Fred’s catchphrase is “Alright Gang!” Because the gang, and his friends, are what is truly important to him.

"Velma's the smart one, Daphne is the people person, and Fred has a Netflix account." Is probably the best description I've heard of the Mystery Inc ever.

"I don't think Fred knows what s*x is. I think Fred imagines you throw a net up in the air and hope you catch a stork." "Fred is a lawless god in a forsaken land!" "There's not a malicious bone in his perfect Tonka-truck body." This. This is Fred and it's why we love him so.

I think the "Fred has a Netflix account" is a funny way of saying he's the one thing that's keeping them all together and is the reason they keep coming back, cause at the end of the day, they can all come together and watch some Netflix together

"A bad Velma is the worst thing that happened to Scooby-doo" aged like fine wine

"-Shaggy goes along with Mystery Inc. because he genuinely loves mysteries, and Scooby goes along with Shaggy because he loves Shaggy." That's actually moving.

Daphne and Fred being a stable couple has so much more room for comedy, like how their friends are always there when they're trying fo be romantic, even if they're on a romantic holiday. And Fred doesn't understand what Daphne wants for her birthday but she ends up liking his weird wacky contraption because it's cute that he tried. Fred gets captured and is being lowered over a lava pit but hes completely unconcerned because his girlfriend is batman and it starts to scare the villain.

I actually like the idea of Daphne not knowing the difference between spiders and scorpions. Like she's still a hypercompetent badass with a minor psychotic edge, but she doesn't care what bug it is because she already knows she hates it anyway.

"And a bad Velma is a BAD Velma" Aged well, huh?

"Velma is the smart one, Daphne is the people person, and Fred has a netflix account" that line killed me

“He’s not capable of wrong… only of oops” is such a powerful line

At the VERY VERY end of Mystery Inc. when everyone else is shocked about the final reveal and saying their catchphrases, Fred says "Hold the phone!" I kid you not, this happens RIGHT after everyone else says their iconic lines in sequence. That's it. Mystery solved. Fred's catchphrase is "Hold the phone!" He's just too much of a himbo to remember to say it

"Fred is NOTHING...and that means Fred can be ANYTHING." This may be the most Unraveled thing you've ever said, Jello

...Who's here after Velma and wished they listened to this golden maniac?

When Scooby Doo one day hits the public domain, I really hope you'll write a Scooby Doo story

Shaggy being into mystery solving and/or the horror genre, in general, is a character trait that is not utilized in nearly enough. He can still be an anxious mess while there is a threat lurking around, but when he is comfortable and in a safe location, he should be the one throwing out Reddit conspiracy theories and horror B-movie trivia that make him sound insane, but actually turn out to aid in solving the case.

I like the idea that Fred is both a genius and an idiot. He's really good at puzzles and probably even math and equations, but nothing else.

The only reason Scooby can get away with all of his antics is because dogs can’t be tried for acts of domestic terrorism

And then they gather around it like "WORM WORM WORM WORM" Perfect. So perfect.

I think the most important thing you need to do with the Mystery Inc. characters is to make them all like each other. These guys are a group of very weird teenagers with a niche interest that nobody else has who also are absolutely insane and go digging into capitalist hoaxes with their big cute talking dog because they're obsessed. They like each other more than anybody else because they get each other. Everybody else puts up with Shaggy being a stoner or Fred being a himbo or Daphne being a bloodthirsty girlboss or Velma having no social awareness or Scooby being a DOG THAT FREAKING TALKS because they like each other and they understand each other in a way nobody else does. Any Mystery Inc. that doesn't feel like friends is not a real Mystery Inc. in my brain. Another great reason to watch Mystery Incorporated. Nobody else in this town likes them. Okay, maybe like four other weirdly mystery obsessed people like them, but for the most part everybody else is weirded out at best and actively malicious at worst. They are friends.

The scientists all chanting "worm, worm, worm!" is the most accurate description I've ever heard

Shaggy as the skill monkey is so true. Like the amount of times they'll be chasing something like a yeti at a skii resort and Shaggy will end up blundering into competing in the global skii jumping grand finals only to then be used as bait is staggering.

“How does one describe Fred? Human?” Velma writers: No “Ascot?” Velma writers: No “White?” Velma writers: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT SHIT DOWN RIGHT NOW!

