"Cricket Control" is the 28th episode of Season 4 and the 180th episode of Big City Greens overall.
Synopsis
Bill installs a parenting device to monitor and discipline Cricket for him. Meanwhile, Tilly & Gramma go eat at a restaurant where the customers have to provide their own service.
Plot
Bill wants to have some me time to himself, but is constantly bothered by Cricket's reckless behavior, giving him stress. His fortune changes when Big Tech salesman Bart Hagglespiel arrives and sells him the Parent Plus, a small AI device that is meant to act as a stand-in parent to rowdy children. Bill finds himself drawn to the device and decides to use it on Cricket. He finds that it is rather effective and gives him ease to be by himself. Meanwhile, Gramma Alice and Tilly head out to try a new restaurant called FÜD, which turns out to be a very bizarre concept restaurant as they have to order their food via a touch screen computer.
Alice and Tilly quickly learn that not only must they order food, but they have to pick a task that involves them doing work in the restaurant, before they are forced to make the food themselves. Bill continues to relax while Cricket's behavior increases. This causes Bill to get irritated and he raises the Parent Plus's settings so that he is much more severe with handling Cricket. Bill finally confronts Cricket to tell him to stop, but the Parent Plus responds by believing that Bill is a large child and puts the house into lockdown, trapping both Bill and Cricket inside and forcing them to stay in solitude for 72 hours.
Alice and Tilly finally get fed up with the restaurant's theme and coerces all the patrons to leave and go to a real restaurant, which in this case is a fast food place. Bill admits that he simply wanted more alone time from Cricket as he can be a handful sometimes. The two make up and work together to misbehave in front of the Parent Plus, causing it to go haywire and explode. Bill asks that Cricket give him some free time and he agrees to tone down his misbehavior every now and then. Tilly and Alice return home where they are perplexed by the massive mess in the house, and scaring Alice away from doing any work.
Cast
| Main article: Dog Proof and Cricket Control/Credits |
- Chris Houghton as Cricket Green, Additional voices
- Marieve Herington as Tilly Green, Additional voices
- Bob Joles as Bill Green, Additional voices
- Artemis Pebdani as Alice Green, Additional voices
- Dee Bradley Baker as Phoenix
- David Kaye as Parent Plus
- David Brown as Counter Employee
- Roger Craig Smith as Bart Hagglespiel
Additional Voices
Title in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish
|
Cricket bajo control | Cricket under control |
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