- For other incarnations, see Captain Cutler (disambiguation).
Captain Cutler, also known as Dr. Cutler, is a criminal and a reoccurring antagonist of the gang, who has escaped them on many occasions.
Physical appearance[]
Dr. Cutler wore a brownish-gold colored diving suit (with his neck covered in seaweed), completely hiding his facial features. He also wore grey boots and a second diving helmet underneath his diving helmet, which allowed him to remove his first helmet without exposing his face.
Personality[]
In season one, Cutler was depicted as impatient and sarcastic after the gang foiled one of his schemes. However, he was later depicted in season two as a polite but untrustworthy con-man, a talented actor, and a criminal mastermind. He also seemed to know exactly how to appeal to the gang's strengths and weaknesses (including Fred's love of mystery-solving and reliance on trust and teamwork) to further his own plans.
History[]
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Season one[]
Dr. Cutler was captured by the gang for trying to steal gold from the bottom of a lake, but realized his plan was incredibly boring after the gang and the police grew sleepy listening to Velma Dinkley explain it. When Fred Jones received a message from Chuck Mangum asking for help, the gang and the police left Dr. Cutler standing on the dock and he was able to escape by diving back into the lake.[1]
Dr. Cutler was present at Fred's trial before running away and diving while still being in a courthouse.[2]
Season two[]
Cutler searched for the treasure of the pirate Half-Beard and determined its general location at Double-Cross Cove, but could not find it. So, based on his past encounters with Mystery Inc., he masterminded a plot to trick them into finding the treasure. He offered half of the treasure to Oft-Injured Willy, the owner of the restaurant closest to the treasure, Seems a Little Fishy, to temporarily use the restaurant in his plot. To intrigue them into finding the treasure, he posed as the restaurant's owner, lured Mystery Inc. to the location, and placed the treasure map on their tables as placemats. He then offered the other half of the treasure to Karen, a treasure hunter, to pose as Half-Beard's ghost to intrigue Fred with a mystery, as well as chase them towards the treasure.
While sitting at the table, Fred received a sudden urge to capture Cutler, and Cutler appeared, claiming he had changed his ways and become an honest restaurant owner. He claimed that Half-Beard's ghost was terrorizing him, which intrigued Mystery Inc. to search for the treasure, though Fred remained untrusting of him. However, as the ghost chased them to Double-Cross Cove, Fred trusted him to dive to the bottom of a pool to locate the treasure. Then, as they captured and exposed Karen for posing as the ghost, Cutler escaped with the treasure, with Willy flying him away on an airplane. Cutler wrote Fred a letter admitting to masterminding the entire operation.[3]
Appearances[]
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
- 102. Game of Chicken
- 126. The People vs. Fred Jones (no lines)(cameo)
- 224(b). The Curse of Half-Beard's Booty
Notes/trivia[]
- Captain Cutler is based on the incarnation in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode A Clue for Scooby Doo, where he pretended to be his own ghost to steal yachts (helped by his wife).
- Captain Cutler was supposed to be a running gag where he would assume different titles, such as Dr. Cutler his first appearance. Although this never came to fruition (aside from a cameo in The People vs. Fred Jones), the basis of it was brought back for The Curse of Half-Beard's Booty, but without the context of it being a running gag, the joke is lost.
- Cutler's personality and voice change between his first and last appearances, the latter of which is because of change of voice actors.
References[]
- ↑ Game of Chicken, season 1, episode 2.
- ↑ The People vs. Fred Jones, season 1, episode 26.
- ↑ The Curse of Half-Beard's Booty, season 2, episode 24b.