Pilot

The eponymous pilot of Craig of the Creek is currently an online-exclusive short that was first released on December 1, 2017, on the Cartoon Network app and CN On Demand. It has a run-time of 11 minutes.

Synopsis

Craig is a 10-year-old boy who spends his afternoons playing in the wooded stretch of suburban wilderness known as the Creek. When he loses his beloved staff down a storm drain, Craig must journey with his best friends Kelsey and JP to find the entrance to the sewers hidden in the Creek and get it back.

Plot

Craig, Kelsey, and JP try to retrieve Craig's staff that he accidentally lost in the sewers.

Features

Characters

• Craig (debut)
• Kelsey (debut)
• JP (debut)
• Mortimer (debut)
• Jessica (debut)
• Bernard (debut)
• Grandad (debut)
• Alexis (debut)
• Paintball Mike (debut)
• The Paintballers (debut)
• The Sewer Queen (debut)
• Sewer Kids (debut)
• Nicole (debut)
• Duane (debut)
• Beth the Timekeeper (debut)
• Kid Priest (debut)

Objects

• The Staff of Grandad's House (debut)
• The Purse of Holding (debut)
• The Tubinator (debut)
• Paint grenade (debut)

Locations

• Herkleston (debut)
  • Craig's House (debut)
  • The Creek (debut)
    • The Log (debut)
    • The Couch of Teenage Mysteries (debut)
    • Poison Ivy Grove (debut)
    • The Aqueduct (debut)
    • Pet Cemetery (debut)
    • Rainbow Alley (debut)
    • The Sewer (debut)

Trivia

Cultural references

• In the pile of objects that fell into the sewer, a doll can be seen that resembles the main character of the titular series Steven Universe.
• By the Steven Universe doll, there can be a Jason mask from the Friday the 13th franchise.

Errors

• On Craig's map, where the soccer stadium is located, Herkleston is misspelled as "Herkleson."