The Spooky-Island Demons

**The Kanine Demons of Famous Spooky Island** are supporting antagonists in the 2002 live-action film *Scooby-Doo*. They are an ancient race of creatures who once inhabited an island that would later become a theme park known as Spooky Island, but soon came under the control of Scrappy-Doo through the Daemon Ritus as he planned to use the monsters in order to conquer the world and get revenge on his former friends Mystery Incorporated for abandoning him. The Demons also have a weakness which include getting disintegrated when exposed to sunlight and used human bodies as suits for protection while possessing them. **Their vocal sound effects were provided by Jess Harnell and Frank Welker.**

**An-The Spooky-Island Kanine-Demons** (also known as **Spooky Island Demons** or **Regular Kanine-Dog Monstrosities**) are an ancient race of creatures who inhabit the island that would become the theme park Spooky Island. They came under the control of Scrappy-Doo through The Daemon Ritus, who sought to use the creatures to get revenge on Mystery Incorporated and conquer the world. The Demons disintegrated when exposed to sunlight, and thus had the ability to possess human bodies for protection but only after their souls were removed.

## Naming Info Details

### Aliases

Real Kanine Monstosities**Spooky Island Monsters**

Monstrosities

**The Demon Kanines**

### Alias

Real Kanine MonstositiesSpooky Island Monsters

## Biographical Description Information

### Location Of Biological

**THE PLANET EARTH** at **FAMOUS SPOOKY ISLAND**

### Planet Of Biological

THE PLANET EARTH **at** FAMOUS SPOOKY ISLAND

## Physical Appearance Description

### Other Regular Forms

**THE NORMAL FORMS:** .THE REGULAR HUMANS:  **.**

### Powers With Abilities / Skills And Talents \ InBorns Plus InNates

Enhanced strength, **Enhanced speed,** Enhanced agility, **Climbing skills,** Green smoke-like breath that can incapacitate victims, **Possession,** Claws And Teeth, **Mastery of disguise using human bodies as suits****Knockout Breath,** Super S Strength, **Extraordinary Super Jump,** Known Damage Resistance, **Possession,** Soul-Snatching

## Physical appearance

They appeared as 9-12ft tall, violet-skinned, humanoid dog-like reptilian monsters with green eyes. They have long arms and legs with bunny like ears. They also had dark spots all over their bodies almost like that of a Dalmatian.

The Demons stand about twice as tall as a normal human in which they have an extremely lean and emaciated appearance which contrasts with their great physical strength. Their skin is purplish-red in color while their eyes are bright green. They have dog-like faces, digitigrade legs, five-fingered hands equipped with large claws, a mouth filled with sharp teeth, black spots, three pairs of short horns adorning the head and a pair of very long rabbit-like ears.

## Personality

The Demons were easily duped and used brute strength to get things done. They did however show a bit of cunning and persistence when it came down to capturing the humans in the spooky island hotel. They served Scrappy-Doo loyally, even attending training sessions on learning how to behave like a teenager (with out-of-date 90s lingo). They didn't attack any of the employees allied with Scrappy or any of the other possessed college kids, showing they knew who was on their side.

Like any monster, the Demons were easily duped and used brute strength to get things done. They served Scrappy-Doo loyally, even attending training sessions on learning how to behave like a teenager (with out-of-date lingo). They didn't attack any of the employees allied with Scrappy, showing they know who's really on their side.

## Powers and abilities

Don't let their emaciated figure fool you, the Spooky Island Demons were quite resilient, able to take punishment without much complaint. Their green, fog-like breath could knock out victims in just a few moments. They can cover long distances thanks to their long legs and jump jump nearly two stories high. They had incredible strength, able to carry people in each hand without breaking a sweat. They had the ability to possess humans, but only after their souls (otherwise in this film known as Protoplasms) had been removed from their bodies with the aid of a pincer, however, as a result, they would not have access to the host's memory unless informed of it. Presumably what gave the demons the ability to remove souls was The Daemon Ritus. Without it, it is unclear if they could possess people or remove their souls. The demons could be expelled from their host bodies when the host's soul (or someone else) entered the body. The host would collapse to the ground and a streak of fiery green light would erupt from their chest, forcing them out. The demons also had a weakness to sunlight, if caught out in the sunlight when expelled they would explode in seconds, but could work around this by possessing humans.

