Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2024)

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, also known as Mystery Incorporated and Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc., is the eleventh incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoon TV series. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, and premiered on Cartoon Network on April 5, 2010.

Overview[]

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is a modernized take on the original formula present in past incarnations. While previous incarnations were comedic in nature, this series has a generally heavier tone, incorporating elements of horror, romance, and drama, with Scooby and Shaggy serving as the primary comedic reliefs.

Unlike the previous series, the events in the episodes are united by an overarching storyline. Set in Crystal Cove, the "most hauntedest place on Earth," Mystery Inc. unmasks criminals disguised as monsters while interacting with the elusive Mr. E and uncovering the previous Mystery Incorporated group. The second season focuses on uncovering the centuries-old curse plaguing Crystal Cove, thus being one of the first series to incorporate real supernatural entities as a major story element. While the series initially follows the formula set by past incarnations, with each episode focusing on a particular monster, the series slightly deviates from the formula near the end as it begins to focus less on fake monsters and more on the greater curse.

A larger, more cohesive storyline allows for greater character development, as the members of Mystery Inc. have more unique individuals personalities and interact with each other in different ways. Throughout the storyline, Fred and Daphne develop a rocky romantic relationship before finally uniting in the end, while Shaggy and Velma likewise begin together but choose to end their relationship later on. In addition, each member has unique relationships with their parents as well as other secondary characters, who place societal pressures on them and encourage them to behave a certain way.

Episodes[]

Main article(s): List of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episodes

Cast[]

• Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones, Jr. and Barty Blake
• Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers
• Grey DeLisle as Daphne Blake
• Mindy Cohn as Velma Dinkley

Recurring[]

• Lewis Black as Mr. E/ Ricky Owens
• Gary Cole as Mayor Fred Jones, Sr.
• Patrick Warburton as Sheriff Bronson Stone
• Vivica A. Fox as Angel Dynamite/Cassidy Williams
• Kate Higgins as Mayor Janet Nettles
• Casey Kasem as Colton Rogers
• Frances Conroy as Angie Dinkley
• Kevin Dunn as Dale Dinkley
• Kath Soucie as Nan Blake
• Tony Cervone as Gary
• Jeff Bennett as Gary (episodes 28, 34-35)
• Mitch Watson as Ethan
• John O'Hurley as Skipper Shelton
• Maurice LaMarche as Vincent Van Ghoul
• Udo Kier as Professor Pericles
• Linda Cardellini as Hot Dog Water
• Tia Carrere as Judy Reeves
• Tim Matheson as Brad Chiles

Online game[]

Main article(s): Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Crystal Cove Online

At the time the series originally aired, Cartoon Network adapted it as an online adventure game.

DVD release[]

Prior to the volume releases the first episode in the series, "Beware the Beast from Below" was released as a bonus episode in the special features of Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare on September 14, 2010. "Menace of the Manticore" was also released as a bonus feature on Big Top Scooby-Doo! on October 9, 2012. Also, "When the Cicada Calls" from Season 1 and "The Devouring" from Season 2 were released on Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: For the Love of Snack! on January 7, 2014. "Night on Haunted Mountain" was also released on Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Field of Screams on May 13, 2014.

Warner Home Video started releasing episodes to DVD on January 25, 2011 in the US. The first three volumes contain four episodes from the series each in order as they aired on Cartoon Network. The final volume (named as Crystal Cove Curse) contains the remaining fourteen episodes from the first season. The first thirteen episodes of the second season were released to DVD (which is entitled Danger in the Deep) on November 13, 2012, while the second half of season two (titled Spooky Stampede) was released on June 18, 2013. Warner Home Video began releasing volumes for the UK on August 29, 2011.

On October 8, 2013 Warner Home Video released the first season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated on a four DVD set in the United States. On October 7, 2014 the second season was released in another 4-disc set in the US.

Volumes[]

Complete Seasons[]

Notes/trivia[]

• Matthew Lillard, who had starred as Shaggy in the live action Scooby Doo film, assumes the role of Shaggy due to original actor, Casey Kasem's, retirement. Kasem still remained, however, as the voice of Shaggy's father.
• The names and appearances of Mystery Inc.'s parents differ from previous incarnations.
• This is the first television series in the franchise to not air on any of the major broadcast networks.
• This series is now set in Crystal Cove, instead of Coolsville.
• There is a different version of the opening in episodes 29–30, with Hot Dog Water instead of Daphne.
• This incarnation has a much darker tone than any other incarnation, which resulted in the next series having the opposite.
• In 2013, Campbell's Condensed Soup had limited edition tins with Mystery Inc. in their designs for the series (except for Scooby).
• The juvenile delinquents seen at the start of the episode bear a resemblance to the lead characters in the US sitcom That 70’s Show.
• This is the first show in which Scooby uses proper English for his words; in all of the previous shows, he used R's for his words.
• This is the first incarnation to feature an overarching story and feature a serial naming each episodes as "Chapters" from 1-52. It is also the first incarnation to feature ongoing relationship drama between the characters.
• This incarnation pays homage to the horror genre, drawing on many works from film, television and literature in both parodic and serious ways, from horror movie classics like A Nightmare on Elm Street, modern films such as Saw, television series Twin Peaks, and the works of H. P. Lovecraft, alongside the classic monster horror movies shown in previous incarnations.
• In the second season, the central story arc evolves to heavily feature the use of Babylonian mythology, exploring the Anunnaki, the Babylonian and modern pseudo-scientific concepts of Nibiru, and the writings of Zecharia Sitchin.
• Other Hanna-Barbera characters occasionally guest-star, including Captain Caveman, Jabberjaw, Speed Buggy, the Funky Phantom, Blue Falcon and Dynomutt, and more.
• Linda Cardellini who portrayed Velma in the two live action theatrical films, appears in this incarnation as the voice of Hot Dog Water.
• This incarnation set a new record for the most episodes in the franchise with 52 episodes. This was then equaled by the next series, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!.
• Thirty six episodes of the series were shown back to back (and out of order) as part of Foxtel Australia's "12 Days to Christmas" on 21 December 2021. No other Scooby-Doo series was shown as part of this promotion.
• This is the last television series featuring Mindy Cohn as the voice of Velma. Her reason for leaving the role was due to her struggle with breast cancer. Despite her recovery, she was never asked by Warner Bros. to return to the role and was instead replaced by Kate Micucci for the remainder of the franchise.
• It is worth noting that the television series Haven debuted just mere months after Mystery Incorporated did. Both are supernatural dramas set at cursed coastal towns with callbacks to old horror films. Both involve similar relationship-based plot elements and usually end with one mystery solved, often only to find the main overarching mystery more perplexing.
• Mr. E name's pronunciation sounds like Mystery

Media Gallery[]

See also[]

• List of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated monsters and villains