I love how both Fred and Shaggy are the “who gives a shit do whatever they’re a cowboy now” characters and it always makes sense

a grown man in his thirties in a Daphne cosplay nitpicking the lack of heathy couples in media inside a nearly hour long scooby-doo video essay is a strange thing to behold but now I feel complete

My favorite obscure skill of Shaggy's is from "What's New Scooby-Doo" when he's an absolute mini-golf champion

I love the fact that the described "perfect" Velma is basically just Entrapta from She-Ra 2020, like the similarities are definately there just based on the concepts raised

"brain of a tadpole and the body of a fridge" i died.

Fred should love the most random things and should always “know a guy”

"What is Shaggy there for?" According to many of the series' lore, Shaggy's there cuz he owns the Mystery Machine.

As far as Velma’s sexuality. I just want Bi Velma. It makes all of it work canonically. Also it means she tends to like her girls smart and her boys dumb as bricks and I find that hilarious

“And a bad Velma is like, a BAD Velma” *Foreshadowing*

Disagree on making Daphne as into booby traps as Fred. Okay so hear me out, they're a booby trapping couple, but Fred's the one who's really into it while Daphne is there because she likes sharing Fred's passion and doing something together. She DOESN'T secretly hate trapping, she's legitimately having a fun time, but the fun is from spending time with her significant other, not the traps, that's actual healthy couple energy. If Daphne is alone, she'll skip the traps and go for a straight up garrotte or something suitably casually Murder-Daphne with an air of casualness about it that both makes it clear she's not "just putting up with" the traps, but also is a little bit of a psychopath.

"WhY wOuLd We LoOk FoR gHoStS wHeN wE cAn LoOk FoR fReNcH tOaSt?" had me reeling. Not only is that exactly something they would say in that exact style, but the uncanny voice of a 30 year old male impersonating a hippie and his dog chuckling about french toast had me dying.

I'm all for Fred saying treasure as a catchphrase, but I'd also like to propose whenever fred is truly caught off guard, he should say the quietest, politest, with a slight beginning pause "goodness gracious!"

A trait of Daphne that appeared a couple of times only to be mostly forgotten is that she believes in the supernatural. This happened a couple of times but is more prominent in the _Zombie Island_ movie, where Daphne gets.the gang back together for her trip trying to find a real haunted house or cryptid or curse; in that movie Daphne is kind of the leader and Fred is her lancer, the Scully of her Mulder. The dynamic of the group there is: *- Daphne believes in the supernatural and wants to know more about it* *- Shaggy believes in the supernatural but is affraid of it so he doesn't want nothing to do with it* *- Velma doesn't believe in the supernatural but is open to consider it* *- Fred doesn't believe in the supernatural and its very stubborn about denying it* *- Scooby-doo is a dog*

You know, I would like a Velma who dedicated her life to proving ghosts are real, but has become so disillusioned by the constant fake ghost reveals that she stops getting her hopes up, but you can tell that deep down she still believes in ghosts and wants so hard to prove their existence. You could also use that as a plot point.

"A bad Velma is a BAD Velma." This man is a prophet.

13:11 also Shaggy being a line cook would fit the best out of any job they could give him. I have met so many shaggy-esque line cooks

I'd kinda love it if the next new Scooby-Doo series had an episode where there's a hot vampire lady and Velma is immediately smitten with her and the rest of the gang think she's been hit with vampire hypnosis, only to capture the vampire at the end and have it turn out not to be a real vampire and Velma was just being _extremely_ gay lol

"He is not capable of wrong. Only oops." I have not laughed so hard in a good long while.

One thing about Daphne that I always thought could be utilised more is her interest in fashion. A hobby like that implies knowledge on fabrics and measurements. While Fred makes the traps and Velma is looking to establish a motive, Daphne could be the one who figures out how the monster costume operates and who could be wearing it. Thus proving that girly things can be useful, which is an overdone message, but still effective.

You CANNOT convince me that Fred doesn’t have a KZfaq channel on net tutorials! There’s also definitely a ‘Clean the mystery machine with me!’ vid in there somewhere

hands down one of my favorite video essays; the costumes, the multi cam shots, the script, the passion it’s all there i watch this video at least once a week and i never get tired of it! absolutely amazing

Jello: "Scooby Doo is kind of a Russian Roulette of quality" Me: ah you like Sonic too

I... I remember flimflam

I say Fred should be the guy who’s obsessed with building stuff. He’s the mechanic. He likes the mystery machine because he’s the one who repairs it, he likes traps because he can build them in whatever convoluted way he wants, he he increasingly confusing costumes because he like the convoluted construction of them, it’s perfect

Honestly, homie could convert to only Scooby content So long as he does it in this format, I'd watch the shit out of it Specially since I've already watched this one 8 times

For me, Fred's catchphrase is "c'mon, gang." He's the glue in the group, the popular kid in school that had friends in every clique. I think a good portrayal of Fred shouldn't be unintelligent, just straightforward and friendly, which enables him to mediate between the quirkier personalities in the cast and help them work together as a team.

