History Trivia / ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated

** Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the original creators of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' hated the series because it was too dark and cynical.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Although ''Mystery Incorporated'' Velma is confirmed by WordOfGay to be lesbian, this has been taken by the general audience to mean that ''all'' her incarnations are lesbian, likely due to people not being aware that ''Scooby-Doo'' has multiple continuities. This is despite her showing interest in men without issue, including Shaggy, in various films.

** Mayor Jones would've ended up ''worse'' than Brad and Judy without Fred in his life as a MoralityPet. As Tony Cervone puts it, "Fred saved him [Mayor Jones]."

* NonSingingVoice: Averted with the Hex Girls and Daphne. All of the actresses performed the songs played within the show.

* {{Jossed}}: Many people liked to believe that [[spoiler:Cassidy survived the underwater explosion, and that [[HesJustHiding she was just hiding]]. This was not the case, as she does not reappear until the timeline had been reset]].

* WordOfGay: Tony Cervone [[https://twitter.com/loventhunders/status/1282328974434205697 confirmed that Velma was always intended to be a lesbian]] (spoilers), ''not'' bisexual. However, they were limited due to ExecutiveMeddling, and the result was [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar the best they could get away with at the time]]. While the two could not act on their feelings at the time, [[spoiler:Velma and Marcie were an OfficialCouple after the timeline reset.]] Mitch Watson also confirmed this three years before [[https://player.fm/series/the-nightfly-with-dave-juskow/live-from-los-angeles-with-mitch-watson in a podcast interview]] (around the 19:20 mark).

** Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the original creators of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' hate the series because it was too dark and cynical.

** Creator/CaseyKasem retired from the role of Shaggy, and handed the role over to Creator/MatthewLillard,he ended up playing the character's father. This is also a role reprisal from the theatrical live action films.

** Velma's relationship with Hot Dog Water couldn't be explicitly stated as a romantic one due to this, leading to their status later being confirmed by WordOfGay.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Although Velma is confirmed by WordOfGay to be lesbian, this has been taken by the general audience to mean that all her incarnations are lesbian, likely due to people not being aware that ''Scooby-Doo'' has multiple continuities. This is not true as she has shown interest in men without issue, including Shaggy, in various films.

* {{Jossed}}: Many people liked to believe that [[spoiler: Cassidy survived the underwater explosion, and that she was just hiding. This is not the case, as she does not reappear until the timeline had been reset]].

* SeriesHiatus: Has had three. The series has now ended.

* VoicesInOneRoom: [[http://scoobyaddicts.com/Interviews.aspx?id=7&name=Mitch%20Watson As explained here]].

* WordOfGay: Tony Cervone [[https://twitter.com/loventhunders/status/1282328974434205697 recently confirmed that Velma was always intended to be a lesbian]], ''not'' bisexual. However, they were limited due to ExecutiveMeddling, and the result was [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar the best they could get away with at the time]]. She and [[spoiler: Marcie were an OfficialCouple after the timeline reset.]] Mitch Watson also confirmed this three years before [[https://player.fm/series/the-nightfly-with-dave-juskow/live-from-los-angeles-with-mitch-watson in a podcast interview]] (around the 19:20 mark).
* WordOfGod: You could ask Tony Cervone, one of the writers, questions about the show on Twitter, but his original account has since been deleted as of early 2018.

** Mayor Jones wasn't lying in "All Fear the Freak" when he said that he loved Fred. even if Jones himself might have thought that he was. This later became clear at the end of Season 2.

* CommonKnowledge: Despite the memetic status over how GettingCrapPastTheRadar it seemingly is, the Urban Dictionary definition for "happy tapioca" (NSFW) was created four days after the episode, "The Shrieking Madness”, it was said in aired.

* ExecutiveMeddling: While nothing specific was stated, [[WordOfGod Mitch Watson]] said that some ideas were shot down for being ''too'' scary or weird by the "powers that be".

* FlipFlopOfGod: Victor Cook says that there were no LGBT+ characters "that he was aware of" even when asked about Hot Dog Water specifically, while Derrick J. Wyatt [[http://adelightfultedium.tumblr.com/post/126150147407/send-me-a-fandom-and-ill-tell-you-my-scooby-doo lists Velma/Hot Dog Water as one of his favorite pairings in the show]].

