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4	''[[https://www.youtube.com/c/MysteryIncorporated Mystery Incorporated]]'', not to be confused with the animated series ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', is a fan-made live-action adaptation of the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' mythos in the vein of ''Series/{{Riverdale}}''. After a successful Indiegogo campaign, the first episode was released to Website/YouTube on April 27, 2022.
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7	Set in modern times, Fred (played by Dade Elza) and Velma (Dayeanne Hutton) team up to try and solve the mystery of his parents and her father's murders by a mysterious entity. Daphne (Jessica Chancellor), the school's resident queen bee, Shaggy (Chris Villain), a drug dealer who wants to get out of the game, and his dog Scooby-Doo (Thor Von Schultz) end up getting pulled into the investigation as well.
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9	!!This series provides examples of:
10	* AbusiveParents: Daphne's mom micromanages her diet and her StageMom tendencies basically forces Daphne into an AlphaBitch role she doesn't want.
11	* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Nearly the whole gang. Fred's parents are killed during the opening narration. Velma's father was killed prior to the events of the show and her mother became an alcoholic as a result. Shaggy has a strained relationship with his cop father and is being blackmailed into remaining a drug dealer. Daphne meanwhile is a StepfordSmiler who is being pressured into an AlphaBitch role not only by her friends, but by her own mother.
12	* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: And how. Most examples specific to the main cast are covered above under AdaptationalAngstUpgrade.
13	** Scooby has had a few different backgrounds, but this may be the first time he's been a retired police dog.
14	** Most works indicate the cast have been friends since before high school. Here, they seem fully unaware of each other besides Fred appearing to have a crush on Daphne, and Velma knowing enough about Fred's situation to extend an olive branch. By the end of the pilot, Fred and Velma are the only members of the main human cast to even speak with each other.
15	** Shaggy goes by Norville for the most part. He puts the name Shaggy on the posters for his rave and uses it as a cover when buying drugs, but nobody calls him that. [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, when "Shaggy" and his drug dealing are blamed for the Miner 49'er incident, nobody, not even his father, puts the name to him.]]
16	* AdaptationalBadass:
17	** All three of the Hex Girls are shown to have magical abilities, rather than just Thorn.
18	** Miner 49'er, [[AdaptationSpeciesChange being an actual magical entity]], is significantly more dangerous than his original counterpart. The same case applies for the Black Knight.
19	** Fred doesn't usually physically fight anyone in canon, resorting to running away with the others or setting traps. Here, he holds his own against the supernatural Miner 49'er with a baseball bat.
20	* AdaptationalJerkass: Quite a bit.
21	** Fred is a NiceGuy through and through in most of the main franchise. Here, while he's not a JerkAss per se, he's a lot more terse and reluctant to interact with people. Justified given the trauma of witnessing his parents' murder.
22	** Daphne has had her moments in canon of being rude or elitist, but here she's a full-on AlphaBitch, albeit mostly because of her StageMom.
23	** The Hex Girls are quite rude to Shaggy when they first meet him. While they did mess with him and Scooby a bit in their first appearance in the animated movie series, they were ultimately a group of {{nice\|Girl}} [[PerkyGoth eco-goths.]]
24	* AdaptationalNonsapience: Scooby is not shown to speak with Shaggy talking for him in their conversations together.
25	* AdaptationDyeJob:
26	** Shaggy and Velma are usually depicted with light brown and auburn hair respectively. Here they're played by Chris Villain and Dayeanne Hutton, who have black and dark brown hair respectively.
27	** Scooby is missing his distinctive black spots along his back, and his fur is more tan than brown. This is quite justified, as purebred Great Danes don't have that spotting pattern, nor do they typically have brown fur.
28	* AgeLift: Implied with Scooby. The main canon never really specifies his age, but we get very little indication he's anything other than a decently young dog, comparable to the teenage main cast. Here, he's mentioned by Shaggy as being a retired police dog, and that combined with his general sluggish movements seems to paint him as being in the later years of his life.
29	* TheAlcoholic: Velma's mother has become this after the death of her father.
30	* AlphaBitch: Daphne is an interesting example in that she doesn't ''want'' to be one but is pressured into it by her friend group and her own mother.
31	* {{Asmodeus}}: The demon Fred saw the night his parents died is named after the sin of Lust himself.
32	* BadBadActing: Shaggy tries to call Scooby to scare off the jocks trying to blackmail him in the first episode. Despite being a huge dog with police training, Scooby completely fails at being intimidating and the jocks end up doubling down on Shaggy.
