{"id":121512,"date":"2020-11-16T15:47:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/scooby-doo-movie-2002-meant-to-be-r-rated\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T15:47:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:47:40","slug":"was-the-2002-scooby-doo-movie-meant-to-be-r-rated-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/16\/was-the-2002-scooby-doo-movie-meant-to-be-r-rated-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Was the 2002 Scooby-Doo Movie Meant to be R-Rated? | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written by a pre-Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> James Gunn<\/a>, the 2002 Scooby-Doo<\/em> film is a nostalgic favorite for many. Immortalizing the Mystery Inc. gang<\/a> with their first mainstream, live-action appearances, so many aspects of the film worked brilliantly \u2013 from the campy tone to the pitch-perfect casting (Matthew Lillard\u2019s performance as Shaggy was so spot-on, he would take over performing the character\u2019s animated appearances for the next 20 years), viewers couldn\u2019t get enough.<\/p>\n

Released\u00a0with a PG rating, the film was enjoyed by audiences of all ages, making a very respectable $275m at the international box office. But many eagle-eyed viewers have noticed some small hints that the 2002 film wasn\u2019t always meant to be family-friendly. Between some off-kilter jokes, questionable character names, and weird scene set-ups, there\u2019s reason to believe that the film\u2019s original cut was in fact R-rated. Even though Gunn himself tweeted earlier this year<\/a> that this initial rating was due \u201cone stupid joke the MPAA misinterpreted\u201d and that the film was always meant to be \u201cPG-13 or PG\u201d, fans are still dubious \u2013 and here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

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A main reason why fans think that Scooby-Doo<\/em> was at one point R-rated is that an early draft of the script leaked online<\/a>. First surfacing on Reddit but then shared around, the script is dated \u201cMarch 17, 2000\u201d and has all the official insignia to suggest it\u2019s genuine \u2013 by all reasonable standards, it seems real. Flicking through, then, some of the jokes definitely lean to the more \u2018adult\u2019 side of things. Highlights include Daphne playing around with \u201can eggplant and pink bodysuit\u201d, Fred openly coming on to her saying \u201cwe have a long history\u201d and Daphne rebuffing him saying \u201cso do Godzilla and King Kong<\/a> \u2013 doesn\u2019t mean they should have sex\u201d, and even Velma getting drunk at one point and \u201c[swirling] her turtle neck sweater over her head\u201d in front of some partying students.<\/p>\n

In fact, evidence that a few of these scenes were actually filmed can be found in this corporate video from Warner Bros.:<\/p>\n

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