History Recap / CreepedOutS1E2CatFood

* {{Dark Past}}:

* {{Voices Are Not Mental}}: Although the Koekoeken briefly speaks in the voice the Koekoeken’s last victim had, she was doing this on purpose. Before and after the line where the Koekoeken speaks in Kelly’s body, she sounds just like Kelly. Weather this is intentional and just how it works when the Koekoeken conquers a new body is unknown.

* {{Voices Are Not Mental}}: Although the Koekoeken briefly speaks in the voice Mrs McMurtle had, she was doing this on purpose. Before and after the line where the Koekoeken speaks in Kelly’s body, she sounds just like Kelly. Weather this is intentional and just how it works when the Koekoeken conquers a new body is unknown.

* VoicesAreMental: At the end, Kelly briefly speaks with Mrs [=McMurtle=]'s voice, after the Koekoeken takes her body.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The Koekoeken uses Stu's own trick to take over Kelly's body.]]

* MeaningfulName: Koekoeken is Dutch for “cuckoo”, a family of birds popularly known for its brood parasitism.

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Stu has successfully defeated the Koekoeken, only to discover that she has taken his sister's body.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: This is why the Koekoeken has to beat someone in a fair game of chance before she can take over their body. However, by the end, [[spoiler: this is subverted, given it is perfectly willing to cheat to get back at Stu.]]

I SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:The Kokoeken forces Kelly into one of these to prevent her telling the school about Stu's cheating.]]

* VoicesAreMental: At the end, [[spoiler: Kelly]] briefly speaks with [[spoiler: Mrs [=McMurtle=]'s]] voice, after the Koekoeken takes her body.
* WhamLine: Kelly calls Stu "Duck", revealing that the Koekoeken succeeded in claiming a new body after all.

* ChekhovsBoomerang: The trick coin in the end. It appears to be used in the Koekoeken and Stu's standoff where Stu can't use it, but [[spoiler:it comes back when the Kokoekoeken plays Kelly and beats her using it.]]

* ChessWithDeath: The Koekoeken forces Stu [[spoiler:and Kelly]] into this.

* SnoopingLittleKid: Stu, who spies on Mrs [=McMurtle=] with the aid of cameras.

* MeaningfulName: Koekoeken is Dutch for “cuckoo”, a family of birds popularly known for it’s own parasitism.

* DownerEnding

* EvilOldFolks: Mrs [=McMurtle=].

* SnoopingLittleKid: Stu

* EvenEvilHasStandards: This is why the Koekoeken has to beat someone in a fair game of chance before she can take over their body.

Stu tries to tell his mother what's going on, but she thinks he's delirious. She agrees to go over and check it out on the pretext of borrowing a lawnmower. However, when she opens the false wall, Mrs [=McMurtle=] has hidden the bathtub. Stu's mother gets an urgent call from her job and has to go into the office, but sends Mrs [=McMurtle=] over to babysit. Stu confronts her and she admits she is a Koekoeken, having lured Stu into finding out her secret and faked a phone call to get rid of his mother. The Koekoeken is a parasite which lives for hundreds of years by possessing human hosts. Mrs [=McMurtle=] will not live much longer, and the Koekoeken needs a new host - who must be a child. She has chosen Stu because of his cheating and lying; the Koekoekens hate deceit.

Stu constantly cheats to get what he wants: including cheating at video games, stealing exam papers from his father (the Deputy Headmaster of Stu's school) to copy the questions, and faking being sick so he can stay home for the day. Whilst in his room "sick", Stu notices an elderly neighbour, Mrs [=McMurtle=], taking a huge delivery of cat food. He spies on her and watches as she opens a false wall in her garage, revealing an enormous bathtub. She pours the cat food into the tub and heats it up before taking a bath in the mixture; turning her into a monster. Stu searches online and discovers that she is a Koekoeken: a creature which takes over human bodies.

The Curious takes a souvenir from Mrs [=McMurtle=]'s garden: a lolly stick used as a grave marker at the spot where she had buried one of her cats.

The Curious takes a souvenir from Mrs [=McMurtle=]'s garden: a grave marker at the spot where she had buried one of her cats.

The Koekoeken tells Stu that she can't forcibly take his body. She has to win it by beating him in a fair game of chance; if Stu refuses to play, she will send a letter informing his school of his cheating. He will be expelled, his hard-working sister Kelly will be branded a cheat, and their father will be fired. Stu tries to fool the Koekoeken with a trick coin, but she sees through him and insists he play a fair game of cards. Stu wins, to the Koekoeken's horror. He demonstrates that he used a hidden camera to show him the cards. However, at breakfast the next day, "Kelly" reveals that she is now the Koekoeken. When the real Kelly learned about Stu's cheating, she agreed to play the game to save him, but the Koekoeken beat her using Stu's own trick with the camera.

The Koekoeken tells Stu that she can't forcibly take his body. She has to win it by beating him in a fair game of chance; if Stu refuses to play, she will send a letter informing his school of his cheating. He will be expelled, his hard-working sister Kelly will be branded a cheat, and their father will be fired. Stu tries to fool the Koekoeken with a trick coin, but she sees through him and insists he play a fair game of cards. Stu wins, to the Koekoeken's horror. He demonstrates that he used a hidden camera to show him the cards. However, at breakfast the next day, the Koekoeken reveals that she has taken over Kelly. When Kelly learned about Stu's cheating, she agreed to play the game to save him, but the Koekoeken beat her using Stu's own trick with the camera.

Stu constantly cheats to get what he wants: including cheating at video games, copying exam papers taken from the home study of his father (the Deputy Headmaster of Stu's school), and faking being sick so he can stay home for the day. Whilst at home with his "sickness", Stu notices an elderly neighbour, Mrs [=McMurtle=], taking a huge delivery of cat food. He spies on her and watches as she opens a false wall in her garage, revealing an enormous bathtub. She pours the cat food into the tub and heats it up before taking a bath in the mixture; turning her into a monster. Stu searches online and discovers that she is a Koekoeken: a creature which takes over human bodies.

Stu tries to tell his mother what's going on, but she thinks he's delirious. She agrees to go over and check it out on the pretext of borrowing a lawnmower. However, when she opens the false wall, Mrs [=McMurtle=] has hidden the bathtub. Stu's mother gets an urgent call from her job and has to go into the office, but sends Mrs [=McMurtle=] over to babysit. Stu confronts her and she admits she is a Koekoeken, having lured Stu into finding out her secret and faked a phone call to get rid of his mother. The Koekoeken is a parasite which lives for hundreds of years by possessing human hosts. Mrs [=McMurtle=] will not live much longer, and the Koekoeken needs a new host - who must be a child. She has chosen Stu because the Koekoekens hate deceit; Stu's copying from exam papers and selling them on to other kids has put his family and school in jeopardy.

Stu constantly cheats to get what he wants: including cheating at video games, copying exam papers taken from the home study of his father (the Deputy Headmaster of Stu's school), and faking being sick so he can stay home for the day. Whilst at home with his "sickness", Stu notices an elderly neighbour, Mrs [=McMurtle=], taking a huge delivery of cat food. He spies on her and watches as she opens a false wall in her garage, revealing an enormous bathtub. She pours the cat food into the tub and heats it up before taking a bath in the mixture; turning her into a monstrous creature. Stu searches online and discovers that she is a creature known as a Koekoeken.

The Koekoeken takes a souvenir from Mrs [=McMurtle=]'s garden: a grave marker at the spot where she had buried one of her cats.