History ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated / TropesIToR

*** Perhaps not. [[spoiler:Since then, Daphne has rejoined the gang after they rescued her from the Crybaby Clown, who turned out to be her new boyfriend, though she hasn't yet decided whether to take Fred back or not]].

* IndyEscape: Episode 22. A rolling idol head nearly runs over a DamselInDistress. Subverted because [[spoiler: she set up the whole fake temple and knew what to expect, and her leg was not injured as she pretended]].
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: Episode 2 of Season 1, "The Creeping Creatures", was more or less a self-contained episode, not really related to the mystery of Crystal Cove. [[spoiler: "Theater Of The Doomed"]], however, has [[spoiler:the ghost of Friar Gabriello]] repeat the words of the SignsOfDisrepair ("The Dog Dies") from that episode.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Episode 20. [[spoiler: Ernesto]] believes that it's only logical to fund his grassroots activism via harmful oil drilling. In his defense, the Nibiru Entity warps the minds of just about everyone in the area. "We have to destroy the environment to save it!"

* JawDrop: Done in the series finale with Shaggy and Scooby [[spoiler: once they see a commercial in the alternate timeline for Ricky Owens and Cassidy Williams company, with Professor Pericles as their non-evil sponsor]].

* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Mayor Jones, whose true nature being revealed makes the already dark first season a ''lot'' darker in hindsight]]. Professor Pericles also counts, as whenever he's involved in an episode, it's a much more serious story, particularly when he gets directly involved in the second season, having evolved to become the BigBad.
** Those two completely pale when things begin coming to light regarding the true KnightOfCerebus of the series: [[spoiler: the Evil Entity, which has been manipulating people for centuries to ensure its' release so it can devour all of reality. Things get the darkest they've ever been for the franchise when the plot begins building towards his release, and when it does get free, all hell breaks loose]].

* LeavingYouToFindMyself: [[spoiler: Fred's reaction to [[TheReveal his adoptive father's revolting backstory]] was to break things off with Daphne so he could search for his birth parents]].
** [[spoiler: It's made even worse when he states that Mystery Inc. is dead; basically he's giving up everything he had right then to find his past. Can't really blame him since the past 17 years of his life have been a lie]].

* LegacyOfTheChosen: This version of Mystery Inc. is just the latest in a long, ''long'' line of crime-solving friends and a TalkingAnimal companion; others have included Mayan hunters, a cowgirl gang, and an elite British society. Furthermore, the makeup of the gang is predetermined: for example, there will always be a bookish nerd as the "Velma." [[spoiler: It turns out the one doing the choosing is the Evil Entity, who twists reality to get the people it needs to break it free from its prison.]]
* LetsJustBeFriends: Episode 22 has [[spoiler: Velma give Shaggy the 'I don't feel the same way about you I used to' speech]] at the end of the episode; it's an ache [[spoiler: that even pizza can't cure. But then Shaggy says 'Well, let's see if it can!' and goes back to his chipper self]].
** [[spoiler: And once Velma spilled the beans about Angel in episode 25, and Shaggy being sent to military school, who knows if they ARE going to still be friends?]]
** [[spoiler: In episode 48, Shaggy questions whether or not the gang are supposed to be friends after the revelations from the Sitting Room realm]].
** [[spoiler: Episode 52 has the evil Annunaki telling the gang that he was responsible for forging their friendship. They tell him he's lying, and this is cemented when the Nibiru Entity that consumed Professor Pericles feels pain when it tries to attack Scooby and the gang]].
* LetsSplitUpGang: Perhaps taken literally on episode 11. At the start, Daphne and Velma split up from the boys and Scooby. Their rejoining to the rest of the mystery is edgy at best. The end has them all going separate ways [[spoiler: being watched by Mister E's assistant from episode 6]].

* MegaCorp: Destroido, the company run by [[spoiler: Mr. E]], which seems to exist solely to ruin the environment and create dangerous products. Also, according to Sheriff Stone, it is its ''own sovereign country'', thus preventing him from arresting anyone involved in it.

* MissingMom: In Episode 23, Scooby accidentally knocks a photo off Fred's mantel; his [[spoiler: admiring the pretty woman in photo was cut short when Shaggy told him that that's Fred's mom who left town when Fred was very young; Scooby apologizes for being out of line and Freddy waves it off with a sad smile and talking about how he one day hopes to tell her in person that she is pretty]].
** [[spoiler: So pretty that she came out of a magazine! Fred's parents are Brad and Judy from the original Mystery Inc; the Mayor took their son away and 'promised' the parents he'd protect him!]]

