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*** On the other hand, in the episode we see Scrappy's old neighborhood shoes, and while Scrappy loves it, it's clear to the viewers (And Scooby and Shaggy) that it's hardly the Ritz. Likely the box on a train was the cheapest way to get him to Scooby and a better life.

To continue with this, the Gang all have a certain degree of trouble dealing with the fact that saving Crystal Cove has made it no longer the town they all remember. While they like the idea of the people living happy lives free from the Nibiru entity's influence, part of each of them sees the place as being halfway to being a MarySuetopia and thus refer to it by a seemingly-complimentary nickname that hides their real feelings.

[[WMG: WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo and [[Film/ScoobyDoo the]] [[Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed movies]] Take place in timelines where the Niburu Entity still influenced events after its defeat.]]

* Probable. As long before ''Reluctant Werewolf'' we find Shaggy's family had a werewolf curse. So it turns the fact that he was destined to be that Dracula's new werewolf become a mythology gag. It was his ancestor Shaggy the First's medallion that started the curse, but it seemed to have predestined Shaggy for transformation as well. Whether or not other descendants got it too, is a good mystery.

In the era of the shorts, we get to meet Scooby's maternal great-grandfather as a ghost who served during the civil war. Now Shaggy also had an Uncle (or Great or Great Great) who also served? What if Shaggy's Uncle was that Scooby's owner and the reason he chose to leave his fortune to Shaggy was that he knew Shaggy loved his Scooby as much as he had loved his Scooby all those years ago.

Consider all four kids, in turn, :\\

This explains the wildly different animation style, almost as if being viewed from a different pair of eyes, the Flanderization, and the randomness. Plus the subtle dream/sleep motif going on-("Wake Me Up to say Goodnight" the name of the case music from trading chases, "Bad, Bad, ''Dream''" From Me Myself and AI, "Kitchen Frightmare" a play on ''Nightmare'') It's interesting to note that Velma and Fred are both acting fairly like their original incarnations, almost as if the dreamer knew them from that time (Be they an avid watcher of the show or knew the gang in-universe) In fact, the only one NOT acting like themselves is Daphne, so it's safe to assume that the dreamer chose her as their main persona. At this point, one would assume that the dreamer is a girl, but that alone is weak proof, and considering that the entire gang is also a product of the dreamer's imagination and parts of their mind. The dreamer could have chosen Daphne for any variety of reasons, for example, it didn't feel like they could relate to Shaggy, or was upset with Fred and Velma, and preferred to "interact" with Scooby over "being" him, that would only leave Daphne, but those are just examples. Shaggy is the yin to Daphne's yang, Fred is the yin to Velma's yang. Shaggy is everything T.D. fears that he could have been, Velma is everything hidden within him.

Rationality vs. Irrationality. The mind clearly has fun with running headfirst into a situation, and but sometimes that doesn't work, and finally reconciles the two.

* Jossed.

[[WMG: the gang lives in California]]
In the original series, they go to beaches, mountains, ghost towns, cities, and the countryside. The only state where all of these could be a day's drive in California.

A pure Great Dane, that is. He's actually a Great Shepherd, or a cross between a German Shepherd and a Great Dane. Several real Great Shepherds have brown-toned coats with spots and half-upright ears, just like Scooby-Doo.

In the first live-action movie, he tries to kill off an island, steal their souls, and take over the world, in a later series, Scrappy appears as an exhibit in a museum, that Scrappy is the real Scrappy who was killed and stuffed, that's why Fred said they vowed to never speak of him again.

Jossed.

[[WMG: WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo and [[Film/ScoobyDoo the]] [[Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed movies]] take place in timelines where the Niburu Entity still influenced events after its defeat.]]

He js shown to be able to turn into a werewolf twice during the series. It is likely he is somehow descended from a werewolf.

[[WMG:Scrappy died after the Reluctant Werewolf]]
It ends with Dracula, Crunch, and Brunch at Shaggy' s house looking for revenge. They do get revenge and kill Scrappy and Googie for helping Shaggy win. This is why neither is seen again.

The final episode of the original Scrappy Doo series sees him going to visit these two other dog friends in New York City where he apparently lived before Scooby took him in. Throughout this episode, Scrappy is shown to be in danger as usual, however this time instead of monsters it's mafia like criminals. I think that it is likely that Scrappy was involved in organized crime such as this and was reassigned to Scooby. He might not even be related to the Doos at all. This would also explain why he is living with Yabba Doo and later disappears all together. He is shown revisiting his old friends which for obvious reasons is a horrible idea. It is likely he has tried this before and also likely blew his cover and that is why he has to keep being assigned to new families.

