Finally Solving Scooby-Doo's Biggest Mystery

[@lordnul1708]

I would argue the Shaggy Red Shirt era takes place before Cyber Chase, since the Cyber gang are described in the movie as "all wearing their old outfits" by the main gang.

[@jillsmith5784]

You bring up a good point.

[@duphasdan]

I would argue alternate and multiple eras the same way DC comics has alternate eras. Like one where Superman is in a 1950s Metropolis and looking older as the head of the newspaper, and that one meeting a younger Superman in a Metropolis in our timeline. It makes sense since the Scooby shows takes place over such grand different times since the 1960s. And that one season where Fred's parents looks like an older version of him and Daphne.

[@jillsmith5784]

@@duphasdan Makes sense.

[@leemclaughlin6555]

One mystery he didn't solve is Who owns the Mystery Machine? Shaggy? Fred? Maybe Daphnie?

[@Coopertharrington]

Hi ! Scooby nerd here ! In some versions it’s Fred’s car and in some it’s shaggy’s but Fred always drives . Unless he can’t , then he calls shaggy or scooby before Velma or Daphne .

[@leemclaughlin6555]

@@Coopertharrington But in the Mystery Begins Daphnie owns the van witch they paint to look like the Mystery Machine we all know and Love/Tolorate

[@matthewrowlett1564]

It's obvious. All four own it. It's owned by Mystery Inc. It's the company Van.

[@AeonKnigh432]

Depends on which canon. Usually Fred, sometimes Shaggy, I believe it was Daphne at one point also?

[@FreddyorNot]

In the mystery begins Daphne owns the van. But in the regular show it’s Fred’s van (they even call it Fred’s van in moon monster madness), but in the shorts “those meddling kids” they mention that shaggy was the one who found the van, they also let shaggy borrow it on occasion

[@Kingfan002]

But the creators of mystery incorporated said that series was a prequel to Where Are You in an alternate timeline, and that’s why the laugh track starts up at the end of it.

[@silvertongue.242_99]

I forgot that shaggy was just working as TSA as security that's a funny fact. I would like to also say working at the airport recently for a bit is relatable and hilarious. Makes me love the character more

[@zacteur]

Honestly, I’d rather just see it as multiple parallel universes, with some of them being very similar, explaining the references to prior iterations of the characters

[@Numbuh900]

If CN characters are cannon to Scooby doo, I think mystery incorporated used to be KND operatives during their "a pup named scooby doo" years, they had a treehouse HQ that had a frigging elevator.

[@xNirex44]

Your treehouse didn't have an elevator?

[@sevendeadlysquids404]

My theory about Velma, if we insist that it is not in an alternative reality, is that the events that take place in it are non-canon but the story is canon as a story. "Velma" says at the beginning that this is sort of a "what really happened" type of tale. It sort of presents itself as being from Velma's POV. So it's a specific interpretation of events. It doesn't work as the end of the timeline, even though it involves the death of Scrappy because the characters are in high school. It's odd for it to fit in the middle somewhere, as this would mean that at some point Shaggy begins to go by Norville and then reverts to going by Shaggy again (which is possible, but odd) and that Scooby just... stops hanging around them with no mention and then reappears later. And it ignores that the show portrays this as them uniting for the first time. My theory is that this is either: A) Some sort of bizarre person obsessed with Velma from Scooby-Doo within the universe who is telling a story as if she is Velma. B) A fan-fiction where the author in question is inserting themselves as Velma, but doesn't expect the audience to take it seriously; or C) Is a telling of actual events by Velma but from her skewed perspective, told in such a way to perhaps help her cope with either panic attacks brought about the logic-defying existence of actual monsters and magic or to cope with some sort of other graphic event. Maybe the majority of events are technically canon, but several details are wrong because Velma is an unreliable narrator.