* [[spoiler: TheMole: Hot Dog Water / Marcy]] in season 2.

** [[spoiler: Fred: "Mystery Inc. is dead!"]]
** [[spoiler: Professor Pericles from episode 33: "Cassidy must be silenced...forever."]]
*** [[spoiler: She was]].
*** [[spoiler: In so many words, Professor Pericles threatens to do the same with Ricky in episode 43]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: In "Scarebear", the MonsterOfTheWeek is trying to expose [[MegaCorp Destroido]] as the corrupt company it is, only for the gang's usual exploits to stop him]].
** [[spoiler: In "The Horrible Herd", luring the Queen MonsterOfTheWeek and its drones into the ocean in hopes of drowning them?? NOPE! You've all just unleashed unstoppable super-predators into the ocean!]]

* NominatedAsAPrank: The motive of the antagonist of "Where Walks Aphrodite", [[spoiler: Amanda Smythe, was getting revenge on the citizens of Crystal Cove for electing her as prom queen in high school as a joke and then humiliating her by pulling a monster mask over her head when she was not as attractive as she is today. While Velma points out that Amanda is now considered beautiful, she responds by saying despite that fact being true, the scars from that incident ran deep]].

* NoPlaceForMeThere: [[spoiler: In the new reality created by defeating the Entity, Crystal Cove is built on beaches and sunshine, where people have a happy ending and all lost to the entity live again. However, such a place is without mysteries, and thus to satisfy their eternal craze for Mysteries, the gang leaves town for Myscatonic University and a whole host of mysteries that would follow along the way. Crystal Cove is a town they don't belong in anymore]].

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The gang's reaction to [[spoiler: the alternate timeline where mysteries in Crystal Cove no longer happen]].

* OfficialCouple: Velma and Shaggy are dating, but Shaggy does not want to be public about it. As of episode 10 [[spoiler:the relationship seems to have been scuttled]]. Fred and Daphne date and as the show progresses [[spoiler: they get engaged and, at the end of the first season, they split up as Fred goes to find his real parents]].
** As of the season 2 premiere, [[spoiler: Fred and Daphne has sunk. Daphne has moved on in her life away from Fred and mysteries, and Fred just needs a big hug right now]].

** [[spoiler: It looks as if Mayor Nettles and Sheriff Stone are becoming an item now. This exchange after they wrap up what caused the destruction of Cassidy's radio station]]:

* OhCrap: In Episode 39, the old Mystery, Inc gets this when they finally get the disk pieces Freddy was hiding. [[spoiler: The entire episode was a trap set by Freddy, whom they didn't think knew of their plans or was smart enough to trick them. He planted fake disks to be stolen while they stole Prof. Pericles' pieces, and they left a video disc in place of the pieces to explain everything]].

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Totally alien blue looking mermaid, [[spoiler: but it turns out to be a [[ScarecrowSolution woman in a costume]]]].

** [[spoiler: Mayor Jones just has to be ''the worst'' out of them. For starters, he's not Fred's real dad. Though Fred's real father and mother end up topping him once they show up and get corrupted by the curse too]].

* ThePictureCameWithTheFrame: It is revealed in Episode 26 that [[spoiler: the picture of Fred's MissingMom is a magazine photo. The Mayor isn't even his real father. His parents are Brad and Judy from the original Mystery Inc]].

* ProphecyTwist: "The Dog Dies" EasterEgg message on the neon sign wasn't referring to Scooby, but [[spoiler: Hot DOG Water]].

** Episode 37 [[spoiler: starts with the gang still not trusting Angel/Cassidy. At the climax, after Professor Pericles sets off explosions destroying the underwater city, Cassidy stays behind to unhook the claw holding the Moby Dick submarine tail so the gang can escape. Everyone learns that Cassidy did not survive when Scooby (the seal) finds her diving helmet, shattered]].
** Episode 52 [[spoiler: has Hot Dog Water holding Pericles in check so the gang can enter the gateway towards the cursed treasure, but she gets tripped up by Brad and Judy. Pericles' robots take aim at her, and moments later as the gang cross a bridge, the clatter of gunfire sounds in the distance. Scooby turns his head back and whimpers, and Velma sadly says, "Just keep going, Scooby."]]
** Same episode: [[spoiler: Mr. E/Ricky, who had already rebelled against Pericles, staves off one of the robots so the kids can destroy the entity but he is consumed by it seconds later]].
*** [[spoiler: Thankfully, thanks to the gang destroying Nibiru, the timeline was re-written and Cassidy, Ricky and Marcy are all now quite alive]].