VelmaMidExpulsion.png**Velma Mid Expulsion**VelmaPostExpulsion.png**Velma Post Expulsion**DaphneMidExpulsion.png**Daphne Mild Expulsion**DaphnePostExpulsion.png**Daphne Post Expulsion**The Demons were quite resilient, able to take punishment without much complaint. The most notable aspect of these creatures is their extreme vulnerability to sunlight, which causes their bodies to disintegrate in mere seconds. For this reason, they can only safely operate at night. They also have a green, smoke-like breath that could knock out victims for possession. However, it's possible for them to counter this weakness due to their ability to possess the bodies of other creatures, such as humans, thus allowing them to withstand the sun. They use a magical device known as the Daemon Ritus to extract the protoplasmic spirits from their potential hosts' bodies so that the Demons can possess them, as they cannot do so otherwise. **When a Demon possesses someone, the host's body will display the same powers that the Demon had in its original form, such as superhuman strength and jumping ability. If the host's protoplasmic spirit manages to return to the body, the Demon will be forcefully expelled and materialize in its original shape in from of its former host. This can be very bad for the creature if it happens during the day, as it might find itself directly under the sun with no means of protection.**

## History

### Origins

The Demons are an ancient race of creatures that once populated an island which would then somehow become Spooky Island created by its owner and creator Emile Mondavarious hundreds of years later.

### *Scooby-Doo*

Several years later after being abandoned by his former friends Mystery, Inc., Scrappy-Doo went to Spooky Island and abducted Mondavarious before locking him up in a hole. Corrupted by the power of a pyramid-shaped artifact known as the Daemon Ritus, Scrappy took control of the Demons to conquer the world then built a mechanical version of Mondavarious and impersonated him with it before arranging for Mystery Inc. to be brought to Spooky Island. **However, Mystery Inc. later discovered the Demons' weakness in which they used a skeleton head disco ball to reflect sunlight, destroying all the Demons after the human souls returned to their owner's correct bodies upon popping out. Scrappy was defeated shortly after.**

### Early life

The Demons once populated the island centuries before Emile Mondavarious would build Spooky Island hundreds of years later. Presumably the islands inhabitants coexisted or were enslaved by the demons. Eventually when Mondavarious arrived they inhabitants revolted and banished the demons. The island was built upon supernatural grounds, hence why souls could be removed from peoples bodies and these creatures can exist. It is speculated the demons originally game from a demonic dimension, from a portal or rift under the island. This would explain the demon coming out of the catacombs during the possession of Daphne Blake.

