As of episode 21, his identity has been revealed. But here's what's been speculated (and jossed) since the show began:
- Or he's Batman trying to train these kids similarly to how he trained the Outsiders.
- I think it's Batman too. I mean, who else could do a Stealth Hi Bye while taking, and later putting back, a car engine?
- It's entirely possible that the thirteen ghosts exist in this continuity, and Vincent, along with the group of kids that mysteriously disappeared, opened the chest years ago. Hence the mysterious disappearance: they, er, didn't quite survive putting the ghosts back in the chest.
- The gang is being stalked by two guys named "Mr. B" and "Mr. W".
- "Seriously, I'm getting pissed off now! I'm gonna kill Fred for this!"
- When Daphne asked about Velma's bangs, it was to lampshade the fact that the Velma that Daphne was talking to was a duplicate.
- Probably not. Velma has a sister, but she's no twin (Abracadabra-Doo). Unless it was a heretofore unseen twin.
- Actually, I'm going to predict that Mr. E will say "Thanks to you meddling kids" as a Call-Back to the first episode.
- To elaborate on this, since I don't know how to phrase it as a WMG: The season finale will see the Mystery Inc. gang at the top of their 1970s-era game, pitted against Mr. E (who has a larger plan behind his prodding of the gang in the right direction) in a scary monster costume. This will culminate in Mr. E being caught in a trap, and the climactic moment of a genuinely suspenseful mystery crystallized in the line, "Now let's see who Mr. E really is!" as one of them pulls the mask off. Whoever he is, there will be a lengthy denouement, and — out of sportsmanship or genuine frustration — he will decry them as a bunch of meddling kids but for whom he would have gotten away with it.
- Jossed. Not only has the gang still not faced Mr. E, but the season finale became a cliffhanger with the apparent dissolution of Mystery Inc.
- Velma is the only member of the gang who has faced Mister E (episode 33).
- To elaborate on this, since I don't know how to phrase it as a WMG: The season finale will see the Mystery Inc. gang at the top of their 1970s-era game, pitted against Mr. E (who has a larger plan behind his prodding of the gang in the right direction) in a scary monster costume. This will culminate in Mr. E being caught in a trap, and the climactic moment of a genuinely suspenseful mystery crystallized in the line, "Now let's see who Mr. E really is!" as one of them pulls the mask off. Whoever he is, there will be a lengthy denouement, and — out of sportsmanship or genuine frustration — he will decry them as a bunch of meddling kids but for whom he would have gotten away with it.
- This may backfire if they manage to unveil him as Mr. E before solving the mystery, at which point they would have to deal with an even worse replacement sheriff and discover the truth without Mr. E's clandestine help.
- Then explain the live phone call with Mr. E at the end of the first episode... in Angel's studio! (Scare Chord)
- Angel is a Timelord, well, Timelady, and Mister E is her regeneration.
- We already know that Mr. E employs a man for various things - he picked up Alice at the end of that episode. Why not have that man make the calls too? it would also explain how the radio and tape could account for what the gang would say. Angel knows the gang well enough to compensate in the scripts she gives to her employee.
- Jossed as of episode 20. We already know who Angel is. Or at least Velma does.
- That's a fool bet.
- I think you mean a fowl bet.
- that would make a bit of sense, Professor Pericles looks like a parrot to me, not sure what type, but if he was a macaw they live to be 50 to 100 years. Since the kids that went missing would have been as old as the Gang's Parents, the bird could still be alive.
- It would also explain why he never appears onscreen. Even if he only appeared in shadow, it would be instantly obvious who he was.
- At the end of the Scary Gnome episode, Mr. E sends Velma another picture of the old Mystery Inc. Professor Pericles is circled in this one, so he's bound to be significant somehow.
- Now that we've met Prof. P in episode 10, this seems to be a distinct possibility.
- Highly unlikely given that Pericles sent Mr. E a message in episode 16.
- Except Mr. E is helping the gang solve mysteries, and ruin the monster tourist business. Even in the Alice May episode, where he was sort of at cross purposes with the gang, his intent was still solving mysteries rather than letting them lie there as the mayor wants.
- On the other hand, Professor Pericles did warn Freddy to beware of those closest to him. His father would probably qualify.
- You guys remember that scene where they brought out the amulet to the crowd, and the camera cut to Freddy's dad, looking surprised, then angry? Is it a coincidence that they got their first call from Mr. E soon later?
- This would also explain why The Tape Knew You Would Say That since "Rat's Rit?" would only be spoken by Scooby.
- You just won the Internet for that.
It could be that the original Mystery Inc. was another batch of Plumbers-to-be that had stumbled onto something big but nobody believed them ("I swear! Aliens are invading Earth" "Yeah right kids.") and had to take matters into their own hands but weren't skilled enough or powerful enough. That Parrot is too smart for a parrot, the most a parrot has ever learned is somewhere near 250 words and it was an African Grey Parrot and it certainly never spoke incomplete, complex sentences or with an accent. It's at least part alien.
The reason why they haven't sent the Bellwood trio to sort things out is that Ben, and by extension Gwen, Kevin, and even Max, can't even take a pee without it being a national headline. There'd be a media storm on poor Crystal Cove and the criminals would flee.
Angel Dynamite is a Plumber undercover, using an ID mask, to observe and record Mystery Inc. II's progress and methods and deliver clues as they are found.
Or it could be just a big simulation, the gang unknowing, to test their resourcefulness, morality, and teamwork.
As to what or who Mister E, is it's probably not anyone we've met (except maybe that Frog-Guy Plumber) because, as above, anyone we already know can't move an inch without everyone watching...
The costumes of the criminals are starting to resemble aliens we know anyways.
Episode one: Goop
Episode seven: The Phantom resembles Six-Six on a really bad day.
Episode eleven: The Lovecraftian monster looks like a petite female version of VilgaxMore to Come.
That's my WMG.Cross-examination can begin!
- This is Jossed; he's not a member but he's searching for something. In the 21st episode, we see him going through an old map and also searching through his son's drawers...
- When was that Jossed?
- Right now. He was the one who helped translate the map 20 years ago to the gang and is not only a complete dick by being the Freak of Mystery Cove, but for what he did to poor Fred Jones, Jr.
- This is Jossed; he's not a member but he's searching for something. In the 21st episode, we see him going through an old map and also searching through his son's drawers...
Why? Mr. E is a cultist and is trying to awaken the Old Ones.
- The locket is important. From episode 26, Pericles used it to open the treasure chest that contained the treasure of Crystal Cove. When water washed out, the locket fell and sank into the caves. Oh and it showed Fred's REAL parents.
- This is technically Jossed by the fact that the son was shown to still be alive. It is hinted that the family died gradually of old age rather than all at once, so the sister may have been alive when the gang was born, too. Yes, it makes no damn sense that they did not all starve to death, but it's a kid's show.
- Alternatively, the show is written by Joss Whedon.
- Or he's trying to ruin the economy of the other towns by having the gang solve the mysteries. Remember Crystal Cove mysteries are tourist attractions so it can be assumed that the same is true for the other towns.
- The other places presumably don't have a mystery-based tourist trade
- They may have been friends with, or part, of the disappeared group of kids. They're trying to get their children to stop meddling before they'll end up like them. That's why Fred's dad recognized the key.
- Only Fred's 'not his dad' dad had a relationship with the gang; he's the reason why the old Mystery Inc left Crystal Cove.
- Seemingly disproved is episode 9. Unless Scooby is ticked at Shaggy because Shaggy never honestly sat down and talked about it. I think that maybe Scooby's madder at Shaggy for not coming clean than him going out with Velma.
- Don't forget: Guys don't have feelings. AND: I'm dead inside.
- Well of course there'd be no sparks with the dad because the Mayor isn't the dad. There were sparks between Brad and Judy however...
- The mystery probably wouldn't close. But that sounds awesome!
- Here's what will happen: The season will end when one of the gang's — or the entire gang's — fate is put into question. How kick-ass would that be?
- As of the Season 1 finale they are being split up as the boys are leaving Crystal Cove and the girls are stuck in Crystal Cove, so right now it's up to Scooby to get them together.
- Jossed
- He's not feral but was taken away by his real parents, thanks to the Mayor.
- Well now she's gonna have to do it on her own: Daphne hates her, Scooby is off to a farm, Shaggy is off to military school and Fred's off to find out who he is.
Plus, Freddy's already had plenty of Heroic BSODs. Time for Shaggy or Scooby to get one.
