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Bradley[1] "Brad" Chiles served as the leader of the original Mystery Incorporated, who vanished twenty years ago in the Crystal Cove Caves. Mr. E had sent Scooby-Doo and the gang to find clues to solve the mystery of their disappearance. He is married to Judy Reeves, who was another member of the group. Together, they are the birth parents of Fred Jones, Jr., who is the leader of the second generation. He and Judy made traps and solved mysteries under the assumed name of "Sternum and Sternum." [5] They also have their own TV show about themselves under that name.[6] They invented the Flautnower 8000.[5]

Physical appearance[]

As an adult, Brad's hair has gone from blond to whitish-blond/platinum blond. He wears a big white coat with two green pockets on the front and sides, a sea green high turtleneck, and white pants. He has wrinkles on his forehead but a very strong chin, and he greatly resembles Fred.

After undergoing plastic surgery via Mr. E, he became Fred's exact double.[7] Professor Pericles didn't allow time to undo the surgery,[8] so he was stuck with this appearance to the end of his life (until the reset).[2]

Personality[]

He seems to appreciate everything Judy has to offer, as shown when he thanks her every time she volunteers a detail whenever he speaks. While he seemed rather unemotional about finally getting reunited with their long-kidnapped son,[9] he feels hurt when Fred didn't want his and Judy's help.[6]

He and Judy decided to team up with Mr. E and Professor Pericles to get the pieces of the Planispheric Disk that the Mystery Incorporated kids had found. While he and Judy viewed a treasure map, Cassidy Williams asked them to forget about the treasure and put their son first, but Brad showed a sinister side, warning Cassidy that no one would get hurt as long as she stayed out of their way.[10] From their point of view, they saw stealing the pieces of the disk as a way of protecting Fred,[11] but it was fairly obvious that they only cared for the treasure it was believed to uncover. Brad and Judy were perfectly willing to put Fred and the gang in harm's way to get the whole Planispheric Disk, once by setting fire to the kids' HQ at Crystal Cove City Hall,[12] trying to trample Fred with a mutated herd of cattle,[13] and blow Fred up with a missile launcher.[13]

After discovering Brad and Judy's selfish, immoral true colors, Fred walked out on them,[14][7] and condemned his biological father as a heartless criminal.[7] Even though Brad and Judy were technically the victims of the Evil Entity's corruption, Fred's love and concern for his parents ultimately extended only to the ex-mayor, Fred Jones, Sr., who kidnapped him as a baby.[7]

They seemed a little ashamed of Fred's discovery of their treachery.[14]

When Brad had plastic surgery to look like Fred, he showed that he knew nothing about Fred, even oblivious to Fred's love for traps. He spoke very formally, saying "dear girlfriend" instead of Daphne and "Norbert" instead of Norville or Shaggy.[7]

Post-Nibiru, Brad's personality was the absolute opposite; he cared greatly for his son and never once worked with a trap. He is also very compassionate, as he and his wife deliver babies, and clearly enjoyed the endeavor. 

History[]

Early life[]

Teen Brad Chiles

As a teen.

Brad and the rest of the original Mystery Inc. went underground to the Darrow Mansion but left before Danny Darrow could finish his traps.[15]

Brad and the rest of the original Mystery Inc. went into the old Spanish church because Brad thought he saw a figure go in there.[3]

Brad and the rest of the original Mystery Inc. went into the caves below Crystal Cove because Pericles thought that all the Planispheric disk pieces were in a chest down there, but he tripped a trap.

It was revealed that Brad tried to return to Crystal Cove two years later after marrying Judy and giving birth to a kid, but Fred Jones, Sr. took his baby son and cast Brad out, naming the child Fred Jones, Jr. after himself.[4]

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated[]

Season one[]

Daphne Blake found Judy's locket containing the picture of her and Brad.

Fred learned the truth about his parents when he discovered that Mayor Jones was the Freak of Crystal Cove, and went on a search for them.[4]

Season two[]

Fred had failed on his quest to find his birth parents, only managing to get to the outskirts of town dressed as a hobo and simply asking every household if they knew where they were.[16]

When the gang returned to Fred's place, which, due to lack of parental supervision, had turned into a messy bachelor pad after Mayor Jones's arrest, they found it spotless. Brad and Judy stepped out of the shadows to reveal they had done it, adding a casual "We're back."[17] They explained that they didn't come for Fred earlier because Mayor Jones threatened "bodily harm" to him.[5]

They also attended a party in their honor at Daphne Blake's house. They gave Professor Pericles a hearing (with the rest of their old group) when he suggested something needed to be done about Mystery Inc. because they found the third and fourth pieces of the Planispheric Disk.[5]

