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Season 2 Episode 17

The Spider and the Lie

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The Spider and the Lie
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Lionel writes a crime story, which involves Leona, a slippery character named Monkey C. Monkeydew, a missing library card, and a spider. Viewers learn about genres of fictional stories, as well as about words featuring the long "i" sound. As Lionel's story unfolds, Leona encounters a monkey who wishes to check out a book, but doesn't have a library card. He swears to return the book the next day, with a spider as his witness. When the next day comes, however, he denies everything, and the case goes to court, with Click the Mouse presiding.moreless
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    Peter Linz

    Peter Linz

    Theodor "Theo" Lion

    Fred Newman

    Fred Newman

    Himself / Golf Announcer

    Chris Phillips

    Chris Phillips

    Cliff Hanger

    Anthony Asbury

    Anthony Asbury

    Lionel Lion

    Kathryn Mullen

    Kathryn Mullen

    Leona Lion

    Jim Kroupa

    Jim Kroupa

    Walter Pigeon [ 2 ]

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    • TRIVIA (2)

    • QUOTES (5)

      • Buster: Barnaby B. Busterfield III had a spider, and inside his head was where Barnaby would hide her. Heh heh heh. Take that, Mother Goose. Heh heh.

      • Theo: Mr. Monkey, can you tell the court your full name, please?
        Monkey: Monkey C. Monkeydew.

      • Click: And I fail to see why you need a pencil when you have a state-of-the-art computer.
        Lionel: Writers need pencils. You can't chew on a computer.

      • Lionel: Poor kid. He took her straight down Chump Street in a leaky canoe.
        Click: Lionel, where's Chump Street?

      • Leona: I like the cute animal genre. Can you write in the cute animal genre, Lionel?
        Lionel: Oh, come on, Leona. I'm trying to concentrate. Take a powder, dollface.
        Leona: 'Take a powder, dollface.'
        Lionel: That's the way they talk in the crime genre.

    • NOTES (1)

    • ALLUSIONS (1)

      • Rug: If there is no book, then he is not the crook. If he says it's not so, you must let him go!
        Leona: You, rug! Lie down!
        Rug: Okay.

        Rug's feeble attempts at defending his client, Monkey C. Monkeydew, are a spoof on "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," a phrase coined by defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, referring to a glove that was a piece of evidence in the infamous 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial. Though the monkey in the story eventually broke down and confessed, Simpson was acquitted.

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