[@featurelength5086]

As a fellow frothingly mad Scooby Doo enthusiast, I loved the depth of your research. We finally have a grand unified timeline of the franchise! I take some personal issue with parts of it, though: I can't accept the retconning that the 2019 movie trilogy did. Zombie Island made it absolutely clear the revival movies took place in the gang's adulthood, with that offhand comment about a summer camp in The Curse of the 13th Ghost amounting to a retcon in my opinion. However, your research and its methodology are completely self-consistent. You said you were going to include as much as possible, and you did so via only what was stated onscreen/on the page/whatever, and aside from the previous issue I feel no choice but to accept your general timeline. As for why animals talk: Mystery Inc could be canon regardless of the validity of Fred's parents- the show undid itself with the death of the villain, after all, and Scooby and Pericles were still talking, enchanted/alien-blooded animals even with the Evil Entity retroactively never existing. Lastly, Scooby and Shaggy Get a Clue doesn't directly contradict any of this to my knowledge, so when did Shaggy and Scooby get superpowers and fight a Venture Bros. villain? EDIT: Caught the entry on the Big Black Screen, yeah I'd say it takes place after WNSD too.

[@chad9186]

I'll tell you why The Jetsons are in the sky. Flying cars became so common that it sent birds to the ground. That's not a theory. There was an episode where a bird literally told the audience that

[@randallbesch2424]

Then it is a theory not a hypothesis.

[@aSipOfHemlocktea]

​@@randallbesch2424it's not a theory. It was never a mystery. They have their own historical documents on what happened to birds

[@aSipOfHemlocktea]

Everyone already knows there's no mystery it's not a theory

[@silvertongue.242_99]

I could see why the gang would get annoyed of scrappy with him wanting to solve all mysteries by himself. Love that they made that comment but to hate him that much for that idk

[@EdgarCastillo-c6j]

I only saw like parts of an episode of him as well as when he appears in the monster race and I loved his character and never knew why exactly people hated and I still don't.

[@loonytunescrazy]

I like scrappy and would rather have him and the new velma

[@bestbeekeeper8931]

"in which they don't believe in time travel yet" sometimes i forget how truly elaborate this show gets to be

[@silvertongue.242_99]

I do love that at least canon they are young adults and being 26 around that makes sense

[@kjmusic99]

I thought they were all 16 (except for Scooby obv, he looks about 7)

[@briand7299]

That ending is kinda crazy 😂

[@bluefox1901]

Wow what a twist at the end also your timeline makes a lot of sense considering how old the franchise is at this point. I like to think that they are stuck in a never ending year like how the Pokémon anime was stuck in a never ending summer with the main characters not aging.

[@Trailbreaker3966]

I was told somewhere that there are three different realities of Scooby doo and one of them is ended by the events of mystery Inc which also starts a second reality The second is started by events of a pup named Scooby doo but is merged with the end of mystery Inc. And the final by the cyberpunk movie which is just a simulation in which many things are missing from the other two timelines including scrappy doo. (The simulation is also where the Scooby movie takes place) Apparently the other two seasons of scrappy Doo are also in a separate reality from the first season. One reality where scrappy remains loved by the gang and another that leads to the events of him becoming a villain in the second live action movie. (I forget which reality is which tho)

[@obitobi43]

Everything is canon, but not everything is in the same continuity or timeline. So there are several series that can be in one timeline while others are canon in the other timeline. For example where are you and 13 ghost of Scooby are canon and in the timeline as mystery incorporated.

[@Garch-the-Great]

It's insane but impressive that you fit all of this stuff into a coherent timeline. And I'm pretty sure the original series' bible was on a fan site back in the 90s, but the old web's long gone and you can't search the Wayback.

[@adamethridge7824]

I like how scrappy is he who must not be named like something horrible happened

[@atomdecay]

It's his appearance in the Scooby-Doo movie, the first one. Apparently everyone hated him & hated that he was the villain, I was like 8 when that movie came out so obviously I was just hyped to see a live action Scooby-Doo movie. But yeah, ever since that movie, they have always spoken about Scrappy as if he's some great embarrassing tragedy lol. He is Scooby-Doo's nephew, so that seems a little harsh, but still.

