if

0:40:15.120 --> 0:40:17.840
<v Speaker 4>you if those aren't shreky in tags as well.

0:40:18.080 --> 0:40:21.480
<v Speaker 1>I mean you could argue that you could. Yes, you

0:40:21.560 --> 0:40:26.080
<v Speaker 1>certainly could. Okay, So the farting contest is happening. Meanwhile,

0:40:26.239 --> 0:40:30.840
<v Speaker 1>Daphne finds this little like pyramid shaped relic of some kind,

0:40:31.680 --> 0:40:34.600
<v Speaker 1>and so they all leave the castle and start doing

0:40:34.680 --> 0:40:39.480
<v Speaker 1>further research. Velma goes to some kind of like restaurant

0:40:39.680 --> 0:40:43.799
<v Speaker 1>lounge place to study the relic, which she thinks is

0:40:43.840 --> 0:40:48.600
<v Speaker 1>something called the Damon Ritis, and this guy approaches her

0:40:48.680 --> 0:40:51.719
<v Speaker 1>who's gonna kind of be her love interests sort of,

0:40:51.760 --> 0:40:55.040
<v Speaker 1>but we never learn his names. Guy, I don't think.

0:40:55.400 --> 0:40:59.719
<v Speaker 4>He couldn't be more script notes if he tried. This

0:40:59.760 --> 0:41:02.279
<v Speaker 4>is a guy who wanders out of the ether he

0:41:02.320 --> 0:41:05.320
<v Speaker 4>may not even be alive, and tries to force Velma

0:41:05.360 --> 0:41:06.960
<v Speaker 4>Dinklely into like it's.

0:41:06.840 --> 0:41:08.920
<v Speaker 3>Like Gillie, it's like Jeelie.

0:41:09.000 --> 0:41:13.879
<v Speaker 4>What he's doing, He's he's just he's like, no canonically gay,

0:41:14.040 --> 0:41:16.440
<v Speaker 4>you know, since clarified canonically gay.

0:41:16.360 --> 0:41:18.839
<v Speaker 3>Character, you are my girlfriend.

0:41:18.880 --> 0:41:25.600
<v Speaker 1>And she's like, oh, okay, boo boo to the nameless

0:41:25.640 --> 0:41:31.759
<v Speaker 1>script notes guy. Yeah, Well she tells him about Mystery Inc.

0:41:31.920 --> 0:41:35.759
<v Speaker 1>And we get this flashback of the Scooby Gang in

0:41:35.840 --> 0:41:40.200
<v Speaker 1>the Mystery Machine and Scrappy Doo is there and.

0:41:40.239 --> 0:41:44.480
<v Speaker 4>He and now and now I'm really booing because I

0:41:44.880 --> 0:41:45.920
<v Speaker 4>do you hate Scrappy do?

0:41:46.120 --> 0:41:47.680
<v Speaker 3>Can we all agree he hate Scrapy?

0:41:47.760 --> 0:41:52.600
<v Speaker 1>Yeah? Yeah, I do, I do d o O. He's

0:41:53.160 --> 0:41:58.080
<v Speaker 1>a b I T th WHOA okay anyway, he pisses

0:41:58.080 --> 0:42:02.480
<v Speaker 1>all over Daphne. Yeah, so they kick him out of

0:42:02.480 --> 0:42:02.840
<v Speaker 1>the group.

0:42:03.080 --> 0:42:06.600
<v Speaker 3>He pisses all over Did you hear that sentence? Yeah,

0:42:06.640 --> 0:42:09.880
<v Speaker 3>Scrappy Doo huge ooh I hate.

0:42:09.719 --> 0:42:12.600
<v Speaker 4>Scrappy Doo and even as a kid, I think kids

0:42:12.600 --> 0:42:17.880
<v Speaker 4>find Scrappy Doo grating obnoxious. He tucks in his little well,

0:42:18.680 --> 0:42:22.640
<v Speaker 4>he's Scooby Doo is his uncle, and he's disrespectful to him.

0:42:22.680 --> 0:42:26.440
<v Speaker 1>See, I, I guess have mixed feelings because while the

0:42:26.520 --> 0:42:30.720
<v Speaker 1>character is you know, annoying and not a good person,

0:42:30.760 --> 0:42:31.360
<v Speaker 1>not a good.

0:42:31.200 --> 0:42:34.960
<v Speaker 3>Dog, bad dog, bad dog.

0:42:34.800 --> 0:42:38.040
<v Speaker 1>But it's revealed that he has he's not a puppy,

0:42:38.160 --> 0:42:41.400
<v Speaker 1>which I think is maybe commonly assumed that he is

0:42:41.480 --> 0:42:44.680
<v Speaker 1>because he's small. But it's like, but they're like, he's

0:42:44.680 --> 0:42:48.160
<v Speaker 1>not even a puppy. He has a gland disorder. And

0:42:48.200 --> 0:42:51.080
<v Speaker 1>then all the characters laugh at him for it. They're

0:42:51.120 --> 0:42:54.000
<v Speaker 1>like making fun of him for something he can't help.

0:42:54.320 --> 0:42:57.719
<v Speaker 4>So that I, again, I canonically choose to believe that

0:42:57.719 --> 0:43:01.520
<v Speaker 4>that was a script note to make Scrappy more sympathetic

0:43:01.719 --> 0:43:05.400
<v Speaker 4>to audiences because he is I because I do. I

0:43:05.440 --> 0:43:09.920
<v Speaker 4>mean that on its face absolutely ablest. Yeah, but that

0:43:10.040 --> 0:43:12.480
<v Speaker 4>is not canonical to the character Scrappy Do. What is

0:43:12.520 --> 0:43:14.319
<v Speaker 4>cononical to the character Scrappy Do is.

0:43:14.280 --> 0:43:19.799
<v Speaker 3>Being annoying and I, oh, oh, he just pisses me off.

0:43:20.000 --> 0:43:23.400
<v Speaker 4>And I have a specific when he gets jacked at

0:43:23.400 --> 0:43:26.640
<v Speaker 4>the end of the movie spoiler alert when he gets jacked,

0:43:26.680 --> 0:43:29.520
<v Speaker 4>that CG has never sat well.

0:43:29.400 --> 0:43:32.880
<v Speaker 1>It's so scary, honestly, some of the worst CG that

0:43:33.000 --> 0:43:36.000
<v Speaker 1>two thousand and two had to offer. And I was like, oh,

0:43:36.120 --> 0:43:38.600
<v Speaker 1>maybe it's just because they had a low budget. But

0:43:38.640 --> 0:43:40.680
<v Speaker 1>this had an eighty four million dollar budget.

0:43:40.800 --> 0:43:43.960
<v Speaker 4>No, they they could have and they didn't, and it

0:43:44.080 --> 0:43:47.759
<v Speaker 4>requires it requires there should there should have been a

0:43:47.800 --> 0:43:49.279
<v Speaker 4>federal investigation about it.

0:43:49.960 --> 0:43:51.120
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:43:51.160 --> 0:43:54.640
<v Speaker 1>Anyway, so we learn about we meet you know, Scrappy

0:43:54.640 --> 0:43:57.040
<v Speaker 1>Doo on screen in this movie for the first time,

0:43:57.400 --> 0:43:59.439
<v Speaker 1>and he gets kicked out of the group. We cut

0:43:59.480 --> 0:44:04.600
<v Speaker 1>back to the present and suddenly monsters attack and abduct

0:44:04.760 --> 0:44:05.720
<v Speaker 1>Fred and Velma.

0:44:05.840 --> 0:44:08.080
<v Speaker 3>Because monsters are real question.

0:44:07.760 --> 0:44:14.160
<v Speaker 1>Mark, We don't no, but I think yes, I don't know.

0:44:14.280 --> 0:44:18.120
<v Speaker 4>I think in this world yes, which is you know,

0:44:18.400 --> 0:44:22.080
<v Speaker 4>we don't have time to get into it, debate amongst yourselves.

0:44:23.400 --> 0:44:26.879
<v Speaker 1>So Fred and Velma have been abducted, so now it's

0:44:26.960 --> 0:44:30.600
<v Speaker 1>up to Daphne, Shaggy Scooby, and also Mary Jane is

0:44:30.640 --> 0:44:33.840
<v Speaker 1>there to solve the mystery and save their friends.

0:44:34.040 --> 0:44:36.160
<v Speaker 4>Also Mary Jane is there. It does sort of some

0:44:36.320 --> 0:44:38.040
<v Speaker 4>of how that character is treated throughout the.

0:44:38.000 --> 0:44:42.400
<v Speaker 3>Movie, right, she's there also, she is there.

0:44:42.840 --> 0:44:46.600
<v Speaker 1>But the next day, after they've like all passed out

0:44:46.640 --> 0:44:50.360
<v Speaker 1>on the beach for some reason, everything seems back to normal,

0:44:50.480 --> 0:44:53.560
<v Speaker 1>as if there was no monster attack. And then Sugar

0:44:53.680 --> 0:44:57.520
<v Speaker 1>Ray is there putting on a concert and nineties icon

0:44:57.760 --> 0:44:59.160
<v Speaker 1>Mark McGrath.

0:44:58.800 --> 0:44:59.680
<v Speaker 3>He's up to start.

0:45:01.600 --> 0:45:04.560
<v Speaker 1>He starts singing to Daphne, but then she notices that

0:45:04.960 --> 0:45:07.760
<v Speaker 1>his eyes have this green glow.

0:45:07.840 --> 0:45:12.680
<v Speaker 4>Because he has supernatural powers to doy, oh, I forgot

0:45:12.719 --> 0:45:17.279
<v Speaker 4>about that cameo. What a treat for Mark McGrath to

0:45:17.400 --> 0:45:21.240
<v Speaker 4>have his eyes start glowing green, trying to get Sarah

0:45:21.280 --> 0:45:25.799
<v Speaker 4>Michelle Gellar to fall for his little tricks, Like just

0:45:25.960 --> 0:45:30.719
<v Speaker 4>really unbelievable stuff. I really enjoyed it.

0:45:31.239 --> 0:45:36.120
<v Speaker 1>So his eyes are green, which is the color of Shrek.

0:45:36.600 --> 0:45:39.799
<v Speaker 1>You know, I bet originally in the heat of Shrek, Shrek,

0:45:39.840 --> 0:45:41.200
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna want to make things green.

0:45:41.239 --> 0:45:44.280
<v Speaker 3>Bet it was red originally. But they're like, no, no, no, green.

0:45:44.400 --> 0:45:47.560
<v Speaker 4>Green is green is the warmest color in two thousand

0:45:47.560 --> 0:45:48.840
<v Speaker 4>and two in the Heat of Shrek.

0:45:50.160 --> 0:45:50.600
<v Speaker 3>Forget it.

0:45:50.960 --> 0:45:56.880
<v Speaker 1>Okay, So Shaggy finds Fred, whose eyes are also glowing green. Oh,

0:45:57.320 --> 0:45:59.880
<v Speaker 1>along with basically all the other people on the island

0:46:00.280 --> 0:46:03.960
<v Speaker 1>because they're possessed, and then they're also talking in a

0:46:04.000 --> 0:46:07.720
<v Speaker 1>way that feels very culturally appropriative. Yes, for some reason.

0:46:07.760 --> 0:46:08.960
<v Speaker 3>We will get back to that too.

0:46:09.040 --> 0:46:14.160
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but they are also trying to possess Shaggy and Scooby,

0:46:14.600 --> 0:46:19.759
<v Speaker 1>who escape on a pair of four wheelers and they

0:46:19.880 --> 0:46:23.120
<v Speaker 1>link back up with Mary Jane, but oh no, Scooby

0:46:23.160 --> 0:46:26.359
<v Speaker 1>sees that she has green eyes too, and when he

0:46:26.440 --> 0:46:31.160
<v Speaker 1>tries to tell Shaggy about it, Shaggy doesn't believe him,

0:46:31.640 --> 0:46:34.440
<v Speaker 1>and so they kind of like have a fight, and

0:46:34.480 --> 0:46:38.400
<v Speaker 1>then they all end up in this cave where Shaggy

0:46:38.560 --> 0:46:41.839
<v Speaker 1>finds this like well type thing.

