At the hospital, Doctor Dave yawns as he holds his stethoscope near the bottom of a patient’s back. Delilah watches.
DAVE: Deep breath. Now, cough.
Dave’s patient does as he says. Delilah pushes the stethoscope closer to the top of the patient’s back. Dave hears a heartbeat.
DAVE: Ah, there we are. Oh, Delilah, what would I do without you?
DELILAH: Probably lose your medical license.
Dave only hears her barking.
DAVE: (yawns) I got no sleep last night. You have no idea what it’s like with three kids at home.
DELILAH: (sarcastically) Three? No. Can’t imagine that. Honestly, two-leggers!
Cut to 101 Dalmatian Street. The puppies play in the backyard. One puppy plays with the garden hose.
DOLLY: ‘Kay, farthest wins. Ready? Go!
Dolly, Delgado, Dizzy, and Dee Dee run and slide across the puddles created by the hose.
DOLLY: Wahoo! (She crashes into a pile of leaves and chuckles.) Nailed it! (She sees Dylan studying a blueprint of the house and humming.) Hey, slobber-face!
Dylan, startled by Dolly, exclaims.
DOLLY: Give your brain a rest and come have some fun.
DYLAN: I am having fun, bark-breath. I am finding perfect hiding spots for each and every one of us. Ha! Hide and seek has never been so organized. (He notices Dolly has begun walking off.)
DOLLY: “Hide and geek,” more like. (She laughs and runs off, with the puppies following.)
DYLAN: Hey! Never hurts to plan. (He picks up the blueprint with his mouth.)
In Clarissa’s backyard, Hugo carries a golden platter with a cover on it. He walks over to Clarissa, who is sitting at the table.
HUGO: On this perfect day, a perfect souffle for my perfect Clarissa. (He takes off the cover, revealing the souffle.)
Back in the Dalmatians’ backyard, the puppies continue sliding across the puddles. They crash into the fence. Hugo cuts a Clarissa-shaped shrub in his backyard. His slipper falls off.
CLARISSA: Ah, nothing can spoil this perfect moment. Not even those Da— (She is splashed with water from the hose.) Oh! (The water ruins her souffle. She growls.) That’s it! The ruff raff must go, once and for all! (She notices Hugo’s fallen slipper.) Hmm. Perfect.
Clarissa walks over to the slipper, picks it up, and peeks through a hole in the fence, observing the Dalmatians.
CLARISSA: Where’s the weak link?
She sees Dolly chewing on a rubber chicken, Diesel digging in the ground, and Dylan with Dimitri 1, who is preparing to take a bite out of the grass.
DYLAN: Dimitri 1!
CLARISSA: Aha! Dylan.
DYLAN: Do not eat that grass! You are so gonna barf! (Dimitri 1 is obscured from the camera before he vomits.) Ugh! Dimitri 2, step away from that barf!
CLARISSA: (peeking over fence) Quite right, Dylan. You tell ‘em.
DYLAN: Huh?
CLARISSA: You know, Dylan, you and I have so much in common. You’re nothing like that clownish sister of yours.
Dylan looks back at Dolly, who is playing tug-of-war with Diesel using the rubber chicken.
CLARISSA: You’re so prim, so proper. No sense of fun whatsoever.
DYLAN: (confused) Prim? Proper?
CLARISSA: Mm. No fetch, no tug-of-war. Games just aren’t our style, eh?
DYLAN: Huh? Our style? Ha! It just so happens I’m planning a game of hide and seek right…now.
He picks up his blueprint and begins walking off. Clarissa tosses Hugo’s slipper over the fence.
CLARISSA: Oops! How clumsy of me to lose Hugo’s slipper. Oh, Dylan, dear, I know I can rely on you to bring it back to moi.
Dylan sees two puppies playing tug-of-war with a rubber flamingo.
CLARISSA: (giggles) There’s a good boy. Fetch.
DYLAN: (irritated) I’ll show you prim and proper! (He grabs the slipper and shouts.) Tug-of-war!
Using the slipper, Dylan plays tug-of-war with Dizzy as the puppies chant “Tug!” Clarissa watches through the hole in the fence. Dylan and Dizzy rip the slipper.
CLARISSA: Perfect!
She takes the hose and pulls it through the hole. Hugo examines a statue that resembles him before being drenched in the water from the hose. His wig ends up on the statue and he takes it back.
HUGO: And where’s my slipper?
Clarissa innocently looks at Hugo, with the hose lying through the hole and dripping.
HUGO: Hmm.
(He looks over the fence and sees his ripped slipper in Dylan’s mouth.)
HUGO: (gasps) My Gerardo Corgetti garden slipper!
Dylan, not noticing Hugo, growls and runs off with the puppies chasing him.
HUGO: That’s couture!
Dylan slips over a puddle and slams into the fence, right below Hugo. Hugo falls from the impact, and Clarissa pushes over a pot of thorny flowers below Hugo. Hugo cries out upon landing.
