CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery
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CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery is a 2001 animated television movie
based on the Nickelodeon
animated television series CatDog
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Eventually, they find their parents, a frog
and sasquatch, only to be told they do not know where CatDog came from and that they are CatDog's foster parents; it turns out they were separated by a tornado when CatDog was a baby. Since then, they have searched for their true parents. Winslow then shows up confronting them for leaving, but when offered to stay, he rejects the idea and leaves. Suddenly, the Greaser Dogs and many of the other characters they've met gang up on them for all the trouble they've caused. Luckily, they are flown back to Nearburg by another tornado. Everyone else was gobbled down by the sea monster that popped up afterwards.
Television movie
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based on the Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
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animated television series CatDog
CatDog
CatDog is an American animated television series which premiered on April 4, 1998, and ended with an unaired episode on September 22, 2004. The series was created for Nickelodeon by Peter Hannan. It was also shown as a sneak peek in theaters with The Rugrats Movie...
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Storyline
The Nearburg parent day festival is happening and CatDog is feeling left out. Dog eventually convinces Cat to go on a parent hunt. Along the way, they run into aliens, a sea monster, hillbillies, and fire ants.Eventually, they find their parents, a frog
Frog
Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...
and sasquatch, only to be told they do not know where CatDog came from and that they are CatDog's foster parents; it turns out they were separated by a tornado when CatDog was a baby. Since then, they have searched for their true parents. Winslow then shows up confronting them for leaving, but when offered to stay, he rejects the idea and leaves. Suddenly, the Greaser Dogs and many of the other characters they've met gang up on them for all the trouble they've caused. Luckily, they are flown back to Nearburg by another tornado. Everyone else was gobbled down by the sea monster that popped up afterwards.
Cast
- Carlos AlazraquiCarlos AlazraquiCarlos Jaime Alazraqui is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Deputy James Garcia on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. His voice-over work includes the role of Bobbi Fabulous on Phineas and Ferb, the Taco Bell chihuahua, Denzel Q...
- Winslow - Jim CummingsJim CummingsJames Jonah "Jim" Cummings is an American voice actor who has appeared in almost 100 roles. He has appeared in classic animated movies such as Aladdin and The Lion King, as well as taking on roles in more current films, such as Bee Movie, Princess and the Frog, and Winnie the Pooh.-Personal...
- Cat - Tom KennyTom KennyThomas James "Tom" Kenny is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He is especially known for his long-running-role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as the live-action character Patchy the Pirate, Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on...
- Dog, Cliff - Jane KrakowskiJane KrakowskiJane Krakowski is an American actress and singer. She is most well known for her performance of Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and for her current role as Jenna Maroney on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, for which she has been nominated for three Emmy...
- CatDog's Mother, Pussycat Catfield - Dwight SchultzDwight SchultzWilliam Dwight Schultz is an American stage, television, film actor, and voice artist. He is best known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the 1980s action show The A-Team, and as Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and the film Star Trek: First...
- Eddie - Billy Bob ThorntonBilly Bob ThorntonBilly Bob Thornton is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone...
- Hound Dog McDog, CatDog's Father - Frank WelkerFrank WelkerFranklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
- Bessie the Sea Monster - David Greener - Ring Doggy
Continuity
This movie contradicts the events of several other episodes in which CatDog refer to members of their family. In one CatDog episode, there is a CatDog family reunion; an extended CatDog family suggests that CatDog should already know something about their parents. In another episode, they appear to know quite a bit about their family history, because they refer to other generations of CatDogs who owned their house before them. Another time they inherited a house from an uncle called "HorseDuck". Finally, they once flashed back to their youth, when they lived in a little doghouse outside a much larger house, believed by many fans to be their parents' old home; this, however, could have been after Winslow found them.Characters
- CatDog's Mother: She is a blue sasquatch. Apparently, Dog appears to take that his big nose and eyes can be seen. Cat takes after him more
- Pussycat Catfield: The mother of Lube, a cat. At first, CatDog thought she was their mother, until it was discovered that she was not connected to her husband at all. She also has another child, a daughter.
- Hound Dog McDog: The father of Lube, a dog. CatDog thought Hound Dog was their father, until we see that he was not connected to his wife at all. He also has another child, a daughter who tries to marry Cat.
- Bessie the Sea Monster: A sea monster in a frozen lake, similar to the Loch Ness MonsterLoch Ness MonsterThe Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next....
. Dog allowed himself and Cat to be swallowed by her, assuming that she was the monster who swallowed their parents in one of his theories, which was obviously wrong. They get out getting inside a giant hairball having Bessie hack them up.