Ultra Instinct Shaggy

About

Ultra Instinct Shaggy is an Ultra Instinct Remix featuring the character Shaggy from Scooby-Doo undergoing the "ultra instinct" transformation of Goku from Dragon Ball Super. After an Ultra Instinct Remix featuring Shaggy grew popular, the character developed a fandom online.

Origin

On October 12th, 2017, YouTuber Midya posted an Ultra Instinct Remix featuring Shaggy fighting a gang of thugs from the 2011 film Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur, featuring the song “Ultimate Battle” from the Dragon Ball Super soundtrack playing in the background. The video has since been deleted, but was reuploaded by YouTuber RoastedCurry in January 2019 (shown below).

Spread

After the video was posted, the character inspired fan art and further video edits. On November 3rd, 2017, DeviantArtist^[3] MielSibel10032002 uploaded fan art of the character (shown below, left). Later that month, it was posted to /r/TwoBestFriendsPlay^[1] where it gained 643 points. On January 13th, 2018, Tumblr user mgx0^[2] posted several frames of Dragon Ball with Ultra Instinct Shaggy, gaining over 35,000 notes (shown below, right).

On YouTube, popular edits featuring the character included an upload by Joe Capo that gained over 330,000 views. The video has since been removed. An edit which put Ultra Instinct Shaggy in a mod for the game Dragon Ball XV 2 uploaded by GOWBuuzer gained over 358,000 views (shown below).

Shaggy's Power

In January 2019, the meme saw a surge in popularity on Reddit and Instagram, later developing into an independent category known as Shaggy's Power.

On January 27th, Woken News created a petition titled "Make Shaggy A DLC In Mortal Kombat 11"^[4] on Change.org. Within 24 hours, the petition had over 83,000 signatures.

Appearance in Warner Bros. Animation Intro

On August 30th, 2021, Warner Bros. Animation intro from the Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms animated film leaked online one day ahead of the film's release.^[5] In the intro, Ultra Instinct Shaggy appears, grabbing Scorpion from Mortal Kombat by his neck and pulling him off the screen (video shown below).

THEY MADE ULTRA INSTINCT SHAGGY CANON?! pic.twitter.com/5cU9hHy8Q8

— Elliot Duby (@elliotduby) August 31, 2021

The video went viral on social media, with users noting that Ultra Instinct Shaggy should be considered canon.

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