0:46:42.040 --> 0:46:44.440
<v Speaker 3>There's a lot of plot. There's a lot of plot

0:46:44.520 --> 0:46:46.319
<v Speaker 3>in this area, and you're just sort of.

0:46:46.239 --> 0:46:46.759
<v Speaker 4>Like, h.

0:46:48.719 --> 0:46:51.719
<v Speaker 1>So, there's this well where all of the possessed, the

0:46:51.760 --> 0:46:57.560
<v Speaker 1>people who have been possessed, they're like spirits slash souls

0:46:57.840 --> 0:47:04.480
<v Speaker 1>slash protoplasms or swimming around, and Shaggy finds Velma's spirit

0:47:04.560 --> 0:47:06.720
<v Speaker 1>and releases it so it can return to her body,

0:47:07.640 --> 0:47:12.520
<v Speaker 1>and then the monster that was possessing Velma's body is

0:47:12.600 --> 0:47:15.400
<v Speaker 1>kind of like forced out and explodes in the sunlight.

0:47:15.640 --> 0:47:20.240
<v Speaker 1>So she realizes that these monsters need human bodies to

0:47:20.560 --> 0:47:23.719
<v Speaker 1>survive and like walk around in the sunlight, which is

0:47:23.760 --> 0:47:28.239
<v Speaker 1>why they're possessing all of these college kids. Shaggy then

0:47:28.320 --> 0:47:33.080
<v Speaker 1>also saves Fred and Daphne, and then there's this body

0:47:33.160 --> 0:47:38.840
<v Speaker 1>swap scene where the protoplasms returned to the wrong bodies

0:47:39.560 --> 0:47:40.520
<v Speaker 1>and it.

0:47:40.200 --> 0:47:43.480
<v Speaker 3>Is well, I mean, I'm sure we'll circle back to

0:47:43.480 --> 0:47:44.040
<v Speaker 3>that scene as.

0:47:43.960 --> 0:47:48.879
<v Speaker 4>Well, but like the it felt very of the era

0:47:49.080 --> 0:47:54.719
<v Speaker 4>where whenever one of the men's spirits would be transported

0:47:54.760 --> 0:47:59.319
<v Speaker 4>into a woman's body, you would hear it just was

0:47:59.440 --> 0:48:03.799
<v Speaker 4>very like prescriptive, where it's like the men's spirits would

0:48:03.800 --> 0:48:08.000
<v Speaker 4>always be like, hey, this is my personality. But when

0:48:08.040 --> 0:48:09.920
<v Speaker 4>it was the women's spirit, when it was a man

0:48:10.000 --> 0:48:13.720
<v Speaker 4>spirit going into one of the into Daphnie or Velma's bodies,

0:48:13.760 --> 0:48:17.839
<v Speaker 4>it was like, look at my boob, I'm gonna like.

0:48:17.840 --> 0:48:20.640
<v Speaker 3>It's just it was very like creepy, or.

0:48:20.640 --> 0:48:24.600
<v Speaker 1>Like, Daphne, don't you eat anything? What's wrong?

0:48:25.480 --> 0:48:29.440
<v Speaker 4>That was like, oh, my god, saying that to a

0:48:29.560 --> 0:48:31.879
<v Speaker 4>young woman in two thousand and two, are you that's

0:48:31.960 --> 0:48:36.040
<v Speaker 4>not it's not funny. One of the most fucking evil

0:48:36.120 --> 0:48:40.480
<v Speaker 4>times for talking about women's bodies in the last you know, century,

0:48:40.880 --> 0:48:45.960
<v Speaker 4>it's just it's just very ugly behavior. Yeah, that whole sequence, well,

0:48:46.000 --> 0:48:48.680
<v Speaker 4>I think that there were interesting opportunities for that sequence

0:48:49.040 --> 0:48:50.719
<v Speaker 4>sure fell flat for.

0:48:50.719 --> 0:48:54.759
<v Speaker 1>Me, I agree. Also reminded me of a similar sequence

0:48:54.960 --> 0:48:57.080
<v Speaker 1>in Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle.

0:48:57.480 --> 0:48:59.759
<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, and it was also.

0:49:01.360 --> 0:49:04.400
<v Speaker 4>A little bit freaky Friday, although that's you know, just

0:49:04.440 --> 0:49:08.919
<v Speaker 4>between mother and a duaa. But just if there's any

0:49:08.920 --> 0:49:12.640
<v Speaker 4>body swap with a person with breasts, they're going to

0:49:12.680 --> 0:49:18.040
<v Speaker 4>grope themselves. Yes, and the implications will be complicated and

0:49:18.080 --> 0:49:20.040
<v Speaker 4>it will not be very fun to watch.

0:49:21.200 --> 0:49:22.920
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that seemed it was a bit of a mess.

0:49:23.239 --> 0:49:29.040
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So eventually everyone ends up in the right body

0:49:29.280 --> 0:49:33.200
<v Speaker 1>and Velma figures out that the creatures are about to

0:49:33.360 --> 0:49:41.239
<v Speaker 1>perform the Dark copp Lips Ritual, another incredible naming convention. Yep,

0:49:41.400 --> 0:49:47.000
<v Speaker 1>great turn of phrase, where the leader, whoever the leader is,

0:49:47.440 --> 0:49:53.280
<v Speaker 1>needs to absorb a purely good soul to complete the ritual,

0:49:53.719 --> 0:49:57.880
<v Speaker 1>and once the ritual is performed, the creatures will rule

0:49:57.920 --> 0:49:59.640
<v Speaker 1>the world for ten thousand years.

0:50:00.239 --> 0:50:03.560
<v Speaker 3>Who's got a pure soul? Ah?

0:50:03.600 --> 0:50:06.239
<v Speaker 1>Well, of course it's Scooby Dooby.

0:50:05.960 --> 0:50:09.840
<v Speaker 4>Doo, even though he did bully his nephew but outside

0:50:09.840 --> 0:50:10.960
<v Speaker 4>of that pretty pure.

0:50:11.040 --> 0:50:16.239
<v Speaker 1>M hmmm hmmm. And they realized that a Meal Mondavarius

0:50:16.320 --> 0:50:19.160
<v Speaker 1>must be behind the whole thing since he invited Scooby

0:50:19.680 --> 0:50:24.239
<v Speaker 1>and the gang to the island. So they go back

0:50:24.320 --> 0:50:28.160
<v Speaker 1>to the cave to try to stop the ritual and

0:50:28.200 --> 0:50:32.359
<v Speaker 1>save Scooby Doo, who has been kidnapped. But they get

0:50:32.400 --> 0:50:36.880
<v Speaker 1>caught and Scooby's spirit gets plucked out of his body,

0:50:37.600 --> 0:50:42.480
<v Speaker 1>but Shaggy saves him and he knocks over a Meal Mondavarius.

0:50:42.600 --> 0:50:45.919
<v Speaker 4>When we're at the point in the movie where it's like, oh,

0:50:45.960 --> 0:50:48.400
<v Speaker 4>the steaks are Scooby Doo's very soul.

0:50:49.440 --> 0:50:52.440
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the soul, the eternal soul of do.

0:50:53.120 --> 0:50:58.040
<v Speaker 4>I was just like, this movie is like unbelievably great.

0:50:58.160 --> 0:51:02.719
<v Speaker 4>I had a list of things that happen in order

0:51:02.760 --> 0:51:04.880
<v Speaker 4>of intensity and how much they shocked me.

0:51:06.120 --> 0:51:09.080
<v Speaker 3>Mister Bean wants Scubert to take advantage of his pure soul.

0:51:09.440 --> 0:51:11.479
<v Speaker 3>That's the meeting that takes place, and there's a great

0:51:11.520 --> 0:51:12.200
<v Speaker 3>shot where.

0:51:12.040 --> 0:51:15.920
<v Speaker 4>Scooby Doo is smiling at a picture of himself, yes

0:51:16.360 --> 0:51:20.640
<v Speaker 4>and laughing. Next, mister Bean wants Scooby to sacrifice himself

0:51:20.840 --> 0:51:25.320
<v Speaker 4>to God. Basically, then mister Bean wants to absorb Scooby

0:51:25.320 --> 0:51:26.399
<v Speaker 4>Doo's soul so.

0:51:26.320 --> 0:51:27.240
<v Speaker 3>He can live forever.

0:51:28.239 --> 0:51:32.399
<v Speaker 4>And then what we're about to get to Freddie Prince

0:51:32.480 --> 0:51:35.719
<v Speaker 4>Junior pulls off mister Bean's face to reveal that he's

0:51:35.719 --> 0:51:37.760
<v Speaker 4>a chucky cheese animatronic robot.

0:51:38.239 --> 0:51:42.920
<v Speaker 1>Yes, and the person inside or the being inside is

0:51:43.760 --> 0:51:44.600
<v Speaker 1>scrappy Do.

0:51:45.400 --> 0:51:51.520
<v Speaker 4>Crappy Do, and where like mister Bean was scrappy Do?

0:51:52.160 --> 0:51:55.759
<v Speaker 3>And what does that mean in the context of the

0:51:55.840 --> 0:51:57.160
<v Speaker 3>James A. Caster story?

0:51:57.680 --> 0:52:00.560
<v Speaker 1>Whoa Well? And then it's I'm getting ahead of myself here,

0:52:00.600 --> 0:52:03.640
<v Speaker 1>but it's revealed that there is actually a guy named

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<v Speaker 1>Emil Mondavarius and Scrappy Do had been like hiding him

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<v Speaker 1>in a dungeon for the past two years.

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<v Speaker 4>Unlike, we can't even talk about the political implications of

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<v Speaker 4>what took place on Spooky Island, like.

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<v Speaker 3>It is just absolutely it's sick. It's sick what was done?

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<v Speaker 1>M hmm, Okay, So Scrappy Doo turns out to be

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<v Speaker 1>the bad guy and he has absorbed enough souls to

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<v Speaker 1>turn into this big muscular monster dog thing and he's

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<v Speaker 1>trying to kill Scooby and the others. But meanwhile, Daphne

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<v Speaker 1>has escaped and she like goes up onto the mountain

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<v Speaker 1>and opens the vents to let the sunlight in. But

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<v Speaker 1>there's this luchador guy who I forgot to mention earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's friends with Nagua and he shows up up

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<v Speaker 1>and so she fights him because she's no longer the

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<v Speaker 1>damsel in distress. She's it's cheap, the cheap move.

0:53:08.239 --> 0:53:12.160
<v Speaker 3>It's a cheap move, but you know, yes, we're cheering.

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<v Speaker 1>So she's fighting him, and she opens up the vent

0:53:18.000 --> 0:53:21.239
<v Speaker 1>and the light comes in, and then down below the

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<v Speaker 1>others are able to stop Scrappy Doo. This is when

0:53:25.200 --> 0:53:30.040
<v Speaker 1>they find the real a meal Mandavarius. Everyone reunites, some

0:53:30.080 --> 0:53:35.319
<v Speaker 1>people kiss each other or they're like canoodling, and the

0:53:35.480 --> 0:53:38.439
<v Speaker 1>possessed college kids go back to normal and the day

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<v Speaker 1>is saved. And then the movie ends with Shaggy and

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<v Speaker 1>Scooby eating a big meal the end.

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<v Speaker 3>Like them do do.

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<v Speaker 4>We're gonna take a quick break, but we'll rewright.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're rack.

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<v Speaker 3>We're rack.

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<v Speaker 4>With your permission, I would like to start this discussion, yea,

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<v Speaker 4>with the discussion of queerness within the Scooby universe, please,

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<v Speaker 4>So there's quite a bit to discuss here. I think

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<v Speaker 4>like as we sort of alluded to earlier in the episode,

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<v Speaker 4>there is a fair amount of.

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<v Speaker 3>Just like lore as far as it goes.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the characters who have been most famously queer

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<v Speaker 4>coded in the crew, I think Velma is the most

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<v Speaker 4>popularly discussed one. Going back to the show's initial release,

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<v Speaker 4>there was always, I guess, sort of an undercurrent of

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<v Speaker 4>questioning what her sexuality was.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I think it's reasonable in a children's cartoons.

