Gone to the Dogs

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Gone to the Dogs

Season
1

Episode
3a

Air date
May 21, 2021

Writer
Monica TomovaMia Resella

Director
John West

**Gone to the Dogs** is the first segment of the third episode of The Chicken Squad.

About
When chew toys begin disappearing from around the neighborhood, the Squad investigates.

Characters* Little Boo
* Coop
* Sweetie
* Captain Tully
* Lt. Scruffy (Debut)
* Hog Dog
* Dr Dirt
* Scout

Songs* Chicken Charge

Synopsis
We start with Dr. Dirt showing everyone how to look at things through a microscope. To paraphrase what she said, "Things are not always what they seem. Even the smallest detail can make a difference.". It's best shown when she gives them two cotton balls, with one of them actually being a dandelion. That's a pretty good observation, with everyone finding out with some indirect help.
Things pick up when Lt. Scruffy comes in to tell them about the missing dog toys. When Captain Tully says that she's not missing anything, he suspects her of being the thief. So this episode immediately hits you with an accusation, but in the right ways. Scruffy is shown to take his job seriously like Captain Tully, but unlike her, he's more strict about it. This does work since it's mentioned how he's missing some toys, so he's acting more on his emotions in addition to pride, like many people would. The reactions are interesting in how Coop immediately thinks she's innocent, befitting with how he sees the best in others, while Sweetie and Little Boo are a little more skeptical, befitting with how they act more on emotion.
We then see how Scout is also missing his dog toys, and the evidence raises even more suspicion. There are bone shaped dog treats, a blue collar, and rough fur, which all fit Captain Tully. It looks like she's the suspect. Scruffy immediately thinks this when presented with evidence, not helped with how there are dog toys at her doghouse. This gets even stronger reactions from everyone, though it also shows an interesting perspective in how you deal with suspects who are close to you. The Chicken Squad do care for her, yet are confused on how she could've done it since there's nothing to dispute it, or so it seems. It's essentially the equivalent of having your parents arrested even though there's that feeling that something's wrong, which is heavy.
Everyone goes back to Dr. Dirt to look at the evidence more closely, and there's something interesting. The bite marks in the bone shaped dog treats are soft would Captain Tully chews hard. Some of the fur from the scene of the crime is small unlike Captain Tully having larger fur. Talk about busted. When looking for the suspect, it turns out to be HogDog the pig . He took the dog toys since, unlike regular pigs, he likes playing with them. What keeps him likable is what happens afterwards. He's friends with Scout and saw he was sad, so he thought he could leave the toys with Captain Tully so she could return them. It's shortsighted, but not malicious. He does give a genuine apology as does Scruffy, which works because they're just acting for the betterment of others, but were just overtaken by their feelings. It's pretty cool.

Trivia* This episode is similar to A Dirty Job:
	+ Both episodes are about mysteries that happened before the start.
	+ Both episodes have morals about doing the right stuff.
* **Running Gag:** Little Boo still thinking that Captain Tully stole the toys.