comments on his Instagram page in 2020 about Mystery Incorporateds episode director labelling its version of Velma as being bisexual, producer Tony Cervone confirmed in response that his intention was for this iteration of Velma's relationship with Marcie "Hot Dog Water" Fleach to be depicted—as clearly as would be permitted at the time—as a romantic one, following her previous failed relationship with Shaggy, with the characters subtly implied to be in a relationship in the series finale, with Marcie referring to Velma as "my girl". In the 2022 animated film Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!, Velma is depicted as "crushing big time" on female supporting antagonist Coco Diablo, which was widely reported by online news media as confirmation of the character's lesbianism. However, right after the release of Trick or Treat, it was revealed that Velma would have a "secret crush" on Fred in the HBO Max adult-oriented and metafictional streaming television series Velma, pitched as a "love quadrangle", in which both Shaggy and Daphne would be depicted as having crushes on a South Asian version of Velma. Relatives Relatives of Velma shown during the series' run include: Dale and Angie Dinkley: Velma's parents in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–13), voiced by Kevin Dunn and Frances Conroy. They own the Crystal Cove Mystery Museum, which has in its display all of the costumes from the villains the gang has defeated over the years, as well as other objects connected to the supernatural or the unexplainable. Madelyn Dinkley: Velma's sister in Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, voiced by Danica McKellar. She appears to be in her late teens and somewhat resembles Velma in appearance and personality. Velma refers to Madelyn as a nerd and does not seem to realize how much alike they really are. She helps the gang when the magic school where she's enrolled is terrorized by a giant griffin, maintaining a consistent crush on Velma's ex-boyfriend, Shaggy Rogers. The Four: Velma's older brothers in Scooby Apocalypse, who operate several underground facilities in which they perform weird scientific experiments, each positioned in strategic places of a specific field (Hugo Dinkley in the military, Cheeves Dinkley in politics, Quentin Dinkley in the Secret Service and Rufus Dinkley in a research medical company). Velma describes them as a unique mind that seemed to share four bodies when they were younger. With Velma (as The Five), they created Project Elysium, unwittingly plunging the world into an apocalyptic