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"Evolution of Craig" is the seventeenth episode of the second season and the fifty-seventh episode overall of Craig of the Creek.
Synopsis[]
Craig rescues a tadpole and decides to raise him into a level 100 frog!
Plot[]
Craig complains to Grandpa Earl and Bernard about a book he has to read over the summer for school called Time Will Till, wishing he had been assigned a comic book instead. Bernard teases Craig, before leaving for work. Craig and Earl start to walk back to the house when Craig spots something in a small pond.
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Trivia[]
- This episode contains numerous references to the Pokémon franchise.
- The capsule Craig throws at the tadpole represents a Poké Ball.
- The evolution animation has a jingle and animation nearly identical to that of Pokémon Red and Blue.
- Craig's tadpole learning new things as it changes also happens in-game.
- The "Who's that Creek Kid" segment is a reference to the "Who's that Pokémon" segment before ad breaks in the Pokémon anime.
- Craig's battle against Kelsey and J.P. resembles a Pokémon battle.
- The scene in which Craig imagines what fifth grade will be like resembles a Pokémon's evolution sequence.
- Time Will Till, Craig's summer read before fifth grade, is a reference to John Steinbeck's realist Great Depression-era novel The Grapes of Wrath.