33	* BatterUp: During the opening narration Fred hears noise down stairs and grabs his baseball bat for protection when he goes to investigate. Unfortunately, his parents are already dead before he can get to them.
34	* BigFriendlyDog: Scooby, of course.
35	* CommonalityConnection: Velma reaches out to Freddie because she knows what it's like to lose a parent and because he's looking up demonology like her mother does. While Fred seems to appreciate the thought he correctly points out that her having experienced grief doesn't mean she understands ''his'' grief.
36	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience:
37	** As usual, Shaggy is associated with greens, Velma is associated with oranges, Fred is associated with whites and blues, and Daphne is associated with pinks and purples.
38	** Daphne's rival, Ophelia, is associated with yellow and has a line lampshading this trope by confirming she ''always'' wears yellow.
39	* DagwoodSandwich: Shaggy makes one for himself and Scooby during the ending montage for episode 1.
40	* DarkerAndEdgier: Daphne has a StageMom and she's implied to be struggling with depression, Shaggy is a small time drug dealer who is being blackmailed and has a rocky relationship with his father, Velma's dad was murdered and her mother has turned to studying demonology and becoming an alcoholic to cope, and Fred's parents were both murdered (seemingly by the same monster that killed Velma's dad).
41	* DemotedToExtra: Scooby has very little presence in what we've seen so far. Justified due to being portrayed as a normal dog here.
42	* EveryoneHasStandards: Daphne allows herself to be pressured into an AlphaBitch role by her mother and friend group, and she and her rival AlphaBitch, Ophelia, actively antagonize each other. Daphne is also ''appalled'' when she finds out her boyfriend and his friends plan to spike Ophelia's drink so they can frame her for drug use and get her expelled. As it's about to happen, Daphne rushes over and smacks the other girl's cup away. Unfortunately, due to their rivalry, Ophelia thinks Daphne's just being a jerk and throws a drink in her face, completely unaware that Daphne had just saved her.
43	** Shaggy is a drug dealer but episode 1 makes it clear he wants to get out of the game, and he's otherwise portrayed as an OK guy.
44	* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the Miner 49'er shows up, the Hex Girls look more surprised or confused than scared, and they cautiously walk away backstage while everyone else runs. [[spoiler:The end of the episode shows them using some form of magic to contain or absorb the Miner 49'er in a way that indicates they have done this before, or at least expected to do so.]]
45	* GenreBlindness: Fred and Velma find a ''demonology'' book with a creepy cover written in ancient Latin and Fred decides its a good idea to pressure Velma, who knows Latin, to read it to him. Predictable results happen.
46	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Velma's first conversation with Fred nearly ends in this, as she accidentally puts her foot in her mouth and comes off as rude and condescending. His reaction helps her realize this and she's quick to explain her social troubles and apologize.
47	* JerkJock: Seth, Daphne's boyfriend, and his two friends. They're shown harassing both Fred (over the death of his parents) and Shaggy (to get drugs) at separate points, and even try to drug Ophelia in order to get her expelled. This is in contrast to Daphne's friends who are harmless [[BetaBitch tag alongs]] so far.
48	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Scooby for Shaggy.
49	* LovableJock: In contrast to Seth, Fred is a relatively nice baseball player.
50	* MotorMouth: Velma after the InnocentlyInsensitive moment mentioned in episode 1, as she tries to awkwardly explain herself to Fred.
51	* MythologyGag: All over the place.
52	** When trying to convince Fred to not become like her mother, Velma brings up the case of [[Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed Jonathan Jacobo]], a man who was compelled to dress up as a ghost pterodactyl due to trauma-induced hallucinations.
53	** Velma mentions a filmmaker named [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost Benjamin Ravencroft]].
54	** The plot set up by the end of episode 1 seems to resemble that of ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'', albeit with Fred and Velma releasing the entities (called the 13 pillars here) rather than Shaggy and Scooby. The book they read from even resembles the chest from that show, not to mention that the leader of the pillars is Asmodeus from ''Return of the 13th Ghost''.
55	** The dealer Shaggy gets his supplies from resembles (and is listed in the credits as) Flim-Flam. Moreover, the drug that Shaggy eventually chooses to purchase is "Joy Juice", and Flim-Flam was trying to hawk off "Lots of Luck Joy Juice" in his first appearance.
56	** The first pillar is based on Miner 49'er, one of the more famous early Scooby villains. The other pillars are set to be based off of other popular villains with the second being the Black Knight.
57	** Shaggy's father works for the police like he did in ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''.
58	** Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred all wear color-coded clothing like they did in the cartoon. Velma even wears her signature sweater.
