Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties

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Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties
Author	Dav Pilkey
Illustrator	Dav Pilkey
Published on	August 29, 2017 (8/29/2017)
Publisher	Graphix
Book Color	Red
Publication order
Previous	Dog Man: Unleashed
Next	Dog Man and Cat Kid
Book Trailer

“	It's double trouble for Dog Man!	”
–the book's blurb

Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties is the third book in the Dog Man franchise. The release date was August 29, 2017. It was written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey and colored by Jose Garibaldi.

Synopsis

He was the best of dogs... He was the worst of dogs... It was the age of invention... It was the season of surprise... It was the eve of supa sadness... It was the dawn of hope... Dog Man hasn't always been a paws-itive addition to the police force. While he can muzzle miscreants, he tends to leave a slick of slobber in his wake! This time, Petey the Cat's dragged in a tiny bit of trouble -- a double in the form of a kitten clone. Dog Man will have to work twice as hard to bust these furballs and remain top dog!!

Characters

• Dog Man
• Petey
• Li'l Petey ^(debut)
• Chief
• Flippy
• Sarah Hatoff
• Beasty Buildings ^(debut)
• Cops
• Zuzu
• 80-Hexatron-Droidformgon ^(debut)
• Dr. Dookie ^(debut)
• Milly
• Mean Officers

Plot

Chapter 1: Recalled to Duty

One day, Chief comes in with a newspaper with good news saying Chief and Dog Man are Heroes! He tries to show it to Dog Man, who was eating one stand of Chief's chair, and when he hears Chief calling him, he jumps around him like usual and licks him. Which gets on his nerves as usual. Chief got Dog Man to stop by shouting at him " BAD DOGGY, BAD DOGGY! ". Than, one of the officers ( Maude ) come and handle Chief The newspaper back. Chief thanks her and shows it to Dog Man, and when he read the newspaper with them in it, he finds out that the scientists will study Flippy's brain after the incident, he puts Dog Man in charge of security, Maude is nervous because Dog Man likes to roll around in dead fish (And Flippy is dead). But Chief tells her that Dog Man is a good doggy, and suddenly Chief falls over on the chewed-up chair Dog Man Chewed.

Chapter 2: You've Gotta Be Kitten Me!

In Cat Jail, Big Jim was roaming around the jail giving balloons to prisoners after the warden gave him balloons for his birthday, and gives to the following: Tippy, Fluffy, Mr. Whiskers and they all respect him for it. Than, He remembers about Petey and tries to get Petey to have one, but he pops it by his claws making Big Jim cry. Petey is Satisfied for Making him cry, but realizes he could trick him and get Petey escape. He goes and fakes his apology to Big Jim and tricks him to help him escape by saying he has a gift for him buried in the sandbox over there. Big Jim runs to get it, and makes Petey hold his balloons. Petey flew away by the balloon like he planned. Once done, he goes to his lab and finds it as a

toxic waste. He wants to get a new butler, since he fired his own one. Somebody who thinks like him, somebody who has a Wicked Soul like him. And gets the idea of getting a new butler by cloning himself. He going into the internet ad buys a cloning machine. 2 to 3 days, he gets the package. Before the delivery guy tells him to sign, he slams the door so hard, opens the box and pulls the newly Bought Clone Machine into his desk. He does all the following steps: Step 1: insert DNA Into DNA Chute ( Does it by putting one of his whiskers off in the machine ). Step 2: Press Start Button. And Step 3: Receive your Clone. Instead of what he thinks going to be a entire Duplicate of himself, instead got a kitten version of him. Which shocks him. He checks and he realizes he didn't read the back page, where it's stated he has to wait 18 years for the clone's adulthood. The kitten then says " Papa? ", causing Petey to shout, " I'M NOT YOUR PAPA! YOU'RE MY CLONE! " causing the kitten to cry. Petey holds him onto his shoulder, which comforts the kitten. Petey, extremely upset, wishes for his whiskers, his refund and his life back.