It would make for interesting plot.
[[WMG: A pup named Scooby doo are dreams of the gang as adults]]

[[WMG:There are multiple continuities in the Scooby-Doo franchise.]]
With how many years it's been going combined with multiple different incarnations set in different time periods, this the only way to rectify the amounts of AnachronismStew, TechnologyMarchesOn, NegativeContinuity, etc, & is the only way to really go about watching future installments of the franchise & not having an aneurysm if you're of the fickle type.
Different times the continuity either splits off into an new one, is an alternate continuity to previous works, or is something new entirely:
* The 60s-70s stuff can be one continuity due to the amount of fictional characters that show up, is the first series, the gang are teens that go to high school, & travel around on the weekends, or school breaks, for when their adventures take place.
* The 80s & some early 90s tv shows & specials that are more mythology-based rather than the normal formula is another. The gang are young adults, or not even seen in ''Ghoul School'', ''Reluctant Werewolf'', ''Boo Brothers'', & the shows with Scrappy. This is also the continuity where Scrappy exists, due to him only being acknowledged here & the first live action movie.
* A Pup Named Scooby-Doo due to the gang being younger than previously, or later established for when they started solving mysteries, or even met each other.
* The '97-'01 animated films, which could possibly be set after the 60s & 70s stuff continuity-wise, but I'm not sure because of the time displacement. Due to that this is also apparently the first time for any of them that real monsters & ghosts showed up, so the majority of the 80s & early 90s stuff is negated along with the New Scooby-Doo Movies' episodes that featured supernatural elements & fictional characters not native to Scooby-Doo, but this is also due to a more haunting & realistic feel than previous stuff. Though they also double up as paying homage to zombie, mystical, alien, & sci-fi B-films from decades passed, which give them their own unique feels from each other as well.

* The first 2 live action films, which could be continuing from the original in its own way. The gang splitting up for at least a few years & regrouping apparently never happened before the events of the first film, so ''Zombie Island'' never happened, they're young adults, & this is apparently the first instance of real ghosts. Possibly throw ''Cyber Chase'' in here as well, since they finally entered the 21st century in that one. This is also the one most easily placed in the 60s-70s continuity due to the second film having copious amounts of ContinuityPorn for longtime fans & kids who'd seen reruns of the older shows & movies on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, & the home media releases. It also, like '89 Batman & The Mask, has many things that make it timeless...at least in the second film because you could easily place the first in the early 2000s from when it was made & released, due to the way it's filmed, the tone, & some obvious artifacts of the time.
* The second 2 live action films, which can't even be considered prequels to the first 2 due to different character developments made as well as obviously being in the late-2000s due to technologies & fashions not being invented, or popularized until then.

* The 2010s films. Due to copious amounts of NegativeContinuity & new time placement, this is a given. (By the way, anyone know if the gang's supposed to be in late high school, or college in this one?)

Basically, all of these represent different continuities in the franchise, whether on purpose or not. You could also say anytime a voice actor's replaced, when there's a very noticeable art shift, tone shifts, or when the characters change their main outfits.
* The Alternative theory fronted by fans of Scooby and many of his sibling entities, is that they just exist in a faulty timeline. Either by birth or caused by several decades of animated shenanigans, their normal is always in flux and you should come to expect it.
* We could take this into a more out of universe way as well as in universe, but that's a whole major issue of a BrokenBase.

[[WMG:Shaggy is on some sort of drug.]]

* Scooby Snacks are hash brownies. Or maybe hash cookies. This is why Shaggy is so willing to eat them and why they cause him to exhibit odd behaviour.

* Everything that happens in every series, including the traveling and the existence of the other characters, is just Shaggy hallucinating from too much LSD, or some related drug. To explain the constant munchies, he's just a regular old BigEater.
** This could mean that Scooby is either just a normal dog or [[ImaginaryFriend not really there at all]]. And anyone else who communicates with Scooby is just yet another hallucination from Shaggy, since the entire show is from his point of view.
* The idea of Shaggy being a druggy has been around for nearly as long as the show has been on, but what confuses this troper is why people choose weed as his most likely drug of choice. It would explain the munchies, but that's about it - it wouldn't explain any other aspects of his personality, and it some cases it would contradict them! The drug generally relaxes people, an effect we never see on Shaggy, and his general nervousness, shivery movements, and hallucinations that cause him to think his dog can talk suggest that he's in fact recovering from an intense heroin battle! The addiction caused him to lose loads of weight (which is why he's so skinny) and he wants to reverse those effects and return to normal ASAP (which is why he eats so much)!
** Pot can easily make you paranoid if if taken in an unfamiliar setting, at high doses or with other drugs.

[[WMG:Each member of the gang represents the "Five Colleges" in Massachusetts.]]

** Shaggy would be from Pitzer and Fred from CMC, so Scooby could be from Pomona. Honestly though, the last one doesn't seem a particularly strong fit. Can anybody do better?

* They took a mystery cruise once. They ran out of pretend mysteries quickly.

And ripping off their heads kills them. Shaggy and Scooby just perceive it as a mask being taken off. This is why, episode after episode, they keep thinking the current monster is real: It is. It's the insanity battling with the reality.
* We are watching the show through Shaggy and Scooby's own drug-induced influence! If this is the case, then the show from a true omniscient POV would be unsuitable for the AnimationAgeGhetto.

Whichever one or ones of them that are reality warpers are powerful anti-mages like Doctor Thirteen. As explained in ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic, ''not'' believing in magic strongly enough can actually cause magical events to lose their magic and become reality.

She just runs away because she's not trained to fight against bulky guys. (That, and she can't see without her glasses, which makes them an AchillesHeel.) She told the others to solve mysteries, but she was the only one who was skeptical and knew what to do. [[FanonDisContinuity If we don't take the later shows into consideration]], she was the group's leader, but acted like the shy nerdy girl.

** When the monsters started being real?

The original series, with a more serious take on things was Freddy's perspective with him as the hero. ''What's New, Scooby Doo?'' is Daphne's viewpoint, with things being LighterAndSofter. The upcoming ''Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated'' is Velma's perspective, with things being much more grounded in reality and her being the main heroine. Finally, the movies are when things got way too real for Shaggy.

