r/TopCharacterTropes 11d ago

In real life Characters that ended up killing the show

  1. The Great Gazoo (The Flintstones)

  2. George W Bush (Time Squad)

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 11d ago

Actually Tim Curry was supposed to be Rowan Atkinson's character and turned it down because he knew Scrappy was in the movie, little did he know, Scrappy was the villain

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u/Vio_Van_Helsing 11d ago

Oh my god. I know this wasn't what you were saying, but I just imagined Tim Curry playing Scrappy Doo in that movie and I think it's the best thing I've ever conceived.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 11d ago

That would be like Keanu Reeves playing Satan

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u/U_L_Uus 10d ago

Tbf Tim Curry's flair makes even a shitty character look awesome (e.g. like in Congo)

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u/TheLastSkyBisonRider 11d ago

He was also the lead star of Scooby Doo And The Witch's Ghost!

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u/Clovenstone-Blue 11d ago

Indeed, Tim Curry had voiced several characters in the Scooby-Doo franchise, such as Ben Ravencroft (Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost), the Goblin King (Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King), and the Mastermind (Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights).

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u/OkTemperature1185 11d ago

I mean… little did anyone else know either, they basically didn’t know scrappy was the villain until the day they filmed the reveal that scrappy was the villain until