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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated |OT|
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That has to be one of the darkest episodes in Children's animation ever. Hot Dog Water is executed, the gang witness everyone they cared for get eaten alive, and in the end, they transport to an alternate dimension where everyone is alive, but different. All their friends, everyone they cared for... they look the same but they have different personalities, so to the gang, they're not the same.
Even their own lives - what happened to the "them" that lived in the alternate universe? Clearly they have productive lives of their own that the current gang didn't live. They are completely alone in that universe and the logical ramifications of what happened are heartbreaking.
Yes.
Thanks! Now I don't have to worry.
Razgriz-Specter
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Just looked today at the last 8-9 episodes and...I think you're right
They start from Crystal Cove their journey across the country - now we know why too - and they say they'll solve mysteries along the line
Shaggy and Scooby say that they'll eat everything on their way (well, that was obvious :lol)
They restore the Mystery Machine
At the end, there's a laughter, like the original show
Ending credits: they're not creepy, but in line with Mystery Machine's style
Basically, Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. Episode 52 is like Scooby Doo episode 0 or something, not expected absolutely
Shaggy and Scooby say that they'll eat everything on their way (well, that was obvious :lol)
They restore the Mystery Machine
At the end, there's a laughter, like the original show
Ending credits: they're not creepy, but in line with Mystery Machine's style
Basically, Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. Episode 52 is like Scooby Doo episode 0 or something, not expected absolutely
Great series. Such a fantastic reboot of Scooby Doo.
Oh, alright, I didn't know that. That's cool.
It was great.Just looked today at the last 8-9 episodes and...I think you're right
They start from Crystal Cove their journey across the country - now we know why too - and they say they'll solve mysteries along the line
Shaggy and Scooby say that they'll eat everything on their way (well, that was obvious :lol)
They restore the Mystery Machine
At the end, there's a laughter, like the original show
Ending credits: they're not creepy, but in line with Mystery Machine's style
Basically, Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. Episode 52 is like Scooby Doo episode 0 or something, not expected absolutely
Great series. Such a fantastic reboot of Scooby Doo.
But I was expecting the town to be named Coolsville in the alternate dimension.
Razgriz-Specter
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Same lol
That's actually a good point.
Why is the town named "Crystal Cove" if there's no crystal sarcophagus? And why isn't the town in it's original location, since Porto didn't need to sink it into the sea?
Scooby Doo pulled a RahXephon? Wut?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Man what's up with CN killing every show lately? :/
Razgriz-Specter
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Well to be honest this has been dead for a while and they are just getting around to airing it.
ThatObviousUser
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SPOILER TAGS GODDAMNIT AMAZON IS BEING SLOW-ASS
THAT MEANS YOU ZODDGUTTS
THAT MEANS YOU ZODDGUTTS
Well now I'm triple glad I stopped watching that terrible show half way in.
Anyway, I liked the ending, but I was a little sad that
Prof. Pericles got off so easy. Guy did some incredibly evil stuff, and just walks away from it.
Hey but if
all the other Scooby adventures now lie ahead of them,
they have to endure Scrappy again?
ThatObviousUser
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Amazon uploaded the final two episodes yesterday.
Wow at the ending. I wish I could come up with a better way to describe it, but I'm sitting here just having finished it in shock.
Just like... how did they even pull this off? Sure, the first part of s1 is a bit light on the arc stuff (probably to ease people into the idea of Scooby with a plot), but everything laid along the way... the startling amount of darkness present (
), the perfect humor and pacing...
I think this is the best show Cartoon Network has ever produced. Move over Samurai Jack, there's a new king.
Goddamn, just thinking about the last five minutes... I... I just can't. THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER
Wow at the ending. I wish I could come up with a better way to describe it, but I'm sitting here just having finished it in shock.
Just like... how did they even pull this off? Sure, the first part of s1 is a bit light on the arc stuff (probably to ease people into the idea of Scooby with a plot), but everything laid along the way... the startling amount of darkness present (
Cassidy dying in an EXPLOSION and Hot Dog Water getting SHOT TO DEATH BY NAZI DEATH ROBOTS
I think this is the best show Cartoon Network has ever produced. Move over Samurai Jack, there's a new king.
Without the Entity's influence he was likely never sent to prison, so probably.
Goddamn, just thinking about the last five minutes... I... I just can't. THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER
No third season. MI was always meant to be 2 seasons.
ThatObviousUser
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They've solved a couple mysteries by the time the show's started that are like ones from the old shows, but this doesn't follow on from the old shows. It's a completely new universe.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Finished the last episode today. Series was a lot better than I expected. It wasn't always good, in fact, at the beginning of the second season I thought that maybe the series was no longer for me and I wasn't really enjoying it, but in the end I think Season 2 is much better than Season 1, it got better and better as each episode passed on.
