Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Gang (2015 TV Series)

Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Gang is a live-action American Fantasy Mystery-Adventure Television Series, based off of the popular long running franchise of the same name, created by Hannah Barbera. The series premiered on the CW Television Network on September 13, 2015 and stars Ross Lynch, Arin Logan, Hailee Steinfield, and Jonny Gray as a group of teenagers, along with their talking dog, Scooby-Doo (Voiced by Frank Welker), that solve mysteries involving supernatural entities that appear real, but usually learn that there's more to the phenomenon then it looks, and they'll get to the bottom of things.

The series takes a realistic look at the famous supernatural crime solvers, the Mystery Gang and their talking dog, Scooby-Doo, taking a more real sense of danger, action, and horror, as they deal with psychopathic criminals that dress up as creatures to commit crimes. Each episode begins with a voice over from a different character talking about their current predicament. The titles of the episodes are usually based on the creature of the episode and how or where they're seem, such as The Creeper in the Bank and The Thing at the Swamp, and many of them are alliterations, such as Clown at the Circus and Bat at the Ball. The series contains a combination of creatures from the previous series and new creatures created for this series.

Premise

In the strange and mysterious town of Crystal Cove, four very unlikely teenage friends, a geeky outcast, Shaggy Rogers, the High School quarterback, Fred Jones, drama queen, Daphne Blake, and science nerd, Velma Dinkley, along with their unusual talking dog, Scooby-Doo, come together to form a team of mystery solvers, that usually deal with mysteries involving supernatural creatures and monsters, such as ghosts, mutants, and demons, terrorizing their town or another. They set up a procedural investigation to search for clues in order to find and trap these supernatural entities, through a series of antics and mis-steps, which mostly ends with the gang finding out that these, so called monsters, are actually human beings, such as criminals and psychopaths, dressed up as monsters to reach their own devious goals.

Cast

Main Cast

• Mystery Gang
  • Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, a unique dog that can talk. He is a brown great dane, with black spots, and has a blue collar with a diamond shaped dog tag. Though he first spoke broken english, often mumbling and adding the letter "R" to the beginning of his words, he began to learn better english, even learning to speak full sentences. He often acts cowardly, running from mysteries, and is always hungry, especially for Scooby snacks, a treat that Shaggy created.
  • Jonny Gray as Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, a geeky outcast and a slacking member of the gang and Scooby-Doo's best friend, whom he shares many traits with, including the fact that he would rather eat than solve mysteries, often trying to avoid mysteries. He has romantic feelings, and later a relationship, with Velma. Like his original iterations, he often wears green shirts or jackets, and brown pants.
  • Ross Lynch as Fred "Freddie" Jones, the leader of the Mystery Gang and the quarterback of the Football team. Fred is strong and smart, and is often the one that comes up with the traps used to capture the creatures. In this iteration, Fred commonly wears a blue shirt and a white jacket with an orange stripe on the left side and two orange stripes on the sleeves.
  • Arin Logan as Daphne Blake, a red-headed fashion drama queen, that comes from a wealthy family. She has romantic feelings for Fred, who is often oblivious of her feelings. She often wears a purple jacket, skirt, and headband, with a green belt and shirt.
  • Hailee Steinfield as Velma Dinkley, a science wiz and computer nerd. She is highly intelligent and is often the one to solve the mystery of the people behind the masks. In season 7, she began dating Shaggy. She often wears orange, with red skirts, and has glasses that she is very prone to losing.
• Jack Coleman as Mayor Fred Jones Sr., (recurring 1-4/Main 5-6)  Fred's father and the mayor of Crystal Cove, who doesn't approve of Fred's obsession with mysteries. After Fred proved him to be the creep of Crystal Cove, he discovered that Mayor Jones stole him from Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves.