HUGO: One’s been bitten!
DOLLY: Uh-oh.
DYLAN: Oh, I’m so sorry. (peeks over fence) Can I help you up?
Hugo only hears Dylan barking aggressively. Clarissa “faints” and Hugo seeths at Dylan. Cut back to the hospital. Doctor Dave and Delilah walk to a patient’s room.
DAVE: Hmm. The patient claims he’s been attacked by a pack of wild animals, but I see no bite marks. Huh. Help me figure it out, girl. (pets Delilah)
He opens the curtain of the room, revealing Hugo laying on his stomach on the hospital bed. He has a thorn on his bottom and speaks on his phone. He doesn’t seem notice Dave and Delilah come in.
HUGO: Not only did the rabid pests attack me, they so distressed my Clarissa, she fainted!
Delilah is shocked.
DAVE: (to Delilah) What do you think it is?
HUGO: (continuing) …I’ve never seen the like of it!
Delilah sniffs Hugo and notices the thorn.
DAVE: (chuckles) All this over a little thorn?
Delilah grabs a syringe and hands it to Doctor Dave.
DAVE: Yes, good call. Let’s sedate him. (smirks)
HUGO: (continuing) Yes… Yes—no! That’s right. No one’s ever home, and there’s 100 of them!
DELILAH: (chuckles) Good guess.
DAVE: You get the thorn, I’ll knock him out.
Delilah aims for the thorn and Doctor Dave aims his syringe toward Hugo.
HUGO: (continuing) Don’t you know who I am? Send your entire pest-control team to 101 Dalmatian Street immediately!
DELILAH: (gasps) I’ve got to warn the pups!
Using her mouth, she quickly pulls the thorn out. Hugo yelps and jots up, bumping into Dave and knocking his syringe out of his hand. The syringe lands on a chair with wheels and a control stick. Dave lands in the chair and on the syringe.
DAVE: Oopsie. (He falls asleep and snores.)
HUGO: (running off) Lord Nincompoop will hear of this! (exclaiming)
Delilah notices a control stick on the chair.
DELILAH: Ah.
Controlling the chair, she and Dave head out of the hospital and toward Dalmatian Street. Delilah howls.
DELILAH: (shouting) Dylan! Dolly! Red alert! Pest control are on their way! This is not a drill! (howls)
Delilah initiates the World Wide Woof. The message gets to Roxy who is walking by the Dalmatians’ house with her human.
ROXY: Dolly! Pest control! On their way! (She is dragged off by her leash.)
Inside 101, the puppies all gasp.
DYLAN & DOLLY: (in unison) Pest control?
In Clarissa’s house, Clarissa overhears the puppies clamoring.
CLARISSA: Goodbye, Dalmatians. Forever! (evilly laughs)
Cut to the pest control team gearing up as an alarm blares. Multiple pest control trucks and a helicopter head for 101. Pearl notices the helicopter and sees Delilah and Dave rolling down the sidewalk. She blocks their way.
PEARL: Hello, hello, hello. Body in a wheelchair? Should I be suspicious?
DELILAH: Pearl! I need to get home with a human to protect my pups from pest control!
PEARL: You’ll be wanting a police escort. Come on!
DELILAH: But-But aren’t you working?
In the background, Pearl’s human stands in line for a food truck.
PEARL: Oh, he’ll be deciding between feta or falafel forever. Now, giddyap!
Pearl runs and guides Delilah home. Pest control continues for Dalmatian Street. Cut to inside 101.
DESTINY: Pest control’s coming for us?
DALLAS: I’m not a pest!
DEJA VU: (smugly) Mmm, sometimes you are.
DAWKINS: If they find us here with no human, they’ll take us away!
DANTE: It’s the end of the world!
DYLAN: Listen, no one is gonna…
DOLLY: …Break up this family!
DYLAN: Diesel, Dawkins, you’re with me!
DOLLY: DJ, Triple D, let’s go.
Cut back to outside. Pearl imitates a siren wailing as she runs for the house, with Delilah following. Delilah’s ear, flapping in the wind, tickles Dave’s nose, causing him to become half-awake.
DAVE: Now, sweetie, Daddy’s not allergic to sleepy time. (snores)
Cut to pest control continuing, then back to Pearl and Delilah. Delilah tries waking up Dave by licking his face.
DELILAH: Oh, wake up! How much sedative was in that shot?
She puts Dave’s stethoscope in his ears and loudly barks into it.
DAVE: (suddenly) Breadsticks! (He falls back to sleep.)
PEARL: Almost there!
Back at 101, Dylan directs Dawkins, who is preparing the bowl flinger.
DYLAN: Spring needs more tension!
DAWKINS: (smugly) I think there’s already enough tension in this room.
DOLLY: Still planning your attack, slow bro? Don’t worry, I got us covered. Couldn’t find a human, so we made our own.
DJ and Triple D stand behind her. DJ taps a key on his keyboard, cuing background music.