[[WMG:The Monsters are always real.]]
What's more, the main characters know it, and are government/[[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension Technocracy]] agents whose job it is to dispose of the reality deviants, wizards, and monsters; cover up the evidence; and convince the locals it was all a hoax. This explains why after so many 'hoaxes' they don't just tackle the guy in the mask at the beginning, and how someone in a bulky costume exhibits super-strength.

[[WMG:Shaggy and Scooby hail from an alternate timeline or universe...]]

...And in love with with each other for real. They're not TheBeard for each other. Velma isn't a lesbian, she just hasn't met anyone she'd like, or everyone she meets turns out to be evil. (Ben Ravencroft anyone?) I know that this is a WMG bordering on insane since [[SarcasmMode every knows that everyone on that show is homosexual.]]

* Velma's love interests didn't really occur until the later years. In the original she dances with Shaggy once but it's used for a gag to let Scooby cut in.

I was watching the movie earlier today and found the ending message of tolerance towards what you don't understand a bit confusing. They can't really mean tolerance towards aliens, can they? that won't be an issue for at least another century! Well maybe they mean tolerance towards other races/homosexuals, but that makes even less sense when one remembers that the good aliens weren't obvious at first and that they were in a heterosexual relationship with Shaggy and Scooby during the movie. So that leaves one final group: The Jews.

The rest began falling into place: The gang gets their car into a slump (Post-world war one economic downturn for Germany) and are led to believe that ugly green aliens are to blame (Jews with stereotypical Jewish features and traits) and decide to help their new friends at Seti (Hitler and other heads of the Holocaust) find them before they can cause more problems (Representing the transition from German citizen into Nazi soldiers). Along the way both Shaggy and Scooby meet girls simelar to themselves whom they assume are from Earth (Germany) and court them, being them not interested much in finding the aliens (Carrying out Hitler's master plan) Meanwhile the other three try to dig deeper into the alien mystery (Carrying out the war) but are kept away from some sort of secret mountain(The camps) by MP's (The Gestapo). Wishing to get to the bottom of things, they sneak into the mountain(camp) and discover that the members of Seti (Hitler&Co.) are creating the false image of the green aliens (Evil Jews) so that they may carry out their master plan: diggin up mountains of gold (Taking over the world and killing Jews.) and that they paid off the MP's (Gestapo) to do their bidding.

The game steps in to stop them, but their machinery (Economic/political) power is too great. So in step two mysterious outsiders to stop them: both aliens (Jews) at first the gang is horrified, but then they come to realize that these aliens (Jews) are Shaggy and Scooby Doo's girlfriends. At this they stand togeather and turn in the thieves (Overturn the rule of the Nazi party). And though whatever anti-extraterrestrial (antisemitic) has been done has been undone, the Benevolent aliens (The reality of Jews; normal, un-evil people) realize that Earth (Germany) is no longer a good place for them and that they should return to where they belong: Their home planet (Israel).

Ok, first off I'm not antisemitic, this is just an allegory, and second this is a WMG, who cares?

The ghouls and goblins are actually normal men and women who take advantage of superstitions based on local legends in order to scare people away, lest they discover a hidden treasure or an illegal operation that the "ghosts" are trying to keep underwraps.

[[WMG: The gang is actually a group of ghosts being faced with eternal torment in purgatory for past crimes.]]
Here's my theory: All of the kids are really dead, Scooby is a demon tasked with watching over them while they work at solving "mysteries" to make up for their past crimes, which are:

Daphne: A vain woman who used her body to get what she wanted, very promiscuous and [[AlphaBitch obsessed with fashion and social hierarchy]], sometimes to the point that it clouds her better judgement. Seeing Fred as the strongest and with the most power, she placates him with sex in order to curry favor with him, which is why they're usually seen going off together.

* Or [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation alternatively]] Shaggy: A young man drafted to serve in Vietnam who killed himself (drug overdose or otherwise) rather than be forced to serve in Vietnam. He experience the same things that the soldiers there did: constant hunger and starvation (no matter how much he eats, it will never be enough), terror that an unknown enemy that turns out to just be other humans can hurt or terrorize him at any time, but he also is given the camaraderie that soldiers feel with Scooby so that he knows it would have been better to live.

Scooby Doo: A high-level demon who was assigned to keep watch over the four kids, ensuring that they each learn their lesson and is not allowed to release them until they do. He has gotten attached to them over time, Shaggy, in particular, due to them being BirdsOfAFeather, and as such Scooby has loosened his grip on their leash quite a bit, allowing them luxuries they wouldn't have normally had otherwise(like staying in hotels and going to barnyard dances). Should they get to comfortable in one place, however, the goofy and lovable act will quickly fade as a much more aggressive side becomes more prominent. He may secretly care about the group (Shaggy in particular), but they all see him as a horrible monster that they must fight to one day escape.

