Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is the eleventh incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo
animated series, and the first incarnation not to be first-run on Saturday mornings.
The series is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network and premiered in the United
States on Cartoon Network on April 5, 2010, with the next twelve episodes continuing,
and the first episode re-airing, on July 12, 2010. The series concluded on April 5, 2013
with two seasons and fifty-two episodes, with a total of twenty-six episodes per season.
By episode count, this is the longest running Scooby-Doo series to date.
Mystery Incorporated returns to the early days of Scooby and the gang, when they are
still solving mysteries in their home town, though it makes many references to previous
incarnations of the franchise, not least among them many cases and creatures from the original
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. Episode by episode, the series takes a tongue-in-cheek approach
to the classic Scooby-Doo formula, with increasingly outlandish technology, skills and scenarios
making up each villain's story, and a different spin on the famous "meddling kids" quote at
the end of every episode. Contrasting sharply with this, however, are two elements that
have never been used in a Scooby-Doo series before: a serial format with an ongoing story
arc featuring many dark plot elements that are treated with near-total seriousness, and
ongoing relationship drama between the characters. The series pays extensive 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 series. In particular, in the second season, the central story arc
of the show 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.
As was the case with the previous three installments in the franchise, Mystery Incorporated redesigns
the main characters, this time into a retro look that returns them to their original 1969
outfits, with some small changes. The series is also the animated debut of Matthew Lillard
as the voice of Shaggy, after he portrayed the character in two live-action films, Scooby-Doo
and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Casey Kasem, the original voice of Shaggy, voiced
Shaggy's father. Linda Cardellini, who played Velma in the live-action movies, voiced Hot
Dog Water, a recurring character in the series.
Plot Season 1
Fred Jones, Jr., Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, and Scooby-Doo are
a team of teen mystery solvers who live in the small town of Crystal Cove, the self-proclaimed
"Most Hauntedest Place on Earth". The allegedly "cursed" town's long history of strange disappearances
and ghost and monster sightings form the basis for its thriving tourist industry; as such,
the adults of the town are not happy that the kids are debunking all the supernatural
goings-on that bring in so much revenue as the overwrought schemes of charlatans and
criminals. In addition to the traditional cases they
always solve, the team finds itself being nudged into the uncovering of a dark secret
that is hidden in the past of Crystal Cove. Following cryptic hints from a faceless mystery-man
known only as "Mr. E.", the gang unearths the legend of a cursed Conquistador treasure,
the secret history of Crystal Cove's founding Darrow Family, and the mysterious, unsolved
disappearance of four mystery-solving youths and their pet bird—the original Mystery
Incorporated. Standing in the way of their solving this mystery, however, are the romantic
entanglements pulling the kids apart: Shaggy finds himself unable to put his new romance
with Velma ahead of his longtime friendship with Scooby, while Daphne pines for a trap-obsessed
Fred, who obliviously struggles to realize he shares her feelings, too.
Season 2 The return of the original Mystery Incorporated
to Crystal Cove begins a race between the two groups to locate the pieces of the enigmatic
planespheric disk, which will point the way to the cursed treasure beneath the town. As
the pieces are gathered, it becomes apparent that these two groups are not the only teams
of mystery-solvers that have lived in Crystal Cove: many similar groups, always made up
of four humans and an animal, have existed, and the secret behind their centuries-long
connection will reveal the truth behind the curse of Crystal Cove. The fate of both the
gang's friendship and all of reality itself hangs in the balance as extradimensional forces
gather in preparation, and the time of Nibiru draws near.
Episodes
The first season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated ran for twenty-six episodes between 2010 and
2011 with an unknown stop to the airing of the episodes after episode thirteen. The first
episode of the season premiered as a sneak peek on April 5, 2010, and reaired on July
12, 2010 on Cartoon Network along with the next twelve episodes in the United States.
The series continued to air on Canada's Teletoons after episode thirteen. The remaining thirteen
episodes, dubbed as a second season by Cartoon Network, began airing in May 3, 2011 until
July 26, 2011. During the hiatus the first episode of the second season premiered on
March 30, 2012 on Cartoon Network Videos and aired on Boomerang in the UK on June 2, 2012
with four more episodes premiering until June 6, 2012. The official Warner Brothers website
announced that the second season would begin airing on Cartoon Network in May 2012 but
was set back to July 30, 2012 in the United States. The first fifteen episodes aired on
weekdays after July 30, 2012, until August 17, 2012. The show went on another hiatus
until March 25, 2013, when the remaining episodes of season two began to air in the United States
and concluded on April 5, 2013. Each episode of the series is called a "chapter"
in line with the show's overarching story, numbered from 1 to 52 across both seasons.
Characters
Mindy Cohn - Velma Dinkley Grey DeLisle - Daphne Blake, Paula Rogers,
Greta Gator, Que Horrifico, Anna Arkadyevna, Baba Yaga, Francilee Jackson
Matthew Lillard - Norville "Shaggy" Rogers Frank Welker - Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones Jr.,
Barty Blake, Man-Crab Episodic online video game
Cartoon Network released an episodic video game on their website called Scooby-Doo! Mystery
Incorporated: Crystal Cove Online, which had a new mystery every week based on the aired
episode. The player takes control of Shaggy and Scooby as they explore Crystal Cove, solving
mysteries and helping other citizens with the rest of the gang. Although there are 52
episodes, CN stopped updating the game at the end of season 1, making the last mystery
"The Freak of Crystal Cove." Awards and nominations
DVD releases Other releases
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. Volume releases
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 contains the remaining fourteen episodes from the first
season. The first thirteen episodes of the second season were released to DVD on November
13, 2012, while the second half of season two was released on June 18, 2013. Warner
Home Video began releasing volumes for the UK on August 29, 2011.
US Volumes UK volumes
Season sets 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 WB will release the second season on another 4-disc set in the US.
International broadcast References
External links Official website at Cartoon Network
Official website at Teletoon Official website at Boomerang
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated at Tvguide.com Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated at Comic
Scooby-Doo Scoob-Tacular Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated at IMDb
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated at the Big Cartoon DataBase