History Recap / CraigOfTheCreekS1E38TheGreatFossilRush

JP finds a fossil in the Creek which quickly causes the landscape to change.

* AllForNothing: The fossil JP found is actually a gift shop replica, so the whole fossil rush was for nothing.

* ShipTease: This ep greatly implies Kelsey has a crush on Wildernessa.

* SeriousBusiness: J.P. supposedly discovering a trilobite fossil triggers the titular fossil rush in the entire creek. Perfectly understandable as fossils are extremely valuable (only they're being paid with Choco-Rolls instead of money), and EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs.

* AscendedToCarnivorism: As Wildernessa explains that the food chain will start over due to the creek drying up, she is associated with the image of a grizzly bear getting attacked by a man who is getting attacked by a [[KillerRabbit rabbit]].

* CryCute: Jason during his breakdown on the dam.

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* RealityEnsues:
** The kids discover that looking for fossils is easier said than done. Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks or amber, and that is only if the remains of organisms don't get destroyed by natural forces such as erosion before they can be fossilized. Even the trilobite fossil J.P. turns out to be not a real one and just a replica from a museum gift shop.
** Kit offers a reward of 100 Choco-Rolls for anyone that finds a fossil, but then points out it's gonna take a while for her to get that many products altogether.

** Jason is baffled why they can't find a ''TyrannosaurusRex'' at the creek, not even in soil dating to the Cretaceous period. Since the creek is in Maryland and ''T. rex'' lived on the other side of the continent (it was divided by a great inland sea during the late Cretaceous), it's no wonder they're not having any luck.

* GreenAesop: The episode demonstrates environmental impacts of dams. Not only the Junior Forest Scouts damming up the creek doesn't do any favors for the kids there, it is also taking a toll on the wildlife since animals and plants need water to survive (not to mention the aquatic life).

* EveryoneHasStandards: Boris and Tony are shocked at Jason's behavior.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Jason quits being a Forest Scout since he's not getting respect from the kids, throwing away his sash and driving the other Scouts away. Craig asking him why he became a Forest Scout in the first place causes him to reconsider.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Jason quits being a Forest Scout since he's not getting respect from the kids, throwing away his sash and driving the other Scouts away.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Jason temporarily quits being a Forest Scout since he's not getting respect from the kids, throwing away his sash and driving the other Scouts away.

* HeelRealization: Jason seems to have one after Craig's ArmorPiercingQuestion.

** Kit offers a reward of 100 Choco-Rolls for anyone that finds a fossil, but then points out it's gonna take a while for her to get that many products.

** Kit offers a 100 Choco-Roll reward for anyone that finds a fossil, but then points out it's gonna take a while for her to get that many products.

** Kit promises to reward anyone with 100 Choco-Rolls if they find a fossil, but then points out it's gonna take a while for her to get that many products.

* SeriousBusiness: J.P. supposedly discovering a trilobite fossil triggers the titular fossil rush in the entire creek. Perfectly understandable as fossils are extremely valuable (only instead of being paid with money, it's being paid with Choco-Rolls), and EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs.

* RealityEnsues: The kids discover that looking for fossils is easier said than done. Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks or amber, and that is only if the remains of organisms don't get destroyed by natural forces such as erosion before they can be fossilized. Even the trilobite fossil J.P. turns out to be not a real one and just a replica from a museum gift shop.

* SeriousBusiness: J.P. supposedly discovering a trilobite fossil triggers the titular fossil rush in the entire creek. Perfectly understandable as fossils are extremely valuable, and EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: To look for more fossils, the Scouts dam up the creek, changing the landscape and endangering the aquatic wildlife as a result.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The Scouts damming up the creek is not only changing the landscape but endangering the aquatic wildlife.