Scooby Brainiac

* Film
* Game
* Picture Book

> *"It seems as if I've become ludicrously intelligent." - Scooby Brainiac, Transformers*
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**Scooby Brainiac** is a transformation of Scooby-Doo as a result of the Turquoise Potion in Transformers and Chapter 11 (Shaggy), or as a result from the purple, pink, orange, or green potion in Mutate Madness.

## Naming

The credits of the film officially refer to this form as "Scooby Brainiac." He is also called "brainiac" by Buff Shaggy in the book. In the original script, this form is referred to as "SCOOBY-GEEK", and is also called a geek in some of the books and by Buff Shaggy. Other versions call him "Super Smart Scooby".

This form is often called "Smart Scooby" online.

## Appearance

> *"By the time Scooby was done drinking, he’d grown a huge brain out of the top of his head." - Shaggy, Chapter 11 (Shaggy)*
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### Transformers

Scooby's appearance is quite similar to his normal form, but now white Einstein-esc hair and white, bushy eyebrows. He is still naked, with his only clothing being his dog collar around his neck. He also now wears a pair of glasses. He stands up on hind legs permanently and uses his other paws as hands, making him seem more human-like than before.

### Chapter 11 (Shaggy)

In the book, Scooby only seems to grow a huge brain out of his head. Whether or not he reverted from his previous form is not specified.

### Mutate Madness

In the game, Scooby looks much different. He wears a white labcoat with a pocket full of pens, a blue bowtie, and blue pants. He wears glasses and now features prominent buck-teeth. Despite these changes, another form he takes in the game shares many similarities to Scooby Brainiac: Underwear Scooby.

### Scholastic Reader

In the Scholastic Reader book, he appears to have no physical differences from normal Scooby. It's possible this is simply a picture of normal Scooby, but considering he is mixing potions and the text does not describe any physical changes, it likely is this version's Scooby Brainiac.

### Scooby-Doo 2 Movie Storybook

Like in Chapter 11 of the novelization, Scooby is described as growing a huge brain.

## Personality

Scooby's personality changes drastically. His voice is now much different, no longer overly using the "R" sound in front of words and speaking with a British accent. He now uses much bigger words than he normally would, such as "ludicrously" and "combustible synthesis". Unlike Buff Shaggy, he expresses his desire to return to his normal form, missing doing mindless tasks like chasing cats, licking his own rear end, and eating his own vomit. He seems to not tolerate Buff Shaggy's stupidity and vanity, insulting and demeaning him multiple times.

In the book, he remains much the same, although debatably more intelligent based on his more frequent use of large words.

In the game, he seems to remain the same. Although, he does not seem to help with the potion creation at all, perhaps indicating he's much less motivated to return to normal. His voice is different from the film.

## Abilities

### Strengths

#### Increased Intelligence

As Scooby Brainiac, Scooby's intelligence has increased dramatically. Within seconds after transforming, he is able to speak words Scooby would assumedly not know in a correct manner. He also is able to immediately begin creating a working antidote for their transforming. Given how quickly he begins, it is clear that Scooby Brainiac is smart enough to know the contents of each potion (many of them being completly unlabeled), which ones he needs, and how to mix them into an antidote just by looking at them for only a second. Not only that, but he can casually talk on an unrelated matter as he does, rarely looking down at his creation while mixing. This indicates an extreme level of intelligence on par and/or far greater than most other characters in the film.

#### Durability

Scooby Brainiac is durable enough to survive an explosion powerful enough to imbed his body into a metal wall. And, unlike Buff Shaggy, is seems completly unfazed by the explosion as well. This is similar to the cartoonish physics regular Scooby has in other parts of the film.

### Weaknesses

#### Self-hatred

While Scooby's new intelligence is beneficial, Scooby Brainiac finds it to be such a burden in comparison to his old self that he immediately takes action to try and revert back. While he remains calm and does not panic, he does loudly and directly express dislike for being smart. At one point, when being seen by the rest of Mystery Inc., he expresses embarrassment as well.

#### Short Temper

Scooby Brainiac remains mostly calm when he first appears, but after interacting with Buff Shaggy for a while, he starts insulting him. At one point even shouting at him due to his stupidity.

## History

### Transformers

Scooby, now a Tasmanian Devil, is splashed with a Turquoise Potion by Shaggy Chick. This makes him spin into a tornado and come out as a super intelligent Einstein. Scooby can now speak perfect English and uses high level words to describe his new intelligence. However, he quickly realizes how much he misses the blissful ignorance of his old self, doing things like eating his own vomit, chasing cats, and licking his own rear end. While he announces this to Shaggy, who's now a big muscular jock and is too busy flexing to listen, Scooby uses his new intelligence to create an antidote for him and Shaggy. He eventually silences Shaggy in order to focus, mentioning the mixture he's creating is "highly combustible". He realizes Shaggy is too stupid now to understand his large vocabulary, dumbing it down to just saying "I'm going to transform us back". Without warning, the potion he was using to create the antidote is snatched out of his hands by Shaggy's powerful grip, who throws the potion at the wall. They are both flung to the wall, as the rest of the gang enter the lab. Scooby informs them that Shaggy's ignorance is what caused the explosion, saying how embarrassing it is to see the rest of the gang in their current states. Scooby throws the completed antidote into Shaggy's mouth before drinking the rest himself. This reverts them back to normal.

### Chapter 11 (Shaggy)

In the book, the same events occur, although Scooby instead transforms from a dog-version of Yao Ming instead of a Tasmanian Devil.

### Mutate Madness

In the game, in Shaggy's second attempt to cure Scooby of his transformations, he makes a potion of a certain color. This turns him from a buff machoman into a nerdy scientist.

