Brother's Day
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Season 1, Episode 6b
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Airdate
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October 14, 1998
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"Brother's Day" is the second half of the ninth episode from season one. In this episode, when Brother's Day hits Nearburg, Cat and Dog want to give each other the perfect gift, which result of them sacrificing a personal item to obtain it.
Characters
Synopsis
Dog rushes to the mud. Pretending to be a wrestling match, CatDog wrestles in the mud. Winslow proclaims Dog to be the winner. CatDog goes to their bathroom. Cat cleans himself with sponge Mr. Luffa. Winslow tells Cat what he will get for Dog on Brother's Day. Cat looks at a photo album with past Brother's Day photos. Bothered by the photos, he wants to forget Brother's Day. Dog goes to the balcony and sees an airplane promoting a Brother's Day sale. Dog wants to go to the sale, but Cat tells him that they are out of money and can't exchange gifts.
CatDog watch their two televisions. They see advertisements of Brother's Day. Winslow shows up and tells Dog that if he has a brother, he would give him the greatest gift ever. Dog is interested on giving a gift to Cat, while Cat wants to give money to Dog to get something he wants.
The Mud Movers truck cleans up the mud. Dog looks at the cash. Cat tells him that he got some "stuff to do in town". CatDog goes to Loof-o-Rama. Cat gives Rancid his luffa and cries. CatDog leaves the store and head to the mall. They browse for items in the Useless Mart. After they bought themselves gifts, they leave.
The next day in CatDog's bedroom, Winslow wakes up CatDog. Cat and Dog gives each other gifts. Dog opens his gift and finds a wrestling uniform. He tells Cat that he sold the mud to buy his gift and bought and sold a protective case for his luffa for a wrestling uniform for him. Afterwards, CatDog dawn their uniforms and wrestle Winslow.
Trivia
- The concept of CatDog giving up their personal items to give the other one a gift is based on the old short story "The Gift of the Magi".
- According to a television commercial, Brother's Day is a registered trademark Shvanker and Bockmeyer enterprises.
- Brother's Day appears to be a "Hallmark holiday", a holiday made for commercial purposes.
Quotes
Cat: (to Winslow) Nauseous? Ho, ho, ho! Will show ya nauseous. (to Dog) Hey, Dog. How about a little tag team...
CatDog: WRESTLING!!!
Transcript
For a full transcript of Brother's Day, click here.
Gallery
The gallery for Brother's Day may be view here.