“Fred Jones: Human Golden Retriever” The best description of Fred

Fred is the mom of the group...which explains why I like him completley, he is caring to the others and the guy who holds your hand on the escalator, the guy who always has snacks in his bag, and the one who takes care of everyones stuff whilst they go on the rollercoasters. He cares for his friends and his catchphrase is literally ''Alright gang!'' (amongst other iconic ones) hes just a cheery mum of the group, the careful planner, the unofficial yet official leader if you will, yet he does not boss around his friends hes just the 'leader', not even the mascot or the decision maker. Hes awesome to put in bluntly.

"A bad velma is the worst thing about scooby doo" F o r s h a d o w i n g

Gotta love how jello talked for 1 hour about how to do Scooby Doo characters right and HBO decided to do the polar opposite. Like, so completely polar opposite that it almost seems like they watched his video and took notes just to make sure they do the EXACT opposite of what he said a good Scooby Doo character is

A man that looks suspiciously like Shaggy extoling the virtues of Fred makes far too much sense. That's his best friend besides Scoob, man

Shaggy being a big fan of cheesy B horror movies needs to be a mainstay because it's such a fun juxtaposition, he's not scared of horror, he loves it, he just doesn't like to be apart of it

I love the theory that they’re all Eldridge horrors except for Fred and they all came down to cause chaos but were won over by his genuine passion for solving mysteries

"He is not capable of wrong, only of oops" is SUCH a gold line, I want to embrace whoever wrote that.

i kinda wish they did girly girl daphne like an elle woods: almost encyclopedic knowledge of fashion that kinda bleeds into the ventriloquist shaggy where seemingly useless talents help solve the mystery, if that makes sense. Like she will see footprints and be like “that’s the 1995 prada wedge but the toe box on the left shoe is slightly less defined in the print so they REALLY can’t walk in heels” *cue hair flip*

I think that shaggys showdown is a hidden gem in the franchise, it may not be the best but scooby is such a loving dog in that movie and he’s very sweet and funny, like how he sings by howling instead of singing by just using words. It’s also really clear that shaggy is happy to help out in some sense

I love the idea of Daphne and Fred just blankly staring at characters Daphne stares because she’s going to kill you in the most insane way possible Fred stares because there are no thoughts in his brain. Also #BringHotDogWaterBack

I want a Velma who gets disappointed that the ghost ended up being old Mr. Hinkle. Like she's happy they solved the mystery but she REALLY wanted it to be a real ghost and the rest of the gang have to cheer her up like "Don't give up, Velma. Maybe the next one will be a real ghost." "You think so?" "Hey, stranger things have happened."

"like, why would we look for ghosts when we could look for French tOAst" is really funny, but then again, I haven't been inundated with those kinds of jokes

"And Fred has a Netflix account, so what is shaggy there for..... *SEX APPEAL* " I died 🤣🤣

It’s hilarious to make Daphne the girly-girl also be the most intense member of the group. She’s got batman money and training, and splurges it on dresses, ghost tours, and high heels that work in combat. You could also have Daphne and Fred in the beginning stages of that loving relationship, where they are clearly meant for each other but are still working out the boundaries. Get that whole “Will he still love me if I break a man’s leg?” Kind of thing.

I really like the idea that Daphne without Fred is so much more lethal, like Fred loves traps so much and his energy is so earnest and positive that it levels her out just enough that she’s ok with stopping at traps

this is one of my most watched videos in my comfort playlist and somehow the wonder bread guy mention shocks me every time

Mystery Incorporated is THE BEST Scooby Doo Show!! As a fellow Scooby Stan, that is the only series I have re-watched multiple times.