### Scholastic Reader

In this book, he is referred to as "Super Smart Scooby". He also finds no pushback from Buff Shaggy when creating his antidote. Otherwise, his role is identical to the film.

### Scooby-Doo 2 Movie Storybook

In this book, Scooby Brainiac is Scooby's first form. Similar to the Scholastic Reader, Buff Shaggy does not object to his antidote. Otherwise, he acts identical to the film.

### Ladybird Book

This book has identical events to the movie, with the biggest difference being that Buff Shaggy takes his antidote rather than the "Highly Combustible" Potion, and the explosion causes the two to transform back to normal.

## In the Original Script

In James Gunn's original draft of the scene, Scooby Brainiac is called "SCOOBY-GEEK", which is only described as being a "super-geek creature". He acts almost identical to how he does in the final version. Some of his dialogue is slightly different, more similar to Chapter 11 (Shaggy) version.

## Transformation Process

* Scooby being splashed; no transformation seems to take place yet.
* A shot that seems to show the full transformation into Scooby Brainiac.
* The conclusion of Scooby's transformation.
1/3After being splashed with the Turquoise Potion, Scooby's body begins to spasm (though not right away) before he swirls into a tornado of green smoke (like the real Tasmanian Devil does) and crossfading back into a 3D version of himself, with glasses and white hair already on his person. He also seems to be rapidly changing expressions. This transformation happens in shot 27, although we can see Scooby's head (and presumably brain) still adjusting in shot 29.

In the book, this is slightly different. While drinking the Turquoise potion, Scooby's head begins to grow a massive brain out of it. This growth ends before the drink is finished, implying a gradual process (and possibly one not requiring the whole liquid).

After consumption of the purple, pink, orange, or green potion, a black smoke cloud appears, instantly turning him into Scooby Brainiac.

## Relationships

### Scooby-Doo

Scooby Brainiac almost immediately tries to create an antidote and transform himself back. It's clear that he longs to be ignorant like his old self and do all the stupid, gross dog things he used to do.

### Shaggy

While never mentioning or interacting with him, Scooby Brainiac wants to turn Buff Shaggy back into normal Shaggy. This could be because he misses the old Shaggy, finds the new Buff Shaggy worse and wants to change him back as an improvement, or just wants to restore order by curing both of them completely.

### Buff Shaggy

Scooby Brainiac's high intelligence leads him to have little respect for Buff Shaggy, even though he should remember that Shaggy is supposed to be his friend. He constantly insults him and has to sarcastically dumb down his big words so Shaggy's jock brain can understand. He does seem to be threatened by Buff Shaggy, surprised when he grabs the potion out of his hand, but quickly gains the upper hand when splashing the potion while he's laughing. Whenever Buff Shaggy brags about his muscles or flexes, Scooby Brainiac purposefully ignores him.

### Fred, Daphne, and Velma

Scooby Brainiac has respect for the gang, feeling embarrassed by Buff Shaggy's idiocy and making sure they know he is to blame for the mishap.

## Quotes

### Transformers

> *My God. It seems as if I've become ludicrously intelligent.*
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> *It's awful! Oh, I long for the blissful ignorance of my former self. Chasing cats, licking my own rear end, eating my own vomit.*
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> *Oh, those were wonderful times.*
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> *Hush now, buffoon. This is a highly combustible synthesis.*
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> *I'm going to transform us back!*
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> *What it wit what?*
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> *No!*
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> *This "Schwarzeneggian" oaf almost destroyed us.*
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> *Oh, you are embarrassing.*
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> *It appears.*
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### Chapter 11 (Shaggy)

> *Ah, knowledge, you hideous plague. How I long for my blissful days of ignorance. Alas, perhaps I can brew some chemical concoction that will restore me to the simple, delighted creature I once was.*
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> *Be still, oaf.*
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> *Noooo!*
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> *This dithering buffoon practically killed us.*
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### Mutate Madness

> *That’s a highly combustible synthesis!*
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### May 26th 2003 Script

> *Oh, knowledge, you hideous plague! How I long for my blissful days of ignorance. Perhaps I can brew a chemical concoction that will restore me to the simple, delighted creature I once was.*
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> *Be still, oaf! That's a highly combustible synthesis - -*
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> *Nooooo!!!*
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> *This dithering buffoon practically killed us!*
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> *Here, fool - - imbibe!*
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## Trivia

* The model is referred to as "mutate2" in the files.
	+ This is odd, considering this is the third transformation, not the second.
* Shaggy Chick and Scooby Brainiac are the only transformations with official names, seen in the credits.
* This is the only transformation to be seen in all versions of The Potions Scene. This is likely because he's the form usually responsible for changing both himself and Shaggy back to normal (aside from Mutate Madness).
* Scooby Brainiac is actually in more shots (11 total) than normal Scooby, who only appears in 7.
	+ It is the only transformation with this attribute.
* In Mutate Madness, Scooby Brainiac's lab coat often glitches, allowing the player to see through it.
* It's possible that this form and Buff Shaggy coming from the same potion may be them becoming their opposites. In Scooby's case, he becomes super intelligent rather than being stupid.
* This form shares many similarities to the Brain Gremlin from *Gremlins 2: The New Batch*. Both characters become smart from a potion in a laboratory, speak in complex sentences in a formal voice, and materialize glasses as part of their transformation.
	+ Both are Warner Brothers movies, so this coincidence may be intentional.
* The subtitles (specifically those on HBO Max) for the line "It appears" claim he says "Yes" when he clearly doesn't.
* Coincidentally, "buffoons" is also what Jonathan Jacobo (as the Masked Figure) calls Mystery Incorporated near the beginning of the film.
* In an interview with Jaybee & Milly, J.P. Manoux jokingly called this form "Professor Brainiac Scooby" and said he didn't expect his voice to make the final cut, but was pleasantly surprised it had been.

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