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Recap / Craig Of The Creek S 3 E 04 The Bike Thief

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Written & storyboarded by Jason Dwyer & Roan Everly

A mystery unfolds in the Creek when the 10 Speeds' bikes are stolen.


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  • Affectionate Parody: Of Police Procedurals.
  • Disability Alibi: Mackenzie claims she couldn't have been the troll who took the 10 Speeds' bikes, because she can't work a phone due to having hooves (well, pretending to have hooves). Turns out, however, that she was working together with Scooter Girl in stealing the bikes.
  • "Eureka!" Moment: After Craig confesses that he thinks finding the 10 Speeds' bikes might also lead him to his old stolen bike, Kelsey tells him that it's not likely, and that there might be more than two bike thieves out there. That leads Craig to realize that it was Scooter Girl and Mackenzie working together who took the bikes.
  • Good Cop/Bad Cop: Craig and Kelsey, respectively, when interrogating Scooter Girl.
  • Identifying the Body: Parodied. At the crime scene, Handlebarb tearfully identifies her bike as Craig reveals it from under a tarp. Then she's ecstatic that she got her bike back.
  • Mystery Episode: Who's stolen the 10 Speeds' bikes?
  • Overshadowed by Awesome: Scooter Girl was apparently the best stunter in the Creek before the 10 Speeds came along, hence her participating in stealing their bikes.
  • Police Are Useless: The 10 Speeds call on Craig to find their bikes because they think the Junior Forest Scouts are too inept. Cut to Tony wrapping Boris in caution tape because he never gets to use it all.
  • Troll: The main suspect is someone who is posting negative comments on the 10 Speeds' videos.

 
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After the Stump Trio solves the mystery, saxophone music is played in the background where it's revealed the Timekeeper is playing it.

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