Sonicbronyuniversez: As much as I love Loud House, it's nice to see an old memory return. Even if it's in the future of said timeline.

Sonic and the black knight with me plays during the intro, with the lyrics starting when the clips are shown, with one verse playing in between clips

Sonic homing attacks shadow in Sonic adventure two and then Steven from Steven Universe is seen sacrificing himself to Aquamarine. Sonicbronyuniversez is seen bashing The Hero from The amazing world of Gumball and then he's seen praising the episode known as The Choices. Ash is seen in a battle with Alain in the Pokemon XY anime as Greninja blocks Charizard's Thunder punches by using his Water shuriken as a sword. Twilight is seen blasting Tirek into the floor and then Kion is shown using the roar of the elders in anger against Janja in Never roar again. Dipper and Male Pines from Gravity Falls are seen doing their awkward sibling hug. Aang from Avatar the last airbender is seen battling the fire lord and then Korra from the sequel series, The Legend of Korra, is shown to be doing some probending. Weed from Ginga Densetsu Weed is seen using the Zetsu Tenrou Battouga on Hougen just as Goku appears on the sceeen. Goku turns Super Saiyan blue and gets into his famous pose when going up against Frieza in Resurrection F as the music stops as soon as Goku says his next line.

Goku: Don't blame me if I break you.

The 101 Dalmatian Street theme starts playing as Sonicbronyuniversez starts discussing it while scenes from each of the 101 Dalmatians movies and shows plays.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Despite my avatar being a German Shepherd, 101 Dalmatians is one of my favorite Disney franchises. I don't love it as much as Lion King, but with all it's done, it's easily in the top three. I love the movies, which are both fantastic in their own right, and the 90's cartoon show, in spite of it's bad animation and taking place in America instead of London for a reason I can't find, is one of my favorite cartoons of all time. 101 Dalmtians The Series Lucky is best character; fuckin fight me bitches.  But the new show is surprisingly entertaining, showing all kinds of heart and giving plenty of moments where I love the characters and what they go through. This series has proved itself to be worthy of being in the 101 Dalmatians franchise, so I thought I'd give my thoughts on it. This is inspired by Yoshi Player's videos where he reviews every episode of the Loud House with one season per video. I hope he does seasons four and five. Anyway, the way this works is that I'll be talking about every episode of the season and rating it with glory plantation, average plantation, and garbage plantation. This will indicate whether I think an episode is good, okay, or bad. There'll also be two more plantations that'll be revealed later down the line, and I'll explain those when we come to them. It'll be loads of fun adding these when I discss each episode, and once I gush about how awesome Dolly is, I think you'll know which one this season ends up being. I also decided to add this one section where I credited the writers of the episode, as I feel it'd be fun to see who was responsible for which episode. I'll also be playing a random song whenver we hit a special because it's my project and I want to. Oh, and props to PIEGUYRULZ for inventing this idea to begin with. It's been put to great use. And without further ado, let us commence with season one. Sit tight everyone!

Episode one: Dog's Best Friend.

Highlight: The concept itself.

Fun fact: I watched this in 2018 before it officially aired on Disney Channel.

Quote: (Dylan) Bad human!

Written by: Giles Pilbrow.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode one: Dog's Best Friend. When Dylan sees Clarissa Corgi's human waiting on her hand and paw he wonders whether he should get one to help with household chores. But he soon realizes a new "pet" is a big responsibility. And yes, I'm copy pasting these from the wiki, so by the time this is up, the latest version of each synopsis will be here. Anyway, the episode starts off with Dylan cleaning the house, and as you'd expect from a house with almost a hundred kids present, it's complete chaos, and the fact that Dolly's using this time to play with the other siblings doesn't help. After Dylan sees Hugo, Clarissa's human, Dizzy and Deedee head out to find him one so he doesn't have to be so overworked. Now here's a pilot episode that knows how to introduce the main characters. More specifically, Dylan and Dolly. These two are a great duo that know how to show they care about each other in spite of their differences. Dolly's teasing of Dylan doesn't feel malicious and even though she's clearly ignoring her responsibilities, her outgoing and wild nature makes it all the more entertaining. And she and Dylan work off of each other so well that you could be forgiven for mistaking them as blood siblings. Yeah, it's confirmed later in the season that they're step siblings. I'm glad they set that straight. Dizzy and Deedee are also an adorable duo, even though they're essentially twin stereotypes. Seeing them bring the human, and no, I'm not going to call him M.r Fuzzy, the reason they did it is because they're fucking adorable as a bitch, and I'm not going to try and copy them. Anyway, their selfless act is really touching to see, even when they beg to keep him. It feels like they're doing this for Dylan, which they are, and it feels genuine. And the human surprisingly isn't annoying. Yeah he's not the best character, but I can easily sit through him. I think it's because of the concept itself, and how well it puts the role reversal thing onto the kid can't take care of dog scenario. This is a genius move, since one, it's never been done before, at least not in this way, and two, they handle it really well here, at least to me, and that's why I put it in the highlight box. I also wanna take notion to how Doug is. He's clearly the soft and carefree parent, but in a good way, as he knows when to do what. And when he tells Dylan he has to ditch the human, he's not a dickhole about it, just calmly telling Dylan what he has to do, and Dylan's perfectly fine with it in the end. I'll bring up more about him and Delilah when I talk more about the episodes of the show. Also, Dolly comforts Dylan in the end. Yay Dolly! Now, I do have some criticisms to address, as any pilot would bring to the table. First off, Dylan taking the blame for something Dizzy and Deedee did, even though they didn't deserve to be punished, is pretty stupid. He's clearly the serious and uptight one between him and Dolly, so I think it would've made more sense to have him be honest. I know him doing loads of work is the reason Dizzy and Deedee did what they did, but it's not like he forced them to do it. They did this unconditionally because they wanted him to relax and have a life for once. And Dizzy and Deedee don't seem like they would've minded it if he did. Yeah, he didn't HAVE to rat them out since they also seem like they'd own up to it if questioned, but I don't see why Dylan would have to take the fall for his siblings finding a human for him. If it's because him seeing how Clarissa was living is what motivated them to do this then it does make sense, and it's great that the show's letting us figure this out ourselves, I just found it to be a bit odd due to Dylan's character seeming to be against it. And also, the new gadget stuff comes out of nowhere here. I read on Disney wiki that Dawkins, one of the more prominent siblings, built them, but I can see this throwing lots of newcomers off, since they won't even know this takes place almost six decades after the movies. I personally didn't care, but I can see others finding it to be a bit of a turnoff. Other than that though, the comedy was sharp, the characters here all had fun introductions, and the moral was solid. I'd say this is worthy of the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. This is the rating I give to episodes that are generally good, to amazing. I have a special rating for episodes I consider to be outright masterpieces, which I'll go ahead and explain later down the line. It's no Home is Where the Bark is, but I'm okay with that. And it's still a good start to what is soon to be a fantastic first season.

Rating: 6/10.

Episode two: Boom Night.

Highlight: Dolly.

Fun fact: Dolly is fucking awesome.

Quote: (Destiny) We're to young- (Dallas) and beautiful (Triple D) to die!

Written by: Kristy Peart and Jess Kedward.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode two: Boom Night. When Doug locks the house and tells Dylan to keep everyone safe, Dolly manages to sneak out. Dylan tries to overcome his fear of the Boom Night (nicknamed for New Years Eve) in order to find her. Right off the bat with this one, we're introduced to the main topic as soon as Dylan starts shouting frantically. That's how the episode starts, that, and Dolly skateboarding like a boss, and Fergus being introduced, with Boom Night seeming to be the worst thing for the Dalmatian family since becoming a pet. And I think it's a good way to start off. Also, Triple D just hugging Dylan is a great shout out to the intro, even if they do it one at a time here rather than all at once. So anyway, if you couldn't tell from the Fun fact box, Dolly is awesome and you know it. She's a riot in every scene she's in with this episode whether it's casually telling Dylan that Dorothy has his helmet or sneaking out to go to Boom Night. She's just a blast to watch and everything she does here is so much fun. Another thing about this episode I can say is extraordinary is how Dylan sneaks out to save Dolly and Dorothy. It shows that even though he can be a total wimp, he'll put that aside for his family. And can I just mention how cute the final shot is? I mean, Dolly literally gets everyone up onto the roof by shouting 'ball' and then fireworks happen and they make Dylan warm up to Boom Night rather than call it a war zone. Though, I myself have to question why Dylan was surprised by Dolly apologizing to him out of nowhere. Was that something she never did before, or was it just surprising that it didn't end up being the other way around? It's like in Love em and Flea em from the 90's show, where I don't get why two episodes after the pilot the characters think they spent seasons there and act as if they all lived on the farm for years. Yeah, I know there was an episode mix-up, but it still confused me at the time of first viewing. And even if this wasn't the case, in episodes like Perfect Match, it's shown that Dolly has no problem doing this, even if it's in her usual carefree vibe. Again, it's only small stuff, and I probably went a little too in depth with it, but it's stuff that catches my attention. I also find Boom Night really interesting in itself. The fact that it's a New Year's style holiday really sets the mood for the episode. Even though it was fucking March when it came out. Seriously; at least TRY to time it right. I originally thought this episode was gonna be about Dolly sneaking off to a party or something, since it fit her rebellious nature, but it's an event all of Camden town gets involved in, and I like that. As for Fergus and his friends, Fergus seems pretty like a chill dude, someone I'd wanna hang with. And his friends seem cool enough, but we'll see what they're like later down the line, so we can hopefully expect to see some development from the three of them in the future, which I will discuss when the time comes for it. In the end , this is an awesome episode that certainly deserves the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. Your sacrifice was certainly well appreciated Dylan.

Rating: 8/10.

Episode three: Power to the Puppies.

Highlight: Diesel's dumb-ass way of becoming Top Dog.

Fun fact: This is the first episode where I heard the outro.

Quote: (Diesel) Hot dog!? I could dig a treat!

Written by: Baljeet Rai.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode three: Power to the Puppies. Dylan and Dolly clash over their wildly different puppy-sitting styles, and call a snap election to decide who is top dog. However, Diesel, the most unsuitable leader, wins. Also known as the episode that introduces an even more emo version of Dante than the actual emo Dante from the Devil May Cry reboot. Since I just mentioned him, I might as well get Dante out of the way, but I'll do that in a bit. The episode starts off with Dylan and Dolly bitching about each other's different methods of taking care of the puppies, and since Dolly's idea of how they can settle it is to epic sounding, the two of them decide to hold an election, and Diesel wins in the best way possible. Before we get into the good stuff though, let's talk about my least favorite part about the episode. Say all you want about DmC Dante, at least he doesn't scream the world is gonna end in every scene he's in. This Dante's really annoying, being overly depressed and saying something's gonna end even when he doesn't have to, which is every fucking scene he and his bullpiss are in. It can be good for a joke or two, but not for an entire character. Every scene he's in has him complaining about the world ending, even though there's never a sign that it WILL end. And when Dylan ends up leaving, Dante joins him, blaming HIM for this alleged 'end of the world'. Why, because Diesel jumped in and stupidly won? If that's not dickish over the top goth behavior then I don't know what is; he's like Lucy but without the lovable creepiness. I wouldn't even mind him being a gloomy emo all that much if he wasn't named after the protagonist of DMC. Dante in Devil May Cry, especially DMC4 and DMC5, is incredible. Dante in this, is a below mediocre character who just gets on my nerves. And it astonishes me that he's more popular than Dolly, who keep in mind, has loads more character. This is before I outright hated him, but hopefully in the future there'll be more to him, maybe give him another hobby or something, I'd be fine with any sort of development. P.S. He gets worse later in the season. Anyway, let's move onto the good stuff. Diesel is a really funny and adorable character, he's just so air-headed yet so fun to be around, and his love for digging is used in such a cute and charming way that I can't help but enjoy him. The moment where he becomes Top Dog is just so funny and I couldn't help but laugh at how hilariously stupid it was. Damn it; now I want hot dogs! Other small moments like him saying he tried to dig through the water are also really cute and funny. I should've expected that too, since I like the wordless short where he interferes with Dylan cleaning the floor. Still, he's got the exact air-headed yet kind hearted personality as Leni from Loud House; he's basically Leni if she were combined with Lana, and together the two personalities formed to make Diesel. I think it was a really good combination to make, and it payed off quite well. And being someone who's a huge fan of the Lion King franchise, the reference here was great. Also nice to see that Triple D won't just say one line every episode and have that be it. There's literally a scene during their news thing when they're talking about the election and Dallas practically tells Dante to fuck off and I love it. I do think the ending could've been a little longer, but it's at least satisfying enough to call a competent ending to the episode. In general, I can't say there's much wrong with this one other than Dante being an annoying fuckhead. I'll put this in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And hopefully in future episodes, or by the time season two comes out, Dante will be more than just a crappy joke.

Rating: 6/10.

Episode four: Who the dog do you think you are?

Highlight: The beginning scene.

Fun fact: This is Clarissa's first major role in the series.

Quote: (Dizzy and Deedee) Martian tickles!

Written by: Ciaran Morrison and Mick O'Hara.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode four: Who the dog do you think you are? Dylan discovers his royal heritage, and Clarissa latches on with plans to make a Prince out of him for her own benefit. Like the synopsis, not much to say here. The episode starts off with easily the most wholesome thing it has, which is Dylan playing aliens with Dizzy and Deedee, and after they're adorable as fuck, they all find some picture of this dog that represents Dylan, and they think he's royalty because of it. And this gets the attention of Clarissa, their next door neighbor from Dog's Best Friend.  So...Clarissa thinks Dylan's royalty and Dylan wants to drive Dolly nuts, so he rolls along with it. I honestly didn't find much to like in this one, not because I tried to hate it, because believe me; I didn't. I just don't think it's all that special. Clarissa's a pretty boring antagonist, being a stereotypical stuck up rich bitch, and she just believes Dylan's royalty over Dizzy and Deedee's innocence. Yeah I still like Dylan and Dolly's sibling banter, but I don't think that's good enough to call this a good episode. I also find Clarissa kicking everyone out to be a dumb move on her. One, if I were here I would've tried to make them my slaves or something, make them eat my crap or drink my piss or whatever. Not that I want them to do that, but still. I think she should also realize that if Dylan's a royal descendant, then the others are that as well. Apparently we have to ignore that. I also knew the twist was coming since Delilah from what I can tell is from the same family as Pongo and Perdita, a descendant to be more specific, so I'm not even shocked by it. That said, I do like the beginning scene as I said before and find it really cute. And it shows one of my highlights for the 90's show, where it's always straight to the point. I also like the entirety of the third act with Dylan just acting all smug and demanding to help Dolly get the contract. We know he's acting, and it adds to the hilarity of the scene, especially since Clarissa deserves all the torment coming to her. And it was fun seeing Clarissa tear up the extra marriage certificates after she finds out Dylan isn't actually royalty. Overall, this episode was okay and I'd put it in the (The place Roger and Anita get after they marry is shown highlighted in yellow) average plantation. This is the rating I give to episodes that're either, okay, or mediocre mainly episodes that barely miss the mark they aim for. Nothing special, but I can easily sit through it.

Rating: 5/10.

Episode five: Walkies on the Wild Side.

Highlight: Pretty much the entire first act.

Fun fact: This is the episode that reveals Dylan's cat allergy, which stays for a lot longer than one would expect.

Quote: (Dylan) How about a rain check Fergus? 101 Dalmatian Street, is all the wild I need.

Written By: Ciaran Morrison and Mick O'Hara.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode five: Walkies on the Wild Side. After Dolly teases Dylan for being too domestic, Dylan is determined to show her he can be wild with help from Fergus to show his inner wolf. With that synopsis, I was interested in what this episode had to offer, having two thoughts. One where I would like the episode, and another where I'd hate it. I got...neither. I mean I like Fergus, and the premise does seem like something Dylan would be the main character of, but I didn't get a sense of satisfaction, or hatred here. What I DID get was a good first act and a bleh selection for the other two. The episode begins with Dolly and Fergus doing some admittedly kinda cool looking water surfing thing, and Dylan joins in, actually doing a pretty okay job, but falling into the water at the end of it. After Dolly teases him a bit, you know, the usual, Dylan gets Fergus's help to become more wild. So for criticisms, let's start off with the obvious for me. The plot feels rushed. Dylan is WAY too into trying to prove his supposed inner wolf in this one, going into the drama after one remark from Dolly, which keep in mind he's either brushed off or gone up against, showing that he doesn't take Dolly's crap. I can forgive that to a certain extent since it's season one and obviously no one's completely defined yet. But Dylan from what I can tell would never give in just because Dolly playfully teases him, which is what siblings do btw. And seeing this episode make Dolly think Dylan could've died, I think, and having Dylan get into a deep sadness, it all feels rushed to me. I think this would've been a good idea to save for a twenty two minute special where we got more build up and payoff with reasonable stakes and everything to push it together. Yeah Dolly would've seemed a bit unlikable, but that's the thing. She's supposed to be seen as obnoxious and rude at first, but she's just Dolly being Dolly, little else. I wasn't really up for the lightning song and found it really dumb. That wasn't Dolly's best moment. And I couldn't feel satisfied from the ending either because it all felt so rushed. I can't feel any sort of drama because there were never any over the top stakes, so I know Dylan's going to make it out in the end. They're at least smart enough to not show what's inside the boat until AFTER Dolly finds Dylan's collar, but it's still predictable. Though, despite my complaining, as I said, I did like the first act. It was fast paced and to the point, which is what I like about both 101 Dalmatians series. I also like the ironic joke where Dylan's allergic to cats; that's just fucking genius. Even if it ruins a particular episode later down the line. It reminds me of Chase and how he sneezes whenever he's around Cali or whatever, and it's a great way to flesh out Dylan's character. But overall, I don't think this is a bad episode, but it's my least favorite episode out of the one's we've talked about so far, and I'm putting it in the (The place Roger and Anita get after they marry is shown highlighted in yellow) average plantation. And yes, I'm aware of the fact that All Fired Up came out right before this in terms of release order, but I'm doing this in broadcast order, same as the site I'm using, and this one came out first in that regard.

Rating: 4/10.

Episode six: May Contain Nuts.

Highlight: Dylan and the others saving Dolly and the latter still being awesome.

Fun fact: This is the episode that reveals Dolly's crush Hansel.

Quote: (Dolly) Did I say always? (Delgado) I think I heard sometimes.

Written by: Giles Pilbrow

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode six: May Contain Nuts. Dolly is inspired by the master of parkour Sid, and begs him to show her some moves. Well, after two lacking episodes, it's somewhat refreshing to see a great episode like this one. Key word being 'somewhat', as it's still early in the season. The episode starts with Dolly getting ready to do some sick skating tricks, only to see that everyone who was watching at first was now paying attention to Sid, who reveals himself to be a parkour master, with Dolly wanting to get some tips from him. And this leads to a lot of great stuff. First off, the interactions with Dolly and Sid are really nice and make for great work with what the episode is trying to show. Sid himself is a good character overall, being that he's able to use Dolly to get more nuts without much effort. All he really had to do was put her in scenarios where her skills would be used well. It's really good work, since he's technically keeping his word but is still using Dolly at the same time. I also really like Delgado. His super fast hyperactive nature is really endearing to me, and seeing how optimistic he is in spite of his position, which I don't know how he got in, I don't recall Doug or Delilah being handicapped, but hey; ninety nine kids, you're bound to get at least one kid with health issues. I get a Sonic the Hedgehog vibe from him, where he loves going fast and has a good heart that's always willing to help others. The main difference being the fact that Delgado doesn't have snarky one liners, but I can live with that fact, as much as I love Sonic to death. And his fast talking is really well done with it being just the right speed to where we can still understand him, and it can still be funny at times. I can't wait for Delgado to get his own episode, or at least an episode that has him as a main character, as he has all kinds of potential to bring positive vibes for handicapped kids in real life that could use motivation from happy go-lucky handicaps like him. Don't disappoint me show, you've got more than enough guts to justify doing this. Hansel's pretty one note, but he only appeared in the first scene, so I can wait for more screen time from him. I also really like the moral this episode presents, and I think it's important to show to it's viewers. Some people can't be trusted, and it's important for you to decide who to hang out with. It's kind of like this Teen Titans Go episode I like, Cool School, where Raven hangs out with Rose, only to find out she's a bad influence when she intentionally throws knives at a friend of her's, Sticky Joe. I give both episodes the same rating, even though I like this show way more. And Sid getting punished in the end was satisfying, even though as I said, I like him, and his plan. Even if he's admittedly a nut addict, treating them like it's crack. I also didn't mind Dolly ditching Dylan in the end, since the situation wasn't really all that serious, it was just her wanting to get out of playing PoodleWolf. I care more about the fact that Delgado instantly forgave Dolly, which is good, since it shows he's also forgiving. I'm glad to say I can put this episode in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation.

Rating: 7/10.

Episode seven: Winter Funderland.

Highlight: The Winter Funland itself.

Fun fact: One of the pups sits on Doug's head in a similar way to Freckles sits on Pongo's head in the first movie.

Quote: (Hansel) Just like home. Oh Dolly, you get me.

Written by: Nicole Paglia.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode seven: Winter Funderland. When the snow storm of the century doesn't pan out as promised, Dolly takes matters into her own paws and turns the house into a frozen wonderland. I still want to know how they made me like this episode without it actually being the month of Christmas when it came out. I'm not even kidding; it feels like a Christmas episode before Christmas, at least to me. The episode starts off with the Dalmatian family hearing about an upcoming winter storm, and Dolly's getting ready for pretty much everything she can do. And this sets up for awesomeness. I just loved seeing Dolly's fondness for having an awesome winter blast. Seeing how disappointing she was in the beginning only to then make the day awesome was really cool to see, no pun intended. And seeing Dolly actually freeze the entire house is something I should find annoying, but I just can't not like it. And the party itself is too fun looking to not enjoy it when the Dalmatians are having a blast. Though, I'm not gonna hide it. The transition into the third act is a little rocky. I mean, the third act itself is good, don't get me wrong, I just don't like how as soon as Dolly comments on how much fun everyone's having, everything goes awry. Seeing Dizzy, Deedee, DJ; who debuted in this by the way, and Diesel, well, of course Diesel, suddenly being dumb enough to break the whole thing in seconds, felt really stupid right after Dolly made that comment. It just felt forced to me and I think they could've been more creative with it. And Dizzy and Deedee asking Clarissa if she can stay with her just doesn't make any sense. I know they're little kids, but shouldn't they know by now that Clarissa hates them? She went to the party specifically to be a bitch. I also felt everyone saying how the climate got them back in sync near the end was kinda stupid, but it's so brief that I barely care about it. I just didn't think it was mandatory to put in the episode. Also, I think now's a good time to express my thoughts on Dawkins. Not that that's a bad sign. I like Dawkins, and his fondness for knowledge is something I can admire. It's also well implemented since it's what Dolly uses to get Dawkins on board with the whole thing. And I think this episode also hinted at Hansel potentially having feelings for Dolly growing inside. You can't tell me him saying the party felt like home didn't mean jackshit. Future episodes make me think otherwise on the Dolly X Hansel ship, but at the time, this is what I thought. And the ending with Doug and Delilah getting that spa treatment, along with Clarissa getting karma for being a bitch, all felt worth it, helping to save the third act in some areas. Overall, I'd say this episode is certainly worth of being in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And along with Boom Night, this shows perfectly that Dolly's one character you wanna look into, if you wanna make a rebellious tomboy like her.