59	** Fred's lawyer in the first episode is named Harvey. In IMDB he is full credited as "[[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw Harvey Birdman]]"
60	** While this incarnation of Scooby doesn't talk, Shaggy still speaks to him as though he does.
61	* {{Nephewism}}: The principal, the lawyer, and Fred's case worker propose this possibility to Fred, noting he can go live with his aunt and uncle until he's a legal adult. However, they also note that he could file for emancipation and continue to live in his parents home on his own.
62	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Fred pressures Velma into reading a Latin book on demonology... and they proceed to accidentally open a ''portal to hell'' in the first episode.
63	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Downplayed example. Daphne decides to smack the drugged drink out of Ophelia's hand. Due to their rivalry, Ophelia thinks Daphne is just being a jerk and acts aggressively as result as Daphne tries to explain. This annoys Daphne, influencing her to make a fat joke, which in turn leads to Ophelia grabbing someone's drink and throwing it in Daphne's face.
64	* NonHumanSidekick: Scooby.
65	* ParentalAbandonment: Velma's dad was killed prior to the beginning of the story, and Freddie's parents are both killed in the opening narration.
66	* ParentalNeglect: Velma is shown to have to take care of her alcoholic mother despite only being a teenager.
67	* PoliceAreUseless: As often seen with Scooby-Doo. The police apparently don't even have suspects or leads for the murders of Fred's parents and Velma's father, with the most we see on the subject being helping Fred handle his inheritance. In addition, after the Miner 49'er incident, they opt against a proper investigation and just use it as a chance to further their war on drugs, ignoring the fact that there could be a deranged psycho out there who tried to attack high school students.
68	* RedEyesTakeWarning: The cloaked monster that supposedly killed Fred's parents and Velma's dad.
69	* RetiredBadass: Scooby was a police dog, so presumably he counts as this.
70	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When he sees the Miner 49'er show up, Shaggy ditches the rave despite being the organizer. To be fair, ''everyone'' runs away except for Fred and Velma.
71	* ShoutOut:
72	** Among the drugs the dealer lists to Shaggy, he mentions jingle jangle from ''Series/{{Riverdale}}''.
73	** The opening narration is very similar to Jughead's narration in [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E2Chapter2ATouchOfEvil "Chapter 2: A Touch of Evil"]].
74	** The sound effect when the monster turns to Fred during the opening is the same as the noise used in many projects of ''Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos''.
75	* StageMom: Daphne's mother is a very blatant example of this.
76	* StepfordSmiler: Daphne. Her introduction scene shows her struggling not to cry as she prepares to talk to her mother before breakfast.
77	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
78	** Due to Shaggy's status as the son of the sheriff, the jocks are able to hold his job as a drug dealer over his head to prevent him from going clean.
79	** Velma's mother turned to alcohol as a coping mechanism. When she notices one of her demonology books is missing she immediately turns to the bottle to alleviate her stress.
80	** Velma is able to list several articles that show Fred and her mother may have hallucinated the monster that killed her father and his parents. Fred isn't able to convince her to help him until he points out that a good argument has two sides that need looking into.
81	** Seth is able to get away with his behavior because his dad is the school principal. Fred's baseball coach even outright warns Fred not to mess with Seth because he won't be able to help him in that situation.
82	** Daphne being forced into a fake persona by her mother and peers is shown to not be good for her mental health.
83	** Fred tells Velma to meet him at 6pm instead of right after school because he's obligated to go to baseball practice. In addition, since they're both fairly straight laced, the idea of skipping doesn't seem to occur to them.
84	** When Daphne saves Ophelia by knocking her (drugged) drink away, she thinks Daphne is just being a jerk due to their rivalry. Daphne getting annoyed by this and insulting her weight only leads to her getting a drink thrown in her face.
85	*** Prior to this, Daphne also realizes that there's a good chance that the finger will be pointed at her if Ophelia realizes what happened due to their rivalry. She points this out to Seth but he doesn't pay it much mind.
86	** Shaggy skipping school was noticed by his teachers, and the principal called his father as a result.
87	** Shaggy tries to sic Scooby on Seth's friends when they're tormenting him. Being a nonsapient (and implicitly old) dog, Scooby just sits there.
88	* WalkingShirtlessScene: An example seemingly not played for fanservice seeing as the scene involves Fred finding his parents' dead bodies.
89	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When Seth and his friends are trying to drug Ophelia so she gets kicked out of school Daphne decides she can't let it happen and smacks the drink out of the other girl's hand.
90	* JustForFun/XMeetsY: The ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise meets ''Series/{{Riverdale}}''.

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