Doug Bags a Neematoad
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"Doug Bags a Nematoad" is the very first episode of the Nickelodeon animated television series, Doug. This episode first aired August 11, 1991 on Nickelodeon at 10:00am EST.
Doug Funnie is new to a fictional-town called Bluffington, after moving from another fictional-town, Bloatsburg with his family, Phil, an outgoing yet nerdish father who works as a photographer; Theda, Doug's meek-mannered mother; Judith, or Judy for short, Doug's artistic sister; and the family pet dog, Porkchop. After moving into their new house, Doug's father asks Doug to find a good place to get some dinner. Along the way, Doug meets his next door neighbor, Bud Dink, who is always tinkering with unusual gadgets. When Doug arrives at the fast-food restaurant, Honker Burger, he tries to order but cannot because the cashier says she "can't understand a word" he said (he did not use the commonly used slang for ordering food there). Then, a blue-skinned boy helps him with the order. He introduces himself as Mosquito Valentine, but everyone refers to him as "Skeeter".
Meanwhile, while sitting down at a counter and meeting several other kids, Doug notices a pretty girl running across the sidewalk. Distracted, however, he accidentally slips on a ketchup packet and squirts ketchup on the shoe of the school bully: Roger Klotz. Roger decides to humilate Doug after the incident and tells him if he wants to be a hero, he has to capture a mythical beast called a "nematoad," which is a very popular myth around Bluffington and is the town's mascot. When Doug goes to the local lake and tries to capture it, he discovers that it was just a hoax and feels embarrassed. When confronting Roger and his gang, a "brown creature" emerges from the water. Roger and his friends are scared, but Doug realizes it's Porkchop, covered in mud. Doug "captures" him and scares away Roger and his friends, who believe Porkchop is a real nematoad.
Back at the Honker Burger, Doug sees the same girl he saw running earlier, whose name is Patti Mayonnaise. Skeeter then wants to introduce Doug to her, but Doug is too nervous. Doug accidentally slips and squirts another ketchup packet, fearing he squirted the ketchup on Patti. However, he realizes the ketchup landed in Patti's burger, leaving a good first impression on her.
At the end of the episode, Roger is shown in the night trying to capture a nematoad.