A slightly different interpretation of the "they're dead" WMG above. The Gang were traveling in the "Mystery Machine" sometime in the late 1960s, when they were in a car accident that killed them all. After death their souls became trapped in purgatory. This explains why every building they visit is abandoned. Scooby Doo, who in life was a normal, non-talking dog, takes on the role of a sort of "spirit guardian" whose job it is to keep the gang safe after his death. He is the only member of the group that is in purgatory of his own free will. He could've gone to heaven, but instead decided to enter purgatory. This is because of his strong domestic dog instinct to protect his humans, and a sort of "animal sixth sense" that helps him understand the actual danger the gang's in even if they don't. The monsters are actual demons, which Scooby Doo, in his role of protector, ends up defeating in every episode, this is because since Scooby Doo is the only member of the group without sin, he's the only member who the demons don't actually have power over. After Scooby defeats the demons, the gang's minds, causes them to hallucinate that the demon is actually just a guy in a mask. This is to protect their psyches from learning the truth they're not ready to learn. The world is derived from their collective sub-conscious, for example the "creepiness" of the places they go, and the forms the demons take comes from Shaggy, the biggest coward of the group, while the "clues" that Velma find are fabrications of her rational mind trying to make sense of what's happening.

Why so you think the first time we see him he's stuffed in a crate and shoved out of a train?

*** On the other hand, the episode we see Scrappy's old neighborhood shoes, that while Scrappy loves it, it's clear to the viewers (And Scooby and Shaggy) that it's hardly the Ritz. Likely the box on a train was the cheapest way to get him to Scooby and to a better life.

As we know, they described themselves as police officers from a distant solar system; given that they probably know Max Tennyson, it's not hard to realize that their excuse about dressing like hippies because the TV signals they've picked up date from 1970 is a lie. They're probably following his "If you find a look that works, stick with it" philosophy.

[[WMG:Eating Scooby snacks makes you part dog.]]
This is why Shaggy understands Scooby, he's at least partially dog. The others don't really understnad Scooby, they just kinda guess by his gestures, something any human can do. But Shaggy is the only to respond to Shaggy's words. I can also explain some of the other things that most people pin on a drug habit. Dogs also have a large appetite. And his heightened senses make him paranoid because the human mind isn't designed to deal with that much input.

Really, they go all around the world without ever getting in trouble with the law for being underage. I guessed they were 18+ because you could be a legal adult and on your own at age 18.

[[WMG: Scrappy is actually a very kind and shy puppy [[AnimatedActor off the set]]]]

[[WMG: The gang actually sets up all the monster hoaxes and "stops" them for fame and money.]]

[[WMG:The reason Shaggy connects so well with Scooby and enjoys Scooby Snacks is because he's a werewolf.]]

* Probable. As long before ''Reluctant Werewolf'' we find Shaggy's family had a werewolf curse. So it turns the fact that he was destined to be that Dracula's new werewolf become a mythology gag. It was his ancestor Shaggy the First's medallion that apparently started the curse, but it seemed to have predestined Shaggy for transformation as well. Whether or not other descendents got it too, is a good mystery.

[[WMG:The reason Scooby can talk.]]
The people in the Scooby-Doo universe can use Full Metal Alchemist like alchemy and they created Scooby-Doo as a talking human/dog hybrid chimera who just happens to look very very dog like.

[[WMG:The reason Shaggy and Scooby are afraid of ghosts is because they had to kill a demon once.]]
As it turns out, ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' seems to be the origin story of the Gang. Since Scooby and the others remember the fight with the Nibiru entity, he and Shaggy are worried that all the oddballs in the costumes might herald in a lesser version of the same monster.
* Let's not forget that they had to watch as the Entity ate pretty much everyone that they knew. Sure, they came back afterwards but hanging around the previously dead isn't going to do wonders for anyone's peace of mind.

[[WMG: "Coolsville" is an ironic name the gang have given their home town of Crystal Cove.]]
To continue on with this, the Gang all have a certain degree of trouble dealing with the fact that saving Crystal Cove has made it no longer the town they all remember. While they like the idea of the people living happy lives free from the Nibiru entity's influence, part of each of them sees the place as being half-way to being a MarySuetopia and thus refer to it by a seemingly-complimentary nickname that hides their real feelings.

...and my guess to it would right up the "Twilight Zone" and "Outer Limits" neighborhood. The gang had decide to set a trap. Freddie explains the trap as usual -- but before he can send Shaggy and Scooby-Doo out to get the villain. They heard a a lot of noises similar how Freddie imagines Shaggy and Scooby-Doo would have made from the trap. The villian is trapped, unmasked, and his plan reveal. The gang is about to leave when they heard voice similar to Scooby-Doo and Shaggy from the trap. They pull out another Shaggy and Scooby-Doo from the trap. This puzzles the gang and Daphne is amount to groan about feeding four cowardly eating machines -- but another Daphne enters with another Freddie and another Velma. This second Mystery Inc. is the gang from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''. As the two Shaggy and two Scooby-Doo eat, the Crystal Cove gang and the Coolville gang compare notes on their hometowns.

This is because the people from the DenserAndWackier version of the timeline are the people that the Gang that destroyed the Nibiru entity believe themselves to have displaced. Every so often, the gang from the new series will come across clues that there's another van with another group of meddling kids and a talking dog with a speech impediment on their own road-trip. At one point, the Scooby who knows that he's part alien will end up in the wrong van; the end result will be that both gangs will end up comparing notes about crooked real estate developers in rubber masks.

In the first live action movie, he tries to kill off an island, steal their souls and take over the world, in a later series, Scrappy appears as an exhibit in a museum, that Scrappy is the real Scrappy who was killed and stuffed, that's why Fred said they vowed to never speak of him again.