Chapter 3: The Six Thousand Dollar Fish

Dr. Dookie is interviewed by Sarah Hatoff about The Flippy Experiment. He claims that after they dug him up the mountain, he was still preserved in ice, and Dog Man brings him out of the aquarium. But it must've gone too far, because Dog Man rolled around on Flippy's dead body. Dr. Dookie lost his temper and held up Flippy, and shouted " FLIPPY IS SQUASHED! ". Dookie and his assistant forced Dog Man to sit over there and look sad. Than, his assistant told him her idea to turn him into a robot. He then made it official. Soon at the lab, they did his assistant's idea, and moreover it was a good thing Flippy was dead. They then leave Dog Man with the bionic dead Flippy. But when they slammed the door, a series of incidents happen:

• The lamp fell...
• It landed on the table...
• Flippy's robotic dead body went flying out of the lab...
• Dog Man tries to use the seesaw to catch it...
• But when he did, a bird caught it...
• Dog Man left to the cops station, bugged by two officers(The Mean Officers)...
• The bird passed by smoke, causing it to cough...
• Which made Flippy fall out...
• And fall straight into the Living Spray Factory.

Dog Man, feeling guilty and irresponsible, runs over to the COPS Station, where two of the officers are confused and force him to tell them what's happening.

Chapter 4: No More Kitten Around!

Meanwhile, Petey walks with new test tubes when he trips on his kitten clone. Petey tells him off, but the kitten clone just starts to ask "Why?" over and over, making Petey got irritated. Its lunch time, and once he reached for the food, it boomeranged back to Petey, making the kitten laugh, Later, the kitten clone goes up to Petey, showing a comic he made. Petey ordered his clone to make him coffee, so he does. Petey comments on the coffee, saying how good it tasted, but spits it out after his clone explains that he used the fly swatter to stir it. Enraged, Petey plots to sell his clone for free, which he tells him that they were just playing pretend.

Soon, Dippy comes and asks how much he costs. Petey exclaims, "A dollar!" Dippy is disappointed, saying she only had more money than that. Petey changes his mind on the price and soon she asks for the clone's name. Petey says he didn't have one, but the kitten clone says he did have one: Li'l Petey. Petey tells Dippy to not listen to him. Dippy says that she would call him "Snowball", while Li'l Petey exclaims that he would call her "Poo-Poo Head." Dippy is enraged and leaves. Soon Li'l Petey tells Petey that he had to use the restroom, but Petey tells him to hold it. While Petey was ranting about how stupid Dippy was, Li'l Petey leaves. Petey notices this, and decides to abandoned Li'l Petey, running away. Li'l Petey returns and sees that Petey left. He tries calling for him, but didn't get an answer. Sadly, Li'l Petey drags the crate as he sings a song about how hard his life was. He stops at Community Oriented Policing Services and doses off. But what he didn't know was that he was going to meet a new friend.

Chapter 5: Crate Expectations

Back at his lab, Petey slowly regrets leaving Li'l Petey alone. He leaves his lab and searches for him, but to no avail. He returns to his lab, he finds the book Li'l Petey made for him " Papa and Me " And starts to read it:

" To Papa...Papa and Me are in the air. It Rained and papa and me went to the lab. Papa and Me got to our car. Look at Papa's New invention. Me and Papa think the same things. The End.. "

After reading this, he holds the book close to him and sobs, "What Have I Done?".

Soon at the living spray factory, the workers find the building shaking. One of the workers say that the smoke stack is clogged. The Female worker say they need to unclog the smokestack before it explodes. So They go to the smokestack filter to see if anything was in it. And they find the dead Flippy in their hands. The workers are confused about how it got there, and how it got there.

At the police station, Chief finds Dog Man sleeping in the back of the plastic plant. He gets his attention by shouting " Hey! ", but Dog Man just wakes up and jumps onto him. He yells at him to stop and leaves the station. He notices Li'l Petey, and tries to tell Dog Man about it, but gets jumped on again. Chief tells Dog Man to get rid of Li'l Petey, so Dog Man picks him up and leaves.

