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Not to be confused with Scooby-Doo Mystery, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Adventures, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, or Scooby Doo: Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Promotional poster
GenreMystery
Adventure
Children's television series
Created by
Developed by
Written byMitch Watson
Mark Banker
Roger Eschbacher
Jed Elinoff
Scott Thomas
Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Directed byVictor Cook
Curt Geda
Voices ofFrank Welker
Matthew Lillard
Grey DeLisle
Mindy Cohn
Theme music composerMatthew Sweet
ComposerRobert J. Kral
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes41 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerSam Register
ProducersMitch Watson
Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone
EditorBruce King
Running timeapprox. 22 minutes
Production companyWarner Bros. Animation
Original release
NetworkCartoon Network
ReleaseApril 5, 2010 (2010-04-05) –
Present
(Currently on hiatus.)
Related
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (also known as Mystery Incorporated or Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc.) 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 the United States on Cartoon Network on April 5, 2010,[1] with the next twelve episodes continuing, and the first episode re-airing, on July 12, 2010.

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 (similar to A Pup Named Scooby-Doo and Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!), 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. Several episodes serve as parodies of famous horror films from classics like A Nightmare on Elm Street to modern works such as Saw, and other Hanna-Barbera characters occasionally guest-star, including Captain Caveman, Jabberjaw, 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 (such as Velma now wearing bows in her hair). 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 (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) (Casey Kasem, the original voice of Shaggy, now voices Shaggy's father).

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 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 (chief among them being Fred's father Mayor Fred Jones Sr. and Sheriff Bronson Stone) 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, covered up by parties unknown. Following cryptic hints from a faceless mystery-man known only as "Mr. E." (a play on "mystery"), 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

According to the official Warner Bros. website, the plot of Episode 52 will tie into the plot of the first episode of the series. Dynomutt, as well as many other Hanna-Barbera characters, make cameo appearances within the season.[2] The return of the original Mystery Incorporated to Crystal Cove begins a race between the two groups to be the first to locate the pieces of the legendary Planispheric Disc, which will point the way to the cursed treasure the conquistadors buried beneath the town centuries ago. But greater mysteries begin to emerge as the existence of many mystery-solving groups in the past of Crystal Cove comes to light and unearthly forces repeatedly intone the word "Nibiru"...

On February 25, 2013, Cartoon Network announced that Season 2 will be the final season of the show.[3]

Episodes

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

The first season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated ran for twenty-six episodes between 2010 and 2011[4] 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,[1] and reaired on July 12, 2010 on Cartoon Network along with the next twelve episodes in the United States.[4] The series continued to air on Canada's Teletoons after episode thirteen.[5] The remaining thirteen episodes, dubbed as a second season by Cartoon Network, began airing in May 3, 2011 until July 26, 2011.[4] During the hiatus the first episode of the second season premiered on March 30, 2012 on Cartoon Network Videos[6] 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.[7] The episodes continued to air on weekdays after July 30, 2012,[8] until August 17, 2012, bringing the current number of episodes to forty-one. It is currently on another hiatus until March 25, 2013.

Each episode of the series is called a "chapter" in line with the show's overarching story.

Cast

Main article: List of Scooby-Doo characters

Supporting Cast

Episodic online video game

Cartoon Network released an episodic video game on their website called Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Crystal Cove Online, which will have a new mystery every week based on the aired episode.[9] 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. There are 52 pedestals, although initially only 26 episodes were planned and only 26 chapters unlocked.

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Result
2011 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon Nominated
2012 Nominated

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.[10] "Menace of the Manticore" was also released as a bonus feature on Big Top Scooby-Doo! on October 9, 2012.[11]

Volume releases

Warner Home Video started releasing episodes to DVD on January 25, 2011 in the US. The first three volumes contains 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. Warner Home Video began releasing volumes for the UK on August 29, 2011.

US Volumes

DVD Name Release Date Episodes Included Number of Discs
Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume 1 January 25, 2011[12]
  1. "Beware the Beast From Below"
  2. "The Creeping Creatures"
  3. "The Secret of the Ghost Rig"
  4. "Revenge of the Man Crab"
1
Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume 2 May 10, 2011[13]
  1. "The Song of Mystery"
  2. "The Legend of Alice May"
  3. "In Fear of the Phantom"
  4. "The Grasp of the Gnome"
Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume 3 September 27, 2011[14]
  1. "Battle of the Humungonauts"
  2. "Howl of the Fright Hound"
  3. "The Secret Serum"
  4. "The Shrieking Madness"
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 1, Part 2: Crystal Cove Curse January 24, 2012[15][16]
  1. "When the Cicada Calls"
  2. "Mystery Solvers Club State Finals"
  3. "The Wild Brood"
  4. "Where Walks Aphrodite"
  5. "Escape from Mystery Manor"
  6. "The Dragon's Secret"
  7. "Nightfright"
  8. "The Siren's Song"
  9. "The Menace of the Manticore"
  10. "Attack of the Headless Horror"
  11. "A Haunting in Crystal Cove"
  12. "Dead Justice"
  13. "Pawn of Shadows"
  14. "All Fear the Freak"
2
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 2, Part 1: Danger in the Deep November 13, 2012[17][18]
  1. "The Night the Clown Cried"
  2. "House of the Nightmare Witch"
  3. "The Night the Clown Cried II - Tears of Doom!"
  4. "Web of the Dreamweaver!"
  5. "The Hodag of Horror"
  6. "Art of Darkness!"
  7. "The Gathering Gloom"
  8. "Night on Haunted Mountain"
  9. "Grim Judgment"
  10. "Night Terrors"
  11. "The Midnight Zone"
  12. "Scarebear"
  13. "Wrath of the Krampus"