DESTINY: Every dog knows that humans wear way too many clothes. So, voila!
She reveals a human-like figure made of a trenchcoat for the body, gloves for the hands, and a balloon with a spray-painted face for the head. The puppies are inside the coat and walk toward Dylan. Dylan, startled, yelps and backs up. Dawkins peeks in the room.
DALLAS: Next. Humans have stupidly big heads. Check out da balloon noggin!
She gestures toward the costume’s head. Da Vinci pops up behind its shoulder with a can of spray paint. Dylan gasps.
DEJA VU: And last up, humans never stop talking.
DJ: So, we wired this one for nonstop sound.
He pushes a button on his collar, causing a tablet in the costume to play voice clips from Triple D’s commercials.
TABLET: Are you just plain nuts?
DYLAN: Uhh…
Back outside, Pearl, Delilah, and pest control have nearly arrived to the house.
DELILAH: They’re here!
PEARL: I’ll stop them!
Pearl stands in front of the trucks, causing them to stop. She butt slams and sits on the hood of the one in front; its back wheels suspended in the air. Delilah arrives at the front door.
DELILAH: Really hate to do this, but…
She slaps her rear end across Dave’s face, causing him to wake up. Dave is still groggy.
DAVE: Huh? Who’s a good dog?
Delilah drags him to the door by his stethoscope.
DAVE: Whoa! Oh, is this your house, girl? Am I coming in for tea?
Inside, Dylan continues to instruct his team (Dawkins, Diesel, and the Dimitris), who are pushing the bowl flinger toward the front door. Diesel wears a boot with a pie on it on his head.
DYLAN: Not there, there! The angle needs to be just right!
Dolly stands by her artificial human. Dizzy and Dee Dee are inside the coat with an air pump.
DOLLY: Pump faster! They’re coming!
Dee Dee begins pumping air into the balloon head and Da Vinci closes the coat from inside.
TABLET: ‘Cause he’s got the woof factor. Scent of a manly man.
The door handle jiggles. The Dalmatians exclaim while Diesel giggles.
DYLAN: Okay, everyone. Remember the plan. Pie, then boot.
DIESEL: I dig it! Boot, then pie.
Delilah opens the door.
DELILAH: Don’t worry, I’m home!
DAVE: I’ve come for tea…
The human costume clumsily heads for Dave.
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Dave confusingly looks at the costume. The costume holds out its hand.
DAVE: Oh, hello. (He aims to shake its hand, but he pulls the glove off.) Whoa!
TABLET: Are you just plain nuts?
The balloon swells and pops, startling Doctor Dave. The boot is thrown at his face and he begins to lose his balance.
DAVE: Daddy needs his nap. (He falls to the floor and goes back to sleep.)
The pie is thrown at him. Outside, more pest control trucks arrive and the team gets out with their tools. Clarissa watches from her window and giddily exclaims. In 101, Delilah drags Dave to the living room. The puppies help, save for Dimitri 1, who is eating the pie.
DOLLY: Oh, no, they’re coming!
DANTE: Farewell, everyone!
Delilah props Dave up onto the couch.
DELILAH: We are not giving up! I need to wake him up!
Dylan enters with the ripped slipper.
DYLAN: Hey, try this!
Delilah holds the slipper up to Dave’s nose. The odor wakes him up and he is back to his normal self.
DAVE: (exclaims) Foot fungus! (He looks around at all of the puppies.) (to Delilah) Are these all yours? Huh! And I thought three was tough.
DYLAN: All right, so we got a human, but we’ll never pass inspection with this many dogs!
DOLLY: (showing Dylan his blueprint) Relax, bro. We have a plan.
DYLAN: (smiles) Ah!
A pest control member with a net kicks the door open. The team marches into the living room.
PEST CONTROL MEMBER #1: Prepare to be pest-controlled!
The group are startled to see only Delilah, Dylan, Dolly, and Dorothy. Doctor Dave is on his phone. Dorothy yips at them.
PEST CONTROL MEMBER #1: So, where are the pests?
DAVE: Pests? Here? You must be mistaken. (pats Delilah’s head)
PEST CONTROL MEMBER #1: Terribly sorry to trouble you, sir.
The team mutter as they exit.
PEST CONTROL MEMBER #2: Aw, why is it always a false alarm?
The door closes.
DYLAN: Whew! Okay, everyone!
DOLLY: Coast is clear!
The puppies pop up from various hiding spots in the living room.
DELILAH: (to Dave) Ah! I think you’ve earned a hug!
The puppies leap toward Doctor Dave. Outside, the pest control team head back into their trucks. Clarissa angrily confronts them.
CLARISSA: Impound those hooligans immediately, you…
The team turns around, only hearing Clarissa yapping.
PEST CONTROL MEMBER #1: Oh! Looks rabbid.
CLARISSA: Huh?
The team member scoops up Clarissa with her net. The Dimitris ride the wheelchair down the sidewalk and laugh.