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{{Episode
|Operation   = H.O.U.N.D.
|Season      = 3
|Episode     = 39
|Mission     = 074
|Writers     = [[Mo Willems]]<br />[[Mr. Warburton]]<br />[[Anne Bernstein]]
|Storyboards = [[Kim Arndt]]<br />[[Jesse Schmal]]
|Code        = 313a
|Order       = B
|Month       = November
|Day         = 12
|Year        = 2004
|Pre Op      = Operation: S.P.R.O.U.T.
|Pre         = 073
|Nex Op      = Operation: R.A.B.B.I.T.
|Nex         = 075
|Acronym     = Homework Obliterated Using Nefarious Dog
}}

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the second story in the thirteenth and final episode of [[Season 3]] of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''. It first aired on November 12, 2004, on [[Cartoon Network]].

==Summary==
Numbuh 5 comes face to face with a vicious dog who is always eating her homework.

==Plot==
While walking to school, [[Numbuh 5|Numbuh 5 (Abigail)]] comes across some creepy woods where a giant hound attacks her. She climbs up a tree and is followed by the hound, then she knocks the hound down with a piece of the tree. She is almost out of the woods when the hound attacks her backpack and rips up her homework. Abigail is injured.

Meanwhile, [[Valerie]], an honor role student, finishes her report on why their state is the "bestest state in the whole world." The students are bored by this as Valerie added every detail to it, even notes. [[Mrs. Thompson]] lightly pushes Valerie away and asks for the other honor role student (much to Valerie's dislike) to come and read her report. Abigail comes in and says a dog ate it. Mrs. Thompson tells her to describe what she wrote on the report, but Abby said a dog ate her homework. Among hearing this, the students laugh and Mrs. Thompson angrily gives Abigail a double F minus. Valerie also disagrees and says her [[Tinkypuppypoodlepepon|dog]] would never hurt a fly.

She follows [[Numbuh 2|Hoagie]] and [[Numbuh 4|Wally]] to help find proof in her theory that Valerie's dog did eat the paper. The dog turns out to be a cute adorable pink dog. Valerie comes in and forces Wally and Hoagie away but talks to Abigail, who demands to know where her real dog is. Valerie suddenly turns into a were poodle (werewolf) and attacks her. Meanwhile, Hoagie and Wally wanted to pet the cute pink dog more than ever. All of a sudden, Abigail and Valerie burst out the front door destroying the hinges. Wally and Hoagie look shocked to see Valerie in her poodle form. Abigail is injured once again. Then, Valerie gives chase. Abigail runs.

Abby wants Wally to give her his homework. Wally is suspicious, but Hoagie grabs the paper and throws it at Abigail, much to Wally’s shock and dismay. Abby gives the homework to Valerie, who faints because Wally's homework is powerful. Valerie starts to attack again, but [[Mrs. Thompson]] comes in and puts a net on Valerie. She apologizes and admits that weredogs can get out of control. She also gives Abigail a second chance to finish her homework. The teacher then shoos the kids away and says to Valerie that "the truth can never be known" and it is revealed that Mrs. Thompson is the leader of the [[Weredog|Weredogs]].

==Featured==
'''KND Operatives'''
*[[Numbuh 2]]
*[[Numbuh 4]]
*[[Numbuh 5]]

'''Allies'''
*[[Dr. Lincoln]]
*[[Tinkypuppypoodlepepon]] (only appearance)
*[[Margie]] (cameo)

'''Villains'''
*[[Mrs. Thompson]]
*[[Valerie]] (debut)

'''Locations'''
*[[Lincoln Residence]]
*[[Valerie's House]] (only appearance)
*[[Creepy Woods]] (only appearance)
*[[Gallagher Elementary School]]

'''Objects'''
*[[Cursed necklace]] (not identified)

==Transcript==
[[Operation: H.O.U.N.D./Transcript]]