Rating: 8/10.

Episode eight: Snow Day.

Highlight: The way Dorothy was saved.

Fun fact: It's possible that this is a sequel to Winter Funderland with the references to said episode.

Quote: (Deepak) I achieved my inner light. And it's cat shaped!

Written by: Josh & Jerome

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode eight: Snow Day. London grinds to a halt because of snow, so the family has some fun; but crisis arises when Dylan and Dolly have to get the whole family ready. Alright, I'm just gonna be real here. I was never really all that interested in the 'get kids ready for whatever' trope. Not that I hate it and think it can never work, hell, I love Project Loud House from The Loud House, and that uses the trend pretty much on point. But the reason that episode works is because it plays off of the characters personalities, more specifically the Loud siblings themselves. Yeah they're making it difficult for Lincoln to get to school on time, but they're doing so in a way where it's either accidental, or a jab at their quirks, rather than at the expense of them specifically. They managed to make Lori intentionally ditching her duties because of Bobby refusing to wear a tux work; how do you even do that!? Snow Day obviously didn't take advice from that episode like it should. Anyway, let's get to the plot. The episode starts with the Dalmatian family seeing that it's snowing, and deciding to get everyone ready to head to the park and have some snow activities. And for some reason, it turns into a contest for Dylan and Dolly vs Doug and Delilah to get their half faster first. Let's start off with the positives, starting with the fact that Dorothy manages to make me smile in every scene she's in here. Albeit, just a little, but she still manages to get me there. And the third act where they're trying to save her is actually pretty good. Aside from that, the first two acts aren't exactly at the writing skills of Avatar: The Last Airbender. It mostly consists of Doug and Delilah getting into a contest with Dylan and Dolly to prepare the puppies for the snow day, and they're literally just competing about nothing. And I probably shouldn't be as pissed about this as I am, but Delilah goes on and takes over the whole thing and then questions why Dylan and Dolly aren't helping, and I don't get it. I mean, of course Doug sides with her, he's a fucking sweetheart. But this part of the episode really annoyed me. Especially since I feel like that element didn't even need to be there. I think Doug and Delilah should be aware by now that Dylan and Dolly are competent caretakers and I just don't see the point of it. And...yeah, this is probably the episode I'd use to explain why I don't like Deepak, he's had worse appearances by far, but I think this shows off who he is the best. I would've been fine with him if it was just him meditating and being so calm you can't understand it, but he intentionally delays Dylan and Dolly trying to get him ready and I think he's aware they'll lose if he doesn't get ready. He does admittedly have a good reason to get pissed since Dolly hit him with Triple D's shampoo and didn't apologize for it, but Dolly didn't know that when he was being stubborn by hiding in the couch. It's not like she has magical mind reading powers that can indicate exactly why some dude's pissed off. Besides, it's just shampoo; you can always wash it off and get it over with. And the fact that this costs Dylan and Dolly the win adds right to it. So in general, I just found Deepak kind of annoying in this. Not as annoying as Dante in Power to the Puppies, as he at least tries to do something about his anxiety rather than act like a dumbass the entire time. But it's still pretty lame. A friend of mine on Facebook said he finds Deepak similar to Zuma from Paw Patrol, as both characters are super chill. And yeah, I can see where he's coming from, but the problem with that is that Zuma's able to stay chill without any effort, and Deepak actually has to try. That's not a problem with Deepak specifically, it's just the issue with comparing him to Zuma in terms of being chill. Also, one problem I have here is a similar crisis as to what Yoshi Player mentioned in his Loud House season reviews. The fact that the baby solves the conflict. Dorothy here, is Lily when everyone drops their attitudes, because of her. I know it shows loyalty, and I still stand by the fact that I like the third act, and I'm aware that Dorothy could die out in the snow, and that she's still a baby so she doesn't know any better, but I think the resolution could've come differently. Maybe after some time Doug and Delilah see they were being dicks and apologize to Dylan and Dolly? I don't know; something! I would've liked this episode better if it was just both teams getting the puppies ready rather than some half assed contest. I think that would've, at the least, been a bit more interesting than it ended up being. Anyway, I think it's easy to guess by now that this is the first episode that's falling into the (The Dearly farm from the show is shown being burned down) garbage plantation. This is the the rating I give to episodes that're either casually bad, like this one, or human trash, and there's a special rating for episode's that make me want to die, so we'll talk about that one when we get to it. Funny. The writers of this episode don't give their last names. I wonder why that is.

Rating: 3/10.

Episode nine: Perfect Match.

Highlight: The growth of Dolly and Roxy's chemistry.

Fun fact: This episode could possibly reveal that Dylan's scared of vicious looking breeds. I'd hate to see him react to an animal with a switchblade.

Quote: (Roxy) Okay, okay. How do I say this? (timidly) I uh... I really, kinda, sorta, maybe,... (loudly, eagerly, in a rushed manner) DEFINITELY FANCY DYLAN!

Written by: Jess Kedward and Kristy Peart

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode nine: Perfect Match. Dylan is petrified when Dolly's best friend Roxy reveals that she has a crush on him. Dolly forces the pair together, but soon begins to regret it. So the start to this episode is pretty simple. Dolly and Roxy are playing some kind of trash lid throwing game in the park, and when they accidentally hit Dylan, who's hanging out with Fergus, Roxy reveals she has feelings for him, so Dolly decides to set them up. I'm gonna be real here. I don't know anything about Rottweilers, but if they're anything like how Dylan saw Roxy as before, I find it admirable that they managed to make Roxy so goddamn adorable. Rather than being the brutal and vicious one we'd expect any Rottweiler to be, Roxy's actually quirky and caring. And it works incredibly here. She's just the sweetest thing, and I love her for it. Not as much as Dolly, but her role here alone made her my second favorite character on the show, only right behind Dolly. And as you can see from the highlight, I love how Dolly and Roxy's friendship grows from this. Those two feel like real best friends, even when Dolly has her private fit about her gushing over Dylan. And when Roxy's doing puppy eyes for Dolly in the first act, I found it genuinely funny. Her third face actually made me laugh a little. These two work off each other perfectly and I can't wait for more episodes where the two are together. Not romantically though. I think it's pretty clear by this point that both of them are straight. I also love how Roxy isn't oblivious to Dolly being upset over her spending more time with Dylan now, because it shows that Roxy's competent at feeling emotions of others, and it adds so much to her likability. Admittedly, it also helps with the fact that it's in the third act, so of course she isn't gonna just, act retarded, but it still helps the episode quite a bit. And I thank whoever's idea it was to keep Roxy from saying anything like, 'Dolly should be more like Dylan' or some crap like that. It adds to their friendship feeling sincere, making both of them justified in their actions amazingly. And yes, I know we'll get into that comparing Dolly to Dylan thing in a later episode, but that didn't happen yet, so let's keep gushing over Perfect Match. Another thing I like is how Roxy doesn't just like Dylan for his appearance, especially since almost everyone in the Dalmatian family looks like they have anorexia. True she sees Dylan as a hunk in her fantasy, but I think that's her love for his personality talking. That IS one of the things that shines the most in this show. The way Dylan starts to warm up to Roxy also doesn't feel rushed or forced in any way. It flows naturally, and it feels like it's complete when the two start hanging out. I should be mad about how easily Roxy gets over Dylan when he confirms he's not interested in her romantically, but as the synopsis says, it's a crush, which anyone can get over at any time. If it were love, it would be infuriating. But it's not, so fuck that. And it's the last scene, so Roxy needs SOME kind of reliever. Also, Snowball's okay. At least she's not annoying the crap out of me in her debut like Deepak or Dante. I easily put this episode in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. This episode was just fantastic from beginning to end thanks to many well done elements. Especially Dolly and Roxy. I was begging so hard to give this one the first ten out of ten dudes, I really was.

Rating: 9/10.

Episode ten: All Fired Up

Highlight: The rescue scene.

Fun fact: The synopsis is a fucking spoiler.

Quote: (Captain Walker) I hate take your kid to work day.

Written by: Suzanne Lang.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode ten: All Fired Up. Dolly goes to work with Doug, expecting fire-fighting thrills, but is disappointed with the boring mood there. Her attempts to liven things up backfire, but she redeems herself by helping to save the day. So in this episode, we start off with a usual day in the Dalmatian family, the pups being crazy and Doug getting an adorable puppy pile hug when he gets home, and then he reveals that it's take your kid to work day. Dolly wins, unsurprisingly (Singing) cause she's the best, (Talking normally) and is super excited to go, only to then realize that firefighters don't exactly do awesome stuff every second of every day. Yeah, that fun fact thing isn't kidding. Everything can be guessed from the synopsis itself. I knew Dolly was gonna get excited first and then get bored, I knew Dolly was gonna try to liven things up, I knew she was gonna 'redeem' herself for whatever over the top crap she pulled...okay, I didn't expect the way Dylan caused the fire to be the way it was, but that's about it. Almost everything in this episode is super predictable, and it just drags down for me. The first act is okay, at least Dolly and Doug are enjoyable enough as it is. The second act though, sucks! I was questioning on whether or not I should call it a bad act just because it was boring, but then I remembered that like the first 101 Dalmatians Tv series, 101 Dalmatian Street is a comedy, making it to where being boring is one of the more dangerous crimes it can commit. It's kinda like Friendship is Magic in that sense. You usually laugh like in Lesson Zero, but you eventually you'll run across an episode like Hearth's Warming Eve, where you wanna hang yourself out of boredom. I also hate Doug's boss Captain Walker. It's not that she's an over the top asshole, she's actually just a cynical dickhole who hates her life, but she's so boring that I wanna punch myself in the face so hard that I bleed to death. I did kind of laugh when Dolly splashed her with water at the end, but aside from that moment, she's just a blank slate who's only character trait is that she hates her life. I know it's supposed to be a joke about how adults often hate their lives, but it could've been handled a lot better. I'll give her this, she's a competent boss. So, yeah. I hate the second act. I don't care what anyone says, it sucks ass. Also, the B plot is kinda stupid. I can understand Dylan wanting to take a break, especially since this episode slaps him in the face with the puppies seeming to be acting worse than they usually do, but it's still boring. And the whole cat thing, while it makes sense for it to set Dylan off, since he's allergic to cats and all that crap, it feels somewhat forced into the episode, especially since in production order, this comes right before Walkies on the Wild Side, which is when Dylan discovered these allergies. How can Dylan smell cats, inside the house, when there's probably a bunch of dust clouds from all the fighting? This isn't an over the top wacky show like Tom and Jerry. Yeah it's wild, but it still has normal traits. That said, I do like the third act, and felt it managed to redeem itself, a little bit. Mainly for the way how I like the way Dolly's training exercise integrated itself into the firefighters training session. It feels really well put in, and I think it helps make a good act out of an otherwise bland episode. Too bad we had to deal with almost seven minutes of nothing just to get to it. In the end though, the third act, while a good sendoff, isn't good enough to save me from wanting to face plant into my bed, which was something I praised Snow Day for even though that episode has a similar issue. Yeah Snow Day also annoyed me, but it at the very least gave me some genuine enjoyment, that being Dorothy being adorable as fuck and the third act actually being entertaining all the way through instead of just one scene, rather than a couple chuckles here and there. Well, Doug and Dolly are kinda cool in this, but it's still a little worse here. Although not a terrible episode, it's no Splishing and Splashing, it still sucks, and it's going it into the (The Dearly farm from the show is shown being burned down) garbage plantation. And yes; I think this is worse than Snow Day. At least Deepak wasn't an emo boss who clearly wanted to cut herself from the not even bad job she had. And the fact that this is the sister episode to my favorite episode of the show so far, at least in broadcast order, is just shameful.

Rating: 3/10.

Episode eleven: Poetry Scam

Highlight: The Slam Poetry Show

Fun fact: This makes for the first song of the show that one of the characters sung themselves rather than the intro or outro.

Quote: (Dolly) Just say it to ME then. Here; we'll say it together, okay?

Written by: Josh and Jerome.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode eleven: Poetry Scam. Dolly claims she wrote Dylan's poems to impress Hansel. Things get out of hand and she winds up in a Slam Poetry show. Will she keep up the lie - or own up? (The instrumental's for Dolly's freestyle rap start playing for the entirety of the segment) I knew I was gonna love this episode from the moment I heard Dolly's freestyle rap on Youtube. Originally I was going to make that the highlight, but as you can see in the highlight box, after watching the episode itself, that's no longer the case. And that's for the best. But we'll get to that when we get to that. For now, let's talk episode. This one starts with Dylan saying his poem to Dolly, who ends up saying it in front to Hansel and unintentionally makes him believe she wrote it, so then she has to think up more to impress him. This episode has a lot to offer, and I'm loving just about every second of it from start to finish. For starters, it makes sense for Hansel to think Dolly wrote Dylan's poem, since he's never really had too much interaction with either of them, especially not Dylan, so I can buy the fact that he buys this without any evidence beyond Dolly saying the poem herself. This is his first episode as a main character, and I think he fits that role really well. Like Roxy, he's not portrayed as an idiot, he's portrayed like someone who's intelligent, but not perfect. And seeing his personality being fleshed out more is really something. He's not stuck up, he's just more mature than most others. He's also not stupid, he just didn't have a lot of scenes where he could get to know Dylan and Dolly. And whenever he sees something he finds out of his league, he just makes a simple comment towards it and brushes it off. If you guys wanna know how to make a poem loving character, this is how you do it right here. Granted, Hansel's not my favorite character on the show, hell, he's not even my favorite side character. But I can still call him a good character with plenty going for him. I also like Da Vinci so far. I think she's a decent character with an artistic personality I can get behind. And I think you'll find that I have quite a bit to say about the first episode that revolves around her when we get to it. And Diesel as always is really funny. Seeing him copy others voices with his cone, and then seeing him biting his leg, it's not only humorous, but it fits with the episode perfectly. I couldn't help finding it funny when he bit Dylan's ass, that's so Diesel right there. It was also nice to see how they handled the scene where Dylan was trying to help Dolly give Hansel more poetry. They were able to make it not cringe-worthy and it actually got a chuckle out of me. It's amazing that this episode was able to make Dolly making a rap out of Dylan disciplining Diesel not awkward. I also like how Dylan doesn't overreact to Dolly taking his poem. Actually he's not even all that upset about it. Seeing him help Dolly is much more in character, and I can admire any sibling who would do that. God knows I need a sibling like that. But my favorite part is the third act where the Slam Poetry show takes place. I'll just get this out of the way, Roxy is still fucking adorable. She's only in this episode for a brief cameo, but seeing her happy for Dolly even after she finds out the poem wasn't hers really touched me. You were right Roxy. It DOES take guts to come clean. And she has more than enough to prove her awesomeness. Same with her siblings, who are as always, the cutest things. I'm so glad the episode didn't shame Dolly, because that would've dragged the episode down without question. Kind of like another episode we'll be discussing after a few more have been talked about. And the fact that she told the truth herself only makes things better. This is what liar revealed story movies need people! No moping, and actual progression! Get it done! My favorite moment in this amazing scene was when Dolly was helping Dylan get over her stage fright. In the thirty something seconds that moment took place, I saw their chemistry spark with Dylan getting character development worthy of being in the episode. I actually felt like I was watching a slice of life version of Steven Universe. And I love that show, so you know that's a compliment coming from me. I could feel him growing as a canine as he read his poem, realizing that he can share his talent with the audience without an issue, and that public speaking isn't something he should fear if he wants to show everyone his talent. And it feels genuine. Dolly is just so valid in all angles and I don't think I'll ever be able to get enough of her. Yeah, anyone who wants to call Dolly a rip off of Lynn from Loud House, Dolly's perfect role in this episode, nough fucking said. Keep in mind that I like Lynn, I just think that saying Dolly's exactly like Lynn is inaccurate. And of course, Dolly's freestyle is fucking awesome. I loved it when I first heard it on Youtube before seeing the actual episode, and I still love it after watching the amazing episode it was put into, giving me hope that we'll get more awesome songs like this in future episodes. It hasn't let me down so far either, as Summer song is another great listen that I'll discuss later. And Dolly being a good singer could have something to do with the voice actor of Amethyst from Steven Universe playing her. And I like Amethyst, so that gets bonus points from me! I'm more than happy to officially make this the first episode to have access to the (A mansion that shows the movie characters, the 90's show characters, and the 101 dalmatian street characters all living together is shown) godly plantation. This is a rating that only episodes with exceptionally sublime quality in it's characters, moral, comedy, and story can attain. It's a rating that I'll only ever give to episodes that prove themselves to be worthy of hundreds of re-watches, and prove to be the best of the best. I'm more than honored to give Poetry Scam the first of these, and I hope to give more episodes this rating later down the line. And if I someone told me to describe this episode in ten words, those words would be this 'A liar revealed story done perfectly, at least to me.'.

Rating: 10/10.

Episode twelve: Crushed Out

Highlight: Dylan's goth act.

Fun fact: This episode gives Dante some kind of witch smile, which although I don't like Dante, at all, I think fits him.

Quote: (Portia) Oh yeah. Boyfriend and girlfriend.

Written by: Kristy Peart and Jess Kedward.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twelve: Crushed out. Dylan is desperate to win over his uber crush, hot dog Portia. But when he finally gets the girl, it's a case of be careful what you wish for. Boy am I glad for this to have come around. After two sets of sister episodes with the first episode rocking and the second episode being boring or stupid, it was a great relief to find a set of sister episodes where both was awesome. And it fits perfectly, since both are about crushes. That also makes it kind of ironic. This episode starts off with Dylan wearing his space helmet while walking around with Fergus, and after Portia notices him, he gets all gaga and wants to get together with her. And that leads us to Portia herself, and I'll just say it right now; Portia's got my attention all the way. I thought her over the top goth attitude would be annoying as hell, but she's actually genuinely creepy. Hell, she should be the main goth; fuck Dante, that overrated emo fucktard. (Laughs to self) Never thought I'd say THAT in my life. Portia's genuinely funny, and has an actual personality. That being, a creepy over the top yandere who's taking it to the max. It helps for my favorite part of the episode, Dylan's goth act. You can tell he's trying really hard, and it's just so adorable watching him trying his hardest not to care. I would've expected him to flip once Dolly tore up his stuffed dino thing, but eh, he's probably put it back together by now. Fergus is also really good here, being really supportive of Dylan, but also not losing his personality in the long run. It's a nice balance between the two, as well as having a nice twist with Fergus suggesting Dylan DOESN'T be himself, which is a nice reverse of the usual formula these kinds of plots get. And the episode ends on a nice note with Dylan realizing he doesn't have to give up how adorkable he is for some chick, especially if said chick is a fucking psycho who wants to become your second body. See Love A.D style from American Dad? That's how you do it. One problem I do have with this episode however, is the final scene. I'm fine with Dylan getting rid of Portia if he wants, but the scene happens a little fast and Dylan's still in love with Portia after she leaves him. I won't say it's toxic or unhealthy, but it still felt off to me, especially since this could happen again if Dylan tries to find a way to get together with Portia. Also, Dante was fine here. At least he was only in one scene, and I did like his creepy witch grin. And honestly, the rock thing sounds way more goth than anything he did in Power to the Puppies. Why can't he be more like that instead of some retard who screams about the world ending? Ah well, guess not EVERY character can be golden. In spite of that, I'm still more than happy to put this episode in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And I'm also very glad we finally got a set of sister episodes with both being good since the first, being my favorite set of sister episodes up to this point. Even if I think Boom Night is a bit superior overall.

Rating: 8/10.

Episode thirteen: Girls Day Out

Highlight: Dolly and Delilah talking things out in the hippie's van.

Fun fact: The reaction Dolly shows towards Delilah comparing her to Dylan most likely indicates that Dylan being favored over her is a breaking point for her.

Quote: (Delilah) Why can't you me more like Dylan?

Written by: Jacqueline Moody.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirteen: Girls Day Out. When Dolly and Delilah fall out on Mother's Day, Doug reckons a day at the doggy day spa will bring them closer together. But could this be a recipe for disaster? If they were asking about the episode then what the hell were they smoking when they made this synopsis? This is anything BUT a disaster. Next to Poetry Scam, this is my favorite episode of the show that we've talked about so far. Why is that? You're about to find out. The episode starts with Dolly setting up a Mother's Day surprise for Delilah, but because she's allergic to Orchids, which everyone forgot before executing the plan, and she ends up asking Dolly why she can't be more like Dylan, causing Dolly to have a tantrum and not want to spend time with Delilah at all. And this is handled much better than one would originally think upon hearing my description. To start off with, I so relate to Dolly in the beginning. True Delilah had a pretty decent reason for getting pissy, but Dolly's reaction to her being compared to Dylan is so me when my younger brother's treated like he's flawless. I know some people might see Dolly as a brat in the beginning, and I agree she does seem a bit more moody than usual, but when you're compared to someone, you tend to give the one who wronged you attitude, so I see no problems with it here. This is actually one of the more serious episodes the show's put out so far, like how Poetry Scam had Dylan get over his performance anxiety. More specifically, this episode focuses on the topic of parent favoritism through the perspective of Dolly. It can damage the other kid's self esteem, and leave them in a dark place, which could even lead to self loathing. I can relate to Dolly here, as I'm always in a scenario where I feel my family's siding with one of my sibling's over me. And I can telly you right now that Dolly expressing her emotions this way is justified. Is this a new trait for Dolly? I have no idea, but if it is, I'd like it if they treated it with respect. I also give major props for them to make me like Delilah as a character with this episode by not making her annoying. Before I thought she was just okay, but this really helped show who she is, and I can respect her without regrets. Speaking of Delilah, let's talk about her and Doug for a second, since this is the perfect episode for me to do so. I realized that these two seem to be polar opposites with Delilah being the serious and diligent one and Doug being the soft goofball. These are differences the two are clearly aware of but seemingly don't care about. And we see that they care about each other when Doug comes home with a spa treatment for Delilah and Dolly for the exact reason that the two never hang out. I love couples like this, not the same, but still loving each other all the way. If we had an episode dedicated to these two, I wouldn't complain. The spa scene was also really good, and the progression with Dolly warming up to Deillah's company felt genuine. Though, I would've expected Dolly to not take Clarissa's crap. That's my only gripe with the episode, that part makes Dolly out to be too soft, especially since Dolly's never taken Clarissa's bullshit in the past. I get that they need Delilah to stand up for her and show she's a good mother, which she is, but at least leave Dolly being her usual headstrong self instead of this sensitive washout. Hey writers. Remember how in Poetry Scam Roxy said Dolly had guts when she came clean? Please, remember that! I know guts can come in all kinds of different formats, but like I said, Dolly's stood up to Clarissa before, so that's not really an excuse. Though, that's the only part I didn't like, so no major complaints. The scene where the two are talking things out really feels for me. Just like in Poetry Scam where Dolly helped Dylan with his stage fright, I felt that moment. Delilah only said those things because she was stressed as piss and Dolly was just being a typical teenager who hates being compared to others. I know she's twelve in dog years, but she's still close enough for me to refer to her as a teen. It felt like I was seeing real people talking about their problems, even if they're dogs. This, alongside the scene where Dolly encouraged Dylan to say his poem to the crowd, hit me hard. Not AS hard as the Poetry Scam one, but it was pretty damn close. And it made the escape in the end, as fast as it was, all the more satisfying. And yeah, Doug's dad joke at the end was actually kinda cute, so nice way to end it. If Dolly's backbone wasn't needlessly downgraded to make Delilah look good, I would've put this in the godly plantation, but I think it's justified to put this episode in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And with episodes like It's My Party being released later in the season, I think it's safe to assume that the show will tackle plenty of serious morals in the future.

