Velma Dinkley (Velma TV series incarnation)

Velma is the main protagonist of her spinoff series based on the Scooby Doo franchise, named after herself. She is voiced by a producer of the show Mindy Kaling.

This article will only be focused on her characterization in her self-named series.

Why She Needs To Get Clues To Find The Real Velma

 * 1) She is barely anything like her actual Scooby Doo counterpart (since this 2023 show of her first name was supposed to be the "prequel" of the Scooby Doo franchise), as she has more bad traits than the actual Velma resulting in her being flanderized.
 * 2) *Additionally, she was unnecessarily race swapped. The same goes for Shaggy (who is now referred to as his first real name, Norville) and Daphne (who is now Asian) with the exception of Fred (who is thankfully not racebended).
 * 3) Her character design and the way she is animated renders her to be completely unrecognizable as she looks too much like Quinn Ergon from Final Space in terms of how her eyes and lips are drawn.
 * 4) She is super rude to people, mostly insulting them.
 * 5) Additionally she is shown to be a racist, as she claims most of the bad things are done by white people. Yes, some white people can commit terrible acts (like the Christchurch mosque shootings, the 2019 El Paso shooting, and the 2022 Buffalo shooting). Yet that clearly isn't the case, for the show.
 * 6) Awful First Impressions: In the first reveal trailer, she is seen sending a death threat to the employees of HBO Max which was a bad start to introduce her character. The writers probably wanted her to be self-aware but it fails horribly as discussed below.
 * 7) Additionally, she was just made to insult viewers who don't like the show, as in the second trailer and episode she is seen saying "Adults who still watch cartoons" as an insult which basically screams to the world that animation is only for kids and that if adults and teenagers watch it, then they're immature. Yes, cartoons have a level of complexity that is toned down for younger audiences to understand, but adults can enjoy a level of charm to it. We're at an age where children's cartoons like SpongeBob SquarePants, Gravity Falls, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, Tom and Jerry, Adventure Time, The Powerpuff Girls, The Loud House (mainly during the first 3 seasons), Ren and Stimpy, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Steven Universe, and Teen Titans, can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike. Likewise, adult cartoons like South Park, Santa Inc, Fairview, Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show, Rick and Morty, BoJack Horseman, Hoops, and even Ren and Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon have an unbearably large amount of violence, toilet humor, swearing, and jokes that are plain offensive to brag about how their shows aren't meant for children.
 * 8) *This also comes off very hypocritical of her, as she is saying this IN AN ADULT CARTOON. Do you think Walt Disney would be happy if he saw her say that? He said, "You're dead if you only aim for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway." In a way, this is double standard.
 * 9) She also has poor detective skills, which results in her failing to find the murderer at the high school.
 * 10) She makes Velma's Be Cool Scooby-Doo incarnation more likable in comparison.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Mindy Kaling does a great job voicing Velma for the most part.
 * 2) Her design is at least faithful and somewhat pretty decent despite being mentioned at WSNTGCTFTRV #2.
 * 3) Luckily, she still does have some traits from her original counterpart, such as her catchphrase "Jinkies" being here.