Line #29 Headscratchers/CatDog


1	!!How do they, you know, "go"?
2	* Talk about the show and someone's always going to ask just... how do they... you know... [[NobodyPoops poop]]?
3	** Cough, cough... hairball.
4	** WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy, unsurprisingly, questioned this several years ago.
5	** This troper always thought they had one anus right in the middle of their body, it just wasn't visible (because, dude, it's a kids' cartoon). That's the theory that this troper sticks to because it's less squicky to her than the alternative (see above).
6	*** There was one episode which had the line, quote, "it has to pass through ''our'' colon," which verifies this theory.
7	*** This troper remembers an episode where they were snorkeling, and Dog makes a large fart bubble, which appears right in the center beneath them, verifying that this is where their anus is.
8	*** Possibly it would look like their bellybutton? It is in the right place to be either.
9	** Well, at least in one episode they were shown peeing (although the camera zoomed away from the actual process, showing only their faces). It seems to be a mystery intended by the creators, since Dog spoofs it in another episode (I think it was an episode about a live-documentation about their species).
10	** We see Dog about to [[DogsLoveFireHydrants pee on a fire hydrant]] a few times, and he lifts his leg accordingly. So apparently they've got some sort of...exit on their body.
11	** [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Lola]] figured that one out by barging into their bathroom. [[spoiler: They have a [=LitterboxFireHydrant=].]]
12	*** How this subject goes depends on the ep in question but they're pretty consistent, though there's a lot to do with that we ''don't'' wanna think about.
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14	!!How did these two come into being?
15	* There are also many other good questions surrounding their re-conjoined state, like what kind of animal would give birth to [=CatDog=]?
16	** How long can they possibly stretch before being separated...if at all?
17	** If one of them dies, does the other one also die (as they would share the same level of consciousness), or does one just have to drag the other's head on their rear end for the rest of their life?
18	** In one episode, Cat sees his own life flash before his eyes and at the end, when he imagines his death, his half is buried while Dog remains above ground.
19	** HOW WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS DIE IS A BETTER QUESTION!
20	** In real life once one half of a set of conjoined twins dies the parts of their body that are connected to their brain starts becoming necrotic and kills the other twin rather quickly. Like within 24 hours to a couple days.
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22	!!''That'' Episode
23	* There's this one episode about...I don't know, something about eating habits, and a goldfish, and long story short, Cat disappears into Dog's mouth. I saw it when I was a kid, and I have literally not been able to figure it out for YEARS, because, get this, at some point, Cat comes OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH, INSIDE OF DOG'S STOMACH. Just...how?!
24	** RuleOfFunny
25	** You know, that exact same thing bugged me for the exact same reason.
26	*** I don't remember my reaction, but it certainly freaked me out. He wouldn't actually be able to stretch enough to do that, but it's just so hard to think of what ''would'' happen. And, of course, there's no [[MindRape infinite amount of cats coming out of the last one's mouth like you'd expect from such a paradox.]]
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28	!!Rancid's many jobs
29	* Here's another one, how is it possible for Rancid Rabbit to have all these jobs and scam Cat so easily and he's the smart one. I was hoping someone would see Rancid as a restaurant and ask Catdog, "Hey Catdog, why is your doctor our waiter?" The only time Cat notices this is when Rancid appeared as a teacher and a Policeman. Also in "All you can't eat" why was Rancid crying when he got fired as Manager from Taco Depot when he has a hundred more jobs.
30	** Cat actually lampshades this in one episode, where Rancid is a school principal for most of it and then appears again as a police officer at the very end.
31	** It's a case of InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals, meaning there's hundreds of Rancid Rabbits running around Nearburg, each one holding a different job.
32
33	!!Forgettable Victories
34	* How is it that nobody at all remembers that [=CatDog=] won in a lot of the episodes? In literally half of the episodes, they win or are otherwise unharmed, so how is it nobody remembers those episodes?!
35	** Status quo?
36
37	!!Winslow's goal and Smuggling Bones
38	* In the episode about [[ItMakesSenseInContext smuggling dogbones]] to serve in what amounts to a speakeasy, at the very end Winslow undersells [=CatDog=] by charging only $1 for what Cat had been charging $5 (and then $10 and planning $20) as well as hiring the Greasers as bouncers and bribing the cops so they look the other way. Realistically, how can he ''possibly'' expect to make a profit ''or'' get more money than Cat? Cat was getting more money for each individual bone and hadn't really bribed anyone or hired any employees (he's not ''shown'' paying them, at least). Even if Winslow paid the Greasers in bones, that's taking away some of his own product and thus losing money, and bribing the cops costs him ''more'' money. Cat had also been selling for longer, so even without his customers, he's gonna have more than Winslow for a while to come.
39	** Cartoon writers don't necessarily know economics.
40	** It seemed that Winslow's goal wasn't to make money in the long run but to spite CatDog and ruin their business.
41
42	!!The Greasers' Beef
43	* Do the Greasers really hate cats? Some episodes had Cliff interacting with feline characters in a non-negative manner, including taking dancing lessons with Randolph Grant (the cat with the replacement butt), and trying to woo one of the twins sisters. None of the other Greasers see anything wrong with it. Is the reason they bully the titular duo (specifically Cat) less to do with species and more the fact that they're considered "freaks?"
44	** Probably so. The Greasers' rulebook says "No two-headed freaks"...
45	*** One episode implies that Shriek could put up with Dog, considering that they dated in that ep, so maybe it's Cat she can't stand. In general, the Greasers just aren't fond of Cat but Dog's attached to 'im, so they go after him, too.
46
47	!!How do do this two get wedgies?
48	* Okay, something tells me that RuleOfFunny is the explanation here, but I still can't wrap my head around it: In "Cliff's Little Secret", Cat mentions that he and Dog got wedgies from the Greasers. Two problems with this. One, they don't have a butt, so a wedgie would be anatomically impossible. Two, they don't even wear any clothes, let alone underwear, so even if a wedgie were anatomically possible how would the Greasers pull it off (no pun intended)?
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50	!!Mis-Matched intelligence
51	* Why is one head more intelligent than the other?
52	** AnimalStereotypes. At least in fiction, [[{{CatsAreSuperior}} cats tend to be more intelligent]] on average than [[{{DogsAreDumb}} dogs]].
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54	!!The Ancestors debate
55	* When talking to each other, why do [=CatDog=] refer to their ancestors as "your ancestors" and "my ancestors"? They're brothers.
56	** It might not be an issue of their actual ancestors so much as their "species heritage". Which is also silly since they're really neither cat nor dog depending on how you think they were created. But they don't actually know where they came from, so Cat and Dog probably just try to identify with the species they resemble to feel like they have more of a place in the world.
57
58	!!Dog coming out unharmed
59	* In "Fetch", how come Cat gets injured but Dog doesn't when they both fall off a cliff together?
60
61	!!Shouldn't Dog have earmuffs, too
62	* In "Climb Every [=CatDog=]", Cat decides to buy earmuffs after finding out that body heat is mostly lost through the ears. Why does he buy only one pair if both he and Dog have ears? Shouldn't he have bought one for each of them?
63
64	!!More on how these two came into being
65	* Is an explanation of ''any'' sort ever offered for how [=CatDog=] came to be?
66	** If memory serves, the opening implied something about them being the result of a dog and a cat falling in love. IDK how that would work but the theme says their birth "caused a stir".
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68	!! How many jobs?
69	* Exactly how is it possible for Rancid Rabbit to have so many jobs?

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