Rating: 9/10.

Episode fourteen: The Woof Factor

Highlight: Deepak literally pissing on one of the lights.

Fun fact: This episode gives D.J a speaking role, indicating that he won't always be silent.

Quote: (Deepak) Meowww wowwww wowww... I'm scheduled to find my inner cat with Guru Meow. Also, stare at my belly button.

Written by: Josh and Jerome.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode fourteen: The Woof Factor. Dolly, Dylan and Deepak and are trying to become advertising stars, with help from Triple-D. Yeah, I should've expected that after three awesome episodes the streak would end at some point. The basic premise of this episode is that Dylan and Dolly need money for the roof, since Dawkins blew it up while trying to make some kind of rocket elevator, an idea that I think sounds pretty cool. If I had Dawkins brains, and a multi-story house, I'd try to do something like that. Anyway, the acting scenes, aren't anything special. The screw ups are kinda funny, I especially like the one where Deepak goes to one of the lamps to take a piss; I didn't expect that one bit, and they executed it quite well here. Aside from that though, nothing too amazing to offer. I think the main issue here is the fact that Triple D seem to have gotten a super easy job. I get that they're practically experts by now, hell, the ones Dylan, Dolly, and Deepak get even comment on how skilled they are, but I feel if they showed the struggles of the commercial Triple D were acting in it would've been a lot better. It mostly just shows them acting and not what they do in the meantime. And yeah, you could argue that they're a lot more experienced than Dylan, Dolly, and Deepak, but there's no such thing as a perfect actor, career wise, or financial wise. Still, it wasn't retarded; I just feel it could've been executed better is all. For all I know some people may think differently. At the very least though, the comment at the end where they said they should have their career almost ruined more often was, a kinda cute self awareness joke. So in spite of the somewhat boring story, there are some positives outside of the occasional funny moments. Deepak was at least tolerable in this episode. He didn't get on my nerves that much and he wasn't intentionally ruining Dylan and Dolly's chances to get what they desired, and when he gives Dolly the death stare, it at least makes sense considering she and Dylan dragged him into this knowing he wouldn't be okay with it. I also like that they skipped the part where Dylan, Dolly, and Deepak were supposedly berated for their crappy skills, even though the last one wasn't really their fault. That was a relief in an otherwise lacking episode. If I had to say, I'd put this one in the (The place Roger and Anita get after they marry is shown highlighted in yellow) average plantation. And I'm also really glad they didn't use Dante for this, even though his reason for not doing the job was even more garbage than Deepak's.

Rating: 5/10.

Episode fifteen: The Nose Job

Highlight: The Nose Off.

Fun fact: The first part of this special aired on my birthday, and I was flattered when I found that out, even though I knew it was just a coincidence.

Quote: (Diesel) You asked WHO was there the night of the crime, not WHAT.

Written by: Giles Pilbrow.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode fifteen: The Nose Job. There's a crime in the park and the evidence points to 101 Dalmatian Street, so Dylan turns detective. After a crime in the park, Dylan thinks he can handle the investigation alone, refusing help from his little bro Diesel, who has super sniffing skills. (The inspector gadget theme plays as Sonicbronyuniversez discusses the episode) Honestly, this feels more like a pilot than the actual pilot was. Not that it's amazing or anything, but it's certainly an awesome episode. I love the whole mystery vibe to this one, how there was suspense and how it all tied together. I'm all for stories like this if done properly, and if the previous 101 Dalmatians cartoon can do it right, then this one can too. The start off is actually some nice build up with Diesel winning the Nose Off no sweat. It provides some decent character development for him too, and it fits with his love for digging and getting dirty perfectly. And the fact that Da Vinci was also suspected makes her a perfect character to get involved in the plot, especially since the previous episode indicated that she spray paints sometimes, which is a nice detail. And as always, Dylan and Dolly's bickering was more than easy for me to enjoy. I also found it great to see the lengths the other pups were willing to go to when it came to saving Diesel. It shows how much they love each other, which is always clear, but it's always nice to see. And seeing Diesel just want his breakfast is so adorable, and it makes me want to see everyone else protect this valid boy. I also found it really funny how Diesel brought up the fact that Dylan said WHO was at the park rather than WHAT. I don't know why, just the way he said it got me in a great way. It also shows that he's a combination of Leni Lana Loud in this show. He's air-headed, yeah, but he's not retarded, while also loving to get messy and have fun. I know I said this in Power to the Puppies, but it's true; I see both of thsoe characters from him. And seeing him not even know why he's locked up at the same time and just wanting breakfast is really cute, and fits him perfectly. Speaking of characters, I didn't really mind Pearl too much. Yeah she can be an uptight bitch, and her reason for agreeing to Dylan's negotiation was pretty selfish, but it's kind of like Pug from the original series, where she's just doing her job and cares about those around her. She wants to help Dylan, but she can't just let Diesel out when she believes he's the real criminal, and already has him locked up. And in the end, she does redeem herself a bit by giving Diesel his breakfast. Yay! And that cliffhanger at the end? Well I don't know about you, but I think we'll see more of this Dalmatian loving dude in the future. But yeah. For the first twenty two minute episode, I'd say it more than does it's job. All the characters are used well, the story is well paced, and the ending feels satisfying and justified. And with that said, without further ado, for the first special of this show, I'm putting it in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And I also heard of the summer special. Let's hope it's just as good of a special as this one was, if not even better.

Rating: 8/10.

Episode sixteen: My Fair Dolly

Highlight: Dolly's training to become proper.

Fun fact: This episode reveals Dolly's proper side, Camilla, who we'll most likely never see again.

Quote: (Dolly) Can't? Can't? Dalmatians can do anything!

Written by: Maria O'Loughlin.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode sixteen: My Fair Dolly. When Clarissa challenges Dolly to pass as posh at the Petiquette Pooch Cup, she takes things too far, goes makeover mad, gets human'ed up and almost forgets what matters most in the process. I like this episode. I'll just say that right now, I like this episode. I just felt there could've been more to it. The episode starts with Dolly playing with her siblings as she usually does, and when Clarissa starts mocking her and her family for not having a human, don't know how that's brag worthy, Dolly being Dolly accepts a bet with her to win this dog contest to prove her that even rough and tumble dogs can be soft and elegant. Now the idea of Dolly acting proper is something that had a lot of funny ideas, and to it's credit, it's genuinely amusing. I enjoy seeing Dolly messing up trying to act proper, even if it's not a godlike representation of what it's all about. And Clarissa, although she doesn't get a massive amount of karma, it still fits with what the episode has to offer. I don't even mind Dizzy and Deedee making Dorothy cry, since they're taking inspiration from Dolly's Camilla phase. Most of my issues with the episode come from the dog contest. I know it gives the episode reason to exist, but it wasn't anything impressive, just the scene where Dolly snaps out of her trance. And seeing what she did go wrong being hammered into her skull in the end was pretty cringeworthy. I think it was trying to be cute like how Two for the Show from the 90's series did it, but that worked because Lucky was being dickish, yes, but they only made one comment each towards it and then moved on after Lucky apologized. That's how I feel it should be, and this just feels like a way to make Dolly feel bad. Even though she already felt bad. Yeah, I know becoming someone's pet is essentially the plague for the Dalmatian family, but I still felt like Dolly should've shown the backbone she clearly has. This is even worse than in Girls' Day Out, because at least there it was just trying to make Delilah look like a decent mother. Granted it didn't need to be there, but still. It also feels placed wrong, since it comes right after Dolly starts rolling in the mud with Dizzy and Deedee. If I were the show writers, I would've switched the scenes around, and had the apology scene changed to be more fitting. It would've been a lot better if Dolly didn't look miserable when it happened, just saying. I think if it ended with the Dalmatians having fun with Dolly still apologizing and commenting on how she couldn't believe she almost became a pet, and then all of them just continuing their fun, it would've fit a lot better. Lord knows I would've preferred that. Not to mention, the scene feels incomplete. It switches to everyone going over to the Dalmatian family with Dolly still getting guilted. Actually, now that I think about it, this guilt trip didn't even need to be there. Don't Push your Luck, an episode we'll discuss later, didn't pull this stunt, and that ending was way more satisfying. So if it were up to me, I would've taken out the scene entirely, or at least remove the guilt trip. Again, I know being a pet makes these Dalmatians piss their beds every night, but if Dolly ended up playing along with it, I would've been fine with it being there. Granted it could've been more cringeworthy, and it's nice that Dolly DOES apologize, but I still think it could've been done better. Though, along with Dolly's proper lady training, there are plenty of positives throughout this one. For starters, I like the moments where Dolly's just having fun with her siblings. It feels like wholesome fun and it's something I can get into. I also found it to be a nice touch that Dolly was doing this without much hesitation, showing that she's not completely against being proper, it's just not in her nature. In the end, while I do think the episode is good, I just feel that it had some wasted potential, holding a somewhat cringe-worthy ending, and a boring third act into regard. That said though, the first two acts, and Dolly, of course, were entertaining enough to fix that. Unlike Snow Day and All Fired Up, which only had the last couple minutes going for them. Look, I'm not going to call the episode lackluster, or bad, just because it didn't live up to my hype. I was just, disappointed is all. If the ending was better, the episode would've gotten into my top ten. I'll go on ahead and put this in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And writers, don't rub the mistakes of the character who screwed up in their face unless you plan on having the one getting guilt tripped play along with it. It rarely works out, and when it doesn't, it'll just damages the quality of the episode.

Rating: 6/10.

Episode seventeen: Flea-Mageddon.

Highlight: Dylan's pendant being the cause and Clarissa being the culprit.

Fun fact: It's revealed in this episode that fleas are like the flu to the Dalmatians, adding the fact that this episode takes inspiration from The Loud House's One Flu Over the Loud House into account.

Quote: (Dylan) No one, and I mean no one, messes with my family.

Written by: Nicole Paglia.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode seventeen: Flea-Mageddon. There's a flea outbreak at 101 Dalmatian Street! Dylan springs into action by forcing the infected into quarantine. But the source of the infestation turns out to be quite the surprise. God this episode was wasted. I could forgive My Fair Dolly for missing the mark, as it at least had a good first and second act, even with a mediocre third act to follow it up with. But this? It's the other way around, but worse! I'll just start off with the fact that I can't stand Dante, again. Throughout the entirety of the first and second act, he's spouting out nonsense of the end of the world or some crap like that. He even starts off the episode like that in what could've been a really interesting scene with Dylan getting philosophical and it could've been used really well. Instead, we get more of Dante being an over the top, more retarded emo than goth, paranoid prick. Ya wanna know the episode I'd point people to if I wanted to explain why I hate Dante? Yeah. This is the episode I'd use for that very purpose. Any kind of suspense the episode might've had was ruined by the fact that he just, can't, shut the fuck up about the end of the world. It's gonna happen, yes, but no one knows when it'll happen. He's always doing this to the point where I was relieved when he got sent down to the basement. I've never wanted to punch a dog so much before. And that's saying a lot if you know me and my immense love for dogs. Is this what people love about him? The fact that he's stupid and one note? I'm sorry Dante fans, it's perfectly fine if you like him, but I need something more than a joke that was never funny to make me like a character. Thank god the third act got rid of this dumbass. As much as I like Dylan and Dawkins, and love Dolly, those three alone can't save this episode after it's horrible first two acts. Am I being overly harsh? Maybe, but the fact that people love this dumbass so much will always baffle me. Is this the final straw with Dante? No. This is only the first season, so it's understandable that some characters wouldn't be as good as others. But if he's still pulling this crap in season two, then we're gonna have some issues down the road, mostly with the fact that he won't stop being a one note gimic. That said, the third act is pretty decent. I like the twist with Dylan's space rock from Clarissa, don't know why he trusted her but most of it is off screen so who cares, and it's easily the best part of this episode. I honestly thought Diesel would be the culprit since he's the dirty one, but nope, it's the space rock. Yeah, in case you didn't notice, this is my least favorite episode of the one's we've talked about so far, and not just because it has the same issue as Snow Day and All Fired Up, only instead of boring, it's annoying. It's a shame too, because this had all kinds of potential with it being inspired by the Loud House episode, One Flu Over the Loud House, which is infinitely better than this. Although the third act is worth your time and the ending is nice, Dylan's a fucking badass in the last scene, it's not enough to save this episode. It's not terrible, but it easily gets a spot in the (The Dearly farm from the show is shown being burned down) garbage plantation. Now I'm not against Dante appearing multiple times in the show, and I'll be fine with it he has a major role again, mostly for the fact that he seems to be a main character. But for god's sake, get him over this fucking world ending shit and give him an actual character!

Rating: 2/10.

Episode eighteen: A Right Royal Rumble.

Highlight: Dylan joining in on Dolly's revolution.

Fun fact: This episode was delayed from originally being aired on April 30th, which no one knows the reason of.

Quote: (Fergus) Did you see that? Prince Waffles barked hello, to me!

Written by: Ciaran Morrison and Mick O'Hara.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode eighteen: A Right Royal Rumble. When Clarissa tries to hog the royal visit to Camden Town from the Dalmatian family, Dolly's revolution causes chaos and puts poor Pearl in a pickle in the process. It soon makes the Royal Corgis, however, new friends of the Dalmatians. So the way this episode starts off is that Dylan and Dolly are getting the pups ready for the Royal Corgis that's passing through, and Clarissa tries to hog it, making Dolly take immediate action. I'll just say that this is one of the episodes that highlights Dolly and Clarissa's rivalry. It helps that Clarissa's actually enjoyable in this one, like the scene where she randomly dunks a bowl of water on Dylan's head while pretending her decision on letting the puppies see the royal corgis is so hard to make. The episode itself had some great setup with scenes like that, as well as Dolly getting pissed at Clarissa about the flag. The episode also highlights one of Dolly's key traits, more specifically the one where while she's no Dylan in terms of being a saint, she's perfectly capable of being selfless, which she is. It's one of the reasons my highlight of Perfect Match is her chemistry with Roxy, and why I want to see more of them together. But back on topic. Seeing Dylan join in on the revolution couldn't have been more satisfying. It shows he has limits to how far he'll go in terms of avoiding reckless or rebellious actions, and it's handled better here than in Walkies on the Wild Side because it feels like he has actual reason to do what he does, rather than being provoked by stuff he usually brushes off almost completely. And along with Dolly, it shows his family loyalty, which I admire. And the scenes where they're breaking in are also fun, and seeing Dolly and Clarissa riding at high speeds in the trash can was a bit intense. Key word being bit, as I knew they'd make it out of it. Kinda disappointed there wasn't a scene that started with Dolly laughing at Clarissa, then Clarissa laughing at Dolly, and then the two laughing together, but it's the second act, so I can't really complain. It's just something I think would be fun to see later down the line. Now before we get to the ending, let's discuss the rest. I don't like Pearl in this episode. I was fine with her behavior in The Nose Job, as she was obviously supposed to be the antagonist, and we even saw that she has a kind heart and cares for the Dalmatians when she gave Diesel his breakfast to congratulate him. But in this, she's just doing what she does because she has a boner for this Apollo dude, who's pretty bland to begin with so she obviously just thinks he's got a hot bod, at least from what we know so far. And when Dolly apologized to her and for some reason felt bad about what she did, which she was justified in doing I might say, I was like 'What are you apologizing for? She practically threatened you to fuck off so she could get horse boner.', because if I were Dolly I would NOT take that crap from anyone, authority or otherwise. Yeah, I know Pearl's a cop, but you can't arrest a fucking child for calling you out on your bullshit. Pearl also wants a promotion, but that's what Dylan bribed her with in The Nose Job, so no complaints about that here. She could've been worse, but she also could've been better. But hey, at least she has a good reason for not shutting down Clarissa's scheme, as Clarissa and Hugo were in contract agreement with this dude who has higher authority over her. So, yeah. Not bad, just disappointing. I like the ending though. Don't know where Dolly got her skateboard from, but we can just assume she grabbed it off screen because she wanted to shred with it later. And the fact that it interests the royal corgis shows they're not stuck up, and that they have normal interests rather than just being stuck up brats who don't care about what normal dogs have as hobbies. We've seen this before, but I wouldn't be against developing these corgis. And they call Clarissa riff raff, that's just irony all over the picture. Though, I think we can all agree that Dolly calling Pearl out on her uptight bitchiness would've certainly been a justified replacement for her apology. I think I can safely put this episode in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. One last thing. Waffles is adorable and I want to hug this valid puppy right now!

Rating: 8/10.

Episode nineteen: Dal-Martians

Highlight: Dylan, Dolly, and Dawkins ramping off the 'spaceship' roof .

Fun fact: This is the first episode to show that unappreciated sidekick thing Dawkins had in his wiki profile.

Quote: (Dolly) Well if mister Fussyfacts wants intelligent life forms- (Dawkins) We'll GIVE him intelligent life forms.

Written by: Ciaran Morrison and Mick O'Hara.

Sonicbronyuniverez: Episode nineteen: Dal-Martians. It's payback time. Dolly and Dawkins set know-it-all Dylan up to believe that aliens have landed in Camden and that he is the only one who stands between doggy-kind and imminent annihilation! Unfortunately, the thing gets way out of hand. Yeah, pretty much anyone who's seen this type of story before knows things are about to go haywire as soon as the prank begins. But anyway, let's talk about it. The start of the episode has Dylan correcting Dolly when she tells an unrealistic story, and then for some reason indirectly telling Dawkins he's a moron for believing it, gee, Dawkins is quite unreasonable for being pissed here, and then when Roxy reveals she has humans, and they're dressing up as aliens for this parade thing, that's when Dolly and Dawkins get their plan. I really like their witch grins btw. And then we see the plan come together, and it's interesting, don't get me wrong, but it could've been handled better. First off, I understand WHY Dylan believes this since Dawkins brings up he could be the first to find out aliens exist, and then he sees Roxy being cornered by shadows that look like aliens, I just think part of the execution was a little dry, since he just acts in the usual surprised expression many others would. It would be interesting if he had suspiciouns and tried to find a more logical solution, something different, but that's not the case. Second off, I get that Roxy couldn't appear much because her purpose was to inadvertently setup Dolly and Dawkin's plan to prank Dylan, and she does fulfill that purpose. I just wish we could've gotten a scene or two more with her, maybe she brings up in one scene to Dolly that she could be going too far. It would've fit for her clear skepticism in the beginning of the episode regarding the plan. I understand why they they didn't do that, but her chemistry with Dolly WAS and still is my favorite part about Perfect Match, so I'm sitting here waiting as patiently as I can for another episode to focus on those two and have their chemistry grow. I liked the third act though. That speed scene with the spaceship was pretty epic, and I like how they didn't randomly have Roxy call Dolly out like a bitch, since she's not a bitch, at least not the bad kind, and barely appeared with a speaking role in the episode. Show, please have more Dolly and Roxy episodes to talk about later down the line. And the ending was pretty nice, especially since Dolly's story technically did happen. Other than those positives though, and some funny jokes, the episode wasn't all that impressive if you ask me. I'd say it's like Snow Day, with two boring first acts and a good third act, but the first two acts are slightly better. At least Dolly and Dawkins are somewhat justified in being pissed at Dylan. I'll go ahead and put this one in the (The place Roger and Anita get after they marry is shown highlighted in yellow) average plantation.

Rating: 4/10.

Episode twenty: A Date with Destiny...Dallas and Deja Vu

Highlight: Dylan saving Dallas from falling to her death.

Fun fact: This episode confirms that Triple D are from Delilah's side of the family, making their lack of a British accent strange, but also possibly indicating that Delilah had them with Doug, or Delilah's previous husband was American.

Quote: (Dallas) Nobody touches the fur!

Writen by: Giles Pilbrow.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twenty: A Date with Destiny...Dallas and Deja Vu. Dylan worries about the safety of the Triple D when they star in a series of increasingly dangerous stunts for an ad campaign. Yes! The show's finally back! And with a bang I might add. The episode starts off with Triple D starring in a wrestling commercial, but Dylan, being his pedantic self, worries they might be putting themselves at risk of serious injuries. Now before we talk about the rest of episode itself, I think I should talk about Triple D themselves, since I didn't state my thoughts on them when talking about The Woof Factor. As characters, I don't really see them as anything overly special or beyond awesome, but I do like them enough to care if they're in deep trouble. My main issue with them is that they're all the same, but it seems like they've been changing that, starting with Diva pups, where Deja Vu is the obvious ditz of the trio. So they're fine, just nothing amazing. At least they're better than the Dimitri trio, who trust me, we'll talk about in just a bit. So with that said, this episode was easily their best appearance yet. The three of them show how much balls they actually have by taking on wrestlers no sweat, though it's pretty clear the wrestlers lost on purpose. And that's before the ending, which I'll save for later. I will say that Dylan's paranoia, although it's played to an over the top extreme here, as it always does, he never ruins too many of the shots, and even when he does, it doesn't get Triple D fired, which thank god they didn't pull, because it would've affected Dylan's likability in the episode greatly. And the fact that he keeps getting kicked out is actually kinda funny, because he deserves it for constantly breaking into the studio, even though he has a good reason to do so. I also thought that seeing Triple D jumping on the gelatin was really fun. Can I do that sometime? I wanna do that sometime. Anyway, this is also Hunter's first appearance as the antagonist that isn't the end of the episode, and he does a pretty good job at making his presence. He isn't trying to go over the top right away, and he's hiding his identity quite well, showing his quick thinking. I think I'll end up liking him in the future. Yeah the helicopter thing was pretty risky, but what do you expect, a baby carriage? Anyway, that actually leads into my favorite part of the episode, where Dylan saved Dallas from plummeting to her death with his bubble wrap gun thing, which wasn't mindless filler I might add, Dawkins actually had a reason to be in the episode and fulfilled his purpose. It showed just how far he'll go to protect his siblings, even if HE risks death himself, and that he's super brave deep down. He just needs the right motivation. Now if I have complaints, the first one can be is that the ending is a little underwhelming, with Dylan getting praise that he does deserve, but it gets tossed aside basically when he freaks over Dallas wanting an autograph because she might get a paper cut. To be fair they don't have fingers, so it could cut them easier if they have a grip on it, but it still kinda irritated me. It's essentially a reverse scene of the one from Dal-Martians, which in turn, makes this unsatisfying to me. Also, he does this after my Dolly gives him praise; how dare he!? We also get two fart jokes, one from Dallas, and one from Deja Vu. I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, they're pretty weak. I get that they're dogs and they're often super quiet farts, but this show's got lots of energy, so I say give one of the Dalmatians a big one in the future. Diesel would fit the best for big ones if you want recommendations btw. His dirt loving persona could help a lot. But other than that, this is a great episode that has more than earned it's place in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. Also, why are all child villains considered brats? They aren't all mindlessly rude.

Rating: 7/10.

Episode twenty one: The Wow of Miaow

Highlight: Deepak shutting Dante up with his guru power thing.

Fun fact: This episode reveals that Deepak can apparently...cough up Dalmatian fur colored hairballs? Yeah, I don't get it either.

