Well then scooby fans here is a review that i've been putting of for sometime and well a few days ago I thought that it was high time that I got round to it since i've not only not seen this series but it's not that alot of people love and I thought i'd see what all of the hype is about so here is my review of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
The plot to most Scooby shows is the same but in this series while they do keep the same plot they also add in a series long mystery which I think is a rather unique thing to do since no other Scooby-Doo! series before it has had a mystery last the whole length of the show but tho with that being said the pacing of some episodes is pretty off not all of them only a few but it's still something worth pointing out.
This series is also full of debuts and last appearances in terms of it's cast it's the first time that Matthew Lillard plays Shaggy in a Scooby-Doo! TV series and it's the last time that both Mindy Cohn and the late Casey Kasem play characters in the Scooby-Doo franchise. The rest of the main cast consists of the great Frank Welker and the crazy talent Grey Griffin and honestly all of the main cast are really good in this series and they have a lot of great scenes where they are allowed to add emotion to there characters.
Heck even the guest cast list is really cool Vivica Still Not A. Fox plays the towns local DJ Angel Dynamite , the always funny Patrick Warburton plays the towns Sheriff but the one actor who blows them all away just by how awesome he is is the great Mark Hamill because yeah he's in this series as Crybaby Clown and he's really freaking good in that role and I have to mention the fact they got the actress who played Velma in the two theatrical Scooby films Linda Cardellini to play a role in this show my issue is she's using the same voice she used for Velma in those two movies and that does get distracting.
As you might have worked out the animation for the show was done by Warner Bros. Animation and I think that out of all the shows that came out in 2010 this is easily the best one in terms of animation because my god do they really go all in for this show all of the characters have lots of great fluid movements , the backgrounds look detailed and the chase scenes have alot of energy to them but tho that being said this show uses alot of CGI and it's pretty bad and it stands out a mile.
What is really interesting is that both this show and Be Cool Scooby-Doo! are in fact tied for the most amount of episodes each one having 52 episodes each heck even the original show which for longer then both of these shows only has forty one episodes to me that's just freaking insane and it's something that I honestly didn't know about until I was doing some research for this review.
What makes this series standout a little bit more is the fact that all of the action either takes place in or centers around the town of Crystal Cove and again I can't think of any Scooby series where everything took place in one town and that helps give the show a unique edge since now we get to see more of the place that the team calls home.
Another thing that helps make this show standout is that Shaggy and Velma are dating for most of the first season that's a really interesting thing to do with those to characters and it's something that I wish i'd thought of doing since it's a great new idea to add into the franchise and it helps the characters seem more relatable.
This wouldn't be anything Scooby related if there wasn't a mystery and like I said at the start on this review this show has one series long mystery and in all honesty the mystery is well done it gives you just enough clues so you can keep up with what's going on but not so much that your getting ahead of the characters and that's what a great mystery should do and it's something that most Scooby-Doo shows and movies have done but none have had one last the entire length of a shows run.
The two things that Scooby-Doo as a franchise always was was a comedy and a mystery show and while this show does have a great mystery it also has drama as well as comedy and in my opinion the drama does get more focus rather then the comedy which isn't always a bad thing since drama does help with character development but when your a comedy show the focus should be more on the comedy rather then the drama.
The shows does have some great dramatic moments init tho with the first season finale having the gang split up due to various reasons and not just one episode but three episodes of season 2 dealing with them getting back together and working things out I don't think any show has had the gang split up and yet this show not only went there but they made it last a lot longer then perhaps any show would have done.
Overall this show isn't as good as people make it out to be but it is still a good show but I personally prefer Be Cool Scooby-Doo! but tho that being said this show does add some interesting new elements and there's plenty of references to previous shows to keep the fanbase happy so the show scores a 7 out of 10 from me.