CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery (known in the episode title as CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery) is a 2000 stand-alone Television film based on Nickelodeon's CatDog series and the tv film itself is also the three-part premiere episode of CatDog Season 4. In the episode, CatDog are on a quest to find their parents.
The Nearburg parent day festival is happening and CatDog are feeling left out. Dog eventually convinces Cat to go on a parent hunt. Along the way, they run into aliens, a sea monster, fire ants, and hillbillies. Eventually, they find their parents, a frog and Sasquatch, only to be told they do not know where CatDog came from and that they are CatDog's foster parents; it turns out they were separated by a tornado when CatDog was a baby. Since then, they have searched for their true parents. Winslow then shows up confronting them for leaving, but when offered to stay, he rejects the idea and leaves. Suddenly, the Greaser Dogs and the other characters they have met gang up on them for the trouble they've caused. Luckily, they are flown back to Nearburg by another tornado. Everyone else was gobbled up by the sea monster that popped up afterwards.
It’s also known as The Great Foster Parent Mystery by developers.
The episode changed a lot during its development and is the longest CatDog project produced.
During the Parents Day celebration, The Butt Buster roller coaster from "Remain Seated" is seen.
While many people consider this episode the show's finale, it actually isn't as ten more episodes aired after this before the series ended, including an episode where CatDog's parents come to visit.
Error: When CatDog finally meet their parents and Dog reaches up to his dad to hug him, Dog's arms are the same colors as their mom's.
CatDog • Winslow Thelonious Oddfellow • The Greaser Dogs (Clifford Maurice "Cliff" Feltbottom • Shriek DuBois • Ignatius "Lube" Catfield-McDog) • Rancid Rabbit • Eddie the Squirrel • Randolph Grant • Tallulah Headbank • Mean Bob • Lola Caricola • The Ingrid Twins • Mervis Pantry • Dunglap Daniels • Mr. Cornelius Sunshine