so his girlfriend, Rachel, will forget about her romantic interest towards Shaggy Rogers. Chasez moved into a cabin by the outskirts of Coolsville, and tried to defame the Mystery Inc. In the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "A Scooby-Doo Valentine", it is revealed that J.C. It is also close to Indian gap where the "Midnight Express" train passes, and nearby some ancient Indian Village ruins where Buck Masters hid the dogs he dognapped.Īccording to Prestina (the culprit of "For Letter or Worse") who was disguised as Pop O'Connor, Coolsville was terrorized by a mobster called "Al Cabone" (spoof of Al Capone) during the "mobsters era" – allegedly between 1920 to 1933 as in the real world's United States – who hid all his possessions underground at the hill where the current HBTV station is located. The town is located near a university where the episode "Scooby-Doo and A Mummy, Too" took place. In most of its appearances in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, the town was mostly unnamed, sometimes referred to by notes in the background as "County" (as in County Museum ) or as "Mega County", as shown in a picture on the wall of the Sheriff's office in the end of "Decoy for A Dognapper".
According to A Pup Named Scooby-Doo episode "Chickenstein Lives!", Coolsville was established at least by the year 1788 as it is the date engraved on one of the tombstone in its cemetery (terminus post quem). It was first named in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, even though it was shown in older adaptions of the franchise, such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! where it was given a much darker and spooky tone.
It resides by the shore of a sea in the cartoons, or a big lake in the cinematic adaptation.Īccording to the "Scooby-Doo Trivia Game" the Mystery Inc. The size of Coolsville varies within the franchise, being depicted sometimes as a modern city and in other times as a small town. In terms of urban classing, Coolsville is a modern day American town with many buildings and a few suburb-like neighborhoods. The cinematic version of the franchise locates Coolsville in Ohio.Ĭoolsville was depicted as the base for many Scooby-Doo stories including animated shows, theatrical and direct-to-video movies, Archie Comics' "Hanna-Barbera Presents" comic line and 2 DC Comics' books lines: " Scooby-Doo!" (1997-2010) and " Scooby-Doo! Where Are You?" (2010-ongoing), storybooks for children by Scholastic, ABDO Publishing Company and Hallmark, and various merchandise such as clothing, card games and video games. members from the cartoon classic Scooby-Doo franchise. Not to be confused with Coolville, Ohio, a real town.Ĭoolsville is the hometown of the Mystery Inc.