Professor Kaufman is a science teacher at the university and taught Eric Staufer amd Bill McLemore.
Physical appearance
Professor Kaufman is a middle-aged/elderly man, with a white moustache, yellow-tinted spectacles and an enormous crop of bushy white hair as big as a lion's mane. He wears a white lab coat, which normally has pens in the front pocket, over a blue button vest which is over a white suit with a green tie. He also wears beige jeans, brown no lace sneakers, and a card necklace which is likely part of the university's security. In the book he wears a black tie instead of a green tie.
Personality
Professor Kaufman takes his job as a scientist/science professor very seriously, claiming that he is dedicated his life to his students and the university. He also declines sharing the cash reward, stating that being able to help his students to their full potential is enough of a reward for him. He believes that students are all equal and that none is more deserving than the other. He has a thick German accent commonly saying "und" in place of "and."
History
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
Professor Kaufman had chosen Eric's video game over Bill's baseball game to show off the laser the two of them built that was entered into a science fair with a $250,000 cash prize however, if they won he didn't want any of the money for himself. However, Eric's game got a virus meaning they couldn't use the laser without major risks. Late into the night they still hadn't fixed the game and suddenly the laser turned on and brought the virus into the real world. After seeing what this strange virus could do he asked for somebody to call security but when Eric tried to do so he was attacked by a phone controlled by the Phantom Virus. Professor Kaufman discovered the Phantom Virus' weakness when he used a magnet to defend himself and saw it weakened the virus who quickly ran away.
He later met Mystery Inc. whom Eric based his game on when they came to visit Eric and he quickly informed them about the Phantom Virus and how it was a threat to the entire world. He also allowed Eric and Bill to show off a demo of the laser to the gang of sleuths. He gave the gang super magnets in order to help them capture the Phantom Virus. After the gang were beamed into the Scooby game he watched them try to beat each level with Eric, Bill, and Officer Wembley, and he began suspecting the person who beamed them into the game could be one of them. When the gang completed the game and go back to the real world, they suspected Professor Kaufman because he could make a quarter million at the science fair if he stole the laser. The gang eventually outed Bill as the real mastermind and the professor was shocked one of his best students was behind this. Bill revealed he did it because he wanted revenge for his game for being picked over his despite him being there longer so he created the Phantom Virus to scare Eric away so he could have the $250,000 dollar prize all to himself. Professor Kaufman joined everyone in laughing about how Bill was to say the famous line about how he would have gotten away with it if wasn't for those meddling kids.[1]
Other versions
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (GBA)
Dr. Henry Kaufman was suspected to have unleashed the Phantom Virus in order to show his students who's boss out of potential jealousy. When he is the person who unleashed the virus since the game ends as soon as anyone is picked as the mastermind, it's never explained what his true motives were however he was likely arrested by the officer who was nearby.[2]
Appearances
- DTV4. Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
- Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (novel based on the film)
- Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (GBA tie-in game with the film)
Notes/trivia
- He has hair much similar to that of Albert Einstein, who was also German.
In other languages
| Actor | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Per Skjølsvik | Norwegian | |
| Mikael Roupé | Swedish |