Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated/Recap/S1/E01 Beware the Beast From Below

The series premiere starts off as a typical mystery in which the gang, who aren't quite like you remember them, chase down a more menacing monster than we're used to and ending with Daphne stumbling onto a clue to a deeper, more dangerous mystery.

The episode provides examples of:

 * Adults Are Useless: As per usual for Scooby Doo, but justified here: The adults want the monsters for tourism no matter what happens. Averted with Professor Arlow and Angel though
 * Cut Lex Luthor a Check:
 * Disguised in Drag: Shaggy and Scooby to investgate fruitmeyer since Velma and Daphne had a good reason for not doing it:
 * Dude, Where's My Respect?: The teaser segment finds the gang in the county lockup on a trespassing charge; it's implied that this is a common occurrence.
 * Establishing Character Moment: The gang's being chastised by their parents for their troubling habit of upsetting the town's financial applecart tells us a lot about them and the town of Crystal Cove.
 * Secret Relationship: Velma and Shaggy's, though it's only a secret because Shaggy is afraid of Scooby's reaction. This sets up most of the conflict in their relationship for the first half of the season and a bit afterword.
 * Suit with Vested Interests: What Mayor Jones looks like at the beginning of the series;