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<v Speaker 4>Like it wasn't addressed, and I don't think at the

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<v Speaker 4>time it would have ever been. I think that the

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<v Speaker 4>main certainly not and what you did know, And I

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<v Speaker 4>think because you have in this group, you have like

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<v Speaker 4>four very specific types that make sense for nineteen sixty nine.

0:55:17.239 --> 0:55:19.840
<v Speaker 4>You have a stoner, you have a quote unquote like

0:55:20.160 --> 0:55:22.799
<v Speaker 4>nerdy girl, you have a popular girl, and you have a.

0:55:22.840 --> 0:55:25.480
<v Speaker 3>Jock, all very typed characters.

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<v Speaker 4>But what I think is cool is like you don't

0:55:28.040 --> 0:55:32.080
<v Speaker 4>usually see these characters as like being close friends. However,

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<v Speaker 4>inside of that, the quote unquote cool guy and cool

0:55:34.960 --> 0:55:38.319
<v Speaker 4>girl friend Daphne, they're always paired together. That is very

0:55:38.440 --> 0:55:41.560
<v Speaker 4>much implied within this movie as well, to the point

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<v Speaker 4>where they cast a married couple as Fred and.

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<v Speaker 1>Daphne right, and then they kiss at the end, and then.

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<v Speaker 3>They kiss at the end. I mean, it's and that's

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<v Speaker 3>very inherent to who those characters have been speculated to be.

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<v Speaker 4>But I think that Scooby Doo two thousand and two

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<v Speaker 4>and Scooby dooee scholars I'm sure could trace this earlier.

0:56:00.640 --> 0:56:03.680
<v Speaker 3>But starting in Scooby Doo two.

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<v Speaker 4>This at least was attempted to be like these long

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<v Speaker 4>discussions because there also was discussion of potential queer coding

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<v Speaker 4>for Fred.

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<v Speaker 3>This was sort of the first.

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<v Speaker 4>Time that this was even attempted to be addressed in

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<v Speaker 4>the Scooby Doo be universe.

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<v Speaker 3>So what that means?

0:56:28.520 --> 0:56:32.040
<v Speaker 4>And James Gunn addressed this in a twenty twenty Twitter thread.

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<v Speaker 3>Because he just the man loves to talk. There were

0:56:37.600 --> 0:56:38.760
<v Speaker 3>two characters who.

0:56:38.680 --> 0:56:45.600
<v Speaker 4>Were planned to be explicitly queer to some extent. Fred's

0:56:45.680 --> 0:56:47.279
<v Speaker 4>character is a little more complicated, so we'll get to

0:56:47.280 --> 0:56:50.080
<v Speaker 4>that in a second. But James Gunn says in twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 4>in two thousand and one, Velma was explicitly gay in

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<v Speaker 4>my initial script, but the studio just kept watering it

0:56:55.760 --> 0:56:58.720
<v Speaker 4>down and watering it down, becoming ambiguous. The version shot,

0:56:59.080 --> 0:57:03.280
<v Speaker 4>then nothing released version, and finally having a boyfriend the sequel,

0:57:03.320 --> 0:57:05.680
<v Speaker 4>although I would argue that she's basically given a boyfriend

0:57:05.680 --> 0:57:07.320
<v Speaker 4>in the original as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, and then the sequel, Seth Green shows up and

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<v Speaker 1>he becomes her.

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<v Speaker 3>Love interest, and you know, and I have no comment.

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<v Speaker 4>I have no comment to my dear friend Seth Green,

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<v Speaker 4>and later, like Linda Cardelini, would also comment on this,

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<v Speaker 4>all of the actors. I think that the difference between

0:57:26.320 --> 0:57:30.440
<v Speaker 4>I feel like there is this tendency for writers creators

0:57:30.440 --> 0:57:34.880
<v Speaker 4>in general, to like course correct their work in retrospect,

0:57:34.920 --> 0:57:37.600
<v Speaker 4>to be like, oh well, I actually like I think

0:57:37.640 --> 0:57:39.439
<v Speaker 4>that the most popular example from one of the worst

0:57:39.440 --> 0:57:42.280
<v Speaker 4>people of all time was when JK. Rowling originally was like,

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<v Speaker 4>actually Dumbledore was gay. I just didn't write it down,

0:57:46.800 --> 0:57:50.000
<v Speaker 4>but I meant too, and you're just like, okay, Evil,

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<v Speaker 4>be quiet. But I think that this story is actually

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<v Speaker 4>different because the actors all corroborated this, and there was

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<v Speaker 4>stuff shot.

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<v Speaker 3>It was written in the heat of Shrek.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that James Gunn's script was approved as a

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<v Speaker 4>more I mean problematic in its own ways, but even

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<v Speaker 4>just an attempt at LGBT representation at all. In two

0:58:12.760 --> 0:58:14.800
<v Speaker 4>thousand and two in a kid's movie would have been

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<v Speaker 4>you know, different, and it would have meant something, but

0:58:19.240 --> 0:58:21.800
<v Speaker 4>it was all cut out and mister script notes was

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<v Speaker 4>added and on all of this. Linda Cardilini has also

0:58:26.040 --> 0:58:29.240
<v Speaker 4>commented on this. She said, Velma has been around since

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<v Speaker 4>nineteen sixty nine. I just went trick or treating with

0:58:32.240 --> 0:58:34.080
<v Speaker 4>my daughter and there were a lot of Velmas out there,

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<v Speaker 4>and so I love that she still has this place

0:58:36.200 --> 0:58:38.040
<v Speaker 4>in culture that is always.

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<v Speaker 3>Sort of active for decades.

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<v Speaker 4>I think her being a lesbian has been hinted at

0:58:41.560 --> 0:58:43.560
<v Speaker 4>so many times, and I think it's great that it's

0:58:43.600 --> 0:58:47.120
<v Speaker 4>finally out there, which is in response to the first

0:58:47.320 --> 0:58:52.320
<v Speaker 4>time that Velma Dinkley was explicitly stated as a queer

0:58:52.400 --> 0:58:57.160
<v Speaker 4>character is in twenty twenty two, like exactly a year

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<v Speaker 4>ago to the day we're recording this happy coming out

0:59:00.720 --> 0:59:05.880
<v Speaker 4>anniversary to Velma. In a TV movie called Trigger treat

0:59:06.000 --> 0:59:10.280
<v Speaker 4>Scooby Doo, she's depicted as a queer woman who has

0:59:10.320 --> 0:59:12.720
<v Speaker 4>a crush on a character named Coco Diablo.

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<v Speaker 3>Because of course, sure we're not covering that movie. And

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<v Speaker 3>then in the in the Mindy Kaling.

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<v Speaker 4>Iteration, I believe she's bisexual and I believe in the

0:59:24.120 --> 0:59:27.080
<v Speaker 4>Mindy Kaling version, Daphne is also bisexual.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't say don't know anything about.

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<v Speaker 4>It again Scooby dooe scholars sound off, but I think

0:59:34.640 --> 0:59:38.120
<v Speaker 4>that like the fact that truly like it's an interesting

0:59:38.280 --> 0:59:41.680
<v Speaker 4>kind of yardstick to measure what is considered quote unquote

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<v Speaker 4>acceptable in widespread children's media. That it was literally just

0:59:46.240 --> 0:59:52.120
<v Speaker 4>last year that Velma was.

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<v Speaker 3>Was a queer character in a way that like was

0:59:52.960 --> 0:59:56.800
<v Speaker 3>not challenged, but there were I think.

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<v Speaker 4>That Scooby Doo two thousand and two is kind of

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<v Speaker 4>the earliest meaningful attempt from what I was able to gathera.

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<v Speaker 3>Fred was also written to be a queer character.

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<v Speaker 4>Freddie Brince Prince Junior has stated in interviews that that

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<v Speaker 4>was what he was told when he took the part,

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<v Speaker 4>and so his performance was that was his performance.

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<v Speaker 3>And then the way that it was edited didn't honor that.

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<v Speaker 4>But I do think it's interesting that the actors were

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<v Speaker 4>playing queer characters, but the movie would not let them

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<v Speaker 4>actually be those characters. The scene that was shot and

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<v Speaker 4>cut the I think most explicitly, there was a kiss

1:00:40.120 --> 1:00:46.200
<v Speaker 4>between Daphne and Velma. Apparently in this scene Daphne and

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<v Speaker 4>Fred are together and they run into drunk Velma when

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<v Speaker 4>she's at the bar, and she's I guess, like flirting ambiguously,

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<v Speaker 4>and it seems like she's actually flirting with Daphne. That's

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<v Speaker 4>what got shot. There was a kiss written into the

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<v Speaker 4>script that never got shot. And to conclude, Sarah Mitchell

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<v Speaker 4>Geller also commented on this all the way back in

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<v Speaker 4>two thousand and two, like, this.

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<v Speaker 3>Is very inherent to this movie.

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<v Speaker 4>Sarah Michell Geller told sci Fi Wire in two thousand

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<v Speaker 4>and two that a Velment and Daphnie kissing scene was

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<v Speaker 4>cut out from the film.

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<v Speaker 3>Quote, it wasn't just like for fun.

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<v Speaker 4>Initially, in the soul swapping, velmentt and Daphnie could not

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<v Speaker 4>seem to get their souls back together in the woods,

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<v Speaker 4>and so the way they found was to kiss, and

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<v Speaker 4>the souls went back into.

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<v Speaker 3>The proper alignment unquote.

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<v Speaker 4>So that soul swapping scene that we discussed as not

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<v Speaker 4>loving was also initially difference, and I guess significantly rewritten.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think it is interesting.

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<v Speaker 4>I will sort of leave it to individual listeners to decide,

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<v Speaker 4>but I mean, I do think that that would have

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<v Speaker 4>made a difference and certainly would have impacted the direction

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<v Speaker 4>that this Goopy franchise took for there if James Gun's

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<v Speaker 4>original script had been honored. But I think it's just

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<v Speaker 4>very frustrating and telling that this like simple choice that

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<v Speaker 4>seemed like it would have been pretty consistent with who

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<v Speaker 4>the general public thought these characters to be wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 4>honored for another twenty years.

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<v Speaker 3>Wild.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And there's like additional coding with Velma's character and

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<v Speaker 1>then kind of how she's compared to Daphne, because, as

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<v Speaker 1>you were saying the whole, you know, these characters are

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<v Speaker 1>very stereotyped as being you know, one's the jock, one's

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<v Speaker 1>the smart girl, one's the hot girl, one's this stonor

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<v Speaker 1>This movie honors those like very archetypal type of character

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<v Speaker 1>pretty in a way that's like not at all challenged.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think it's just because, like, you know, Daphne

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<v Speaker 1>is like the hot one quote unquote who's like always

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<v Speaker 1>being damseled, and she's depicted as being not as smart

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<v Speaker 1>as Velma because Velma is the smart one, and she

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<v Speaker 1>therefore cannot be hot also by the movies logic, and well.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like that was a little like complicated in

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<v Speaker 4>the scrape of the movie, because it's like the movie

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<v Speaker 4>acknowledged because it's like, obviously these the girls are hot,

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<v Speaker 4>like they're both right, well.

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<v Speaker 3>Be serious, stop joking around, stop fucking with me.

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<v Speaker 4>But the way that I thought that was addressed because

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<v Speaker 4>it's like, I mean, Velma, I feel like is very peak, like.

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<v Speaker 3>You would be so beautiful if you take of your

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<v Speaker 3>glasses girl.

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<v Speaker 4>And that has always been true, like she's always been

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<v Speaker 4>like an adorable character. And the way that it's addressed

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<v Speaker 4>in this movie is that Fred at one point says

1:04:06.280 --> 1:04:10.080
<v Speaker 4>to Velma like that, He's like, no, I get it.

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<v Speaker 3>Like you're you're also hot.

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<v Speaker 1>He says, dorky girls like you turn me onto Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're like scoffs at it, and he's like, what it's

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<v Speaker 1>a compliment.

