Highly Combustible Potion

* Finished State
* Original State

> *"This is a highly combustible synthesis." - Scooby Brainiac, Transformers*
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The **"Highly Combustible" Potion** is a potion in Transformers and Chapter 11 (Shaggy). This potion is never actually drunk.

## Naming

Its name comes from how Scooby Brainiac describes the potion he's creating as "highly combustible", which is proven true by the explosion it creates.

## Description

The potion is originally found on the fourth shelf of the refrigerator. The potion is pink and contained in a flask. After being mixed, it becomes green and starts smoking.

## Effects

Unknown.

* Explodes upon impact.
* Made from residue of the Antidote potion.

## History

### Transformers

Scooby Brainiac, transforming from the simple-minded Scooby, longs for his former self and attempts to create an antidote for both him and Shaggy, who is now Buff Shaggy. He mainly does this by mixing between two different beakers, with one being the antidote and another just being the residue. This mixture is said by Scooby to be "highly combustible", needing silence from Shaggy to finish. After announcing his plans to transform them back to Shaggy in a simplistic way he can understand, Shaggy mistakenly grabs the "highly combustible" potion rather than the antidote and throw it at the wall. This causes a massive explosion, loud enough to be heard above ground where the rest of the gang is. They venture down to the lab and find the two stuck to the wall by the explosions blast, with Scooby scolding Shaggy for nearly killing them. Shaggy doesn't really listen and simply laughs, stunned by the explosion.

### Chapter 11 (Shaggy)

Similar events occur in the book. Although, no ingrediants are specified, simply just "little of this and a little of that".

### Scholastic Reader

While the potion itself never appear, another potion is used as waste for the antidote.

## Creation

* Scooby Brainiac grabbing potions to begin creating his antidote.
* Scooby shaking the two and inserting a hair into one.
* Scooby pouring the potions into each other, changing their colors.
* Scooby finishing the Antidote and the "Highly Combustible" Potion.
1/4Scooby Brainiac starts by grabbing various potions from the refrigerator, taking a pink and orange one while leaving a red one. He uses the pink one for waste and residue, while using the orange one to create an antidote. He begins transferring liquid between them at a very rapid pace. After tossing the pink potion into the air, Scooby pulls one of his newly grown grey hairs and throws it into the orange potion before grabbing the pink potion as it falls back down and continuing to mix them. The pink potion's color begins to change to green and back again as Scooby continues to mix them. It finally stays green and begins to smoke, creating the final version of the "Highly Combustable" Potion.

## In the Original Script

In James Gunn's original draft of the scene, the potion fills much of the same role. Although, no hair being put in is described specficially, just that it contains "a bit of this, a bit of that".

## Trivia

* There is a sticker on the mirror of the fridge for "1.4 Explosive" meaning the contents of the fridge may contain the ability to cause a small explosive, possibly foreshadowing this potion's outcome.
* In Mutate Madness, an explosion happens, but this potion is not shown to be the cause of it.
	+ Although, the potion is somewhat mentioned in the game when Scooby Brainiac says "this is a highly combustible synthesis".
* The way Buff Shaggy throws the potion and the way it flies through the air is a reference to how football players throw.
* Similarly, the hole created by this potion is instead created by Buff Shaggy himself in the Movie Storybook. How is unclear.
* In the Ladybird book, the explosion is instead created by him throwing the Antidote. This also somehow transforms them back to normal.
* This potion is seen as empty during the "Thank You" music video.