Shaggy has worn a number of animal costumes and masks, and he also got to be turned into a werewolf, and he probably secretly enjoyed it in the back of his mind. He also apparently enjoyed masking up as Scooby-Doo at the end of "Never Ape an Ape Man," which helped to fuel Shaggy's furry fetish. In 2003's "A Scooby-Doo Halloween," Shaggy even dressed up as Scooby for his Halloween costume. This would also explain why Shaggy has such a strong relationship with Scooby-Doo (though he most likely is still straight, as seen in some productions.)

They live in a world with a Batman and Robin they have been on adventures with. It wouldn't be unlikely that other superheroes exist as well: Superman, Krypto, etc. Given that they live in a world of super heroes and super villains, talking dogs would not be much of a shock to anyone. It also explains why everyone believes the monsters and ghosts are real, because in their world, more often than not, monsters and ghosts ARE real.

[[WMG:Shaggy's Uncle in ''Boo Brothers'' was the owner of Great-Grandpa-Scooby]]
In the shorts era, we get to meet Scooby's materal great-grandfather as a ghost who apparently served during the civl war. Now Shaggy also had an Uncle (or Great or Great Great) who also served? What if Shaggy's Uncle was that Scooby's owner, and the reason he chose to leave his fortune to Shaggy was because he knew Shaggy loved his Scooby as much as he had loved his Scooby all those years ago.

[[WMG: We'll get an animated costumes come alive movie for Scooby's 50th]]
It's been done in live action, but can be so so much more amazing in animation. It's like the pipe dream and the perfect thing to do for Scooby's big birthday. They may even be slowly testing the waters for it, In Frankencreepy we saw classic criminals again but not in their costumes, and in Mask of the Blue Falcon, the opening has HB heroes saving the gang from classic villains.
* Maybe the plot could be someone brings the costumes alive and they try to take over the world, where Scooby and the gang has to solve that mystery and cameos of other HB characters help subdue all the now alive costume monsters.

[[WMG: Shaggy isn't actually a coward, he's just more sensible than Freddie.]]
Freddie is always wanting the gang to "split up and search for clues." Shaggy calls him on this not because he's "chicken," but because he's savvy enough to realize safety in numbers is the best plan for the situations the gang finds themselves in. It's better to make whatever hostile party is out there have to take you all on simultaneously rather than splitting up and allowing them to pick you off one at a time at their leisure. Sure, the monsters ultimately turn out to be people in costumes, but quite a few of them were also dangerous criminals who were clearly prepared to do some really dastardly things to the kids.

Another interesting theory that was mentioned on Reddit. The show's premise seems fairly innocent, unless you see it as taking place in the real world of America in 1969 (the year it debuted), and you start to wonder how four mismatched kids wound up living in their van while on an endless cross-country road trip with no clear destination. After all, the show never really bothered to tell us where they were driving all that time, right?\\

Consider all four kids in turn:\\

Fred is the comically clean-cut suburban kid who seemingly has no reason to leave home and hit the highway. While you don't question Shaggy's decision to go nomad, you really have to wonder about him. But of course there's a reason: his draft number just came up, and he's decided to leave home for a new life in Canada.

Velma is the rebellious young antiwar activist, devoted to standing up for her ideals at any coast. With the short hair, black glasses and baggy sweater, she looks like a caricature of a Vietnam protestor from 1969...because that's exactly what she is. She joined Fred's group to flee her old college campus when a protest turned violent, and she feels a protective instinct towards Fred because he's a draftee in danger of being sent to his death in a war that she opposes.

Shaggy basically named his dog after one of his favorite treats.

Daphne is T.D.'s younger self, fun lovng, optimistic, and in many ways more psychologically whole then the others. Fred is his older self, mature, cynical, and completely contrasting to Daphne. He's also very protective over her, and of all of them has the most traumatic past. Velma all of T.D.'s memories, everything he's ever learned. She also contains his fears and anxiety, stuff that the world doesn't associate with guys, thus he hides it away with timid little Velma. Scooby is T.D.'s memories of Scooby, but, as seen by Scooby's TakenALevelInJerkass, the memories are clearly warped. Shaggy is Daphne's antithesis, optimistic with a high opinion of Scooby, but is rather dependent on Scooby,but the relationship is portrayed not as ideally as before-Scooby is portrayed as disloyal to Shaggy and gets angry at him easily. So Daphne's the
This explains the wildly different animation style, almost as if being viewed from a different pair of eyes, the flanderization, and the randomness. Plus the subtle dream/sleep motif going on-("Wake Me Up to say Goodnight" the name of the case music from trading chases, "Bad, Bad, ''Dream''" From Me Myself and AI, "Kitchen Frightmare" a play on ''Nightmare'') It's interesting to note that Velma and Fred are both acting fairly like their original incarnations, almost as if the dreamer knew them from that time (Be they an avid watcher of the show or knew the gang in-universe) In fact, the only one NOT acting like themselves is Daphne, so it's safe to assume that the dreamer chose her as their main persona. At this point one would assume that the dreamer is a girl, but that alone is weak proof, and considering that the entire gang is also a product of the dreamer's imagination and parts of their mind. The dreamer could have chosen Daphne for any variety of reasons, for example, if didn't feel like they could relate to Shaggy, or was upset with Fred and Velma, and preferred to "interact" with Scooby over "being" him, that would only leave Daphne, but those are just examples. Shaggy is the yin to Daphne's yang, Fred is the yin to Velma's yang. Shaggy is everything T.D. fears that he could have been, Velma is everything hidden within him.

-->'''Fred:''' Daphne saw a "Create your own puppet store" and decided that a fun way to learn about yourself would be to see yourself in puppet form...