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<v Speaker 3>That that was a disaster.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that as close as the movie comes to

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<v Speaker 4>acknowledging that, like these women are both gorgeous, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>like like you're saying, like plays into the stereotypes surrounding

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<v Speaker 4>the stock characters that I don't know, I mean, I

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<v Speaker 4>I think that the movie did better than I was

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<v Speaker 4>expecting it to off of memory, just in the I

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<v Speaker 4>don't know, the weird middle place where I felt I

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<v Speaker 4>had feelings about this surrounding the recent Barbie movie as well,

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<v Speaker 4>where it felt like the movie had a real vested

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<v Speaker 4>interest in commenting on the perception of a long standing

1:05:04.040 --> 1:05:08.760
<v Speaker 4>character more so than presenting this is who this character

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<v Speaker 4>is and they're fully realized. It's more like very like

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<v Speaker 4>self aware kind of writing where you're like, well, I

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<v Speaker 4>know how everyone thinks of Barbie as like a bimbo

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<v Speaker 4>who can't do anything, So I'm going to present that

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<v Speaker 4>image and then challenge it throughout the course of the movie,

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<v Speaker 4>or like with I think that that is.

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<v Speaker 3>Like pretty I guess more so with Daphne.

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<v Speaker 4>But like presents Daphne as like, well, we all think

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<v Speaker 4>of Daphne as this damsel.

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<v Speaker 3>In distress, but what if she had a problem with.

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<v Speaker 4>That, and then that's her that's her journey throughout the movie,

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<v Speaker 4>which I don't really have a problem with it, just

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<v Speaker 4>it seems like it's like a step towards being able

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<v Speaker 4>to do something more with that character. Is like addressing

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know, there's more, there's plenty of ways to

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<v Speaker 4>handle that, but like addressing the public perception, pushing the

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<v Speaker 4>character through that public perception and.

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<v Speaker 3>Then hopefully moving them onto something cooler. But I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>Daffey's story I thought was interesting. I think it's like

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<v Speaker 4>tricky because she is still presented as like not as

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<v Speaker 4>smart as the rest of the group at different moments.

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<v Speaker 4>But I was, you know, in the heat of Shrek,

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<v Speaker 4>I was, I guess, like gently impressed at how she

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<v Speaker 4>did sort of like tackle people's assumptions about her fairly

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<v Speaker 4>head on. And you know, by the end of the movie,

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<v Speaker 4>had you know, dismantled that view of her, where like

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<v Speaker 4>when the first time she says she has a black belt,

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<v Speaker 4>it's sort of implied that no one believes her.

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<v Speaker 3>And then at the end she fights.

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<v Speaker 4>A lucha door so okay, right, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Mirrors the evolution of her character and how it went

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<v Speaker 1>in the various like series where in the original animated

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<v Speaker 1>series that you know premier in the late sixties, she

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<v Speaker 1>was very much just like danger prone, you know, she

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<v Speaker 1>didn't seem to have a lot to contribute, and she

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<v Speaker 1>was always the one getting kidnapped. But then later versions

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<v Speaker 1>of the show made a change to her character, so

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<v Speaker 1>like versions that came out in the nineties and two

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<v Speaker 1>thousands had her knowing martial arts and like being able

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<v Speaker 1>to defend herself. So cool movie recognized that and was like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna like kind of show that whole arc in

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<v Speaker 1>this movie. So yeah, she opens up being damseled, Like

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<v Speaker 1>in that opening scene, she's not only been kidnapped but

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<v Speaker 1>also the ghost. I think it's implied that it keeps

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<v Speaker 1>like touching her butt, and.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes it is, and you're just like.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's presented in a very like jokey way, so

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<v Speaker 1>that's yeah, like of course, right, and then she's fed

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<v Speaker 1>up with always being the damsel in distress. So in

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<v Speaker 1>the two years where the group has disbanded, she has

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<v Speaker 1>learned martial arts, and but then throughout a big chunk

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<v Speaker 1>of the movie, she's still I guess it's a matter

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<v Speaker 1>of her, you know, being like I can do this.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna get captured again. Oops I did get captured,

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<v Speaker 1>And so there's like this.

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<v Speaker 4>It's definitely stop and go, and I like and I

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<v Speaker 4>feel like there's a lot of ways to view it.

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<v Speaker 4>I yeah, I was struggling with that because you're like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>they're not really like, you know, Mary suing her, but

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<v Speaker 4>also it felt like it was playing her recapture is

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<v Speaker 4>more of a joke.

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<v Speaker 3>Than anything else. I don't know. I think that if,

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<v Speaker 3>like if this storyline.

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<v Speaker 4>For Daphne was presented in a movie that came out today,

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<v Speaker 4>I would be really exhausted by it because she's.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, I'm not a damsel in distress, uh.

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<v Speaker 4>Which I think at this is like pretty overdone and

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<v Speaker 4>hackneyed and blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 3>But for the time I think.

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<v Speaker 4>That it was like it's it's at least an interesting

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<v Speaker 4>way to kind of publicly course correct the character. As

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know, I think that they could have done

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<v Speaker 4>more to be like, she's actually a very competent person,

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<v Speaker 4>and there's a way. I think that the Barbie boovie

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<v Speaker 4>does this far more effectively of saying like hyper femininity

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<v Speaker 4>or even just traditionally feminine qualities and aesthetics does not

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<v Speaker 4>equal weakness, does not equal incompetence, does not equal being

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<v Speaker 4>lesser that which it. Like the Daphne character, I think

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<v Speaker 4>that that is like that's where that is headed.

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<v Speaker 3>And I like that they.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't, you know, they don't sacrifice, like what makes what

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<v Speaker 4>is important? Like she likes wearing purple, and she likes

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<v Speaker 4>having cool outfits and like I love that for her,

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<v Speaker 4>and I.

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<v Speaker 3>Like that, you know, as she's proving that that.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not like I feel like sometimes you get sort

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<v Speaker 4>of when when women are you know, asked to like

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<v Speaker 4>step up and become leaders, they have to, they're asked

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<v Speaker 4>to shed elements of who they are, and it's like,

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<v Speaker 4>if that's something that you want to do, great, but

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<v Speaker 4>it feels almost like the way to be taken seriously

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<v Speaker 4>is to present more masculine, and Daphne does not do that.

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<v Speaker 3>Barbie does not do that right. It's it's like, I think,

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<v Speaker 3>a worthwhile message, but yeah, the way that she's characterized

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<v Speaker 3>is very kind of It was hit and miss for

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<v Speaker 3>me Seene to see.

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<v Speaker 1>For me, I didn't mind the arc of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>deciding she basically she quits because she doesn't like that

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<v Speaker 1>she's always being damseled or that that's like it almost

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<v Speaker 1>feels like a commentary on the just the idea of

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<v Speaker 1>being damsel.

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<v Speaker 3>Does somebody say commentary?

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, she decides to take matters into her

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<v Speaker 1>own hands, but then applying the skills that she learned

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<v Speaker 1>obviously is going to take some time to get used to,

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<v Speaker 1>and so she still is you know, she's she's working

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<v Speaker 1>out the kinks as the story goes, but then by

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<v Speaker 1>the end her arc is fully realized with that fight

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<v Speaker 1>with the luchador who is in the movie for some reason,

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<v Speaker 1>and she kicks his ass, and you know, it's very

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<v Speaker 1>a two thousand and two way to handle all of that.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I didn't mind it terribly.

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<v Speaker 4>I think a valiant attempt for two thousand and two

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<v Speaker 4>in this arena. Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised. And I

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<v Speaker 4>think that like the downside of that, which based on

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<v Speaker 4>James Gunn's James Gunn's characterization, so we you know whatever,

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<v Speaker 4>We can't say for totally sure, but it seems like

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<v Speaker 4>the you know, Fred kiss at the end, I would

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<v Speaker 4>guess that that's studio notes because that felt pretty unconnected

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<v Speaker 4>to what her journey throughout the movie was.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't even really see her.

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<v Speaker 4>And Fred interacting very much like Fred's main story very

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<v Speaker 4>much has to do with this like ego ego deaf

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<v Speaker 4>in like acknowledging that Velma is a person who is

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<v Speaker 4>smarter than him, so his story is unconnected to Daphne.

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<v Speaker 3>So its just I think that like more so they're like, oh.

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<v Speaker 4>We need we need a series of heterosexual moments because

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<v Speaker 4>it's the end of the movie and these two characters

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<v Speaker 4>are already publicly associated as husband and wife and also.

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<v Speaker 3>Cartoon boyfriend girlfriend brant makeup kiss.

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<v Speaker 4>But even that, that felt like I liked that Daphne's

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<v Speaker 4>main story was, you know, like it is like a

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<v Speaker 4>proto like but for a kids movie in two thousand

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<v Speaker 4>and two.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it works. And I.

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<v Speaker 4>Enjoyed Sarah Michelle Galler's performance. And did I enjoy the outfits?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I did? I love those? Damn it? Any other

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<v Speaker 3>any other thoughts on Diffney, Oh, you're wearing your Flubber

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<v Speaker 3>Mambo T shirt?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I sure am in the heat of flubber.

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<v Speaker 3>In the heat of flubber.

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<v Speaker 4>Another another huge green influencing I mean, what a decade

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<v Speaker 4>for the color green Flubber track Jim Carrey Grinch on

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<v Speaker 4>the same five year span incredible three year span ninety eight,

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<v Speaker 4>two thousand, two thousand and one.

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<v Speaker 1>Way flump wow, hm, mind blowing Kermit's impact.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, well, let's talk about dak Alright, let's talk about Velma.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I similarly like that her arc is being frustrated

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<v Speaker 1>that a man is taking credit for all of her

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<v Speaker 1>work because she's like recognizably the best at solving mysteries.

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<v Speaker 1>She is doing a lot of deductive reasoning. She understands

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<v Speaker 1>what a lot of clues mean. She's doing a lot thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's her whole thing.

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<v Speaker 3>She's always been the smartest person in the group.

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<v Speaker 4>I will say the detail that she in the two

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<v Speaker 4>year interim was kind of military industrial complexing.

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<v Speaker 3>They say she was developing.

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<v Speaker 4>Missiles for NASA, right, and you're like, now, that is

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<v Speaker 4>a misapplication of Velma Dinkley's powers.

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<v Speaker 3>I like to think that she is. She is a leftist.

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, why is she making missiles for the government.

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<v Speaker 4>Imagine being getting so mad at Freddy Prince Junior that

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<v Speaker 4>you pivot to making missiles for the government. I know,

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<v Speaker 4>I also making missiles for NASA. That also feels like

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<v Speaker 4>a mismatch, because you're like, what is missiles to.

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<v Speaker 1>Like fireing for aliens in outer space?

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<v Speaker 4>It felt weird that they said she was making missiles

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<v Speaker 4>for NASA. For NASA, hey, astronaut gangs. Now, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of like people with doctorates listen to this

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<v Speaker 4>show because we're so intellectual. So fucking yeah, we're just

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<v Speaker 4>a really well educated show and That's why this.

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<v Speaker 1>Master's degree well in screen writing from Boston University. Not

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<v Speaker 1>that I'd ever mention it.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm just saying that people that are geniuses want to

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<v Speaker 4>listen to Scooby Doo for two hours. But she was

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<v Speaker 4>like bad practice for Alma developing missiles in her off time.

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<v Speaker 3>We will won't give it a past this time.

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<v Speaker 4>But in the yeah, in the heat of nine to eleven,

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<v Speaker 4>she's developing missiles, and I'm just like, these are I

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<v Speaker 4>don't hold I think they're supposed to be in like

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<v Speaker 4>I think you're supposed to be like college aged.

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<v Speaker 3>So you're like, did Velma vote for Bush?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, she's developing missiles, Caitlin, I mean, I mean Daphnie.

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<v Speaker 3>I would say Daphney. I think Daphne votes blue. No matter.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to get into the politics of it.

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<v Speaker 4>Shaggy's a libertarian, though that much is obvious.

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<v Speaker 3>Shaggy Oh, he's.

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<v Speaker 4>An independent thinker, which but like he doesn't know what

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<v Speaker 4>he's talking about, which is very libertarian.

