♪ Who's gonna help when the danger overwhelms ♪
♪ And the mysteries are piled high? ♪
♪ Who's gonna be around, never gonna let you down ♪
♪ When you're on a wild ride?
♪ Your friends are always by your side ♪
♪ It's Craig of the Creek, he's gonna save the day ♪
♪ It's Craig of the Creek
What about...
a gorilla!
Nay, a swash-buckling, pirate gorilla!
[ Imitating gorilla grunts ] Yar!
Mmmm, Kelsey, the Muay Thai-borg is, untouchable!
Beep beep beep! Boop!
All are defeated by Muay Thai-borg's knees of steel.
I think we need a boy with some real sense
to settle this dispute.
Hey, Craig!
Who'd win in a fight --
a pirate gorilla or a kick-boxing robot?
Hmm, I gotta go with...
the pirate gorilla!
♪♪
[ Both scream ]
So did the virus take over your whole body?
No, I got some eyedrops for my eye
so it's not gross anymore.
Great, because Tony Mozafari said he saw a zombie
by the wading pit, so we're gonna go check it out!
Zombie?! Ugh, I can't go to the creek.
My mom says I have to wait one more day
just to make sure the infection doesn't spread.
Well, we're real sad you can't come to the creek today,
but I think we both agree that it's worth it
if we don't have to risk contracting demon eye.
We'll be sure to send you a video of us
disemboweling the zombie!
Both: Bye!
How you doing, baby guy?
[ Groans ]
Sneak attack!
Hope you have fun at the space museum.
We will if we ever get out here!
Hey! Bernard! Jessica!
T-minus one hot minute till take-off!
Dad, are you sure I can't come?
Ew! You're not coming with us.
You'll put your gross eye on a telescope
and then the whole scientific community will get pink eye!
Hey, you still want to pilot this mission?
Then you leave your brother alone.
Say no more!
Blahhh!
While I deeply care about all of you,
I regret that I cannot give you all the kisses.
I can't risk bring germs into space.
Please understand. Bye! I love you all!
Sorry, my guy, I'll bring you home
a souvenir from the gift stop.
See you at 1800 hours for dinner!
[ Sighs ]
Sweetie, I'm sorry you're sick,
but it'll be nice to spend some time together.
Yeah.
Mom, can I please go to the creek?!
I'll put a plastic bag around my head!
Baby, I'm sorry, but you can't.
You gotta stay here and get better.
But I only get, like, 28 hours a week to play there.
Every minute is precious.
Wow, it's like your part-time job.
But sometimes you have to call in sick.
Why don't we watch "Elemen-teens"?
You used to love this movie.
No, thanks.
Well, what if we play a board game?
Remember we used to do that when you were little?
I'll even let you win. -Ughhh.
I'm just gonna imagine I'm playing at the creek.
Climbin' into the stump...
Adventure...
Whee.
Hmm, y'know, back when I used to live in Florida,
your aunt and I would build blanket forts
when it got too hot to go outside.
Maybe we could do that?
I do like building.
♪♪
Now, Craig, are you ready to spend the day chill-laxing
with your main mom at the very cozy and exclusive...
Fort Williams?!
Whoa, Mom!
I know.
It's so cozy and spacious.
It kind of reminds me of a day bed but cooler!
I also made sure we had a very generous view of the TV!
That is generous!
I remember this feeling way bigger when I was a kid.
I mean, this feels more like a bunker than a fort.
You know, Mom, we do have the whole day.
We could make this fort even bigger!
Hmm!
♪ Lift the blankets up off the bed now ♪
♪ Everybody build a fort
I'm sure Bernard won't mind if we borrow a few things.
Now, thisis a fort.
Brigadier General Mom reporting for duty!
Permission to enter Fort Williams!
Greetings, Brigadier General Mom!
To keep ourselves safe from interlopers,
I'm gonna need to to ask you the following question --
Who's your favorite kid?
Now, you know I don't have a favorite,
but if I did, it would have to be Craig!
[ Laughs ] You may enter.
You darn right I may,
I bought half the stuff in this fort, you rascal.
First stop, the canteen!
Canteen, canteen, canteen, canteen...
Oh! Wrong way.
Canteen, canteen, canteen, canteen!
Shh.
One moment while I procure one snack for you, ma'am.
[ Clattering ]
Here you are, nothing but the finest in pineapple slices.
I'm sure the kitchen staff worked very hard
to prepare these,
but I'm craving something more salty than sweet.
Yes, terribly sorry.
'Ey boss, she didn't want the slices!
What else we got?
Heck, I dunno, how -- how about these?