* CommonKnowledge: The Website/UrbanDictionary entry defining "happy tapioca" was created four days after "The Shrieking Madness", the episode where the joke came from. While Fred does bring it up in a rather [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar suspect scene]], it wasn't necessarily the show's intent that Fred would've been "butt fucked" (this idea likely came from how Fred and another character looked like they were spooning (with Fred as the little spoon) right before he brought up the term).

* WordOfGay: Tony Cervone [[https://twitter.com/loventhunders/status/1282328974434205697 recently confirmed that Velma was always intended to be a lesbian]], ''not'' bisexual. However, they were limited due to ExecutiveMeddling, and the result was [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar the best they could get away with at the time]]. She and [[spoiler: Marcie were an OfficialCouple after the timeline reset.]]

* WordOfGay: Tony Cervone [[https://twitter.com/loventhunders/status/1282328974434205697 recently confirmed that Velma was always intended to be a lesbian]], ''not'' bisexual. However, they were limited due to ExecutiveMeddling, and the result was [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar the best they could get away with at the time]]. She and Marcie were an OfficialCouple after the timeline reset.

** Creator/CaseyKasem retired from the role of Shaggy, and handed the role over to Creator/MatthewLillard. This is also a role reprisal from the theatrical live action films.

* HeAlsoDid:
** The character designer, Derrick J. Wyatt, is an alum of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''. He would do ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' after this.
** One of the directors, Victor Cook, co-produced & co-developed ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' with Creator/GregWeisman, later becoming the supervising director for ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters''.
** "In Fear of the Phantom" was directed by Lauren Montgomery, [[RetroactiveRecognition who would be known for]] being supervising producer on ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' and executive producer & a co-showrunner of ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender''.
** Tony Cervone and Spike Brandt were supervisor producers and directors for ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'', [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooDirectToVideoFilmSeries direct-to-video films for this franchise]] as well as ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'' direct-to-video films, and ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''.

* ReferencedBy: ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' episode "First Impression" has the Newsgirl Legion teens Tommi Thompkins channeling Fred, Gabi Gabrielli channeling Daphne, and Big Words channeling Velma (who even has a brief gag about losing "[her] spectacles") as they conduct a mystery investigation in their small town of Brooklyn. Tommi shares her name with her father, Mayor Tommy Thompkins, who doesn't want her conducting investigations. Mayor Thompkins and Sheriff Patrick Maguire also resemble Mayor Jones and Sheriff Stone. Additionally, Sheriff Maguire's voice actor, Creator/TroyBaker, does an impersonation of Creator/PatrickWarburton's performance. And per standard of ''Scooby-Doo'' media, the episode's villain, Whisper A'Daire, complains as she's arrested that she would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for ThoseMeddlingKids. Creator/GregWeisman, one of the show's co-creators, is a friend of Victor Cook, one of ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'''s head writers, as they've both previously worked on ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' together. The show's other co-creator, Brandon Vietti, also worked on some of the ''[[Franchise/ScoobyDooDirectToVideoFilmSeries Scooby-Doo]]'' DTV films, including ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWrestlemaniaMystery'', which contained a {{cameo}} appearance from Megan, Zatanna, Artemis, and Cassie.

** Creator/LewisBlack voices Mr. E, but one episode has him voiced by Creator/JeffBennett.

** Paul Rugg voiced a professor character in an episode he wrote.

** The final show was always meant to be a two-season series, but WordOfGod says [[http://scoobyaddicts.com/Interviews.aspx?id=7&name=Mitch%20Watson that they actually did consider a Season 3]], which would have had a new MythArc and expanded on [[spoiler:the StealthPrequel aspect]].

* CreatorBacklash:
** The original creators of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' hate the series because it was too dark and cynical.
** Reportedly, Scott Innes, a voice actor for Scooby, Shaggy, and Scrappy in other works, isn't fond of ''Mystery Incorporated''.
** On the other hand, the show's character designer, Derrick J. Wyatt, has stated on his ask.fm that he doesn't like ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'' at all, feeling that it was made out of spite towards the original series and that ''Mystery Incorporated'' was a love letter towards the original series. He also views ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'' as SoBadItsGood.

