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“ | Let's play ball! | „ |
~ The Phantom Virus. |
“ | Welcome to the final level! You're in the major leagues now! | „ |
~ The Phantom Virus to the gang. |
“ | NOOOOO! | „ |
~ The Phantom Virus' last words. |
The Phantom Virus is the secondary antagonist of the Scooby-Doo franchise's 9th feature film Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase and the main antagonist of its video game adaptation of the same name.
He is an anthropomorphic computer virus that was created by Bill McLemore to try and deliberately destroy a fellow college student's video game project to achieve a lot of money.
He was voiced by Gary Anthony Sturgis, who also voiced Ebon in Static Shock, Trogaar in Teen Titans and The Destructinator in Wishology.
Animated Appearances[]
A laser for transferring material items into the virtual world and back was mysteriously and improperly used to extract the Phantom Virus into the real world of the university's lab, escaping to the greater campus. There, it would wreak havoc and chaos, starting with attacking Eric.
Once the Mystery Inc. gang were transferred into the game by accident via the laser, they compete with the virus through ten levels of a Scooby-Doo video game made by Eric and conquer various monsters in different locations within the game. In order to defeat the virus, the gang must find the Scooby Snacks box in each level and progress to the end.
During the final level, which is in a city with a carnival, the Virus assembles the Creeper, Jaguaro, Gator Ghoul, the Tar Monster, and Old Iron Face (old enemies from Mystery Inc.'s past) to destroy the Mystery gang until the Virus is defeated and destroyed when Scooby grabs the last box of Scooby Snacks, along with the monsters he assembled.
It was revealed by clues left by the virus that a student at the university named Bill McLemore made the virus and materialized it into the real world with the laser to scare Eric away, out of jealousy of the latter's video game design being chosen over his baseball game for the laser project. Bill ends up getting foiled and arrested. Whether the virus acted on betraying its creator or programming is currently unknown.
There were several suspects as to who created the virus — including Professor Kaufman and Officer Wembley.
Video Game Appearances[]
The Phantom Virus appears as the main antagonist and final boss of the videogame Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase.
Personality[]
The Phantom Virus is an extremely ruthless, evil, cunning and manipulative individual who has an obsession with baseball mirrored by his creator which were the gang's main clues as to who the culprit was. He has the ability to extract data from various electrical devices as well as control machines and cables. However, the Virus was weak in close proximity to magnets causing agonizing deformation or even the inability to move.
Much like his creator Bill McLemore, the Phantom Virus had a love for baseball.
Physical Appearance[]
The Phantom Virus is a glowing form of pure electrical energy shaped as an evil entity with a seemingly artificial intelligence. He is light blue in color and only clothed for disguises between levels, (i.e.: space suit, baseball jersey). He also has yellow eyes with blue pupils.
Powers and Abilities[]
“ | If you thought my hitting was good, wait til you see my pitching! | „ |
~ The Phantom Virus attacking the gang with energy balls. |
The Phantom Virus has the ability to steal the network and data from every computer in the world. Another fierce ability, he can shoot, well, there is no other aspect, but lightning. In the final level in the movie, he created a giant source of balls flying around all over the place like a tornado.
Weaknesses[]
“ | When I held up a magnetic bar in defense... it seemed to have an adverse effect on the virus. | „ |
~ Professor Kaufman explaining about the virus weakness to magnetism. |
The Phantom Virus is composed of electromagnetic energy, which makes him vulnerable to magnetism. Similar to Superman's weakness to kryptonite, the Phantom Virus gets weakened if he gets too close to a strong magnet.
Trivia[]
- On the VHS/DVD cover, the Phantom Virus is white instead of light blue.
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Television Television Movies Direct-to-video Movies Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map: Ye Phantom Parrot Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog: Katz | Le Quack Theatrical Movies Video Games See Also |