Quote: (Deepak) You've suffered enough brother.

Written by: Giles Pilbrow.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twenty one: The Wow of Miaow. Dylan's cata-phobia causes Guru-Miaow devotee Deepak to leave home and move in with their feline neighbor Constantin. Oh boy. I was worried about this episode, and I was right to be! Let's tear into this shit pile before I tear my own head off in anger. The episode starts off with Deepak doing that Guru Miaow thing with Constantin, and the Dimitri trio start bullying him for it, making Deepak leave and even managing to make Dylan look like crap. Speaking of the Dimitri trio, you guessed it, I hate these fucktards. I know they're supposed to be troublemakers, but this episode just points them off as try-hard rebel brats by having them give Dylan hell in the beginning of the episode, and then bully Deepak for liking the miaow whatever thing he's a member of. And when Dylan tries to stand up for Deepak, Constantin roasts him because of course he does, and the Dimitri trio make Dylan look horrible, even though he doesn't even deserve it. Because all he was trying to do was stand up for his younger brother. I know the show has to have some characters be assholes, I mean, if everyone was an angel the show would be boring as hell, it's mainly how these three are executed that bothers me. I'm fine with them being little shits, just as long as they don't get away with major problems they cause. And yeah, Dylan eventually says that cats suck, but the fact that Constantin says dogs suck first makes it justified. I would maybe buy Deepak buying the Dimitri trio's crap if he looked up to them, but that's clearly not the case, even if the ending hints at it. Oh, but don't think the Dimitri trio sucking ass excuses Deepak; I can't fucking stand that little shitbird in this episode. He spends most of his time on screen being an obnoxious moron that buys the Dimitri trio's bullshit because fuck Dylan I guess. He leaves home because fuck Dylan for an allergy he can't control. He tortures Dylan because fuck Dylan for an allergy he can't control. He says Dylan suffered enough, even though he never deserved to suffer, because fuck Dylan for an allergy he can't control! And that's the main issue. Deepak is a massive idiot when believing the Dimitri Trio's crap, so I can only assume he's doing this because of Dylan's cat allergy. You can't tell me he thinks you can CHOOSE what you're allergic to; I know he's not THAT stupid. The only part I liked with Deepak was when he shut Dante up in the beginning, and even then it's just good. Other than that, he's just a big baby, and a hypocrite, since he lets Constantin insult dogs no problem, but apparently Dylan insulting cats, even when his kind was already insulted, is wrong. Oh, but Constantin's teachings; dude, fuck those teachings. Another flaw I found is that I don't like Dolly in this episode. I can say she's at least in character, but that doesn't mean I have to like her guilt tripping Dylan, even if it's for their siblings, and she also has a bit of help in the Dimitri Trio dickhole trip, and even goes out of her way to act like nothing happened. To be fair she was just boarding by when they started winking and didn't have the full picture of the situation, but it's still a bit of a dick move. My Dolly was actually dislikable. They almost made me hate Dolly in the episode. They...shall...PAY! Also, if me calling him out for being full of crap doesn't sell it, I don't like Constantin. He does serve as a fine side character, but as an antagonist he's just bland, and it pisses me off that he and Deepak get away with torturing Dylan, AND that the episode tries to justify their scummy behavior. I'll give them credit for trying to squeeze some good comedy in there and not making Dylan get injured in any way, shape, or form, but that doesn't stop Deepak saying Dylan's 'suffered enough' from making me want to cuss Deepak out like my life was over. Aside from that, there are some other minor details that piss me off like Dizzy and Deedee becoming Dante for a few seconds, Diesel not being funny, which is a crime in itself, and the fact that all of this happens because...Deepak left. Since when was Deepak this magical ass resolve for every piss stain that the Dalmatian family ended up stepping in one way or another? I get that comedies often don't follow continuity, and they at least show him doing this in the beginning of the episode, but I'm sure the writers are aware that Deepak didn't have any major roles until Snow Day, which he wasn't even all that good in to begin with, and this is still random as shit. I also find it really dumb seeing everyone act worse than when fleas hit the fan. I guess it's Lose your Shit day, cause the family has fucking lost it. Look, I still don't hate Deepak anywhere near as much as Dante, but this episode didn't do him any favors. And don't give me that try hard cute happy ending! Dylan was tortured for little to no reason, Deepak was an idiot who willingly let his family go to chaos, though to be fair, the Dimitris also gave him hell, and the Dimitris got away with being obnoxious spoiled brats and starting the conflict to begin with. I would've grounded them for at least a month if I was Dylan. And since when did Deepak want their respect? I'd buy it if he looked up to them, but as far as I'm concerned, that's not the case. I give the writers props for trying to flesh out Deepak, and I kinda like the detail they put into his hairballs, as dumb as the jokes are, but that doesn't stop me one bit from declaring this the first episode to land in the (Dante is shown to be the only one alive as he walks away the Dalmatian family's house, which is on fire, while he screams that it's the end of the world) ruins plantation. This is the rating for the episodes that make me so angry, that I end up going damn near savage when it's over. This is a rating for the worst of the worst. I'm sorry Deepak, I want to like you, but now you'll need an amazing episode to redeem yourself for this dude.

Rating: 1/10.

Episode twenty two: Fear Window

Highlight: The tensity of the situation.

Fun fact: This episode's title is an homage to the 1954 movie 'Rear Window', which while I haven't seen at the time of watching this episode, sounds like it could be a pretty okay movie.

Quote: (Dylan) Don't worry, I'll keep her coned up and scratch free!

Writen by: Kristy Peart and Jess Kedward.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twenty two: Fear Window. Dolly is bedbound and and entertains herself by spying on her neighbors. My Dolly redeems this show with a triumph! Let me tell you guys, after The Wow of Miaow, I was so glad to get an episode this fun. The episode starts with Dolly getting scratchies from Triple D while having a cone on her head, don't know why, but she's a dog, so whatever, and she gets super bored so Dylan lets her use her telescope, only for Dolly to then suspect that Clarissa murdered Hugo in cold blood. Now for praise. For starters, they were able to justify Dolly's boredom perfectly by having her be in a cone for the episode. It makes sense why she'd be spying on Clarissa and how far her thoughts are going with what actually happened. Even when Dolly's technically doing illegal stuff, or making Dylan do illegal stuff like break into Clarissa's house, I end up loving her. When she's the focus anyway. And the situation got super tense, which I wasn't expecting. I was worried this would be an episode where Dolly got either carried away in an annoying way, or guilt tripped, the latter of which almost ruined My Fair Dolly for me, as we all know. But no, they don't pull either of those. While I was watching this episode, I was genuinely entertained, and the ending felt satisfying. And as always, Dylan and Dolly's chemistry is on point. These two always know how to make their retorts to each other, almost like they had these scripted out before the day even started. And that helps with making me care when they end up in Clairssa's house at different points. For the entirety of the second half from when Dylan was in running away from Clarissa to when Dolly went in to save him, I was on the edge of my seat wanting them both to make it out okay. And when Hugo finds Dolly, I was glad that he didn't just kick her out, showing that he's not completely stuck up, and that he does have some care for lower class creatures. And Clarissa attacking him was kinda funny. Speaking of which, I actually like Clarissa in this episode. Yeah she's a stuck up bitch as always, but here she feels genuinely threatening, and gives off a creepy presence that fits her over the top anger management trait perfectly. That scene where she moved closer with each light flash was just brilliant. And the ending, as I said before, was actually satisfying. This time, instead of Dolly apologizing and still being guilted, she still apologizes, and Dylan just says 'let's get you to bed'. Yeah he's clearly a bit frustrated, but it's still easy to see that he's also relieved Dolly made it out okay. It's a major improvement over rubbing the fact that she fucked up in her face like she was working with a villain. It works way better than constantly saying 'and' with a smug grin, because we get a satisfying closure for both characters. Another plus I can give is that Diesel is his usual adorable self. I just can't help smiling whenever he comes on screen, I just wanna hug him so bad! Give this puppy more screen time now! So, yeah. If this ended up being the show's Halloween special, I think it would've sufficed. I don't know what they would've done for a Halloween special, but I'll look forward to seeing it when they do. And I'm more than happy to put this episode in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. This episode managed to keep me entertained through it all, and also managed to redeem the show for me after the atrocity that is The Wow of Miaow.

Rating: 8/10.

Episode twenty three: The Dog House

Highlight: Delilah and Doctor Dave.

Fun fact: The title for this episode could possibly be referencing The Loud House.

Quote: (Doctor Dave) Pests? Here? You must be mistaken.

Writer: Jez Hall.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twenty three: The Dog House. Clarissa tricks the Dalmatians into going wild. Okay, the synopsis is almost completely false, but it does get one thing right, and that's being entertaining. This episode starts off with the usual, Dylan doing something super geeky and adorkable while Dolly's her wild and awesome self, and Clarissa gets her souffle ruined, so she decides to...call pest control? Holy crap, she means business this time! And the way she sets it up is actually pretty clever, getting Hugo to do it by tricking him into thinking the Dalmatians are totally crazy. Though, she didn't think this call would be made with Delilah and Doctor Dave watching hearing in on it. A crucial flaw that makes for a great episode. I can easily say that Delilah and Doctor Dave were a blast in this episode. They have a great chemistry with one another, which makes sense considering they're work partners, and although Doctor Dave can't understand Delilah, he shows quite a bit of intelligence by catching onto what Delilah was bringing him to her house for when he sees all her kids, and then pest control. It also helps that he has a great personalty, being the charismatic and clearly overworked guy, and unlike Doug's boss he feels like he has some life to him, which adds to his charm. And Dorothy finally returns and she's fucking adorable as always. Another thing I like in this episode is that Pearl is helping Delilah with saving her family. It shows that she does care about the Dalmatians and it helps the episode a great deal. And the scenes that had the Dalmatians trying to stop pest control with Delilah racing to get home in time just add to the amazement that is this family's love for one another. Yeah I still say 'Shut up Dante' whenever the black furred dude shouts something stupid, which is pretty much all the time as we've established, but I still believe this family cares about each other, and that's a huge factor in the show's charm. It has a lot in common with Loud House I noticed. Just replace humans with dogs, and you're there. Also, Clarissa getting caught by pest control was just priceless, even though I hope she's safe in the next episode. Clarissa really has shown how ruthless she can be as an antagonist, and I couldn't be more grateful for the show allowing that to happen. I'll go right ahead and put this episode in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And if I lived in the 101 Dalmatians universe and Delilah was my doctor, I would be all for it when going to a hospital.

Rating: 7/10.

Episode twenty four: A Summer to Remember

Highlight: Spike kissing Dolly.

Fun fact: Even though this is a 'summer' special, it only barely made it to airing during the summer.

Quote: (Spike) I'll see you soon. (Licks Dolly's nose and makes her smile widely)

Writer: Giles Pilbrow.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twenty four: A Summer to Remember. The Dalmatian family take a vacation to Cornwall. However, Dylan and Dolly find themselves saving the family not once, but twice! They meet Doberman Spike, who's a chilled surfer dude and an intelligent country beach goer named Summer. (Enjoy the Ride from Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul plays as Sonicbronyuniversez discusses the episode) Okay, I know this special aired in September, and I'm already back in school by the time it aired, but nonetheless, I still found this to be a really good special. It even starts off with Summer Song, which is a great starting point for the episode. It sets up the plot perfectly and gives lots of fun moments like Dylan and Dolly's usual banter and the part where Dizzy and Deedee were pirates. And the end scene in the song where it just, cuts to rain, was kinda funny. Actually, all the random scene transitions were. I also really like Summer and Spike, both of which I hope get to appear again. Summer's easily one of those no nonsense characters, who while she does have a good heart and is willing to help others, she doesn't take Dylan's crap when he's dissing locals. She kinda reminds me of Rani from Lion Guard, only without the hot headed immaturity Rani started off with. And hopefully Dylan will be able to kiss her when they meet again. As for Spike, he's the chill surfer dude we all know and love the character archetype of, but he also shows a sense of bravery when he and Dolly head out on his boat to save Doug and Delilah. Yeah everyone else got in on it, but the fact that Spike and Dolly actually risked going out to sea to get them says something. He's SHOWING his character geniuses who call him bland, if he said it then it would've sucked. And he just up and kisses Dolly in the end, and I was so excited when I saw it. My Dolly has a boyfriend and he'd better appear in more episodes! Anyway, admittedly there are some aspects I can see people finding annoying, like Dylan being super uptight about the country locals, and Dizzy and Deedee having their bratty moment in the cave. Well for Dizzy and Deedee, I found it to be pretty funny, and for Dylan, that's the point. He's technically in character, except for the part where Bessie gave him the wrong directions to the beach, which was my least favorite part of the episode actually. But even then he does get punished for it, which is nice, since his arc of seeing the truth about the country people hasn't been completed yet. And even then, he manages to redeem himself by saving Doug and Delilah, as well as Spike and Dolly. It was a really well done arc that like Dylan himself, got back on track by the second act. Both the romance stories in this feel genuine with Dylan and Summer feeling made for each other, and Dolly and Spike just up and doing it in the end. If I don't see Summer and Spike in future episodes, I'm gonna be pissed. And I don't mean in twenty something episodes crap that they did for Jasiri in Lion Guard, I mean have them be recurring characters. It'd be especially fitting for Spike, since Hansel most likely won't be Dolly's love interest anymore as far as I'm concerned. As for Chips, he's okay. At least he saved Dorothy from being killed by the sea. As for Dante, I actually, didn't mind him in this episode. Shocking, I know, but he was actually tolerable. He never once went into his 'The end of the world!' phase, and actually had some moments that almost made me feel something. And I even chuckled when he narrated what happened last time before the first part ended. DANTE made me chuckle everyone, let that sink in. See everyone? I don't need Dante to change to like him, I just need him to have clever jokes. Or develop as a character. I don't know; he still has room to show other hobbies later down the line. Hell, I didn't even mind his told ya so moment, because unlike the crap he pulled in Power to the Puppies, it was justified since Dylan saw that Bessie was behind everything. Don't get me wrong, I like Power to the Puppies, but Dante almost ruined it for me. But in this, he was actually okay. I still hate him, but I'm a bit more confident in regards to him now. As for Bessie, she's one note and dumb. She has a good reason for hating the Dalmatians I guess, but that's about it. In fact, Dylan was right about her if she tries to kill the Dalmatians over accidents. She also tries to send Dylan's family, in the bus, down a fucking cliff to their demise! Yeah, I hate her. And the rope thing makes no fucking sense if I'm being honest, but other than that, this is a great episode that belongs in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And I know I said this three times now, but Summer and Spike better be here to stay, cause now there's no excuse for the writers to not make these clear couples canon. I'm also grateful to this episode for restoring a bit of my faith in Dante.

Rating: 7/10.

Episode twenty five: Long Tongue Day

Highlight: The animation used in the kraken fight.

Fun fact: This could be a follow up to A Summer to Remember, or a prequel, since it's so hot that no one can do anything in the first scene.

Quote: (Diesel) Stop dragging your butt across the rug?

Writer: Ciarán Morrison and Mick O'Hara.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twenty five: Long Tongue Day. The pups go to the pond on the hottest day of the year. When they find that it is packed, Dylan and Dolly trick everybody into thinking a kraken lives under there in order to have it for themselves. However, their plan backfired when everyone including the young Dalmatian siblings to believe that the kraken is for real. So the two older Dalmatian siblings need to up fix their mess. So after seeing the sneak peak for this episode, I wasn't sure what to expect. But after reading the synopsis, I was a bit skeptical. I mean, it starts off fine, with the sneak peak being the opening scene, but I was still a bit worried about how this episode would turn out. Thankfully, it still managed to be a pretty okay episode. And that all comes down to the plan itself. My main issue with the synopsis is that it seemed a bit out of character for Dylan to intentionally scared other animals for his own benefit, but they manage to justify that by showing the pond being crowded as all hell and even having the ducks there be assholes for no reason by hitting him with a beach ball. They literally had no actions done by Dylan beforehand to justify harming him in any way, and the episode knew to use that to it's advantage. Anyway, when they start spreading the rumor, it leads to some pretty funny stuff. The pups all being scared of the kraken is kinda cute, and I liked seeing how they all pointed out minor things Dylan says all the time whenever he's his usual uptight self. It's another nice hint of self awareness that I would expect from this show. And the animation for the fight scene with the kraken was really cool. It reminded me of that stuff they do in anime where the characters are fighting some huge monster, and they make the animation more manga or comic like to make the epic hits more cinematic. It's not perfect, but I still got a kick out of it. And in the end, some giant duck thing comes along and takes over the pond anyway, leading to all the animals of Camden using the Dalmatians pool, likely without their consent. So at least Dylan and Dolly get what they deserve for lying to everyone, even if their reasons were somewhat justified. Sadly, this episode has it's issues. First off, Dante's back to making me want him to shut up whenever he talks, cause once again, all he's doing is screaming like an idiot with no context. Admittedly he wasn't GOOD in A Summer to Remember, but at least there was more to him there than screaming random bullcrap. And then there's Big Fee. Yeah, I never found her that interesting, hell, I didn't even remember her name after her debut. And she doesn't serve any real purpose in this episode other than to exist. It's like Dante in Power to the Puppies, where I feel like the episode didn't need to have the character be there. She's not a bad character, at least she's not intentionally annoying anyone, she's just being her, but she just isn't all that memorable. And her fart at the end, is admittedly better than Deja Vu's in A Date with Destiny...Dallas and Deja Vu, but it's still pretty lackluster. Maybe it's because I don't care all that much for her in general, but who knows? Maybe others like it more. Hopefully we get better ones in the future, maybe from Dolly or Diesel, or hell, Dylan would fit as well. In spite of that though, I still found this episode decent, and I liked it enough to add it into the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation.

Rating: 6/10.

Episode twenty six: Doggy Da Vinci

Highlight: Da Vinci's visions from the stress she's undergoing.

Fun fact: Da Vinci is revealed to have trouble with crowds in this episode, which is shown when she's getting her photo taken by the people of Camden.

Quote: (Da Vinci) No, it's truth. In black and white.

Writer: Nicole Paglia.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twenty six: Doggy Da Vinci. Da Vinci creates street art that cause a sensation among the humans in Camden. So I think anyone who was waiting for Da Vinci to get her own episode, or if you already enjoyed her character, like me, you were excited for this episode, and rightfully so, because this gives her the ultimate fleshing out. It starts off with the pups playing in the backyard, like usual, and then the wall breaks so they have to pay for it. And this is when Da Vinci chimes in. Her love for painting and anything art related is shown with brilliance here, and it ties in with Snowball's role exceptionally well. Being her first major role, I'd say she isn't really the antagonist, but is more of a driving force for the plot. And I think she fits that role quite well. Anyway, let's talk about Da Vinci. I really like her here. She's very passionate about art and loves painting, and when the humans start admiring her work, it beams her with a ray of happiness that just brings joy to my soul. She's also shown to be the sensitive and anxious type when she gets discovered by the people of Camden and gets her photo taken constantly. It's a character that I find myself feeling invested in. Granted, I'm not an artist, at least outside of the writing format, but I still find Da Vinci as a character worth following. She went from decent, to great, thanks to this episode, and I couldn't be happier for it. See that fans of Dante? I don't need a character to not have a specific trait to themselves for them to be good. I just need them to show that there's more to them than one thing, more than just a joke or a quirk. And Da Vinci works so much better than Dante because she's more than just a one dimensional artist. She's an actual character. While Dante, in most of his appearences, comes off as a loudmouth emo with little to no character. Take notes on character analysis people. This is how you give a character their first episode. Give them a character, and make said character more than just a joke. As for Dylan and Dolly, they don't become dickish enough to the point where they become unlikable. True they give Da Vinci a lot to deal with, but it's not like they're intentionally stressing her out. They clearly care about her, and are capable of seeing when they've gone too far. It also helps that they're doing this to try and fix the wall. Word of advice for anyone doing a plot like this, make the characters who're causing the protagonist stress more motivation than money, at least if you want them to be likable. And the visions Da Vinci gets are so atmospheric. When I'm looking at these visions, I see what could be a movie long journey for Da Vinci, and it's put into an eleven minute episode without ever feeling forced or generic. And the ending where Dylan and Dolly redeem themselves by giving Da Vinci the wall as her canvas is so sweet, and it feels genuine. It also helps that this episode made me give a crap about Da Vinci, so that adds to it. As for Hunter, I like that they're continuing his arc as the villain in this, since it helps with him learning more about the Dalmatians. I'd happily say this episode is a piece of exceptionally well done art that's more than worth of the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. So now that Da Vinci's fleshed out, who should we get the show to develop next? Maybe DJ could get his own episode? He has lots of potential.

Rating: 8/10

Episode twenty seven: London We Have A Problem

Highlight: The cliffhanger ending.

Fun fact: This episode reveals that Dylan and Dolly are aware of the fact that some of the siblings are Pongo and Perdita descendents, but for some reason, they don't know who Cruella is.

Quote: (Dolly) Great great great grandma and grandpa? Tweezers? Cages?

Writer: Maria O'Loughlin.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twenty seven: London We Have A Problem. Hunter and Dylan become friends when they discover a common love for love outer space! (Galaxy Man's theme from Mega Man 9 plays as Sonicbronyuniversez discusses the episode) Okay, wow, this show is definitely getting more story driven in some episodes, and unlike some other comedies, it's actually paying off here. This one knows not to go overly edgy, which is one reason I've put off watching the Tangled series and Star vs the Forced of Evil for a while now, because I heart those shows fell into that same trap, and it makes sure the suspense is actually earned, with enough comedic and lighthearted moments to justify us caring about the deep ones. So the episode starts off pretty simply with Dylan being super excited for a space helmet he's supposed to be getting and the pups being their usual selves. Dylan being Dylan, he's really excited to try it out, only to find out that Doug and Delilah are super busy because half of Doug's crew is sick and Delilah...well doctors are always busy. So Dylan is understandably bummed out. Then Dylan meets Hunter, who acts like a totally chill guy who's into space. I'll admit, if I were Dylan, I would've fallen for his act too. His act is certainly worth practicing for those who need help with it. Also, when Dylan's facing his everyday activities, it helps to justify him wanting to hang out with Hunter, since one, he's clearly super stressed at home, and two, he's unaware of Hunter's true intentions, so it's more understandable than it would've if he knew about them, helping Dylan's character a great deal. Also, I should point out that Dorothy, as always, is adorable, with part of that being thanks to the fact that she shows actual feelings and emotions upon being captured. This is why I feel Dorothy is the Lily Loud of the show, because like Lily, she has a sense of awareness, and also has a personality beyond being a baby. Oh, and I swear to god, if we get an episode that remakes Two Boys and a Baby, please keep whoever takes care of Dorothy in character. Anyway, after Dolly sneaks off to find out what Dylan's hiding and finds out what Hunter's planning, it feels sincere when the show wants to make us care when she's chasing Hunter's car down. And when the puppies are getting captured, unlike in most comedies where it's overly edgy and makes us think the characters are going through too much, this one just wants us to take the moment seriously. And like the viewers would in any story driven series, we're okay with that because it feels right. And yeah, I really like the part where Dawkins gets captured by Hunter, and he just says 'I'm telling mom!', it's just a great reaction. And yeah, the way they win is also really well done, with the house items being used, and Dylan's helmet even having a part in saving Dolly. I won't put any more context into that, as Hunter's plan is worth seeing for yourself. And the fact that a trigger word was used to win was also a good idea. Good on ya Dylan and Dolly. Also, Deja Vu gets another fart in this one, this time in Dylan's helmet when there's water in it. And it's definitely better than the last one. Not good, but the show's getting there. And honestly, Deja Vu's starting to become adorable in my eyes anyway. And that cliffhanger at the end leaves me excited to see what else the De Vil's have planned for the Dalmatian family in the future. Since this arc is clearly being used to it's fullest potential, I'm gonna put this in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And I know the next episode is gonna be a filler episode, but that doesn't change the fact that the hype we all have is real. And just wait until we get to the season finale.