### *Scooby-Doo: The Movie*

Corrupted by the power of a pyramid-shaped artifact known as the Dameon Ritus, Scrappy-Doo took control of the Demons to conquer the world. He created a mechanical version of Spooky Island's creator and owner, and arranged for Mystery Inc. to be brought there. For over 2 years Scrappy had many college kids captured and possessed, with the final group nearly including Mystery Inc. Velma and Fred were captured by demons, so was Mondavarious (Scrappy) and a few others. Shaggy, Daphne, Mary Jane, and Scooby all escape the hotel to witness large groups of demons dragging unconscious college kids behind them and into a cave where the Ring Of Fire was conducted earlier when the gang first arrived. Mary Jane attempted to call the Coast Guard to receive support and rescue, unfortunately the Coast Guard staff members were possessed by demons (presumably). The next morning the rest of the gang wakes up to see the hotel fixed and college kids having fun on the beach and by the pool. They all thought this was strange and so they investigated. Mary Jane left to find her friend Bethan and would later be possessed off-screen. Daphne walks into the band Sugar Ray performing on stage, surrounded by dancing teens. Suddenly the lead singer Mark McGrath's eyes began to glow green indicating he was possessed and so she ran away. Meanwhile Shaggy and Scooby find Fred acting strange and speaking in the 90s lingo. Meanwhile in a deleted scene, Daphne finds Velma in the locker rooms dancing with college girls in swimwear. Velma was not wearing her glasses, was wearing a bikini herself and even had makeup. Daphne tried talking to her about the demons when she stopped and began to speak ominously. She turned and then roared at Daphne, revealing she was possessed as well as all the other girls in the locker room. Daphne ran out, barricading the door behind her. Meanwhile outside, Shaggy and Scooby all hear glass shattering as then Fred took of his sunglasses and two teens jumped up on a table nearby. They all roared, their eyes glowing green and releasing the same green fog-like breath at them, revealing not only was Fred possessed but everyone at the pool party and the beach were too. Daphne is captured by Zarkos, the masked wrestler and best friend to N'Goo Tuana, the other supporting antagonist. Shaggy and Scooby run away from the possessed teens, Fred, and Sugar Ray. They escape on motorbikes when they run into Mary Jane, she hops on and they escape the other possessed humans. Along the way Mary Jane is struck by a branch distorting her face and revealing she is possessed. She fixes it and pretends everything was okay despite Scooby witnessing the act. They arrived at the cave entrance where Scooby and Shaggy get into an argument and are separated. Shaggy pursues to save his best friend. Inside the cave in another deleted scene Shaggy witnesses Daphne captured and strapped to a sort of bronze altar. Zarkos commands a pincer towards her chest where it phases through and slowly removes Daphne's soul from her body. Her soul is then dumped into a vat behind the pincer and a demon comes out of the catacombs below and possesses Daphne. She speaks in an ancient language of the demons and is released by some henchmen and all walk out of the cave. Shaggy mustering courage runs up to the vat to discover it is filled with tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of human souls. All appearing like ghostly copies of their hosts heads. Shaggy rescues Velma first, she explains that she can return to her body but Shaggy must escape to prevent his soul removed as well. Velma returns to her body and the demon is expelled from her chest and explodes. Next Fred was rescued, during his flight returning to his body, the possessed Fred speaks of a ceremony called the "Darkpocalypse". Fred unfortunately does not recover his body as his possessed self goes into a bathroom and closes the door on him. Shaggy then briefly rescues a random soul of a college boy but puts him back, later rescuing Daphne's Soul and setting her free. He then locks eyes with The Daemon Ritus and takes it, he never finds Mary Jane's soul. Velma then lures a possessed Daphne into a room where then a soul flies into her and knocks her back onto a chair. Velma closes the door and runs towards closed curtains as Daphne's demon is expelled. The demon in an attempt to capture Daphne again approaches her but Velma opens the curtains, letting sunlight inside. The demon develops glowing boils and subsequently explodes revealing their weakness; sunlight and why they needed human bodies to protect them. Later it is revealed Fred is in Daphne's body and Daphne goes into Fred's body, we never see Fred's demon being expelled but is presumably destroyed for the sake of plot. The gang gather in a forest where they switch bodies briefly before settling in their correct bodies. Much later the gang goes back to the cave to knock over the vat of souls to free everyone, reclaim their bodies, and using the ***The Disco skull*** they retrieve to reflect sunlight at the expelled demons and destroy them. The Darkpocalypse Ritual begins with dozens of possessed humans walking into the cave, they start to chant and dance. Mondavarious walks in with a blue ceremonial robe with a crevasse or mount on his chest. Velma and Fred are discovered by the possessed humans and are captured as well as the Daemon Ritus. Mondavarious then reveals Scooby-Doo is a sacrifice as henchmen carry Scooby into the ritual chamber. Scobby's soul is soon puled out of his body and Mondavarious attaches the Daemon Ritus to his chest. The souls in the vat begin to rise up in a whirlpool and fly towards Mondavarious's chest, he begins to absorb them for energy. Before Scooby's soul is absorbed, Shaggy thwarts Mondavarious, knocking him back and stopping him from absorbing more souls. Scooby returns to his body as Velma and Fred realize Mondavarious is wearing a mask. They remove it to reveal he is actually a robot. From the robot's chest springs Scrappy-Doo who begins to grow rapidly in size. He reveals his plan to Mystery Inc. as he continues to grow, stating he wanted to take over the world with his new army of possessed, henchmen and demons, but to complete his transformation he needs the soul of Scooby. Scrappy transforming into his monster form, Scrappy-Rex. A fight breaks out between Mystery Inch and the cultists. Eventually Shaggy discovers Mary Jane is possessed and Scooby is captured. Daphne defeats Zarkos as he is kicked into a vent causing sunlight o come insode the cave, he knocks over the vat, releasing all the trapped souls inside it. The souls return to their bodies and expelling all the demons, Daphne then uses the ***Skeleton Head-Disco Ball*** to reflect sunlight, destroying the Demons. Scrappy was defeated shortly afterwards when Shaggy removes the Daemon Ritus from his chest and releasing the remaining souls to return to their bodies.

AllDemonsComeOut.pngDemons being expelled when the souls return to their bodiesDemonsExplode.pngDemons exploding from the sunlight
## Notes/trivia

* Their design was inspired by Great Danes and rabbits.
* Their origin is never fully explained, but leaves much interpretation for the audience.
* They are voiced by Jess Harnell and Frank Welker, the latter being the original voice actor for Scooby-Doo.
* The Demons also took inspiration from the Gremlins, explaining their reptilian appearance and their weakness to sunlight.
* There is a rollercoaster dedicated to the movie in Australia called "The Spooky Coaster" which is still active to this day.
* The Demons' appearance and vulnerability to sunlight is very similar to Gremlins.
* Beast Bendy resembles the Demons.