Malachi Crunch is a wrestler who worked at the Bosepheus Wrestling Jumbo Bowl. His two children, Curt and Connie, disguised themselves as the Titanic Twist to scare him into retiring.
Physical appearance[]
Malachi Crunch is a tall and muscular middle-aged man with a large jawbone, deep voice, black eyes, and frilled shoulder-length orange hair. His wrestling outfit consists of blue briefs with a gold belt around his waist. He fights shirtless, but outside the fights, he wears the same wrestling outfit with the addition of a royal-blue tight-fitting T-shirt that hugs and outlines his biceps and pectorals.
Personality[]
Crunch is a brutish but caring man, valuing both his family and his fellow wrestlers. He was extremely dedicated to his profession as a wrestler, willing to risk physical injury, while his children begged him to retire. He initially refused to retire, dismissing their concerns and considering them overprotective. However, Mystery Inc. unmasked them as the Titanic Twist, he realized that his children, while reckless, were good-intentioned and concerned for his wellbeing, so he, valuing his family over his profession, agreed to retire.
History[]
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Malachi Crunch wrestled for an event at the Bosepheus Jumbo Wrestling Bowl, but his son, Curt, and daughter, Connie, begged him to retire, as they did not want him to risk injury. While meeting Fred, who joined the event as another wrestler, Malachi dismissed his children's concerns, considering them overprotective. This led them to pose as the Titanic Twist, the supposed ghost of a wrestler, in an attempt to scare their father into retiring.
After splitting from the other members of Mystery Inc. Shaggy and Scooby searched his trailer, finding a sleep-inducing mist in his refrigerator. They suspected him of posing as the Titanic Twist, considering it an odd item for a wrestler to have. However, the Titanic Twist attacked the trailer, lifting it and throwing it down a steep slope with Shaggy and Scooby still in it. The Titanic Twist later destroyed Malachi's exhibit at the Wrestling Hall of Fame to make him appear to be the monster's primary target.
Malachi was later proven innocent after Mystery Inc. instead revealed that Curt and Connie were the culprits. Seeing their children's well-intentioned concerns, he agreed to retire from wrestling as he already won a championship.
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Trivia[]
- The Malachi Crunch was a move used during demolition derbies by the Malachi brothers in the sitcom Happy Days (1974-1984).
- The Hebrew name Malachi means Messenger. It is usually pronounced in English as "MA-la-kye," but is pronounced in the episode as "ma-LAH-chee."