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<v Speaker 1>Cut No, if Funny one it's a libertarian. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's Fred. I think Shaggy is green Parky.

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<v Speaker 4>Shaggy doesn't vote. He doesn't vote, and Spooby. Scoopy is

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<v Speaker 4>an anarchist. Well, yeah, Scooby wants to burn it all

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<v Speaker 4>down because they don't let.

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<v Speaker 3>Him vote, they don't let him voote.

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<v Speaker 4>It's also Scooby gender non conforming icon in this movie.

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<v Speaker 3>Before we get development because she's developing missiles, she has

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<v Speaker 3>to wait for a second. Scooby.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't have much to say about Scooby other than

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, check this guy out.

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<v Speaker 3>He looks a little scary in this movie, but that's.

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<v Speaker 1>Not his fault. That's the fault of the bad CGI

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<v Speaker 1>at the time.

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<v Speaker 4>And Scoopy is you know, Scooby is a part of

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<v Speaker 4>our lives, whether we like it or not.

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<v Speaker 3>Scooby is a part of our lives.

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<v Speaker 4>And you know, Scooby does where a dress. Scooby is

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<v Speaker 4>in Grandma Drag during the plane scene.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, I didn't hate it. I didn't hate it.

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<v Speaker 4>I think what was interesting about that scene is it

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<v Speaker 4>Scooby's and Gradma drag.

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<v Speaker 3>First of all, everyone on at the airport thinks falls

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<v Speaker 3>for it, falls for it.

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<v Speaker 1>Dan thinks it's hot. They're like this thing that's very

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<v Speaker 1>visibly a dog in a dress.

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<v Speaker 4>Dog.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like a woogah.

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<v Speaker 4>And then I think most interestingly, Scooby punches Fred in

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<v Speaker 4>the face in Grandma Drag and it is never commented on.

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<v Speaker 3>It doesn't come back Fred, there's no consequence. Fred just goes, oh.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, he initiates the violence. He flicks Scooby on the nose. Scooby,

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<v Speaker 1>I will sco punching him.

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<v Speaker 3>That was out of pocket from Scooby. Ye, not that

1:18:05.120 --> 1:18:05.840
<v Speaker 3>it was like, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know, this flicks certainly an invasion of personal space. But

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<v Speaker 4>Scooby really dex Fred. And I'm sure I was laughing

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<v Speaker 4>when I was when I was a child. Sure I'm

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<v Speaker 4>laughing with Scooby punch his friend in the face. So

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<v Speaker 4>I just wanted to give a quick shout out to

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<v Speaker 4>Scooby gender nonconforming icon, Scooby self confidence icon, because when

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<v Speaker 4>he's told he's pure of hearts, Scooby's not fighting it.

1:18:29.479 --> 1:18:32.120
<v Speaker 3>He's like, yeah, that tracks, that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 4>Scooby, you know, has some work to do as an uncle,

1:18:36.400 --> 1:18:39.559
<v Speaker 4>but he's on the journey. I love Scooby, and I

1:18:39.600 --> 1:18:42.960
<v Speaker 4>really I don't really have anything to it's not relevant

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<v Speaker 4>to our discussion commenting on how much I like the

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<v Speaker 4>scene between Matthew Lillard and Scoopy when he's like, Scooby,

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<v Speaker 4>you're my best friend.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not gonna let mister Bean do this to you.

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<v Speaker 3>But I teared up. I thought it was really nice.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think their friendship.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Scooby and Shaggy they're special together. They're special together,

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<v Speaker 4>and I love them. All Right, let's go back to Velma.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, so Velma is fed up with this man taking

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<v Speaker 1>credit for her work. Yep, and she quits. Then Fred's

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<v Speaker 1>arc becomes about learning to respect Velma and recognize and

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<v Speaker 1>acknowledge her contributions to the group, and to stop taking

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<v Speaker 1>credit for her work. The bar is very low here,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet but that is his arc. And yet we're

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<v Speaker 1>cheering and we're clapping when it happens.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, we're like yay, Yeah, we are really conditioned to

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<v Speaker 4>accept very little from Fred here, because I like found

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<v Speaker 4>myself on my first watch congratulating Fred on things that

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<v Speaker 4>were like nonsensical.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, wow, he acknowledged that Velma is an attractive person,

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<v Speaker 3>And you're just like, why am I giving Fred credit

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<v Speaker 3>for nothing? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, his arc is that he like learns to

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<v Speaker 4>conceive some of the credit. I don't really remember within

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know. I guess I just never had. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 4>Scooby fans won't take this personally. I never had a

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<v Speaker 4>very vested interest in Fred. I would say, if I'm

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<v Speaker 4>ranking the characters, he is dead last. Wait, rank them,

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<v Speaker 4>ranked them really quick and include Scooby.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my goodness, Well go it's important.

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<v Speaker 3>Scooby number one, good, good, good, keep going.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say, with Alma, number two, daph Name number three, Shaggy,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe this.

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<v Speaker 3>Is still great, but he is he.

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<v Speaker 1>I find him kind of irritating.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you ranking Fred above Shaggy?

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<v Speaker 1>No? But Fred is last. But I just don't have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of respect for Shaggy. Although I do relate.

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<v Speaker 4>You're like Shaggy needs to get his ass up at work.

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<v Speaker 3>Shaggy, I do relate.

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<v Speaker 1>To his interest in food. I like that he's always hungry.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm always hungry.

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<v Speaker 4>Wow, you're like Shaggy lazy, lazy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's more that I I don't know. Would I want

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<v Speaker 1>to date Shaggy? Noe? Do I want to date Fred?

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<v Speaker 3>That's not what's on. I'm not what's on. But how

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<v Speaker 3>fuckable as Shaggy to you? No one asked? No one asked.

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<v Speaker 5>Although I think I have dated a kind of a

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<v Speaker 5>serious of shaggy tests, to the point where first time

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<v Speaker 5>currently dated dating showed up to my house the other

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<v Speaker 5>day accidentally, you know, like accidental minion, when someone's wearing

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<v Speaker 5>yellow top and jeans, accidental shaggy.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, green shirt, green shirt, corduroy pants.

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<v Speaker 3>Scary, wow, scary awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>But well maybe he was trying to look like Shrek.

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<v Speaker 4>But then you're gonna need to get a vest, and

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<v Speaker 4>for someone to have a vest it is just so

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<v Speaker 4>Shrek intentional.

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<v Speaker 1>So Shrekian, if you will, yes.

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<v Speaker 4>In the Shrekian heat. My my writings are the same

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<v Speaker 4>as yours, except.

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<v Speaker 3>I am swapping Daphnie and Palma.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, but yeah, obviously Scooby number one, let's not play around.

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<v Speaker 1>I love a talking animal Paddington.

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<v Speaker 3>Hello, I don't even like a talking animal. I love

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<v Speaker 3>Scoopy Ruby Ruby Roo. And I think it's only because

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<v Speaker 3>he like he talks. Scooby. Hmmm, that's a character in

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<v Speaker 3>this tone poem.

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<v Speaker 4>Scooby only speaks when he has something to say, he's

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<v Speaker 4>not just running his map. I really appreciate that, and

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<v Speaker 4>a character I appreciate.

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<v Speaker 3>When he's he is careful.

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<v Speaker 6>He he can speak English as a dog.

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<v Speaker 4>He can speak English, but he's not you know, he's

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<v Speaker 4>not waxing.

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<v Speaker 1>Poems his words very carefully.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's not to say he doesn't have a very

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<v Speaker 4>rich interior life, because you know he does. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>there's a lot going on in that big old dog

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<v Speaker 4>cranium of his.

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<v Speaker 1>Although there is one thing he says that I did

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<v Speaker 1>not like one bit, and it's when he's trying to

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<v Speaker 1>convince Shaggy that Mary Jane is actually a monster, and

1:23:25.920 --> 1:23:30.200
<v Speaker 1>Shaggy is like, nah, I don't believe you, first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>believe Scooby's. Secondly, Scooby's response to that is saying, you're whipped.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. And I was like, first of all, who told

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<v Speaker 3>Scooby what that means?

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<v Speaker 1>Who taught him that?

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, maybe not.

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<v Speaker 4>To call Shaggy out as a bad you know, parent,

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<v Speaker 4>slush friend. I bit Shaggy taugh him that there.

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<v Speaker 3>You think Scooby learned that on the beach where.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Scooby learned it from Fred?

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<v Speaker 4>Ah, very possible, very possible. Yeah, And I think that

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<v Speaker 4>that is I'm grateful. I mean, I not that I

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<v Speaker 4>think that the concept of being quote unquote whipped has

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<v Speaker 4>made its way out of media entirely.

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<v Speaker 3>I do think that.

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<v Speaker 4>Phrase has has sort of gone the way gone the

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<v Speaker 4>way of Jim Carrey.

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<v Speaker 3>Grinch's not around anymore.

1:24:21.520 --> 1:24:24.920
<v Speaker 1>It did, but I haven't heard it in over a decade.

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<v Speaker 4>I think, I think, yeah, and I think I think

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<v Speaker 4>that that is that's you know, that's something. I was

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<v Speaker 4>kind of jarred to hear that phrase because I was like, oh,

1:24:32.720 --> 1:24:34.160
<v Speaker 4>I know, I kind of forgot that was a thing,

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<v Speaker 4>And why is Scooby Doo saying it? And why was

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<v Speaker 4>it really so pervasive that.

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<v Speaker 3>Scooby Doo could say it and the Shaggy would be

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<v Speaker 3>insulted by it?

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<v Speaker 4>Because I think something that is nice about Shaggy in

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<v Speaker 4>general is that he is a and also, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm ranking him four out of five, but the first

1:24:53.120 --> 1:24:55.360
<v Speaker 4>three are so strong. I like Shaggy a lot, and

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<v Speaker 4>I think that like he is a very emotionally generous

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<v Speaker 4>and that a character in ways that men are not

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<v Speaker 4>often depicted as being. He is effusive in all of

1:25:08.280 --> 1:25:11.880
<v Speaker 4>his friendships with people of all genders, and in this

1:25:12.000 --> 1:25:14.519
<v Speaker 4>relationship with Mary Jane, while she is a non character,

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<v Speaker 4>as we'll get to, is like he's like openly liking her.

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<v Speaker 3>He's not playing the fred game, he's not nagging her.

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<v Speaker 3>He's like and so yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Again, for like the whipped thing to be introduced and

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<v Speaker 4>for Shaggy to be insulted, it also just felt like

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<v Speaker 4>out of character because you're.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, I don't think Shaggy both of them gives a ship. Yeah, Like,

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<v Speaker 3>what's getting into these boys? There's there's there's such nice guys.

1:25:36.800 --> 1:25:39.759
<v Speaker 1>Well, it's these creatures that it's the monster.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the monsters that were unleashed. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>So that that I found to be That was not

1:25:47.680 --> 1:25:52.000
<v Speaker 4>Scooby's best moment, but I have to believe that he

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<v Speaker 4>grew from it. And I oh, Scoopy.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, velma okay, so velma. Yeah. I do also

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<v Speaker 3>like and it feels very of.

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<v Speaker 4>The time and in that same sort of like mission

1:26:07.360 --> 1:26:09.200
<v Speaker 4>that it seems like James Gunn had that we've been

1:26:09.240 --> 1:26:15.040
<v Speaker 4>talking about of addressing just like the popular tropes or

1:26:15.080 --> 1:26:18.080
<v Speaker 4>the popular opinions around this character and attempting to challenge them,

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<v Speaker 4>which it seems like having her be explicitly queer in

1:26:22.800 --> 1:26:27.040
<v Speaker 4>this movie was an extension of that mission, but barring that,

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<v Speaker 4>like addressing like how she is always been considered to

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<v Speaker 4>be the smartest person of the group but is.

1:26:32.360 --> 1:26:33.799
<v Speaker 3>Not considered to be the leader.

1:26:33.960 --> 1:26:36.880
<v Speaker 4>And why is that and like exploring that through the

1:26:36.920 --> 1:26:38.840
<v Speaker 4>story I think is a really smart move.