- It doesn't help that Shaggy's parents said they are sending him to a "farm"!
- Uh, hello guys? This a Cartoon Network Cartoon, not God of War. When they say "farm" they're talking about a farm with a farmer and barn animals.
- Given how much like Hyacinth Bucket Shaggy's mother is, she probably thinks that packing Scooby off to a working farm is a fate worse than death.
- While this theory isn't likely, it does have merit: The Sign really was Foreshadowing as of episode 41.
- But by that time the gang has two dogs.
- Averted as a statue of Scrappy appears in the Haunted museum with Fred saying how they promised never to speak of him.
- Jossed: The Curse is linked to a treasure hidden by the first Europeans to explore the area.
- Velma: "You two go have fun. I insist."Scooby Doo: "Rur-ruh. Reu go."Velma: "N-no, I don't mind... I'm sure you two guys have plenty of 'guy stuff' to catch up on..."Scooby: "Roh, no! Rou two ruv-birds go on! Eh-hehe hehe!"Velma: "You go."Scooby: "Reu go."Velma and Scooby: *growl and Lightning Glare*Shaggy: "...Like, I have no idea what's going on..."
- Jossed as of episode 22. Velma has put her broken heart and the romance behind her for good.
Naturally, the customer/s will turn out to be more trouble than they're worth. The gang will be stuck dealing with some stranger who's a complete Parody Sue/The Load/Tagalong Kid/Insert Rule of Funny Trope of Choice here. The notion of a mystery-solving tour probably won't survive past its introductory phase, though you never know...
- The next episode has them looking for the identity of a vampire, with all the clues pointing to Daphne's mother.
For bonus points, this situation could easily be set up by some shadowy figure — though the question of who and why would be wide open. Could it be Mr. E putting Daphne through a Secret Test of Character, or stepping into the role of Evil Mentor? The Mayor, trying to drive a wedge between Freddy and Daphne and split up Mystery Inc.? The as-of-yet unrevealed Big Bad responsible for the 'curse of Crystal Cove'?
Why? Because the title is When the Cicada Calls. There is NO WAY that's a coincidence. The main conflict is most likely about a man who controls/is dressed up like a Cicada, but at some point in the episode, the Gang will be watching a horror movie with one of the more recognizable lines from the anime. The whole "Transfer-out" conversation, perhaps. Or maybe there is a Cicada rumored to drive people into homicidal insanity with its horrifying cry! The fact one pictures this happening gives you an idea of how dark this incarnation is.- Tragically Jossed; the final episode had nothing to do with it.
- On the other hand, the scene where one of the victims has a Freak Out and flatlines may remind Higurashi fans of Keiichi's fate in Watanagashi-hen.
- Jossed; his mother is Judy of the original Mystery Inc.; the picture that Fred thinks is his mom is from a magazine.
- Daphne's mother is using Obfuscating Stupidity to act as a Stealth Mentor. She's smarter than she acts and acts like a Upper-Class Twit to hide that she's just as bright as her girls. She suspected who was really behind the mystery and was investigating on her own/using herself as bait to lure her daughter and friends into investigating. She briefly dropped the act when she told Daphne flat-out how important knowledge was, then reassumed it by acting like she didn't even know anything about her claimed "real reason" for sneaking out. Stone heard rumors she was acting up and wanted to ensure she wasn't encouraging those meddling kids.
- Alternately, he's a secret Stealth Mentor himself, and the two of them were working together (perhaps even with Mr. E?) to try and get the team to start working together instead of fracturing further.
- Several of Daphne's mentions of her mother call her sanity into question. Whether this is part of her being a Stealth Mentor or an actual problem, Stone wanted to make sure she wasn't having another one of her episodes. The vampire claim was an extremely clumsy effort at showing some tact instead of telling Daphne in front of her friends "Just making sure her choo-choo's still on the tracks."
- Implications of an affair seem... unlikely, but they have a faulty radar...
- Mrs. Blake — As theorized above, she's a Stealth Mentor using extreme Obfuscating Stupidity. Her father may or may not be in on it.
- Mrs. Dinkley — She makes a big fuss over her daughter solving mysteries and ruining her business, yet that doesn't stop her from providing her with all the resources she can. The only time she seems to discourage her from hanging around Shaggy was after he broke Velma's heart, and even then she didn't use that as leverage to try and pry her away from the team.
- When you realize that she looks a lot like Brad Chiles of the old gang, she might also be trying to find out just what the heck happened to her brother all those years ago.
- Mr. Rogers — While Shaggy's overbearing mother seemingly has his timid father completely cowed, he's honestly glad to see Shaggy has friends other than his dog. He just hasn't worked up the courage to tell her that... yet.
- Fred Jones Sr. — Possible, but difficult to place if there's a Hidden Heart of Gold under all that bluster or if he just is that big a Jerkass. If the other parents are working together, they could have found out about his plan to drop Fred off that particular morning and corroborated from there — especially if they've got Mr. E on their side.
- He doesn't. He used the gang to get the treasure for himself, AND was the one who caused the mess with the original Mystery inc, AND took Fred from his real parents.
- Jossed. In episode 50, she and everyone else in Crystal Cove is being used as slave labor for Pericles' bid to find the treasure. Pericles has Brad, Judy, and Ricky on leashes.
- It may look like this is Jossed after episode 26, but the odds in favor are better now. The level of violence implied by Pericles' threat, "I don't want to say anything" is not feasible in a children's cartoon. A human being cannot be killed or mutilated that close to on-screen. But if Ed is a robot, and Pericles disabled him with an electrical pulse (hence the lights flash), then Ed could be reprogrammed to "deliver a message" directly to Mr. E, bypassing his security. That's more the sophisticated attack one would expect from Pericles, not the gangster-style "message" one would first consider.
- Jossed.
- It may look like this is Jossed after episode 26, but the odds in favor are better now. The level of violence implied by Pericles' threat, "I don't want to say anything" is not feasible in a children's cartoon. A human being cannot be killed or mutilated that close to on-screen. But if Ed is a robot, and Pericles disabled him with an electrical pulse (hence the lights flash), then Ed could be reprogrammed to "deliver a message" directly to Mr. E, bypassing his security. That's more the sophisticated attack one would expect from Pericles, not the gangster-style "message" one would first consider.
- Ah, but symbolically Fred puts a calamari ring on Daphne's finger and they kiss. Maybe Fred's quicker on the draw than we thought.
- Their engagement announcement plans continue in episode 25, so this one is refuted.
- Episode 26:Engagement is off as Fred searches for his real parents.
- Jossed; Brad is nowhere near Crystal Cove.
- Jossed; his mom is Judy Reeves.
- The neck of the Freak appears too scrawny for this to work, even with the amazing masks available in the Scooby-Doo world.
- Confirmed in Episode 26.
- Mr. E said that things were going the same as they did in the past and Velma had nothing to worry about. Ricky is Shaggy's equal and Velma is Cassidy's. Cassidy had a crush on Ricky just like Velma on Shaggy. The same friend versus lover thing could have happened in the past with Pericles and that's what deals with how or why he betrayed him.
- Jossed. Pericles made a deal with the Mayor—back when said the mayor was a college kid—to get the treasure if Pericles betrayed the group.
- Jossed — Mayor Freddie Jones Sr is The Freak.
- Jossed. She married Brad.
- Daphne will refuse to go help get Scooby, so Velma will go alone. She will take the Mystery Machine (Fred took the bus, he refused to use the car since Mystery Inc." is dead"
- They will try and rescue Shaggy first. It will go one of two ways:
- They have to break him out of boot camp with skills they gained fighting monsters and solving mysteries on the road.
- Or he has been reconditioned and they have to decondition him, get him to come, and some of that conditioning will pop up when they're fighting monsters and solving mysteries on the road.
- They will find Fred. He will say he's considering going with them, only to disappear.
- Daphne will show up, having come to her senses, and with a clue about Fred's parents from Angel and/or Mr. E.
- They will find Fred's parents before him, and shortly learn that Fred is in danger from Pericles/Mr. E/ somebody (Angel will have since completely broken off from Ricky/E).
- The team and Fred's parents will save Fred. Mr. E, no matter his role, will find a note from Angel saying she'll only work with/have feelings for him again if he stops being a colossal Jerkass.
- Mystery Inc. will reform, and Ricky/E, in a show of good faith, will explain his theory on the disc (which a season or two later will be proven wrong or not horrific enough). The gang will bring Fred's parents back to Crystal Cove, and Judy will slap the Mayor.