Recurring Cast

• Allesandra Juliani as Dr. Steven Rykes, (Seasons 2-9) a scientist from A.T.O.M. Labs that the team often goes to for help, and multiple gadgets for the gang to use. Though he is close to the gang, he turned his back on them twice, after they accused and chased him during a mystery and after discovering his lab assistant Mina was working with the Widow's Son Serial Killer.
• Jada Pinkette Smith as Cassidy Williams/Angel Dynamite (Seasons 1-7), a radio DJ on K-Ghoul Radio station, and an ally to the team, as she is very smart and knows her way around puzzles and clues. In Season 6, the team discovered she was a member of the original Mystery Gang and is Velma's counterpart.
• Motchell Kosterson as Bronson Stone, (Seasons 1-2) the sheriff of Crystal Cove, who openly welcomed the gangs help, but as shown in Season 3, betrayed the team and dressed up as a creature to kill Fred's father.
• Camille Mitchell as Sheriff Sally Adams, (Seasons 4-8) the sheriff of Crystal Cove that replaced Bronson, but unlike the previous Sheriff, Adams didn't appreciate the Gang's tendency to get involved, but eventually let them get involved with out confronting them.
• Anne Hathaway as Mayor Janet Nettles, (Seasons 7-9) Fred Jones Sr.'s successor as Mayor of Crystal Cove, who like Angel and Sheriff Stone, openly welcomed the Gang's help, and helped bring them together after they separated.
• Chris Gauthier as Ricky Owens/Mr. E, (Seasons 6-7) one of the members of the original Mystery gang and Shaggy's counterpart, who has been secretly helping the team solve mysteries.
• Udo Kier as Professor Pericles, (Seasons 6-7) a highly intelligent parrot that can speak perfect english and the mascot of the original Mystery gang, and is Scooby's counterpart. He is the main antagonist of Seasons 6 and 7.
• Chip Ester and Christina Moore as Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves, (Seasons 6-7) former members of the original Mystery Gang, and the counterparts of Fred and Daphne, as well as the biological parents of Fred.

Episodes

Season 1

Title	Description
The Beginning of the Mystery	After a ghost attacks Crystal Cove High, four very different students, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma, along with a talking dog, are blamed for the attack as a prank, and form an unlikely team to solve the mystery, but learn there's more to the "ghost" than appears.
The Ogre in the Forest	While the group ponders the possibility of becoming a team, as Fred, Daphne, and Velma are reluctant, the gang does decide to get involved of a mystery involving of an ogre wandering the forest and kidnapping people
The Troll Under the Bridge	When people begin disappearing around a mysterious bridge, the group decide to solve the mystery, while coming to the decision of staying together and becoming a formal team.
The Worms in the Road	The gang decide that they're going to need wheels to help in their mystery solving, especially to keep up with worms that are travelling through the ground, and Daphne's able to help with that, introducing the Mystery Machine.
The Grass in the Garden	The gang investigates the mystery of living plants in a haunted garden.
Knight at the Meusum	After finding knight armor, the gang ships it to a meusum, but when the owner of the meusum ends up missing, the gang investigates and finds that the knight armor is being possesed.
The Wasp in the Library	The gang investigates the appearance of a wasp-like creature at a library, but are having a hard time keeping up with School due to their late night mysteries, and are threatened by their parents to keep their grades up.
The Zombie in the Sewers	After construction workers are attacked by a Zombie in the sewers, the gang investigates. Meanwhile, Fred must decide if he should give up his position on the Football team for the gang, when practice causes him to leave the team without him.
The Creeper in the Bank	After finding a bank guard knocked out in his van, the gang decides to investigate the mystery of a green-monster called the Creeper, who begins stealing from the Crystal Cove Bank and the Mystery gang plans to stop him.
The Pterodactyl in the Sky	The Mystery Gang chases after a Pterodactyl that begins abducting important people in Crystal Cove, including Fred's father, Mayor Jones.
The Meat in the Kitchen	A meat-like creature terrorizes the School Cafeteria and the group must rely on Scooby and Shaggy's appetites to eat their way through the mystery.
The Birthday in the Cellar	Velma obliviously avoids many birthday attempts by her friends, and things get worse when a mystery leads the gang, besides Scooby, trapped in a storm cellar.
The Fur ball on the Arm	A small hairy creature is shipped in a box to Fred's locker and attaches itself to Fred, leaving it to the others to discover what it is and who sent it.
The Medusa at the Dance	The Mystery Gang must stop a creature from turning students at a dance to stone. Meanwhile, Daphne hopes for Freddie to ask her to the Dance.
The Robot at the Convention	A robot created by someone at a School Science Fair goes missing and reappears attacking students.
The Invisible Man in the Locker Room	Jocks at Crystal Cove High, including Fred, are being attacked by an invisible nerdy boy. Now the Gang must figure out his secret and stop him.
The Snowman on Christmas	On Christmas Eve, the Gang must solve the mystery of a living snowman destroying Christmas all over Crystal Cove
The Siren in the Music	When a new singer arrives in town, the students of Crystal Cove begin turning violent and rebellious at the sound of her musical tone.
The Third Eye on the Forehead	A third-eyed creature stumbles through a jewelry store and wrecks it, but doesn't take anything. Now the gang must get to the bottom of it.
The Haunting of Town Hall	Fred's father begins being terrorized by a ghoul haunting City Hall, so Fred and the gang decide to investigate.