[@SilverScribe85]

If the gang IS between the ages of 16 and 19, it would make the line "meddling kids" a little questionable; considering those ages are more young adult

[@armaggedon390]

I mean, when you're a 47 year old man who dresses up in a monster costume to commit fraud... 19 year olds seem like meddling kids.

[@foxjesus4411]

2:00 so I was curious and paused the video, no idea if you resolve this later on, but I downloaded an ISO of the game from an abandonware site and ran the installation, it's pretty easy, and sure enough the character cards pop up during the install. Obviously I cant post a pic here, but the download is only like 400mb and the install only takes a couple minutes if anyone wants to test themselves

[@Videomaster21XX]

So one major problem about the Goblin King movie being in this timeline, and where you place it. In that movie Velma sees magic and literally has a panic attack saying: "Logical mind shutting down" if it took place where you put it, then she would have SEEN magic before. Like several times already. So what was her deal there? Also I refuse to accept Return to Zombie Island and Curse of the 13th Ghost canon. They try to retcon a bunch of stuff just to make it so "There's nothing supernatural" and screw that. These movies are an insult to fans of the original material.

[@jamelpickett4908]

I 💯 agree!!!!they're both total trash and abominations to the franchise!

[@zbsx]

In terms of age, the 17-16-16-15 range was on a wall calendar I had in like 2001.

[@jeremyfalb3023]

One crossover not mentioned in the comments or video is scoobynatural. Supernatural and Scooby-Doo. Sammy, Dean,and Castiel meet the mystery inc.

[@alexkunce2002]

I guess it makes sense that Shaggy is a year older and Velma is a year younger. Their IQs could never compete otherwise. Haha!

[@atomdecay]

Dude, don't worry about growing. You will 100% gain a sizeable following from this video. I was genuinely shocked when I checked your sub couny & it wasn't like 324k lol. Give it a month or so. Your videos are already there, like the quality is already there. 😊

[@elitettelbach4247]

I appreciate how much research went into this!

[@mitchjr77]

But what about ScoobyNatural? Where would that fit? ScoobyNatural is one that SHOULD be Cannon because not only does it show that the Gang can hold their own against real Murders and Demonic Spirits, it also shows that Velma has the Hots for Sam Winchester and not other Women! Downside, Velma technically SA’d Sam by unexpectedly grabbing and aggressively kissing him. 😱 Also, don’t forget about Robot Chicken, Pound Puppies, Johnny Quest, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, The Lego Movie, Adopt Me!, Family Matters, Mortal Kombat, Death Battle!, and The Venture Brothers, just to name a few more shows that Scooby Doo had in-universe interactions with rather than just being existing as an IP that is only referenced in passing.

[@22kitten33]

I could swear they were supposed to be young adults in the zombie island movie. At least early 20s. Though it has been awhile since I watched it last. The return to zombie island however, I remember a little more and that at least Velma if not most or all of the gang didn’t remember anything about the island or visiting it or anything; being confused about everything going on and confused about what was being said about it and their visit. Which makes sense when you think about how Wikipedia describes it as “a stand-alone sequel/retcon reboot…from a different creative team”. I think I’ve also heard some theories somewhere about if mystery incorporated was canon, a lot of the shows would essentially be a diverging timeline because of the show ending the way it did. Like, all the stuff where real monsters don’t exist are from the timeline after the end of mystery incorporated and the previous timeline is where the real monsters exist. I think it’s not canon only because of the logistics not quite working with them still at home and in high school through that series and only graduating at the end of the series…almost directly after destroying the entire universe that could potentially have held the real monsters. Interesting theory still tho. And fun.

[@armaggedon390]

Return to Zombie Island is best left ignored, since it retcons the events of Zombie Island... and does it badly. Mystery Inc. can't be used to explain everything else for the simple fact that they live in Crystal Cove instead of Coolsville like in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.