* Speaking of Fred, he is the second most important mind-fragment in this mind world. He plays the rational part of the mind, and is most unsettled by Daphne's quirks, indicating despite being damaged somehow (Hence the coma) they do know full well how bizarre the quirks are. But the quirks do play in a role in working through the mysteries (Personal issues, pain from possible coma-inducing injuries, disguised as something The Dreamer would find fun and manageable) and thus puts up with them, ( Barely, And with help from the other members of the dream-gang) wanting to wake up as much as Daphne does.

* When the gang is fighting mid episode and Daphne gives each puppets of the other, The Dreamer is most likely venting secret pet peeves about mystery inc, or admitting the gang isn't all their cracked up to be all the time, or something of the sort, like how Shaggy's fearfulness and constant hunger can make him seem childish, Fred's actions sometimes make it appear that he puts his friends on a lower priority then solving mysteries, Velma's obsession with books, Dream-Scooby and Dream-Daphne chide the dreamer for being occupied with puppets for the last fifteen minutes or so. Daphne, who still had Scooby, has only nice things to say about him. Scooby is too important for The Dreamer to lessen their image of him...yet.
* Of course, the puppets scenario opens up more possibilities for the alternate reality. Daphne's explanation for buying puppets sounds like something that could take place in therapy; maybe T.D. has issues with the gang? Maybe this is actually a therapy session?
Interestingly enough, the Daphne puppet is dropped midway through the episode. This too, has multiple explanations. One possibility is, juggling between the two Daphnes was exhausting for the mind, plus playing with puppets forever wouldn't get them any closer to waking up. (Notice that after this moment the puppets aren't really mentioned again) The episode is nearing its end, Daphne is slipping down a rope, but her puppet is interfering with her grip. Perhaps the mind feels it needs to let go and fully assume Daphne's role for the time being. This is why Daphne's puppet's heroic sacrifice is so significant. For the next few seconds or so, The Dreamer is completely utterly horrified at the lost of Daphne, but then a more lucid part of his mind remembers that it is just a dream, Daphne is perfectly fine, and it's only a puppet after all, which is why suddenly the slow dramatic fall and music stop all of sudden.

Daphne's new quirk is reciting the gang's adventures in the form of a nature documentary, which is still T.D. familiarizing themselves with the gang, and by extension their own mind. The two subplots (Scooby's anger at Shaggy, Fred's friend) Both revolve around friendship, which they choose to portray through fighting, teasing, pranking, and graffiti, indicating that T.D. doesn't care for sappy stuff.

* Each episode has a motif. Something that the dreamer is trying to work around. Sometimes there are more than one.

** "Game Of Chicken": Distrust of Birds. NOT chickens, more likely a predator bird, (I mean, check out those beaks in some shots! That looks more like something you'd find on an eagle or something) The mind selected chickens to deamean the enemy but still depicts them as very fierce, and persistant. In the end T.D. overcomes their prejudice (mostly, the gang is still clearly startled to find Rick and his chicken in the back).
Rationality vs. Irrationality. The mind clearly has fun with running head first into a situation, and but sometimes that doesn't work, and finally reconciles the two.

** This one is slightly different from the others, as Daphne doesn't have a quirk in this one. Oh, yes, there are the dolphins, but they're not something T.D. deliberately does as a way of coping with the mystery, just the way Daphne is not deliberately trying to initiate rivalry with the dolphins (And apparently the rest of the sea life, but let's just focus on the Dolphins right now.), it's already happened. Daphne doesn't act afraid of them-but she does act afraid of Fred finding out)
*** Throughout the whole episode, the sea represents something bad. Velma can't tolerate it. It's inhabitants are all angry with Daphne for some reason. Literally ALL the monster attacks happened under the sea. T.D. tried to tackle something overwhelming in this, but failed; Velma still has an aversion to water, Daphne made amends with the dolphins but still has all the rest of sea-life giving her dirty looks.
The mind placates itself by giving Dream-Shaggy and Dream-Scooby tons of food while T.D. (Daphne) quickly distracts their rational mind (Fred) away from the angry, angry, sea creatures. What they represent in the mind world is anyone's guess, but it's clear that whatever it is it's not something that can be dealt with exclusively within the mind. By reconciling with the dolphins, the mind is able to put it behind them and not let it interfere with sorting out their brain. The Cruise Captain even says something to effect off, "A great weight has been lifted of my shoulders.", and thus can move on. Although if the ending is anything to go by, there's something more to this...

It opens with a very nervous young man up to bat. This represents TD himself and the pressure he feels he is under, hinting at a darker piece of their psyche and self-esteem. TD decides that he'd rather by tormented by a monster than by imaginary prying eyes, which kicks off the episode's plot.

As T.D.'s condition grows more serious, more and more advanced equipment is required to keep them alive. T.D. is vaguely aware of various needles invading his body and overhears conversations doctors have. He's not sure what to think of this, and has (Quite literally) mixed feelings. Daphne on one hand is VERY wary of all this, recognizing that something going wrong or a glitch occurring could prove lethal. Velma accepts it and the potential for keeping them alive and improving their health, and Fred outright embraces it, and is the wearer of the "Left-arm 3000".
Fred's "Left-Arm 3000" isn't actually a new gadget. In reality, in the accident causing T.D.'s coma, his left arm got very badly injured. At this point in the comaland progression the doctors decided to try a new, experimental cast that involved placing T.D.'s arm in a clunky metal contraption that would keep his arm completely motionless to optimizing the healing process. In the dream, T.D. changed this because it would simply be much ''cooler'' to wear a "Left Arm 3000" then any old cast.

