Troubled Poodle

**Troubled Poodle** is the 12th episode of season 4 of California City and the 152nd episode of the entire series overall. It aired on March 22, 2021 on CCTV Network.

## Synopsis

Lamar is in his bedroom finishing a report on bounty hunting when LeVar calls him about a report of a fugitive trying to take over CCTV's intelligence area. Lamar rushes to meet up with LeVar and they both prepare to find him. While there, LeVar comes up with a plan to arrest the person. He gets the idea of stopping him by doing a split up, which would involve LeVar going at the front door, and Lamar going at the back door. They both begin the search and they proceed with Travis Joiner and they set out to find him.

Leon Lapis gets a visitor, which is an anthropomorphic poodle named Spanky, who likes hanging out with people and sharing stories with them. Spanky becomes hungry and decides to grab something out of the fridge, but he eventually starts passing gas when he unknowingly eats high fiber yogurt. He asks why and Selma replies that it was for us because it is healthy. Leon Lapis suggests that Spanky drinks some water, though he refuses as it may make it worse. Junichiro eventually stops by but comes across Spanky when he is seen drinking water out of a small glass. Spanky says hello to Junichiro, though he is confused as to what is happening. Leon replies that he's visiting for a while but still allows Junichiro to stay if he wants.

Meanwhile, Lamar and LeVar with the police start their tactic in catching the fugitive to get him to jail. Travis does not approve of the tactic in use by LeVar and asks that he lightens it up to an extent. LeVar then begins to fight with Travis in regards to how the tactic would be set up and the suspect in the briefcase scandal comes out. Lamar quickly arrests him even as the two are still arguing, though they eventually see him arresting the suspect.

Spanky and Junichiro go to Junichiro's house, though Spanky starts farting, which begins to anger Junichiro. He apologizes, but it doesn't work as Junichiro is left without air freshener, so he kicks Spanky out, which causes him to go back to Leon's house. While there, he asks if he has air freshener, though Leon points out that Selma will not let anyone take any of them out of the house, which starts to worry Spanky. So he leaves and goes back home before seeing Lamar, to which he asks if he has air freshener, though Lamar replies no and starts gagging as Spanky keeps farting.

The next morning, Spanky arrives back in the neighborhood with foul breath after eating a flounder from Digby's Seafood Shack. He goes to Lamar's house, but it ends up stinking the entire house, forcing Lamar and his friends to use the garage as their temporary living area. As such, Lamar is forced to spend money on air freshener and a hazmat suit when he enters the house and forces spanky out, though he only comes back shortly afterwards. Lamar eventually prompts his neighbor David to help put a fence around his house, but he manages to climb it and goes back. Lamar asks Spanky why he keeps coming back, with him revealing that he likes to hang out with friends. Instead of leaving, he goes next door to David's house, where the same thing happens, forcing David to stay at Lamar's house for a couple of nights.

Lamar eventually takes Spanky to see a dentist, soon revealing that the culprit was a piece of flounder that was stuck inside one of Spanky's gums. Things go back to normal and Spanky starts hanging out with Junichiro and Leon Lapis again, but David and Lamar still refuse to let him in their homes.

## Trivia

* This is the first instance where farting is a major part of an episode since Dolo Fever
* This is the first episode where a fictional anthropomorphic character appears since Cow Buses
* It is revealed in this episode that Lamar has a 32 inch TV in his garage, as opposed to his 55 inch one in his living room. Both of them are LG TV's.
* The rest of the garage is revealed when the gang are hanging out in there as they couldn't hang out inside of the house due to Spanky's foul breath. A mini kitchen area is also shown.
* This is one of the few instances where David mentions S Sean's name
* This episode is inspired from the 2013 Family Guy episode "Finders Keepers", and the 2010 The Cleveland Show episode "Gone With The Wind".