- The search for the other pieces of the disc (because not all will be found) will begin!
- During the search for the pieces, the team will travel from town to town solving mysteries.
- And ominous cackling is heard in the distance...
- At some point during all of this Sheriff Stone will help out the team as a way to make amends for his previous behavior towards them and in the process becomes a true friend to them and continues to help them however he can.
- Most if not all jossed
- Mayor and Sheriff are almost always together.
- They're pretty much on a date when Fred and Daphne are on a date in episode 15
- The whole, "I'm in a closet!" when Sheriff gets lost in Daphne's closet in episode 15
- In the Aphrodite episode, they dance together under the love spell
- In episode 26, the Sheriff is shocked that Mayor Jones never told him about Fred (because he tells him everything else?)
- Jossed. Episode 16 is not a reliable source to prove it. The love spell affected everyone and turned them into love zombies that fell in love with everything, including animals. The Mayor and Sheriff had a normal friendship - but not a very strong one. Remember Death Justice?
- Mrs. Rogers is just big enough of a jerk to do that to him and, well, E does need to get the gang together somehow. How better than to start with a more trusting and loyal stand-in for Pericles? All he'd need to do is wave a check under a crazy idiot's nose and he'd be off to the vengeance races.
- Jossed
- He may be a relative of his, one that the real Ricky went to for help after being driven out of town. The hair color (black vs. brown), the level of intelligence (mastermind vs. Shaggy-like screw-up), and the corporate connections are all wrong.
- Angel Dynamite seems to think he is Ricky. but we know he lies to her (e.g. about the Obliteratrix).
- Professor Pericles seems to think he is Ricky in episode 26, but does he? He said, "I'd like you to deliver a message to Ricky. Or, should I call him... Mr. E?" That's backward. If he believed Mr. E was Ricky, he would have said: "I'd like you to deliver a message to Mr. E. Or, should I call him... Ricky?"
- Mr. E said that Scooby-Doo was "a more trusting companion than Professor Pericles was to me." [[spoiler Why "trusting" rather than "trustworthy"? Rick was betrayed by Pericles, not vice-versa. This suggests Mr. E. is a prior owner of Pericles with a negative history with him, perhaps the genetic engineer/trainer responsible for his super-intelligence.
- TBF - Trusting does sound a lot like trusty, and in context, it could work, trusty as in "being allied with someone". ]]
- Jossed
- Fred is running around, half-crazed, banging on doors before finally being swallowed up by darkness.
- Daphne is disowned by her family and is forced to beg on the streets.
- Velma sits in her room frantically trying to find Brad and Judy until eventually she goes insane and ends up in a straitjacket.
- Shaggy becomes a nameless, faceless, soulless military killing machine.
- Suddenly Scooby is in a cell at the Animal Asylum cowering from a looming shadow which becomes Pericles holding a needle and laughing evilly. The theme song plays and we find out that this is all Scooby's dream.
- Jossed
Or rather hijacked by Scrappy. I know the season hasn't even started yet but hey, might as well get a few predictions in. The plot is already far-fetched enough and episode 20 did hint that something terrible happened that made them decide to never talk about him again. We don't know what he did but perhaps it was foreshadowing that Scrappy will indeed be written into the plot and hijack the plot with the gang spending the 3rd season dealing with him.
- Nope. It's already been determined the series will run only two seasons (52 episodes). All loose ends will be disseminated by then.
Also, remember Freak's little poem from the beginning of Pawn of Shadows? "From six to one, the spell is spun. No time, to run, the curse begun."? There are six pieces of the Planoshperic Disc in total, but only one in the chest underneath the church, and this is referencing that fact. However, Professor Pericles had no idea and was expecting all six pieces to be there in the chest. Keep in mind that, at this point, he'd teamed up with the Mayor in exchange for his information, indicating that the Mayor had no idea, either. Could the Mayor have been withholding information from him? Perhaps, but that would mean that he was disguised as the Freak when he led the original Mystery Incorporated to the church and recited that poem, and that would mean that he knew the location of the scroll, which is not the case. And speaking of the poem, why did Freak's pattern of speech suddenly change between episodes? In Pawn of Shadows he speaks in rhymes, but in All Fear the Freak he can't even put a sentence together. What gives? And what happened to that sword?
As for why there would be two Freaks, after the Mayor was accepted to Darrow University's History Department as a professor, he discovered more about the lost conquistadors. What if the Freak is part of that legend or story or whatever, and served as the inspiration for the Mayor's disguise? The Freak's attire certainly resembles something from the period of the conquistadors.
Also, and this is just my opinion, it's pretty clear that the Mayor is searching for the treasure out of greed, but it seems to me that the Freak in Pawn of Shadows is slowly but deliberately leading others to the treasure. Perhaps those who find the treasure will unleash that curse that will destroy Crystal Cove, and that is Freak's ultimate goal. After Fred announces that they're going to find the treasure and get to the bottom of everything, the Freak recites his second, and last, poem, "The curse began, but soon they'll see. The buried truth will end with me.".
- It's possible. Wouldn't be the first time that a villain found out they were indirectly copycatting someone.
- Jossed. There ARE two Freaks, but one is trapped in another dimension, and Fred Jones Sr. based his costume on that Freak.
- Jossed. Velma read the manifest of the Conquistadors' ship and it clearly stated the treasure is buried in Crystal Cove. Also, it turns out the treasure is a sarcophagus with black pearls inside of it that turn you evil.
- The gang, except Fred will be reunited before the 4th episode, with Fred not permanently rejoining until later.
- Jossed
- Shaggy will have manned up a little from Military school, but still be the lovable oaf he's known to be.
- Jossed. Scooby even says that Military school did nothing for him.
- In addition, his training may at least have him finally take more initiative in his interest to be with Velma.
- Red Herring will appear, as a kid who used to bully Fred as a kid.
- Brad and Judy will be found, and then arrested when Mayor Jones leaks the false documents to Government officials.
- The gang will have an adventure in Hollywood with impersonators of classic actors, some dressed as iconic fictional television characters.
- Scrappy will show up to help Scooby and he will be a fully grown great dane.
- The Planispheric Disk is indeed a map to something important, but Pericles deduced that it's something that needs to be destroyed for it is far too dangerous. He didn't want his friends involved in finding it and risking their lives so he teamed up with the Mayor to frame them and was going to use the Mayor to find it and destroy it since the Mayor was a Jerkass anyway. Since he currently has no emotional attachments to the new Mystery Inc. he goads Scooby into "foiling" the search for the rest of the disc.
- All Jossed. The farm Scooby was sent to was run by a Jerkass, he escapes from it and is rescued by Mayor Nettles, who is entreated by a mysterious figure (Velma) to reunite the gang.
- It certainly works as an alternate take on why he refused to help the Gang when they were researching the Conquistadors.
Scooby will run away from the "nice farm" (which will be the actual opposite of it) and will go to Daphne to help him "rescue" Shaggy from the military academy. Scooby's determination will help her to break from his depression and after taking Shaggy away from the academy they will reinstate Mystery Incorporated, with Daphne taking leadership. Daphne will refuse to invite Velma back at first since she still feels betrayed but Velma will still help them in some cases and the collaboration will eventually break the ice between them until they make amends and Velma rejoins. Fred will return at that moment but won't rejoin immediately, rather more like a "client" requesting them to help him to find his parents. He should rejoin around the last episodes once the group finds actual clues about the true fate of Fred's parents and Fred sees that he has a "real family".
- Jossed
Alice will appear in certain episodes as an ally, giving out clues to the identity of the monster of the week.
- Jossed. She only cameos in a crowd scene in the prison.
- And he'll redeem himself for everything for as long as we've known him
- Jossed.
- At some point, someone will suggest this and have the suggestion dismissed out of hand. When he's proven right, he'll tell Velma that he finally gets what irony is.
Quite frankly, they seem a bit TOO eager to have him accept them. So here's the theory: they figured out Jones Sr. was the Freak who'd threatened them to make them leave town and kidnapped his young son or nephew to use as leverage against him. He in turn rescued young Fred and demonstrated just how serious he was about protecting him. Now that he's out of the way, they've come back intending to emotionally manipulate Fred, and at a crucial moment, will reveal they aren't his parents, just to screw with his head.
As to why Jones Sr. told Fred that Brad and Judy were his real parents? Guilt, and the fact that he's not quite right in the head at this point. He's not quite a sane mind and figured it was better to have Fred believe the people he took after so much were his family, rather than someone he'd just unmasked as a criminal.