They flee to a coffee shop and meet a couple. They want to buy him, but they even wanted to dye him pink. So Dog Man growls and barks at them. Then came a father and his son. The father tells his son if they would adopt him, he should be declawed.Upset, DogMan growls and barks at them, scaring them away. Soon came an elderly lady, who wanted to fit Li'l Petey in with her 29 other cats. Dog Man growls and barks at her. However, the coffee shop closed and so did the lamp shade, with the duo worried, so Dog Man takes him to his house (which was big inside, as Li'l Petey remarked). They arrive at the bedroom, and after he found out Li'l Petey loved Dog Man's bed more then his crate, he destroys it, pushes the cotton into the crate, and changes the Free Kitty sign into Sleepy Kitty. Then he got him prepared for bed and kisses him a good night's sleep.

Chapter 6: A Buncha Stuff That Happened Next

Petey finished creating his 80-Hexotron-Droidformigon. He tells him to scan the book Li'l Petey made. Once the processing finished, he told him to go find him. Soon, the two went to the thick colony of trees until they reached Dog Man's house. He uses his extendable arms to grab Li'l Petey. They run back to the lab, and then Li'l Petey wakes up. He tells him how Dog Man defended him from the five nosy people for two solid hours and soon Petey told him to shut up. But then Li'l Petey started barking until via puppet show, he told the "true" story of him and Dog Man. When Petey portrayed as himself, Li'l Petey wanted to see the Dog Man puppet. But Petey said he is dumb while he's a genius. That's when Li'l Petey slept tucked with the Dog Man puppet.

Back at his house, Dog Man notices this. He goes around looking for him. Until his phone rang with Sarah answering. Dog Man barks on the phone. Sarah thinks Dog Man's having a problem, so she and Zuzu came there, and Dog Man drew a poster with Li'l Petey in it. Engraved are the words, "Missing! If found call cops!" Sarah then said they should go photocopy it and spread it around the city.

While the workers threw the dead Flippy in the trash can, but it slipped through the living spray tank. Horrified, they run away.

Chapter 7: Recalled to Life

Dawn came at last, and Petey woke Li'l Petey to show off his 80-Hexotron Droidformigon, which he calls 80-HD for short. He said he can do evil things, but Li'l Petey asked if he can play duck-duck-goose. Petey remarks that he is his clone and he will turn out like him. He even told him he will obey everything he tells him. But Li'l Petey just has 80-HD play with him, disappointing Petey.

Meanwhile, Flippy is brought back to life, stunned by his bionic parts. As he gets out of the factory, the entire building comes to life, calling it a Beasty Building. He tells it to make every building come to life also, and soon, an army of Beasty Buildings ensued, controlled by Flippy's mind powers.

Back at Petey's Secret Lab, he was annoyed of Li'l Petey and 80-HD's behavior. He tells Li'l Petey to order 80-HD to open up, and puts him inside, becoming an extension of 80-HD. Li'l Petey starts to play with Petey, driving him CRAZY.

Soon, Chief tells Dog Man, Sarah, and Zuzu that the Beasty Buildings are attacking the city. He says they should run, but Sarah says they should fight. And that's what they did. Petey and Li'l Petey hear this and watch it unfold on top of the roof. With binoculars, he sees Dog Man in trouble. He says he'll save him, but Petey tries to remind him they are the antagonists, so they couldn't.

Chapter 8: The French Dressing Revolution

Flippy is enraged that Dog Man's gang had defeated half of the Beasty Buildings, so he tells this to the others and said they should get revenge.

Moreover, the truck ran out of French salad dressing. And a Beasty Building lifted the truck, ready to eat Dog Man and Zuzu alive. Soon a thing zipped into it, splitting the monster in two. And the head part with the truck started falling. It crashed to the ground, with Sarah and Chief mourning. But it was just Li'l Petey who saved them. They were happy, but they still had to deal with the other Beasty Buildings.

Chapter 9: Big Fight!

Li'l Petey fights the Beasty Buildings for his friends, outnumbering them all. But there was a catch. Flippy lifted him up and tossed him away. Petey notices this, and they all run to see it. They then landed CRASH! on the ground. Li'l Petey was alive, but 80-HD got broken. He says he can be repaired. The others notice it, and tell them that Flippy is on his way. To prevent Li'l Petey from harm, he sacrifices himself telling the others to run. Flippy notices this. He lifts him up with his powers, saying, "It's time to DIE!"

