Petey constantly can get out of prison just as often as he gets into prison.

In the book's epilogue, he writes a book called 'Li'l Petey's 1000 Greatest Knock-Knock Jokes about Poop'.

Cannot Tell a Joke: Throughout Lord of the Fleas, Li'l Petey repeatedly tries to tell Knock Knock Jokes, but instead of setting up a pun, he just looks for something random and says it pooped on the reciprocator of the joke.

Canines Primary, Felines Secondary: Lil' Petey, a.k.a.In Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot, a future Dog Man comic that George and Harold read featured Dog Man as the Bark Knight. Call-Forward: In Dog Man and Cat Kid, Dog Man creates a superhero identity for himself called the Bark Knight.Buddy Cop Show: Probably one of the only instances where the buddy cops are combined into one cop.Brains and Brawn: Before they were combined to become Dog Man, Greg the dog was the Brains, and Officer Knight the Brawn.Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: The Mayor, as revealed in the second chapter of Dog Man.Early into A Tale of Two Kitties, Flippy, through a combination of being rebuilt with cybernetic enhancements and a good hose-down of Living Spray, is resurrected after previously freezing to death and failing to possess The Chief in Dog Man Unleashed.Back from the Dead: Living Spray invokes this.His mechanical double in Dog Man and Cat Kid also counts. Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Philly the Cheese Steak mascot, once he's brought to life with the Living Spray.By Dog Man and Cat Kid, their skills have taken a significant hike in quality, with cleaner lettering and artwork that's beginning to look on par with Pilkey's regular artwork. While George and Harold's spelling and artwork start about on par with what we've seen them do back in Captain Underpants, there's a slight bump in quality starting in A Tale of Two Kitties George's handwriting has become a bit better and has fewer (if any) mistakes while Harold's artwork has begun to noticeably improve. Art Evolution: An In-Universe example, no less.They're not, but it wouldn't have made a difference if this got acknowledged, as to a dog, anything not blue is greenish-yellow, and the wires are red and green. The creation of Dog Man ostensibly depends on the myth that dogs are colorblind. Artistic Licence Biology: Downplayed.

Animesque: The Dog Man books are definitely Anime-inspired, especially noticeable when Dog's face is seen in profile, sometimes his mouth isn't visible.An Aesop: In Book Em, Dog Man, the moral is that reading makes you smart.

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