- Tony Cervone confirms it—Cassidy did not survive the explosion.
- Well that stinks. Here's hoping he's just lying to keep the truth secret, and that she'll turn up alive later.
- Luckily, she got better when the reality was rewritten.
- This will most likely happen but not QUITE in that way. Friar Sera's story that the treasure/disk wound up corrupting the animal member of each group into betraying said group and bringing about doom while saying "The dog must die!" has him pointing at Scooby as if Scooby will betray the group. However, since the gang has Nova now it stands to reason that she will be the one corrupted by the Cursed Treasure/Planispheric Disk and betray the group.
- If what happened to donkey Porto happens to Nova, Scooby won't eat for a month.
- It may happen. Nova is critically injured in the stampede of Pericles' mutant cattle in episode 43. But in this case, Nova hasn't been corrupted.
- Jossed. She's possessed by one of the good Annunaki and helps the gang. And she survives the series.
- This will most likely happen but not QUITE in that way. Friar Sera's story that the treasure/disk wound up corrupting the animal member of each group into betraying said group and bringing about doom while saying "The dog must die!" has him pointing at Scooby as if Scooby will betray the group. However, since the gang has Nova now it stands to reason that she will be the one corrupted by the Cursed Treasure/Planispheric Disk and betray the group.
- Ricky seems to be on the verge of it. Pericles bitch-slaps him in episode 45.
- Jossed. They never get the chance before getting killed and subsequently revived when the reality is rewritten.
- Jossed. He doesn't try to destroy it. He does have a Heel–Face Turn in his last moments though.
- However, Porto, the donkey, was the only one actually corrupted by the discs, as Pericles was probably quite evil before he met Ricky Owens and became part of the original Mystery Inc, as he mentioned enjoying the screams of children being, presumably, tortured by the Krampus in the "old country" (Germany). Humans have also been corrupted by the discs (Mayor Jones, Abigail Gluck, anyone?) The discs, controlled by the Nibiru entity, can only successfully corrupt weak-minded people or animals. Porto was malleable enough for the Nibiru entity to manipulate. Pericles was contacted by the power of the disk, but had the willpower to resist it.
- Jossed. The talking animals are descendants of the animals possessed by the Annunaki.
Years later, when he feels the time is right, Ricky recruits someone special to pass the information on to the gang... Alice May is Brad and Judy's daughter and Fred's twin sister. Jones Sr. never knew about her, so he never suspected a thing. When she went back to prison (after the Obliteratrix mystery), she knew she'd get out again eventually, sometime after her parents came to town. And when she does get out, she'll rejoin them and become the fifth member of the original Mystery Inc (taking Cassidy's place), just in time for the showdown between the two groups over the treasure.
- The first part is never explained, but the second part is Jossed.
- Confirmed.
- Kill Scooby-Doo? Does Warner Bros. want to traumatize America's children?
- Jossed. The Evil Entity was in the sarcophagus. A GOOD Annunaki was inhabiting Nova. The "Heart Of The Jaguar" was a metaphor for the gang's friendship. It was anathema to the Entity.
- Though the item itself might have played a part, like ingredients in a recipe.
- Confirmed as of Episode 21: Mr. E is Ricky Owens of the original Mystery Inc; Angel is simply his pet name for his girlfriend Cassidy.
Confirmed in the home stretch of the series. The gang is closest to the original mystery-solving quintet, and therefore the only ones who can destroy the Evil Entity.
- Confirmed.
- That would make sense! Either way, she knows more than she's letting on.
- Now that we've seen the complete picture, we can confirm that there was a black girl in the missing part of the photo.
- So, in summary, Cassidy Williams (the Velma of before and the black girl whose picture was removed) is Angel Dynamite?
- Episode 17 is pointing that way.
- The end of Episode 20 almost confirms that.
- Confirmed in Episode 21.
- Going with the above theory, we may be treated with an episode where Shaggy tries to maintain a friendship with both Scoob and Velma, and be terrible at keeping the secret.
- Actually, episode 9 proves they're already headed in this direction... After Scooby catches Shaggy and Velma making out, Shaggy breaks their relationship to him in the most chicken shit way possible... and scooby still figures it out and proceeds to fight with Velma, with both trying to make shaggy choose. And it isn't resolved at all At the end of the episode when Scooby and Velma try to force him to choose, he promptly tricks them and runs off. Chicken shit
- Episode 11 is about the break-up; Velma and Daphne don't react at all well to Shaggy choosing Scooby (episode 10—and Velma was deeply hurt by it) and split the gang up into gender lines.
- they stay as a team until the end of that episode. In episode 12 the gang gets back together.
- But Velma still hasn't forgiven Shaggy.
- they stay as a team until the end of that episode. In episode 12 the gang gets back together.
- Episode 20 could foreshadow Velma leaving the gang since she feels left out and attempts to solve the mystery all by herself.
- Velma may strike out on her own following a fallout with the gang for not telling them she knew that Angel was Cassidy Williams.
- Semi-confirmed: Velma is blamed for the gang breaking up in the season finale.
- Velma may strike out on her own following a fallout with the gang for not telling them she knew that Angel was Cassidy Williams.
- Whatever it is, it's probably a good bit more powerful than the usual creature. We know it's involved in the Gatorville thing, gators simply don't appear out of the ground like that. Maybe it had made a deal with the inhabitants of Gatorville to give them riches, but it eventually caused the gator well to run dry For the Evulz just to mess with the people there. In the best scenario, we are dealing with a high-powered monster, at worst, I could compare the sealed evil to The Wolf, The Ram, and The Hart.
- It was a supernatural event, in their eyes. Angel states that a monster known as the Freak of Crystal Cove warned them if they didn't leave, he'd harm their loved ones...then it's revealed that the Freak was Mayor Jones who wanted the treasure for himself.
Fortunately, everyone born after the curse was triggered is free from its effects... for now. Of course, if the Scooby Gang accidentally triggered the curse again...
Alternatively, the adults just believe they have cursed — the schemer behind it all was able to effectively 'fake' a curse by targeting anyone who tried to find out what happened until they backed off, convinced that the curse of Crystal Cove was in full effect.
Either way, it's Nightmare Fuel incarnate for the adults — just consider what they must have been feeling during, say, Episode 5 — desperately wanting to see this stopped, but terrified of possibly triggering the curse...
- Most obvious answer? Fred's dad is the Mayor, and he doesn't like them solving mysteries. So far he's been relatively lax about enforcing this, but if he chose to turn up the pressure on the gang... But then again, maybe that wouldn't be twisty enough?
- The end of episode 17 has Fred asking if anyone else is looking for the Haunted Treasure; as he does so, we see Fred Senior drive by with an angry scowl on his face.
- Fred's mom
- Daphne
- Sheriff Stone
- This one hinges on the fact that Fred considers Sheriff Stone close, not that he is. He did ask him to mediate for the group.
- Angel
- Fred Himself: He said especially Fred and as seen at the end of 10, he has no clue that Velma's in pain and that that issue is solved when it breaks the gang apart next episode. His ignorance of relationships is also hurting Daphne and Shaggy's just caught in the middle of it all. He's destroying the group and it's only downhill from here.
- It's Fred's 'not' dad the Mayor. The mayor made a deal with Pericles for information and to betray the original Mystery Inc, then the Mayor betrayed him. Oh and the Mayor's responsible for everything that happened to both Mystery Inc.s INCLUDING taking Fred away from his real parents.
- Daphne will become a crazy lady living all on her muttering about lost love.
- Velma will be obsessed with solving every minor thing she comes across to the point of not being functional.
- Shaggy turns to drugs and spends his sober time trying to convince kids solving mysteries is not fun.
- Scooby ends up like Professor Pericles.
- Half-confirmed, half-Jossed. In episode 47, he does get to see what appears to be a possible future for the gang, but it's a movie set. And none of the gang are as described above.
- It could be that only domesticated animals can talk, perhaps having learned the language from their owners. Otherwise, the giraffe and monkey probably would've been talking, too. The only English a zoo animal would ever hear enough of is jumbled half-conversations from massive crowds.
- Another possibility is that a talking animal is linked to the Curse of Crystal Cove somehow, only everyone has forgotten that aspect of the Curse.
- Half-confirmed: talking animals are sort of common. All of them are descended from the animal hosts of the Annunaki.
