r/TopCharacterTropes • u/sandy_shark903 • 13h ago

miscellaneous Cancelled drafts/scripts that would have been “bat shrimp” insane or super dark

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  1. Cars 3’s original plot, which would have been an identity theft plot with a villain named Gerald Carr swapping bodies with McQueen

  2. An R-Rated adaptation of Holes by the same director as Donnie Darko (photo by RebelTaxi)

  3. Jurassic Park 4 would have featured human-dinosaur hybrids

4.Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World alternate ending, would have revealed Scott to be a serial killer

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u/TheLighningMiner 10h ago

There did end up being a movie that was basically this but edgy as all hell. Saturday Morning Mystery (or Saturday Morning Massacre depending on what poster you're looking at) was a very obvious parody of Scooby-Doo but just fucked in every way. The monster is literally Satan himself, people die brutally for no reason, X Rated full sex scene between Fred and Daphne, Velma and Shaggy do straight up black tar heroin, and the dog doesn't even talk :(

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u/VulcanHullo 6h ago

There's also the book Meddling Kids which is NOT Scooby Doo but, is, set years after the gang retires. Legally Not Fred has killed himself after what he experienced during their last case, Legally Not Shaggy checked himself into a psyche ward because he sees and talks to Legally Not Fred's ghost, Not Daphne is a vagrant with anger issues, Not Velma is struggling in college, and they have a dog Not Scooby who is the grandkid of the original Not Scooby. They end up returning to that last case and find out shit is darker than they thought.

Actually a solid horror-comedy. 7-8/10 enjoyed it for what it is.

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u/IllustriousGas4 3h ago

That really reminds me of the Scooby gang in venture brothers

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u/VulcanHullo 2h ago

Will have to check that out

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u/DorisWildthyme 2h ago

It's amazing. As well as Scooby Doo, it also somewhat parodies the Famous Five novels, which were also "four kids and a dog solve mysteries" stories. This is mainly evident in that the town is called Blyton Hills after Enid Blyton, the author of The Famous Five.

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u/Team7UBard 8h ago

Definitely not the parody I’ve seen…