Horses.

"**Horses**" is the fourth episode of season 3.

## Plot

In the new classist society that's been established among the equine community, a rich horse's daughter finds herself in a love triangle.

## Characters

* Phil (Horse)
* Sir Michael Nickelobe Ultra
* Julia Budmeizer
* Mr. Budmeizer
* Trotts
* Motts
* Grace
* Otis
* Priest (Horse)
* Phil Jr
* Mike (Rat)
* Private Matarese
* Private Luciano
* The General
* Plonky

## Trivia

* This is the last episode where the title is based on an animal's species.
* The General revealed that the Labcoats, which where brought up from the previous episode, is a terrorist organization. She also revealed another Green Day went off in Los Angeles.
	+ Upon Los Angeles' destruction, the General laments *Big Little Lies* not getting another season.
		- The second season of the TV series premiered on June 9, 2019.
		- On February 7, 2017, the series held its official premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
* This is the first episode where the General appeared without the Lieutenant.
* This is the first time where the characters of Phil and Mike weren't on good terms from the beginning, they started to get well acquainted at the end.
	+ It's similar to "Roaches." where the cockroaches Phil and Mike were on good terms until the end where Mike decided to look after himself.
* This is the first episode where one of the Phil and/or Mike characters are credited by another name instead of the abbreviation of their respective names, as with Sir Michael Nickelobe Ultra.
* The hallucination from before appeared again as Private Luciano's hallucination this time. The hallucination's name is revealed to be Plonky.
	+ Plonky attempted to convince Private Luciano that Private Matarese has Werther's candy inside. The candy Plonky is describing is Werther's Original, a brand of caramel flavored candy owned by the German company *August Storck KG*, based in Berlin, Germany.
* This is the second episode this season to have a subplot. Followed by "Wallet."
* The fourth wall was broken a couple of times:
	+ When Sir Michael discussed how Julia will be his if her father knows what's good for her, he than turns towards the camera and says "Hard cut." where the scene cuts to Mr. Budmeizer hearing about Julia and Phil from Trotts.
	+ When Mr. Budmeizer discusses about himself wanting money to have figgy pudding and pay for his porno site subscriptions, at the window he opens to where it seems he "talks" to the viewers about he pays for porno while bad guys don't pay.
	+ When Otis jokes about not running in Poor Horseville to Julia and Phil, he turns to the camera and says he's in a better mood 'cause he's drunk.
	+ In a two-way split screen between Trotts and Motts, the horses are seen looking at each other while discussing the former should ask Melissa Bukowski.
	+ After lashing out at rats Phil Jr. and Mike, horse Phil complains about the episode he is in should've have been the premier episode.
	+ When Phil is reading a newspaper regarding Julia and Michael's wedding, the bottom headline is briefly seen describing "random gobblety gook that pans by the camera super fast as we focus on the story below." and "I'm not even bothering to proofread this shit and I still have to figure out how to fill up all this space still."
	+ At the end, Mr. Budmeizer is seen sweeping floors and how he lost his accent months ago, he turns to the camera and declares that's his storyline and bids the audience a farewell.
* The General retrieves her pen after finding out she accidentally left it.
* Private Matarese reveals he hasn't been to a doctor once in his life. He also revealed he was born in a prison in Rahway, New Jersey.
* According to Phil, in Horseburg, horses can be arrested for a DUI, which actually means Diddled an Underaged Idiot.
* At the diner table with Julia, Sir Michael Nickelobe hope that Julia would what's on inside of Michael while he compared Miles Teller. This is the second time Miles Teller has been mentioned since "Dogs. (2)"
* While Julia's family name and his father is credited as "Budmeizer", it is spelled as "Budmeiser" on the family's gate, the family's carriage, and on the newspaper regarding Julia and Michael's wedding.
* Mr. Budmeizer revealed through the art gallery, there were horses dominating for power in New York City that took about three and a half years.
	+ Given the timeline, it would be make sense as the date in "Turkeys." shows the events took place in 2015 on Thanksgiving, while it was three years after Dr. Labcoat unleashed the Green Bomb.
* In the art gallery, Julia sees a picture of J.K. Simmons riding on a horse.
* Julia is reading a book called *The Layer Spy Who Layers* written by John Grisham.
* Phil is reading a number one bestseller book called *9/11 Fireman Who Is Also A Lawyer* written by James Patterson.
* When Phil is trying to impress Julia by saying the same gibberish she did, Phil said "Laurie Metcalf deserves a nomination."
* Julia and Trotts use to play *Call of Duty* together.
* Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler are once again mentioned. In Poor Horseville at a party where Grace is holding about debuting her new book, graffiti is seen reading "Adam Sandler Rules! And is better than Jim Carrey."
* Motts revealed Trotts got *Mario Kart*.
* Sir Michael mentioned that he took a train to Hoboken to see an American alternative rock band, *Guster*, while he was in college.
* Phil was kicked out a bar called The One Trick Pony Pub.
* It's revealed the horse that appeared in "Rats. (5)" in Rat Towen was Phil, who also encountered rats Phil Jr and Mike (Rat), showing the events of this episode took place before and around the events of the first episode.
	+ It also means this is the first time where the characters of Phil and Mike of different species interacted with each other, though rats Phil Jr and Mike only interacted with the horse Phil and without horse Mike.
		- It also means this is the first time the characters of Phil and Mike met, as rats Phil Jr. and Mike met the cats Phil and Mike in the first episode but didn't interacted with each other.
	+ As the events of the first episode took place on made up holiday, Green Day, the events of this episode took place before, so it means Julia and Michael's wedding took place on Green Day.
* Phil reads a newspaper regarding Julia and Michael's wedding, the bottom also reads about "low-budget 70's sci-fi movies", and the premier of *Star Wars* and about Vadar and the Jawas.
* "eHay" is a spoof on "eBay".
* At Michael and Julia's wedding, there happens to be pinata in the shape of a human which happens to be a Trojan Man where the residents from Poor Horseville bust out to raid at the wedding. It references the Trojan Horse, which Greeks used to enter the independent city of Troy and win the war.
* Motts took an ancestry tests to show that he and Trotts are brothers.
* In the art gallery after New Horseburg was formed, Billy pointed out a painting of Phil shaking hands with Stanley Tucci.
* After Michael shows Phil a crude drawing of Julia, Phil mistook it for Julia Roberts.
* Phil revealed Julia is now dating the bassist for Mac DeMarco.
* Private Matarese discusses to Private Luciano about seeing the movie, *Clueless*, to where the former asks about Donald Faison's character, which Private Luciano knows him from *Scrubs*. Matarese than adds that Stacey Dash came in the film where she comes in and yells at Donald's character.
	+ Donald Faison plays Murray Duvall in the movie and TV show of *Clueless*, and plays Christopher Turk in *Scrubs*.
	+ Matarese also adds the part where in the film, Stacey Dash, who she plays as Dionne Davenport in the film, came in and starts yelling at Murray.
* In the mid-credits, the monitors on the horses and squirrels are seen again.