Plot (Normal)[]
Petey sits in his cell, sad, upset about how Dog Man always beats him. So, Petey escapes to find out how Dog Man is smart enough to capture him. He sneaks to his house, only to find Dog Man reading a book. Petey grabs his smart-o-meter to check, reading 'Smart'. Petey now comes up with a plan to make people dumb.
A week later, Petey has finished his invention: Word-B-Gone 2000™. He tests it on a book, and it erases all the words in it. So Petey tests it out more on stop signs, bookstores, schools and libraries. Soon, Petey attaches his invention to an airplane and erases all the words in every book in the world.
Soon, everyone doesn't read and, just like Petey predicted, they become dumb.
Two weeks later, according to the smart-meter, the world has become 'Supa Dumb'. Petey wants to see how stupid they became, so he goes to the car lot. He demands a car while the manager is busy talking about his cat having eleventeen puppies and his mother being five years old. So, Petey takes a car, waving goodbye to the manager. The same thing happens at the bank (a lady's pair of shoes are getting married), he gets 'free' money and a 'free' flat-screen television (and at the tech store, a guy is eating a MacBook Air).
Meanwhile, the police are doing stupid things. A police officer, carrying poos, runs to the Chief to inform him about a person pooing in his office. Chief calls up Dog Man about solving the 'terrible crime'. Dog Man then questions a chair, lie-detects a jar of pee, and works with a sketch artist, who draws a butt. Dog Man even goes on a stakeout, by that he goes out and eats steak.
Petey is having trouble of his own too, as all the T.V. shows are stupid, so he can't enjoy his newly stolen TV. His car is ruined thanks to his mechanics literally filling up the car with petroleum. He even can't live well in his lab, as his butler is stupid. When Petey told him to take out the trash, the butler took it out on a date. Petey really dislikes having to be the only smart person in the world.
Petey later goes to Dippy's Donuts because he wants to get some donuts, but Dippy keeps messing up his order. She keeps saying that they sell them by the dozen, even though Petey asked for twelve (which is exactly a dozen). Then she says that they only sell them by sixteen. She understands, but says to the baker to make "sixteen bagels". Petey tells her straight, but she just tells him to make up his mind, then asks him if he wants mustard for his bagels. Petey tells her again and gone through a rage that he doesn't bagels nor mustard, only donuts. But this time, he gets a lecture from Dippy that she's not an idiot and he needs to show some respect, followed by his bagels. When Petey exits the donut store, he sees a homeless person who is starving. Petey offers him his bagels, but is rejected since the man dislikes bagels. Petey storms out in anger and that if he see one more dumb thing he's gonna, well, he doesn't say because another dumb thing happened.
Petey reads his books back at his lab, which were the only informative books left on Earth. The world gets even stupider.
2 weeks later, Petey has become a slob. His toenails are long, and his room is messy and unhygienic. Meanwhile, Dog Man is still solving the case, arresting an apple tree. Suddenly, Dog Man smells the mess in Petey's lab. He finds the books and reads all of them, gaining more knowledge. He then passes them out to the school. Petey comes back, only to find a trail of books leading to the school. The bell rings to signal recess for the children. They come pouring out, bumping into Petey, causing him to drop his books.
After the effort to try and collect books scattered near the playground furniture, Petey is arrested and all the books on Earth get zapped back to normal. Soon after, the cops finally find out who pooped in Chief's office. After seeing Dog Man in the security footage, Chief angrily chases Dog Man around the police station.
Plot (Comic Squad: Recess!)[]
This comic has a slightly altered version that appears in the comic anthology book "Comic Squad: Recess!".
Petey sits in his cell, sad, upset about how Dog Man always beats him. So, Petey escapes to find out how Dog Man is smart enough to capture him. He sneaks to his house, only to find Dog Man reading a book. Petey grabs his smart-o-meter to check, reading 'Smart'. Petey now comes up with a plan to make people dumb.
A week later, Petey has finished his invention: Word-B-Gone 2000™. He tests it on a book, and it erases all the words in it. So Petey tests it out more on stop signs, bookstores, schools and libraries. Soon, Petey attaches his invention to an airplane and erases all the words in every book in the world.
Soon, everyone doesn't read and, just like Petey predicted, they become dumb.
Two weeks later, according to the smart-o-meter, the world has become 'Supa Dumb'. Petey wants to see how stupid they became, so he goes to the car lot. He demands a car while the manager is busy talking about his cat having eleventeen (clearly 11) puppies and his mother being five years old. So, Petey takes a car, waving goodbye to the manager. The same thing happens at the bank, he gets 'free' money and a 'free' flat-screen television.
Then, Petey drove by Dog Man and Dog Man's 'Dog Instincts' took over, due to Petey being a cat. He follows Petey to Petey's Secret Lab and finds the books and reads all of them, gaining more knowledge. He then passes them out to the school. Petey comes back, only to find a trail of books leading to the school. The bell rings to signal recess for the children. They come pouring out, bumping into Petey, causing him to drop his books.
After the effort to try and collect books scattered near the playground furniture, Petey is arrested and all the books on Earth get zapped back to normal.