Season 2

Title	Description
The Junior in the Locker	As the gang begins their junior year of High School, Shaggy is assigned an old locker, previously owned by a former geeky student that was bullied, who is now haunting Shaggy. Now the gang must get to the bottom of the mystery.
The Witch at the Beauty Parlor	A witch begins tearing up a mall and a certain beaut salon, but when Daphne is charged as a suspect with motive and means to do so, the gang must find the real perp.
The Snake in the Smoke	While putting out a burning building, fireman are attacked by a snake creature, and the Gang discovers secrets about the same building.
The Missing Girl on Halloween	When the lights go out at a Halloween Party, which the gang is attending, a girl goes missing and the team must find her.
The Students at the Factory	After a mysterious warning, the gang seperates from their class during a school field trip to a power plant to investigate, which is fortunate when the rest of their class is taken hostage by a man with no face.
The Mad Scientist in the Lab	The gang investigates a mystery at A.T.O.M. Lab, where a mad scientist is creating a creature of his own. The Gang makes an ally named Dr. Steven Rykes.
The Skeleton in the Backpack	The gang has a hard time capturing a couple of living skeletons. Meanwhile, Shaggy must pass his semester exams if he wants to stay on the team.
The Shark in the Lake	A shark creature is attacking kids at a local lake, so the Gang investigates.
The Mud in the Soil	A mud creature attacks Sheriff Stone and the Gang must figure out why and how to stop it.
The Ax Maniac in the Mayor's Office	Fred's father, the Mayor, is attacked by an ax-wielding creature and the gang is determined to find him, but discover that they've been betrayed by an ally.
The Overgrown Cat at the Formal	Spring Formal is coming up and Fred and Daphne try to help Shaggy ask his crush, Amanda, while dealing with a lion creature.
The Freak in the Show	Daphne is a suspect in an attack on her drama class, when she absent during the attack and the costume worn was from a school play.
The Spores in the Fever	While chasing a creature, Velma and Scooby are infected by it's toxic spores, causing them to fall ill. Now the others must find the perp to get the toxin and get an antidote.
The Pig on the Date	Shaggy worries about ruining his date with Amanda, but the date is ruined anyways when a pig-like creature attacks.
The Elf at the Mall	The gang goes under cover as dress up Santa's and elves, when an elf creature begins snatching dress-up Santa's from the Mall.
The Man in the Cloak	The Gang feels like their being watched and discover a cloaked man watching them, but have a hard time catching them
The Crab at the Beach	The gang is out for Spring Break, but witness a crab-like creature attack the beast and must now solve the mystery.
The Bat at the Ball	The gang investigates when Daphne and her mother are attacked by a bat creature. Meanwhile, Fred helps Daphne get through planning her birthday ball, which she is reluctant to have.
The Quarterback on the Football Field	Fred rejoins the Football team to go undercover when the players begin to disappear.
The Man in the Mask	When the school is terrorized by a masked phantom, all evidence points to the Mystery Gang, and when they're locked up for the crimes, Scooby must work alone to clear his friends and solve the mystery.

