Biting off more than you can chew.
- "Let sleeping dogs lie!"
Episode: 3.1 (The Third Degree)
Airdate: October 9, 2006
Lumpy tries to catch a dog that goes crazy when it hears whistling.
"Doggone It" contains the following:
- A Day in the Limelight: For Whistle, the only other appearance he's in is "Chore Loser".
- Cruel and Unusual Death:
- Giggles is skinned alive and mauled to death by Whistle.
- Disco Bear's intestines are torn out by Whistle and used as a dog leash.
- Lumpy is mauled to death by several dogs.
- Brick Joke:
- The squid that Lumpy tied to his van at the beginning breaks free and kills Lifty and Shifty.
- Lifty and Shifty are also seen driving off at the very beginning of the episode before coming back later on in the episode as they get killed by the squid's ink blocking their van's view.
- Downer Ending: Lumpy fails to capture Whistle and gets mauled by dogs.
- Foreshadowing: Just as Pop leaves his son's room to play with Whistle, he makes a whistling sound before witnessing Cub being tormented by the berserk pup. Take a guess on what happens to Whistle whenever he hears something that sounds like his namesake sound later in the episode.
- Killer Rabbit: Not thinking that this little puppy can do a lot of a damage is a big mistake.
- Meaningful Name: Whistle's "rabid" state is triggered when hearing any whistle sounds.
- New Job as the Plot Demands: Lumpy is a dog catcher.
- Smart Ball: Lumpy is the only one to figure out why Whistle keeps going rabid.
- Stealth Pun: The title of this episode is a common phrase said when you realize a mistake you made but also references Whistle.
- Stripped to the Bone: The only thing that is left of Lumpy in the ending was his antlers.
- The Fake Cutie: Whistle seems nice at first until you make a whistling sound.
- They Killed Kenny Again: Sniffles, Petunia, Toothy, Nutty, Cub (possibly), Giggles, the Mole, Disco Bear, Mime, Lifty, Shifty, and Lumpy all die in this episode.
- Took a Level in Badass: Despite dying in the end, Lumpy managed to take out a squid the size of a small house with just a mouse trap.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Cuddles, Pop, and maybe Cub survive this episode.
