Family Plot

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Family Plot
Description
Part of	Scooby-Doo! #111
# of pages	8
Writer	Sholly Fisch
Penciler	Robert W. Pope
Inker	Scott McRae
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Mike Sellers
Editor	Michael Siglain
Chronology
Previous story	The Bed Sheet That Goes Boo
Next story	Sinister Sounds

Family Plot is a story in Scooby-Doo! #111 by DC Comics.

Premise

The Ghastleys help Mystery Inc. investigate a haunting at a high-society party.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Mrs. Van Gelt ^{(only appearance)}
• Mr. Van Gelt ^{(only appearance)}
• Renaldo
• Rex
• Jeeves ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• High Society Garden Party Spector ^{(only appearance)(Trevor, Prudence and Harrison Van Gelt's disguise)}
• Trevor Van Gelt ^{(only appearance)(redeemed)}
• Prudence Van Gelt ^{(only appearance)(redeemed)}
• Harrison Van Gelt ^{(only appearance)(redeemed)}

Other characters:

• Blanca ^{(no lines)}
• Tiny ^{(no lines)}
• Miscellaneous party guests ^{(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)}
  • Social women ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
    • Betsy Gotbucks ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
  • Buisness fellows ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• Van Gelt Mansion
  • Van Gelts' High Society Garden Party

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• None

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Jeeves	Strange manner.
Social women	Wanted to take Mrs. Van Gelt's place at the forefront of the social season.
Betsy Gotbucks	Would do anything to sabotage her own best friend, Mrs. Van Gelt's position at the forefront of the social season.
Buisness fellows	Mr. Van Gelt beat out all of them on buisness deals recently and they would be happy to see Mr. Van Gelt humiliated.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Trevor Van Gelt, Prudence Van Gelt, and Harrison Van Gelt as the High Society Garden Party Spector	Revenge for not being invited to their parents' own garden party, because all they cared about were their parties and Mr. Van Gelt's own buisness deals.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Reprints

• Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? #15 (November 2011).

Reception

Sholly Fish's story in Scooby-Doo isn't really funny. He offers rock solid characterization for the Gang and his returning Ghastlies. He conceives of a classic Shaggy and Scooby comeuppance for the ghost.

The mystery is in where Fish's story really excels. It's a fairplay all-ages drama. Fish introduces the suspects. He gives the reader the clues, and Pope in turn séances a decent and periodic faux ghost for the Gang to unmask. The message at the end of the story doesn't come off as forced but genuinely sweet.