Rating: 8/10.

Episode twenty eight: It's My Party

Highlight: Dawkins fit at Dallas about Dallas calling Princess Positron a doll.

Fun fact: We finally get full diversity on Triple D's personalities in this episode, and we learn that Dawkins might be transgender (In spite of his species, but I think he can just make a device for that) with his moments of loving his space princess.

Quote: (Dawkins) Princess Positron is a celebrated engineer, accomplished astrophysicist, and the most benevolent interplanitary princess the universe has ever known!

Writer: Suzanne Lang.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twenty eight: It's My Party. Dylan, Dolly, and Diesel throw a birthday bash for Triple D. Another powerful moral episode. Who knew? It's not as good as Girls' Day Out or Poetry Scam, but it's still a blast. The episode starts off with Dylan and Dolly finding out that Triple D's birthday is coming up, and since Diesel overheard it, he reveals the fact that Dylan and Dolly are trying to skip out on it. And yeah, Dylan and Dolly have a good reason to not wanna do it since Triple D were revealed to be party demons, but you still gotta do it. Then we find out that Dylan and Dolly apparently can't even tell Triple D apart from what another. I mean, it's pretty easy, all you gotta do is memorize who has which collar. Destiny is heart, Dallas is diamond, and Deja vu is circle. That's actually pretty hard to deal with, finding that even your family doesn't know who you really are. It's, kinda sad. So then Triple D all demand for their own individual party with Dylan getting Dallas, Dolly getting Destiny, and Diesel getting Deja Vu. Yeah, Dolly gets Diesel involved since he got them busted, and that's justified, he was partially responsible for Dylan and Dolly essentially feeling like they're in hell now. So then we cut to Dylan and Dolly planning the parties for their picks, and not listening to them at all with Dylan making a space themed party and Dolly making an epic entrance for Destiny to do. Yeah, obviously the two of them need some listening help, but they just survived an attack from Hunter in the previous episode, so I won't be too hard on them. What's interesting here is that Deja Vu is actually being listened to by Diesel, who's still one of the most adorable things in this show. He and Deja Vu have this really cute chemistry in the episode where they're actually communicating and treating one another like their own individual. And the fact that they're both airheads helps it make a lot of sense. And then when Dylan and Dolly push Destiny and Dallas too far, I actually feel bad for them. They feel like real dogs who're sad and it's down bringing, since they're so similar that they have to state their distinctive traits just so others can tell the difference. This show is so warm and I love it. It also helps that the ending involves everyone attending Diesel's party. Gee, I can't imagine why. And the party scene is really fun, even having Doug and Delilah getting in on the action. Too bad it makes the ending of an episode we'll discuss later on just a little more insufferable, but we'll get to that when we get to it. This is the episode that made me officially like Triple D, and I respect it for that. Seriously, now that we've seen them individually, they're officially adorable. One more thing I wanna note is that Dawkins little fit when Dallas messes with his princess alien toy is really cute, and it gets even more interesting when he gushes about being a space princess for a moment. Dawkins is transgender everyone; dog representatives exist out there! How that'll work, don't ask me. But Dawkins could find a way. Dawkins himself is just a joy in this episode and if he keeps this up, he may rival Dolly in terms of my favorite characters of the show. We've sure had a streak so far of putting episodes into the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And in case you're all wondering, Deja Vu is my favorite member of Triple D.

Rating: 8/10.

Episode twenty nine: Fox in the Dog House

Highlight: Dolly showing her caring side by letting Fergus stay with them.

Fun fact: This episode reveals that Fergus has a history with Pearl, which is fitting for his character.

Quote: (Fergus) Let me guess, the hospital has a "no vermin" policy? Shockin' discrimination!

Writer: Rebecca Hobbes.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode twenty nine: Fox in the Dog House. After Fergus got injured, Dolly invites him to get recovered at the house. I had to say something. I'm just gonna be blunt here dudes. This episode almost made me hate Fergus as a character. I was seriously hoping he would get punched in the face at the very least for what he did, but by the third act when he essentially got away with everything, I almost forgot why I like him. But I'll explain that later down the line. The episode actually starts off pretty strong with Fergus telling Sid and Big Fee about a run in he had with Pearl last night after a failed robbery of a snack shack, and due to Dylan trying to get Dolly to do some dusting around the house while she's skateboarding in the park, she falls off her board, and while Fergus dodges her just fine, he still gets hit by the skateboard, which...for some reason, breaks his paw? Yeah, I think Delilah was just being cautious when she told him to stay off of it, as any doctor would. And yeah, that actually leads us into the plot, and my favorite part of the episode, which is Dolly letting Fergus heal up at the house. I'm fully aware of the fact that some people think Dolly's little more than a rebellious jerk, but when you look at the Dimitri Trio in The Wow of Miaow, tell me Dolly's any worse than that, and just TRY to convince me. This is part of the reason why Dolly's my favorite character on the show, because while she can be rude and comes off as the irresponsible type, she clearly cares for her friends and family and knows when to take something seriously. That, and the fact that she's just a wild batch of fun. Fergus on the other hand? He doesn't get a pass in this episode. Admittedly he's pretty good in the first act, and fine in the second, at least he's not at scumbag levels yet, but after Delilah says his paw's healed? Oh, fuck no! He turns into a sleazy asshole who takes advantage of almost a hundred children, and when he gets caught for it, instead of the pups being rightfully pissed, they're instead impressed by his dance moves? Even Dawkins fell for this! Cmon Dawkins; really!? I know you can be gullible, but you're not stupid. The fact that you made all the gadgets around the house proves that. How did you go from hinting at being a trans representative, albeit, most likely an unintentional hint due to species, to this? This is why I'm a bigger fan of story driven cartoons or anime, because they don't try to take away someone's character for the plot to make sense. And that's exactly what they do with Fergus here. True he can be sneaky and cunning, I mean, he's a fox after all, and we saw this in the first scene, but it never got to the point of him being an outright scumbag. Hell, even in Walkies on the Wild Side, he was even nice enough to help Dylan reach his inner wild. True he wasn't the most innocent of characters in his previous appearances by any means, but at least the had a conscience. And the transition also feels a little off, becuase at one point he has the pups do Dylan's chorse for him, which they're perfectly happy doing. Why is he now taking advantage of them? And the pups don't make it any better. I already criticized Dawkins, but aside from Dizzy and Dee Dee, who are actually pretty cute, particularly when they're getting Pearl to leave, I don't feel bad for any of them being used because the episode makes them all out to be idiots. I can buy Diesel and Deja Vu falling for this, but Da Vinci? Dawkins? DJ? Though to be fair, we don't know much about him yet. Dylan? Fucking, Dylan. The only one who was hesitant to let Fergus stay in the beginning. Yeah, I know he and Dolly are friends with Fergus, but it still annoys the hell out of me. And then Big Fee and Sid try to get in on it, and I just don't care for the joke. I'm more concerned about the fact that they think the body parts they picked were good choices. Fergus's plan at least made sense, as he's a quadruped, but Big Fee can walk fine with a broken arm since she walks on two legs, and Sid only really needs his tail for parkour rather than anything else. Thank God Dylan and Dolly shut them down. This is just like Flea-Maggedon, but in reverse, with a good first act, and two lousy acts after it. Okay, in all fairness, this episode is slightly better, since we at least don't have to hear Dante being a dumbass that just screams out random bullshit for seven minutes. But I still hate this episode, and deem it more than worthy of the (The Dearly farm from the show is shown being burned down) garbage plantation. Also, I'm fine with having Hansel in the show after A Summer to Remember, but if you're going to have Dolly fall in love with Spike, at least make sure she isn't still in love with Hansel. Again. Don't just throw away character development for any reason. It'll just piss the fans off. Maybe it's an open relationship, but until I get some confirmation, I'm not buying it.

Rating: 2/10.

Episode thirty: Fetch

Highlight: Dolly giving Dawkins Princess Positron.

Fun fact: This episode is the fourth to use the title card from Dog's Best Friend.

Quote: (Dawkins) Fear not my AI angel. I have a plan to ensure we are never parted.

Writer: Suzanne Lang.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirty: Fetch. Dylan hires Fetch, an elegant electronic assistant to help him organize the household. Damn it, this episode was so close to making it into the glory plantation that it actually hurts! The flaws should explain why, so let's just get to analyzing. The episode starts with Dylan introducing his new robot assistant, that being Fetch, who's cleverly shaped like a ball, and everyone gets attached to it. This leads to Dylan wanting Dawkins to make it only respond to his voice, and Dawkins ends up falling in love with it, which thankfully isn't creepy. And the rest of it consists of everyone having fun with their own Fetch bot, until things get out of hand, and since Doug and Delilah are coming home from their anniversary and want a clean house, they have to fix everything before they return. And this could've been good, and like I said, it almost was. But there are some things that drag it down. First off, the obvious one, Dante is still annoying as hell. His constant emo behavior just isn't funny to me, and it takes down all the suspense the episode might've otherwise had. Something I noticed with Dante is that he's only around when an episode is either super suspenseful, or super creepy, and even though his alleged "character" fits both of those, he drags the episode down with him in almost every appearance he has, because he's essentially just screaming random lines that just aren't funny at all. He's my least favorite part about Power to the Puppies, he's the main reason I hate Flea-Mageddon, he's...okay in A Summer to Remember, at least his reasons for getting freaked out are justified, and he even managed to ruin the suspense in this episode. I swear, this dude needs a damn hobby, and no; screaming about nothing every few minutes doesn't count. I know he also has lurking in the shadows, but that doesn't really reveal anything new about him. Aside from him sucking ass again, The Dimitri Trio are also back, and they're thankfully nowhere near as annoying as they are in The Wow of Miaow, but seeing Dylan and Dolly get blamed for THEM ordering the giant whoopee cushion pisses me off. And what sucks is that the the two almost got away with the whole mess that happened beforehand. See, by the end of the episode, thanks to DJ, who I hope gets his own episode one day, Dolly was able to persuade Doug and Delilah with their anniversary song by getting the Fetch bots to sing it. And it almost worked, but then the whoopee cushion comes in with Dante giving off a stupid punishment stench line, even though I told him to rip out his fucking vocal cords so I could stomp on them in his last scene, and instead of the Dimitri trio being called out for it, Delilah just blames Dylan and Dolly, which frankly just makes her somewhat unlikable, especially since she didn't have any evidence to justify accusing them. She also goes way too far with her harshness here. And I know she's supposed to be the uptight parent, but there's usually a limit. I can understand a little bit why she'd think Dolly was behind it, but the fact that Dylan had some of the blame shows how easy it is for the Dimitri trio to get away with their bad deeds. Yeah Dylan and Dolly are in charge, but that's no excuse without context on the situation. They three are basically karma Houdinis. Hell, now that I think about it, even blaming Dante would've been better, not because I hate him, but because he was right behind the whoopee cushion, so any sensible person would think had something to do with it out of context. I wouldn't even mind this all that much if it was simply for the fetch bots. If Dylan and Dolly got called out when Doug and Delilah saw the Fetch bots, and, you know; Delilah didn't scream like a bloodthirsty hyena, I would've been perfectly fine with it. But nope. Instead it happens for some lame scheme Dylan and Dolly had no part in. And the fact that Dolly lets it happen despite knowing the Dimitri trio are the ones who ordered it, is just pathetic. There's being a good sibling, and then there's being a suck up. So, yeah. The Dimitri Trio suck, nothing more to be said. There are some good aspects though. Seeing DJ prepare an anniversary song for Doug and Delilah was really sweet, and makes me think he could hold an episode on his own even more than I did before. He's essentially be the show's Luna Loud, and Luna's my favorite Loud House character, so I think DJ could hold up. I also like how Dawkins is handled, and even though that whole transgender theory of mine may not work in the natural way due to him being a dog, he's still a really good character, and here it's revealed that he's often lonely being the smartest in the family. So him taking Dylan's is actually somewhat justified, and seeing Dolly comfort him with Princess Positron was such a sweet moment. Sadly, the sweet moments makes it all the more infuriating when Dylan and Dolly are blamed for the whole mess. I know they technically started it, but that doesn't mean them getting blamed because of the whoopee cushion the Dimitri trio ordered is satisfying. Especially after Delilah screeches at them in a super annoying voice that just pisses me off. It's like someone in the studio had really bad diarrhea, and decided to have his bathroom break on the script by writing 'fuck Dylan and Dolly over' on his to do list, and he didn't know how to do it, so he asked his super spicy Mexican dinner from last night for advice. It's especially painful after, like I said, Dolly comforting Dawkins, and Doug and Delilah having two really sweet moments, one at the end of the first act, and one right before the whoopee cushion arrives. I know this is a comedy, but at least keep the sweet ending when it's genuine. And what's ironic is that they TRIED to do it right with The Wow of Minor and failed. Despite my ranting, I'm gonna put this episode into the (The place Roger and Anita get after they marry is shown highlighted in yellow) average plantation. If the genuinely sweet ending wasn't ruined by two stupid jokes, I would've given this one a pass.

Rating: 5/10.

Episode thirty one: Don't Push Your Luck

Highlight: Roxy's obvious demand for Dolly to win.

Fun fact: This episode reveals that Dolly used to suck at skateboarding, which is a really good metaphor for how good she's gotten.

Quote: (Roxy) Miss Dolly in the final! Oh, and Hansel, of course. 

Writer: Ciarán Morrison, Mick O'Hara

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirty one: Don't Push Your Luck. Dolly wants to win a contest, but she'll need a lot of luck for that. Okay, so when I saw the synopsis for this one, I was worried we were gonna get the 101 Dalmatian Street equivalent of No Suck Luck, the most notorious episode of The Loud House. But surprisingly, this ended up being a favorite of mine. Even if it broke A Summer to Remember's continuity by having Dolly still be in love with Hansel, but I'll get to that when I get to it. The episode starts off with Dolly practicing for the skateboard competition, with Dylan, Dawkins, and Delgado watching her at the park, glad to see Delgado being shown more by the way, he's still fun, and she almost hits Hansel, but Big Fee stops it just in time without even knowing it, and makes Dolly do a sick flip over him. This leads to Big Fee convincing Dolly to hire her as a manager, and she starts taking advantage of that, leading to her taking over the house, and even causing a Pumbaa style fart bath? Yeah, mediocre joke, but still pretty cool; I'd love to see the Dimitri Trio, as much as I hate them, try it out as a prank sometime. Anyway, I can see some people being annoyed by Big Fee and how she takes advantage of Dolly, but that's the intention. And she never goes too far to the point where I want her to get run over by a steamroller, so she's fine in my book. It also ties into the fact that Dolly bombed last year's contest, don't know why she still looks the same age back then since she should be five in dog years by then, but for all we know it could be a dog age year. Fergus and Sid also get in on the action, and they're fine, at least Fergus isn't out of character, since he's not using anyone in a scummy way, and Sid isn't just repeating what he did in May Contain Nuts. Now that I think about it, everyone in Fergus's group has used Dolly by now. They must be REALLY close with her. Despite that, Hansel's still a good character, even though Dolly should be over him now that Spike exists. Yeah, apparently continuity is a farce in 101 Dalmatian Street. It's not good storytelling people, don't treat it like it's toilet paper! So, yeah. Seeing Dolly and everyone else in the skateboarding contest was a real treat, especially since Dolly shows how much she's improved from last year, shredding the competition and getting to the finals. I wasn't really bothered by the fact that she dropped out, since the prize was kinda lame anyway. And this also leads to Roxy, who's still fucking adorable. It's so obvious that she wants Dolly to win and she manages to make me smile without behaving out of character. True she's never been smug before, but when you want someone you care about to win something, you tend to act a bit off, so I'm not bothered by it. And she never sabotages anyone, so that's good. Show, please make another Dolly and Roxy episode! You clearly want to! And the ending is so satisfying with Dolly realizing that what Big Fee's doing to her isn't worth it to dis her family, and she sends Big Fee straight on a highway to fuck you bitch; I don't need you in my life! At least as a manager. It kinda sucks that we didn't get to see a scene with her making up with her family, but they were never mad at her to begin with, so I can see why they didn't put that in. And Dylan and Dawkins trying to prove Big Fee wasn't lucky was actually a pretty good sub plot. It was fun to see the two of them try to prove that luck doesn't exist, and although it's not as fun as the main plot, I still enjoyed seeing them have their fun. Also, I noticed that some people have been saying that Dolly solved her problems without Dylan for the first time, and, yeah, he didn't really try to stop her from doing what she did, but keep in mind that Poetry Scam had him practically encouraging Dolly to take his poem as her own, and she confessed on her own accord. And then we have Dal-Maritans, where Dolly and Dawkins both learn their lesson after seeing how much damage they'll cause without Dylan having to show it to them. And keep in mind that Dylan was the one who instigated that one. Unintentionally, but still. And both of these events happened before this episode aired. So if you count those episodes as Dolly fixing her mistake all on her own like I do then this would technically be the third time Dolly learned her lesson on her own, but I'm still proud of her for it. I was worried I would hate this episode, as I said before, but instead, I get to put it where Fetch should've gone, which is the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. Oh, and I'm fine with Dylan and Dolly staying friends with Fergus after all the crap his group pulled on them, just make sure to keep him in character.

Rating: 9/10.

Episode thirty two: The Curse of the Ferrydog

Highlight: Diesel mispronouncing mandatory.

Fun fact: Dylan is shown to be a believer in ancient creatures in this episode, seeing as he's exceptionally fond of the Cerberus skull when he finds it.

Quote: (Diesel) What was that about digging stuff up not being "mandalatory"?

Writer: Giles Pilbrow

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirty two: The Curse of the Ferrydog. Portia and Dante teach Dylan a terrifying lesson. Ferrydog, yeah. Very clever. This piece of shit is going into the (Dante is shown to be the only one alive as he walks away the Dalmatian family's house, which is on fire, while he screams that it's the end of the world) ruins plantation. (An instrumental version of When You're Evil by Voltaire plays with Sonicbronyuniversez getting ready to explain why he hates the episode so much) But why is that? Why do I hate this episode that seemed to exceed the fanbase's expectations? Well I'm more than happy to tell you! The episode starts off with Diesel doing his usual thing in the backyard, and he's valid, so don't ask why, and he finds this ancient skull from probably a trillion years ago, and when Dante and Portia see it, they tell Dylan he has to rebury it, which he doesn't buy because obviously they're full of crap. So then Dante and Portia decide to have some fun with him by making him think this Cerberus dude came back and is haunting him. And this could've been a good episode, except it's painfully obvious that Dante and Portia are behind everything. I knew they would be responsible for everything that happened, even when Dylan broke down after his brain shut down. Hell, Dylan even calls Dante out on his bullshit in the second act, and rightfully so; he's guilty as fuck. The main issue with this episode is that I know it's not going to be the Cerberus that's actually haunting Dylan, with Dante and Portia instead being behind it. And...it's not the episode's fault for that; the synopsis openly stated that they're behind it. So another case of the synopsis ruining the episode for me. Congratulations fuckheads! It also doesn't help that Dante's my least favorite character in the show, so when he feels bad for having a part in breaking Dylan, instead of being considerate, I'm wishing for Dolly and Dawkins to slam his head into a fucking cinder-block! Now I officially hate Dante to the point where I'd actually be cheering if he got killed. Brutally. Now I bet you're thinking that Dante saving Dylan from his zombie state would've saved the episode, right? Well, no. Because it never had to go this far. The fact that Dylan went zombie at all ruins any sort of care I could have for Dante regardless of his remorse. True Dylan was technically grave robbing, but that doesn't justify turning him into a zombie. Ever! And I bet you're asking "But Sonic. He stopped the prank, didn't he? Isn't that a good thing?". Sure, but that doesn't erase the fact that he was partially responsible for breaking Dylan in the first place. The song also wasn't all that good, which is sad because it could've been fun, seeing it's a fast paced pop song, and shows are usually great at those. But oh, if you thought Dante was going to be my least favorite part of the episode, then I'm just gonna tell you fuck no! Portia's the worst part of this episode! I despise her so much here that I actually HATED her after watching it. Which is a shame, because as we all know, I love her in Crushed Out. Throughout the entire episode, her intention is to break Dylan, plain and simple. She doesn't just want to prank him, she wants to maim his fucking brain! And I can't care about Portia's plan going to waste because she doesn't get punished for it. I wanted to see her get smacked over the head with a baseball bat. I don't find her menacing. I don't find her clever. I find her to be a god damn sadist! And not the fun kind like Eric Cartman from South Park, just an over the top Lucy Loud if she WASN'T an awesome character. They managed to make someone else the worst character in an episode that had Dante in it; how do you even do that!? But now for the big question. Did Dylan deserve his punishment? Well, to be honest, the answer is no. True he ignores Dante and Portia's warning, but I hate Dante, and now Portia's on my shit list, so I can't help but find it funny. And Dylan doesn't really insult them in any way outside of making a funny voice with the skull, so I can't say he's hurting them in any way, and it feels like they're just doing this to spite him. I'm just gonna say it. The crap Dylan goes through in this episode is even worse than what he went through in The Wow of Miaow, at least to me, therefore making The Curse of the Ferrydog my least favorite episode of the show. True The Wow of Miaow is objectively worse since Deepak is placed in the right, but at least it didn't kill Dylan's brain. This episode turned him into a fucking zombie because the writers Dylan torture is hilarious. I mean, for fucks sake, at least Dal-Martians didn't have his brain literally stop. And worst of all? The fanbase just eats it up like Dylan pushed Dante off a cliff into a pit of flaming spikes, and it's especially infuriating for me, because as we all know, for me, that'd be a good thing. And in the end, Portia says that no one understands her, but oh-ho-ho-ho, we understand you quite well Portia. You're a sadistic cunt that needs to be smacked across the head at least a dozen times every day with a plank! I'm sorry fans of Dante, but I can't forgive him for this crap so easily. I'm at least glad that he feels remorse for it, but that doesn't mean I have to LIKE it when his worst punishment is falling into water. I honestly wish Diesel was a main character, as he's adorable as always. Hell, I would've even been less harsh if Dylan didn't instantly forgive Dante, but still loved him. That could've been so strong, rather than just instant forgiveness for mind breaking. I would've cut the song out for that, since again, I didn't care for it. Either way, Portia is now my second least favorite character, and Dante still needs a lot of work to do if he wants to get on my good side in the future. I like that he's starting to show more emotions rather than just paranoia and retardation, but just...okay, listen to me here writers. I can see the potential Dante holds, but...but why this!? Why this hot, garbage? So...yeah. This is my least favorite episode of the show so far. Hopefully we get another godly plantation entry to balance out the fact that we now have two hell spawns.

Rating: 1/10.