They offered to help Fred capture Hebediah Grim and were offended when he turned them down. Eventually, they helped, and their traps were a complete success.[6]

They were happy to volunteer to steal the pieces of the Planispheric Disk from the new Mystery Inc. for Mr. E.[11]

They tried to steal the pieces of the Planispheric Disk from the Mystery Machine, only to be tricked by a fake copy.[14]

They were berated for their failure by Professor Pericles, who threatened that they must get the pieces before "people get hurt." Brad, for once, didn't thank Judy for agreeing with him when he admitted failure.[18]

Equipped with invisibility suits, he and Judy burned City Hall.[12]

Fake Fred's Brad attire

Brad after surgery.

He fired a missile launcher at the gang's helicopter when they were leading the herd of skeleton cattle out of town.[13]

He and Judy betrayed Mr. E and sided with Professor Pericles, letting Pericles inflict a crippling operation on their former friend.[19]

Judy and Brad eaten

Judy and Brad sucked into Evil Entity's tentacles.

He and Judy carried out an elaborate impersonation to learn the true location of the Planispheric Disk.[20]

He and Judy went underground with Professor Pericles and Mr. E to help locate the gate to the Evil Entity. They were unhappy their plastic surgery had not been reversed, and Brad cruelly mocked Judy's aged appearance, calling her 'grandma' as she mocked his new face.[8]

They freed Pericles when he was held hostage by Hot Dog Water, dooming her to execution.[1]

When the Entity Entity was released from its crystal sarcophagus, they offered their services to the Evil Entity when it emerged, only for it to promptly devour them through its tentacles, both being absorbed into its body.[2]

Post-Nibiru[]

Brad and Judy (unaltered by plastic surgery) were successful obstetricians who raised Fred in the home, which in the former timeline was the Jones mansion. Judy still added details when Brad spoke, and he thanked her for it.[2]

Appearances[]

Notes/trivia[]

  • In Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Crystal Cove Online, a trophy of Brad is rewarded if the player obtains two shoe power-ups.
  • Ironically, despite voicing Brad Chiles, who is supposed to be Fred's father, Tim Matheson is actually a year younger than Frank Welker (who voices Fred Jones).
  • In Danny Darrow's mind, he believed Fred to be Brad, possibly a hint to Brad being Fred's real dad.[15]
  • Brad resembles actor James Coburn, who was very active in the 1960s and 1970s. His clothing is also similar to Coburn's in the James Bond spoof movies Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967)
    • It's unlikely that Skip Jones and Brad Chiles are the same person, even if Mystery Inc. is a prequel unless Brad got surgical treatment with plastic surgeries to become Skip. (uncertain). (That's because Warner bros that SDMI is a prequel to Scooby doo where are you?, which is also a prequel to the 33 films, the tenth of which being Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!.)

In other languages[]

Actor Language Notes
Massimo Bitossi Italian

Christos Thanos (Χρήστος Θάνος)

Stavros Sioulis (Σταύρος Σιούλης)

Christos Siriotis (Χρήσος Συριώτης)

Giannis Stefopoulos (Γιάννης Στεφόπουλος)

Greek Thanos played Brad Chiles in the first 13 episodes of Season 2 in the STAR TV Dub. Sioulis played him as a teenager and in The Man in the Mirror in the STAR TV Dub. From Heart of Evil until the end of the series, Brad was played by Siriotis. In the Boomerang TV Dub, he is played by Giannis Stefopoulos as an adult and as a teenager.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Through the Curtain, season 2, episode 25.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Come Undone, season 2, episode 26.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Pawn of Shadows, season 1, episode 25.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 All Fear the Freak, season 1, episode 26.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Hodag of Horror, season 2, episode 5.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Grim Judgment, season 2, episode 9.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 The Man in the Mirror, season 2, episode 21.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Gates of Gloom, season 2, episode 24.
  9. Web of the Dreamweaver!, season 2, episode 4.
  10. Art of Darkness!, season 2, episode 6.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Scarebear, season 2, episode 12.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Aliens Among Us, season 2, episode 16.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 The Horrible Herd, season 2, episode 17.
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Wrath of the Krampus, season 2, episode 13.
  15. 15.0 15.1 Escape from Mystery Manor, season 1, episode 17.
  16. The Night the Clown Cried, season 2, episode 1.
  17. Web of the Dreamweaver!, season 2, episode 4.
  18. Theater of Doom, season 2, episode 15.
  19. The Devouring, season 2, episode 19.
  20. The Man in the Mirror, season 2, episode 21.
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