Mr. Wikles
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Mr. Wikles | |
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Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Museum curator |
Works for | Museum |
Father | Not mentioned |
Mother | Not mentioned |
Marital status | Single |
First appearance | WAY: "What a Night for a Knight" (1969) |
Played by | Don Messick (1969) Peter Boyle (2004) Dee Bradley Baker (2022) |
Wikles as the Black Knight | |
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | |
File:SCOOB Black Knight.png Scoob! |
Mr. Wikles, also spelt Mr. Wickles, is notable for being the first villain in the Scooby-Doo animated franchise. He was the curator of the county museum and dressed up as the Black Knight to scare visitors away during his art forgery scheme. He is voiced by Don Messick.
There is also a live-action version called Jeremiah "Old Man" Wickles, who had served his time in prison after committing a crime in Coolsville as the Black Knight Ghost, and wanted to turn a shut down mining town into an amusement park. He also owned an ancestral mansion.
Character description
Wikles is a fairly short, overweight and middle-aged male. While bald on top of his head, his remaining hair is black, and he wears round and thick-framed black glasses. As the Black Knight, he wears a medieval armor with a heavy plating, yellow eyes, and a red plume on its helmet.
Wikles appears to be good-natured, as he told the gang of Professor Hyde White's disappearance. However, his claim would make him appear more suspicious by the gang during their investigation of the case.
Appearances
TV series
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold
- 2.25B "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!" (Black Knight costume only)
- Supernatural
- 13.16 "Scoobynatural" (mentioned as Black Knight only)
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
- 1.16 "One Minute Mysteries" (no lines)
Movies
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (opening credits, no lines)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (Black Knight statue)
- Scoob! (as Black Knight only, no lines)
- Trick or Treat, Scooby-Doo!
Specials
Shorts
- "Lego Scooby-Doo! and the Tag-Sale Clue" (as the Black Knight only)
- "Lego Scooby-Doo! in Donuts Save the Day!" (no lines)
- "Lego Scooby-Doo! in Doorway Debacle" (as the Black Knight only, no lines)
- "Lego Scooby-Doo! in Wicked Warehouse Pursuit" (as the Black Knight only, no lines)
- Scooby-Doo! Mini Mysteries
- 1.1 "Big Screen" (as the Black Knight only, no lines)
- 1.2 "The Line Up" (photo of Black Knight only)
Comics
- Scooby-Doo... Where Are You!
- Issue #1: "What a Night for a Knight"
- Scooby-Doo
- Issue #48: "Tiki Taboo Trouble" (photograph of Black Knight only)
Video games
Biography
Original Series
At the town's museum, Wikles thanked the gang for bringing the Black Knight ghost statue to him. He then tells the gang that they shouldn't have with the mysterious disappearance of the professor, and because of the legend that the Black Knight coming to life at the full moon.
He was eventually unmasked as the Black Knight, once the gang found out what his scheme at the museum was after they suspected him. He was working on counterfeit paintings and switching them for the real ones at the museum. Because Professor Hyde White was the only one who spotted the fake paintings Wikles made, he kidnapped the professor and made up the legend of the Black Knight to cover it up. During his forgery scheme, he would put on a suit of armor and scare people away from the museum.
Old Man Wickles
Wikles in the Funny Books
Development
Toys and merchandise
Gallery
Behind the scenes
- His character design was later used for one of the scientists in the Josie and the Pussycats episode, "Never Mind a Master Mind."
- There are different versions of Black Knight in the video games Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights and Scooby-Doo! Unmasked, as a boss and minions, respectively.
- The Black Knight appeared in the TV special Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror, but it was the disguise of Kyle Grimsley, instead of Mr. Wickles, even though Lego was selling minifigures of Mr. Wickles as the Black Knight.