* At the end, there are two possibilities: A) The experimental cast didn't go as well as the doctors wanted and they took it off before it could mess up T.D.'s arm even more, or B), T.D. just became so desensitized to it that it disappeared from his dream.\

At this point T.D. gets a fever. Now I'll say this once: Fever + Coma = Bad news. No matter what happens, he can't get warm, and so, resigning himself to the chill, dreams up a winter wonderland as a fun alternative to shivering in a lonely white room. The subplot with Daphne and the snowball could represent someone (Who reminds him of Fred) whom he's frustrated with in real life. Fred constantly dodging every attempt is T.D. acknowledging that as a dream, to get any satisfaction is impossible. At the end he decides to give himself a break and at least ''pretend'' to have some closure. Shaggy and Scooby's song is just a fever dream of T.D.'s: Weird, random, and meaningless. (But Funny).

T.D.'s health continues to deteriorate. Daphne is portrayed as unusually desperate in this episode, expressing wistfulness for a friendship like Shaggy and Scooby's. By this point, while still unclear exactly how much time T.D. has been trapped in his state, it's clear he has gotten lonely. He just goes straight to collecting animal friends instead of creating of creating some replicas of his friends from the outside world. Did he have friends at the point he went comatose? Daphne's sadness at the end of how could be because she's been betrayed.

** TD is trying to remember his mother, but all he gets is Scooby imitating stereotypical old woman scenarios and trying to block out his dreaming in order to focus, represented by Daphne's quirk. His dreams have been gotten much more peaceful lately. However, a fellow patient dies (represented by the grim reaper being announced) the aspect of his mind that is Fred jumps onto this aspect.
* Alternatively, each member of Mystery Inc. represents an emotion, like in Inside Out. (Daphne=Joy, Shaggy=Fear, Fred=Anger, Velma=Sadness, Scooby=...Disgust? IDK, Disgust was just left over)
** They must be an angry person, seeing as Fred's calling the shots. (Which might not apply to Daphne, since she DOESN'T listen to him, especially not when he tries to suppress her antics. It's kinda like Anger is Joy and Joy is Sadness from the movie)

The reason Daphne is with them is because she's in love with Freddy. You really think a preppy girl would willingly hang out with a bookworm, a hippy, and a dog all day long? She doesn't even care about solving mysteries and helping people. She's only tagging along so she can get close to Fred.

All the times you see Scooby-Doo talking and doing human-like things, it's all in Shaggy's head. Scooby is actually a regular dog. In reality, Scooby's lines are just barks and growls.

While there won't be ContinuityPorn or any outright confirmation of what universe the 2010s-era movies takes place in (since a recurring point about these movies is that they're meant to stand on their own), there will be stronger references to previous ''Scooby-Doo'' works, such as brief cameos from past characters or hints that these characters exist in this continuity like how [[TheGhost Mrs. Dinkley's]] characterization in ''Abracadabra-Doo!'' fits the bill for her being Angie Dinkley, the Crystal Cove license plate on the Mystery Machine in ''Frankencreepy'', etc.
* This WMG is looking to be at least partially Jossed already. We're at least getting DTV follow ups to 13 Ghosts and Zombie Island, so those are pretty ContinuityPorn heavy right there. It would also appear to have the opportunity of presenting a meta reason or establishing a sort of timeline (as if this is the case that causes them to break up BEFORE Zombie Island). Or if the movie passes with none at all, would pretty much signify the studio is just doing RuleOfFun continuity like Hanna Barbera did. There isn't much room for the MI fans interpretation if that happens. One of the leaked scenes for Curse of the 13th Ghosts shows Daphne has a framed picture of the gang unmasking the Moat Monster from the start of Zombie Island in her room, implying at least that case happened before this one. Something that could also be relevant is the Frankencreepy FreezeFrameBonus had the plaid shirt tourist from Witch's Ghost, Alien Invaders and Cyber Chase on the Scooby Gang revenge page. If those movies didn't happen yet, why was he already mad at them? So 2019 will probably be the year we can agree on this.
* And the verdict appears to be in. The movies are in a loose HB style continuity where they edit out whatever parts they don't want as they go along. Both 13 Ghosts and Zombie Island happened before these movies but the gang were still teens. And the set up plot from Curse of the 13th Ghost continued on to Return to Zombie Island and didn't fully resolve itself yet. The 50th anniversary present appears it might be the direct to videos turning into having an actual direction.

Daphne pays her friends, relatives, and neighbors to dress up as monsters. They set up fake mysteries around the world in hopes to become rich and famous. The only things are real are the collateral damage, cops, and bystanders. When the unmasked monsters go to jail at the end, Daphne's rich family "persuade" the cops to let them go.

