Leslie, with only a few days left before she has to leave office, wants to accomplish as many projects as possible. Her latest project is to add fluoride to Pawnee's water. Jamm, intent on obstructing her in any way possible, scares the citizens of Pawnee by claiming Leslie wants to add chemicals to Pawnee water. Leslie gets Tom to help her sell fluoride by calling it a fancy name. This works until Jamm gets Sweetums to offer up sugary water instead. When Leslie criticizes Sweetums for this, Ben is fired from his job at Sweetums Corporation. Ben does not want her to apologize, so she and Tom give fluoride a new name, winning over the Pawnee citizens.
Ron is building a crib for his upcoming child. Chris thinks he has bought the safest crib in the world, but when he learns it was recalled, he wants Ron to teach him to build a crib. Chris soon takes everything Ron says as parental wisdom, but Ron informs him he is not speaking metaphorically. He gives the crib they made to Chris.
April, Donna, and Craig are going through pictures of dogs for Animal Control's website. They start matching every Parks employee with their spirit dogs, enjoying themselves immensely, until April picks a dog for Donna. Donna is offended that April doesn't know her well enough to choose the right dog. April wins back Donna by correctly choosing Donna's spirit dog: a cat.
Tropes
- Animal Motifs: Everyone in the department gets assigned a "spirit dog" with hilarious accuracy:
- Leslie is a well-groomed, energetic border collie.
- Tom is a silly, officious-looking Yorkshire terrier.
- Ron is a grumpy bulldog.
- Andy is a friendly, clueless golden retriever.
- April is an elegant, aloof Siberian husky.
- Jerry is a dopey-looking English sheepdog.
- Donna is not a dog but a cat.
- Craig is an angry-looking chihuahua.
- As Himself: Jim Irsay, Andrew Luck, and Reggie Wayne once again appear as themselves during Pawnee's NFL Play 360 event with the Indianapolis Colts, this time joined by linebacker Robert Mathis, offensive tackle Anthony Castonzo, and placekicker Adam Vinatieri.
- Beat Them at Their Own Game: How Tom is able to turn things around on Jamm and Sweetums by using his pizzazz and marketing skills to sell the fluoridated water to Pawnee.
- Comically Missing the Point: Ron's reasoning for liking Moby-Dick:Ron: I hate metaphors. That's why my favorite book is Moby Dick. No frou-frou symbolism. Just a good, simple tale about a man who hates an animal.
- Continuity Nod: Ron and Andrew Luck briefly discuss when they met at Andy's bachelor party the previous year.
- Has a Type: After turning down the advances of Colts linebacker Robert Mathis, Donna explains to an incredulous Ben that she only goes for skill-position football players.
- Running Gag: Chris's reliance on baby books written by celebrities.
- What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic?: Inverted and Played for Laughs with Ron, whose favorite book is Moby Dick precisely because he believes that it isn't symbolic, being just "a good, simple tale about a man who hates an animal." He later considers the idea that the whale is a metaphor, but rejects it.