[@silvertongue.242_99]

Why he make that one birdman joke episode in his timeline canon! Scrappy is fine and good damn it

[@MattyandtheMusic]

I remember watching The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo and wondering how this man in Doovile is married to a cow and Scooby still eats burgers. That series is so good but so weird

[@BigStankyFish]

Birdgirl being canon is the wildest thing to me

[@adamethridge7824]

Is Scooby natural the supernatural crossover cannon? It’s a crossover it’s my favorite

[@hayamihinata4135]

I want it to be canon to the universe and if it isn’t then I like to think it takes place later on in the timeline where it an episode of on of Scooby’s tv shows. Plus that would make The French Mistake universe connected to Scooby Doo, which I think is hilarious.

[@caleblindberg6948]

This is a criminally under-viewed video

[@silvertongue.242_99]

Lot of head canon at the end with monsters taking over but good video

[@Fjordaren]

Wow, you really went off the rails in the end there XD However, the Jetsons does not take place 20 000 years into the future. It takes place approximately 40 years from now. It was stated when it was released that it took place 100 years into the future and the characters even say that they live in the 21st century.

[@FreddyorNot]

I looked it up, you’re right. Guess they have even less time than I thought 😂

[@NatetheNerdy]

Scrappy Doo was the right pup at the wrong time, in my household we stan Scoob's brave nephew.

[@kinggame40]

Agreed, poor pup gets a bad rap. Justice for scrappy doo.

[@MotormouthMika]

I absolutely love Scooby-Doo and this video is awesome. One thing though zombie Island can't take place in May, the harvest moon is in the fall, usually September.....or their super late saying happy birthday to Daphnie

[@professorhaystacks6606]

Scooby Goes Hollywood is pretty clearly supposed to be set in the 'animated actors' verse as Scooby is mentioned as being a saturday morning star. As far as I can tell moving it to that one doesn't really cause any major problems.

[@jamelpickett4908]

Great video! Thanks for your hard work!

[@theorycraft7138]

U forgot how supernatural has a crossover with scooby doo making a new timeline where the monsters are real and in the original its just people pretending to be monsters

[@I-lost-my-account-rip]

HELP I THOUGHT THIS WAS A 100K VIEWS VIDEO THIS IS WILD HOW ARE YOU SO UNDERATED

[@elberno4243]

3:27 or the 5 year old girl was born 2 years after Scooby

[@MattyandtheMusic]

This is really impressive. I’ve tried to do this myself but gave up. I think my era was trying to create a separation between different eras of the show but your method just ties everything together that could be tied together.

[@Paradox-es3bl]

If I remember right, there's actually at least 2-3 timelines because in the main series, Scooby is NOT an alien, but in one of the movies, I believe around the time of Phantosaur (though idr which specifically), Scooby can talk BECAUSE he's an alien. So I'm pretty sure your timeline is wrong.

[@briand7299]

That was mystery incorporated

[@vegetafan9922]

"How can Scooby talk?" You have obviously never owned a husky.

[@pessimisticprofessorfarnsw3241]

My head canon is that daphnes birthday is on Christmas, and therefore, zombie island is a Christmas movie.

[@joseyphipps]

I would feel that cyberchase happens when they’re 25+ since they are reuniting after a while and they see their younger, nostalgic selves in the final level

[@crowcoregames1785]

i love how he casuly glosses over scarecrow from batman in the haloween movie

[@SlimGod26]

Fuck Return To Zombie Island, that shit show can't be cannon because in the movie, they're suddenly high schoolers yet in the first Zombie Island, they not only had jobs but Velma OWNS her own bookstore. That and in Return To Zombie Island, they make it out as if all that was fake when they literally watched the zombies get laid to rest and the ghost of a Confederate Soldier salutes Scooby and tells him thanks and the FBI Agent, Bo lost his camera AND the camera Fred was using fell in quicksand. Also they saw Lena, Simone, and Jacques fade away yet Velma and Daphne are like maybe that was fake and Shaggy and Scooby almost had their life-force drained before the ZOMBIES helped, yet Shaggy just conveniently forgets all of that. It's bullshit and ruins my favorite Scooby-Doo movie.