Meanwhile, the gang returned to where Chief parked his car. They all hid inside an art supplies shop, with Dog Man and Li'l Petey staring at the window. Chief and Sarah think there's nothing they could do. But Li'l Petey had an idea. He grabbed papers, a pencil, and crayons and starts drawing.

Flippy found an idea to destroy the "robo- cat." By putting him in a volcano. And once it will be done, Dog Man and his friends are next in line.

Back at the art shop. Li'l Petey finished the book and unwittingly hijacked Chief's car. He tells Dog Man to chase him, but running wasn't enough. He decided to stop at Steve's Choppers and Hang Gliders, which had free test drives for the week. Dog Man chose both the chopper and hang glider.

Meanwhile Li'l Petey arrived at the scene and asks Flippy what he was doing. Once Flippy tells him what was going on, he asks ''why?'' over and over. Flippy admits that no one liked him back when he was a fish and always called him names. After showing him the comic that Li'l Petey made about each other, Flippy cries out of happiness, causing his powers to get weaker. Petey thinks he is about to die, but Dog Man saves him, only to arrest him for the time, with 80-HD falling out of the volcano.

Chapter 10: Three Endings

The First Ending: Flippy's Story

Everyone cheered for Dog Man, while Petey said, "Phooey!" Soon Sarah told Flippy she will call the cops on him. But he before he gets arrested, he asks Li'l Petey if he can borrow the book he made. Li'l Petey said he can keep it, and they can be pen pals, making Flippy convinced. Back in Fish Jail, Flippy is making comic books for Li'l Petey, as they developed a friendship.

The Second Ending: Petey's Story

Back in the present, Chief tells Petey he's going to jail after escaping. He tells Li'l Petey he's going to live with Dog Man temporarily, and tells him to just be himself. As they walk to jail, Petey tells Chief that he would try to be good and asks Chief for his help. Chief happily agrees, and the two hug. However, Petey runs away, having handcuffed Chief to a pole, making Chief shout ''PETEY!!!!!!!!!''.

The Third Ending: Li'l Petey's Story

Dog Man and Li'l Petey gather all of 80-HD's pieces and tells Dog Man he'll rebuild him as they get home. But they reached bedtime, so he decides to move it the next morning. Once Li'l Petey is done bathing, he reads him a bedtime story about a squirrel, Dog Man growls as he reads, and Li'l Petey does the same. And they growl all night as they read the story, and with two cops calling from afar.

Trivia

• The title of the book was based on the title of the book " A Tale of Two Cities" by the late Charles Dickens.
• This book came out as when Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman was in full color.
• Petey says the two lines Sydney Carton does in A Tale of Two Cities.
  • In page 197 he says, "It's a far, far better thing that I do, than I've ever done."
  • In Page 215, he says, "It's a far, far, better rest that I go to, than I've ever known!
• Irony: Petey helping Dog Man's team.
• Running Gag: Li'l Petey saying, "Why?" almost every time in the book.
• It is based off "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens.

• Lil Petey explains about Dog Man from panel 3 on page 114 all the way to panel 2 on page 117.
• The majority of its book's storyline, along with the first 2 Dog Man books (in short) has also been based for the Dog Man: The Musical.
• This is the first book to have the title based off a classic, old novel.
• This is the only book to have chapters named like " Chapter the first " Unlike every other Dog Man Book which name Chapters like " Chapter one "
• The Synopsis of the story was based on the first page in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

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Trailer description

From Dav Pilkey, the creator of Captain Underpants, Dog Man is back! Part dog, part man, and all hero! This time, Dog Man faces a cute kitten clone and his cunniving creator, Petey, the world's most evil cat! Will it be double trouble for Dog Man? Or will Li'l Petey surprise the heroic hound as they battle the bionic Flippy and his Beasty Buildings? Find out in Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties! You'll howl with laughter!