1:26:39.720 --> 1:26:40.439
<v Speaker 3>And I.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, I mean, I don't know. I still think that

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<v Speaker 4>Fred ends up a little bit too on top for

1:26:47.439 --> 1:26:52.519
<v Speaker 4>my taste towards at the end of the movie, and that, Yeah,

1:26:52.520 --> 1:26:55.360
<v Speaker 4>the conclusion of this movie just in general is tricky

1:26:55.400 --> 1:26:59.479
<v Speaker 4>because I like Filma's journey. I obviously don't like scriptnotes boyfriend,

1:26:59.840 --> 1:27:02.120
<v Speaker 4>but he's barely there. He kind of is just there

1:27:02.160 --> 1:27:04.280
<v Speaker 4>to like set up a flashback and then comes back

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<v Speaker 4>at the end. And I also don't I mean at

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<v Speaker 4>the beginning in a way that I think that even

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<v Speaker 4>though you don't get you know they intended I guess

1:27:15.240 --> 1:27:19.360
<v Speaker 4>undercurrent that was intended Between Daphne and Velma. I think

1:27:19.400 --> 1:27:22.520
<v Speaker 4>they have like a kind of a smaller but interesting

1:27:22.560 --> 1:27:24.519
<v Speaker 4>story going on as well, where at the beginning of

1:27:24.520 --> 1:27:27.960
<v Speaker 4>the movie, Velma is kind of on the like, I

1:27:28.000 --> 1:27:31.879
<v Speaker 4>don't take Daphne seriously train like she says, you practically

1:27:31.960 --> 1:27:34.679
<v Speaker 4>come with your own ransom note, Like she's very much

1:27:34.800 --> 1:27:38.400
<v Speaker 4>on the side of Fred when it comes to Daphne

1:27:38.479 --> 1:27:43.719
<v Speaker 4>standing up for herself and she and Daphne later on,

1:27:43.720 --> 1:27:48.920
<v Speaker 4>once the monsters are unleashed, have that scene together where

1:27:49.120 --> 1:27:53.360
<v Speaker 4>they figure something out together, and it's like, by the

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<v Speaker 4>end of the movie, Velma I think has come around

1:27:56.160 --> 1:28:00.160
<v Speaker 4>on not taking Daphne seriously and challenging her own assumption

1:28:00.760 --> 1:28:05.720
<v Speaker 4>about her friend. And it's like, okay, so kiss, but

1:28:06.479 --> 1:28:07.240
<v Speaker 4>it didn't happen.

1:28:07.520 --> 1:28:08.760
<v Speaker 3>But I did appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, it was like a smaller arc, but that

1:28:11.880 --> 1:28:14.720
<v Speaker 4>Velma starts sort of I mean, it's like you see

1:28:14.720 --> 1:28:18.000
<v Speaker 4>those dynamics in real life of like there are you know,

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<v Speaker 4>two women in this group and one is turning on

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<v Speaker 4>the other to try to gain favor of the shitty

1:28:23.800 --> 1:28:25.000
<v Speaker 4>men that they're surrounded by.

1:28:25.040 --> 1:28:26.639
<v Speaker 3>It's a dynamic that definitely exists.

1:28:26.680 --> 1:28:29.439
<v Speaker 4>It sucks, but it exists, and it feels like that

1:28:29.600 --> 1:28:32.000
<v Speaker 4>is sort of hinted at within this group. And then

1:28:32.080 --> 1:28:35.800
<v Speaker 4>Velma to some extent realizes.

1:28:35.800 --> 1:28:40.080
<v Speaker 3>The error of her ways, and I like that. I

1:28:40.200 --> 1:28:44.920
<v Speaker 3>like and like Linda Cardalini is a great Velma true.

1:28:44.920 --> 1:28:47.720
<v Speaker 4>Trope that is addressed in a way that I did

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<v Speaker 4>not think was productive and was just like showing the

1:28:49.800 --> 1:28:51.320
<v Speaker 4>thing was you'd be.

1:28:51.240 --> 1:28:52.800
<v Speaker 3>So pretty if you took off your glasses.

1:28:53.439 --> 1:28:57.760
<v Speaker 4>The sequence in which Filma's glasses are off, she's more

1:28:57.920 --> 1:28:59.880
<v Speaker 4>sexualized immediately.

1:29:00.120 --> 1:29:03.000
<v Speaker 1>Well, and this happens to an even greater extent in

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<v Speaker 1>the sequel where she's trying to impress Seth Green. So

1:29:08.640 --> 1:29:12.400
<v Speaker 1>Velma takes off her glasses, she suddenly has hair that's

1:29:12.439 --> 1:29:14.960
<v Speaker 1>twice as long. I don't know if she put in

1:29:15.040 --> 1:29:19.080
<v Speaker 1>some extensions or something. And then she's wearing this like

1:29:19.760 --> 1:29:25.000
<v Speaker 1>pleather red, like very squeaky outfit that's like very form fitting,

1:29:25.520 --> 1:29:28.400
<v Speaker 1>and she's doing this to impress Seth Green because that's

1:29:28.400 --> 1:29:30.920
<v Speaker 1>what she thinks he's going to like. Yeah, the lesson

1:29:30.960 --> 1:29:34.439
<v Speaker 1>she learns, well, the lesson she learns is that he

1:29:34.520 --> 1:29:37.200
<v Speaker 1>didn't like and he never liked that. He liked her

1:29:37.240 --> 1:29:41.519
<v Speaker 1>the way she was originally, and she's like, oh, okay,

1:29:42.360 --> 1:29:45.800
<v Speaker 1>that's nice and I'll just be that way. And then

1:29:46.200 --> 1:29:48.400
<v Speaker 1>they get together at the end, even though for half

1:29:48.479 --> 1:29:51.719
<v Speaker 1>the time he's like kind of a villain or something.

1:29:51.800 --> 1:29:54.200
<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I wasn't fully paying attention, but he's

1:29:54.280 --> 1:29:56.680
<v Speaker 1>like maybe just a red hairring. I don't know, but.

1:29:57.320 --> 1:29:59.160
<v Speaker 3>He's definitely a red hairring.

1:30:00.280 --> 1:30:02.200
<v Speaker 1>The end that he has red hair.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you think you know what when Fred was possessed

1:30:07.920 --> 1:30:09.200
<v Speaker 3>by the monster. He very much.

1:30:09.439 --> 1:30:12.240
<v Speaker 4>And I feel like I'm bringing up the Barbie Movie

1:30:12.280 --> 1:30:15.280
<v Speaker 4>a lot also because we're kind of preparing to cover

1:30:15.320 --> 1:30:17.840
<v Speaker 4>the Barbie Movie. And I saw the Barbie Movie. I

1:30:17.880 --> 1:30:19.040
<v Speaker 4>have a lot of issues with it, but I saw

1:30:19.120 --> 1:30:22.160
<v Speaker 4>four times in theaters. I have two Barbie Halloween costumes

1:30:23.000 --> 1:30:23.719
<v Speaker 4>and I'm wearing.

1:30:23.479 --> 1:30:24.879
<v Speaker 3>My Barbie crocs right now.

1:30:26.120 --> 1:30:29.200
<v Speaker 4>Fred when he's possessed by the monster looks like Beach

1:30:29.280 --> 1:30:30.479
<v Speaker 4>can see.

1:30:30.520 --> 1:30:35.960
<v Speaker 1>I think that Freddie Prince Junior as Fred is he's giving,

1:30:36.439 --> 1:30:39.960
<v Speaker 1>He's giving Ken Ken Ryan Goslins as the Barbie movie.

1:30:40.040 --> 1:30:45.040
<v Speaker 3>Yes, I also made that, except that he is. I mean,

1:30:45.080 --> 1:30:47.879
<v Speaker 3>I guess that. Well, we'll talk about the Barbie episode.

1:30:48.080 --> 1:30:48.559
<v Speaker 3>Ryan Goslin.

1:30:48.640 --> 1:30:51.479
<v Speaker 4>Ken is also absolved to a degree that I found

1:30:51.640 --> 1:30:55.400
<v Speaker 4>to be a little silly, as is Fred. Because you know,

1:30:55.520 --> 1:30:58.400
<v Speaker 4>these issues, they're cyclical. We just have to keep forgiving

1:30:58.680 --> 1:31:00.479
<v Speaker 4>men with certain kinds of hair.

1:31:01.320 --> 1:31:03.200
<v Speaker 3>But what were we talking about?

1:31:04.800 --> 1:31:07.679
<v Speaker 4>Who can say, Oh, we were talking about how Velma

1:31:07.720 --> 1:31:09.559
<v Speaker 4>is treated in the sequel. Well that I mean that

1:31:09.600 --> 1:31:13.640
<v Speaker 4>that is nice, but also again an over rewarding of

1:31:13.680 --> 1:31:17.479
<v Speaker 4>the male character to be like, wow, he liked so well.

1:31:17.640 --> 1:31:20.200
<v Speaker 3>Woman for being a person.

1:31:20.600 --> 1:31:22.479
<v Speaker 1>And then the reason I brought it up is because

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<v Speaker 1>it's Daphne's idea for Velma to dress like that, and

1:31:28.680 --> 1:31:32.840
<v Speaker 1>they have this really bizarre conversation where she's like, I'll

1:31:32.880 --> 1:31:35.920
<v Speaker 1>help you pick out an outfit, and and before that,

1:31:36.040 --> 1:31:38.479
<v Speaker 1>Velma's like, I don't know how to get him to

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<v Speaker 1>like me. I'm not hot, and then Daphne's like, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not hot either. Anyway, let's go change our outfits. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's just like, WHOA who wrote this exchange?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm bombed.

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<v Speaker 4>I have had that exact exchange with women friends like

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<v Speaker 4>I look like shit, No, I look like shit.

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<v Speaker 3>Well I'm gonna change my shirt. But this is children's media,

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<v Speaker 3>you know. Don't do that. Don't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Do that.

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<v Speaker 3>Ultimately, with Vamma.

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<v Speaker 4>I appreciate that this is her story, Like her main

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<v Speaker 4>story is challenging friends, being an asshole.

1:32:13.840 --> 1:32:16.280
<v Speaker 3>The story is very clearly on her side.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that there is a marked difference with how

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think that well.

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<v Speaker 3>Vilma is damseled at one point, but then.

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<v Speaker 4>Is rescued by Daphne and like giving Daphne this big

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<v Speaker 4>moment of agency and challenging how Shaggy viewed her to

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<v Speaker 4>not be an active member of the group, and like

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<v Speaker 4>we get moments with Daphnie and Shaggy where they're sort

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<v Speaker 4>of presented as like the less effective members of the group,

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<v Speaker 4>and Daphne is like.

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<v Speaker 3>No, we have to do this.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that the way that Vilma is quote unquote

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<v Speaker 4>damseled but like I would say, more just captured generally

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<v Speaker 4>that with the exception of that one, I think that

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<v Speaker 4>like even towards the end, she and Fred are captured

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<v Speaker 4>simultaneously and are equally active.

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<v Speaker 3>In getting out of the sea situation.

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<v Speaker 4>So to me, that's like not even really a damseling.

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<v Speaker 4>That's just you know, that's just monsters when they're unleashed.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, they're going to be capturing people.

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<v Speaker 4>One thing about monsters. Don't unleash them. You're to be

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<v Speaker 4>in a.

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<v Speaker 3>World of trouble. Yes, So those are our gals. Yea,

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<v Speaker 3>let's talk about we.

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<v Speaker 4>Hinted this, but they're the this movie and this franchise,

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<v Speaker 4>and this movie does not move the needle on this

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<v Speaker 4>really at all is a very very white franchise. And

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<v Speaker 4>the way that this movie handles any even a hint

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<v Speaker 4>at a non white, non American culture is handled I

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<v Speaker 4>think pretty poorly, real.

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<v Speaker 3>Real bad.

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<v Speaker 1>So one example is the group of people who, first

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<v Speaker 1>of all, they're it's very vague, but they seem to

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<v Speaker 1>be coded as Polynesian in the most like generic stereotyped

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<v Speaker 1>way possible.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like almost impossib the comment on because you're like,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't even know to the extent that the writer

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<v Speaker 4>knows what they're even saying.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, It's almost as if he just like took existing

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<v Speaker 1>troupes and stereotypes, and.

