- For other incarnations, see Mr. Wickles (disambiguation).
Mr. Wickles was the curator of the County Museum. He dressed up as the Black Knight to scare visitors away during his art forgery scheme.
Physical appearance[]
Mr. Wickles is a fairly short, overweight and middle-aged man. While bald on top of his head, his remaining hair is black and he wears round and thick-framed black glasses. Other features include flat nose, round double chin and almost inexistent neck. Wickles wears a light blue folded-collar shirt, with a black tie, underneath a brown overcoat, brown pants and black shoes.
Personality[]
Mr. Wickles appears to be friendly natured, as he told the gang about the mysterious disappearance of Professor Hyde White, which apparently only makes him more suspicious to Mystery Inc.. He was also shown to be ruthless and aggressive while disguised.
History[]
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You![]
Season one[]
At the County Museum, Mr. Wickles thanked Mystery Inc. for bringing the Black Knight ghost statue to him, but tells the gang that he wishes they had not, with the mysterious disappearance of the professor and because of the legend that the Black Knight is supposed to come alive when the moon is full.
Mr. Wickles unmasked.
Wickles was unmasked as the Black Knight, once the gang found out what his scheme at the museum was after they suspected him. Wickles was working on fake paintings and switching them for the real ones at the museum, which was why he kidnapped Prof. Jameson Hyde White, because he was the only one who spotted the fake paintings Wickles made.
Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo![]
Mr. Wickles was among the prisoners at Coolsville Penitentiary when the gang went there to visit Coco Diablo. Wickles was later accidently freed along with all the other inmates, but was recaptured by the gang using Coco's costumes and sent back to prison.
Appearances[]
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- Scooby Doo... Where Are You! (Gold Key Comics)
- #1(a). What a Night for a Knight
- DTV34. Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!
Notes/trivia[]
- Mr. Wickles is the first culprit to debut in the Scooby-Doo franchise.
- Wickles is spelt Wikles in storyboards and on his model sheet.[1][2] The latter spelling is used in Gold Key Comics' comic adaptation.
- Wickles appeared in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. While this incarnation retains his criminal background of being the Black Knight (here renamed as Black Knight Ghost), the character is given the first name "Jeremiah" as well as the nickname "Old Man Wickles", and is depicted as a redeemed villain trying to help investigate the monster attacks in Coolsville, all of which were masterminded by deranged scientist Jonathan Jacobo, whom he views as a sworn enemy during their prison stint. To escape responsibility for the attacks, Jacobo attempted to use Wickles as a scapegoat through a frame-up scheme by planting the Book of Monsters and the Black Knight costume (reanimated by the scientist to do the job), in the Wickles mansion.
- While it's not explicitly confirmed, Wickles could be retconned as a citizen of Coolsville, the town Mystery Inc. grew up in as kids as depicted in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
- Hanna-Barbera reused Wickles' design for one of the scientists in the Josie and the Pussycats episode: Never Mind a Master Mind.
Gallery[]
In other languages[]
| Actor | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Rüth | German | |
| Peter Sjöquist | Swedish |