Episode thirty three: The Walls are Alive

Highlight: Dolly teaming up with Princess Positron to save the family, even if the latter isn't alive.

Fun fact: This episode reveals that Deja Vu isn't good at coping on her own, which is why she always hangs out with Destiny and Dallas.

Quote: (Deja Vu) Pumpkins!

Writer: Nicole Paglia.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirty three: The Walls are Alive. The puppies disappear one by one. Do the walls eat them, or is something else going on? Well this episode didn't quite give me what I wanted, but it's still qualifying for the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. I'm okay with that.  And it's another pseudo Halloween special, who knew? The episode starts off with the Dalmatian family doing their usual thing when a full moon rises, and Dolly tries to get everyone in on this hide and seek game she does whenever there's a full moon. This gets her into a lights on and off battle with Dawkins, leading to her accidentally causing a power outage which leads to everyone in the family getting sucked up by the walls. For starters on what I can compliment about this episode, the atmosphere is the best it's ever been, and if this was the episode where the conflict was intended to be a prank, I wouldn't have seen it coming. All of the Dalmatians getting sucked up one by one, and no one knows why until the very end, leaving everything suspenseful and keeping me on the edge of my seat. It's essentially an even better version of Fear Window. Another thing I love in the episode is Deja Vu. She as always, is just adorable, being her usual quirky self with even the reveal that she hangs out with Destiny and Dallas partially because she gets anxious on her own. It's great character development, and with the situation as tense as it is, it doesn't feel forced. I also really like it when she says pumpkins. I don't know why, I just love hearing her say pumpkins. And as always, they managed to make Dolly a blast to be around, with this being the fourth time she fixed her problems without help from Dylan. Well, if you count her being the only one left and saving everyone as one of those moments like I do, which I'll admit is debatable. Seeing her team up with Princess Positron was a great moment that could've been good on it's own, but is helped by what the episode does with that team up with Dolly even using her to save the family in a really intense moment that was handled amazingly. And the ending was a really funny one too. I wasn't expecting Constantin's new fan to be the cause of the whole situation. I knew Dolly would have something to do with it, don't get me wrong, I just didn't know Constantin would indirectly have a play in it, let alone with a giant fan. The lights out thing right after it though, I didn't quite get. I'm glad the episode didn't rub Dolly's mistake in her face, but what exactly cut the power out the second time. Like, I know Constantin had something to do with it, but what exactly did he do? Eh, guess it's up to interpretation. As for the rest of it, Dante's still annoying in this episode, but to be fair, he's not AS annoying as he could've been. At least the worst he does is say quick lines that don't ruin anything, and even if he makes me want him to get his mouth stapled, it's better than him being a pointlessly shoved in screaming fuckwit the entire time. Constantin is also a bit brash here, blaming the Dalmatians for something they had no control in. I feel it would've been a little better if he apologized for dragging them here with the fan. Nothing over the top, just a casual one. Instead he throws a fit when the wall collapses. It's justified anger since his property was destroyed, but he still played a part in it, intentionally or otherwise, and even dicks them over later by cutting out their power. Those two things are why it's not quite my favorite episode of the show, but it's still in my top three best picks for the season, no question. And it's one hell of a refresher after The Curse of the Ferrydog. I know I didn't talk about it as much as Poetry Scam, but that's because the episode is simple, with an easy to get premise with stuff you can find good even out of context. And sometimes, that's all you need.

Rating: 9/10.

Episode thirty four: Diamond Dogs

Highlight: Dolly flexing on the cameras with her sick moves.

Fun fact: If you look closely, you'll see a brief image of the iconic shot that's shown whenever Dolly hugs Dylan with one arm and he smiles at her.

Quote: (Diesel) And I got to smash through a door!

Writer: Rebecca Hobbs.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirty four: Diamond Dogs. Dolly and Dylan get scared when Dorothy seems to have stolen Clarissa's diamond collar. This show manages to keep coming back form hiatuses like a boss. Well, unless you count The Curse of the Ferrydog, which I don't. The episode starts off with Dylan and Dolly taking the puppies to the park, and when Clarissa tells Dorothy to get lost so she doesn't get snot on her collar, even though she should be smart enough to know that Dorothy's not old enough to comprehend right and wrong yet, or even talk for that matter, so Dylan and Dolly justifiably trigger word her to mess with her. Weird that they chose 'dinner' though, since they just got to the park. I think stick or ball would've fit a lot better. Anyway, when Dolly's mocking Clarissa at home, it's revealed that Dorothy has a collar that looks identical to Clarissa's, thus making Dylan and Dolly assume that she took it from Clarissa. And synopsis lied about Dolly being scared, since she finds it quite hilarious. Ah well. At least she's concerned for what'll happen to Dorothy. So after that, Dylan and Dolly stage a heist, or a reverse heist as Dolly calls it, to give Clarissa her collar back without letting her know. And it makes sense why they don't just give it back to her, cause, you know; it's fucking Clarissa, and she even says she'll tear anyone limb from limb if she finds out if someone took it from her. So she would actually do that to an infant. Please keep the Corgi away from children at all times. Anyway, then we get to the reverse heist with Dylan and Dolly bringing along Fergus, Big Fee, and Sid for the ride, as they help them get into the house with their rebellion skills. Nice touch. I do wish we got more context on that last job thing though, but eh. What can you do with reuccuring characters? Diesel and the Dimitris also come along, which...okay, the Dimitris are actually a little amusing in some scenes, particularly when they just dirty up Clarissa's house because fuck it, but they didn't have any purpose of being here. Diesel did though. He dug the hole to get into the house in, and he even smashed through a door. He says so in the quote box up above. And I just love seeing Dolly be a badass with the cameras. And until they realize that the collar wasn't taken after all, she did a great job. I swear, if Dolly ever did a REAL heist she'd be the leader of it. And after that, we then see that Clarissa's collar was actually made of fake diamonds, as Hugo got it from Snowball's owner, who's selling them for what looks like free, making Clarissa freak out on Hugo, and that is indeed popcorn worthy Dolly, I wish you could've been able to watch the show. And the show ends on a nice note where, although the heist was pretty pointless, Dorothy gets unharmed in the end, and chews on her new collar like the valid baby she is. So while this episode wasn't as good as other Clarissa centered episodes, I'll still put it into the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. Just make sure Clarissa gets punished if she DOES hurt the Dalmatians in any format later on.

Rating: 6/10.

Episode thirty five: Ride Along

Highlight: Dolly's bad cop attitude

Fun fact: This episode confirms that A Summer to Remember is canon, making me hope that Dolly still being in love with Hansel just means she has two crushes now, as that's normal for anyone around her age.

Quote: (Dolly) Pearl! I wanna be a police dog when I grow up! Can you teach me? Can you, can you, can you, can you?

Writer: Rebecca Hobbes.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirty five: Ride Along. Dolly accompanies Pearl on a patrol tour and realizes that there is much more to police work than she thought! Two good episodes in a row; well done Rebecca. But let's be honest with the main question. Was there any surprise that I'd love this episode? Dolly seems to be a character that I find impossible to hate. Even in The Wow of Miaow where she was kind of annoying, I still didn't outright dislike her, I just found her performance to be fairly mediocre. Anyway, the episode starts with Dolly having fun with Roxy and Snowball, only for Dorothy to get sent away on her board because of the massive gust of wind blowing at the time. Then when Pearl saves Dorothy, like a total boss, Dolly wants to become a police dog, and asks Pearl to give her training. And she's just adorable! Yeah she's just jumping around and acting like a total bad cop the whole time, being damn near incompetent at her job as a cadet, but that's the point. Dolly's learning all of this stuff, so she obviously wouldn't be an expert as soon as she got everything down. I do have to question why she goes bad cop on Snowball since she's good friends with her, and a bit with Fergus since I'm sure they're still friends, but I can brush that off since she never does anything too excessive to justify massive punishment. I also really like Pearl in the episode. She's been growing on me since her third major appearence in The Dog House, and she provides some great material here to work with. She's fairly calm when dealing with Dolly's super hyper begging, and she even acknowledges it whenever Dolly does something good in her police work, which doesn't happen too often, but it's still there when it happens. Pearl feels like an actual friend to Dolly in this one rather than an uptight power hungry bitch, and whenever she DOES get bitchy, it's usually justified. It also helps that she's more annoyed than the audience, at least if you ask me, since Dolly doesn't do anything crazy, like I said before. She could be going easy on Dolly since she's still learning, but hell if I care. I just wanna see Dolly be wholesome and lovable. I will say though, that I don't like the joke where Dolly accuses Dorothy of stealing the jewelry. I know it's a reference to Diamond Dogs, but in the third act, it's revealed that Dorothy just coincidentally has a collar that looks identical to Clarissa's, so there wasn't any need for it. I know Dolly's not trying to hurt Dorothy, and she's fucking adorable during the interrogation, but it wasn't mandatory, and could've been taken out of the episode entirely without there being any issue. Though, it does apply to the back to back episode reference Snow Day started, so that's there at least. And I did like seeing Dolly's kickass move when catching Chips, good twist on him being the culprit by the way, nice build up and good payoff, as well as how she's all no nonsense with him despite knowing him. She knows that much at the very least, and learns so much in the end. I also like how she takes the fall for Pearl in the end by pretending to be the one who messed up Constantin's yard so Apollo doesn't think less of her. True Apollo's boring as hell, but it's still a loyal move and fits Dolly's character exceptionally well. And don't worry, Pearl was obviously playing the act with giving Dolly her sentence. Seriously; did you really think anyone reasonable would punish someone after they just saved a potential relationship? Didn't think so. I'd definitely say this is a strong episode overall, and is more than worthy of the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. I won't say that Dolly and Pearl's chemistry is as good as her chemistry with Dylan or Roxy, but this episode is helping me warm up to Pearl in general.

Rating: 8/10.

Poodlewolf!

Highlight: The Poodlewolf final battle play.

Fun fact: It's confirmed that dogs can play video games in the 101 Dalmatian Street world, and it fits with the time skip quite well in my opinion.

Quote: (Dylan) I seek the magic sword! Have you seen it oh poor smelly peasent?

Writer: Giles Pilbrow.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirty six: Poodlewolf! Dylan's mind gets stuck in his fave fantasy computer game: Poodlewolf! So this may be the third of the episodes that use the 'Dylan gets paranoid about some random crap' trope, but I think this episode pulls it off the best. The episode starts off with Dolly showing her clear disinterest to Dylan's Poodlewolf hobby, and when his video game comes in, Dolly increases the timer on it to spend some time with Hansel. Because you know, she actually has feelings for both him and Spike. This results in Dylan going into a video game addicted state, and Dawkins concludes that he needs to finish the game in order to go back to normal. Well for starters, I'm nowhere near as annoyed by this as I was with Dante and Portia in The Curse of the Ferrydog. Dolly doesn't have any malicious intent when messing with Dylan's timer, and she even goes out of her way to fix it, with it taking more than some lackluster pop song to get Dylan back. Actually they don't even TRY a song; it's all about making sure Dolly and Dawkins get Dylan back to normal. And video game adict Dylan is hilarious! I love how he still thinks he's in the game and just does whatever the hell he wants since he feels that what he's doing is what he needs to do to complete the quest. And unlike in Curse of the Ferrydog, this actually makes sense, and isn't shoehorned in during the second act to add tension with horrible thoughts flowing in Dante and Portia's mind with revenge being the top priority. It's Dylan being obsessed with one of his hobbies because of a dumb move Dolly made and works to fix, which I think is way better, and fits the character of Dolly. True she disregarded the fact that Dawkins warned Dylan about his timer to keep him from getting addicted, and like I said I don't approve of it, but she does redeem herself by saving Dylan from his trance in the best part of the episode, the Poodlewolf final fight play. This not only has some intense action with Constantin playing the villain and actually paying the price for when he goes too far with his acting, but also giving Dolly a sense of justice when she finds that just because she doesn't want Hansel to see her reenacting a Poodlewolf scene doesn't mean her refusing to participate in it is worth losing her brother. And the scene itself also has some cool animation changing moments like Long Tongue day, which help make the episode even more impactful with the final fight. And when Dylan breaks out of his chance, it actually feels climactic rather than some random one note ending that doesn't have any development for anyone. And the icing on the cake is that even though Dolly made up for her misdeed, she still suffers consequences, since she offered to clean Constantin's pond in order to save Dylan. And it wasn't forced upon her either, as the end of the second act has her looking in disgust, with the ending indicating that she accepted. This proves that she's willing to do whatever it takes to save her family once again, and she completely flexes on her haters. Well...somewhat. I agree this is the most psychotic she's ever gotten. And before you all say that I'm biased and I'm going easy on Dolly because she's my favorite 101DS character, let me explain. While it's true that she's my favorite 101DS character, it's the fact that she's putting in as much effort as possible to save Dylan that makes her likable in the episode, rather than only using a pop song which works because of course it does. Dolly doesn't take the easy way out, and has to work to make up for her crimes, which she does willingly instead of it being shoved down her throat because of her being a dick. If she were completely selfish through the whole episode and didn't want to bother with helping Dylan, I would've hated the episode. But because she shows that there's more to her than being rebellious, I grant this episode the honor of being in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation.

Rating: 8/10.

The Longest Night

Highlight: The kickass Poodlewolf animation moments.

Fun fact: More depth to Hansel is shown here, as it's revealed that he sometimes regrets not being an alpha male like his family.

Quote: (Dolly) Seriously!? Dudes only!? Is that even legal now!?

Writer: Giles Pilbrow.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirty seven: The Longest Night. Dolly and her gal pals teach the boys a lesson when they're excluded from an all-boys camping trip. Okay, it's official. The show's doing it's damndest to apologize for the disaster that was The Curse of the Ferrydog. And so far it's succeeding. The episode starts with Dylan doing some sick skating trick, by total accident I should mention, and manages to impress Hansel, who decides to invite him to this Alpha Wolf night thing he does with Fergus every year. I was not aware of the fact that they were friends, so nice detail. Dolly's understandably pissed at the fact that it's a boy exclusive sort of thing, since obviously in the time she's in, I'm pretty sure gender equality has to be supported from all angles by pretty much everyone. And it also makes sense why Hansel doesn't bend the rules anymore since Big Fee used his tail as a fucking tissue, lame gross out joke, rather than just some sexist rule, making it unique from other episodes like this. I think that was a really good call Giles Pilbrow made, as Hansel wouldn't have looked as good if his reason was just not wanting any girls there. Admittedly his reason's a bit strange, since Dolly's nowhere near as gross as Big Fee, but I'm not a Husky, so I guess I wouldn't get it. Anyway, Dylan is obviously a big dork about this whole thing, even bringing a head lamp with him so he can keep some light around. He also brings Dawkins with him, which I'm very glad Hansel approved of. And Diesel's chiming in to the episode was adorable as always. Seriously; this pup is awesome. As for Dolly's prank, it's pretty intense. We get a bunch of great stuff here from her, Roxy, and Snowball snatching Princess Positron to freak Dawkins out, to even fake kidnapping Diesel, who's just the most adorable airhead puppy, I swear to God, let me hug him! It's so much fun to see Dolly and Roxy interacting with Roxy in a major role again, and the two work off each other just as well as they did before. Snowball's great too just to clarify. It's also great to see Dylan getting his inner wolf by fighting the fake trash monster, which yeah, isn't as brave as fighting a yeti, he didn't know it was fake at the time, so props to Dylan for becoming brave for a moment. And I say for a moment because I know the show is just gonna ignore this character development anyway, maybe save it for the season finale. Oh yeah, and the Poodlewolf animations are once again, incredible. We also get some deep character depth for Hansel, who reveals he comes from a long lineup of Husky's that're all strong and macho, and that he even feels bad sometimes that he doesn't like the same stuff his family does, wanting to be like them. I had a bit of a feeling him participating in that skateboard contest had more to it. We also get a funny moment from Big Fee, who manages to scare all of them, proving herself to be the ultimate alpha. And then they all share a howl to the moon that even scares a couple humans off. I was ready for this episode as soon as it came onto the wiki, and it looks like that was the proper attitude to have. We got some great character development for Hansel, all the characters were a lot of fun, even Big Fee surprisingly enough, and the episode itself was just a blast. Not as good as the last episode, but good enough to land it into the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. I still won't agree with those who say Spike is boring and doesn't have any sort of character to him, but a part of me hopes that Hansel gets with Dolly someday. I know it may never happen and she may get together with Spike, but like Dawkins and Deja Vu, as well as a couple other characters, he's getting better with every one of his major roles in the show.

Rating: 8/10.

Balancing Act

Highlight: Dolly fessing up to what she blamed Dylan for as the two reconcile.

Fun fact: Dolly apparently blames Dylan for quite a few things around the house, another showing of how siblings behave with one another.

Quote: (Dolly) You're gonna geek out NOW!?

Writer: Kristy Peart and Jess Kedward.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirty eight: Balancing Act. Dolly gets trapped on top of a crate suspended by a crane. Is it strange that Dolly manages to make herself likable in the end no matter what kind of crap she pulls? I know; it's like she's a magnet to my love! She's like Lucky if she were a girl! Anyway, we start this episode off with Dolly skating around the house like a boss, and a return of Deja Vu farting in Dylan's space helmet, for...some reason, I think that was best as a one time joke, and she accidentally skates over Doug's portrait on the family picture, and Dylan ends up taking the blame for it because Delilah looks for very little evidence for who to blame for everything. Okay, in the episode's defense, Dylan was vacuming at the time and the paper did get stuck in, making it more reasonable here than in Fetch, but it's still kinda uncalled for. And why would Delilah just assume that Dylan intended on doing this? Dylan's not perfect, and he gets along fairly well with Doug, so why Delilah's assuming he did this out of malice just annoys me. Not to mention, Dylan's on her side of the family, so she should know he's not like that. Thankfully, Dolly does get karma slapped in the next scene by jumping up to an active crane that goes up at the exact time the construction worker goes on his lunch break, and now Dolly ends up causing even more damage while also finding it to be exceptionally hard not to move since moving around and action is basically her character. And it doesn't get any easier when Dylan does what he can to keep her calm, while actually making it even harder for her to focus in the process, which makes sense seeing as she's always bored by his dorkiness, so it stays in line with who she is. Anyway, now for Dolly herself, since the beginning statement could've thrown people off. At first, I didn't really like Dolly in the episode seeing as she was perfectly willing to let Dylan take the rap for the picture. But after she got stuck on the crane, the episode started to look up. I like how whenever Dolly does something stupid and lets someone else take the fall for it or something like that, she usually gets punished for it in some way. Ever since Perfect Match, I've noticed her being put down whenever she got out of line. I also don't mind that she damages Clarissa and Constantin's property, since Constantin never interested me to begin with, and Clarissa honestly deserved that second strike on her house. I mean, tempting Dolly with steak when she was hungry? You evil bitch! Stop trying to be Cruella! So after that, Dolly finds it even harder to keep her balance, even going to the edge of the crate the crane is holding and Dylan jumps onto the crane to save her. And while they're up there, the two of them reconcile after Dolly confesses to the picture thing, and also a couple other things she let Dylan take the rap for. Yeah, I'm not annoyed by this since siblings blame each other for this crap all the time, but I hope Dolly doesn't go down the path of being a sleazy fuckwit, since that'd make me lose so much interest in her. Still, this moment was pretty powerful. And when they're saved in the end, it makes me relieved for both of them. I mean, I knew Dylan and Dolly were gonna be fine, I highly doubt any show would make their main character face a gigantic injury in the first season, but it's what happened beforehand that made it all worthwhile. Dolly's likability is also helped with the fact that she wasn't intentionally setting Dylan up, since the situation just happened on it's own. If Dolly were trying to sabotauge Dylan in any way, it wouldn't be as relatable. I'm not saying I liked what she did there, but she at least got what she deserved and made up with Dylan. So, yeah. Though, I do have one more issue, aside from the joke rehash and Dolly and Delilah being dislikable in the beginning, and that's the fact that the picture thing doesn't really result in anything. Doug questions it, but Delilah doesn't come home with Dolly confessing that it was an accident, which I get why that didn't happen, the episode only had a few seconds left at the time, but Delilah still missed her brain transplant appointment and assumed Dylan intentionally ruined Doug's portrait in the frame. I think that could've used some resolution, but Delilah's been getting less likable for me as of Fetch, so that's probably for the best that it wasn't resolved. Still, even with all of this in mind, I couldn't help but find this episode to be a great one. The first act was kinda mediocre, but the second act and the third act especially made up for that. I think I can safely this episode into the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. And before you type up your little bitch raves on how I'm letting Dolly slide with all of her fuck ups, it's how the show executes them that makes them work. Where as with The Wow of Miaow and The Curse of the Ferrydog, those fuck ups had much worse consequences, and the characters committing the crimes got off scott free. So save your rants regarding my immense love for Dolly for someone who's earned it. 

Rating: 7/10.

Dawkins Strikes Back.

Highlight: The ending.

Fun fact: It's revealed that Dawkins might have Dependent Personality Disorder, which is a condition where you desire being needed.

Quote: (Various) Chop chop!

Writer: Rebecca Hobbes.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode thirty nine: Dawkins Strikes Back. Dawkins goes on strike when he feels unappriciated by Dylan and Dolly. So that unappriciated sidekick thing was finally made into it's own episode, and did it pay off? No. The episode starts off with Dylan and Dolly revealed to be participating in this strike Doug and Delilah are in, with Dawkins at home taking care of the pups as usual, and apparently this is his first ever time snapping about it, wanting his own rights to being second in charge. I'm really glad the episode didn't go the route that would've had Dawkins intentionally neglecting the pups and endangering them, as that would've made the episode so much worse. What we got though, wasn't much better. Once Dylan and Dolly start trying to care for the pups, they're portrayed as so incompetent that they can't even use the kibble hose, which I'm pretty sure they've been using ever since they were both given the position as first in charge. They still bounce off each other wonderfully, but that doesn't make the episode trying to push them not knowing what they're doing in our faces. They do this every day; Dawkins was never the sole reason they got everything right. Dawkins plot isn't much better with him trying to relax but having no idea of how to do it, and it tries to make his story really sad by telling us that he's never even yawned before? What kind of moron would believe that!? Everyone yawns, regardless of how often they get to chill out, it's a part of our systems. The only thing I got out of this is that the writers don't know the difference from wanting a break, and being a slave. I'm starting to worry about how many times the show is going on hiatus for, because the episodes we get, while some of them are great, not all of them are worth it. We also get Fergus, Big Fee, and Sid trying to teach Dawkins how to relax, but he needs to have attention so much that it's practically beneficial to his health. And there's also this chop chop thing the episode gives itself, but I could care less. It never happened before episode, so stop trying to put it. That's the main issue with the episode. It means to portray Dawkins as someone who rarely, if ever, gets a break, but the way it's doing it, which is so over the top that I might as well stop going on breaks myself in my everyday life, makes it look like Dawkins is a fucking slave. And I know Dylan's never treated Dawkins that bad, with Dawkins rarely ever complaining about what Dylan asked him to do. I can understand Dawkins being stressed, that shit can happen to anyone when taking care of ninety six kids. But I can't understand why the writers think making him look like a slave is okay. Thankfully, Fergus is still likable, and while his teaching Dawkins how to relax part of the episode is fairly boring, he's still supporting him all he can, and I like that. He's probably the best portrayed character in the episode. If only this were a Fergus episode. I mean, he's a main character at least, but still. And why does Dawkins want extra kibble out of this? Is the episode implying that Dylan and Dolly starve him? Why are there so many implications of slavery in this episode!? It doesn't fit at all, and I don't buy that Dylan and Dolly would do this! So stop shoving this crap down my throat, and treat Dawkins like he's overworked, rather than he's a slave! It's not funny, and it's not sad, it's just a pathetic excuse for drama! And the third act honestly could've been stronger, as it mainly leads to Dawkins doing that 'chop chop' thing which again, never happened once in the show, and it mainly ends up with Dylan and Dolly heading out to participate in Hansel's howling thing, even though Dawkins was a member last time too, I guess Doug and Delilah were still out striking, wait; why is Delilah striking? Doctors get huge ass checks as far as I know. I also don't like the way the mouths are when someone says chop chop. I don't know why it looks the way it does, but it's just weird, and like the chop chop thing in general, feels forced. Anyway, I will admit that the ending is pretty sweet, more specifically in the final shot, where Dawkins accepts that although Dylan and Dolly do appriciate his services, they're not the best at showing it. And if the episode was aiming for that instead of an incredibly forced 'Dawkins is a slave' message, we might've had a really good episode. Another thing. Are you serious when you say Dawkins doesn't have any hobbies? He has Princess Positron, maybe he could do something with her that only he knows about. Guess not. And it's a shame it wasn't better, because I was pretty excited about this one. We would finally get to see Dawkins try to just, chill out, and have us explore more about him, but I was just annoyed by how badly the episode was shoving the slave Dawkins thing down our throats, and almost everything else, with the exception of one shot, just bored me. Well, except for Dolly revealed to not be the best at fixing stuff, incompetence I can actually buy, since Dolly isn't a mechanic, but that's about it. It pains me to say it, but I'm putting this episode into the (The Dearly farm from the show is shown being burned down) garbage plantation. It's definitely not the worst it could've been, but that doesn't automatically mean that I like it, or it's writing.