- Mentioned in the episode the 'The Devouring': when Scooby says that Nova sat up and said "Nibiru is coming", none of the others are shocked by it, but Freddy responds that it must be a big deal, because, in his words, "Nova doesn't speak. Ever!"(the last bit implying that she can but doesn't choose to). This may imply that all animals (or at least all dogs) can talk, that (due to the town's curse or the chemicals from the factory) only the ones in the area around Crystal Cove can.
- Seems possibly confirmed in 21 when Mr. E reveals himself to be Ricky Owens of the original Mystery Inc. and said that Scooby is a far more loyal friend than Professor Pericles was to him, implying that Pericles betrayed him.
- confirmed in Episode 26.
- He's the one who told them about the curse since he dressed up as the Freak of Crystal Cove. To drive the point home, he took Fred away from his real parents—Brad and Judy of the original Mystery Inc., and lied that he would take care of the boy. But he does have one minor caring moment; he did save Fred when he was about to fall off the cliff.
Pericles witnessed part of the betrayal, so Jones ensured he was discredited. (He may even have ensured Pericles' injuries were severe enough that he wasn't in any state to speak for himself while Jones convinced the authorities that whatever happened to the rest of the team had driven the poor bird insane.) The whole PR spin of making the "Curse of Crystal Cove" came later, both to help his campaign/secure his office and as a further "screw you" to the memory of the original Mystery Incorporated.
- Plays into the below WMG that he's the real Big Bad.
- Confirmed with a vengeance in Episode 26, except for the love thing.
- Well, she WAS working with Ricky. Possibly confirmed?
- Close enough to be confirmed. The Entity's influence (the curse?) was behind people doing this.
- In episode 21 we find out that we have 2 of the original members working together. Angel Dynamite is Cassidy Williams and Mr. E is Ricky Owens who reveals that Professor Pericles was his pet.
- Confirmed in the Season 2 premiere, but the villain is defeated at the end of the premiere.
- Judging from the fact that they were holding hands in Episode 16, I'd say we could.
- Jossed by the cold way in which Sheriff Stone is fired by the Mayor in episode 24.
- Double Jossed by the fact that the Sherriff has to arrest his boss for a) the Freak of Crystal Cove thing and b) kidnapping a child for at most 17 years of his life.
- Half-confirmed: Sheriff Stone IS in a relationship with the mayor… but it's Mayor Janet Nettles, not Fred Jones Sr.
- Jossed by Word of God.
- Also, episode 21 has Mr. E hint that Mystery Inc. is trapped there and won't be freed as long as Fred is still around....
- Jossed: the real Curse is the man guarding it: the Freak of Crystal Cove is someone with not only the intent of punishing those who come too close but the ability to back it up.
- The above jossing is Jossed. The treasure is real, and it's cursed.
- Confirmed: He put on the Freak suit years ago, shook down the original gang by threatening to have them arrested based on forged testimony, and screwed over Pericles. And let's not get to what he did with Fred.
- Plays into my theory he's the real Big Bad pretty well. He at the very least has pretty underhanded motives. And it is possible that he meant either of the two Fred Jones, Senior while he's holding Junior hostage or Junior because he's being used against them.
- Confirmed in Episode 26.
- Cassidy Williams aka Angel Dynamite was the Action Girl, probably the Lancer or even The Big Girl of Cute Bruiser type.
- Ricky Owens was The Smart Guy, which somewhat explains Professor Pericles' seeming betrayal - two Smart Guys within the team don't get along very well.
- The neck of the Freak appears too scrawny for this to work, even with the amazing masks available in the Scooby-Doo world.
- Confirmed in Episode 26.
- I like this theory. It fits because it DOES look like Fred Jones Sr. wearing the suit at the desk with the magnifying glass across from the original Mystery Inc. in Ep. 25 (Mayor Jones is also seen in a similar pose in Ep. 21 Menace of the Manticore when he's looking at the SAME MAP and then quickly hides it in his desk when the gang walks in). Also, the fact that Mayor Jones has the picture of the blonde woman on the fireplace mantle and Shaggy says that it's Fred's mom— they never refer that it was Mayor Jones' wife. And she does bare some similar characteristics to Judy— she could very well be Judy Reeves who is Fred's real mother.
- Confirmed in Episode 26; Fred's response to the revelation is to leave town ALONE in search of them.
- Though not so much adopted, as he was kidnapped and held for the ransom of Brad and Judy leaving Crystal Cove and never returning.
- Confirmed in Episode 26.
- 1) Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo, unmask as a monster just as Sheriff Stone arrives. Sheriff Stone wanted to tell the gang that old friends from high school are back.
- 2) After the intro: The sheriff's pal turns out to be Brad and Judy who had to go under Jones since leaving Crystal Cove after the Freak kidnapped their unnamed son.
- 3) Freddie returns disappointed in not finding his parents.
- 4) The gang winds up in another monster mystery. Judy takes charge of solving mysteries. The gang exposes the monster as the usual human crook. Freddie who has been watching the gang solve this mystery realizes that Judy and Brad are his parents.
- 5) The final scene is Freddie Jones being written on a birth certificate by Freddie Jones under watch by Judy and Brad.
- We're at the start. Brad and Judy make their appearance at the end of episode 30.
- Confirmed that he keeps his surname, but the details of this WMG are Jossed.
- We're at the start. Brad and Judy make their appearance at the end of episode 30.
- Confirmed.
- Half-confirmed — he reunited the original team.
- He does comes out but not because of Pericles. He confronts Cassidy at a hairstylist shop because "they're coming for Fred," and he confronts Hot Dog Water at her home because of Velma's loyalty to her friends.
- Pericles' role in bringing Mr. E out of his room is confirmed in episode 31. Pericles also has Cassidy, Brad, and Judy (yes, Fred's parents) called to convene as Scooby and the gang have found pieces three and four of the Planispheric Disc.
- That or he will be called out by his son.
- Confirmed in the Season 1 finale, but because the gang discovered his scheme. Fred calls him out on it.
- Jossed: Velma gets Mayor Nettles to help reunite the gang.
- Velma and Scooby do spend a good bit of on-screen time together in episode 33. When Velma goes off alone to investigate the Graveyard Ghoul, Scooby follows her to the graveyard because he was worried about her.
So far, only the Blue Falcon and Dynomutt were confirmed for episode 40.
other possible candidates could be:
- Wally Gator
- Magilla Gorilla
- Secret Squirrel
- Huckleberry Hound
- Quick-Draw Mc Graw
- And many more.
- Moby Dick (as a submarine), Tom, Tubb, and their pet seal Scooby appeared in episode 37.
- Confirmed at the end of episode 29.
- Confirmed in episode 29 that Baylor Hotner (Daphne's new boyfriend) was Crybaby Clown. But Jossed in his motive—he was gathering specific people he needed for a movie he planned on doing on Crybaby Clown, and Daphne was merely icing on the cake.
- A few citizens might be unhappy with this decision. Especially Velma's parents, putting them out of business.
- Well, half-right. She didn't support any of the hauntings but didn't try to shut down anyone's business.
- Pericles and Ricky die at the hands of the Evil Entity, while the sarcophagus linked to it was shattered by the gang.
- Half-right. He dies in the finale, but so does everyone else. Not a Heroic Sacrifice either.
- Jossed, as Episode 41 suggests that the animal is always at the core of the downfall of the mystery-solving team.
- Also, Pericles has been evil for a long time, as evidenced by his enjoying the screams of children terrorized by the Krampus in the "old country."
- Half-Jossed: he never came into contact with the pearls, but the curse itself (and the Evil Entity behind it) are what made him evil.
- Well, he did get a case of Happily Adopted briefly in episode 48, and he dies in the finale, but so did everyone else. They got better.
- At some point where the gang needs him for something and he gets "work leave" to aid them against the old Mystery Inc., There will be a moment when he and Fred's real parents have to choose between saving Fred or (insert MacGuffin about the treasure here). Brad and Judy hesitate (they're probably not smart enough to realize they are two people and can do both or Judy isn't strong enough to lift Fred or the MacGuffin or whatever) but the ex-Mayor will immediately go for Fred, leaving Brad and Judy to take the MacGuffin. Fred can see all of this or just that his Fake Dad is the one who saved him, whichever, and he's so pissed off at Brad and Judy that he loudly thanks Mr. Jones with "Thanks Dad!"
- Brad and Judy thereby swear revenge, where Fred Jones Senior points out that they'd have to break into the prison to get at him, and he's sure Sheriff Stone wouldn't mind leaving them there once they're in (not reporting their son's kidnapping, willfully endangering teenagers, random weird laws they broke, etc).