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<v Speaker 4>Which, to be fair, if I'm remembering correctly, are present

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<v Speaker 4>in the Scooby universe. But it's two thousand and two,

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<v Speaker 4>and you don't have to do that, even in the

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<v Speaker 4>heat of Shrek.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't even racist, Like come on, yes, yes, so there's

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<v Speaker 1>so there's like this just this vague coding. The character

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<v Speaker 1>of Nagoo, who by the way, is played by a

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<v Speaker 1>white British actor named Stephen Grives or Grieves Okay. He's

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<v Speaker 1>explaining that he and the other people are upset that

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<v Speaker 1>Emil Mandavarius displaced ancient creatures. There's no mention of displace seeing,

1:35:01.080 --> 1:35:05.360
<v Speaker 1>you know, people, which is the thing that happens when

1:35:05.400 --> 1:35:10.640
<v Speaker 1>colonizers come in and steal land from indigenous people.

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<v Speaker 4>Which I mean, and this feels like, especially in the

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<v Speaker 4>cartoony universe of Scooby Doo, like an actual opportunity to

1:35:16.720 --> 1:35:20.320
<v Speaker 4>comment on it, because you're theoretically you'd be displacing people

1:35:20.800 --> 1:35:23.400
<v Speaker 4>to start a shitty theme park, like it is like

1:35:23.439 --> 1:35:28.280
<v Speaker 4>a cartoonish situation and feels like a missed opportunity.

1:35:28.040 --> 1:35:31.960
<v Speaker 1>Right, But instead they seem to be primarily upset that

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<v Speaker 1>these ancient creatures which are also monsters. And there's references

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<v Speaker 1>to like the island being this like thoroughfare to this

1:35:44.320 --> 1:35:49.960
<v Speaker 1>like mystical realm, so there's all this like mysticism attributed

1:35:50.000 --> 1:35:57.080
<v Speaker 1>to this indigenously coded people. There's also that luchador character

1:35:57.280 --> 1:36:01.560
<v Speaker 1>named Zarkos, and it's like, Okay, why do these Polynesian

1:36:01.600 --> 1:36:05.160
<v Speaker 1>coded people have a why is there like a cultural

1:36:05.240 --> 1:36:06.320
<v Speaker 1>thing from Mexico?

1:36:07.080 --> 1:36:07.280
<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 4>It is just like treating like this movie. And I

1:36:10.439 --> 1:36:13.800
<v Speaker 4>think that the Scooby Doo universe in general, and a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of media that dates especially because like this is

1:36:17.640 --> 1:36:21.200
<v Speaker 4>it almost feels like if you want to make a lazy,

1:36:21.280 --> 1:36:24.800
<v Speaker 4>racist writing choice, then for sure adapt a property that

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<v Speaker 4>came out forty years ago.

1:36:26.800 --> 1:36:28.719
<v Speaker 3>And then and it's like, oh.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, that property is likely already deeply raisist in the

1:36:32.040 --> 1:36:35.360
<v Speaker 4>way it's portrayed any other culture, and like it's it's

1:36:35.680 --> 1:36:38.880
<v Speaker 4>really frustrating and like, yeah, just over the top cartoonish

1:36:38.880 --> 1:36:41.640
<v Speaker 4>to the way that this movie and this franchise in

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<v Speaker 4>general up until more recently treats every culture that is

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<v Speaker 4>not white Midwestern Americans as a monolith.

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<v Speaker 3>It's wild.

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<v Speaker 1>And then there's also the representation of voodoo, where there's

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<v Speaker 1>a character whose name we never learn, everyone just calls

1:37:04.479 --> 1:37:08.719
<v Speaker 1>him Voodoo Man. He is played by an actor named

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<v Speaker 1>miguel A Nunez Junior.

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<v Speaker 3>We really hope he was paid well, because of course

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<v Speaker 3>he was not for this.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, I know, but I have to say it

1:37:18.360 --> 1:37:21.280
<v Speaker 4>out loud and to keep optimism alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure, we see him in I believe, two scenes. Both

1:37:26.000 --> 1:37:31.280
<v Speaker 1>times he's trying to conduct again a quote unquote voodoo ritual,

1:37:31.960 --> 1:37:37.280
<v Speaker 1>but again it's nothing that resembles actual practices of the

1:37:37.360 --> 1:37:40.880
<v Speaker 1>Voodoo religion. We talked about this a lot on the

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<v Speaker 1>Princess and the Frog episode, Yeah, where if you're interested

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<v Speaker 1>to hear more detail, like.

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<v Speaker 4>The full history of appropriation and that because that's also Yeah, in.

1:37:51.280 --> 1:37:52.120
<v Speaker 3>The Princess and the Frog.

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<v Speaker 4>It's appropriation within the context of New Orleans specifically, and

1:37:56.479 --> 1:37:59.120
<v Speaker 4>I mean there's it's it's a very deep history.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, so in this movie it just just presented as

1:38:03.040 --> 1:38:05.599
<v Speaker 1>like a gag. I don't even know. You could write

1:38:05.640 --> 1:38:08.320
<v Speaker 1>that character out of the movie and it would not

1:38:08.479 --> 1:38:11.920
<v Speaker 1>really make much of a difference. He's only there to

1:38:12.040 --> 1:38:15.800
<v Speaker 1>suggest something about the castle. But like that could have

1:38:15.880 --> 1:38:18.920
<v Speaker 1>just happened to different, like the whole thing, both the

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<v Speaker 1>representation of voodoo of the indigenous coded people.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I even hesitated to call it representation, like it's

1:38:26.439 --> 1:38:30.560
<v Speaker 4>like it's just like saying shit in a way that's offensive.

1:38:30.920 --> 1:38:34.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Like it's Yeah, the presence of it, I guess

1:38:34.680 --> 1:38:39.679
<v Speaker 1>is like it all reads as no thought or research

1:38:39.760 --> 1:38:44.120
<v Speaker 1>went into anything. It's just relying, relying on and reinforcing

1:38:44.240 --> 1:38:48.120
<v Speaker 1>existing stereotypes. The filmmakers, it just seems like they're like, well,

1:38:48.120 --> 1:38:51.599
<v Speaker 1>who cares, only white people are going to see this anyway,

1:38:52.920 --> 1:38:53.559
<v Speaker 1>and sit.

1:38:53.400 --> 1:38:57.679
<v Speaker 4>Like that, you know, again, deeply untrue and uh yeah

1:38:57.800 --> 1:39:02.760
<v Speaker 4>that's super I mean I I honestly, I'm gonna be

1:39:02.840 --> 1:39:05.720
<v Speaker 4>honest and say I've seen a single damn Guardians of

1:39:05.760 --> 1:39:06.719
<v Speaker 4>the Galaxy movie.

1:39:07.120 --> 1:39:09.479
<v Speaker 3>And furthermore, I don't plan to.

1:39:09.800 --> 1:39:12.080
<v Speaker 1>I bravely have seen all three.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I guess that's my question, not that it in

1:39:16.080 --> 1:39:21.799
<v Speaker 4>any way excuses the way that he handles a.

1:39:20.560 --> 1:39:24.080
<v Speaker 3>Series of cultures throughout this movie.

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<v Speaker 4>Is this something that in James Gunn's body of work

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<v Speaker 4>there's been movement on from what you've witnessed or I'm

1:39:31.080 --> 1:39:34.920
<v Speaker 4>always curious in like how someone course corrects or doesn't

1:39:34.960 --> 1:39:35.960
<v Speaker 4>throughout the course of their career.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, I have not watched those movies through that lens.

1:39:43.880 --> 1:39:47.360
<v Speaker 1>The main thing that comes to mind is zoeis sol Donna,

1:39:48.320 --> 1:39:52.240
<v Speaker 1>another example of her, you know, not being allowed to

1:39:52.280 --> 1:39:57.599
<v Speaker 1>show her actual skin and instead she's much like Shrek.

1:39:58.120 --> 1:40:00.559
<v Speaker 1>She's green, he's green.

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<v Speaker 3>She is green in those movies.

1:40:02.720 --> 1:40:05.360
<v Speaker 4>And even I know that as someone who is really

1:40:06.080 --> 1:40:09.880
<v Speaker 4>like kind of like absurdly avoided not those movies specifically,

1:40:09.920 --> 1:40:10.720
<v Speaker 4>but just like.

1:40:13.080 --> 1:40:13.960
<v Speaker 3>They make me tired.

1:40:14.200 --> 1:40:17.240
<v Speaker 4>I got so depressed after I saw Doctor Strange in

1:40:17.280 --> 1:40:19.880
<v Speaker 4>the Multiverse of Madness. I was like, wow, like a

1:40:19.960 --> 1:40:23.559
<v Speaker 4>Sam Raimi superhero movie, We're so back, and then it

1:40:23.760 --> 1:40:29.200
<v Speaker 4>just absolutely sucked so hard and I fell asleep, and

1:40:29.240 --> 1:40:32.240
<v Speaker 4>then I was just like, I'm done with these motherfuckers.

1:40:32.600 --> 1:40:35.800
<v Speaker 4>I'm done I'm not seeing them anymore. They don't even

1:40:35.880 --> 1:40:38.000
<v Speaker 4>let Sam Raimi make a good one. He made Spider

1:40:38.000 --> 1:40:40.280
<v Speaker 4>Man two. I know what kind of joke is this.

1:40:40.520 --> 1:40:43.719
<v Speaker 3>I think that Alfred Molina could have played the Mister

1:40:43.720 --> 1:40:45.240
<v Speaker 3>Bean character. Just for the record.

1:40:45.439 --> 1:40:48.200
<v Speaker 1>Oh sure, yeah, of course, yeah yeah.

1:40:47.960 --> 1:40:50.679
<v Speaker 3>But he was in Freedom this year, so he couldn't read.

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<v Speaker 1>He was busy. I don't think I have anything else

1:40:56.479 --> 1:41:00.519
<v Speaker 1>to talk about. Do you do you d o? O?

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<v Speaker 4>Jamie Scooby, do you do you?

1:41:05.000 --> 1:41:07.600
<v Speaker 3>No? I don't, I I uh, I do not.

1:41:08.160 --> 1:41:10.040
<v Speaker 4>I think that that is all I have to say

1:41:10.080 --> 1:41:13.200
<v Speaker 4>about Scooby Doo two thousand and two. But I will

1:41:13.240 --> 1:41:17.920
<v Speaker 4>say that I I was pleasantly surprised by how much

1:41:18.040 --> 1:41:20.680
<v Speaker 4>of this movie held up better than I thought it was.

1:41:21.280 --> 1:41:29.360
<v Speaker 3>However, Caitlin Darante, does this movie pass the Bechdel test? Sorry?

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, my name is Caitlin Dante.

1:41:33.840 --> 1:41:35.720
<v Speaker 3>D o O huh.

1:41:36.640 --> 1:41:40.160
<v Speaker 1>And secondly, I think it does right. I forgot to

1:41:40.200 --> 1:41:41.679
<v Speaker 1>pay attention as per usual.

1:41:41.720 --> 1:41:43.519
<v Speaker 3>Oh, I thought you were gonna say the rectal rest?

1:41:46.320 --> 1:41:54.000
<v Speaker 3>Does this movie rest? Yes? It does? It does? Yeah?

1:41:54.000 --> 1:41:55.400
<v Speaker 3>Between Velmont and Daphne.

1:41:55.479 --> 1:41:57.680
<v Speaker 5>Uh, there there's a few ext I mean there's some

1:41:57.760 --> 1:41:58.960
<v Speaker 5>exchanges that are about you.

1:41:58.920 --> 1:42:02.720
<v Speaker 4>Know, characters I for example, Scooby Doo, but usually when

1:42:02.720 --> 1:42:05.200
<v Speaker 4>they're talking they I think one stood out to me

1:42:05.360 --> 1:42:09.840
<v Speaker 4>was Daphne protesting to Velma, characterizing her as helpless.

1:42:11.000 --> 1:42:14.960
<v Speaker 3>But they also talk about ghosts.