Rating: 3/10.

Poodlefall!

Highlight: The over the top drama over a board game.

Fun fact: It's revealed that Constantin has stolen the Dalmatians mail whenever they chased the postman.

Quote: (Diesel) We don't dig wolf slayers.

Writer: Ishai Ravid.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode forty: Poodlefall! Hansel joins Dylan on a quest in Poodle Wolf: The Board Game. To sum this episode up in a few words, Dylan has a funeral for a Poodlewolf action figure and it's fucking glorious. The episode starts off with Dylan playing Poodlewolf with Dolly and Dawkins, with Dolly obviously not taking it seriously, only wanting to play when Hansel shows up, and due to her randomly throwing cards at the final boss, she unintentionally gets Poodlewolf killed, and because why the fuck not, almost everyone is taking it seriously while resenting Dolly for it. And as a Dolly fan, I should hate this. This is so stupid that I should hate it. But Dolly was such a dickhole in the beginning of the episode, albiet, a funny one, that it feels justified, and no one goes too over the top for it to be too uncomfortable for me to take. And when Dolly goes to find a way to bring Poodlewolf back, the resentment scenes stop, so that's a helping factor. It's also worth noting that Dawkins and Hansel forgiving Dolly is a nice touch, since it shows that even though they don't like what she did in the game, they're glad to see her doing what she can to help Dylan. The over the top drama before hand is also really stupid fun, like, why are Triple D taking this so seriously? I do hate that Dante mentions the apocalypse, but I think we all expected that by now. I should hate that ALL the Dalmatians are taking this so seriously and resenting Dolly for it, and I can see other people being turned off by it, but you have to remember that almost all of them are puppies, so it doesn't feel forced. And if this episode weren't already batshit insane, we get Dolly trying to get the mail from Constantin, which it's revealed that he's been doing, while also taking the tags off to keep it. I do have to question why though, since the mail of the Dalmatians really shouldn't interest him. Well, aside from Deepak's mail, but still. Anyway, Dolly gets the box that has the bone of resurrection in it, and distracts Constantin long enough to get out of there, resurrecting Poodlewolf and reconciling with Dylan, before Constantin comes in and decides to go all violent on them? Okay, that's fucked up! It's one box; you have dozens of them! And they aren't even yours to keep! Yeah, I've grown to hate Constantin as of late. The show thought it needed to make him hostile neighbor number two, but we didn't need any hostile neighbors after Clarissa. I know the Dalmatian family has a...reputation around town, but the fact that Constantin is perfectly accepting of Deepak but constantly treats his family like crap makes me quesiton his sense of morality. If I were Dolly, I would've just punched him straight out of the tree house, and found a way to report him for keeping all of their mail without Pearl becoming suspicious of it. And sadly, the fight is stopped because Delilah wants Dylan for pooper scooper stuff, which ironically enough is what Dolly tricked Dylan with in order to keep playing. It would've been fun to see more animation like that, but I wasn't too bummed out, as I feel like we got enough stupid fun to justify ending the episode off, even without an awesome final battle to end it on. Even though Constantin is has gotten much worse for me, I'll go ahead and put this episode in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. If we get more Poodlewolf episodes in season two, I have a good feeling that they're going to be great to watch.

Rating: 6/10.

Dotty Dancing

Highlight: Dylan's savage comment towards Portia and Spencer.

Fun fact: D.J finally gets a fucking character in this episode. About time!

Quote: (Dylan) Ha! D.J. was right! Who died and put you two in charge?

Writers: Kristy Peart and Jess Kedward.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode forty one: Dotty Dancing. Dylan asks D.J. to secretly help him learn to dance. Another episode with lost potential. It's better than Dawkins Strikes Back, as we at least don't have to listen to the script being full of shit about the circumstances, but it's not exactly good. The episode starts off with Dolly dancing like a boss with D.J. doing some sweet music beats, until Portia and Spencer come to request D.J.'s services at a not party. Yeah, clever, add not to it and pretend it's original. You're not a pathetic try hard at all Portia; keep it up. Anyway, Dylan makes himself look like a total dork, and Dolly does try to defend him, albeit, poorly, and Portia invites him, which he accepts, even after it's revealed that the worst dancer has to eat cat hairballs. Okay, I know Dylan isn't as smart as characters like Dawkins or Summer, but he's still fairly intelligent. I know he's doing this for his feelings for Portia, but one, A Summer to Remember already happened by this point, so unless it's him having a crush on two characters, I ain't buyin it, and two, who would be stupid enough to eat cat hairballs? Let alone if they're allergic to cats! Thankfully, Dylan does have a plan on how to avoid this, as he has D.J. provide him with some assistance on how to dance, going to multiple different characters, specifically Fergus, Snowball, Roxy, and finally Hansel, and the scenes with him failing to dance are servicable, but nothing too spectacular. And then the episode gives us this howlorama thing that the episode does give us a flashback on to be fair, but I think having this in a scene prior to this episode would've worked a lot better. Also, they disbanded because Dolly likes beatboxing? She's actually pretty alright at it too. Anyway, this is an excuse to get Dolly involved in the episode's main plot, and I do like the scene where she tries to take the hairballs for Dylan, but other than that, she doesn't contribute much. I will say this though. Dylan's roast on Portia and Spencer is amazing. I didn't hate them in this episode since they weren't aware that Dylan's allergic to cats, but this comeback is the ultimate shutting down, and the fact that it comes from Dylan of all characters is glorious. And the ending where all the pups party is nice, but not quite enough to make the episode good. Now for the big question. Was D.J. given a good personality? Yes he was. He's no Luna Loud, but he's still pretty good for his first major role. He was revealed to be one of the nicer characters in Fetch when making Doug and Delilah's anniversary song, and he keeps that role here, helping Dylan out with his dance moves and even stopping his D.J. business to assure Dolly that their plans didn't have anything to do with Howlorama. Strange how he didn't try to stop Dylan from eating the hairballs, but I think he knew Dolly was on the case there. I also like how he's not an over the top rockstar, since it would've given him loads of comparisons to Luna Loud, who, while she's my favorite Loud House character, I don't want to see being copied too closely. D.J.'s down to earth, one of the few pups who's actually like that. He's a really likable character, and I hope we get more development with him later down the line. I actually saw this fanart with him where he was holding a laptop while wanting more time on it, and I think that'd be fucking adorable in the show. That said, while I'm glad the episode fleshed out D.J. more and gave him the character of the down to earth, good hearted music lover, I do think the episode itself is just okay, landing it into the (The place Roger and Anita get after they marry is shown highlighted in yellow) average plantation. Hey, has anyone else noticed how rare the average plantation has gotten as we got closer and closer to the finale?

Rating: 5/10.

Yappily Ever After

Highlight: The bonding of Dolly and Prince Corgi.

Fun fact: This episode is an obvious parody of Cinderella, and I like that movie, so I'm not complaining.

Quote: (Dylan) Cmon guys. Let's get this princess to the fetch ball ball.

Writer: Ishai Ravid.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode forty two: Yappily Ever After. Dolly performs a stunt that ends up injuring Hugo, so Delilah makes her replace him as Clarissa's humble servant. Let me tell you right now that what actually happens in the episode isn't anywhere near as infuriating as I thought the episode itself was going to be. I mean, I was intentionally ignoring this one because of the synopsis alone, but I ended up loving it. The episode starts with Dolly getting some crazy fetching cannon ready for the pups, and she accidentally hits Hugo with all the balls in it because of the impact, causing Clarissa to threaten them with the police, which makes Doug suggest that Dolly could take over for Hugo while he's in the hospital. And Delilah's not a bitch about this, having Dolly do this for a more than solid reason. I could complain about the synopsis saying that Delilah MADE Dolly do this, but it's Doug who comes up with it, and both of them are fairly sympathetic towards Dolly for what she has to deal with. Well, Doug more so, but Delilah's still pretty reasonable. By the way, Clarissa constantly shouting 'police' like a whiny child who didn't get their candy is pure ear poison, and you can't convince me otherwise. And as you'd expect, Clarissa intentionally makes a mess after Dolly cleans up the entire house for her, guess she was taking notes from watching Dylan, and we get a really nice moment of Dylan bringing the Canal Crew to help her fix the place up, even disguising her so she doesn't get caught right away. It also helps that Dylan knows how much of a bitch Clarissa can be, so it's a good detail on how well the Dalmatians know their friends and enemies. Then we get to Dolly watching the fetch ball finals in the park, leading to her bumping into Prince Corgi again, and the two bond over the fetch ball thing, exchanging their favorite phrases, favorite moves, you name it, they discuss it. We sadly have to stop this since Dolly has to race back to Clarissa's to avoid being caught, leading to Pearl stopping her long enough for Prince Corgi to have something to help on his search for her, since she was covered in soot at the time. That also helps making Pearl's uptightness justified, since with Dolly's soot disguise on, she looks exactly like a labrador. Or, a female version of Dante. Who's not annoying. Anyway, Clarissa's friends trying to take Dolly's skateboard as their own to impress Prince Corgi wasn't all that entertaining if I'm being honest. It's just them clearly not getting the point of it, and the jokes could've been worse, but they just don't hit the mark. Though, I do love the ironic joke of Clarissa getting sent to the pound for 'pet' cruelty, which is what she threatened the Dalmatians with in the beginning. And then Prince Corgi finds out that Dolly was the one in the soot disguise in a moment that even leads to a subtle, but noticable reference to Right Royal Rumble, leading to a sweet ending, made all the greater by Delilah not scolding Dolly, since the crap she went through in this episode was more than enough. I was surprised by how awesome this episode was. I was worried it would involve Clarissa sabotaging one of Dolly's stunts to blackmail her and Delilah being an over the top bitch with Dolly being tortured throughout the rest of the episode, but instead, Dolly actually did something that warrented a punishment, and when said punishment became too much, it worked out for her in the end, with Delilah being in character as the uptight, but still down to earth, loving mother, or in Dolly's case, step mother, we know and love. Either way she's miles better than how she was in the ending of Fetch and the beginning of Balancing Act. The former she was worse in, but still. I think this episode deserves to go into the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. So now that we're getting episodes that're based off of Disney princess stories, is there any chance we can get an episode later on that parodies Mulan? I know she's not a real princess, but I wanna see a badass warrior dog.

Rating: 8/10.

D-Factor

Highlight: Dylan roasting pretty much everyone at Clarissa's gay party.

Fun fact: Apparently being a lovable dork isn't a personality.

Quote: (Dylan) One's so snooty! One's simply beside one's self! Related to the royal corgis, don't you know!? That's what one tells one's self anyway!

Writers: Ciaran Morrison and Mick O'Hara

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode forty three: D-Factor. Clarissa enlists Dylan to perform at the annual summer party. Whatya know? We have an episode that managed to redeem itself. That's good to see. The episode basically consists of Dylan telling us about how he got into a situation with him covered in paint with the story beginning with him and Dolly skateboarding through town as they see that Clarissa's having a party that has kibble cake, which is their favorite desert as revealed in this episode, and when Clarissa tells Dylan he doesn't have a personality, he tries to find one of his own. I would complain about the fact that Dolly doesn't back Dylan up even though Clarissa's full of shit, but she's at least supportive of him regardless, and brings up some of his traits to try and boost his confidence. I'll also get this out of the way, Dylan trying to find a new personality for himself is pretty boring. It's just a bunch of predictable gags that don't work and lead to zero outcome. Alright, the bee joke was pretty funny, but the other two are just meh. Dylan's at his best when he's being his science loving, uptight, organized self, and I don't see any reason to change him for that, so the jokes don't work for me. The episode picks itself up in the third act however, when he roasts every party guest, except for Portia, because I guess The Curse of the Ferrydog just didn't happen, and his roasting of Clarissa is golden. Dylan's been showing quite the savage side lately, and I couldn't be more welcoming to it than I am now. As soon as he started his insult comedy, I was like holy fuck; Dylan is awesome! And he even admits Dolly's cooler than him, so instant bonus in my opinion. I do wish the first two acts were better, but unlike Dal-Martians where it feels like a painfully obvious build up to a try-hard twist, this episode just wants to show Dylan that it's okay to be himself, and I think it does a pretty good job at it. I'm more than happy to put this episode in the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. I know I didn't have much to say here, but considering how much potential this episode had to totally bombed, I think that's for the best.

Rating: 6/10.

Puppy Dreams

Highlight: Deja Vu flexing on Destiny and Dallas in the Triple D dream.

Fun fact: The dreams used in this are also the shorts that advertized for the show to get everyone adusted to the new characters.

Quote: (Dolly in a couple dreams) Bow wacka wow!

Writer: Maria O'Loughlin

Episode forty four: Puppy Dreams. Dylan, Dolly and the pups are having a restless night's sleep. Their dreams are filled with adventures in space, pranking their neighbors and dance lessons! (Wide Awake by Katy Perry plays as Sonicbronyuniversez discusses the episode) Well we didn't get to see the dreams of Da Vinci or D.J., but as long as we don't have to see Dante dreaming about the apocalypse, I'm okay with that. Anyway, for anyone who's unfamiliar with what the show was like before season one aired, it wasn't much, but we did get ten shorts that the creators aired to help the fans of the movies and noncanonical 90s show get adusted to the new cast of characters, and showing off their personalities, their close friends, and how they worked off of specific characters. I think that was a really good call, especially since some of these characters would've been stereotyped to hell and back when the first episode aired if they didn't take the time to flesh them out a bit before the show premiered. Anyway, the first dream is a copy paste of Muddy Pups, which involves Diesel making Dylan's cleaning task harder, and just being his adorably dumb self the whole time. As I mentioned in the Power to the Puppies segment, I really like this short, and I find it to be a good showcase of how Dylan and Diesel work off of one another. The second short is Dance Pups, which shows off Dolly's chemistry with Roxy and Snowball in a great light. I just love when they record them all copying Snowball's temper tantrum, it's glorious. Then we see a surprise entry from Fergus, who has a fun dream about making a dinosaur with Dylan, only to end up eating one of the bones and replacing it. Why some of the characters dream about logic is beyond me. Anyway, then we see Triple D dreaming about being stars online, which they already are, but it's still fun so who cares, and Deja Vu flexes on the both of them. There's a reason this adorable quirk got into my top three characters after The Walls are Alive. Then we see Dylan gluing Hugo's phone to the gorund in the next dream, and for some reason he has his old helmet in real life. I'm fine with him having it in the dream, as this was recorded before the episode aired, but why in real life? He has a new one, and it's even shown in one of the shorts, shouldn't he be holding onto THAT one? Regardless, it's still a fun short that did the unappriciated sidekick thing way better than Dawkins Stirkes back by not going over the top unbelievable on Dawkins treatment. The next dream involves Dawkins firing kibble into Dylan's kibble bowl, which actually explains Dylan's incompetence in Dawkins Strikes Back a bit better, but it doesn't completely make up for it. It's a fun short, but I think Dylan and Dolly are still perfectly capable of caring for the pups on their own. Anyway, then we see Dylan dreaming about being in space with Dorothy, and while she's as adorable as ever, he's panicking at the thought of them being lost up there, especially after they're outside of the rocket. I know it's fake, but we all knew that, so yeah. And then we see Deepak using Dolly's skateboard as a meditation mat after his cushion deflates, and while I don't like Deepak that much, seeing him just meditate through all of this is just great to watch. Can we see Deepak do this more? Just meditate through everything? And the last short involves Dolly going to an entertaining war with Clarissa after she shuts her horrible singing up with the rubber chicken we saw a few times throughout season one, and she uses a Clarissa shaped hedge as a bribe, and it escelates until both of them are stuck in a bowl of honey with Hugo oblivious due to having his headphones on. The episode itself ends with Dolly waking up from her dream and Dylan catching Dorothy in his paws after Dolly catches sight of her falling off of his helmet and worrying about it, and then she goes back to sleep with a smile as Dorothy sleeps with Dylan. For a damn near silent clip show, this was a blast to watch. I'm bummed out we didn't get to see the Christmas short, but I'm guessing they're saving that for an actual Christmas episode. And I'm still willing to put this episode into the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. Is it in my top five? No, but it's awesome for what it's worth.

Rating: 8/10.

Dante's Inferno

Highlight: The battle Dylan and Dolly had with Hunter and Cuddles.

Fun fact: Hunter is revealed to have survived in the crate for half a year with only kibble to keep him going for food, which is why he now shows dog-like traits such as scratching and barking.

Quote: (Destiny) Are they back!? (Dallas) I'm getting Deja vu! (Deja Vu) You called?

Writer: Krystal Georgiou

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode forty five: Dante's Inferno. Dante became depressed when his predictions were not coming true, and it is up to Dolly to cheer him up by recreating some of his predictions. However, when Dante begins to believe all of his predictions are coming true, he starts taking risks and puts himself in danger. Well I knew this one was gonna be shit. Let's dive right the fuck in. The episode starts off with Dolly doing some sick skateboarding tricks and being a boss as always, well, after we see Hunter's case arriving at it's location, but that's not important yet, so we'll wait a bit on that, and Dante predicts that she'll have broken bones, and because Dante's retarded and my Dolly can take on anything skateboard related, he's wrong, and is understandably mocked by the other pups. And then for some reason Dylan and Dolly feel bad for him, God knows I wouldn't, and Dolly decides to fake bad things happening to get Dante's 'spirits' back, even though he's much better when he's not screaming like a moron. Okay, to be fair he WAS right about the Hunter thing, but they even managed to make him being RIGHT annoying. Speaking of Hunter, I find him to be much more sympathetic now that he's spent six whole months locked in a box with little to survive or entertain himself with. I don't think anything less of Dylan and Dolly for getting him stuck in there since he tried to capture them all, and also they didn't know how long Hunter would be in there for at the time, but it's still dark as hell that they did this to a fucking child of all kinds of people. And before you ask, Hunter attacked the pups before they retorted. Dante didn't recieve any over the top bad treatment in The Curse of the Ferrydog before he and Portia fucked up Dylan's brain. Anyway, after Dante feels better, he spots Cuddles and warns everyone about Hunter being back. Dylan ignoring Dante's warning doesn't bother me since it's only for a little bit and he was the only one who knew the previous predictions were fake, but we'll get to why I'm annoyed by this interaction in a bit. For now, let's focus on the fact that Dante's actually happy for once. Yeah, he's not this try hard goth retard, he's actually showing happiness. He showed different emotions before, but never full blown joy to this degree. Sadly, this is what ends up getting him caught, as he goes outside, and stupidly hugs Hunter's leg, causing him to get captured, even though Dylan and Dolly are getting everyone upstairs as soon as they see Hunter through the window. While watching the episode during this moment, I just flatout said 'Dante, I hate you!' as soon as he hugged Hunter's leg! Why did they have to make him so stupid!? It's a red flag Dante; even if the world WAS ending, which it wasn't and never will, yeah; I changed my mind on that because fuck this mutt, you don't rush into the danger head on! This is even worse than how Fergus behaved in Fox in the Dog House, because at least Fergus wasn't risking the lives of his fucking relatives! Actually, does Fergus even have a family? I'd like to meet his parents now. No! Stop having interesting theories come from your episodes Dante! You're making it more conflicting to hate you! So anyway, after Dante pulls the dumbest choice he's ever made, not the worst choice, just the dumbest, Dylan and Dolly try to save him from Hunter, while Dawkins and Dorothy call Doug and Delilah to help out, because, you know, those two are competent unlike this pile of Christmas coal, and the fight is pretty solid. It's better than half the fights in Lion Guard, even though I love that show even more, and the way they won is kinda funny. But then we cut to the last scene where Dylan says he almost got caught because he didn't listen to Dante? Mother fucker, you were trying to get everyone upstairs as soon as you saw that Hunter was outside your house, and Dante was the one who went outside to hump his fucking leg like he was his owner! You didn't have anything to do with why you got caught, other than trying to save your brother, which you're now guilt tripping yourself for!? And I just relaized! Dante is being put in the right even though HE'S the reason Dylan almost got dognapped! So basically what you're telling me, is that an unlikely possibility of Hunter returning, and a shit brained moron pointing it out and being ignored by the oldest until seconds later, with the eldest acting upon seeing this and even requesting to call for help from the parents when said shit brained moron intentionally gets himself captured, which I can't stress enough, Dylan tried to prevent, is now being praised for it!? No! That's not okay! That will never be okay even when I'm dead! Especially since even the fucking synopsis knows that Dante's in the wrong! Fuck Dante! Fuck him hard! If he's not better in season two then I'm fucking done with him! (Breathes in heavily and then exhales) I'm terribly sorry, I just hate Dante so fucking much. And now that I've calmed down, here are two ways this episode could've been good, or at least servicable. One. Have Dylan want to prove that Hunter isn't there and then he kicks the door open, capturing Dylan, and causing Dolly and Dante to fight back, proving that Dante isn't a worthless cunt. Or, have Dante admit his own faults when Dylan states why he almost got caught by saying this 'No, you wouldn't have had to fight if I didn't run outside to hug his leg. If I'd listened to YOU then my capture could've been prevented.', and then Dante apologizes as well, making for a heartfelt reconciliation. Apparently the writers just wanted Dante to be a smug bitch for no god damn reason. Is this my least favorite episode of the entire show? No. I did like Dolly's skateboarding segment, as always, and the episode has some funny dialogue moments like Deja Vu responding to Dallas saying she has deja vu, and as I said, I thought the fight scene was really good. But it IS in the top three. And my patience is wearing so thin with Dante right now. I know it seems like I've lost all of it with him, but if he's good in season two, or at least sufferable, I'll be okay with his existance. But this episode having my least favorite moment in the show so far doesn't help matters in the slightest. So no surprises here, it's going into the (The Dearly farm from the show is shown being burned down) garbage plantation. But it barely managed to avoid the Ruins Plantation. You have one more chance when season two starts Dante. Don't waste it.

