A Mystery Solving Gang Divided

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A Mystery Solving Gang Divided
Details
Episode #	102
Air date	July 2, 2019 (Boomerang.com) July 15, 2019 (Cartoon Network)
Air date	October 7, 2019 (Boomerang)
Air date	October 2, 2019 (Teletoon)
Run time	21m 8s
Written by	Mark Hoffmeier
Directed by	Frank Paur
Chronology
Previous episode	Revenge of the Swamp Monster!
Next episode	Peebles' Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors!

A Mystery Solving Gang Divided is the second episode of season 1 of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

Premise

While investigating the mysterious appearance of ghost zombie Civil War soldiers at a historic battlefield in Pennsylvania, Scooby-Doo and the gang come face to face with a rival mystery-solving gang and learn an important lesson about teamwork, with a little help from Abraham Lincoln's ghost.

Synopsis

Zombie ghosts are spotted on a historic battlefield in Pennsylvania, prompting both Mystery Inc. and another investigative group, the Funky Phantom Crew, to investigate the crime scene. Both groups attempting to claim the mystery for themselves, they begin to conflict with each other, both following each other to crime scenes and refusing to share clues.

At the monument site, the groups damage evidence as a map is torn in half by their fighting. This prompts the ghost of Abraham Lincoln to appear in an attempt to encourage the groups to cooperate. They begin to form an agreement, but still decide to investigate independently.

During the investigation, they discover that during the Civil War, a large supply of gold meant to pay the soldiers was lost in the battlefield, presumably buried, so the zombie soldiers are likely attempting to locate the lost gold. With this new information, the groups decide to set a trap to capture the zombie. Luring the zombie sergeant with the map containing the treasure and pursuing the ghost, the groups successfully captured the ghost after he crashed his tractor into a fence.

The ghost was revealed to be Jebb, an antique store owner. While his brother, Ebb, wanted to use the lost gold to maintain the historic site, Jebb wanted to keep the gold for himself. So, he dug up various locations around the battlefield in search of the treasure, using a ghost disguise to keep others away from his operations and using a holographic projector to create the other zombies. After Jebb is handed over to authorities, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln is also revealed to be Muddlemore, who created the disguise to encourage the groups to get along.

Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Inc.
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones
  • Daphne Blake
  • Velma Dinkley

Supporting characters:

• Funky Phantom Crew ^{(only appearance)}
  • Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore ^{(only appearance)}
  • Skip Gilroy ^{(only appearance)}
  • April Stewart ^{(only appearance)}
  • Augie Anderson ^{(only appearance)}
  • Elmo ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
  • Boo ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Ghost of Abraham Lincoln ^{(only appearance)(Mudsy's transformation/disguise)}
• Ebb ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Civil War Zombie Ghosts ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(holograms)}
  • Ghost sergeant ^{(only appearance)(Jebb's disguise)}
• Jebb ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Father ^{(only appearance)}
• Mother ^{(only appearance)}
• Son ^{(only appearance)}
• Daughter ^{(only appearance)}
• Hot dog vendor ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Alexander Hamilton ^{(mentioned)(deceased)}
• Aaron Burr ^{(mentioned)(deceased)}
• Abraham Lincoln ^{(portrait and money print)}
• Gift shop owner ^{(only appearance)}
• Police officer ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Speed Bugs ^(cameo)
  • Speed Buggy ^(cameo)
  • Tinker ^{(cameo)(no lines)}
  • Debbie ^{(cameo)(no lines)}
  • Mark ^{(cameo)(no lines)}

Locations

• Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania Historic Battlefield
  • Diner
  • Two Brothers Antiques Store
• The Moon ^(cameo)

Objects

• Velma's tablet
• Skip Gilroy's tablet
• Hot dog
• Pancakes
• Hologram projector

Vehicles

• Looney Duney
• The Mystery Machine
• Speed Buggy
• Tractor
• Police car

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/Reason
Ebb	He warned the gang to leave.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/Reason
Jebb as the ghost sergeant	To find the Civil War payroll soldier's hidden gold and keep it for himself.

