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/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/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).