Mystery, Incorporated

Mystery Incorporated, or Mystery, Inc., is a fictional non-profit specila interest group featured in the Scooby Doo animated franchise. It first appeared in the pilot episode of the children’s' animated series Scooby Doo, Where Are You! entitled, "What a Night for a Knight". Although there have been multiple iterations of Mystery, Inc. over the years, the most popular associates of the group are those affectionately referred to as the "Scooby Gang". The purpopse of Mystery, Inc. is to travel all across the countryside in a green and yellow van, investigating mysterious cases of supernatural phenomena. Most of these reported cases turn out to be elaborate hoaxes perpetuated by greedy opportunists. The members of the group consist of Frederick "Fred" Jones, Jr., Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Velma Dinkley, Daphne Blake and Shaggy's pet Great Dane, Scooby-Doo. On occasion, the group has been assisted by Scooby's ubiquitously irritating nephew pup, Scrappy Doo.