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Doug's Christmas Story

Episode Information

Written by

Ken Scarborough

Directed by

Paul Sparagano
Myma Bushman

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Doug's Christmas Story is the tenth episode of the fourth season of Nickelodeon's Doug and the third and last full length episode of the Nickelodeon series.

Synopsis

Porkchop has been mistakenly accused of attacking Beebe and Doug has to try and clear his best non-human friend out. Unfortunately, former Mayor White and Bill Bluff are determined to make sure that Porkchop never bothers anyone again. After a trial in court, Porkchop is sentenced to a dog pound for bad dogs. Then, Doug convinces the court to let Porkchop return to the scene of the crime to show them what really happened.

Recap

Intro

Doug's Journal Entry: Dear Journal. Funny how in the brink of the best holiday of the whole year, the worst thing that could possibly happen happened. The trouble had started a couple of days before Christmas.

Doug and his friends are playing ice hockey at Lucky Duck Lake when Porkchop slides through the middle of the game and encounters thin ice, which he escapes from instantly. When the pine cone the others were using as a hockey puck slides to the cracking ice, Beebe attempts to get it, oblivious to the thin ice. Porkchop notices and tries to save her from impending danger. He grabs her by the leg with his teeth, mistakenly biting her in the process. The others witness the incident and tell Doug what Porkchop did. Doug instantly berates Porkchop and the dog slumps guiltily.

Main Episode

Doug is back at his house, telling Porkchop how disappointed he is of him. Porkchop tries to delineate the situation to his owner, but it is not any more clear to Doug and he orders his dog to go into his igloo. Doug later goes with Judy to go shopping. During the shopping trip at the mall, Doug begins to feel bad about admonishing his dog and decides to give him a hat as a Christmas gift to make it up to him.

Meanwhile, at K Bluff, former Mayor White is now a radio host who gets calls from a number of people, including a girl that talks about Beebe getting attacked by Porkchop. This prompts the police to go to the Funnie house, where Doug finds that Porkchop is being taken away by them. Doug later gets a letter form the mail saying that Bill Bluff's lawyer is pressing charges against the dog. Theda and Phil decide to implement a petition to prove to everyone what a nice dog Porkchop is.

So Doug tries to convince everyone that Porkchop is a nice dog by having them sign a petition. Although Mr. Dink signs the petition, nobody else is the least bit concerned and are too busy thinking about their own Christmas. Through Mel's Application shop, Doug views a television showing the exaggerated re-enactment attack of the dog to an innocent girl. Doug goes to the Mercy Me Hospital to talk to Beebe, but Bill refuses, saying that his daughter is too traumatized to come out. Doug imagines how his three alter egos Quailman, Race Canyon, and Smash Adams would handle this situation.

Doug's imagination: The three superheroes meet each other in a room and Doug comes around and tells them that together, they will get Porkchop back.

Doug explains to his superheroes the directions to get to his imprisoned dog and what kind of powers he can use. Quailman suggests that he could fly inside and use his Quail eye to coerce the guard to let Porkchop out. But Doug says that he can't fly. So Race Canyon decides to beat the guards up as he walks in. But Doug refuses. So Smash Adams finally contrives the idea to obtain high-tech gadgets from someone.

So in reality, Doug goes to Al and Moo, who offer him a smoke bomb disguised as a cupcake, in which the person has to pulls of the cheery and throw. Doug and Skeeter later go to the dog pound, where Skeeter distracts the prison guard by pretending to have a condition while Doug sneaks in to find Porkchop. He finally finds Porkchop's cage, but is caught by security guards, who take him away as Porkchop watches from the cage waving goodbye.

Doug is later seen looking at the dog's igloo in despair reminiscing the first time he had Porkchop on his first Christmas and the Christmas years later when he gave him the journal he uses to write down his experiences. As he reminisces, he begins weeping over his dog's loss.

The next day, in court, the trial begins and Porkchop is brought inside by the guards. The dog psychologist tells everyone that in his intuition, Porkchop's features resemble that of a "killer" dog. This gives time for Porkchop to plays charade with Doug, explaining to him what he was really doing. The dog psychologist views this and is convinced that Porkchop is acting crazy. Later, Beebe, now in a wheelchair and a cast on her left leg, takes the stand as Doug watches in shock.

Doug's imagination: While Doug is seen with his three alter egos, they learn about Beebe's infirmity and Race suggests that they should plead guilty, something Smash refuses. Quailman also agrees that Porkchop is innocent and soon, the three begin to argue. Doug breaks up the altercation and tells them that he is on his own with this situation.

So as Beebe explains the situation, Doug convinces the judge to let Porkchop tell his side of the story, for Porkchop is trying to tell everyone about what he was really doing at the lake, which the judge reluctantly agrees to do. So they go to Lucky Duck Lake and Beebe skates to the pond to show the judge where she was skating to. Porkchop tries to save her from falling into the water, but is held back by the guards. When Beebe finally falls through the thin ice and into the water, Porkchop breaks free from the guard's grip and rescues her.

Soon, as everyone now learns that Porkchop was really trying to save Beebe from falling into the thin ice, Porkchop is considered a hero by Doug and the citizens of Bluffington and to thank him, When Bill, along with Beebe, invites Doug, Porkchop, Judy, Theda, and Phil, he implements a fancy dinner for all the dogs of the pound. Mayor White also finds a home for all of the dogs as well. During the dinner, Bill gives a toast to Porkchop and the other dogs of Bluffington.

Characters

Trivia

Although this episode was technically the last to air broadcast wise, it wasn't originally meant to be the series finale, for it was produced in 1993, a year before this episode aired.
This is the only episode to feature all of Doug's alter egos at the same time: Quailman, Smash Adams, and Race Canyon.
This is also the last episode of the Nickelodeon series to feature all of Doug's alter egos.

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 So as Beebe explains the situation, Doug convinces the judge to let Porkchop tell his side of the story, for Porkchop is trying to tell everyone about what he was really doing at the lake, which the judge reluctantly agrees to do. So they go to Lucky Duck Lake and Beebe skates to the pond to show the judge where she was skating to. Porkchop tries to save her from falling into the water, but is held back by the guards. When Beebe finally falls through the thin ice and into the water, Porkchop breaks free from the guard's grip and rescues her.
-Soon, as everyone now learns that Porkchop was really trying to save Beebe from falling into the thin ice, Porkchop is considered a hero by the citizens of Bluffington and to thank him, Bill implements a fancy dinner for all the dogs of the pound. Mayor White also finds a home for all of the dogs as well. During the dinner, Bill gives a toast to Porkchop and the other dogs of Bluffington.
+Soon, as everyone now learns that Porkchop was really trying to save Beebe from falling into the thin ice, Porkchop is considered a hero by Doug and the citizens of Bluffington and to thank him, When Bill, along with Beebe, invites Doug, Porkchop, Judy, Theda, and Phil, he implements a fancy dinner for all the dogs of the pound. Mayor White also finds a home for all of the dogs as well. During the dinner, Bill gives a toast to Porkchop and the other dogs of Bluffington.
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