Jokes

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A **joke** is a story or event created for the sake of comedy. Many of them can be seen throughout all versions of The Potions Scene.

## Transformers

* Like the rest of the film, this scene uses cartoonish sound effects to make the actions more comedic.
* Shaggy calls Jonathan Jacobo's Lab "Cluetopia", referring to how large the potential for finding a clue in a laboratory filled with potions is.
* Shaggy and Scooby are scared by a loud bang but quickly discover that it was just the elevator going back up.
* Scooby has a speech impediment which causes him to pronounce words with an "R" sound at the beginning.
	+ He pronounces Yeah "Reah".
	+ He calls Lemonade "Remonade".
	+ He calls Shaggy "Raggy".
	+ He calls the Tasmanian Devil the "Rasmanian Revil".
	+ He pronounces I "Ri".
	+ He pronounces Potion "Rotion".
* Scooby mistakes a yellow potion for lemonade, in line with he and Shaggy's constant need to eat.
* Scooby transforms into a freaky, tentacled monster.
* Shaggy describes the potion he thought was the antidote as "medicinal".
* Shaggy says "I'm okay" before transforming, briefly thinking he avoided becoming anything.
	+ He becomes very shocked and horrified when he suddenly transforms.
* Seductive saxophone music plays as Shaggy's female body is revealed.
* Shaggy's body from the neck down becomes that of a woman's.
	+ He refers to this as a "chick's body".
	+ Shaggy points at himself to emphasis his obvious new "assets".
* Scooby becomes the Tasmanian Devil, being another Warner Brothers character.
	+ Scooby even acts like the Tasmanian devil.
* Shaggy's body becomes super muscular.
	+ In addition, he begins to act like a jock, flexing and obsessing over his muscles.
* Scooby becomes super intelligent, with an accent and an appearance similar to Albert Einstein.
	+ This also increases his vocabulary, using far bigger words.
* Scooby Brainiac misses being a dog, and doing stereotypical dog things, calling them "wonderful times". These include:
	+ Chasing cats
	+ Licking his own rear end
	+ Eating his own vomit
* Scooby Brainiac insults Buff Shaggy's ignorance several times.
	+ He asks him to "hush now, buffoon".
	+ He calls him a *Schwarzeneggian* oaf, referencing Arnold Schwarzenegger.
* Buff Shaggy demeans Scooby Brainiac's weaker body several times.
	+ He calls him a "little man".
	+ He calls him a "geek".
* Scooby Brainiac describes the antidote he is making as a "highly combustible synthesis". This confuses the now dumber mind of Buff Shaggy, and he needs to clarify using simpler words.
* Buff Shaggy doesn't realize he throws a highly combustible potion, causing a massive explosion.
* Shaggy simply laughs at the explosion, embarrassing himself and Scooby in front of the gang.
* Shaggy compares the experience of transforming to his "freshman year of college", referring to a drug trip.

## Chapter 11 (Shaggy)

* Shaggy calls Jonathan Jacobo's Lab "Cluetopia", referring to how large the potential for finding a clue in a laboratory filled with potions is.
* Scooby has a speech impediment which causes him to pronounce words with an "R" sound at the beginning.
	+ He calls Yogurt "Rogurt".
	+ He calls Shaggy "Raggy".
	+ He pronounces I "Ri".
	+ He pronounces Potion "Rotion".
* Shaggy finds some video equipment and messes around with it, making it look like he's in front of The Great Wall of China and the Eiffel Tower.
* Scooby mistakes a potion for yogurt.
* Scooby turns into a "crazy-dog version" of Yao Ming.
* Shaggy's body from the neck down becomes that of a woman's.
	+ He refers to this as a "chick's body".
* Shaggy's body becomes super muscular.
	+ In addition, he begins to act like a jock, flexing and obsessing over his muscles.
* When Shaggy turns into Buff Shaggy, he describes himself as "A regular Mr. America."
	+ He also describes himself as "Supermacho".
* Scooby becomes super intelligent, and he talks like "someone brainy".
	+ This also increases his vocabulary, using far bigger words.
* Scooby calls his new intelligence a "hideous plague".
* Scooby Brainiac insults Buff Shaggy's ignorance several times.
	+ He tells him to "be still, oaf".
	+ He also calls Buff Shaggy a "dithering buffoon*".*
* Buff Shaggy demeans Scooby Brainiac's weaker body several times.
	+ He calls him a "little man".
* Buff Shaggy doesn't realize he throws a highly combustible potion, causing a massive explosion.
* Stunned by the explosion, Buff Shaggy says "Go Boom".
* Scooby Brainiac grabs Buff Shaggy's head and forces him to drink the antidote.

## Mutate Madness

* Shaggy calls Jonathan Jacobo's Lab "Cluetopia", referring to how large the potential for finding a clue in a laboratory filled with potions is.
* Scooby has a speech impediment which causes him to pronounce words with an "R" sound at the beginning.
	+ He calls Yogurt "Rogurt".
	+ He calls Shaggy "Raggy".
	+ He pronounces Ok as "Ro K."
	+ He pronounces Uh oh as "Ruh oh".
	+ He Pronounces yeah as "Reah".
* Shaggy refers to the contents of the lab as "freaky stuff".
* Scooby mistakes a yellow potion for yogurt, in line with his constant need to eat.
* Scooby transforms into "a big ugly monster".
* On the Tutorial screen, Shaggy describes Monster Scooby as being "very un-Scoobyish".
* Scooby's body becomes super muscular, talking like a stereotypical jock.
* Scooby becomes super intelligent, now speaking in a smarter sounding voice.
* Scooby transforms into an underwear wearing scientist.
* Shaggy compares the experience to his "freshman year of college".

## In the Original Script

Many of the jokes from James Gunn's original draft of the scene are used in some form except for one, which was cut from all versions of The Potion Scene.

* Shaggy says "You don't eat stuff that glows".
* Scooby mentions "Firefiles".
* Shaggy retorts saying "Fireflies are the exception that proves the rule".

"Exception that proves the rule" is an expression simply meaning that what one person claims is an exception for a rule is actually a good reason the rule exist. In this case, Scooby is saying fireflies glow and he can eat those, and Shaggy reminds him that is not true.

## Trivia

* The joke about the potion drinking being similar to Shaggy's "freshman year of college" is a reference to a drug trip, as Shaggy has been subtly characterized as a stoner (in a kid friendly fashion).
	+ This joke is reused in Mutate Madness, but makes little sense as Shaggy did not drink any of the potions in this version.
* The original two live action Scooby-Doo movies are known to use more "adult" jokes than the cartoon versions. While Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is aimed at younger audience than the first film was, several adult jokes are present. Some of these can be found in the potion scene.
	+ Shaggy having the body of a woman could be considered a very sexual joke, especially since seductive saxophone music plays during the scene and his clothing is showing more skin than normal in kid-oriented media. He also moves in very exaggerated ways at some points, again emphasizing his body more than normal. 'Chick' is also a slang term for woman that is generally avoided for being too derogatory.
	+ As said above, Shaggy references taking drugs when comparing the potion experience to his "freshman year in college". Him calling one of the potions "medicinal" could also be a reference to drug use.