“ | This has all happend before. | „ |
~ Mr.E to Mystery Inc. |
“ | Everything will work out fine, you see Scooby is a far more trusting companion then Pericles was to me. | „ |
~ Mr. E revealing himself to be Ricky Owens; his most famous quote. |
Ricky Owens, better known as Mr. E, is the secondary antagonist of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. He is the CEO of Destroido Corp. who seeks to obtain the Planisheric Disk in order to find the cursed treasure of Crystal Cove. He is also Shaggy Roger's counterpart of the original Mystery Incorporated.
He was voiced by famous comedian Lewis Black.
Biography
Past
Mr E. is once Ricky Owens, the equivalent of Shaggy Rogers in the original Mystery Inc.. When he is still a young child, Ricky met Professor Pericles who was injured due to crashing into a tree in his front yard, and nursed Pericles back to health, however the parrot returned and decided to be his permanent friend. Together, they founded the original Mystery Incorporated, along with Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves. During a hunt for secrets in Crystal Cove, Pericles was corrupted by the presence of the Evil Entity and betrayed his gang, along with Mayor Fred Jones Sr., who forced them to leave the town forever. Ricky disappeared for many years after this.
Season 1
Now posing as a mysterious man called Mr E., Ricky called K-Ghoul and said that they shouldn't had brought back the locket that Daphne Blake found in the sewers and that the real mystery had just begun He scolded Velma for double crossing him and kicking Marcy out of the group, but she hung up on him before he could finish.
Season 2
Eventually Ricky was summoned to a meeting by Professor Pericles, with the other original Mystery Inc.. Cassidy, Brad and Judy consequently turned down Pericles, but E rejoined forces with former best friend, and plotted with him to destroy Cassidy, who began leaving cryptic messages about all of their wrong doings from her radio station.
Later, Pericles, Brad and Judy had turned against Ricky. Pericles implanted a mutant cobra larvae in his spinal column in his sleep, which put him back under Pericles control.
Mr E. continued to grow to hate Pericles, as he watched the parrot's methods getting crueler and crueler, so he tried once again to stop the latter, when Pericles told him to make sure the robots killed everyone they had kidnapped for slave labor once they had no more use for them. Despite this, Pericles managed to force him to continue doing his biddings.
Finally after the Evil Entity was released and possessed Pericles and consumed Brad and Judy, Rick was all that was left. He managed to save Mystery Incorporated from the Entity but was devoured himself. However, in the new timeline created by destroying the Entity and therefore undoing the effects of it's influence, Ricky is seen as being handsome and in good shape, as well as happily married to Cassidy, friends with Pericles again, and the CEO of Creationex Corp rather than Destroido Corp.
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Trivia
- His alias is a pun on the word "mystery".
- He was originally thought to be Fred Jones Sr. since he was shocked after Daphne found a locket belonging to Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves. Also, Fred Jones Sr. did spy on the gang leaving the Darrow Mansion and drove off before anyone would notice him.
- Angel Dynamite recognized the missing members of the original Mystery Incorporated and lied to everyone that she didn't know who they were. Velma even realized that Angel is actually Cassidy Williams, one of the missing kids in the picture that Mr. E handed them.
- Corrupt CEO Ed Machine claimed to be a henchman of Mr. E.
- Professor Pericles was thought to be Mr. E since he warned Fred to be aware of the those closest to him such as Fred Jones Sr.
- Sheriff Bronson Stone was thought to be Mr. E as well by many fans also.
- Mr. E admits that Scooby is a more trusted companion then Pericles was to him.
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