Old Man Smithers

**Valentine Cornelius Smithers** is a secondary antagonist in *Scooby-Doo: The Movie*. While working as a janitor for Wow-O Toy Factory, he was rejected by Pamela Anderson on a date offer. He terrorized the factory as revenge, disguising himself as the **Luna Ghost**.

He was portrayed by Nicholas Hope. He is loosely based on the character of Larry P. Acme from *A Pup Named Scooby-Doo*.

## History

### Background

During the original run of Mystery Inc., Smithers once disguised himself as the Cheddar Cheese Ghost and captured Daphne Blake. At least two years later, she mentioned this in a conversation with Fred Jones, stating that she pretended to be afraid of him for attention.

At an unknown point in time, Smithers took a job at Wow-O Toy Factory as a janitor. He was smitten with the factory's owner, Pamela Anderson, and asked her on a date, but she declined. He planned his revenge and used a toy produced by the factory as inspiration for his second villainous disguise, the Luna Ghost. He built the costume using helium balloons, allowing himself to fly and jump with a weightless appearance.

### *Scooby-Doo: The Movie*

As Smithers wore his disguise and kidnapped Daphne once again, her teammate Velma Dinkley formulated a plan for the gang to rescue her. Smithers wreaked havoc in the factory, knocking over stacks of toys as Daphne shouted at him and made weak attempts to free herself from his grip. To silence her, he gagged her with her own scarf.

Smithers terrorized Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo, chasing and nearly setting them ablaze, all-the-while avoiding Velma's trap. After a thorough chase across the factory floor, Shaggy and Scooby wound up slamming directly into Smithers and Daphne, all four of them crashing into a stack of dolls modeled after Pamela Anderson.

Pamela, reporters, police and fans of Mystery Inc. swarmed into the factory as the mystery came to a close. Fred revealed Smithers' identity, shocking everyone except Velma. Smithers expressed disappointment at Pamela's rejection and swore revenge against the group. Two years later, laughs similar to those of his Luna Ghost portrayal were heard at the Spooky Island Castle.

## Apocryphal

In the script, Smithers wore a Kid Rock mask under his Luna Ghost mask, which deceives Pamela and convinces her to forgive his behavior. They kiss passionately before Fred stops them and unmasks Smithers for a second time. Upon seeing his true appearance, Pamela was instantly repulsed.

In the film's alternate ending, Smithers is unmasked as the mastermind behind the gang's case on Spooky Island. He sought revenge against the gang for foiling every evil plan he ever had, and lured the gang to the island so that he could perform the Darkopalypse Ritual.

## Physical appearance

Old Man Smithers is a 90-year-old "astoundingly hideous" man with missing teeth and balding gray hair. In the alternate ending, his casual outfit includes a brown gingham button-up shirt, light gray slacks and brown shoes.

## Appearances

* *Scooby-Doo: The Movie*
* *Scooby-Doo: The Movie!* (novel)
* *Scooby-Doo: The Motion Picture* (non-canon)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Scooby-Doo* (May 31, 2001 draft)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Scooby-Doo: The Movie*