Rating: 2/10.

Better the De Vil You Know

Highlight: Cruella showing how much colder she's gotten in the cliffhanger ending.

Fun fact: This episode could possibly hint at season two taking place in the country, though, it's most likely just throwaway.

Quote: (Cruella) Literally dogs by fur. Can't fall much further than the gutter now, can we. You limp, lazy, lilly livered snowflake. I suppose I'll just have to take it from here.

Writer: Giles Pilbrow.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode forty six: Better the De Vil You Know. Hunter is on a mission to get Cruella's Fur Coat. Does this episode make up for the crap Dante's Inferno filled me with? In my opinion, yes! The episode starts with Doug and Delilah helping Dylan and Dolly put the pups to bed on the night after the fight with Hunter, and Dylan is feeling self conscious about Dante's stupid decision to hug Hunter's leg, because of course he is. Yeah, if there's one problem I could point out with this episode as soon as it started, and it's pretty damn obvious, it's Dylan blaming himself for something that wasn't even his fault. True he's the one who led Hunter to them in the first place, but he didn't feel an immense wave of guilt for that now, did he. Thankfully, the rest of the episode more than makes up for that pointless sulking montage, as Dylan takes charge in protecting the house from Hunter, even getting insomnia just so he can keep everyone safe. This, like Poodlewolf!, feels like it's using the Dylan brain fry thing in a way that feels like it's in his character. I'd expect him to go this far with Heroic BSOD, which in case you didn't know, is a condition that makes someone who's a leader, or supposed to be brave, conflicted about whether or not they qualify to be a hero. I think Kion from Lion Guard has that condition too. But yeah, Dylan goes super hard with this whole extra safety thing, and it doesn't feel intrusive because everyone else is fine with it. They know Hunter's a big deal and that he can't be underestimated, so of course they'd take extra precaution in facing him. It also helps that Hunter was the one at the door when Dolly answered it, thinking it was the postman, so it doesn't come without warning. I also found the mention of the family going to the country to be really interesting. Could this be where season two takes place? Will they live on a farm like the 90s show? Will they live in Cornwall for the next season and give us more time for Dylan and Dolly to spend with Summer and Spike? For now I think everyone can agree that it's most likely throwaway, but if it's real, then it leaves a lot of questions. We also get heavy indications that Hunter is being verbally abused by Cruella, who's confirmed to be his great great aunt in this episode. It makes him more sympathetic, since it's revealed that he only does this crap so he can get her approval, and seeing him tear up every time he's abused just feels more impactful because of it. I also really liked the scene where he took over the bus and was fairly close to winning, only for Dylan to distract him with a chew toy. Just adopt him already Dylan; let this valid dog human love you! And then in the final scene Cruella finds Hunter in an alley playing with the chew toy Dylan distracted him with, and steps out of the car, verbally abusing him without a single care, and declaring herself to be the one to take over the mission. Aw, fuck yeah baby! That's what I'm talkin about! I was more than satisfied by the end of the episode. This episode was able to redeem the crap Dante's Inferno gave us while providing us with a brilliant cliffhanger that I just know the season finale will pay off on. I'm more than confident to say that this episode lands iself into the (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory plantation. I'm even more hyped than I ever was before to give the season finale a look, and you bet your sweet asses on it I'm gonna watch it, and love it, because with an awesome episode coming before it, I'm confident that season one isn't going to end with a whimper, but with a bang.

Rating: 8/10.

The De Vil Wears Puppies

Highlight: Hunter's redemption.

Fun fact: This episode brings back the activist lady from Girls' Day Out, who I forgot to state my opinion on in said episode, but this one made me like her.

Quote: (Dorothy) Bye-bye!

Writer: Maria O' Loughlin

Sonicbronyuniversez: Episode forty seven: The De Vil Wears Pupies. 101 Dalmatian Street is under siege when the Dalmatian family's foe turns. Will they all be turned into a fur coat? Or will everyone unite to defeat their greatest enemy? Fuck it! I'm not even gonna hide it! This episode goes into the (A mansion that shows the movie characters, the 90's show characters, and the 101 dalmatian street characters all living together is shown) godly plantation. Alright, so I couldn't find the song that best suited explaining my thoughts on this episode, so I just decided to go with an instrumental version of Emuemi's cover of Live and Learn from Sonic Adventure 2. (An instrumental version of Emuemi's cover of Live and Learn from Sonic Adventure 2 plays as Sonicbronyuniversez discusses the episode) And it's more than awesome enough to explain how much I love this episode. Right from the start, nothing is held back. The episode starts off with the Dalmatians chilling out now that they know how easy it'll be to take care of Hunter, only for Dorothy to spot Cruella having tea with Hugo next door, where he shows a bit more resentment than usual, but that's understandbale since he got tennis ball barraged in his last appearence. Besides, that's not the main focus, so I don't care. This episode manages to balance out it's comedy and it's action, as well as it's suspense, absolutely perfectly, still being able to provide us with al kinds of amazing slapstick in spite of the incredibly high stakes set up in it. Right from the get go, we're straight to the point, and given this amazing balance of all three of the episode's best elements. Well, except when Dante screams doom, but it gets right back to the action after that, so whatever. Anyway, Cruella also takes over Constantin's house since he's right next door, and she needs a place where she and Hunter can sabotauge the Dalmatian family's living conditions while also going in herself to retrieve them after the right moment comes along. It's also worth noting that Diesel digs a tunnel that goes down to he fucking subway, and it ends up becoming a way for the Dalmatians to escape without being noticed, only for Cruella to find out this is coming due to Hunter chasing the postman bringing kibble in and ruining the whole thing. The fight we get with Cruella taking on Doug and Delilah is short, but awesome, showing how badass these two parents can be, and that even if they're not Pongo and Perdita, they can still be just as kickass as the both of them. And it's also worth noting that Clarissa gets involved in the chaos, which is a huge thing for her to do, since she hates the Dalmatians with every fiber of her being. It feels awesome to see her trying to help them in spite of her opinion of them. We also see Fergus, Big Fee, and Sid get involved, and they all play a great help. Fergus even fakes being dead so Cruella takes him in to try and make him into a coat as well, only for Fergus to wake up just in time for him, Big Fee, and Sid to lay the smack down on everyone on the boat. Oh yeah, there's a boat in the episode. We'll talk about that more in a bit. Pearl is also a total badass here when she helps Dylan and Dolly chase Cruella down, and the chase even gets the activist from Girls' Day Out involved, forgot to mention her but she's cool, and I love how even a human gets involved in the mess to help the Dalmatians. And the fight scene on the boat is superb with Princess Positron getting destroyed beforehand, devastating Dawkins, and giving Cruella a more than justified punishment in the end. But then there's the King of this episode. Hunter. He spends the first act being loyal to Cruella and helping her with her plans, but then in the second act, he finds out that she wants to kill the Dalmatians, and it ties into his redemption perfectly, since if he were aware of this and just reformed because of course he did, it would've been rushed and boring like Makuu from Lion Guard, who just reforms because the show wants to reform him. Hunter's reformation feels natural, and when he opens up to the puppies about how Cruella never treated him like an equal and how he didn't know she wanted to kill them at the time, while also commenting on how he wants a family like the one the puppies have, it hit me hard, and made me feel for him even more than I already did. And unlike Dawkins Strikes Back, we get some forshadowing of this with the ferbal abuse he recieved in the previous episode, so it doesn't feel hammered in for the sake of convinience. Cruella's demanding and abusive behavior forshadowed throughout every episode Hunter appeared in as of A Date with Destiny...Dallas and Deja Vu helped make his reformation all the more real, and when he helps the Dalmatians stop Cruella, it feels right, and that he's actually learned from his mistakes. And we also see him throw Cuddles out of a window for being a treacherous little shit, and it's fucking glorious! Hunter went from being a delightfully cunning and double crossing bitch to a caring and good natured sorta hybrid of human and dog, and the episode knew when to have it start, when to build it up, and when to cap it off. If Hunter was just as sadistic as Cruella, this wouldn't have worked, but because Cruella already fills the role as a delightfully pure evil sadist, Hunter fills the role perfectly as the one to reform, and redeem himself in the end. And the ending is perfect with the Dalmatians going home and Hunter continuing to live in Camden while staying on good terms with them, and Cruella heading off to jail, ending the season on a perfect note. And Dorothy even says her first words, which are so god damn precious! I hope she practices talking in season two, especially since her first words in this episode got some short, but noticable acknowledgement. Some people may say this finale was too dark for a comedy, but I think it perfectly balanced out the comedy with the slapstick and character personalities, the suspense and action with the stakes and cruel moments, and the amazing ending with everyone getting the ending they rightfully deserve. I still adore Poetry Scam for perfectly tying it's moral in with Dolly's conflict and Dylan's stage fright, as well as having an awesome rap song, but this episode just had everything I wanted for the season finale and more, making it my favorite episode of the season one as well as what's currently my favorite episode of the show. And the main thing that puts it there is what got someone in my top three characters of the show with my favorite thing in the season. Hunter's redemption.

Rating: 10/10.

A slideshow of all the episodes the season had to offer was shown with Sonicbronyuniversez discussing them

Sonicbronyuniversez: And that was my review of every episode in the fist season of 101 Dalmatian Street. Damn this was a long one, but it was a blast to make. This is now in my top five Disney shows of all time, alongside the 90s 101 Dalmatians cartoon and Gravity Falls, if not my all time favorite. I can't say it'll ever be as good as the 90s show in my opinion, but that doesn't hurt my love for it in the slightest.

Sonicbronyuniversez puts up a pie chart that shows how many episodes landed in each segment.

Godly plantation: 2

Glory plantation: 31

Average plantation: 6

Garbage plantation: 6

Ruins plantation: 2

Sonicbronyuniversez: Now as you can clearly see, we have two godly plantation episodes, thirty one glory plantation episodes, six average plantation episodes, six garbage plantation episodes, and two ruins plantation episodes. This adds up to thirty three good episodes, six average episodes, and eight bad episodes, out of all forty seven episodes we discussed. And with that great of a first set of episodes, I'm more than happy to give this season a 9/10, and I can easily call it a (The barn from the 101 Dalmatians series is shown coated in green) glory season. I loved this season, and I can see myself rewatching almost every episode in it without having much complaint, if any at all. Also, just to clarify, a godly plantation rating doesn't mean the episode or season is perfect, it just means I got the most enjoyment out of it that I could possibly muster.

Sonicbronyuniversez switches screens as he discusses his least favorite episodes of the show.

Sonicbronyuniversez: And now we're going to discuss my least favorite episodes, since I want this project to end on a high note. For my fifth least favorite episode, we have Fox in the Dog House. This episode is purely on here for the third act and how scummy Fergus is, but it's also on here for making almost all of the siblings into total dumbasses. Fergus is lucky Delilah didn't come in when she did, otherwise she would've ripped into him hard. If Fergus got what he deserved in the end, I would've given this episode a pass, but because he got away with his actions, this one's on my shit list. And for number four worst, I grant you Flea-Mageddon. Yeah, it'll surprise literally no one that there are three Dante episodes on this list, and this is the least terrible of those three. Dante at least doesn't get away with doing anything stupid or sadistic and is instead just a screaming fuckwit the entire time. As I've established though, that alone can keep me from liking an episode to it's fullest potential, and it doesn't make Dante less annoying here. My third least favorite episode is Dante's Inferno. For having my least favorite moment in the season, I bet many of you would've expected it to be my least favorite episode of the season. Well it's not, but the fact that Dylan took the blame for himself almost being captured, ignoring the fact that Dante running and hugging Hunter was what led to him being put into that predicament in the first place, just pissed me off so fucking much. I hope season two does justice whenever Dante fucks up, because this moment, along with Dante having the arrogance to act smug about it, only makes me hate him even more. The second worst episode of the season for me is The Wow of Miaow. This misses number one purely because, although Deepak and Constantin, and especially the Dimitris, are insufferable in this shitshow, at least Dylan doesn't experience turning into a braindead zombie. That doesn't excuse Deepak's hypocricy though, and it especially doesn't excuse the Dimitris getting away with starting the conflict in the frist place. Some people say Dylan is condescending here, but considering that he's allergic to cats, and Constantin was a dickhole to him in this episode, I have to ask...why? And my least favorite episode of the season, and the show so far, at least until season two comes around, is The Curse of the Ferrydog. There is so much wrong with this episode that I may end up going into a full length review sometime in the future just to describe every gram of reason I have as to why I hate it so much. I'll just say here that what amazes me the most is that Dante wasn't my least favorite part about it. Season two hasn't premiere yet, but when it DOES have it's debut episode, it'll be the start of me praying that Dante is the slightest bit tolerable now. The dishonourable mentions go to Dawkins Strikes Back, All Fired Up, and Snow Day, all episodes I consider bad, but I don't outright hate like Snow Day, or just found the other bad episodes to be worse than. And for the closest episode to being bad but barely missed the mark, I'd say Walkies on the Wild Side. This episode was just really boring now that I think about it. Not bad, but at least other meh episodes like Dal-Martians didn't try to fake plot twist us by making Dolly think Dylan died.

Sonicbronyuniversez switches screens as he discusses his least favorite episodes of the show.

Sonicbronyuniversez: And to prevent another one of my outbursts, it's time to discuss my favorite episodes this season had to offer. At number five, we have Perfect Match. Say all you want about Dolly's tantrum that doesn't even last a full minute, she and Roxy have an adorable chemistry that I hope the show explores more in the future. Seeing Dolly help Roxy get closer to Dylan really was a treat, even if Dylan didn't fawn over Roxy in the end. Episodes like Don't Push Your Luck and The Longest Night seem to be giving them more screentime together, so here's to season two giving them another episode of their own. For number four, we have Girls' Day Out. This episode really hit me personally, and managed to make Dolly and Delilah both lovable in spite of how cruel the latter was in the beginning. I've always had anxiety that I was the least favorite in the family, and this episode was one of those that showed me parents don't ever pick favorites, as well as how destructive it can be if it looks like they DO pick favorites. Also check out the Bluey episode Kids, which also shows this moral perfectly. Crowded in at nmber three, we have The Walls are Alive. This is the episode that made me love Deja Vi as much as I do. I still love Dolly the most out of everyone, but she's just the most adorable thing in this episode, and I think you can all guess that I love it when she says 'Pumpkins!'. And before you say it, Deja Vu has more to her than being stupid, as shown in episodes like It's My Party and this episode. Now for number two, it's Poetry Scam. I was expecting this episode to take the crown and sit on the throne like a boss. And even though that didn't happen, everything from the moral to the rap number to the wonderful development for Dylan and Dolly, this episode had it all. Until season two comes around and most likely makes an episode that flexes on both this, and number one, this will be my favorite episode that isn't a special. And sitting proudly at number one, it's The De Vil Wears Puppies. I was worried for my life that this would be an edgelord fest of an episode, but I was happily proven wrong. From Dylan and Dolly being badasses to Dorothy saying her first words, every single aspect had me invested in this perfect first season finale. And Hunter's redemption couldn't have been better. Well, it could've been better objectively, just not to me. And for the honourable mentions, we have Don't Push Your Luck, Puppy Dreams, and Boom Night, for either being a blast to watch the entire way through, or just having Dolly be Dolly. And for the closest episode to good, but barely missing the mark, I'd say Fetch. Fuck the ending to ts one. I swear, I can't emphasize on how much I hate this ending enough.

Sonicbronyuniversez starts to discuss the writers of the season as he puts up a graph stating where each writer currently is, as well of lists of the episodes each one of them wrote.

Episodes written by Giles Pilbrow: Dog's Best Friend, May Contain Nuts, The Nose Job, A Date with Destiny...Dallas and Deja Vu, The Wow of Miaow, A Summer to Remember, The Curse of the Ferrydog, Poodlewolf!, The Longest Night, and Better the De Vil You Know.

Sonicbronyuniversez: So this dude has had quite the ride, being the first, and most common writer on the show. While Giles Pilbrow's lineup of episodes is mostly positive, he's also written my two least favorite episodes of the show. He was able to redeem himself for The Curse of the Ferrydog, but I can't deny that he's got some issues with his writing, specifically with the Dylan punishment episodes he writes. That said, I think he's a (Green thumbs up) glory writer. He just needs to iron out his few kinks.

Rating: 7/10.

Episodes written by Kristy Peart and Jess Kedward: Boom Night. Perfect Match, Crushed Out, Fear Window, Balancing Act, and Dotty Dancing.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Well this is quite the step up. With the exception of Dotty Dancing which is still okay, I like all of the episodes these two wrote. They seem to know how to write every character they write for, hell, I think Portia would've been saved if THEY wrote The Curse of the Ferrydog. Perfect Match and Boom Night especially kept me excited. And for this, I give these two a rating of (Blue fist raise) godly writer. Keep up the amazing work!

Rating: 10/10.

Episodes written by Baljeet Rai: Power to the Puppies.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Only one episode, huh? This one's alright. I'll give him a (Green thumbs up) glory writer rating since I like the only episode he wrote.

Rating: 6/10.

Episodes written by Ciaran Morrison and Mick O' Hara: Who the dog do you think you are?, Walkies on the Wild Side, A Right Royal Rumble, Dal-Martians, Long Tongue Day, Don't Push Your Luck, and D-Factor.

Sonicbronyuniversez: I'm not gonna lie when I say that half of the episodes these two wrote are pretty meh. They did write one of my top ten favorite episodes of the season, Don't Push Your Luck, but they also wrote some pretty mediocre episodes. I'll give them a rating of (Green thumbs up) glory writer for now, but just barely.

Rating: 6/10. 

Episodes written by Nicole Paglia: Winter Funderland, Flea-Mageddon, Doggy Da Vinci, and The Walls Are Alive.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Okay, so she does have my third favorite episode of the show going for her, but she also has my fourth least favorite episode going against her. I can forgive that though, as Dante is rarely written properly in my opinion. Still, I give her a rating of (Green thumbs up) glory writer. Nicole is awesome.

Rating: 8/10.

Episodes written by Josh and Jerome: Snow Day, Poetry Scam, and The Woof Factor.

Sonicbronyuniversez: So, Snow day is bad, The Woof Factor is okay, and Poetry Scam is my second favorite episode of the show. (Green Thumbs up) Glory writer, we all knew it.

Rating: 7/10.

Episodes written by Suzanne Lang: All Fired Up, It's My Party, and Fetch.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Same case as Josh and Jerome. One bad, one okay, and one awesome. Though, I do have to give her the rating of (Yellow so-so hand) average writer for that reason. You're on the path of greatness Suzanne. You can do it.

Rating: 5/10.

Episodes written by Jacqueline Moody: Girls Day Out.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Same case with Baljeet Rai, (Green thumbs up) glory writer for writing only one episode, but I like the episode. Only this episode is amazing.

Rating: 9/10.

Episodes written by Maria O' Loughlin: My Fair Dolly, London, We Have A Problem, Puppy Dreams, and The De Vil Wears Puppies.

Sonicbronyuniversez: So now we cut to the writer who wrote my favorite episode of the show. Well she got better with every passing episode in my opinion, and I think that counts a lot. I'll give her the rating of (Green thumbs up) glory writer, and I hope she keeps it up in season two.

Rating: 9/10.

Episodes written by Jez Hall: The Dog House.

Sonicbronyuniversez: You should know the drill by now. (Green thumbs up) Glory writer. Keep up the good work.

Rating: 7/10.

Episodes written by Rebecca Hobbes: Fox in the Dog House, Diamond Dogs, Ride Along, and Dawkins Strikes Back.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Alright, so Rebecca wrote my fifth least favorite episode of the show, but then she wrote a great set of sister peisodes, and then she wrote a bad episode for the finale. I'll give her (Yellow so-so hand) average writer for now. You know what to do Rebecca. I believe in you.

Rating: 4/10.

Episodes written by Ishai Ravid: Poodlefall! and Yappily Ever After.

Sonicbronyuniversez: This dude managed to surprise me with two episodes I thought I would hate, but ended up liking in the end. I can easily grant him the (Green thumbs up) glory writer rating.

Rating: 7/10.

Episodes written by Krystal Georgiou: Dante's Inferno.

Sonicbronyuniversez: She gets the (Red thumbs down) garbage writer. I'm sorry Krystal, but I can't go easy on you for this being your first episode, and I think most people can agree that you didn't have the best introduction. You have a chance in season two though. You can do it.

Rating: 2/10.

Order of my prefered writers

Kristy Peart and Jess Kedward

Maria O' Loughlin

Jacqueline Moody

Nicole Paglia

Josh and Jerome

Giles Pilbrow

Ishai Ravid

Jez Hall

Ciaran Morrison and Mick O' Hara

Baljeet Rai

Suzanne Lang

Rebecca Hobbes

Krystal Georgiou

Sonicbronyuniversez punches the screen and makes it crack as he talks about what he wants to see in season two.

Sonicbronyuniversez: And now we will discuss my hopes for season two. Specifically the five things I want the most for season two. My first hope is that they keep the balance of comedy and intensity. I think season one handled it amazingly by only having the suspenseful moments be with episodes that had a De Vil in them, while leaving the rest to comedic slice of life sorts, and I want it to stay like that. I think it's the best balance the show could have, and I hope it doesn't turn into a melancholy edgefest. This one should be pretty obvious, my second hope is that Dante becomes more of a character rather than a stupid screaming megaphone. Dante's Inferno and The Curse of the Ferrydog made me want little more than for Dante to become an actual character in season two, and I hope that becomes the case. If he manages to be even more stupid or annoying in general though, I'm giving up on him entirely. I cut him WAY too many breaks this season just to keep my sanity. And my third hope is that there are more songs in season two. The songs we got in season one were awesome, but they were fairly limited. I hope season two gives us more in season two. Yeah, I know, it's not Steven Universe or Lion Guard, but that doesn't mean songs can't be in there. Another obvious hope, my fourth hope is that Dolly stays awesome. This should go without saying, but Dolly was my favorite part of the season, only comparable to Hunter's redemption. Season two will give her just as strong of a perforamance, I just know it. Keep rocking on Dolly. you're the best! And my fifth and final hope is that we get at least one episode with Hunter in it. It hink Hunter's role as a main character ended the best way it could, but since he's a good guy now, I'd like to see him interact with the pups some more. That dog communication skill of his could also come in handy later down the line, and I'd like to see how it's utilized. Don't let me down now writers.

Sonicbronyuniversez zips onto the screen as he expresses how glad he was to do this project.

Sonicbronyuniversez: Well, the project is finally done, and might I say that I had a blast writing it. I know it was long as fuck, but for those of you who stayed around to the end, or read it chunk by chunk whenever you went back to it, I'm glad this interested you enough to keep you going. And you bet your sweet asses I'm gonna do this for all the future seasons to come. So until that season comes out, if you want me to give a solo review of a specific episode whether it's just for fun, or you want me to elaborate further into my feelings for a specific episode, feel free to request it in the comments. I'm Sonicbronyuniversez, and I'm ready for some more puppy fun to come from season two. (Gives a peace sign) Sonic out!