YMMV / Scooby Doo Mystery Inc S 1 E 14 Mystery Solvers Club State Finals

• Bizarro Episode: This is a very strange episode, especially in a series that's trying to be Darker and Edgier. The actual state finals are never shown, either, and it's only notable influence on later episodes is it sets up the idea that more mystery solving groups exist like Mystery Incorporated, especially the ones that become very important later.
• Les Yay: While alone with her (and Speed Buggy), Principal Quinlan awkwardly comments on Angel's muscles, saying that she has a build like a female wrestler.
• One-Scene Wonder: This is Principal Quinlan's only episode, but there have been some viewers that have found her scenes interesting, particularly her Les Yay with Angel and her giving CPR to Speed Buggy.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
  • The use of the other Scooby Doo equivalent leads only to handwave them into just being fictional and not regular in-universe citizens of Crystal Cove is seen as a letdown. Let alone to those who felt the entire idea of calling them sidekicks who couldn't save their own meddling kids easily was an insult and waste of their characters in the first place.
  • None of the other mystery-solvers besides their "sidekicks" do anything besides be in danger, making them flat characters.
  • Some feel that Principal Quinlan was an interesting character and enjoyed her dynamic with Angel and would have liked to see her as a recurring character.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: The existence of other Hanna-Barbera shows in the Mystery Incorporated universe is not brought up again and they're handwaved as being fictional in-universe. Made even worse as time went on to reveal that this series provided an in-universe reason for You Meddling Kids groups to be formed but was written in a way that nearly all the other Hanna-Barbera and RS groups couldn't be written into the plot. Making this one instance the series could have endeared itself to older fans ended up feeling like they were let down. That said, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder Moby Dick and Jonny Quest.
• Vindicated by History: Initial reactions to this episode seem to be that it was a filler episode that contributed very little to the series, other than being a nostalgia trip. The intervening years, the reception changed as more fans liked the cameos from other Hanna-Barbera properties.

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