Line #1 WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated


1	[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scooby_doo_mystery_inc.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:270:The good old gang, [[AlternateContinuity a little different from how you may remember them]], in a DarkerAndEdgier setting.]]
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4	->''"You don't know what you've uncovered... A truth that should have remained hidden--the truth behind the curse of Crystal Cove! The real mystery has just begun."''
5	-->-- '''Mr. E'''
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7	TheNewTens take on the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' franchise, which premiered July 12, 2010.
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9	This series offered a fresh take on the franchise that could be best described as a bizarre meta-parody/deconstruction of ''Scooby-Doo''. A DarkerAndEdgier approach aimed at an older audience than usual, ''Mystery Incorporated'' was prone to LampshadeHanging and hosted a more tongue-in-cheek, sardonic sense of humor that poked fun at not only the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise and other characters from the Creator/HannaBarbera library, but also other works of horror fiction, covering a wide range of film, TV and literature [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]].
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11	After Scooby and friends have solved many of the mysteries around their hometown of Crystal Cove[[note]]There is an actual place in southern California called "Crystal Cove," but it's actually state park rather than a city -- whether or not the show's locale is based on it is not clear.[[/note]], the town decides it's had enough of them debunking all their prospective tourist attractions and cracks down on Mystery Inc.'s mystery solving. But no one, not overbearing parents, nor an [[ObstructiveBureaucrat obnoxiously obstructive sheriff]], nor [[SuitWithVestedInterests a mayor who's more interested in tourism than solving crimes]] ([[BreadEggsBreadedEggs and]] ''[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs also]]'' [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs an overbearing parent]]), nor the mysterious Mr. E and the supposed curse of Crystal Cove, can stop Mystery Inc.! As such, HilarityEnsues... at least, [[CerebusSyndrome at first]].
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13	While featuring a typical [[ScoobyDooHoax Scooby-Doo formula]] of MonsterOfTheWeek that is unmasked at the end, the series also contains a MythArc revolving around a cursed treasure buried under the town which slowly and steadily pours on the NightmareFuel. Vote [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/BestEpisode/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated here]] for your favorite episode.
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15	The series' entire distinctive premise of an overarching Myth Arc along with Monsters of the Week and secrets and conspiracies, all within a single town, were likely inspired from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', in which, ironically enough, the main characters were referred to as "scoobies".
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17	NOTE: The main page is for general tropes. Character-specific tropes should go to the [[Characters/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated character sheet]], unless they apply to multiple characters or characters without their own entry in the character sheet. Due to the sheer number of examples, the main page has been split into four individual ones:
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19	!!Examples:
20	[[index]]
21	* ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated/TropesAToC
22	* ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated/TropesDToH
23	* ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated/TropesIToR
24	* ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated/TropesSToZ
25	[[index]]

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