- Confirmed. Sr. seems to have had a quasi-Heel–Face Turn in episode 48. In the Sitting Room, Fred tells him that while he wasn't his real dad, he was the best dad he had. Sr. tells Fred that raising him was the best part of his life. Jossed in that he never leaves jail.
- He does when the wholetown is forced to mine.
- Brad and Judy thereby swear revenge, where Fred Jones Senior points out that they'd have to break into the prison to get at him, and he's sure Sheriff Stone wouldn't mind leaving them there once they're in (not reporting their son's kidnapping, willfully endangering teenagers, random weird laws they broke, etc).
- Possible joss. In episode 47, Brad and Judy have plastic surgery to make them look like Fred and a future-aged Daphne. However, nobody was arrested so there may be a Heel–Face Turn before it's all over.
- Half-confirmed. If anything was brainwashing them, it was the Evil Entity.
- Half-confirmed. Alice, Ed, and The Herd don't return, but Cassidy, Fred Jones Sr., and Marcie do.
- Half-confirmed. He dies, but not for the reasons described above.
- Pretty much confirmed.
- Quite possible. In episode 45, Scooby awakens from his nightmare where Nova, being used as a vessel for the Annunaki, tells him this, and he warns the gang that the treasure must be destroyed.
- Episode 48 massively supports this theory, in that the "best part" of the people who looked for the treasure is in a dimension between dimensions.
- Well, he does change the form, but only when the Evil Entity uses him for a host.
- Fred's reconciliation with Sr. in episode 48 may lead this to be true.
- Confirmed, as EVERYONE, pulls a Heel–Face Turn when the reality is rewritten, but none of them know it.
- Both are modern dark adaptations of older works
- The mayor and sheriff have a romantic dynamic in both series
- Both have very unlikable parents
- Both deal with major plot twists that involve the parents being evil
- Both deal with major character changes
- Both involve a mystery that goes back many years
- If so, many of their old cases (as shown in the Spook Museum) will be repeated in new locations, which seems unlikely.
- Not as unlikely as you think: given that the timeline has been restarted, many of them may never have had reasons to move to Crystal Cove (or their ancestors, if they were natives.) To use a real-world parallel: how many people in the United States would be there if their ancestors had not immigrated/they had not immigrated?
- Jossed. Word of God seems to point out that it takes place in a Broad Strokes of the original canon.
- This could also mean that the three male kids that went missing were the Boo Brothers (only taking up the name of "Brothers" since they kept together in their ghostly state.
- Alternatively, they're scared because the ghost/monster being fake doesn't mean it's not dangerous. The Man Crab could have killed Shaggy and Scooby if he had knocked them off the platform, and the ghost trucker could have likewise killed them if he ran them off the road.
- Where and how they were raised could also be a factor. Crystal Cove seems like the only place where your folks would gladly tell you that all the monsters you're afraid of are REAL. Even the ones in your closet and under your bed...
- And as for episode 9... Scooby's just mad because he had found out. He expected Shaggy to come clean before and might be madder that his best friend couldn't tell him the truth.
- Scooby has since tried to make amends to Velma, but in episode 13, she's not quick to warm back up to him. Something dire along the line may happen to Velma that will require Scooby's aid, she will practically owe him her life.
Reasoning: A lot more probable than multiple siblings making it through college by age 13, also: If they all have successful careers, why are they still apparently living with their parents?
And by "clue," I don't mean "it's meant for everyone to get." Mystery Incorporated is a clear deconstruction of the "Whodunnit for Kids" genre and its already well-crafted Myth Arc will likely avoid both "easily solved by a kid" and Clueless Mystery that Franchise/Scooby-Doo more or less runs on. It isn't a Fair Play Who Dunnit either. It's a true mystery, one where the fanbase has to put on its collective thinking cap and grow a good crop of Epileptic Trees.General Evidence:- The Crystal Cove Curse is real and involves the repeated disappearances/mental breakdowns of the members of "Mystery Inc" or at least what seems to be the school's Mystery Club.
- The curse has struck often enough for someone (Mr. E) to know how it strikes and possibly why.
- The Mystery Club's disappearance isn't the first. Spanish Conquistadors, "an entire town full of missionaries," and the Darrow Family are all possible victims of the Curse.
- No two generations of Mystery Inc members are exactly alike, however, they follow a very strict pattern in terms of archetypes and relationship to each other. Going back to the previous point, the Conquistadors could have been a troop of adventuresome youths who set out to explore the mysteries of the New World. There could have been a similarly curious band of missionaries who solved crimes Brother Cadfael-style ("entire town" seems like hyperbole). The Darrow Family is interesting because they are named outright. Hypothetically, Native American residents who lived where Crystal Cove now could have also been a part of the curse. We only heard of three reported disappearances from Velma in episode 1 and of a fourth in episode 6. There could easily be more that we don't know about.
- Not everyone disappears, but those that do remain are either scarred by the Curse or in hiding from it. One known member (Pericles) went insane and a possible member (Angel Dynamite, who could be Cassidy Williams) knows something. Those who know of the curse keep it a secret themselves, even if they subtly help the current Mystery Inc solve things.
- The curse has to be triggered by stumbling onto evidence of the previous victims. Mr. E tells the gang that the locket wasn't meant to be found and that due to their finding it the curse has begun anew.
- Pericles knew something about Fred he probably shouldn't (unless we're playing the whole "magically unseen spies" game). Someone close to Fred is untrustworthy AND Pericles has prior knowledge of this person to cause him to warn Fred about it.
- Mr. E knew Daphne found the locket, even when she didn't tell anyone about it. He also knew her phone number and is mysteriously good at knowing what questions the gang will ask him, going well beyond The Tape Knew You Would Say That. Episode 13 provides the most suspicious example of this, with the response message being far too well-timed, far too direct an answer, and just far too bizarre in general. Radio is one thing... that there was another thing entirely...
Evidence for a large influence from Higurashi:
- The towns are cursed and people disappear mysteriously there. Stories of monsters and an unshaded connection between them and a powerful local political faction. So Yeah. The stories are already similar right off the bat. Suspicious, but not strong evidence. However, I find it unlikely that the team behind the series lacked an anime fan, and even more unlikely an anime fan who had never heard of Higurashi. Someone probably made the connection and they ran with it.
- Fred's newfound obsession with traps is suspiciously familiar to Satoko Houjou's. His status as the Mayor's son and thus in the process of being groomed as the next mayor of Crystal Cove mirror the Sonozaki family. Minus the twin, of course. We're looking at a homage, not plagiarism. If Fred's Dad is in on it, the resemblance between the two political families becomes even closer.
- Fred also hints that he may be faking his personality. He chastises himself on several occasions for not acting cold and emotionless. Mion and Shion Sonozaki had similar hidden personalities that were forced upon them to fulfill a place in their family's political world.
- The division of the True Companions led to the previous Mystery Inc's downfall, as was the case time and time again in Higurashi.
- If Angel Dynamite is Cassidy Williams, her role mirrors "Girl A," aka an older Rena Ryuuguu. Not exactly, mind you, but it is close enough to be noticeable.
- The possible direct to Higurashi shout-out that started this whole WMG is the title for episode 13. The number 13, if you'll recall, is not a friendly one. The gang also shows visible divisions in this episode (with Velma and Daphne insulting the boys in their faces), furthering the thematic connection of "dividing the true companions = bad."
- Fred claims they'll be together forever. Considering what I'm about to put forward, that will make this phrase more of a brilliant moment of foreshadowing rather than merely a stupid statement spoken by a clueless Chaste Hero. It wouldn't save Fred from that role, but it would make the writers look awesome. And it'd be a very creepy Cerebus Retcon to boot.