** Casey Kasem retired from the role of Shaggy, and handed the role over to Matthew Lillard. This is also a role reprisal from the theatrical live action films.
** Lewis Black voices Mr. E, but one episode has him voiced by Jeff Bennett.

** Creator/MatthewLilliard (Shaggy) is three years older than Creator/GreyDeLisle (Mrs. Rogers).

* CastingGag:
** Creator/ScottMenville voiced Shaggy in ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue''. Now he's voicing [[spoiler:Shaggy's counterpart in the predecessor Mystery Inc., albeit the teenage version]]
** Baylor is a trifecta:
*** First, Matt Lanter played the Edward Cullen {{expy}} in a ''Franchise/{{Twilight}}'' parody, so having him play a parody of a ''Twilight'' actor seems fitting.
*** Second, [[spoiler:Creator/MarkHamill plays a clown when his [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries best known voice acting role]] [[ComicBook/TheJoker was a clown]].]]
*** Finally, Matt Lanter voiced Anakin Skywalker [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars at one point]]. [[spoiler:Creator/MarkHamill was of course, Luke. This means Crybaby Clown is his [[LukeIAmYourFather own father.]]]]
** Hot Dog Water, a knockoff of Velma, is voiced by the actress who played her in the live-action movies, Creator/LindaCardellini.
** Shaggy's dad, Colton Rogers, is voiced by Creator/CaseyKasem, Shaggy's original voice actor.
** Creator/GaryCole plays a character named Mayor Fred Jones, Sr. Before that, he played Ted Jones in ''Film/PineappleExpress'' and was a neighbor to a Jones family in ''The Joneses''.
** As a reference to their respective roles as fathers Mike Brady and the false Roy Martin in ''Film/AVeryBradySequel'', Creator/GaryCole and Tim Matheson's characters here in ''Mystery Incorporated'' are reversed. Fred Jones, Sr. is Fred's fake father while Brad Chiles is Fred's real father.
** In ''Series/AmericanGothic1995'', Creator/GaryCole ''also'' played as a corrupt authority figure (who turns out to have an association with demonic forces, if not being one himself) who did something [[MoralEventHorizon immoral]] to a family and is trying to take their son to raise as his own.

* TheCastShowoff: Daphne gets to sing, not one, but TWO songs in the episode "In Fear Of The Phantom". Creator/GreyDeLisle knocks both right out of the park.

*** First, Matt Lanter played the Edward Cullen Expy in a ''Twilight'' parody, so having him play a parody of a ''Twilight'' actor seems fitting.
*** Second, [[spoiler: Creator/MarkHamill plays a clown when his [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries best known voice acting role]] [[ComicBook/TheJoker was a clown]].]]
*** Finally, Matt Lanter voiced Anakin Skywalker [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars at one point]]. [[spoiler: Creator/MarkHamill was of course, Luke. This means Crybaby Clown is his [[LukeIAmYourFather own father.]]]]

** Shaggy's dad, Colton Rogers, is voiced by Casey Kasem, his very first voice actor.
** Gary Cole plays a character named Mayor Fred Jones. Before that, he played Ted Jones in ''Film/PineappleExpress'' and was a neighbor to a Jones family in ''The Joneses''.

** The original creators of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' hated the series because it was too dark and cynical.

