History Recap / ScoobyDooMysteryIncS1E25PawnOfShadows

** The original Mystery Incorporated and an unidentified man are analyzing a map, which appears to be the same map that Mayor Jones was looking at back in "Menace of the Manticore". [[spoiler:The unidentified man turns out in the next episode to be his younger self.]]

* EarlyBirdCameo: The man whose back is turned away from the camera in the flashback of the old Mystery Inc. is [[spoiler:a young Fred Jones, Sr.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Cassidy's flashback, we see that a black-haired man with glasses, a suit, and a familiar-looking hairstyle is telling the original Mystery Inc. about the Curse of Crystal Cove. This man conveniently is facing away from the camera. [[spoiler:It turns out he's a young Fred Jones, Sr., which we find out in the next episode.]]

-->'''Shaggy:''' Like, where does she keep getting these weapons? That outfit has no pockets!

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Regina Wentworth, author of the “Dusk” series, is a parody of real life author Creator/StephenieMeyer and ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series.

-->'''The Freak''': The curse begun, but soon they'll see, the buried truth will end with me.

-->'''Angel:''' So this was all staged by Mr. E to use the kids as parrot bait.\\
'''Alice:''' That's right. And it would have worked too, if I hadn't been stopped by you, Miss Meddling Sassy Pants!

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Regina Wentworth, author of the “Dusk” series, is a parody of real life author Creator/StephenieMeyer and the Twilight series

* ThrowTheDogABone: Towards the end of the episode, the dean comes back to reveal that the song Char-Gar-Gothacon, based on his book, is a massive hit in Japan. So Hatecraft gets his job back for bringing revenue and prestige to Darrow University.

* {{Expy}}: Regina Wentworth for Creator/StephenieMeyer author of the Twilight series.

* {{Hammerspace}}: {{Lampshaded}} by Shaggy about Obliteratrix.
-->Like, where does she keep getting these weapons? That outfit has no pockets!

* {{Expy}}: Regina Wentworth for Creator/StephenieMeyer.

* JerkAss: Regina Wentworth, H. P. Hatecraft's substitute partner while Harlan Ellison is away. She upstages him with her teen vampire romance novels and deliberately pins the blame on him for the explosions at the school, tp get the Dean to fire him.

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* BatmanGambit: Mr. E had Alice May hunt the gang as Obliteratrix to draw Pericles out of the woodwork.

* EarlyBirdCameo: The man whose back is turned away from the camera in the flashback of the old Mystery Inc. is a young Fred Jones, Sr.

* ThrowTheDogABone:Towards the end of the episode, the dean comes back to reveal that the song Char-Gar-Gothacon, based on his book, is a massive hit in Japan. So Hatecraft gets his job back for bringing revenue and prestige to Darrow University.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Cassidy's flashback, we see that a black-haired man with glasses, a suit, and a familiar-looking hairstyle is telling the original Mystery Inc. about the Curse of Crystal Cove. This man conveniently is facing away from the camera. It turns out he's a young Fred Jones, Sr., which we find out in the next episode.

* ThrowTheDogABone:Towards the end of the episode, the dean comes back to reveal that the song Char-Gar-Gothacon, based on his book, is a massive hit in Japan. So Hatecraft gets his job back for bringing revenue and prestige to Darrow College.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Mr. E had Alice May hunt the gang as Obliteratrix to draw Pericles out of the woodwork.]]
* BookEnds: [[spoiler:The episode begins and ends with The Freak.]]

** ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:Towards the end of the episode, the dean comes back to reveal that the song Char-Gar-Gothacon, based on his book, is a massive hit in Japan. So Hatecraft gets his job back for bringing revenue and prestige to Darrow College.]]
* LampshadeHanging: Shaggy tells Hatecraft that he and the rest of the gang have "been teenagers forever", a nod to the fact that the Mystery Inc. gang has basically stayed the same age throughout the franchise.

In the first part of the finale, the gang goes to Professor H.P. Hatecraft for help figuring out what the mysterious treasure they got from the Darrow Mansion is, only to be hunted by the mysterious assassin Obliteraterix who plans on destroying Mystery Inc.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Mr. E had Alice May hunt the gang as Obliteraterix to draw Pericles out of the woodwork.]]

* MysteriousMercenaryPursuer: Obliteraterix.

In the first part of the finale, the gang goes to Professor H.P. Hatecraft for help figuring out what the mysterious treasure they got from the Darrow Mansion is, only to be hunted by the mysterious assassin Obletratrix who plans on destroying Mystery Inc.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Mr. E had Alice May hunt the gang as Obletratrix to draw Pericles out of the woodwork.]]

In the first part of the finale. the gang goes to Professor H.P. Hatecraft for help figuring out what the mysterious treassure they got from the Darrow Mansion is, only to be hunted by the mysterious assassin Obletratrix who plans on destroying Mystery Incorperated.

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!! The episode provides examples of:

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Mr.E had Alice May hunt the gang as Obletratrix to draw Pericles out of the woodwork.]]
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The episode begins and ends with The Freak.]]
* ButtMonkey: Professor H.P. Hatecraft is being forced to write a teen vampire romance novel to keep up with a younger author who constantly insults him, then he gets fired.
** ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: Towards the end of the episode the dean comes back to reveal that the song Char-Gar-Gothacon, based on his book, is a massive hit in Japan, so Hatecraft get's his job back thanks to bringing all kinds of money to Darrow College]]

* BatmanGambitt: [[spoiler: Mr.E had Alice May hunt the gang as Obletratrix to draw Pericles out of the woodwork.]]

* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Mr.E had Alice May hunt the gang as Obletratrix to draw Pericles out of the woodwork.]]