Hi. If you like memes, you may be aware of the one where Matthew Lillard was possessed by the all-powerful being known as Shaggy Rogers while filming the Scooby-Doo movies.
It all goes back to this YouTube clip from Scooby-Doo: Legend of the Phantasaur in which Shaggy single-handedly takes down an entire biker gang in a bar brawl.
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This drew comparisons to Dragon Ball with commenters referencing the show's use of power levels, and a meme was born.
From there, people started using screenshots from cast interviews to describe Shaggy's power.
The memes spread across the usual avenues, many of them living on Reddit in the r/BadAssShaggy community.
A lot of them play off of anime tropes, like using a small percentage of power to achieve incredible feats.
It's just internet magic.
Anyway, this eventually reached Matthew Lillard himself, who...didn't quite get it at first.
This is wrong. https://t.co/ntung0f75l
But I am happy to report that Lillard is now fully on board.
Dear universe. Please never let this end. https://t.co/BStc2xhGYg @reddit is the best.
He's loving the fan art.
You have done well my child. Zoink. https://t.co/J9h53HcbgY
He's posting throwbacks.
He's even figured out where his memorial will be (if Shaggy ever releases his mortal form and returns to a higher plane of existence).
Currently, fans (and Lillard) are trying to get Shaggy added as a guest character in Mortal Kombat 11, so we'll see if this meme makes the leap.
This. Is. Magic! https://t.co/My9MBOnFDr
In the meantime, enjoy the memes.
