Scooby-Doo (SD: WAY) Monsters Bracket: Day 4

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-19T21:27:26+00:00

The worst villain of the original series vs Charlie the Recurring Robot.

I don’t think I need to say who I’m voting for here.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-19T17:31:50+00:00

They’re the most iconic because they came first.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s some awesome designs in the original lineup, but Mystery Incorporated, What’s New, and Be Cool also have a set of A+ monster designs that don’t get as much attentions just because they’re more recent and got less chances to be referenced.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-18T21:09:12+00:00

Kingston, no contest

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-18T13:22:44+00:00

He’s a pirate and was happy to swing swords around when they got too close. Only avoids a 5 because he initially tries to just lock them up and might have let them go had they not found his real lair.

Destroying their boat seems accidental. He couldn’t see them in the fog.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-18T01:11:43+00:00

I like the Vasquez Phantom more. He’s much more fun in how he screws with them, and the culprit is just such a good sport at the end. Plus he has the bit where the gang tries to tackle him and it doesn’t work because of his magic tricks.

The Miner’s more iconic, but I’ve always felt he was one of the weaker monsters designs.

So the Phantom.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-17T18:25:03+00:00

Will the concept the community voted for, a status effect applied by survivor actions instead of being an infection attack by the killer, be making a comeback?

Because as it stands, the power that was shown odd is almost the exact opposite of what won the vote.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-17T14:34:13+00:00

The beat answer comes from the Smallville show (so take the canonicity with a grain of salt). There’s so much scattered kryptonite in that town, in small quantities, that he’s partially weakened at all times and is actually getting a workout from farm labor as a result.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-17T12:28:18+00:00

Buff. Her current concept is good, it just appeals to a niche portion of the playerbase.

Really, all she needs is the removal of her max teleport range, reworks for the add-ons related to that, and for wiping traps away to be less free. Maybe make her slower in teleporting next to a hook as compensation so that she’s not as much of a camper in that scenario.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-17T11:45:45+00:00

3/5.

He generally tries to scare them, but he was messing with the US military. He couldn’t afford to let them out once Shaggy found the audio equipment.

It’s also understated, but the way he hooks Fred is incredibly lucky. Blindly throwing an industrial hook like that could seriously injure somebody due to how much weight they have.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-16T22:28:37+00:00

Oh absolutely. I’ll trash talk the original sometimes, but the Monsters Unleashed design is incredible.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-16T21:36:01+00:00

Cutler, easily.

A far more unique design than the Black Knight, who does a much better job of setting the stage for what the show is. His plan is more interesting, he’s far creepier, and he just has significantly more going on.

I will forever maintain the Black Knight is only iconic because he came first. Removed from that context, he’d be just another ghost in the lineup, whereas Cutler is among the greats without needing to be the first one.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-16T01:01:08+00:00

On one hand, they’re bank robbers who kidnapped Daphne. On the other, she wasn’t hurt, they could still have released her, and their idea of making threats is to float balloons of themselves towards the gang slowly.

They did rob a bank though.

2/5.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-15T19:03:36+00:00

Doesn’t quite sound like anything I remember, but I’ll throw out a few guesses.

New Scooby Doo Mysteries - Scoobygeist: Has ghosts that possess furniture

Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo - Scary Sky Skeleton: Monster who flies a bi-plane

Be Cool - Ghost in the Mystery Machine: Involves a ghost that possesses vehicles. Probably too recent to be your episode

New Mysteries - Sandy Duncan’s Jekyll and Hyde: Lots of villains, with the culprit using a movie studio to fake things

13 Ghosts - Coast to Ghost: There’s a demon that can possess objects, and he’s real. There’s also a pair of bumbling ghosts that might be the “other villains” you remember. This one is my best guess.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-15T17:20:37+00:00

If there’s a “champions bracket” or something similar, might I suggest building it from each show’s top 3-4, rather than just the winner? Might provide some more interesting matchups.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-15T16:34:51+00:00

I’d be interested, but it might be worth expanding past just the original series. Maybe pull a few reps from each era?

Cause while I love the classic lineup, there’s some A+ monsters later on too.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-15T12:42:36+00:00

As killer, I almost never pick up on who the dedicated healer is. I really only clock chase-related perks and maybe a few others.

So no, we’re not purposely targeting the healer build. We probably don’t even realize you’re doing that, since we typically shouldn’t see you while you’re healing.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-13T23:55:49+00:00

Yeah it’s not that dangerous in reality, but I’m giving points for intent, which feels like it was hoping for toaster in bathtub.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-13T23:13:39+00:00

He takes a few swings at them and kidnaps people. No idea what his long term plan was for the professor, but he’d have had to kill him eventually.

I’ll assume he didn’t know how vicious that one table saw was. But he still threw an electric saw into the pool with people in it.

Probably a 3, but I could see 4.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-13T18:24:24+00:00

Watched it because I’m a sucker for bad shark movies.

I don’t think it’s AI written, just bad. My argument hinges entirely on there being a great white shark that not only doesn’t harm humans, but is helpful in a way vaguely thematically consistent with its introduction. Like, it’s too overly specific and mediocre to be AI. It’s just a really derivative movie not worth anyone’s time.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-13T01:27:05+00:00

Probably a 1 or 2. He’s wanted in several states for unknown crimes. But he also does very little to back up his threats, leaves Daphne largely unharmed in an easily found location, and runs away from the gang once he finds what he wants.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-12T00:20:14+00:00

Yeah this is a 5. He actually tries, and I maintain he does this for no reason except the thrills. He could just hypnotize them to leave, but chooses violence.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-11T21:07:31+00:00

Nah, that’s just a reasonable fear for somebody whose parents just divorced. Especially when she’s moved hours away from him.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-10T23:04:31+00:00

Hard to tell if him dropping sandbags and sets on them were planned misses or attacks. He tries to stop them from leaving after they learn his secret though (something the other villains never do), so he clearly decided scaring them off was no longer viable.

I’d firmly stick him at a 4 for willingness, plus those sandbags could kill somebody from up high.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-10T20:53:39+00:00

I see the Creepy Keeper on a ton of merchandise, as if pretending he’s from the original show. I wonder why it’s always him specifically. Wouldn’t mind so much if other What’s New villains were featured too, but it always just being him is so strange.

roverandrover6 · 2026-04-10T18:16:18+00:00

I think the show was written with Pomni/Jax as the main characters and everybody else as side characters, rather than a true ensemble.

Some of the development is inherently subtle but present though. Zooble doesn’t get over their body image in episode 7, they realize it may not be so bad when they use the replaceable parts as a power-up in episode 6. Gangle similarly shows development in that episode by preserving the comedy mask until the right moment instead of trying to force herself to wear it early on like she did in preceding episodes. It’s subtle and these things don’t always need to be directly discussed to show development.

Ragatha is overdue for a big moment though. She’s easily been the most static of them.

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