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Written & storyboarded by Charmaine Verhagen & Niki Yang

When a pillar of the Creek community leaves, our trio mourns their loss by remembering the good times.


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  • Affectionate Parody: J.P.'s music video memory sequence does this to Cameo's "Candy".
  • Attending Your Own Funeral: Bobby moving away from the creek is treated as him dying, so a funeral is thrown in his honor, with a live Bobby lying in state.
  • Black Comedy: Craig stops a broken toy by grabbing it by the neck and shoving its head underwater, as if he was drowning it.
  • Call-Back: While trying to recall memories of Bobby, the trio misremember him being part of "Jessica Goes to the Creek" and "The Brood". When they bring up the one episode where Bobby did play an important part in the plot (when he beat Craig at Four Square in "Ace of Squares"), Craig points out that he called himself "Big Time Bobby", apparently thinking that meant he was a different person.
  • Disney Acid Sequence: J.P.'s "memory" of Bobby is a music video spoofing Cameo's "Candy".
  • Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: J.P. recounts an obviously-fake memory that includes him playing a saxophone solo, and Kelsey questions if he can even play the sax at all.
    J.P.: (annoyed) Uh, why are you asking, Kelsey? Because I've never played one before—Oh. Maybe that didn't happen.
  • Here We Go Again!: At the end of the episode, the trio is called to save Maney from the quick mud, just like how they saved Mackenzie in Kelsey's story. This happens in the middle of their hide and seek game with Bobby, who is still hiding and is thus ignored yet again.
  • Incessant Music Madness: The palamander, which sings a catchy song over and over that it quickly becomes annoying.
    J.P.: Stop it! It's in my brain!
  • Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Craig says this at the end of his memory of Bobby which has the trio getting rid of an annoying singing toy. He forgot that vow.
  • Literal Metaphor: When J.P. says he remembers "the first time I ran into Bobby", he means physically running into him.
  • Mistaken for Undead: When Bobby shows up at the Creek after moving, Kelsey assumes he's a ghost that came to feed on their sadness.
  • The Moving Experience: The Creek Kids mourn Bobby moving away, acting as if he was dying. Then it turns out Bobby was just moving a few blocks away and is still at the creek.
  • Quicksand Sucks: Kelsey's story is about rescuing Mackenzie from "quick mud". Near the end, the trio is called to rescue Maney.
  • Running Gag: All the memories of Bobby have him appearing at the last moment to trip and spill his candy, not contributing to the plot at all.

 
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Alternative Title(s): Craig Of The Creek S 1 E 41 Memories Of Bobby

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Craig unearths a Palamander toy, only to discover that whoever buried it likely had a good reason.

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