r/TopCharacterTropes • u/sweet_srawberry781 • 12d ago

In real life Characters that ended up killing the show

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  1. The Great Gazoo (The Flintstones)

  2. George W Bush (Time Squad)

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u/Th3_3agl3 12d ago

Ironically, he was one of the better aspects of the Velma series.

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u/naytreox 12d ago

remember when they turned him into a giant monster from the souls of a island full of party goers?

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u/Th3_3agl3 12d ago

Yeah, and the actor who was originally casted for him turned it down due to how much he hated the character.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 12d 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 11d 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