Bill McLemore is the overarching antagonist of the Scooby-Doo franchise's 9th feature film Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase.
He was Eric Staufer's college partner who wanted to sabotage his chances of winning the quarter-million dollar cash prize at the science fair out of jealousy that, despite the fact that Eric was a more recent student than Bill was, he felt that he was more deserving to win the prize. So he created the Phantom Virus in order to scare Eric away.
He was voiced by Mikey Kelley, who also played Nick Connor in Static Shock, Alastor in Viewtiful Joe and Heatseeker in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
Appearance[]
Bill wears a red baseball cap and a gray-brown T-shirt under a lab coat.
Personality[]
Bill is an avid baseball fanatic, as he uses baseball terms whenever he can. This allowed the Mystery Gang to connect the Phantom Virus to him. The gang also discovered that deep down, he is very jealous and malicious, too.
Biography[]
Bill and Eric were both majoring in video game designing at the university they were attending. One night, Eric and Bill were working at the college with their teacher, Professor Kaufman, on a project for the upcoming science fair; A laser that is capable of transferring material items into cyberspace and back. However, out of nowhere, the laser activates and materializes the Phantom Virus, which started menacing them, using the technology to injure Eric. Professor Kaufman managed to drive it away with a very strong super-magnet.
The next day, Mystery Inc. arrived because Eric, who's an old high school friend of theirs, based his game on them and the mysteries they've solved. While there, they were informed about the Phantom Virus. Bill also showed Fred Jones his video game about baseball because he's an avid baseball fan. During the search, however, someone used the laser to beam the gang into the game, where they had to play through all the levels and finally defeated the monsters and the Phantom Virus.
They managed to return to the college, where they revealed the virus likes baseball, and Eric soon realized that Bill was the true culprit. He tried to escape, but was surrounded; even Scooby prevented him from escaping by tripping him with his tail.
Bill revealed as the Phantom Virus' creator.
Apprehended in handcuffs by Officer Wembley and asked on why he did it, Bill confessed to doing it out of jealousy because Professor Kaufman had chosen Eric's video game design over his own for the laser project to compete in the science fair. Bill felt that this was unfair, especially because he had been a student at the college two years longer than Eric had, and felt that this made him more deserving to compete in the science fair than him. Bill created the virus, hoping to scare Eric away and take the cash prize for himself, and because he was afraid that the gang would find out who created the virus, he beamed them into the game with the laser and hoped they either wouldn't survive or would stay in the game forever.
In the end, Bill's plan to eliminate the gang backfired, and he was arrested by Officer Wembley for his actions. He was possibly expelled from the university and sent to prison.
Quotes[]
| “ | We know, we know. Hey wait, I found something. | „ |
| ~ Bill on his computer before the Phantom Virus gets beamed out of the laser into the lab. |
| “ | I can't, it's not responding! | „ |
| ~ Bill telling Professor Kaufman he can't shut down the laser before it beams out the Phantom Virus. |
| “ | Look, it's absorbing all our computer data! (Professor Kaufman: "Call security!") | „ |
| ~ Bill when the Phantom Virus starts stealing all the data from their computers. |
| “ | You don't wanna eat those. (Shaggy and Scooby: "Huh?") Because they're grown in radioactive soil. | „ |
| ~ Bill telling Scooby and Shaggy to not eat some big tomatoes they found in the lab cause of what they're grown from. |
| “ | Well, there's no virus in my baseball game, and it's more entertaining. | „ |
| ~ Bill telling the Mystery Inc. about his baseball video game. |
| “ | You have good taste, Fred. I think it's the greatest sport in the world. | „ |
| ~ Bill telling Fred how much he loves baseball. |
| “ | I don't think so, look here. You're friends have been transported into cyberspace! | „ |
| ~ Bill showing Eric, Professor Kaufman and Officer Wembley that the Mystery Inc. gotten beamed into cyber space. |
| “ | Until they can get out by winning every level of the game, the danger in there will be very real. (Officer Wembley: "Danger?") | „ |
| ~ Bill telling Eric, Professor Kaufman and Officer Wembley that the danger in the game will be very real until they get out by winning it. |
| “ | That was a close one. (Eric: "Yeah, but they're doing pretty good so far.") | „ |
| ~ Bill watching the Mystery Inc. get away from the Phantom Virus riding a Tyrannosaurus rex in the third level. |
| “ | Who knows? It could be anyone. (Professor Kaufman: "Even, someone in this very room.") | „ |
| ~ Bill pretending to be innocent when Officer Wembley asks who activated the laser and beamed the Mystery Inc. into cyberspace. |
| “ | Okay, they made it to the last level. (Eric: "But this one's the toughest of them all. No player has ever won it, not even me. They'll take everything they got just to survive.") | „ |
| ~ Bill seeing that the Mystery Inc. made it to the tenth and final level of the game. |
| “ | But did you find out who created the virus? (Fred: "We've got a pretty good idea." Professor Kaufman: "Good, because whoever created the virus, must be punished!") | „ |
| ~ Bill asking the Mystery Inc. if they found who created the Phantom Virus. |
| “ | But you didn't pick my project! (Eric: "What's that supposed to mean?") | „ |
| ~ Bill telling Professor Kaufman that he didn't pick his video game design which is why he created the Phantom Virus. |
| “ | Professor Kaufman chose your video design over mine, even though I've been here two years longer! (Professor Kaufman: "Students are all equal, Bill.") | „ |
| ~ Bill telling Eric that Professor Kaufman chosen his video game design over his own which unfair to him since he was at the collage two years longer which is why he created the Phantom Virus. |
| “ | That's right, and it worked, till you guys showed up! (Fred: "You were afraid that we would find out who created the virus." Shaggy: "So you beamed us into cyberspace!") | „ |
| ~ Bill telling they Mystery Inc. his plan to scare Eric away with the Phantom Virus had worked until they arrived at the university. |
| “ | Bill: "The prize would've been all mine, if it wasn't for..." Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy: "...us meddling kids!" |
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| ~ Bill and the Mystery Inc. when he gets taken away to prison for his actions. |
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