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Mr_ Bondoc

Mr_ Bondoc

Starting with PODs starting in 1964, the trick is to create an ATL which the after "the Event", the world starting in 1969 begins to follow the tropes of Scooby Doo, Where Are You?. Please feel free to add as many of the crossover characters as you feel are necessary (e.g. Batman & Robin; Weird Al Yankovic, et al.). The more PODs the better!!

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Mr_ Bondoc

Mr_ Bondoc

I am thinking that since there is no mention of the Soviets and the Chinese, what if a horrific event took place during the Sino-Soviet Border Conflict of 1968? The two parties launch biological weapons against each other, killing millions of people, causing the collapse of the two Communist Party nations. The cultural shock that is created causes a fear of the unknown, and the fear that there is "something out there".... Similar to the fear and paranoia in The X-Files...
 
ajm8888

ajm8888

Mr_ Bondoc said:
I am thinking that since there is no mention of the Soviets and the Chinese, what if a horrific event took place during the Sino-Soviet Border Conflict of 1968? The two parties launch biological weapons against each other, killing millions of people, causing the collapse of the two Communist Party nations. The cultural shock that is created causes a fear of the unknown, and the fear that there is "something out there".... Similar to the fear and paranoia in The X-Files...
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Russia loved thier anthrax warheads... That could work and China and Russia are shells of their former glory.
 
Mr_ Bondoc

Mr_ Bondoc

ajm8888 said:
Russia loved thier anthrax warheads... That could work and China and Russia are shells of their former glory.
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That's what I was thinking. This would have the side effect of causing an economic collapse across the Western world, thus explaining why so many people from business men to scientists are trying to use scams...
 
Mr_ Bondoc

Mr_ Bondoc

Here are a few PODs that could use the help of people in order to get things moving:

1969 (9/13): Paranormal investigators (insert team name here) along with (insert dog name here) begin a series of investigations across the United States,...

1972 (9/8): Legendary comedy team ( insert team here) hires the paranormal investigators after a series of attacks at a uranium mine outside Taos, New Mexico,...

1972 (9/15): Paranormal investigators (insert team name here) encounter the vigilante (insert name here) and his partner (insert name here) in New York City, New York,..

1972 (11/15): Legendary basketball team (insert team here) uncovers oil pirates in the Gulf of Mexico, attacking local oil rigs,..

1980 (9/8): Billionaire heir (insert name here) begins funding the work of paranormal investigators including (insert team here),...

2006 (10/6): After getting on each others nerves, the (insert team name here) clashes outside the compound of (insert name here) after discovering a set of illegal clone experiments,...

2008 (6/13) : Students (insert names here) uncover a strange international conspiracy at Lake (insert place here) ,...
 
Mr_ Bondoc

Mr_ Bondoc

After going through Any Day Now by Terry Bisson and "Dispatches from the Revolution" by Pat Cadigan, what if the situation for the ATL is one wherein starting in 1964/1968, the United States suffers a worse fate than OTL, causing the world economy to collapse, and the populace to be more isolationist?
 

zert

Mr_ Bondoc said:
Starting with PODs starting in 1964, the trick is to create an ATL which the after "the Event", the world starting in 1969 begins to follow the tropes of Scooby Doo, Where Are You?. Please feel free to add as many of the crossover characters as you feel are necessary (e.g. Batman & Robin; Weird Al Yankovic, et al.). The more PODs the better!!

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Forgive my ignorance, but what "the Event" are you referring to?
 
Mr_ Bondoc

Mr_ Bondoc

zert said:
Forgive my ignorance, but what "the Event" are you referring to?
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The event would be a cataclysm, which causes people to question systems that are purported to be scientific and logical in nature. For now, the general consensus is that a Sino-Soviet War would certainly fit along those grounds. During the period, both systems claimed to be ultimately logical and scientific in nature....
 
ajm8888

ajm8888

Mr_ Bondoc said:
The event would be a cataclysm, which causes people to question systems that are purported to be scientific and logical in nature. For now, the general consensus is that a Sino-Soviet War would certainly fit along those grounds. During the period, both systems claimed to be ultimately logical and scientific in nature....
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Particularly a Soviet bio-warfare attack against China. Possible nuclear escalation but in the end the USSR and the PRC are rump states.
 
ajm8888

ajm8888

Zoidberg12 said:
Crakced.com had a little piece on how Scooby Doo takes place in a world where the economy is shattered much like was mentioned above. When I saw the OP that was the first thing that I was reminded off. Link is here.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19496_6-classic-kids-shows-secretly-set-in-nightmarish-universes.html

So basically, WW3 breaks out a I guess. Easiest way to make this possible IMO.

Anyways, why does the POD have to be after 1964?
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Well the orignal show takes place in 1969 so there has to be time to set up the feeling of supernatural crap.
 

Mako-Chan

Zoidberg12 said:
^ Hay, I just linked to that article. :p
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Sorry, deleted. :p Oddly that was actually my interpretation of the show as a kid - that Scooby Doo was some sort of post-apocalyptic world. Hence why you had teenagers wandering around in a van and seemingly every town being run down and under-populated. Actually there's a thought: what if there was some sort of pandemic earlier? Something like another influenza outbreak could cripple the global economy, lead to people being more insular, etc. It would also explain all the empty buildings and stranded ships...
 

zert

Mr_ Bondoc said:
The event would be a cataclysm, which causes people to question systems that are purported to be scientific and logical in nature. For now, the general consensus is that a Sino-Soviet War would certainly fit along those grounds. During the period, both systems claimed to be ultimately logical and scientific in nature....
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Ok thanks. I thought it was a reference to some specific show/movie/book that I was just ignorant of.

I agree that the consensus sounds plausible and why the authorities never seemed to really interfere with the Gang's activities. Maybe they were covert agents of some Black Ops office. Have deniabilty in case they really crapped things up.

Maybe the Scooby Snacks were needed to really heighten Scooby's and Shaggy's abilities. Plus to get them stoned as well. :p
 
Mr_ Bondoc

Mr_ Bondoc

Stalin said:
Sorry, deleted. :p Oddly that was actually my interpretation of the show as a kid - that Scooby Doo was some sort of post-apocalyptic world. Hence why you had teenagers wandering around in a van and seemingly every town being run down and under-populated. Actually there's a thought: what if there was some sort of pandemic earlier? Something like another influenza outbreak could cripple the global economy, lead to people being more insular, etc. It would also explain all the empty buildings and stranded ships...
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That would also go along with the theory that a pandemic caused by Chinese and Soviet biological weapons had been unleashed, and had spread beyond the borders of both combatants. The scenario would be similar to the original beginning of Omega Man...
 

Timmy811

Zoidberg12 said:
Crakced.com had a little piece on how Scooby Doo takes place in a world where the economy is shattered much like was mentioned above. When I saw the OP that was the first thing that I was reminded off. Link is here.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19496_6-classic-kids-shows-secretly-set-in-nightmarish-universes.html

So basically, WW3 breaks out a I guess. Easiest way to make this possible IMO.

Anyways, why does the POD have to be after 1964?
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Set it in the same continuity with Popeye and it's 1939-1978 WWII! :D
 
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