Cast

Frank Welker	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones Speed Buggy
Matthew Lillard	Shaggy Rogers Father Gift shop owner
Grey Griffin	Daphne Blake Son Mother
Kate Micucci	Velma Dinkley April Stewart Daughter
John DiMaggio	Ghost of Abraham Lincoln Jebb
Tom Kenny	Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore Augie Anderson Ghost sergeant
Billy West	Skip Gilroy Ebb

Continuity

• Scooby and Shaggy's names were revealed to be nicknames of Scoobert and Norville in the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo episodes The Sludge Monster from the Earth's Core and Curse of the Collar, respectively.

Production

In the early stages of working on the title card, Tracy Mark Lee did original line art and rough sketches of Mudsy and Boo, before being told to use Abraham Lincoln, to keep the former a surprise for older Hanna-Barbera fans.

Notes/Trivia

• The episode's title is an allusion to Abraham Lincoln's House Divided speech in 1858.
• Velma announces the celebrity guest in the title card.
• Just like the Speed Bugs being given a group name in the The New Scooby-Doo Movies, the Funky Phantom Crew are also given a group name in this series.
• Mystery Inc. had already met the Funky Phantom Crew in DC Comics' Scooby-Doo story Big House Brouhaha.
• Tom Kenny previously voiced another incarnation of Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore in the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode Mystery Solvers Club State Finals.
• Perhaps to mock the fact that Hanna-Barbera created the Funky Phantom as "clones" of Mystery Inc., they are extremely arrogant thinking that they are the superior mystery solvers.
• Muddlemore is credited as Mudsy.

Miscellaneous

• Disguises:
• Traps:
• Scooby Snacks bribe: 0.
• "Zoinks" count: 1.
• "Jeepers" count: 0.
• "Jinkies" count: 1.
• "Hold the phone" count: 2.

Cultural references

• The title is an allusion to the real-world Abraham Lincoln's House Divided Speech on June 16, 1858.
• Muddlemore refers to the Burr-Hamilton duel.
• Having fictional Abraham Lincoln promoted as the celebrity guest, hides the real guest star attraction, that this is a crossover with the cast of The Funky Phantom.
  • The cast of Hanna-Barbera's Speed Buggy also makes cameos in this episode.
• When Fred suggests that they "head 'em off at the pass", Daphne replies with "I hate that cliché!" Slim Pickens and Harvey Korman had the same exchange in the 1974 Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles.
• While trying to work out how Muddlemore is faked, Velma mentions Pepper's Ghost Effect. This refers to a magic trick that dates from the 18th century, using lights and mirrors to create a ghost effect, or to transform one person into another.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• Even though this is supposed to be a continuation of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Shaggy & Scooby are in hysterics at the idea of Speed Buggy being a talking car, despite having had an entire case together in the aforementioned series episode The Weird Winds of Winona.
• How the statues became ghosts is unknown.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Polish	Złoto dla żołnierzy	Gold for Soldiers
Turkish	Gizem Çözen Çete Ayrıldı	The Mystery Solving Gang Left
Greek	Μία Διχασμένη Ομάδα Μυστηρίου	A Divided Mystery Team

Home media

• Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete First Season DVD set released by Warner Home Video on January 19, 2021.
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?: The Complete First Season DVD set released by Warner Home Video on January 18, 2021.
• Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: Season One DVD released by Warner Home Video on May 31, 2021.

Quotes

Fred: We've got a van, with "Mystery Machine" painted right on the side. Augie: Paint that yourself, did you? Fred: I totally did... (catches on to the insult) Hey!

Ghost of Abraham Lincoln: A mystery solving team divided shall not stand. It breaks my heart to see such skirmishing.

April: We found this. Do you know what it is? Velma: I know exactly what this is. And now this memory stick totally makes sense. Mudsy: A memory stick? Is that like a broomstick but for brainy bits? I certainly could use a good sweeping, don'tcha know.

Fred: Hold the phone... The fake ghost of Abraham Lincoln has a point.

Fred: Since when does a ghost drive a tractor? Augie: We did that bit already. Fred: Oh. OK, sorry.

Jebb: And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids--um--er--ten of you!

External links

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