UK volumes

DVD Name Release Date Episodes Included Number of Discs
Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Volume 1 August 29, 2011[19]
  1. "Beware the Beast From Below"
  2. "The Creeping Creatures"
  3. "The Secret of the Ghost Rig"
  4. "Revenge of the Man Crab"
1
Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Volume 2 February 13, 2012[20]
  1. "The Song of Mystery"
  2. "The Legend of Alice May"
  3. "In Fear of the Phantom"
  4. "The Grasp of the Gnome"

International broadcast

Country / Region Network(s) Aired Notes
 United States Cartoon Network April 5, 2010 – present Aired Monday nights at 7:00 PM ET, and moved to Tuesday nights at 7:30 PM ET, then aired weekdays at 2:00 PM ET. A special sneak peek served as a pilot for the series aired on April 5, 2010.[1] Season 2 premiered July 30, 2012. Tony Cervone announced on his Twitter page that the rest of the episodes will air starting March 25, 2013.
 Spain Cartoon Network
Clan TVE 		November 1, 2010– present Currently airing reruns of Season 1. 5 last Season 1 episodes can be watched on the Clan TVE webpage. Third Scooby-Doo series dubbed to Castillian Spanish.
 Australia Nine Network
Cartoon Network 		February 12, 2011 – present On Nine Network, the show airs on Saturday mornings, following the Saturday Morning Cartoons.
 United Kingdom Boomerang
Cartoon Network
CBBC 		October 25, 2011 – present
March 4, 2011 – present
– present 		Currently airing reruns of season 2 on Boomerang. On December 3, 2012 CBBC started airing season 2. CBBC still shows reruns of season 1.
 Ireland Boomerang
Cartoon Network 		October 25, 2011 – present
March 4, 2011 – present 		Currently showing reruns of season 2 on Boomerang.
 Canada Teletoon – present Premiered the second half of season 1 before the United States airings.
Latin America Cartoon Network March 6, 2011 – present Season 1 aired on Sunday afternoons from March 6, 2011 to September 4, 2011. Season 2 premiered September 1, 2012 and new episodes debut weekly.
 Poland Cartoon Network August 29, 2011 – present The first eight episodes of Season 1 premiered on DVD on February 11, 2011 (Volume 1) and May 13, 2011 (Volume 2). The 8 episodes, as well as the following rest of Season 1 premiered on Cartoon Network on August 29, 2011 with all new episodes on weekdays. The first half of Season 2 episodes premiered on September 10, 2012, airing on weekdays.
 Italy Cartoon Network
Boomerang
Boing 		August 29, 2011 – present (Season 1)
October 13, 2012-present (Season 2) 		Season 1 premiered with all new episodes on weekdays. Season 2 premiered on "Scooby Doo Halloween Marathon" with 2 episodes. The new season continued November 5 with all new episodes on weekdays.
 Hungary Cartoon Network August 30, 2011 – present Premiered with all new episodes on weekdays.
 Denmark Norway Sweden Cartoon Network November 1, 2011 – present Premiered on the block "Christmas in November".
 South Africa Cartoon Network – present Premiered with all new episodes on weekdays.

References

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    • "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated on Cartoon Network". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
    • "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated". Bing.com. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
    • "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - Series Overview". Msn.com. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  2. ^ "Comic-Con : Scooby-Doo! at Comic-Con 2011". Thewb.com. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  3. ^ http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/scooby-doo-mystery-incorporated-cartoon-network-season-three-27057/
  4. ^ a b c "Scooby-Doo: Mystery... Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  5. ^ "Scooby-Doo: Mystery... Episodes". Big Cartoon Database. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  6. ^ "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - 'The Night the Clown Cried' Episode Info - MSN TV". Tv.msn.com. 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  7. ^ "Cartoon Network". CartoonNetwork.com. Retrieved 2011-08-22. {{cite web}}: Text "TV Schedule" ignored (help)
  8. ^ "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Second Season". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  9. ^ "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Crystal Cove Online". Cartoon Network.com, part of The Turner Entertainment Company, Inc. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  10. ^ "Scooby-Doo: Camp Scare: Movies & TV". Amazon.com (US) Amazon.com Inc. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  11. ^ "Scooby-Doo: Big Top Scooby-Doo (2012)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
    • Note: See back of DVD picture provided by Amazon.com for bonus features, release date can be found in Product Details section
  12. ^ "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 1 Vol. 1". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  13. ^ "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 1 V.2". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  14. ^ "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 1: V.3". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
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