Fred Jones

## Background

### 1996 - 2008: Fred Jones

Fred Jones was born in Riverdale & spent the first few years of his life there. He's the son of Frederick Jones, a successful businessman who made his money off of multiple games he created & Judy Reeves, a known photographer. Fred doesn't remember much about his mother as she died when he was just three. In the devastation following his wife's death, Frederick Sr. decided him & his son needed a new scenery. He moved the two of them to the city of Metropolis on the recommendation of his brother Bernell & set up his new headquarters there.

Not long after arriving, his father began dating Cat Grant, the controversial & flirty gossip columnist for the Daily Planet. The two eventually got married & Fred gained a new sibling in Adam Foster, Cat's son from her former marriage. The two became very close & maintained a close friendship even after their parents' amicable split when the boys were twelve.

### 2008 - 2018: Fred Jones

Just like before, Fred's father wanted to move away from Metropolis & they moved to his wife's hometown of Coolsville in Ohio. Fred Sr. needed some extra help with Fred now going to high school & Judy's parents were more than happy to have their grandson around full-time. To get himself better adjusted to the new town, Fred was enrolled in various sports but took a liking to football. He quickly became known as a popular kid & the guy that many girls wanted but he settled on cheerleader Gretchen Mueller.

One day on the bus ride to school, Fred along with three individuals were involved in an altercation that landed them all in detention. Though very different, the group became quite close over their mutual interest for mysteries. After the gang solved the school's ghost mystery (though it was mostly John Winchester & his son Dean), they decide to stay together & solve mysteries. He even began an on & off relationship with Daphne after breaking things off with Gretchen. When they graduated the two years later, the gang & his relationship fell apart due to distance.

Like some of the other members, he left Coolsville for college & went off to major in business. He eventually met & began dating another student Jessica, a down to earth girl who was actively involved in environmental issues. The relationship survived through college but when Jessica asked him to come with her after graduation, he declined & they ended the relationship.

### 2018 - Present: Fred Jones

Fred eventually caught back up with Daphne shortly after college graduation & together, they began running a successful tv show called "Coast to Coast with Daphne Blake." They embarked on a road trip scouting haunted locations across the states for the show with Fred as the producer. After some months, Fred contacted Velma, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo as a surprise for Daphne's birthday. The group quickly reconnected & decided it was time to fight monsters again.

## Romantic Relationships

* Gretchen Mueller: Girlfriend (2011 - 2012)
* Sally McKnight: Fling (*Unknown*)
* Jessica Tom: Girlfriend (*Unknown*)
* Daphne Blake: Girlfriend (2012 - 2014); On & Off (2018 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Driving:** Fred is very skilled at driving & is the go to driver for the Mystery Machine.
* **Engineering:** Due to years of working the Mystery Machine, Fred has become quite the expert on how it works & how to fix it.
* **Gadgetry:** Fred has an obsession with traps. He has studied a lot of them and learns about new ones. He also likes to come up with his own.
* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts:** Most of Fred's combat skills come from when he was on the wrestling team in high school.
* **Investigation:** He is the leader of Mystery Inc, an investigative team for hire of the supernatural.
* **Leadership:** Freddie is the lion-hearted & strong leader of Mystery Inc, though he has shown to be a less knowledgeable & a wimp at times.
* **Occultism**
* **Physicality:** He is naturally good at most sports, having played since he was a child. It has also kept him in good shape, allowing him to do more damage than the average human in a fight.
* **Tactical Analysis:** Fred has an idea for almost everything & is prepared for almost anything. He can figure out many ways out of a lot of situations & knows how to plan & strategies all the time.
* **Weaponry**

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strength:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Weapons:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Range:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Strategy:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Combat:** 4 - Trained / Learned

## Trivia

* He is allergic to cats.
* Fred's favorite color are blue & white, both which he normally incorporates into his outfits.
* He can press up to 220 pounds.
* Fred is always coming up with ideas for the traps, though most of the time they fail.
* He is known to have a big ego, which is shown in his determination to make himself & the team look good.
* Fred is a big fan of divide-and-conquer & likes to split up the gang. He usually takes Daphne & Velma Dinkley with him, while Shaggy & Scooby go off by themselves.
* Some of his frequent catchphrases are "Hold the phone" when something important is discovered & "Another mystery solved" when the case is finished.
* He still refers to Adam as his brother due to the two spending the majority of their childhood together.
* He shares a like of solving mysteries with his cousin Jughead Jones. He's even brought Mystery Inc to Riverdale a few times to solve a few crimes & paranormal mysteries.
* Daphne's older sister Daisy rudely refers to Fred Jones as "no good trap-maker."
* The gang didn't technically solve the ghost mystery. They discovered it was a ghost but it was John & Dean Winchester that killed it.
* Thorn isn't the only celebrity that Fred has been involved with. He was once attached to pop star Lindsay Pagano.
* Fred Jones has a power ranking of 59, classifying him as Threat Level 2 / Low Threat.

## Notes

* Fred Jones is a character from Scooby Doo & its related media.
* His birth date is a nod to the release date of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.
* The relationship between the Jones' family is unique to Earth-44
	+ Theodore Jones is Fred's grandfather in *Scooby Doo*.
	+ Judy Reeves is Fred's biological mother on *Mystery Incorporated*
	+ Bernell "Bowstring" Jones is the father of Cissie King-Jones & husband of Bonnie King.
	+ FP, Jughead & Jellybean Jones are characters from the Archie Comics.
	+ Rebecca & Wendy Jones are the villains New Wave & Windfall.
	+ Simon Jones is Psimon, a member of HIVE.
	+ Rhea Jones is Lodestone, a member of Doom Patrol.
	+ Patrick Fitz is a composite of DCAU's Ratboy & Janet Jones' son Patrick in the comics.
* In the comics, Cat Grant has a coworker named Freddy Jones.
* His other relationship are all former romantic interests from the Scooby-Doo franchise.
	+ Gretchen Mueller is a snowboarder from *What's New, Scooby-Doo?*
	+ Jessica Tom is a nod to Jessica, a camp counselor from *Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare* & Lauren Tom, the actress that voiced her.
	+ Lindsay Pagano is a pop star from *What's New, Scooby-Doo?*