History Recap / CraigOfTheCreekS2E32TheChildrenOfTheDog

* ChekhovsSkill: Kelsey and Mortimer's "pet trick", where she regurgitates birdseed and gets him to eat it off her tongue, comes in handy later when the trio are locked in a dog carrier. After getting her to regurgitate more birdseed, Craig applies it to the carrier's hinges, so that when Mortimer tries to eat it, he ends up pecking out the pins holding the hinges together.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Brigid puts on a dog costume, JP assumes she was actually a dog who took off a human costume.

* PseudoCrisis: The dog carrier the Stump Trio are locked in is balanced on a rock over the Creek, making it seem they would drown if they moved too much. After they get out, the carrier falls anyway, revealing that part of the Creek is only inches deep, though JP acts as if they almost died anyway.
* ScamReligion: Brigid's seminars are less overtly-religious than the Fredite cult, but they're much more of a scam, getting people to pamper her by pretending it will teach them to get their own dog. She even has [[ChurchOfHappyology ranks that members ascend as they do more for her]].

* StomachOfHolding: Kelsey keeps a supply of birdseed for Mortimer in her stomach, which she regurgitates on demand twice in the episode. Getting it out the second time appears to require considerably more effort.

* WidelySpacedJailBars: The Stump Trio are locked in a dog carrier, but don't reach for the lock even though their hands could easily fit through the bars. Strangely, Mortimer's entire body can fit through them to pull out the pins from the hinges.

* WidelySpacedJailBars: The Stump trio are locked in a dog carrier, but don't reach for the lock even though their hands could easily fit through the bars. Strangely, Mortimer's entire body can fit through them to pull out the pins from the hinges.

* TheShill: Anne supposedly got her own dog following Brigid's program. It turns out she was a dog ''walker'', and the dog wasn't her own.

* BrokenRecord: Brigid gives Craig a poop bag dispenser full of papers with words that he must read to his parents and will result in them giving him a dog. The papers only read "I want a dog", so Craig endlessly repeats them until his parents freak out and send him to the hospital. The next day, Craig tells his friends that he kept saying it even there, thinking the doctors will prescribe a dog.
* ChekhovsSkill: Kelsey and Mortimor's "pet trick", where she regurgitates birdseed and gets him to eat it off her tongue, comes in handy later when the trio are locked in a dog carrier. After getting her to regurgitate more birdseed, Craig applies it to the carrier's hinges, so that when Mortimor tries to eat it, he ends up pecking out the pins holding the hinges together.

* StomachOfHolding: Kelsey keeps a supply of birdseed for Mortimor in her stomach, which she regurgitates on demand twice in the episode. Getting it out the second time appears to require considerably more effort.

* WidelySpacedJailBars: The Stump trio are locked in a dog carrier, but don't reach for the lock even though their hands could easily fit through the bars. Strangely, Mortimers entire body can fit through them to pull out the pins from the hinges.

* BagOfKidnapping: After discovering Annie didn't get a dog thanks to Brigid's advice, she was just walking someone else's, the Stump Kids get sacks pulled over their heads by Brigid's goon and come out inside a dog carrier.

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* ForYourOwnGood: Brigid comes to believe tricking her followers into pampering her like a pet is doing ''them'' a favor, because it's the next best thing to having an actual pet. [[TheExtremistWasRight Surprisingly, several members end up agreeing with

* ForYourOwnGood: Brigid comes to believe tricking her followers into pampering her like a pet is doing ''them'' a favor, because it's the next best thing to having an actual pet. [[TheExtremistWasRight Surprisingly, several members end up agreeing with her.]]
* MadnessMantra: Brigid gives Craig a poop bag dispenser full of papers with words that he must read to his parents and will result in them giving him a dog. The papers only read "I want a dog", so Craig endlessly repeats them until his parents freak out and send him to the hospital. The next day, Craig tells his friends that he kept saying it even there, thinking the doctors will prescribe a dog.

* TheShill: The girl who supposedly got her own dog following Brigid's program. It turns out she was a dog ''walker'', and the dog wasn't her own.

* ScamReligion: Brigid's seminars are less overtly-religious than the Fredites, but they're much more of a scam, getting people to pamper her by pretending it will teach them to get their own dog.

* WidelySpacedJailBars: The Stump trio are locked in a . Yet, strangely, Mortimers entire body can fit through them to pull out the pins from the hinges.

Craig has tried to convince his family to get a dog for years but has never been successful, but he may have a chance if he follows the guidance of a charismatic creek kid and her three step program.

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