Season 3

Title	Description
The Dog Days of Summer	The Gang is finally out of School for Summer, but before they can begin vacation they must solve the mystery of random sprees caused by a ghost dog.
The Dwarf at the Hotel	As the gang begins their summer road trip, their first stop lands them at a hotel, where a dwarf is terrorizing the residents.
The Thing at the Swamp	The Mystery gang investigate the mysterious siting of a creature at an old swamp.
The Wolf in the Woods	While camping, the group investigates a wolf creature that has been attacking other campers and is now after the gang.
The Scarecrow in the Barn	When a scarecrow begins burning the crops and terrorizing the barn of a well-liked farmer, the team investigates.
The Horse in the Race	When a ghost horse begins haunting horseraces, the team uncovers dark pasts from many of the people betting on the race.
The Frame in the Murder	The gang investigates when people keep claiming that they're being framed for murders, and learn that a shapeshifter is attacking these people and has now taken the shape of Fred.
The Gators at Gatortown	When the Mystery Machine breaks down in Gatortown, so named for it's alligator products, the gang is forced to stay at a hotel, where gator people attack them, and they discover the truth behind the products.
The Clown in the Circus	The Gang stops at a circus and must investigate when an evil clown creature attacks.
The Knight of the Museum	The gang stops at a museum where knight armor has been stolen. When they begin to investigate the mystery
The Grain in the Sand	While staying at a beach, the gang encounters a sand creature, trying to scare away everyone at the beach.
The Mummy in the Tribe	The gang visits the village of the Kawatche Tribe, where a mummy begins attacking the villagers, and kidnaps the father of a little girl.
The Genie in the Lamp	The gang comes across an old lamp, and seemingly release an evil genie, but they discover that there's more behind it.
The Lake Monster at the Country Club	The gang stops by at Daphne's uncle's country club to investigate the mystery of a frog-like creature attacking the place.
The Magician in the Puff of Smoke	When a masked magician begins attacking other magic shows, the gang goes undercover as a magic group to catch him.
The Indian in the Cave	The gang tries to study the caves of the Kawatche Tribe, who they helped in a previous episode, but are attacked by a ghostly Kawatche warrior.
The Old Enemy in the New Mystery	The team is attacked by a masked man that claims to know the mystery gang and Scooby-Doo mysteriously disappears.

Season 4

Title	Description
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?	Leaving off from the previous season, the Mystery Gang still struggle to catch the the masked man, as they continue to search for Scooby, until they discover that Mr. Karswell, A.K.A. The Creeper, has escaped jail and is the one that kidnapped Scooby
The Slime in the Cone	Summer is coming to an end and the gang returns to Crystal Cove from their road trip, now having to catch a slime creature, but the gang finds out the slime is actually snow cone juice from a snack bar.
The Heatwave through the Town	As the gang begins their Senior year of High School, an unusual heat wave strikes Crystal Cove, so the Gang tries to find the cause and come across a fire creature. The gang is being used for a story at  the Crystal Cove Newspaper and meet photographer Thomas Jeffery.
The Big Brain in the Membrane	A alien-looking creature with an unusually large brain attacks Velma and her friend Marcy. Meanwhile, the new Sheriff of Crystal Cove doesn't appreciate the Gang's tendency to get involved in investigations.
The Jack in the Box	People all over town are disappearing and the gang discovers each of these missing people have received Jack in the Boxes before disappearing.
The Girl in the Storm	When a giant storm hits Crystal Cove, Fred, Daphne, and Velma get stuck at the K-Ghoul with Angel, and help Shaggy and Scooby investigate from there, the disappearance of a girl.
The Disappearances at the Haunted Mansion	On Halloween, the gang is invited to a Halloween Party at a strange mansion outside of Crystal Cove, and are surprised that no one else is there, but are each taken one by one until only Scooby remains.
The Teenagers Buried Underground	Both Shaggy and Daphne are kidnapped by a monster and are buried underground in the Mystery Machine. Now, Fred, Velma, and Scooby must find their friends before they run out of air.
The Tin Man in the Rust	The Gang is on the trail of a rusting Tin Man with an ax. Meanwhile, Shaggy is worried that his friends forgot his Birthday, while they're only avoiding him to throw him a party.
The Gnome in the Medieval	When people are being paralyzed at a medieval Fair, the gang discovers that each of these people have something in common, pirate costumes.
The Girl in the Blob	Dr. Rykes requests the Mystery Gang's help when his lab assistant, Mina, goes missing, but while investigating her disappearance, the gang is attacked by a blob creature.
The Spores at the Camp	The gang goes camping over the weekend and the Gang finds an empty cabin, where two kids are stuck in the a closet and tell the gang that the rest of the campers have been taken by mushroom creatures.
The Pixels in the Video Game	Shaggy's video game expertise may come in handy, when the Gang's latest mystery involves a creature mimicking the game and it's main villain.
The Speeder in the Sonic Barrier	The Gang goes up against someone that can seeming move at super human speeds, and is unable to catch him. Meanwhile, Fred looks for Thomas's insight when his father begins acting strangely.
The Witch in the Wardrobe	Daphne and her drama class are attacked by a witch. Meanwhile, Shaggy is afraid that Amanda is going to break up with him.
The Santa in the Tree	An evil Santa creature is sneaking into people's houses and leaving deadly gifts.
The Spider in the Web	A spider creature begins cocooning people, leaving it to the mystery gang to find the missing people and trap the spider. Meanwhile, Thomas tries to gain the Gang's trust.
The Ghost Girl at the Prom	The gang must rush to warm Fred, when they discover that his date to the Prom is actually the "Ghost Girl". Meanwhile, Daphne is angry at Fred's obliviousness of her feelings for him and Amanda is waiting for Shaggy to ask her, but Shaggy just assumes that they're already going together.
The Blockhead at the Destruction Site	A cement creature with a block-head attacks construction workers about to tear down an old building. Meanwhile, Fred and Daphne go out on a date.
The Witch in the Classroom	Shaggy is afraid of failing the SAT, so he and Velma stay at the School Late to cram, but become suspects when a teacher goes missing the same night, and Fred, Daphne, and Scooby's mystery leads them to a witch.
The End of Forever	As the gang begins to say goodbye to their time at Crystal Cove High, a creature begins kidnapping seniors, including Daphne and Shaggy, and placing them in a recreation of the School.
The Monsters at the Graduation	The Gang's senior year ends as the gang finally reaches their graduation, but the graduation ceremony is interrupted by the Masked Phantasm, who has recruited many of the gang's old enemy.