How's he getting through the dishwasher, though?
Is this more to your liking?
Oh, yes.
Careful, Mom, that pool noodle
one of the load-bearing pillars of the fort.
If that goes down, the structural integrity
of Fort Williams will be severely compromised.
What'chu know about structural integrity?
Structural integrity is the ability of an item
to hold together under a load,
including its own weight without breaking
or deforming excessively. -Mm!
You want a pretzel? -Yep!
♪ Lift the blankets up off the couch now ♪
♪ Everybody build a fort
Okay, Craig, this is the last shot of the game.
Come on!
No!
And with that, the final score
for this round of basement ski ball is...
Craig, 4,
me, 50! [ Laughs ]
Hey, what's that over there?
Oh, that's the brig!
Uh, what do we need a brig for?
You know, in case someone steps out of line, like you!
Or me! Or this guy!
Oh, you're right, he looks like he needs to be locked up.
[ Laughs ] Can't catch me!
Slow down, Slide.
[ Laughs ]
Hmm.
Ohhh, no, Craig must've crossed over to the next dimension.
I guess it's just me in here now.
Tickle ambush!
Yah! -Aah!
[ Laughs ] Come on.
Why would I laugh when I'm not even ticklish?
[ Laughs ]
Why you laughing so much? I'm not even touching you.
It's the thought that counts.
Now that I've collected all the chaos balls,
I'll finally make my one wish come true!
No! Not after what you did to our friends!
Okay, lemme get this straight, this bad guy
used to be childhood friends
with the good guys and then turned evil because...
Something went down between them about 500 chapters ago.
I pretty sure they came out before I was born...
We haven't spent time together like this
since you were a teenie-weenie bean-bag baby.
It's been nice.
[ Knock on door ]
Oh! Someone's at the door.
Kelsey, JP!
What are you guys up to?
What are we up to?
Aren't you gonna ask us about the zombie?
Oh, yeah! So what happened with that?
Nothing!
Turns out it was just some creepy old mannequin.
Yeah, nobody knows how it got in the creek
but I did take this hand off it's, uh...
hand.
Uh, is your house being fumigated or something?
Oh, this? Nah!
My mom just stayed in and built a fort with me.
A fort?!
Both: Whoa!
My mom says that it's probably the biggest fort
in Williams family history!
Can your mom get any cooler?
This fort is the stuff of legends!
Yeah, my mom ispretty cool.
I didn't know she did things like this as a kid.
Oh, I would invite y'all in to check it out,
but my pink eye's still an issue for a bit.
It's not like we could come in anyway.
Yeah, we got to head home for dinner.
Okay, see ya!
Both: Bye!
Wait, did JP say, dinner?
Are these my sheets?!
Interlopers!
-They're back? -Huh?
What is all this?
Fort Williams!
And you can't enter without the secret password!
Who's your favorite kid?
Craig.
[ Gasps ] How'd you guess?!
I've been in the van for an hour,
now I've got to poo!
Get this stuff out of my way!
Hostile interloper!
[ Grunts ]
[ Screams ]
I leave Earth for one afternoon,
and this is what you do to Small Uncle?
How did you get in here?
Through the garage door.
Oh, no, Dad!
Jessica, don't touch anything!
[ Screams ]
Craig?
I'll fortify the rear door.
You protect the load-bearding noodle!
Craig, wait.
[ Panting ]
One small step for Duane...
Dad, watch out!
Pssssht. One giant step for man --
Yah! [ Screams ]
♪♪
Mom! The fort Is collapsing!
[ Coughs ] We really gotta vacuum!
But first, we gotta protect the load-bearing noodle!
Maybe it's time to take down Fort Williams.
No! We can't!
I don't understand.
You were so desperate to get back to the creek this morning.
Tomorrow, your eye will be better.
You won't need the fort.
But without the fort, how will I spend time with you?
Duane: Whoa! How many pool noodles do we own?!
I -- I realized that we don't spend
as much time together as we used to.
You're at work and I'm at the creek.
And when we're not, Bernard, Jessica, and Dad
are always around.
Today was really fun.
I don't want it to end.
Tell you what, now that I know how you feel,
we can make some time to hang out together.
Just the two of us.
The next rainy day that comes around, that'll be our day,
and we'll do something together, deal?
Deal.
Brigadier General Mom requesting permission
to initiate self-destruct sequence.
Permission granted.
♪♪
[ Laughs ]
The house didn't really explode.
♪ When it's time to go to bed
♪ I know I don't have to feel alone ♪
♪ 'Cause I'll see you tomorrow
♪ At the creek
Just like I drew it.