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Petey's dad. He's a selfish, egotistical meanie who currently resides in Cat Jail. Petey and Li’l Petey no longer associate with him. Dog Man has a problem with distractions -- like balls. His Supa Buddies do some behavioral therapy just before Dr. Scum (remember him from Book 1?) creates an army of Burgle Balls. Will they take over the city while Dog Man hides? Not if Lil' Petey has anything to say about it. Meanwhile, Petey gets a pardon and takes Lil' Petey to live with him. When Lil' Petey finds out he has a grandpa and recruits 80HD to find him. Will Grandpa be a mud guy or a stars guy? (See quote below.) This is yet another clever installment of one of my favorite graphic novel series. George and Harold know how to entertain a reader! Grampa's pure-hearted cellmate in Cat Jail. Sometimes he moonlights as a superhero named Commander Cupcake. In Grime and Punishment and Fetch-22, he leaves Cat Jail unnoticed. This also happens in For Whom the Ball Rolls.
Grampa has a ginger striped body with a complete tail, unlike Petey. He has 6 whiskers (he pulled one off in Dog Man: Fetch-22 when he switched places with his son, which he now has 5), a stubble from a shaved beard, and his skin color is slightly darker than Petey, to show his age and distinguish him from his son. He also wears a pair of round glasses. More summaries and resources for teaching or studying Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls and Fetch-22. This book draws clear distinction between feelings and action: you need more than good intentions to be a decent person. In an argument between Li'L Petey and his grandfather, the old cat claims he never felt love for Petey a day in his life. "Love isn't just something you feel," Li'L Petey tells him. "Love is something you do!" Powerful words from a perceptive youngster. You can't force yourself to feel affection for someone, but you can dutifully protect and provide for them as though you felt love. In the end, how you treat them is more important than what you felt while doing it. Things might have turned out differently had Petey's father grasped this years ago. Li'L Petey encourages Dog Man in a similar vein when he finds our hero hiding in a trash can, terrified of Dr. Scum's Burgle Balls. Li'L Petey assures Dog Man he's a "good boy," but, "that doesn't mean very much. Look around. This city is filled with good people...but none of them are doing anything! It's not enough to just be good. We gotta do good! Even if things get scary!" Being a hero requires that you stand up to evil when you're afraid, risking your safety to do good, and Dog Man's record of heroism is why we love and admire him. But when his obsessions turn to fears, Dog Man finds himself the target of an all-new supervillain! I quite liked the addition of the new characters in this and the story was an improvement compared to the last couple of books in the series.I also love the references to classic literature. This installment of the series makes me want to go read Hemingway. How amazing is it that a children’s book can do that?!? This is the tenderest of the Dog Man stories, as Petey grows in his role as a parent. George and Harold have also grown in the maturity of their themes and their spelling :)
The Cupcakemobile and Cupcake Computer are both based on the Batmobile and the Batcomputer, all spoofing Batman's belongings. At the end of the story, Sarah interviewed Dr Scum about being new. Dr Scum ended the interview after the fourth question due to not being new. It went like this: Petey is giving a speech about how cats deserve more rights than dogs, while the FLEAS are forming a new plan on Petey's whisker. He is interrupted by the Jail Warden, telling him he got a pardon. He then forgets everything he just talked about and tries to leave Cat Jail. Big Jim then shows up and gives Petey a hug, and the FLEAS end up on Big Jims whisker. He is in Cat Jail, but the reason is unknown. In book 5 when Petey tells Li'l Petey his story, one of the cats seen protesting against the critter scouts looks a lot like Big Jim. Some of the other cats look like cats that were in Cat Jail, too. Maybe protesting got out of hand and led to the reason why he is in jail. The theme of the book was inspired by the following poem “Two men looked through prison bars. One saw mud. The other, stars.” OMG, it gives me chills!Dog Man was created when a cop and his police dog were hurt in an accident. The cop's head was dying and the dog's body was dying, which prompted a nurse to come up with the idea to sew the dog's head onto the cop's body. They did and Dog Man was created. He immediately became an elite crime fighter, the best officer on the police force. The problem is that Dog Man has some of the mannerisms of a dog, which hampers his ability to be effective. The Supa Buddies have been working hard to help Dog Man overcome his bad habits. But when his obsessions turn to fears, Dog Man finds himself the target of an all-new supervillain! Like Captain Underpants he is hypnotized by Crunky and Bub to be Commander Cupcake every time he hears danger.
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