| “ | This enchanted island, is a thoroughfare to the supernatural realm. For centuries, it was home to creatures, who lived on this island, undisturbed. But then, 10 years ago, Emile Mondavarious, antagonized these ancient beings by building a theme park here. The creatures are furious, my friends. And I assure you...while you party...they plot...their REVENGE! | „ |
| ~ N' Goo Tuana about the Spooky Island Demons. |
The Demons of Spooky Island are major antagonists in the 2002 film Scooby-Doo, the first installment of Raja Gosnell's live-action Scooby-Doo film series.
They are an ancient race of dog/hare-like creatures who once inhabited an island that would later become a theme park known as Spooky Island and would later come under the control of Scrappy-Doo through the Daemon Ritus as he planned to use the monsters in order to conquer the world and get revenge on his former friends Mystery Incorporated for abandoning him. The Demons disintegrated when exposed to sunlight, and thus had the ability to possess human bodies for protection, but only after their souls were removed.
Their vocal sound effects were provided by Jess Harnell and Frank Welker.
History[]
Origins[]
The Demons are an ancient race of creatures that once populated an island which would then somehow become Spooky Island created by its owner and creator Emile Mondavarious hundreds of years later.
Scooby-Doo[]
Several years later after being abandoned by his former friends Mystery, Inc., Scrappy-Doo went to Spooky Island and abducted Mondavarious before locking him up in a hole. Corrupted by the power of a pyramid-shaped artifact known as the Daemon Ritus, Scrappy took control of the Demons to conquer the world then built a mechanical version of Mondavarious and impersonated him with it before arranging for Mystery Inc. to be brought to Spooky Island.
However, Mystery Inc. later discovered the Demons' weakness, whereupon they used a skeleton head disco ball to reflect sunlight, destroying all the Demons after the human souls returned to their owner's correct bodies upon popping out. Scrappy was defeated shortly after.
Appearance[]
The Demons are 9-12 feet tall, slender, monstrous, humanoid reptilian creatures who stand about twice as tall as a normal human and have an extremely lean and emaciated appearance which contrasts with their great physical strength. Their skin is violet-red in color while their eyes are bright green. They have dog or primate-like faces, long arms and legs, five-fingered hands equipped with large claws, a mouth filled with sharp teeth, black spots all over their bodies almost like that of a Dalmatian, three pairs of short horns adorning their heads and a pair of long rabbit-like ears.
Powers and Abilities[]
The Demons were quite resilient, able to take punishment without much complaint. The most notable aspect of these creatures is their extreme vulnerability to sunlight, which causes their bodies to break out in glowing pimple and disintegrate in mere seconds. For this reason, they can only safely operate at night. They also have a green, smoke-like breath that could knock out victims for possession. However, it's possible for them to counter this weakness due to their ability to possess the bodies of other creatures, such as humans, thus allowing them to withstand the sun. They use a magical device known as the Daemon Ritus to extract the protoplasmic spirits from their potential hosts' bodies so that the Demons can possess them, as they cannot do so otherwise.
When a Demon possesses a person, the host's body still retains the same powers that the Demon had in its original form, such as superhuman strength, smoke-like breath and leaping ability. If the host's protoplasmic spirit manages to return to the body, the Demon will be forcefully expelled and materialize in its original shape in from of its former host. This can be very bad for the creature if it happens during the day, as it might find itself directly under the sun with no means of protection.
Personality[]
Like any monster, the Demons were easily duped and used their physical strength to get things done. They served Scrappy-Doo loyally, even attending training sessions on learning how to behave like a teenager (with out-of-date lingo). They didn't attack any of the employees allied with Scrappy, showing they know who's really on their side.
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Trivia[]
- The Demons are implied to be inspired by the Gremlins from the Gremlins franchise due to their reptilian appearance, large ears, and vulnerability to sunlight.
- The Demons have a slight resemblance to Deathclaws from the Fallout game franchise.
- There was a deleted scene where one of The Demons is getting ready to possess Daphane who has got her protoplasm soul taken by Zarkos while Shaggy was unable to save her on time because he's out number by Zarko's goons and waited until they leave along with a now Demon possessed Daphane.
- This scene was cut because it felt too dark and frighten for younger audiences to see Daphne look too torcher but lifeless.
- Their design was inspired by Great Danes and rabbits.
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