Half a century after the show’s conception, Velma Dinkley has officially come out of the closet in the first clip released for the upcoming animated Halloween film special “Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo”.
In the brief clip, Velma (voiced by Kate Micucci) finds herself face-to-face with famous costume designer Coco Diablo (voiced by Myrna Velasco) and is immediately smitten.
The clip has gone viral across Twitter today, racking up over four million views, with fans feeling justified in their previously semi-confirmed suspicions for the past few decades.
Filmmaker James Gunn had previously attempted to make Velma (played by Linda Cardellini) being a lesbian as canonical fact in his live-action films, but indicated that the studio kept watering it down until it was essentially gone.
The story is similar for Tony Cervone, who served as supervising producer on the “Mystery Incorporated” series who made it clear on Instagram that the team’s intention with Velma in the series is that she’s gay, and the arc with the rival-turned-friend character Marcie Fleach (Cardellini again) was “as clear as we could make it ten years ago”.
The upcoming holiday special features the vocal talents of Frank Welker, Grey Griffin and Matthew Lillard. It hits digital today ahead of a premiere on Cartoon Network on October 14th.
Velma first meets Coco Diablo in “Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo”#Scoobydoohistory pic.twitter.com/TnWGS0B5GK
— Scooby-Doo History (@scoobyhistory) October 4, 2022