“The post posits that Fred says fuck” singlehandedly absolutely murdered me

"he is not capable of wrong, only of oops." THAT IS THE BEST LINE IMO HJJFGSKFDG GOD I LOVE FRED

I think one of my favorite takes on the Scooby Gang is actually in the Supernatural crossover episode, funny enough... Seeing the characters slowly break down as they come to terms with actual monsters is so good, especially the way the writers turn their characteristics (ie, Velma being a nerd or Fred liking traps) into them spiraling, which is actually showcased the best with Fred, where he starts out with his normal booby traps but as he learns more and more from Sam and Dean, he ends up spiraling down a rabbit hole of more and more complex traps involving the Supernatural show's gimmicks until he's just completely lost it, because nothing is working like he expects

One of the things I like the most about _Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated_ is that they don't make Fred egotistical. The Fred from the James Gunn movies is the most narcissitic version but in a lot of media (like _A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island_ and _What's New Scooby-Doo?)_ Fred's main character flaw is that he overestimates too much how capable he is and ends up screwing things. But _Mystery Inc.'s_ Freddie doesn't have ennough self-awarness on his brain to think he's better than anybody, his mind is just an endless pile of trap eschematics and a locket with a photo of Daphne on one side and a photo of the Mystery Machine on the other... in short, he's great

I feel like more than anything else, Fred is the one who actually gets the group involved with the mystery solving. Most of the mysteries happen as a result of Fred leading them to a person or location he knows. And when there's a mystery in that area, Fred is immediately like "Alright everybody, it's go time."

"his hollow skull is filled with naught but sunshine" and "he is not capable of wrong, only of oops" just broke me broke me in half

I like how his ideal Velma is still from mystery incorporated. It’s… it’s basically her mom from mystery inc

I didn’t want this video to end it’s so good

“What does Fred say?” “Fred says ‘traësure’” “HE DOES!”

Get yourself a partner that talks about you the way Jello talks about Fred: Tenderly and full of affection, passion and awe

I think that Shaggy not liking mysteries and voicing his complaints about it can be fine IF it's just for the first few episodes of the first seasons. have it be like a character growth thing for him to go from not liking mysteries and not wanting to be there to either having some interest to be there and may not want to be there if things get really scary or be a bit like your pitch for Scooby where even if he doesn't want to go into a haunted house, he'll still go with barely any hesitation if he knows that someone dear to him could be in trouble in there. maybe having him wanting to go on mysteries start from a dangerously close call happening to one of the members of mystery inc gang with him just barely able to save them that makes him realize that if he truly cares about his friends like he says he does, he needs to actually be there to be ready to save them despite his fears and yet he still needs his dog to be there with him to truly be able to face his fears without clamming up or running away in pure terror

Its funny to rewatch this and hear him talk about how having a bad velma is the worst thing possible

For Fred, I'd officially like to suggest that he just has an obsessive personality. Like, every episode or so he just gets into a new 'phase' that he's fully into, and then at the end of the episode he just goes 'well x was lame anyway". That was his chaotic energy can be preserved.

Lot of people tend to forget that Shaggy acts as the gang's mechanic when the Mystery Machine needs repairs, most prevalent in What's New and Mystery Incorporated. It's actually really neat. Plus the dynamic of how flustered he gets when he gets called Norville for any reason. There's a lot to play with there.

Fred is consistently pretty good while the other characters have high highs and really low lows Except in Velma; they're all bad in Velma

Fred reminds me of how I once heard Gomez from Addams family described. He's madly in love with his wife, his family, his normie neighbors, his brother, he's just in love with life. Earnest and happy.

When you said "you could do anything with Fred" I bet you didn't expect the new writers to take that in literally the worst way possible.

I love in 20 minutes you've shat on: -dogs -stoners -the entire us armed forces -and the Irish. before you even got to Velma. 10/10

This video brings me so much joy that it shall play at my funeral when I die

I think they should just make Velma like Webby from the duck tales reboot. I mean they’re both voiced by Kate Miccuci.

I feel like Fred’s catch phrase is: “The gang’s all here” And if that doesn’t embody big himbo Fred energy I don’t know what does

Jello looks like a combination of every member of the Scooby-Crew He has the facial hair of Shaggy, the glasses of Velma, the hair color and style of Fred, the sass of Daphne, and the enthusiasm of Scooby.

