Doug Bags a Neematoad

"Doug Bags a Neematoad" is the first episode of Doug (though it was mistakenly aired as the second).
==Synopsis==
The series begins with the Funnie family having moved from Bloatsburg, arriving at their new home in the town of Bluffington. The eleven-and-a-half-year-old son in the family, Douglas "Doug" Funnie, writes his thoughts in his journal and worries about not fitting in to his new home. As the family settles in, Doug's parents send him out to pick up something for dinner.
Before setting off, Doug meets his next-door neighbor, Bud Dink, and his wife, Tippi. Mr. Dink shows Doug a "Welcome to Bluffington" video, hosted by mayor Robert "Bob" White, which includes introductions to Stinsen's Pond and the Honker Burger. Accompanied by his pet dog, Porkchop, Doug rides his bike to the Honker Burger, hoping that since it's a popular hang-out for kids his age, he might make some new friends there, but he becomes worried about making a bad first impression.
Once at the Honker Burger, Doug places an order for his family's dinner, with a little help from Skeeter Valentine, who befriends him right away. Afterward, while going to pick up his order, Doug notices a dark-skinned blonde girl outside and immediately develops a crush on her, but accidentally slips on a ketchup packet, causing the ketchup to land on the shoes of the local bully, Roger Klotz. Roger and his three goons, Willie (the mayor's son), Boomer, and Ned, take Doug outside, where Roger tells him that he can set things up so Doug can be labeled Bluffington's town hero. What he has to do is catch a Neematoad, a creature that supposedly lives in Stinsen's Pond.
The next morning, Doug goes to meet up with Roger and his gang at Stinsen's Pond. Roger instructs Doug that to catch a Neematoad, he needs to imitate its mating call and then catch one in a bag when it comes up. Doug spends hours calling out for Neematoads until he finally notices Roger and his gang laughing at him in the bushes and realizes they've tricked him. As Doug goes to admit defeat, Porkchop suddenly falls into the pond and then comes out, covered in swamp mud. When Roger and his goons see the mud-covered Porkchop, they think he's a real Neematoad and are frightened by him, begging Doug to catch him in a bag, which he does. Willie, Boomer, and Ned promptly leave, while Roger, insisting that he wasn't scared, says he's going to stay here and catch an even bigger Neematoad.
Later, at the Honker Burger, as he is explaining everything to Skeeter (who is also fooled by Porkchop's Neematoad disguise), Doug sees the blonde girl he fell for yesterday. Skeeter tells him that her name is Patti Mayonnaise and offers to introduce him to her, but in his attempt to do so, Doug accidentally slips on another ketchup packet. Fortunately, this time, the ketchup instead lands right on Patti's hamburger ("You have wonderful aim"). Later that evening, after washing the swamp mud off of Porkchop, Doug writes in his journal about how, with everything that's happened over the past two days, he already feels accustomed to his new home and friends, and then wonders whatever happened to Roger. The episode ends on Roger, still in Stinsen's Pond, unsuccessfully attempting to call out for Neematoads.
==Home video releases==
;DVD
* Doug: Season 1
* Doug: The Complete Nickelodeon Series
;iTunes
* Doug: Season 1
* Nickelodeon Rewind, Volume 1
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Category:Series premieres