[@neo_b]

love the use of the ps2 spooky swamp game music!!

[@duphasdan]

I remember a few Jetsons episodes where they go to earth's surface. And another where it is offscreen, where Judy goes to Miami Beach. The reason for the buildings in the sky is due to overpopulation and the need to keep the earth's surface as green and verdant as possible. Likely since the plants are needed for the oxygen and for a way for people to be perpetually close to park space to move about. It can't be for green energy and global warming reasons since the notion of such wasn't around during the 1960s.

[@vampire9545]

Mystery Inc IS cannon - it's a prequel or sequel AFTER scooby doo where are you due to the timeline reset, which we would could argue (due to ease) "Where are you" is the sequel. I'd consider some of these movies not cannon Also 17-19 is considered young adults, especially if in college/60s

[@austinlee4156]

My fave mystery is who or what was the deflating cactus from the ghastly ghost town EP!

[@TrevorJuve]

So where does the Supernatural crossover fit in the timeline? I probably just missed the part where it was mentioned because I'm tired. I am at least glad that we have confirmed that the months of February and May do canonically exist.

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome Video Bro!

[@stigmaoftherose]

Just so you know, the Scooby-Doo! Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom is considered abondonware and you can download an ISO of it and install it on a modern PC from an abandonware site. The game is kinda fun but would be more fun with IRL friends to play with. And I know for a fact those info cards are real as I have seen them before while installing the game as a kid.

[@kingcobra7k]

I like how you did the like and subscribe part

[@camelkingclarith]

Time Squad accidentally created alternate timelines, which is where the events of the other non-canon series occur. I'd also put the Harvey Birdman episode in one of the alternate timelines because i really don't think the canon Mystery Inc would just laugh off Scrappy's death, even if they dislike him.

[@Jinxanator66]

Bruh this was unhinged and I love it

[@silvertongue.242_99]

I love the Scooby Doo gang go missing like file case. It's hilarious 😂

[@rulue8610]

If I was one of Scooby Doo writers, I would also give Fred a superhuman-level strength that can be able to carry the entire gang, like Velma has.

[@TheFloodFourm]

I like your energy, Scooby Doo lore master

[@cloudedescape]

0:25 that weird high pitched second gave me such bad vibes

[@TheEndShadow123-CEM]

Don’t forget that through Scooby Doo team up Scooby Doo is connected to Godzilla in the comics of Scooby Doo team up

[@EinsamPibroch278]

Way to remind me of Time Squad. Ancient History now.

[@Guy-iv2hw]

There cannot be one timeline, because the technology in the series and movies jumps from 60s to modern, so one timeline would be impossible.

[@thespookycore4344]

Man I love hearing from people who manage to watch more scooby doo than I have. Currently unable to watch a lot of scooby doo shows while traveling in another country without MAX and Tubi (and too lazy to get a vpn) so I've been using analysis videos as substitutes.

[@meerzanazmi2823]

1:20: Question what's the name of the OST used here? Sounds like it's from that game with mubber on the PS2. Help me pls

[@The1RealDarek]

Good morning. Just here to say I always loved the first 15 episodes of the Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo Show. That is all. Have a good day.

[@Felix_Easternwind]

6:34 there was also a supernatural crossover lol

[@Gappasaurus]

A very impressive and surprisingly cohesive timeline 🤔 Haven’t seen a DooTuber go this deep since Billiam watched every Scooby episode and movie, and even that was over the course of a few years 😅

[@AzHades520]

Scooby is like Goofy ... We just don't question why he can talk and others can't

[@w1nterdawn691]

it made me smile so hard to hear the music from that old scooby wii game lol. I loved that growing up.

[@johnpratt1669]

You forgot to mention that Mystery Incorporated merges into the main timeline after season two.