It was full of horror references I'm sure most kids won't get, it was very self-referential, it was a lot more comedic that previous series, but also a lot darker. I feel sort of sad watching it end. Now I do know what the end implied, but this turned out to be my favorite rendition of Scooby-Doo ever, and a big reason for that was because I ended up really liking the characters and developments of the cast. It was cheesy at time, some of the pacing felt a bit weird, there were moments especially towards the end of the second season I was surprised they could get away with this in a kids show, hell a lot of it wasn't even really all that original; but it was executed well and I at least felt that there was a lot of heart in the show, for the Scooby-Doo gang, for the horror genre, for Cartoon Network's past, and I would go on to say that I think this may be one of my favorite Cartoon Network shows to have ever aired.
It's one of the few things to me that feels odd to now see it's over, but I'm happy to have experienced it but also sad to see it go. Happy it managed to be fairly conclusive and last for 52 episodes for a show that's audience was somewhat questionable.
It was full of horror references I'm sure most kids won't get, it was very self-referential, it was a lot more comedic that previous series, but also a lot darker. I feel sort of sad watching it end. Now I do know what the end implied, but this turned out to be my favorite rendition of Scooby-Doo ever, and a big reason for that was because I ended up really liking the characters and developments of the cast. It was cheesy at time, some of the pacing felt a bit weird, there were moments especially towards the end of the second season I was surprised they could get away with this in a kids show, hell a lot of it wasn't even really all that original; but it was executed well and I at least felt that there was a lot of heart in the show, for the Scooby-Doo gang, for the horror genre, for Cartoon Network's past, and I would go on to say that I think this may be one of my favorite Cartoon Network shows to have ever aired.
It's one of the few things to me that feels odd to now see it's over, but I'm happy to have experienced it but also sad to see it go. Happy it managed to be fairly conclusive and last for 52 episodes for a show that's audience was somewhat questionable.
Secret Fawful
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I feel like this show is going to leave me with an uneasy feeling long after it's ended. Did anyone else get that vibe? It just left me feeling unsettled by everything. I think it's brilliant.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
It's definitely not how I expected it to end.
I think I have been too conditioned to think that character deaths, especially in mass, are to never be trusted. So when Foxy died earlier, and when Hogwater did, I was certain that they somehow survived off-camera and kept on waiting for them to come back. And then in the final episode where everyone is being snatched away and eaten, I thought for sure that being eaten wasn't killing them or something, and that they would defeat the monster and save them. To find out that they really did just watch everyone they ever knew or cared about be killed/eaten, only to end up in an alternate timeline where they really don't belong was kind of saddening.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Secret Fawful
Member
In regards to Scooby:
Doesn't it kind of make sense that they set him apart from previous animals like that? He is kind of a constant...?
Razgriz-Specter
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Hope so, probably not though.
Mystery Incorporated was the best cartoon I have ever watched.
ThatObviousUser
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Have you seen the Be Cool Scooby design? Not sure I'd want it to be canon with this perfect show...
Razgriz-Specter
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Eh it was never going to be the same 99% of those guys are working on other stuff.
Half of those aren't even at WB at the moment.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
That recent thread got me rewatching this and man, the canon in the Scooby Doo universe really isn't worth trying to understand. The episode that directly references the Creeper makes this entire thing knotty
Just finished watching the show and I completely agree with those who said that it's the best piece of Scooby-Doo media with Zombie Island tied for it. Boy, did Frank Welker get work. He's practically every other villain.
They make you like Fred as well as develop him and the gang. Come on, that's an achievement right there. The show is incredibly charming and I haven't liked these characters as much since I've been exposed to Scooby-Doo.
Its finale is great, and I feel that the main plot was perfectly built up and sprinkled throughout the show. It was great to see some heavy stuff hit the gang at the end there, but ultimately it ended on a happy note (it's still a kids show). Great show and I definitely had fun with it throughout.
They make you like Fred as well as develop him and the gang. Come on, that's an achievement right there. The show is incredibly charming and I haven't liked these characters as much since I've been exposed to Scooby-Doo.
Its finale is great, and I feel that the main plot was perfectly built up and sprinkled throughout the show. It was great to see some heavy stuff hit the gang at the end there, but ultimately it ended on a happy note (it's still a kids show). Great show and I definitely had fun with it throughout.
Razgriz-Specter
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Yup, so good.
Kinda want to rewatch it now without year gaps between half seasons.
Kinda want to rewatch it now without year gaps between half seasons.
I'm so glad I didn't have to suffer that.
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