Sometime around the 2000s, Mystery Inc. had a resurgence in popularity. Now, previous to this, Scooby-Doo was a dying franchise. They did something to reverse this and gained the fame and revitalization they desired...but at a cost. They will live on...[[WhoWantsToLiveForever watching their fellow shows die out, their fellow HB characters fade, everything they know be warped and ravaged by time.]] They would be revitalized...again, and again, and again...increasingly deviating from who and what they once were. The gang deals with their guilt in various ways. Shaggy and Scooby turn to food and grow increasingly frightened as a way to distract themselves from the weight of their deed. Daphne becomes more agressive, as an outlet for her self-loathing...only Fred seems to remain a fairly blank slate, because only he has no remorse for what they've done. When they learn their lesson and take responsibility for their actions, they'll break the curse and the franchise will fade. Possibly they managed this in Mystery Incorporated, as the universe is finally reset. Maybe be cool is a completely new, alternate mystery inc. Maybe. This is a WMG, after all.

[[WMG: WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo and [[Film/ScoobyDoo the]] [[Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed movies]] take place in timelines where the Niburu Entity still influenced events after it's defeat.]]

[[WMG: Shaggy and Scooby Doo get a clue is a comatose dream of Shaggy.]]
This series takes place immediately after What's new Scooby Doo. After playing too many video games Shaggy has a life threatening seizure and falls into a coma. The entirety of Shaggy and Scooby Doo get a clue is his dying dream.

While Freddy and Velma were away at camp, Daphne and shaggy grew closer and fell in love. After the break up, they decided to keep their love affair a secret in fear of hurting Fred. Notice in the "Scooby-Doo and the 13th Ghost" movie she seems nervous and ashamed when Fred asked her about her past adventures.

Basically to me the facial hair and Led Zeppelin T-Shirt makes him look like Tony to me and to my knowledge he isn't named on screen, and even if he was it's not impossible that on Tony wanted to enjoy his vacation without being harassed, so he used a fake name.

They all have Peter Pan Syndrome. They preferred to be called "meddling kids" because they find their adult lives boring and dull. Freddy left his wife and kid to be with Daphne, and Daphne left her husband and kids to be with Freddy.

The original series they go to beaches, mountains, ghost towns, cities, and countryside. The only state where all of these could be a days drive is California.

[[WMG: Scrappy is Daphne's long-lost brother, from a meta perspective.]]
This theory dips into both the meta-context and some in-universe. Back when the gang was created, there was a sixth member was also present-we don't know what became of them-only their names. Geoff Jones, Linda Blake, and W.W. (who's last name is assumed to be Blake as well, since he was Linda's brother) are the only ones who share names with the present gang. So, obviously Geoff Jones maps to Fred Jones. Linda ''Blake'' maps to Daphne. Too Much is obviously Scooby. Kelly Summers (assuming that it's a girl Kelly) and Mike Andrews, based on gender, correspond easily. But where does W.W. fit in to this? Some early concept art displays Kelly, who looked much more similar to Daphne, a young man who is the spitting image of Fred...and a boy who looks noticeably younger then the others, and even shares a scarf similar to the girl on the left. He's too young to be the Shaggy analog, since Shaggy was the most off-beat, grungey type. So we have a younger member of the gang who is related to someone else...
''Hmmmm.'' Where have we seen this before?
But in any case, W.W. Blake must have been cut, because Daphne remains an only child for next forty years or so (and even then, it's three sisters who are all older then her)
And this is where Scrappy comes in. Obviously Scrappy is not ''literally'' Daphne's long lost brother, that would be...unkosher.
Enter Scrappy. Scrappy took his cues as both from an early concept of a smaller, feistier dog as well, but Daphne definitely, especially in later series, takes on a big-sister role. In-Universe, maybe Daphne really ''did'' have a brother named W.W. who died, (and nobody ever talks about him because it's too painful) and was reincarnated into Scrappy. Daphne was stunned at how much Scooby's nephew reminded her of her kid brother, and connected to him easily.

[[WMG: Mystery Inc. actually isn't allowed to talk about Scrappy]]

The Mystery Inc. gang from Zombie Island up to present day aren't the same crew from the 1960s-1990s. It would explain why modern day Fred and Velma are not familiar with Scrappy-Doo. The mid-2000s TV shows exist in different universes. They're not in canon with the movies.

The only person Velma's ever kissed was Scooby (''Pup'' episode) and in the movie "Camp Scare" she is repulsed when a camp ranger flirts with her. WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated has her pining for Shaggy. So who knows?

[[WMG: The crew behind ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'' most likely did not watch the original series.]]
This is likely, because the animation instead is done in Warner Bros. Animation's typical house style, and for the most part attempts to be more "realistic" and like real life, compared to the originals' more cartoony tones. The gang is all exaggerated parodies of how they originally were, such as Fred being a more [[TheDitz ditzy and scatterbrained]] version of himself, Daphne becoming more fashion-conscious, etc. in a manner similar to ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', implying that the staff mainly only watched that series for research and references in the series' production process. The staff also most likely hated Creator/HannaBarbera's famous StockSoundEffects, and instead gave the sound editors only a small portion of the library and ordered them to make new effects from scratch, to make the show sound more like the real world as well.

* It seems better to pass that buck along now. What's New updated the show and made some alterations, which to be fair had happened over the course of the series in Hanna Barbera's day. The lack of sound effects may be true but they did go as far as to throw some references to the older fans.

Compare and contrast with Mystery Incoproated, that aimed to be Cartoon Network's "smart" scooby series yet raises a whole lot more question if those writers ever "got" what made Scooby popular (or Hanna Barbera in that sense) in the first place.

As much as people want to see them together, it will never happen. Even if they are attracted to each other, things must return to the status quo. The characters can never evolve. Shaggy and Scooby would be less funny if they got over their fear of monsters and ghosts. Everyone's personality must stay the same.