** Producer Mitch Watson voices Gary's friend Ethan.

* ActorAllusion:
** Creator/CaseyKasem, the previous voice of Shaggy, provides the voice of his father, Colton Rogers.
** Creator/MatthewLillard, who played Shaggy in the live action theatrical films, voices Shaggy starting with this series, replacing Casey Kasem.
** Creator/JamesMarsters playing an American character who uses a British accent.
** Creator/ClancyBrown once again voices the [[spoiler: [[Videogame/CrashBandicoot3Warped supernatural villain of a series, who has been manipulating the evil genius]] {{big bad}} [[Videogame/CrashBandicoot3Warped to follow his will]]]].
** This isn't the first time Creator/PatrickWarburton has played a [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy lawman]] or a character with the last name [[Film/{{Scream 3}} Stone]].
** In Episode 4, David Faustino plays a down-on-his-luck guy named Bud. [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Huh, where have we seen that one before?]]
** The mother of Velma's StalkerWithACrush Jason is played by Jessica Walter, who played one herself in ''Film/PlayMistyForMe''.
** In episode 18, Creator/JamesHong's character takes on the guise of a [[Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina powerful Chinese wizard]].
*** [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures James Hong as a Chinese wizard, you say?]]
*** [[Series/{{Charmed}} Yes, we do.]]
** Of course, the Creator/HPLovecraft {{Expy}} is played by Creator/JeffreyCombs.
** From "The Night the Clown Cried", Crybaby Clown is voiced by Creator/MarkHamill, who has [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker much experience]] with voicing clowns.
*** Crybaby Clown also seems like an allusion to Hamill's role as Macendale/Hobgoblin on ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', since the villain is more practical-minded than Joker, and both [[spoiler:are shallow pretty-boys who romance the local rich girl who is fed up with her distracted ex/potential beau and turn to destructive crime waves in the name of money/fame. Both Daphne and Felicia Hardy are made to feel like fools when their date is unmasked.]]
*** His alter-ego is voiced by [[Franchise/StarWars his father]], [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Matt Lanter]].
** Early on in season two, Velma seems to have become pretty good friends with Hot Dog Water. It probably doesn't hurt Hot Dog Water's voice actress Linda Cardellini has a bit of a [[Film/ScoobyDoo past relationship]] [[Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed with Velma]]...
** Ricky Owens's teenage voice actor was Scott Menville who played Shaggy in ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue''.
** Horatio Kharon, the [[spoiler:dancing man in Scooby's dreams]], is played by Michael J. Anderson, who played "The Man From Another Place" in [[Series/TwinPeaks another show that takes place in a small town]]. [[{{Expy}} The characters are also rather functional and similar in design and role]], [[InkSuitActor down to looking almost exactly like the actor]].
** In Episode 12, Creator/HarlanEllison spouts out a paragraph about the monster, full of "f" words (but not ''the'' [[PrecisionFStrike F Word]]).
** Tim Matheson is basically voicing an adult version of ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'', to the point where the character in season two is radically redesigned from his teenage self to resemble Jonny.
** Gary Cole playing Fred's adopted father isn't the first time he's taken a job from Tim Matheson. He also became Vice President in ''Series/TheWestWing'' after Matheson's character John Hoynes had to resign in disgrace.
** In ''Film/TheBradyBunch'' movies, Tim Matheson played a con-man that claimed to be Carol Brady's deceased first husband -- her current husband being played by Gary Cole.
** In ''Film/ShesAllThat'', Tim Matheson played the father of Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr's character. Freddie Prinze Jr. would later play as Fred in the 2002 ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' film. (Creator/MatthewLillard also was in ''She's All That'' and the ''Scooby-Doo'' film.)
** [[spoiler:Mayor Jones is a high school principal in the good universe]], just like Gary Cole's other role as Principal Shepherd in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
*** Becomes HilariousInHindsight when it turns out Principal Shepherd is divorced, and a story arc is about Brian & Stewie suspecting him of murdering his wife (he didn't). Creator/PatrickWarburton's character, Officer Swanson, [[RelationshipVoiceActor is also involved in that story arc]].
** Mayor Jones wears the same suit-and-tie as [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw Harvey Birdman]], another character voiced by Gary Cole. ''Attorney At Law'' also parodied other Hanna-Barbera shows, including a crossover with the original ''Scooby-Doo''.
*** In “The Creeping Creatures”, Mayor Jones answers the phone with “N’yellow?”, just like Harvey.
** For the Freak of Crystal Cove, Creator/FrankWelker uses the voice he used for [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters the Boogieman]]. Whether by design or coincidence, the Freak has a few visual similarities to Boogie (such as being pale white and having horns).
** Creator/MauriceLaMarche's voice for Vincent Van Ghoul sounds like a higher-pitched version of his [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Brain]] voice, which of course is a combination of Creator/OrsonWelles and Creator/VincentPrice, the latter of whom Van Ghoul is based off of.
** In ''Series/AmericanGothic1995'', Creator/GaryCole played the main antagonist, who was a corrupt and evil sheriff with supernatural powers who used his resources for his own agenda and was possibly [[DevilInPlainSight a Devil incarnate]], and he also killed a family so he could steal their young son and try to raise him as his own. Sound familiar?