Random Dark Scooby-Doo Fan Theories (15 items)

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  (#8) Shaggy Is A Clueless Wizard

  According to a Tumblr fan theory, Shaggy is a magical wizard – he's just too dopey to know it. When it comes down to it, Shaggy is always somehow embroiled in the paranormal. He can levitate, he pulls things out of nowhere, he once painted a doorway that then became real. He once held his breath for three hours and has performed impossible acrobatic stunts.

  He even unwittingly casts a spell in an episode titled "Highrise Hairraiser," invoking other magical beings to come out of the woodwork and help him. None of the other characters can do anything remotely magical.
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  (#5) The Gang Is Dodging The Vietnam War Draft

  How did a bunch of random kids, who'd never be friends in real life, wind up living in a van and driving around the country? Is it odd that they never stay in one place too long and seemingly have no direction? Not if they're dodging the military draft like this theory from Reddit user themightyheptagon suggests.

  The original Scooby-Doo series debuted in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War. During this time young people across the country were drafted into combat – a scary thought for the average citizen. The gang all had their separate motives. Shaggy was a hippie through-and-through. He probably didn't agree with any war let alone the Vietnam War. It's not too far off to think a pot-head like Shaggy wouldn't live a nomadic lifestyle with his dog (it's so Jack Kerouac).

  Fred is dodging the draft. He's a clean-cut suburban kid with no reason to run away unless his draft number had come up. Daphne is in love with Fred, so she followed him to start their new life in Canada together. Maybe they spotted Shaggy hitchhiking and picked him up in the Mystery Machine (which Fred owns). Perhaps Shaggy's number also came up, and he's making a run for it. Velma looks like a caricature of an intellectual, college student-turned-activist who wildly opposes the war. She's helping them cross the border with Shaggy and possibly met Fred in college.

  More evidence: The gang almost never call the police. The mystery crew sort out the criminal activity themselves because the police would ship Fred and/or Shaggy to war the second they figured out who they were.
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  (#6) Scooby Snacks Contain Depressant Drugs

  Scooby-Doo and Shaggy are obsessed with Scooby Snacks and go to great lengths to get them, including facing their biggest fears. According to Reddit user IronedSandwich, this is because the snacks contain a depressant drug – one that makes them high and calms them down. Though weed-cookies are a bit of an obvious grab, it's possible that the Scooby Snack "drug" is not fit for human consumption or so new it is not illegal yet (which could explain why cops don't seem to mind it).

  It makes sense – Scooby and Shaggy seemingly go through withdrawals and get anxious and jittery without them.
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  (#3) Velma Is A Lesbian, She Just Hasn't Come Out Yet

  This theory suggests Velma is definitely a lesbian. (This despite writers putting her and Shaggy in a relationship in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated). For one, Velma is always the odd one out. She seems to get a bit jealous when Daphne always picks Fred as her number one. She's doesn't have a boyfriend through much of the series, and when she finally does, it's Shaggy. Shaggy is a beard – a cover and a completely unsuitable partner who always, always chooses his dog over her.

  Velma is brilliant and motivated. Do you really think she'd get on well with a stoner who lives in a car? So, why did she choose him? Because it's all a sham, and they're not really together. In the very least, Velma chose an unsuitable partner because she knows it can't work and isn't ready to admit her sexuality.

  The theory is so widely backed that numerous think-pieces have been written urging writers to finally let the beloved brainiac settle down with a nice girl. In the original script for James Gunn's Scooby-Doo film, Velma was actually supposed to be gay.
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  (#12) The Whole Show Takes Place In Purgatory

  It makes sense that everywhere the gang goes is creepy, abandoned, and riddled with questionable characters - it's because they're in purgatory. The good guys bounced up to heaven and the bad ones - or the ones stuck on the fence - are in limbo.

  This theory suggests that the gang were driving in the Mystery Machine when it crashed and they all died. Scooby was sent to them as a spirit guide. The monsters are real-life demons and Scooby-Doo defeats them because he's the only one who can. He's the only member of the group without sin: Fred and Daphne clearly had premarital relations, Shaggy is a drug addict, and Velma may just be a lesbian (which isn't wrong by any means, but it was 1969).
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  (#10) Scooby-Doo Is A USSR Experiment

  Even though Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated explains the complex reason why Scooby-Doo can speak English (there were aliens involved), the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! never explains this. Reddit user themightyheptagon has a theory that Scooby-Doo was a USSR experiment.

  The original Scooby-Doo series came out in 1969 – the middle of the Cold War and just a few months after Apollo 11 reached the moon. The Soviet space program made major space advancements in the '50s and '60s, but before Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space in 1961, they originally sent up dogs. In fact, a pair of dogs named Belka and Strelka were the first living beings sent into space who returned alive.

  The theory suggests that in the Scooby-Doo universe, the Soviets launched an experimental program to breed dogs with greatly enhanced intelligence specifically for space travel. The Reddit user explains:

  "The theory, then, is that Scooby started his life as a subject in the Space Agency's breeding program, but escaped when one of the scientists bonded with him as a puppy, and decided to take him to America when he defected. Then maybe Scooby ran away when his original owner died of old age, leading to him being adopted by his future best friend Shaggy—who took Scooby with him when he joined Fred, Velma and Daphne on their meandering travels through the backroads of America in Fred's beloved van."

  Thus the show's title Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The CIA wanted to find Scooby and figure out how the Soviets managed to make an English-speaking super-dog.

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