Scooby-doo Mystery Incorporated Season: 1

If you missed it during its original Cartoon Network run, you are missing the single greatest piece of Scooby-Doo media ever created. Here is your complete guide to the first season of the series that scared, shocked, and emotionally destroyed a generation. Before Mystery Incorporated , most Scooby-Doo reboots (like A Pup Named Scooby-Doo or What's New, Scooby-Doo? ) stayed close to the episodic, monster-of-the-week format. Season 1 of Mystery Incorporated shattered that tradition.

If you yearn for a mystery that actually has stakes, villains that leave psychological scars, and a talking dog who witnesses existential horror, clear your schedule. Crystal Cove is waiting for you. scooby-doo mystery incorporated season 1

The real villain isn't a man in a costume. By the end of Season 1, we learn that the town is built upon a "Hellant" (a hellish prison) containing a malevolent entity known as —a cosmic demon who feeds on fear and paranoia. If you missed it during its original Cartoon

The final shot of Season 1 is a ruined Crystal Cove, overgrown and abandoned, with a sign that reads: "They never found the bodies." ) stayed close to the episodic, monster-of-the-week format

The show is set in the bleak, economically depressed town of (a parody of Jersey Shore towns like Asbury Park). This town has a dark secret: its entire economy is built on "fake" hauntings. Tourism relies on ghost legends. But as the series opens, the Crystal Cove City Council hates Mystery Inc. because solving fake mysteries hurts real estate values.