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The answer lies in the . In the Scooby-Doo universe, ghosts aren't real. The horror is always a hoax. That optimistic, secular humanism is rare in popular media. In a modern entertainment landscape saturated with true crime (where the monster is real) and supernatural horror (where the ghost is real), the Scooby-Doo parody offers a comforting alternative: The monster is just a guy. You can unmask him. He will go to jail. You will eat a sandwich.

(2005–present) produced the definitive sketch of this era: The Scooby-Doo Murder Mystery . In the sketch, the gang finds a dead body. Velma calmly explains, "We're not detectives. We're a bunch of meddling kids." Shaggy has a panic attack, Scooby eats the evidence, and they all flee the crime scene. The parody exposed the logical fallacy that five unarmed civilians should be investigating felonies.