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"Shaggy found it..."

- Fred Jones, Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries (VHS featurette)

The Mystery Machine is a van used to transport Mystery Inc. around the world.

History

Early history

Even before the gang got the Mystery Machine they solved mysteries, but they had no way for their own transportation. From the time when they first began solving mysteries, Daphne Blake's dad reluctantly drove them around everywhere they needed to go. In the special features of some of the Scooby Doo movies on VHS, Daphne's dad can be seen tightly squeezed into the driver's seat driving the gang to a haunted house.

The previous owners of the van were a popular family band, known as the Mystery Kids. (It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine)

Scooby-Doo! And The Goblin King

The Mystery Machine was transformed into the Monstrous Machine.

Notes/trivia

The license plate number as shown in Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo is revealed to be "195-343".
The Mystery Machine looks like a modified Chevrolet Greenbrier van with a 1965 chevrolet van front and rear for the animated series, while in the live action films they used a late 80s Chevrolet Chevy Van in Scooby Doo Mystery Begins and an 80s Ford Econoline for Scooby Doo Curse of the Lake Monster, but the first 2 live action movies they used a modified holden van.

Other versions

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Mystery Inc. arrived at the opening of the Coolsonian Criminology Museum in a stretched limo version the Mystery Machine.

The Design of the Mystery Machine Limo is 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Stretched Limousine.

Cultural impact

There are many fan adaptations of the Mystery Machine. Most are based on the popular Volkswagen campervan, but others are based on, amongst others, Chevrolet vans and the Fiat like the one on the right.

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