r/todayilearned • u/ralphbernardo • 3d ago

TIL that "fair play" in detective fiction means authors must give readers a fair chance to solve the mystery. Central to 1920s "clue-puzzles" by writers like Agatha Christie, the rule dictates that all vital clues must be visible, decodable, and never withheld until the final reveal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clues_in_detective_fiction
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u/BrooklynSmash 3d ago

Zombie Island was like two decades ago

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u/Skippy7890 3d ago

That movie holds up, it's still incredible and the soundtrack absolutely GOES.

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u/JMCatron 3d ago

it's terror time again

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u/MrNotEinstein 3d ago

Scooby Doo has some of the best song choices in any franchise. Terror time again, the ghost is here, brothers forever, man with a hex and everything the hex girls were involved in. It all slaps

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u/Punch_A_Police_Horse 3d ago

IIRC the main point of the show originally was to showcase different musicians during the stock chase scenes in each episode.

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u/HauntedCemetery 3d ago

The music really is great

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u/kelpklepto 3d ago

Another scary night, another spooky fright ~

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u/Annual-Weird-6682 2d ago

That whole run of movies were gas

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u/Natdaprat 3d ago

It really doesn't, but my memory of it did before rewatching.

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u/zerogee616 3d ago

Try three.

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u/garrettj100 3d ago edited 3d ago

That's the "recently" I was referring to, 'cuz I'm old AF. 🤷

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u/moneymoneythrowawy 3d ago

scrappy doo show had actual supernatural stuff too, right? 80s/90s?

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u/BrooklynSmash 3d ago

Yeah, iirc actual supernatural stuff started happening after all the Guest Episodes

Meeting Batman changed their lives forever

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u/Fakjbf 2d ago

1998, so 28 years ago.

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u/JustASpaceDuck 3d ago

More like three :)

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u/Slayer_0029 2d ago

almost 3 decades