Mystery Machine

Ghost-hunting team's vehicle

The Mystery Machine is the brightly painted van from the animated television series *Scooby-Doo*, used by a group of young sleuths and their talking dog to travel between supernatural investigations.

The name has become shorthand for any vehicle associated with amateur detective work or road-trip adventures: They loaded up the Mystery Machine and headed out to investigate.

The van's psychedelic flower-power design makes it an icon of late-1960s aesthetics.

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Scooby-Doo · Velma · gang · split up · haunted · haunted house · ghost · meddling · meddling kids · unmasking · clues · psychedelic · flower power · hippie · Scooby Snacks · jinkies · zoinks · chase

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law enforcement vehicle type

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Law enforcement patrol vehicle

squad car · patrol car · SWAT van · cop car · police helicopter

fictional vehicle tone/genre

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Paranormal response vehicle

Batmobile · KITT · General Lee · DeLorean

cultural tone/aesthetic

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Vehicle transporting caskets

prison transport · tank

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G