Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Series, 2010, The 2010s, Set in Crystal Cove
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is #22 of 27 in release order and #19 of 27 in chronological order in the Scooby-Doo.
The story
This incarnation of the popular cartoon series finds Scooby and the gang living in Crystal Cove, a small town with a long history of ghost sightings, monster tales and other mysteries ripe for the sleuths to solve once and for all. But the longstanding Crystal Cove residents, who bank on the town's reputation to attract tourists, are prepared to do what it takes to protect their turf.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated recap
Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby are teenagers in Crystal Cove, a town that lives off its reputation as the most haunted place on Earth, and the adults, including Fred's father, the mayor, and Sheriff Stone, hate the kids for unmasking every monster. Each episode has a classic fake-monster case, but the show is serialized. A mysterious caller, Mr. E, pushes the gang toward the town's secret history: a cursed Spanish treasure, the disappearance of an earlier group of teen sleuths called the original Mystery Incorporated, and a sinister parrot, Professor Pericles. The relationships change as the story goes. Shaggy and Velma date in secret and break up, Daphne waits for Fred to notice her, Fred learns the mayor is not his real father, and the gang splits apart and reunites. In season 2 they learn that groups of four people and an animal have lived in Crystal Cove for centuries, all tied to an evil entity buried beneath the town, and they race Pericles to collect the pieces of a disk that opens its prison. It aired on Cartoon Network from 2010 to 2013, for 52 episodes over two seasons.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated ending explained
In the series finale, "Come Undone", Pericles frees the Evil Entity, which turns him into a monster and starts taking over Crystal Cove. The gang realises their friendship is the key to beating it, and Scooby destroys the sarcophagus, wiping out the Entity and its curse. The gang wakes in a rewritten timeline where Crystal Cove was never cursed and the dead are alive. Harlan Ellison, who remembers everything, sends them to Miskatonic University, and they drive off in the Mystery Machine looking for new mysteries.
Where to watch Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is streaming on Netflix in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.2/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, before Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster.
- Chronological order: after Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, before Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!.
What to watch before Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
In release order, 16 Scooby-Doo essentials come before Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010), from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969) to Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006).
Cast
- Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo / Fred Jones (voice)
- Grey DeLisle as Daphne Blake (voice)
- Mindy Cohn as Velma Dinkley (voice)
- Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers (voice)
- Patrick Warburton as Sheriff Bronson Stone (voice)
- Gary Cole as Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Black Knight (voice)
- Lewis Black as Mr. E / Ricky Owens (voice)
- Vivica A. Fox as Cassidy Williams (voice)
- Udo Kier as Professor Pericles (voice)
- Kate Higgins as Mayor Janet Nettles (voice)
- Frances Conroy as Mrs. Dinkley (voice)
- Tia Carrere as Judy Reeves (voice)
Created by Tony Cervone, Spike Brandt, Mitch Watson.