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Prelude to Disaster! is the single story in Scooby Apocalypse #24, by DC Comics.

Premise[]

Waiting around for the two groups of consumerites to kill each other is not working, so Fred and Daphne investigate, during which, Fred makes his final marriage proposal.

Synopsis[]

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Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

  • Consumerites (only appearance)
  • Monsters outside mall (no lines)

Other characters:

  • Cliffy
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Rufus T. Dinkley (mentioned)
  • Mrs. Blake (mentioned)
  • Bud Abbott (mentioned)(deceased)
  • Lou Costello (mentioned)(deceased)
  • Mrs. Valdez (only time mentioned)
  • Cliffy's mom (mentioned)(deceased)
  • Cliffy's dad (mentioned)(deceased)
  • Moe Howard (only time mentioned)
  • Shemp Howard (only time mentioned)
  • Ned Blake (mentioned)

Locations[]

Objects[]

  • Velma's goggles
  • Emotigoggles
  • Fred's camcorder (flashback only)

Vehicles[]

Full credits[]

The following credits try to match how they are displayed in the comic as much as possible:

  • Keith Giffen: Plot-Meister
  • J.M. DeMatteis: Word-Meister
  • Patrick Olliffe: Pencil-Meister
  • Tom Nguyen and Andy Owens: Ink-Meisters
  • Hi-Fi: Color-Meister
  • Travis Lanham: Letter-Meister
  • Liz Erickson: Assistant-Meister
  • Jill Thompson: Cover-Meister
  • Trevore Hairsine and Antoine Fabela: Variant-Meisters
  • Harvey Richards: Meister
  • Jim Chadwick: Meister of Meisters

Continuity[]

  • Cliffy's still getting over the attack he and Scooby faced in the previous story.
  • Shaggy took a job at Complex Alpha in When Shaggy Met Scooby!
  • Daphne punched Shaggy in the nose in the previous story.
  • Fred admits to himself that he's attracted to Daisy since they bonded in Left Behind.
  • Fred compares Daphne and Velma to Moe and Shemp Howard, respectively.
  • Shaggy feels a "disturbance in the force" and a "glitch in the Matrix", references to the films Star Wars and The Matrix, respectively.

Notes/trivia[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • "Ruh-roh" count: 1.
  • "Zoinks" count: 0.
  • "Jeepers" count: 0.
  • "Jinkies" count: 0.

Cultural references[]

  • Shaggy mentions the plays Les Miserables and Fiddler on the Roof, the latter of which he played Tevye in his junior year of high school.
  • CJNickel and Mears are parodies of J.C. Penney and Sears, respectively.
  • Shaggy refers to Daphne and Velma as Abbott and Costello.

Coloring mistakes[]

  • None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]

  • The Mystery Machine suddenly has "Mystery Machine" written on the side, but it's unclear if this has been added by the team or not.

Quotes[]


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