Mystery Inc

Mystery Incorporated, often shortened to Mystery Inc, is a group of amateur detectives. They rose to prominence in 1969 as teenagers but had been active prior to that as Preadolescents in the form of the Scooby Doo Detective Agency in their hometown of Coolsville.

## **History**

**1952**

Fred Jones and Norville “Shaggy “ Rogers are born(According to the original series Ruby Spears Show Bible, both are 17…in 1969. Shaggy is the oldest according to the show bible of A Pup Named Scooby Doo).

Scooby Doo was born at Dooville Veterinary Hospital to Mumsy and Dada-Doo. The Hospital also treated Moreau Sapiens. His first words were “Scooby Doo” and his parents decided to make this his name(13 Ghost of Scooby Doo: It’s a Wonderful Scoob), though it was formerly changed to Scoobert later on. The infant Scooby met the infant Norville Rogers soon after. The two got along well and their parents arranged several playdates. On one of these dates, they shared a babysitter which frightened them, in hindsight due to her resemblance to the Bride of the Frankenstein Monster, an event recorded with old footage by the families(The New Scooby Doo Mysteries: Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo). Rogers and Scooby as infants would be brought to Selma’s Comic Classics, a local Coolsville Comic Book store and were good friends with the owner as they grew up(A Pup named Scooby Doo: The Schnook who took my Comic Book),

**1953**

Daphne Blake is born(The Ruby Spears Show Bible lists her as 16 in 1969).

**1954**

Velma Dinkley is born(15 in 1969 in the Ruby Spears Show Bible).

While still infants, the Mystery Inc met, who at that early age were harassed by another student, Red Herring dressing up as a monster and scaring them, something which Fred Jones never forgot and in his young age, always accused Herring of being responsible for every monster(A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Dog Gone Scooby),

The Existence of Scooby snacks was a coincidence as they predated Scooby Doo himself. Velma Dinkley and Scooby both  laughed when they discovered they existed(A Pup named Scooby Doo: Daen of the Spooky Space Shuttle Scare), but actually trying the food led to both Scooby and Rogers becoming obsessed. The snack is essentially cookies which on their own contain no ingredients harmful to dogs and can be consumed by humans and Canines alike.

As children, Shaggy checked out a book called Pizza Parrot and the Butterbean Bunnies but lost the book and Scooby ended up burying it when it fell into. Pile of bones(A Pup Named Scooby Doo: The Ghost of Mrs.Shusham).

**1959**

Scooby and Shaggy attended Velma’s 5th Birthday party and ate the ice cream while there(What’s New Scooby Doo: A Terrifying Round with the Menacing Metallic Clown, the scene in question is a flashback depicted in the style of a Pup named Scooby Doo. The Date is assumed given the Ruby Spears listed ages).

A young Scoob saw an elderly man drowning in an area between his island and Coolsville and jumped in to save him. This man was Beauregard Sanders, a Confederate Civil war Veteran, who did not forget the debt he owed to Scoob and included him in his will(Scooby Doo, Where are you!: A fright is no delight) after he died of Cancer(Scoobynatural: Though in that this was a plot point as the Winchester Brothers were pulled into the show and saw this as a sign the world of the cartoon was getting darker, while in this universe it was basically time travel. Also this seemed to have happened before the Winchesters arrived and so wouldn’t have been effected).

**1962**

The now formed Scooby Doo Detective Agency solves their first major case when they unmask the Green Ghost, which had attacked Shaggy when he unknowingly got close to his counterfeit operation. Shaggy despite assembling the group and hiring them, was shocked they made him have to pay them. The Gang in their preteens exposed a Cheese Monster terrorizing the Scooby Snack Factory as rival Larry P. Acme, son of the late Marvin Acme. Scooby Snack owner Constance McSnack rewarded Scooby Doo by promising him a lifetime supply of the snacks.

Scooby briefly dated a dog named Roxanne while Shaggy dated Roxanne’s owner Rachel, but both said goodbye to their girlfriends as they went on the road traveling with the Mystery Inc gang and a long distance relationship would not have worked(What’s New Scooby Doo: A Scooby Doo Valentine. They are depicted slightly younger than they would be by the time of the first episode of the original show, implied to be the next big event for them as their first foe, the Black Knight, is alluded to).