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Trivia: Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

Actor Allusion:
- Casey Kasem, the previous voice of Shaggy, provides the voice of his father, Colton Rogers.
- James Marsters playing an American character who uses a British accent.
- Clancy Brown once again voices the supernatural bigger bad of a series, who has been manipulating the evil genius big bad to follow his will.
- This isn't the first time Patrick Warburton has played a lawman.
- In Episode 4, David Faustino plays a down-on-his-luck guy named Bud. Huh, where have we seen that one before?
- The mother of Velma's Stalker with a Crush Jason is played by Jessica Walter, who played one herself in Play Misty for Me.
- In episode 18, James Hong's character takes on the guise of a powerful Chinese wizard.
  - James Hong as a Chinese wizard, you say?
  - Yes, we do.
- Of course, the H.P. Lovecraft Expy is played by Jeffrey Combs.
- From "The Night the Clown Cried", Crybaby Clown is voiced by Mark Hamill, who has much experience with voicing clowns.
  - Crybaby Clown also seems like an allusion to Hamill's role as Macendale/Hobgoblin on Spider-Man: The Animated Series, since the villain is more practical-minded than Joker, and both 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 his father, 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 past relationship with Velma...
- Ricky Owens's teenage voice actor was Scott Menville who played Shaggy in Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
- Horatio Kharon, the dancing man in Scooby's dreams, is played by Michael J. Anderson, who played "The Man From Another Place" in another show that takes place in a small town. The characters are also rather functional and similar in design and role, down to looking almost exactly like the actor.
- In Episode 12, Harlan Ellison spouts out a paragraph about the monster, full of "f" words (but not the F Word).
Doing It for the Art: The reason Baylor Hotner initially became Crybaby Clown, to do research for his next film.
Fandom Nod: In "Dance Of The Undead", when asked why the Hex Girls went back to their original outfits (resembling the ones worn in Witch's Ghost), they say that fans just preferred their original look. Some fans complained about their new look, so this is more than likely a little in-joke.
Fan Nickname: The Nibiru Entity is actually referred to as The Evil Entity in the series proper.
Hey, It's That Voice!:
- Matthew Lillard, who's played Shaggy before, now provides the voice of Shaggy after the original voice actor for him (Casey Kasem) retired from doing his voice after 40 years of loyal service, though Kasem is still on the show, only now as Shaggy's father.
- Speaking of parentage, Brad Chiles, Fred's real father, is voiced by Tim Matheson, the original Jonny Quest.
- Grey DeLisle once again voices Daphne.
- As usual, Frank Welker is Fred and is once again Scooby-Doo.
- Patrick Warburton is Sheriff Bronson Stone.
- Lewis Black is Mr. E.
  - Scott Menville is the younger version of Mr. E.
- Jeff Bennett plays Professor Rockelow.
  - He also shows up in episode 34 as "Ugly" Jim.
- Fred's dad is the Spectre and Harvey Birdman.
  - Or, Bill Lumbergh has become a Mayor.
- Frances Conroy and Kevin Dunn are Velma's parents. The latter also provides voices for incidental characters, like the restaurant Maitre D' in episode 11.
- John O'Hurley is easily recognizable as Skipper.
- Vivica A. Fox (Vernita Green) is Angel Dynamite.
- Jennifer Hale is Daphne's Army soldier sister, Delilah, as well as reprising the role of Thorn.
- James Arnold Taylor as Rung Ladderton. It's certainly not the first time he's played a teenaged millionaire who turned out to be the mystery villian in a show directed by Victor Cook.
  - He also voices Benson Fuhrman in Episode 38, with a Christopher Walken-esque voice to boot.
- Hynden Walch is Alice May.
- Quinton Flynn shows up to pull double duty in episode 7, as the Hex Girls' manager Gus Boggs and their stagehand Daniel Prezette.
- Jessica Walter (Lucille Bluth and Archer's mom, Mallory) is Jason's mom.
- Daryl Sabara (Rex Salazar, Juni Cortez) is Jason himself.
- Maurice LaMarche is Vincent Van Ghoul. This is especially prominent in episode 19, where he does a cracker-jack impression of Vincent Price.
- Udo Kier is Professor Pericles.
- Kath Soucie is Daphne's mom.
- Jeffrey Combs is Professor H.P. Hatecraft.
- Also in episode 12, Crispin Freeman is all over the place, playing just about every other male extra, as well as Prof. Hatecraft's assistant.
- In episode 17, Dwight Schultz voices the last survivor of the long-vanished Darrow Family.
- Episode 18 has George Takei as the White Wizard.
  - Also in episode 18, Mai Lee is voiced by Stephanie Sheh.
  - Chen is voiced by James Hong (Mr. Ping).
- Episode 21: Hot Dog Water is voiced by Linda Cardellini (another Velma).
  - Rob Paulsen voices her father, Winslow Fleach.
- Episode 24: Florence Henderson voices Sheriff Stone's mother. Powers Boothe (Gorilla Grodd) voices Dead Justice.
- Carlos Alazraqui is the Ghost of Nitro Wisinski. He also voiced Ernesto in a few previous episodes.
- Episode 25: Frau Farbissina is now a college dean.
- As of season 2, Kate Higgins voices the mayor.
- The other members of the old Mystery Inc. are voiced by Nolan North and Kari Wahlgren as teenagers, and by Tim Matheson and Tia Carrere as adults.
- Episode 27: Mark Hamill voices the Crybaby Clown and drill sergeant.
- Episode 30: Jason Marsden is Horbert Feist and Phil LaMarr is Melvin Keisterbaum.
- Episode 31: Dee Bradley Baker is Mr. Shepherd; he also provides the vocal effects for the eponymous Hodag.
- Episode 32: Billy West voices Randy Warsaw.
- Hebediah Grim of Grim Judgment is voiced by Clancy Brown.
  - He also voiced the Nibiru Entity, which isn't the first time he's portrayed a world consuming evil entity.
- Episode 36: Kevin Michael Richardson is Dan Fluunk.
- Troy Baker voices the Dream Weaver, a young Sheriff Stone, and Blue Falcon.
- Episode 44: Rude Boy's singing voice is provided by The English Beat's Dave Wakeling, who also wrote songs for the episode.
- Amy Acker is Nova.
- Episode 46: James Marsters is the Monster of the Week.
Name's the Same
- Fred Jones Sr. is often referred to as Mayor Jones.
- Scooby-Doo meets Scooby the seal.
Non-Singing Voice: Averted with the Hex Girls and Daphne. All of the actresses performed the songs played within the show.
Screwed by the Network: The first season was split in half and aired over two years. The second season was announced to premiere in May 2012, but the episode was not aired. After it didn't air it was announced that the episode would air on July 10 (almost a full year after the previous episode), but again didn't air. New episodes finally started on July 30, over a full year after the first season ended, and were burned off at 2PM monday-friday for a few weeks and briefly mis-labeled as Tom and Jerry Tales.
Talking to Himself: Frank Welker voices Fred, Daphne's father and Scooby Doo.