==Trivia==
*This is the first season final to not be a double length single story episode. 
*Dialogue from this episode suggests that both Numbuhs 2 and 4 are cat people (Despite how in ''[[Operation: T.R.I.C.Y.C.L.E.]]'', Numbuh 2 says his family has a dog).
*The events of this episode continue into ''[[Operation: D.O.G.H.O.U.S.E.]]''.
*This episode chronicles the cliché of kids telling their teacher that "a dog ate my homework". However, it also parodies werewolf lore.
*This episode was recreated as a mission in the ''[[Operation B.E.S.T.]]'' video game.
*There is no [[List of 2x4 Technology|2x4 technology]] shown in this episode.
*Numbuh 2 is revealed to be afraid of certain kinds of dog.
*Mrs. Thompson's class is revealed to be social studies.

===Series continuity===
*Numbuh 4 is notorious for his bad homework since ''[[Operation: R.O.B.B.E.R.S.]]''.
**And just like in ''Operation: R.O.B.B.E.R.S.'', in this episode the villain's evil plan is thwarted by Numbuh 4's homework.

===Cultural references===
*This episode and its sequel share the basic similarities with the unfinished ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'' episode, The Curse of Kataluna, which served as the basis for the direct-to-video film, ''[https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_on_Zombie_Island Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island]''.
*Numbuh 5's dad is modeled after American comedian, actor, spokesman, and media personality [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby Bill Cosby].
*There is a drawing of [[Wikipedia:Frankenstein's monster|Frankenstein's monster]] (incorrectly called Frankenstein) on the blackboard in the classroom.
*Numbuh 4 wrongly references several historical American events and individuals:
**[[Wikipedia:Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]]'s famous [[Wikipedia:Gettysburg Address|Gettysburg Address]].
**Former president [[Wikipedia:Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan]], who was not a general.
**The invention of the automobile, which Numbuh 4 calls the "discovery of the automobile".

===Goofs===
*Numbuh 5 walks past the path to Valerie's house before the door opens, but then we see her walk past the path again from the perspective of Valerie behind the door.
*Numbuh 5 ends up at the beginning of the scary woods after the fight with the werepoodle.
*The classroom wall next to Numbuh 4 is empty when we are shown how bored the kids are, but there are a number of white pages attached to the wall when Numbuh 5's desk is shown to be empty.
*Numbuh 5's empty desk next to Numbuh 4 was just shown to be occupied by Margie. She is then moved one row back in later scenes.
*When everyone in the classroom is looking at Numbuh 5 arriving, Numbuh 4's desk is not even close the wall that he was just sitting next to.
*The exact layout of the classroom changes between scenes.
*After Mrs. Thompson says she will give Numbuh 5 a "double F minus", the drawing on the chalk board in the back of the classroom is missing.
*Numbuh 2 is only holding a single sheet of paper at his desk, but is holding at least three when he starts his presentation.
*The kids sitting behind Numbuh 5 and Valerie are missing during their hushed conversion while Numbuh 2 is talking.
*The door to Valerie's kitchen only has a handle on one side.
*The door is also missing from the door frame behind Valerie when she tells Numbuh 2 and 4 to drop her dog. And it's closed when the dog returns to Valerie.
*Valerie's was completely destroyed, but some pieces are seen still hanging in the frame in later scenes. 
*When Valerie turns back to normal, she has no shoes or socks as she was barefoot. Then, she turns back into a weredog, and when she is caught, she has shoes and socks on.
*Jennifer Hale is not credited for her voice of Mrs. Thompson in this episode.

===Voice credits===
*[[Benjamin Diskin|Ben Diskin]]: Numbuh 2
*[[Dee Bradley Baker]]: Numbuh 4, were-poodle, and Tinkypuppypoodlepepon
*[[Cree Summer]]: Numbuh 5
*[[Grey Griffin|Grey DeLisle]]: Valerie
*[[Jennifer Hale]]: Mrs. Thompson
*[[Kevin Michael Richardson]]: Dr. Lincoln

==Gallery==
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