Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is a children's television show based on the long running Scooby-Doo! franchise which was launched by Hannah-Barbera Productions in 1969. Unlike other entries in the series, it features an overarching storyline which continues throughout both seasons, employs character development, features some villains who are actually supernatural in nature, and is much darker in tone.
==Premise==
As with all of iterations of Scooby-Doo!, Mystery Incorporated features five main characters: Fred Jones, the trap-obsessed team leader; Daphne Blake, a socialite from a wealthy family; Velma Dinkley, a highly-intelligent yet socially awkward overachiever; Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, a food-obsessed slacker; and Scooby-Doo, Shaggy's talking pet dog. Together, they solve mysteries in their home town of Crystal Cove; these mysteries tend to appear supernatural in nature, but usually turn out to have more mundane explanations when looked into further.
The larger story involves Professor Pericles, a hyper-intelligent talking parrot, attempting to harness the power of the Evil Entity, an extra-dimensional being imprisoned aeons ago beneath Crystal Cove.
==Mythos Connections==
Although containing few direct connections to H. P. Lovecraft or his works, there are many nods to the Cthulhu Mythos, as well as a scattering of Lovecraftian horror. Some examples of these include:
*Miskatonic University: appears in both the original timeline and the one in which the Evil Entity has been eradicated. In the series closing, the gang - including Scooby-Doo - are offered scholarships at Miskatonic by Professor of sub-nuclear sciences Harlan Ellison.
*The Evil Entity: an ancient being of incredible power and malevolence, the Evil Entity was imprisoned millennia ago beneath the Earth where it awaits its release. This recalls several of Lovecraft's creations, including Cthulhu himself.
*H. P. Hatecraft & Char Gar Gothakon: the episode "The Shrieking Madness" features a clear parody of Lovecraft and a literary creation who bears more than a passing resemblance to a certain Great Old One. Hatecraft was voiced by Jeffrey Combs, a screen regular in Mythos adaptations who has also played the role of a fictional Lovecraft in at least one live-action film.
*Howard E. Roberts: a superfan whose name is a play on Robert E. Howard.
==External Links==
*Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated at Scoobypedia
==Gallery==
Miskatonic University (Mystery Incorporated).jpeg|Miskatonic University
The Evil Entity (Mystery Incorporated).jpeg|The Evil Entity
Char Gar Gothakon.webp|Char Gar Gothakon
H P Hatecraft.jpeg|H. P. Hatecraft
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