1:42:14.360 --> 1:42:16.360
<v Speaker 4>And monsters, who I think, in the context of this

1:42:16.439 --> 1:42:20.960
<v Speaker 4>movie are presented as relatively genderless, and so would I

1:42:21.000 --> 1:42:24.320
<v Speaker 4>would have that count Well we didn't. Oh, actually, really quick,

1:42:24.320 --> 1:42:25.320
<v Speaker 4>we didn't talk about.

1:42:25.120 --> 1:42:28.120
<v Speaker 3>Mary Jane, oh right.

1:42:27.560 --> 1:42:30.680
<v Speaker 4>Who I think is Like it's frustrating because I think that,

1:42:30.760 --> 1:42:33.600
<v Speaker 4>like Daphne and Velma.

1:42:33.280 --> 1:42:35.840
<v Speaker 3>Are the best characterized of the four.

1:42:36.160 --> 1:42:39.160
<v Speaker 4>I think that the women are given more precedents and

1:42:39.920 --> 1:42:42.679
<v Speaker 4>more significant arc than the men of the story.

1:42:42.880 --> 1:42:44.360
<v Speaker 3>That's rare, that's cool.

1:42:44.960 --> 1:42:46.280
<v Speaker 4>And then we have Mary Jane, who I think is

1:42:46.320 --> 1:42:51.080
<v Speaker 4>very much presented as a girlfriend character in a more

1:42:51.160 --> 1:42:52.360
<v Speaker 4>kind of stock character way.

1:42:52.520 --> 1:42:56.920
<v Speaker 3>We get depth to her in that she is possessed, but.

1:42:57.840 --> 1:43:00.960
<v Speaker 4>I would ultimately say that she's a possessed girlfriend character

1:43:02.760 --> 1:43:06.120
<v Speaker 4>and a waste and I don't like seeing people waste

1:43:06.160 --> 1:43:07.200
<v Speaker 4>Isle of Fisher's time.

1:43:08.240 --> 1:43:11.599
<v Speaker 3>I think is is what I believe to be true.

1:43:11.880 --> 1:43:12.680
<v Speaker 3>So that's uh.

1:43:12.800 --> 1:43:16.080
<v Speaker 4>But anyways, this movie does pass the rectal rest and

1:43:16.160 --> 1:43:19.960
<v Speaker 4>the Bechfel test. But what about the most important metric

1:43:20.240 --> 1:43:20.920
<v Speaker 4>of all time?

1:43:21.240 --> 1:43:23.920
<v Speaker 1>If you're referring to the ripple rail.

1:43:25.160 --> 1:43:28.920
<v Speaker 3>God, it sounds so gross when you when we scoobyfy

1:43:29.120 --> 1:43:32.759
<v Speaker 3>any of the like vernacular associated with the show. Yes,

1:43:32.880 --> 1:43:35.160
<v Speaker 3>the rectal test and the ripple rail.

1:43:35.600 --> 1:43:41.120
<v Speaker 1>Oh aka the nipple scale, on which we rate the

1:43:41.160 --> 1:43:45.040
<v Speaker 1>movie zero to five nipples based on examining it through

1:43:45.120 --> 1:43:50.880
<v Speaker 1>an intersectional feminist lens. Yeah, I'll give this movie, I guess,

1:43:50.880 --> 1:43:57.800
<v Speaker 1>two nipples. I think that while it does rely on

1:43:58.520 --> 1:44:04.720
<v Speaker 1>some pretty tropey ideas of female characters and like the

1:44:04.720 --> 1:44:10.480
<v Speaker 1>way they are designed, the way they are presented feels

1:44:10.920 --> 1:44:18.200
<v Speaker 1>rather tropy at times, rather ropy rather ropey. I do

1:44:18.320 --> 1:44:24.639
<v Speaker 1>appreciate that they are given the bar is low here,

1:44:24.680 --> 1:44:28.960
<v Speaker 1>but they're given narrative significance. They're given interesting arcs that

1:44:29.520 --> 1:44:33.439
<v Speaker 1>for two thousand and two feel kind of feminist in

1:44:33.479 --> 1:44:35.639
<v Speaker 1>a two thousand and two way, where one of them

1:44:35.960 --> 1:44:40.120
<v Speaker 1>is tired of being damseled and so she takes matters

1:44:40.160 --> 1:44:43.720
<v Speaker 1>into her own hands. She learns how to fight and

1:44:43.800 --> 1:44:45.880
<v Speaker 1>defend herself, and then we see her doing that by

1:44:45.880 --> 1:44:46.719
<v Speaker 1>the end of the movie.

1:44:46.960 --> 1:44:48.960
<v Speaker 4>Yes, and it actually follows through, because I feel like

1:44:49.040 --> 1:44:51.479
<v Speaker 4>so often in this era you would get the beginning

1:44:51.520 --> 1:44:53.240
<v Speaker 4>of that message and it would bear out in no

1:44:53.360 --> 1:44:57.439
<v Speaker 4>significant way. So I do think ups On actually having

1:44:58.000 --> 1:44:59.920
<v Speaker 4>the vague feminist statement.

1:45:00.000 --> 1:45:06.760
<v Speaker 6>Results in something wow, crumbs, crumbs. And also that scene

1:45:06.760 --> 1:45:10.599
<v Speaker 6>where she fights is I mean, for me, it's it's

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<v Speaker 6>a sleigh.

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<v Speaker 3>It's great, it's good, it's it's fun.

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<v Speaker 1>And speaking of sleigh, it's kind of giving Buffy the

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<v Speaker 1>vampire sleigh.

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<v Speaker 4>Or if we're saying this, the the vernacular is dead,

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<v Speaker 4>and if it's if it's arrived at.

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<v Speaker 3>Us, you know, it's well Jamie don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I was gonna ask if you want to come

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<v Speaker 1>over and lamp with me later, something that hasn't been

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<v Speaker 1>said in decades. And also I never even heard it,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't.

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, it's very possible that that was like

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<v Speaker 4>reaching New England parlance in my area. After we saw

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<v Speaker 4>Napoleon Dynamite five years after it came out.

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<v Speaker 3>Really don't know, we really don't know what what all

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<v Speaker 3>that was.

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<v Speaker 1>Then we should come for Napoleon Dynamite.

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<v Speaker 3>But I said earlier, I never want to.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, sorry, okay, but I had to take it back.

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<v Speaker 3>But why did I say that. I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 3>think I just don't want to watch it.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, our job, Jamie, is to watch every.

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<v Speaker 3>Movie we wanted to watch. We wanted to watch Scoopy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah it's true anyway, Okay, okay, So that is Daphne's storyline.

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<v Speaker 1>Velma's storyline is being frustrated that a man is taking

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<v Speaker 1>credit for her work, a very familiar thing and.

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<v Speaker 3>We've both been there.

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<v Speaker 1>We've both been there, and the end of the movie,

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<v Speaker 1>the situation is that. So really it's kind of like

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<v Speaker 1>a redemption for Fred, which is kind of annoying, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is Velma being acknowledged and recognized publicly, like

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<v Speaker 1>in front of the press, on the news, on the news,

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<v Speaker 1>for her work. And then he also like again the

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<v Speaker 1>bar is so low here, but he gives her the

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<v Speaker 1>space to like tell the story for herself and say, like,

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<v Speaker 1>here's what happened. Although we cut away almost immediately, well

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<v Speaker 1>it is presented, is like he lets her and you're like,

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<v Speaker 1>he lets her do it exactly, So that's like but

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<v Speaker 1>still still nothing not nothing. So there's those pretty cool

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<v Speaker 1>things I would have liked to see. I think more

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<v Speaker 1>of a relationship and friendship between Daphne and Velma. I

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<v Speaker 1>would have liked to see Mary Jane be more of

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<v Speaker 1>a realized character, you know, and also let Velma be gay.

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<v Speaker 3>He tried, He tried.

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<v Speaker 1>It was two thousand and two, so.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate the attendant, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, So you know, maybe I'll bump it up to

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<v Speaker 1>two and a half even and I'll give one to Elma,

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<v Speaker 1>one to Daphne, and one to Ruby Ruby Rue or

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<v Speaker 1>one half.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna give two and a half to the version

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<v Speaker 4>that or not I'm gonna give. I'm gonna give two

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<v Speaker 4>and a half to the version that came out on three,

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<v Speaker 4>to the version that James Gunn intended. I think that

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<v Speaker 4>the the racism in this movie is pretty.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh obviously fucked up. Not that there's any obvious way

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<v Speaker 3>to do that, but it's pretty flagrant, I guess, is

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<v Speaker 3>what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 4>The way that a number of cultures are not only

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<v Speaker 4>turned into a monolith, but insulted on top of that,

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<v Speaker 4>and on top of that, just like a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>missed opportunities for inclusivity that the franchise takes. We know

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<v Speaker 4>now with the benefit of time decades to course correct

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<v Speaker 4>on I was interested to learn about the history of

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<v Speaker 4>trying to include queer characters in this franchise and the

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<v Speaker 4>very of the time way that that was prevented from happening.

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<v Speaker 4>But I am you know, I'll hand it to James

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<v Speaker 4>Gunn for really pushing for it and to the point

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<v Speaker 4>where the actors on set were like.

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<v Speaker 3>This is my character for two thousand and two. That

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<v Speaker 3>is fairly impressive.

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<v Speaker 4>And then to piggyback on what you were saying, I

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<v Speaker 4>think that, yeah, the I wouldn't have expected of this

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<v Speaker 4>era for the two characters of the five to be

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<v Speaker 4>most focused on would be the two women, and that yes,

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<v Speaker 4>at their core, they are kind of like simple feminist messages,

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<v Speaker 4>but in the context of a kid's movie at this time,

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<v Speaker 4>the fact that those messages are said and acted on

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<v Speaker 4>within the story.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought it worked.

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<v Speaker 4>I thought it was good, and I wish they had kissed. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>And so I'm gonna give Yeah two and a half,

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<v Speaker 4>two or three, depending on which version of it we're

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<v Speaker 4>talking about.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna give one to dafh.

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<v Speaker 4>These suitcases I'm gonna give only I'm not giving mine

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<v Speaker 4>to people a Dafty suitcases at the airport. I'm giving

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<v Speaker 4>one to Scooby's Grandma Drag and I'm giving the half to.

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<v Speaker 3>The animatronics inside of Mister Bean.

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<v Speaker 1>Wonderful.

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<v Speaker 7>And there you go, you sickos, the hundreds and hundreds

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<v Speaker 7>of people that said no, no, we want them to

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<v Speaker 7>cover Scooby Doo, Well guess what we did.

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<v Speaker 3>And we had a great time.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you're happy, had a blast.

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<v Speaker 3>I had arrest with you raitlan Verante.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>And just a reminder, if you want to, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>you have to deal with it. But it's just kind

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<v Speaker 4>of a chaotic energy over there.

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<v Speaker 3>We have fun over there, and if you like the

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<v Speaker 4>Today's episode, that's kind of what the vibe is like

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<v Speaker 1>So true, and that's at patreon dot com slash Bechdel Cast.

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<v Speaker 1>of your merchandising needs, which are designed by Jamie Loftus.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry Raimi Rough.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, tis the season to get your just to show

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<v Speaker 4>where you stand on the political spectrum and get merch.

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<v Speaker 3>That says I think beatles juice comes wet.

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<v Speaker 4>Scabs and or dry scabs, and yeah, people love to

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<v Speaker 4>wear the merchant public.

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<v Speaker 3>Just kidding.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the entirety of like it is, if you

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<v Speaker 4>want a shirt to wear only inside your house, you

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<v Speaker 4>gotta get the scabs merch. Anyways, we love you so

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<v Speaker 4>much we're yanking the mask off your face at being like, wait,

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<v Speaker 4>you're just you're just some guy?

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<v Speaker 3>What the fuck?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? And I would have gotten no way with it

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<v Speaker 1>if it weren't for you middling podcasters.

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<v Speaker 4>Exactly whatever, exactly, And I think we really stuck the

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<v Speaker 3>Landing and we're gonna bye, goodbye,