Overall Theory: The cast is stuck in a double "Groundhog Day" Loop. The Curse of Crystal Cove plays Literal Genie with the phrase "these events are destined to repeat themselves forever." "Forever" meaning not only that the events repeat themselves once a generation, but also "after the end of this universe, the universe begins again and events repeat themselves (with slight variations)." Forever equaling eternally and without end. The gang only reincarnates once per universe, with all previous generations of Mystery Inc. reincarnating once per world as well. Eventually, the gang will begin to remember previous cycles, some of which could contain shout-outs to previous Scooby-Doo series and various clones of the franchise (eg. Jabberjaw). One cycle might already be remembered, something Mr. E took advantage of in "The Mystery of Alice May," where a previously solved case comes back to haunt the gang in a way that makes no sense unless rapid aging was involved; it was a lie, to begin with, but still. No excuse. The gang had a faulty memory of those events. They saw Alive May as a younger girl rather than someone of their age, which she was. Likely, the gang won't know the memories are false unless they begin to severely differ from reality (like a memory of Scrappy-Doo or Flim Flam). This series is already playing around with references to the previous series and having it all come full circle by making the entire franchise a series of loops fits right in with the show's style of deconstruction. This theory works spectacularly because it works not merely as very creepy Mythology Gag, but also explains why the characters are so different across the various incarnations of the series. I would like to further theorize that the first season will fail the gang and they too will disappear mysteriously one by one, with Season 2 starting the loop all over again in the next world. The gang is two steps away from breaking up, which has already started to be very, very bad. It is doubtful that their relationships will magically be repaired in the time remaining. Season 1 is to establish that there is a loop. Season 2 will likely be all about solving the real mystery, or at least the beginning of actually trying. This season looks like one big Bad End waiting to happen. All in all, this theory just works. Or it'd make for awesome fanfic, at the very least.
- (Poster of original Higurashi WMG) My God... I haven't even watched the series... (Is Chicken). You, my dear, are epic. This makes so much crazy sense it HAS it to be true. (Makes V-sign) Respect.
- Dunno about this. Velma says she wants to see the good in people, while episode 25 tells us that Ellison is misanthropic.
- Harlan Ellison is a real person (and massively misanthropic) who kinda does look like Velma.
- Well, check the following fan-fic, Flim Flammed, for a possible version of how the scam might have worked.
- 1) Made a mermaid costume
- 2) Send an anonymous tip to Mystery Inc. via e-mail.
- 3) Befriend Velma as Amy the Siren.
- 4) Mystery Inc. takes care of the Fish Freaks (real or not), but stays underwater in her mermaid costume just in case of a person or non-sea animal drowns.
- 5) Say goodbye to Velma as Amy the Siren.
- 6) Return as Amy Cavenaugh to pick up her husband
- 7) A few days later, send "a thank you" e-mail to Mystery Inc. with the sign-off: Princess Amy of the Mermaids.
- A commentator on the TWOP forums noted that the Fred Jones character was originally a composite of two people named Geoff and Mike; he or she speculated that the showrunners would sort of pay tribute to his origins by giving him a birth name that reflected that fact.
- Geoff and Mike were the developmental characters in what was first titled Mysteries Five before it became Scooby-Doo. Fred could also have learned his name would have been Ronnie, as that was his original name until he was renamed as a salute to CBS daytime and children's programming chief Fred Silverman.
- Professor Pericles is Scooby-Doo, but with little compassion toward his comrades.
- Ricky Owens may or may not represent an obsession with getting back at Professor Pericles for betrayal. Being Shaggy's counterpart, he's not fond of his best friend selling him out for a treasure.
- Cassidy Williams, being Velma's counterpart, is meant to represent the loneliness and pain associated with all of her friends being corrupted by the influence of either revenge, The Treasure of Crystal Cove, or out and out separation via other means.
- Brad and Judy... Well, we know little, so let's wait a bit, we'll see if they're not functional.
- Pericles says that Brad and Judy are "an enigma."
Therefore, the best way to solve this is for her to see firsthand that Scooby is not Pericles, and will never become like him. Then, and only then, will she be able to accept their friendship instead of seeing it as a disaster waiting to happen...
- The Vincent Van Ghoul from the series was a ghost and not the actual Vincent Van Ghoul. It was just an illusion to preserve their sanity. Further, this must have been revealed after the series, since they don't immediately act like they knew Vincent Van Ghoul personally.
- Maybe the ghost took a form he knew Shaggy and Scooby (since they're the resident cowards) would be familiar with
- The 13 Ghosts were minions of Nibiru until they defected to rule the world for themselves.
I think this may have been overlooked, but really, it is not impossible for there to be 2 Crybaby Clowns. Now, let's analyze Baylor's motives. In Part 2, he said he had been kidnapping people for a new film of his. But now consider this: Why did he start kidnapping people in that part when he had been terrorizing Crystal Cove for weeks? Surely he had time to kidnap them too unless his motives changed. But we all know that is not the case here. And why a clown suit? It is possible Baylor withheld information from the gang, and he got his idea of a second Crybaby Clown from the original. And we know Baylor didn't kidnap anyone else because of who was on the plane in Part 2, and who he said he was gathering up.
Also, the Crybaby Clown in Part 2 is less talkative, while the Crybaby Clown in Part 1 is more talkative. Overall, I think the first Crybaby Clown may be still on the loose.
Unconfirmed. But since reality's been rewritten, we may never know the truth.
At the end of the series, the government will send agents to Crystal Cove again to arrest the final group of villains, and one of the people doing the arresting will reveal he was the first Crybaby Clown, and why he did it.
- Well, the last part was Jossed, but the basic theory is still plausible.
- They're not the first. What about Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy? (Word of God confirmed it)
- I never watched that series, so I could have misunderstood you there, but I meant as in being openly so. The WMG was that if they do come out, it'll go down in TV history. And even if the above were open about it... maybe Velma/Marcie will be the first protagonists? HQ and PI were villainesses, right?
- Hints were already shown in the first season that Velma wasn't entirely straight, as the relationship between Shaggy and Velma seemed very forced on her side. Their relationship is a decoy, to make us think that maybe she isn't lesbian.
- Sadly unconfirmed in the show, but still dang plausibly.
- The finale makes it just about as explicit as possible without saying it outright.
Here are the symptoms of SPD that fit him.
•Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships, including being part of a family. I never saw Fred Jones, Sr. display romantic emotions towards anyone. The episode “Where Walks Aphrodite” does not count. Aphrodite's pheromone made people fall in love with EVERYTHING on account of its scent. As for the family, Fred only became his son due to leverage purposes. He doesn't strike me as the type who wants children.
•Almost always chooses solitary activities. His obsession with the Haunted Treasure, for example.
•Lacks close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives. His only friend was Sheriff Stone. They’ve known each other for years, and yet Mayor Jones fired his only friend in “Dead Justice”, without giving it a second thought - or an indication that his action bothered him.
•Shows emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affectivity. Freddy described him as “cold” in “Wrath of the Krampus.” He was not a neglectful father, but he was an emotionally distant one.
What do you guys think?
- Given how pleasant everyone becomes after the Gang reverses the polarity of being Superboy-Prime, this seems fairly plausible.
- Or his Dragon, since Maldor seems to be the leader of the 13 Ghosts, due to being the first the gang faced.
- The Monstrous Freak was a transformed spirit of the lead conquistador, but it's still possible his altered form was the true appearance of the Evil Entity.
- Alternate theory: The Nibiru entity was the reason Scrappy started becoming annoying, as his influence on him was having an odd effect on the pup in particular. Fortunately, the gang realized Scrappy was acting very off and sent him back to live with his parents again. Whatever he did that led to that decision, it's apparent that the gang doesn't ever want to speak of it again.
- Film Flam: Is most likely working for a juice or soda drink factory.
- Vincent Van Ghoul: Enjoying his movie-making business, and beloved as both a dramatic and comedic actor.
- Or: he IS a magician in the new universe.
- Better yet: Vincent has genuinely supernatural powers in the new universe because reality rebuilt itself to accommodate the Scooby Gang's hopes, desires, and yearnings. Deep down, Shaggy'd always thought it would be way cool if his favorite horror movie star really did have supernatural powers.
- Or: he IS a magician in the new universe.
- Scrappy-Doo: Mostly with his parents. Considers his uncle to be the bravest dog in the world.
- Jason Wyatt: With his mother and looks more like a male Velma.
- Alice May: A teenage actor for a famous soap opera.
- The Hex Girls: Enjoying their music career.
- Skipper Shelton: Still running his clam restaurant, with his nose intact.
- Ed Machine: Working for Ricky Owen's company, though no longer its CEO.
- Velma's Parents: Most likely running a Science or History Museum.
- Amy Cavenaugh: With her husband.
- Blue Falcon: He's no longer the Dark Age Batman parody he became in this show, and makes an effort not to scare people.
- So Adam West's Batman homage.
- Dynamite: Was given an upgrade thanks to Creationex, so he no longer carelessly malfunctions.
- Mary-Ann Glearon: Still in school.
- Rung Ladderton: Retired after selling his company to Creationex.