[@TheAppStop]

Honestly the biggest scooby doo mystery is the unknown cactus man

[@liamgillies3182]

Call me crazy, but I remember KZbinr that I originally thought was game theory or film theory put an entire video of the entire timeline of Scooby Doo, but I can’t find it anywhere. He even goes in about how the red shirt Scooby Doo is actually a video game character that you find out later so all the times he appears with a red shirt is him actually in the game.

[@Marky11694]

Answers simple It’s a Freaking Multiverse so everything is Cannon and they can be Multiple Ages in Different Universes

[@tfordham13]

But mystery inc is Canon same with the first live action movie

[@LukasSheshene1]

well fellas we've got our closest reincarnation to MatPat

[@Captinstark3999]

This timeline is flawed mystery incorporated is part of the same universe the hex girls scrappy doo the opening shows them solve a mystery the parents thing about Fred is probably from a evil that we know from ep 26 from the beginning of time which I believe that’s how scooby talked I rest my case

[@colinsweeney273]

This is solid content- I’m in

[@alexkunce2002]

Excellent taste in music for the Scooby-Doo! First Frights series. Finn Robertson is amazing.

[@gustavomartins2451]

This is something that actually no one talked about, damn 😭

[@SLAV326]

I found "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" far more entertaining than the original boot. I think it may have inspired "Teen Titans Go!".

[@DaysOfMourning]

Just gonna say "Be Cool Scooby Doo" is the best Scooby Doo series.

[@CassiusStelar]

*The fat controller laughed,* you are wrong

[@colin3ds1]

I dont know much but i know one thing and thats mystery incorperated is self contained on its own timeline

[@Harudodo]

I never really watched or got into scooby doo (yes yes I know uncultured throw the tomatoes), but I’m still going to be watching this video through to the end because I am a mystery buff and need the answers to questions I didn’t know existed

[@adrianvillegas6700]

Yes! More Scooby Doo content!

[@loganday7772]

I like it so far but i belive no matter what return to zombie island should go after curse of the 13th ghost simply because happy halloween finishes an overarching story with the cop telling them to stop solving mysteries

[@ethanbradford2460]

But who in the gang is the wealthiest

[@305vibesss]

Lmaooo. Why’d you do Johnny Bravo like that 😂😂

[@crystalwaites4731]

16:40 Where did you find this? 😂

[@AlienIOIandroktone]

Obviously any Guess Who episode that mentions them being teenagers is set years before the rest of the series

[@eliasflawless1698]

Just a little thing : it says Scooby Doo is 7 in HUMAN years(if I read correctly from the screenshot). And from the Mystery Incorporated we know that he is actually an interdimentional alien.Comvine that with some timey-wimey,magical-smagical interdimentional stuff - and it is more then possible.

[@silvertongue.242_99]

That's a lot of Scooby Doo movies I haven't watched and I need to watch all!!

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

Original show's run has me thinking that Shaggy and Fred are draft dodgers in that one and Velma is just a best friend of Shaggy and Daphne being Fred's girlfriend also it took place during a economic depression with quite a number of businesses either being abandoned or nearly closing down My theory would have Fred and Shaggy being either 17 or 18 for the original series I would say the 90's and 2000's Scooby-Doo gang would be in there 20's possibly early 30's A Pup Named Scooby is the hardest one to pin down because continuity is all over the place the saddest truth is that Scooby-Doo if not a cartoon couldn't have survived from childhood of the gang to young adult age gang because bigger breed dogs tend to have the most amount of health problems heart issues, muscle problems, and even bones weakening Great Danes being so large by comparison to most other dog breeds life expectancy is 13 years with good diet

[@b.lloydreese2030]

We need a new movie with red herring as the monster

[@elliewilkes7436]

Broooo nooooo!!! I am reading scooby apocalypse right now!!! Why!!!! I was only a minute from the end!!!

[@hitihautriponel419]

13:13 Creeper ! Oh man

[@krystasullivan3098]

my biggest take-away from this, is that fred has clearly been failing daphnie since she was 16