Basketball Stories

Basketball Stories is part 2 of the 9th episode of Season 2 of Clifford the Big Red Dog. It aired on February 9, 2002.
==Characters==
*Emily Elizabeth
*Clifford
*Jetta
*Baz
*Charley
*Skyscraper Jackson
*Samuel
*Sheriff Lewis (dream only; cameo)
*Mrs. Diller
*Dr. Dinh
*Horace Bleakman
*Violet Bleakman (dream only; cameo)
*Mark Howard
*Caroline Howard (dream only; cameo)
*Mr. Carson
*Mary
*Dan
*Various kids of Miss Carrington's class
*Various adult Birdwell Island residents
==Plot==
Skyscraper Jackson has come to Birdwell Island for a big exhibition game, which makes Charley not to miss anything -- except a bad cold. But Emily, Baz and Jetta each write a story about the game for Charley from their different point of view. Charley gets to relive the game through his friends' stories and they have a lot of fun writing and reading them to him.
==Notes==
*Barry Baz Hawkins wrote this episode, while Sean Dempsey directed this episode.
==Trivia==
*Although T-Bone's owner, Sheriff Lewis, Cleo's owner, Mrs. Diller, and Mac's owner, Jetta are seen, they do not appear in this episode.
*The characters who watch the game in the dream are Sheriff Lewis, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Bleakman, various kids of Miss Carrington's class, and various adult residents of Birdwell Island, except Victor and Pedro, along with Miss Carrington, who don't appear in the episode.
*Mrs. Bleakman sits between the African-American black-haired, orange-shirted, white-collared, and blue-skirted lady in glasses on her left and the Hispanic bald man in a pink sailor's hat, a pink short-sleeved shirt, turquoise overalls with a single pocket and white belt buckles, and brown shoes, whose favorite job is a construction worker and his favorite language is Spanish, on her right.
*When Jetta says, "Just before the alarm went off.", Sheriff Lewis and the Hispanic bald man hold Jetta up in the air, when Mrs. Bleakman is not there, but only when Caroline stands up.
*When Emily says, "The stands were filled with cheering fans.", Caroline is seen standing up and she and the spectators on her side are seen facing the right side of the screen.
*The Island Giants are Mr. Howard, Mr. Bleakman, Dr. Dinh, Mrs. Diller, and Mr. Carson.
*In the dream, even though Skyscraper Jackson is an Island Giant, he wears an Island Sprouts uniform, but the sick Charley is left behind and Jetta can only coach the Island Sprouts on the grass instead of play on the court with them.
*The characters who tell the story to Charley in order before Skyscraper's arrival are Emily Elizabeth, Baz, and finally, Jetta. Despite the fact that Samuel just watches.
*The Island Sprouts are Emily, Baz, Mary, Dan, Skyscraper Jackson, who was a Giant, joining them, and Jetta, coaching them on the grass.
*In this episode, Skyscraper Jackson pretends to be an Island Sprout, even though he is an Island Giant.
*When Jetta in the dream says, "Clifford!", Clifford catches the basketball in his left ear and the spectators cheer calmly.
*When Skyscraper puts the ball in the net attached to a crate in the real world, Jetta, Charley, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Diller, Dr. Dinh, Mark, and Horace cheer when Emily and Baz are not there in the shot.
*When Skyscraper is pleased after putting the ball into the net, which is attached to a crate, the only adult who arrives is Mark after cheering with the other adults, who are now gone forever, except for Jetta and Charley who are still there, and Emily and Baz, who return.
*In the shot of the two kids and the five adults cheering for Skyscraper, Mrs. Diller, Dr. Dinh, and Jetta change directions.
*In the real world, when Mr. Carson cheers for Skyscraper, he jumps up and down.
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