In Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas, Dog Man and Lil Petey answer a knock on the door and discover an official from Kitty Protective Services who demands that Lil Petey be in kitten school. Lil Petey immediately recognizes the cat as Petey in disguise. Petey reveals that he was in the Critter Scouts as a young kitten, and was kicked out after an incident in which the scouts turned on each other. Petey then caused an issue that forced the Critter Scouts to disband altogether. The other three scouts, Piggy, Bub, and Crunky, are now seeking revenge against Petey and plan to hurt Lil Petey. Petey plans to run away, but Lil Petey convinces him to stay and fight Piggy, who has become a villain. After a series of battles, Petey, Lil Petey, and Dog Man triumph. Petey is taken back to Cat Jail. Since he still must serve time for previous crimes, he tells Lil Petey that he sees no reason to try to be good. Lil Petey assures him that he should try anyway.
In Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild, Piggy disguises himself as Dog Man. He then steals money from a bank and frames Dog Man for the crime. Dog Man is sentenced to 14 dog years of hard labor at Dog Jail and taunted as a misfit. The Chief, aided by a robot named 80-HD, mounts a rescue. Dog Man and his friends save the city from destruction by a giant clay gyro monster, but Dog Man continues to wonder if he really is a misfit. His friends confide that they sometimes feel they do not fit in, making it clear that Dog Man is perfectly normal.
This guide includes Book 5 and Book 6 of the series of graphic novels. In the series, two fifth graders, George and Harold, are the writer and cartoonist of the series. Their story is that a really good police officer and his police dog were in a horrible explosion. The cops head and the dogs body were dying. A nurse came up with the idea to sew the dogs head on the cops body, and Dog Man was created. He is a super crime fighter, though he has some faults, such as his tendency to chew up important things and to jump on the Chief. Dog Mans arch nemesis is Petey, an evil cat who occasionally tries to be good. In these two graphic novels, Dog Man encounters a new group of villains. They are a pig named Piggy, a crocodile named Bub, and an ape named Crunky. Dog Man lives in an elaborate doghouse with Lil Petey, who is Peteys clone but he is a small kitten and is ultimately good.
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Because of his experiences, Dog Man (who already is somewhat of a misfit) becomes sad because he has been told he is a misfit. All of his friends console him by helping him to realize that no one is perfect – we are all misfits in some ways. Much like the last book, one of the other primary points of this book is Li’l Petey convincing Petey that he can be good.
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Book: Dog Man: Brawl of the WildAuthor and Illustrator: Dav PilkeyPages: 211 (221 with added activities)Published: 2019Rating: 5 out of 5 starsAge Suggestion: 8+Warnings: Some hints at animal crueltyQuick Summary: Petey is still struggling with being good or being bad. Meanwhile, it appears that Dog Man has turned to a life of crime! Will Li’l Petey, Sarah and their friends be able to save the day? (and we still have Li’l Petey’s knock-knock jokes?!)
This is the sixth book in the Dog Man series. While it is helpful if you have read the others, it is not necessary, as each book contains a brief summary. The book starts with an invitation from Yolay Caprese for DogMan and his friends to attend the world premier of the new Dog Man movie! Meanwhile, Petey is wondering if he can ever be good. He decides Li’l Petey will be better off without him.
Chapter 3: Things Get Worse!
The FLEAS (Piggy, Crunky, and Bub) are walking on the sidewalk, searching for the shrink ray that made them small. They soon find it, and walk over to Peteys robot from book 5. The FLEAS shrink the robot, and Piggy climbs on evilly. The next morning, Lil Petey, 80-HD, and Dog Man find 1 million dollars and 91 cents in their house. At first they think its the tooth fairy, but they soon realized that none of them have lost a tooth, and decide to bring the money to the cops. Meanwhile, Sarah Hatoff reports that a bank was robbed last night, and the Mean Officers say they know who did it. At the same time, Lil Petey comes in with the robbed money, and the cops arrest Dog Man with so-called “evidence”. Lil Petey and Sarah know he is innocent, but they have to find another way.
Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild is a 2018 graphic novel for kids, the sixth in the Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey (creator of Captain Underpants). The series so far has been reviewed here.
Our hero Dog Man (half dog half policeman) is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, robbing a bank, and he is confined to jail where he is ridiculed as a misfit. His friends work to free him from confinement while Dog Man tries to reconcile with his dual nature as being both man and dog but not entirely in either world. Meanwhile, Dog Man’s friend Lil’ Petey continues to insist to his “papa” (from whom he was cloned) is not irredeemably a villain, and the Fleas from the last book return to wreak havoc once again.