To Catch a Bird is the 10th episode of Season 1 of Clifford the Big Red Dog and aired on September 10, 2000.
Summary:[]
When Jetta's medal and mirror go missing, all fingers and paws point to Emily – all of them except for Clifford's! When the dogs finally prove Emily didn't steal anything, Clifford learns the value of having faith in a friend.
Plot[]
The episode starts at school. Miss Carrington is announcing the 2 finalists of the spelling bee. She tells Emily Elizabeth to spell monkey, but she got it incorrect. Miss Carrington tells Jetta to spell monkey, and Jetta spells it correctly. After Jetta wins the Spelling Bee, she is rewarded with a medal. Later on, Emily Elizabeth and Jetta meet up with Charley at the Park to play soccer while he wears shirt, shorts and sandals. First, Jetta has to put her medal in her sweater pocket. Unfortunately, a seagull sees the medal and takes it. When Jetta returns, Mac barks happily, demanding Tummy Yummies, but Jetta does not have a single treat for him. When she checks her pockets, her medal is gone! She then suspects that Emily Elizabeth stole her medal.
Later on, Clifford and T-Bone are chewing a big bone. T-Bone says the bone tastes good while Clifford wishes that Cleo was here to chew it up as well. Cleo arrives with a dazzling bow that she wore at the Groomers. Then, Jetta and Mac arrive at the Howards Residence, the Jetta knocks on door hardly was mad and irritated. Mac tells Clifford, T-Bone and Cleo that Emily Elizabeth stole Jetta's Spelling Medal, but Clifford tells him that Emily Elizabeth would never do that. Outside the house, Jetta irritates at Emily Elizabeth that she was jealous that she stole her medal. Emily tells Jetta that her medal has fallen from her pocket or something. The dogs eat popcorn in the ground from the movies, and smell is stinker than trouble. Jetta annoyed at Cleo to stop sniffing me and Jetta's getting on my nerves for Emily Elizabeth. The bird catches her mirror and Jetta is irritated at Emily Elizabeth to give me that mirror. Jetta is irritated at Emily Elizabeth to return that medal and your mirror. Emily ELizabeth found her medal and mirror that old sea bird taken away.
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Trivia[]
- This is the only episode where we see Jetta Handover wearing her sweater instead of having it tied around her neck in all the other episodes.
- A book based on the episode was released a year later called Doggie Detectives.
- Emily's incorrect spelling of monkey is how the band the Monkees are spelled.