Season 5

Title	Description
The Mystery of Crystal Cove	The mysteries beheld by Crystal Cove begin to unravel, when the their latest mystery of the Creep of Crystal Cove leads them to a piece of an ancient disc artifact
The First of the Two	The Gang continues their search for the rest of the pieces of the disc, which leads them to discover that they weren't the first teenagers and talking animal to form a mystery solving team.
The Fragment in the Pond	The Mystery Gang finds another piece of the disc at a local pond, but it's guarded by a toad creature. Meanwhile, the gang gets a message from mysterious "Mr. E."
The 100th in the 1960s	In the one-hundredth episode of the series, the theme of the episode is based off of a 1960's horror movie of a group of kids (the Gang) being stalked by a masked killer (The Creep of Crystal Cove).
The Garbage in the Trash	A creature made out of trash attacks a police station, so the gang investigates. Meanwhile, the gang continues to gain help from Mr. E.
The Truth in the Lies	The gang's investigation into the former Mystery Gang leads them to discover that Angel, was formerly Cassidy Williams, a former member of the original Mystery Gang. Meanwhile, Thomas is attacked after getting a lead on "Mr. E".
The Girl in the Road	When a woman runs into the street in front of the mystery van and explains that she and her husband crashed the car and now she can't find her husband, as she is running from a ghost that attacked her. While helping her stop the ghost, the gang hides a dark secret from her.
The She in the Wolf	The gang investigates attacks that point to a werewolf, and Shaggy and Scooby protect a girl when the deaths happen around her, but learn that when the moon rises, she unknowingly dresses up as a werewolf in her sleep and attack random people.
The Gang of the Fight	The gang continues to fall apart and begin to fight with each other. Meanwhile, Fred discovers that Mayor Jones may not be his biological father.
The Creep of Crystal Cove	The Creep of Crystal Cove returns to steal the pieces of the disc from the Mystery Gang, who is shocked of the real face behind the mask. The gang finally seperates; Scooby is sent to a farm, Shaggy is sent to a military camp, Fred breaks off his engagement with Daphne to find his parents, and Velma leaves to go to a better college out of Crystal Cove.