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Ritchie comes running into the house scared and in tears. He claims that he was being eaten by a giant woodpecker. Laura knows he is obviously crying wolf - or in this case crying woodpecker - but she does whatever she can to calm him down. When a concerned Laura, not knowing what to do, tells Rob, they try to figure out the cause for Ritchie needing this attention. Regardless, Rob believes that playing along with Ritchie and saying that he killed the woodpecker may finally calm Ritchie down for good, but when what they believe the cause for needing that attention no longer exists (a fight with neighbor Freddie Helper) and Ritchie again comes crying into the house saying that he was being eaten by that giant woodpecker, Rob and Laura come to a different conclusion based on information from Millie. Rob and Laura's problem then becomes how not to sound like they too are crying wolf - or crying woodpecker - without sounding crazy. Rob ultimately feels he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. —Huggo
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- TriviaThe woodpecker that attacked Richie's head is not a woodpecker but appears to be a troupial, either a Venezuelan troupial which is the national bird of Venezuela or the Campo troupial which is native to eastern Brazil. These birds are members of the Icterid family, New World passerines that include blackbirds, orioles, meadowlarks, etc There are three species of troupial found in the world, at one time all three species were thought to be con-specific and were lumped under the common name Orange-backed troupial. None of these birds are native to the US. These birds are orange and black which is in line with what was mentioned about the bird in the show.
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Buddy Sorrell: You know why your kid makes up these weird stories about being attacked by big birds?
Rob Petrie: Why?
Buddy Sorrell: 'Cause you live in the suburbs.
Sally Rogers: What're you talking about?
Buddy Sorrell: Well, if he lived in the city like any normal kid, he'd be attacked by a nice street gang.
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- Runtime30 minutes
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