* TheReveal: in episode 46, we learn from [[spoiler: a possessed Nova]] that Scooby-Doo, Professor Pericles, and other intelligent/talking animals like them [[spoiler: are descendants of the animal hosts of Anunnaki, beings from another dimension with no physical form in ours, who come to Earth when Nibiru, revealed to be the time when the worlds are closest, occurs. While some have helped humanity through the ages, the one sealed in the crystal coffin is pure evil, and must not be released]].
** [[spoiler: The fact that not only was there a Mystery Inc before the gang, there have been mystery solving groups all throughout history. From the Fraternitas Mysterium, a brotherhood of detective friars and their pet donkey Porto, all the way back to mesoamerica with the Hunters of Secrets and their pet Jaguar Spot.]]
** [[spoiler: And speaking of the Fraternitas Mysterium, not only do we see that ghosts are real when the actual ghost of Frier Serra shows up, he tells Mystery Inc the truth of what happened. The Evil Entity always corrupted the animal of the group to do his bidding. Porto did not try to save Crystal Cove from being destroyed, he caused the destruction.]]

* RidingIntoTheSunset: Sunrise rather than sunset, but this happens at the end of [[spoiler: the series finale]].

* MassiveMultiplayerScam: In [[Recap/ScoobyDooMysteryIncS2E13WrathOfTheKrampus "Wrath of the Krampus"]], Mystery Inc., with a little help from several others, including Hot Dog Water, Jason Wyatt, and former mayor Fred Jones Sr, created the hoax of the Krampus to distract Mr. E and his allies so they could acquire Mr. E's segments of the Planispheric Disc.

* PollutionInc: Destroido Corporation, a company founded by Mister E, prides itself on causing as much environmental destruction as possible, and claims corporate sovereignty to prevent the police from doing anything about it.

** Those two completely pale when things begin coming to light regarding the true KnightOfCerebus of the series: [[spoiler: the Evil Entity, which has been manipulating people for centuries to ensure its' release so it can devour all of reality. Things get the darkest they've ever been for the franchise when the plot begins building towards his release, and when it does get free, all hell breaks loose and you see exactly why he is ''the'' UltimateEvil]].

* PantyShot: Velma gets one in episode 33. As in the original ''Where Are You!'' series, they're the same color as her skirt.

** Mayor Jones resembles a slightly younger version of Creator/GaryCole except with black hair (and a SkunkStripe). The first episode also features an incidental voiced by him that resembles him a lot more than Mayor Jones does.

* MixAndMatchCritters: The Horrible Herd (part-cow, part-bee, part-piranha). Plus many more among the mutated abominations in Destroido's lab; such as a cat with human hands and some weird parrot/cat-looking creatures.

* RealityEnsues: Episode 33 when Sheriff. Stone tells Velma and Scooby about all the unlawful arrest charges against him from the gang's incorrect assumption of who was behind the monster of the week. When Stone finally thinks he's got a legit tag, the perp [[spoiler: (Count Evallo)]] claims diplomatic immunity.
** In episode 7, a Phantom chasing Shaggy and Scooby leads to the classic ScoobyDoobyDoors bit. [[spoiler:The Phantom gets fed up with it and just lights the place on fire]].
** A company that makes something that people don't need to replace or buy more than one of isn't going to remain successful, as Rung Ladderton will admit.

* RuleOfFunny: ''Mystery Solvers Club State Finals'' is aired at a point in the series in which no confirmed supernatural phenomenon had been witnessed other than talking animals. Despite this, no one questions TheFunkyPhantom being a ghost, SpeedBuggy being an animated vehicle, or CaptainCaveman, and JabberJaw casually mentions that he's a time-traveler (likely also Captain Caveman's reason for being there, but never stated). Eventually turns out to be AllJustADream.

%%* InsaneTrollLogic: Episode 20. "We have to destroy the environment to save it!"
* InSpiteOfANail: [[spoiler:The altered timeline at the end of the series has a lot of examples. Notably, Fred still got the name "Fred" despite him presumably having been named after his fake father, who in this timeline never kidnapped him and raised him]].

* TheMagazineRule: Fred's favorite magazine is "Traps Illustrated", but he [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar only reads it for the articles]]. (Sounds niche on [[TrapMaster both]] [[UnsettlingGenderReveal sides]] of the DoubleEntendre.)

* [[MonsterSobStory Man in a Rubber Mask Sob Story]]: It's a little hard not to feel bad for at least a few of the villains, especially [[spoiler: Grandma Moonbeam]].