My Dream Team Mystery Incorporated, based on your observations here and my own old headcanons- Scooby - big dog who is afraid of his own bork, asked Gawd to trade some brains for more heart and so loves food and his family (Mystery Inc) and would do ANYTHING for them including braving the things he finds terrifying. Quirk is watching scary movies with Shaggy and being super confident and not scared while watching movies only to be 1000% convinced and terrified by actually encountering such movie villians IRL. Shaggy - the oddball jack-of-all-trades with a passion for food and trying to overcome his fears, hence mystery solving with the gang. He joins mystery solving excursions to prove to himself every time that the scary thing can't POSSIBLY be real, right? RIGHT? ZOINKS. Quirk is same as Scooby's. Velma - resident nerd who is is very X-Files "I want to believe" and so joins mystery solving excursions trying to prove the existence of these ghosts and monsters through the a scientific process-of-elimination approach. (I'm thinking like the early Ghost Hunters TV show guys who were like, "hey we're getting high EMF readings, let's make sure there aren't any loose or uncovered electrical sources nearby" and "You say you see orbs at night but our cameras revealed it's actually just dust motes catching light/the headlights of passing cars" sort of idea.) I'm also partial to the idea of her Quirk being that she's WILDLY attractive and deliberately wears glasses, the goofy haircut, oversized orange sweater to make herself get taken seriously. It's cliche but I love it. (I'd like to note that I started writting this comment at 19:48 and the excitement I experienced when you ALSO said you wanted "I want to believe" Velma made me SO HAPPY.) Daphne - My dream Daphne is actually filling the role as our "straight man." She's looking around at the absolutely madness and the wild friends she has and she's just... keeping everyone together and on track. She's definitely our connector and translator for the secondary characters of the week, talking the team's way in to the places they need to go. She's often joining the mission with the goal of meeting a celebrity or getting into an event, but she also deeply loves her friends so she's happy to join even without bait (though she should still be a BIT vain and will likely make a comment about how there's nothing else happening on her social calendar that weekend.) Quirk is Legally Blonde-esque "Any Cosmo Girl would have known" method solving and I think we do see this on (rare) occasion. She's able to point out fine details that indicate designers, fabrics, historical costume inaccuracies, etc. Fred - I want 95% clever Fred. I want Fred who's talking through the issues and the plot holes of the villains and getting us RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE of the answer before he's like, floundering on who it could be. He narrows the suspect pool down to 1 or 2 potential people under the mask and that's when he decides to stop thinking about it and his quirk takes over. Quirk is traps man. Our boy loves traps. He makes them FAR more often than he needs to. I need Fred to have, like, traps to open his bedroom door and his friends are both impressed by the Rube Goldberg nature of his house and also FULLY EXASPERATED BY IT.

This man made a video describing every Scooby Doo character; their flaws and strengths and how each and every one of them works, how they work well and how they could be the best versions of themselves for a really good animated television series... And then Velma was made.

i can imagine velma trying to come up with theories as to how ghosts and spooky things could work scientifically.

Fun Fact: Fred actually doesn’t own the Mystery Machine, Shaggy does. We know this because every time the gang has broken up, Shaggy keeps the Mystery Machine. Also, it does make a lot of sense, given Shaggy’s parents are absolutely loaded, while Fred’s family are of average wealth.

“He is not capable of wrong, only of ‘oops’.” That is an absolutely beautiful statement

I think the reason why shaggy likes Mystery Solving is because he likes horror movies and the thrill of them so he goes mystery solving and theres also the version of Daphne in Whats new Scooby-Doo where she's always crafty and opening locks with things from her purse.

I think a better Velma would go from "are ghosts real?" to "which ghosts are real and which are people causing problems?"

Jello: “You guys won’t click on more than one Scooby Doo video essay” Me: *panhandling on the street for a hours-long Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. full series review and breakdown*

A scooby doo fanfiction made by you would be the best thing to ever exist

This video is hands-down, not exaggerated, the BEST video I have ever seen and probably the best video on KZfaq. It perfectly combines EVERYONE'S childhood nostalgia up until this point with a light-hearted show, passion, AND in-depth commentary. KZfaq was made purely to house this video, I literally feel blessed to have watched it.

I would like to say, one adjustment, don't let Daphne know how to do traps from the beginning. Let her learn from Fred. There's no relationship drama, but there's still plot, dynamic, growth, and development between the two. Plus, let Fred learn fashion or textiles from Daphne. Healthy couples engage with each other's interests and learn and love and embrace what their partners are passionate about. Let the "conflict" be Daphne struggling with her self-confidence because she can't get a seemingly simple knot right, but Fred manages to give her the boost she needs at the eleventh hour, supporting her and learning how to help her learn. Show Fred having a bit of a crisis bc Daphne's pulled the gang to a (haunted) fashion show and he keeps trying to be "better" in order to not embarrass Daphne, but it's in Daphne reminding him she loves him for who he is that they trap the monster of the week. Let them have the most positive girlboss/himbo dynamic while still learning and growing as people.