- George Avocado: Working his avocado farm. Might have Thomas Avocado here as an old man.
- Prof. Raffalo: Working at Darrow University.
- Daniel Frezzette: Working at the Radio station.
- Grandma Moonbeam: Spokesperson for Creationex's Nature Slivers.
- Benson Hair more: A security guard for Creationex.
- Tom and Tub: They have a real whale.
- Shaggy has a sister named Maggie.
- Amanda Smythe: Brilliant biochemist who's working on a cure for depression, and is regarded as one of the most beautiful women in the world.
- Danny Darrow: Heir to the Darrow fortune, and gives tours of his mansion where harmless traps cause flowers and candy to fall on guests.
- Baylor Hotner: Renowned for being a great and charitable actor who rarely thinks of himself.
- Franchisee Jackson: Renowned Health Chef who makes food that tastes good, but is also good for you.
- Franklin Fruitmeier: Still running his business, but his dessert is made from the pudding.
- The Gator Family: Could be running a Gator-themed theme park
- Bud Shelton: Make a healthy juice for Creationex.
- The Littlefoots: Happy together.
- The Minners: Either still in the circus or running their insurance companies.
- Shelia Altoonian: A friend of Nan Blake
- Howard E. Roberts: A college-age science writer and a pen pal of H.P. Hatecraft
- Maxwell: Copyboy and Video Game Tester
- Mr. Wang: Living in China.
- Mai Le: Living in China.
- Argus Fentproof: Making movies for Hollywood studios
- Ernesto and his friends: Hippies.
- The Spartans: Exploring the world's jungles for lost artifacts.
- Charles Wheatlesby: A cameraman for the Spartans. Usually called "Chuck" by the Spartans.
- Wilson Fleach: Runs Funland.
- Deputy Bucky: Helps Sheriff Stone in his job.
- Charlie The Haunted Robot: The gentle bodyguard to Mr. Jenkins, who's the CEO of his own beneficial robotics company.
- Henry Bascombe: Moved on after the Air Force took over his land and pursued a career as a technician.
- Deacon Carswell: Still running his bank and married with three children.
- Curator Vronsky: Still in Russia running its museums
- Horbet Feist: Running his bank.
- Roberto: Either in the jungle or a circus.
- Hans Gruber: Still playing polka in his home country.
- Count Evallo: In his home country, being the opposite of his name.
- Doogle McGuiness: Teenage actor.
- Dan Fluunk: Runs the Burlington Library. A museum to the Benevolent Lodge of Mystery and their capers.
- Except, was there a Benevolent Lodge of Mystery at all? As both the first Mystery Incorporated and the Darrow Family as mystery solvers were undone, not likely.
- Then he's running the Burlington Library, which is a museum dedicated to the Benevolent Lodge of Discovery: a Steampunk-themed group of inventors, naturalists, and world travelers.
- one of their inventions is a superior heating system for the mansion, so Fluunk is never cold.
- Rube Boy: Gives up on the music world after his record flops.
- Shaggy's mom: Not only is she proud of her son's cooking skills, but she also approves of his close friendship with Scooby.
- This troper is confused about what happened to Nova at the end of the finale. So I figured that either Nova never really existed or in that universe, she WAS the good Annunaki all along. She was possibly pretending to never have spoken.
- Except for the eyes in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, they belong to some good Annunaki.
- The evil eyes that appeared briefly in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? opening right after the Black Knight Ghost is also the Nibiru Entity.
- The evil eyes that appeared in the opening credits of Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf is also him.
- Fred's parents lived in the '70s (using slang like "Smokey" and "far out"). Brad and Judy had a child young (two years after being forced from town). If Fred was 17 or so, the show should date to about 1998 or 1999. But the technology (e.g. cellphones and laptops) is more advanced than that, while clothing fashions are strangely out-of-date.
- The gang has had enough adventures to fill a museum with exhibits. The town has had enough time to adapt everything to a haunted/monster theme.
- Shaggy said they had been "teenagers forever."
- Fred didn't know what graduation was and found the concept of time confusing.
- All the parents, especially Daphne's, are a little crazy due to their extra-long parental roles and memory edits.
- Daphne's older sisters were originally her quintuplet (or sextuplet if you count the astronaut-marrying sister as a different one) identical sisters. This accounts for their precocious graduation from college and their careers, because they aged while Daphne didn't.
- It might explain why they didn't check Alice May's story more carefully. A little girl from one of their early cases could grow up to be their peer.
- Dr. Thinker: Welcome to, RockSunner
- Watchmen could be set in the same world, this is easily the darkest Scooby-Doo show made yet; perhaps Velma's Rorschach disguise wasn't just a reference to a fictional superhero here...
In the new universe, the Blakes haven't forced their children to do anything. Unfortunately, this does give the eldest sisters a reputation as slackers, but on the flip side, they're a lot more mentally healthy considering that they weren't forced to behave to their parents' standards. Eventually, they'll find their jobs/husbands on their terms, maybe even going into the same fields, and marry the same people, but on their terms, and with a genuine love for their profession/partner.
This show firmly established the parameters of the Scooby-Doo multiverse, and one of those parameters seems to be that Every new series seems to be caused by a Cosmic Reset Button, and when it is hit at the end of this series, it creates a new universe that aligns with the newer, Denser and Wackier Be Cool. As the series goes on, what would start as simple mythology gags would slowly begin to spiral into a Darker and Edgier finale where the gangs remember the events in Crystal Cove, and could potentially have to face Nibiru again, because we all know Evil Never Dies, and he seems to be intrinsically tied to the Cosmic Reset Button. If you go with the WMG above that Nibiru was the disembodied pair of eyes in most Scooby-Doo opening sequences, then it means Mystery Incorporated probably isn't the first time the gang has battled Nibiru, making the Scooby-Doo franchise as a whole a rather dark example of You Can't Fight Fate.
- He is also trying to get his wings on a historical artifact with allegedly immense occult power, which they did both according to Indiana Jones and real life.
This explains how it becomes a prequel to the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! without the Gang remembering the "monsters" they already faced.
- There's a curse that brings out the worst in anyone who gets involved. The one in Mystery Incorporated is indeed supernatural, while the one in Higurashi is apparently from nature. Maybe.
- There's a cute character that turns out to be a godly figure (Nova/Hanyu, maybe Rika) that ends up being the Big Good to the group instead of the expectation that they'd be the Big Bad.
- Repetition is a recurring theme (Mystery Incorporated: History Repeats, Mythology Gag, Like Parent, Like Child, Reset Button Ending/Cosmic Retcon; Higurashi: History Repeats, "Groundhog Day" Loop), and the universe resetting part is caused by a godly figure.
- A past character(s) is missing and a newcomer(s) is very similar to them by coincidence, which does not go unnoticed by other characters, and some are disturbed by these similarities because of History Repeats.
- The Big Bad is motivated by their god complex and has an army of mooks.
- One of the members of the Big Bad Ensemble is someone who got interested in studying the peculiarity regarding the town and tricked the heroes into believing they were an amicable & trustworthy figure of authority if a bit kooky. Mayor Jones/Nurse Takano.
- The head of the police is only useful sometimes.
- Said member is responsible for the disappearance of a main character's parents. Fred's parents were threatened and went into hiding, and Rika's parents were murdered.
- As the heroes are starting to figure everything out in the climax part of the show, at least one person gets shot to death by the Big Bad's mooks in a seeming loss for the heroes. Hot Dog Water is shot to death, and the entire cast except for Rika is shot to death.
- This is AWESOME!
- I'd say that this whole series is a book within the original canon. It would explain both references to the original and the negative continuity.
- Zombie Island still happens, but the gang is more willing to believe that the zombies and curse from a vengeful god are real. The same goes for the witchcraft in Witch's Ghost and the aliens in Alien Invaders.
- The gang is less patient with Scrappy and Flim Flam than they were in the original continuity, though presumably still patient enough to not outright hate them since they aren't as bad as they were in the original universe.
- Everything involving Coolsville and the gang's families from the original continuity is changed to Crystal Cove and the gang's families from Mystery Incorporated. For example, Pirates Ahoy! happens except Brad and Judy are in Skip and Peggy's places.
Skipper Shelton (the clammer) seems embarrassed to mention this brother. It's one of two reasons: either the brother is searching for mythical creatures, or he's after a very non-profitable species — seadragons are a real species related to sea horses, but aren't suitable as pets or food (and it's illegal to capture them anyway).