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* KidsHateVegetables: When Dennis and [=PeeBee=] explain to Joey what "concentration" means, Dennis compares it to eating vegetables. Joey says "Yuck!" upon hearing this.



* StockYuck: When Dennis and [=PeeBee=] explain to Joey what "concentration" means, Dennis compares it to eating vegetables. Joey says "Yuck!" upon hearing this.

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* StockYuck: When Dennis and [=PeeBee=] explain to Joey what "concentration" means, Dennis compares it to eating vegetables. Joey says "Yuck!" upon hearing this.
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* FreakyFridayFlip: When Pee tests it on Joey, Ruff gets into the other booth, causing the two to switch bodies. At the end of the episode, after Joey and Ruff are back in their normal bodies, Mr. Wilson and a bulldog get into the machine's booths as another dog turns the machine on, causing them to switch bodies.

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* FreakyFridayFlip: When Pee [=PeeBee=] tests it the brain wave machine on Joey, Ruff gets into the other booth, causing the two to switch bodies. At the end of the episode, after Joey and Ruff are back in their normal bodies, Mr. Wilson and a bulldog get into the machine's booths as another dog turns the machine on, causing them to switch bodies.
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* HiddenDepths: After a brief chase from Mr. Wilson and a pack of dogs, PeeBee tells Dennis that he'll explain what happened to Mr. Wilson. Dennis tells [=PeeBee=] that he doesn't know Mr. Wilson like he does, and Joey-in-Ruff's-body then says, "Yes, he can be quite obstinate at times." Upon hearing this, Dennis says that he didn't know Joey knew words like those.

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* HiddenDepths: After a brief chase from Mr. Wilson and a pack of dogs, PeeBee [=PeeBee=] tells Dennis that he'll explain what happened to Mr. Wilson. Dennis tells [=PeeBee=] that he doesn't know Mr. Wilson like he does, and Joey-in-Ruff's-body then says, "Yes, he can be quite obstinate at times." Upon hearing this, Dennis says that he didn't know Joey knew words like those.
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The sixteenth episode of the first season of ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace (1986)''.

'''It's a Ruff Life'''

[=PeeBee=] invents a brain wave machine. When he tests it on Joey, Ruff gets into the other booth, causing them to switch bodies. Dennis has to get Joey and Ruff back to their normal bodies, which won't be easy when Ruff-in-Joey's-body causes trouble for Mr. Wilson.

'''Professor Myron Mentalapse'''

On a field trip to the science museum, Dennis, Joey, Margaret and [=PeeBee=] meet a looney professor named Myron Mentalapse, who uses his time machine to take them back to the Prehistoric era. While there, the time machine gets stuck in quicksand, and Dennis and his friends have to figure out how to get it out while evading a T-rex.

'''Dennis Race 2000'''

Dennis and Joey challenge Margaret and Gina to a soapbox race around the neighborhood.

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!! "It's a Ruff Life" provides examples of:
* EatingPetFood: When Ruff-in-Joey's-body hides in Ruff's doghouse, Dennis tries to get him out by giving him a dog biscuit. Since Ruff now has Joey's taste buds, he finds it tastes terrible.
* FreakyFridayFlip: When Pee tests it on Joey, Ruff gets into the other booth, causing the two to switch bodies. At the end of the episode, after Joey and Ruff are back in their normal bodies, Mr. Wilson and a bulldog get into the machine's booths as another dog turns the machine on, causing them to switch bodies.
* HereWeGoAgain: This episode ends with Mr. Wilson and a bulldog switching bodies with each other when they get into the booths of the brain wave machine and another dog turns the machine on.
* HiddenDepths: After a brief chase from Mr. Wilson and a pack of dogs, PeeBee tells Dennis that he'll explain what happened to Mr. Wilson. Dennis tells [=PeeBee=] that he doesn't know Mr. Wilson like he does, and Joey-in-Ruff's-body then says, "Yes, he can be quite obstinate at times." Upon hearing this, Dennis says that he didn't know Joey knew words like those.
* {{Malaproper}}: Joey mispronounces "concentration" as "condensation".
* SayMyName: This episode ends with Mr. Wilson-in-a-bulldog's-body saying "Dennis!".
* StockYuck: When Dennis and [=PeeBee=] explain to Joey what "concentration" means, Dennis compares it to eating vegetables. Joey says "Yuck!" upon hearing this.

!! "Professor Myron Mentalapse" provides examples of:
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''yron '''M'''entalapse.
* BambooTechnology: Dennis and his friends build a pulley out of vines and branches to pull Professor Mentalapse's time machine out of the quicksand.
* CanonForeigner: Professor Mentalapse is not a pre-existing character from the comics and was created for this episode.
* HatesBaths: Discussed; When Dennis and his friends return to their present time, Dennis tells Professor Mentalapse to get his time machine to a car wash. Professor Mentalapse refuses, saying the dirt and muck is precious scientific evidence. Dennis then says he's going to remember that next time Alice bugs him into taking a bath.
* MamaBear: Dennis and his friends get chased by a T-rex, whom they soon discover is the mother of the baby T-rex they befriended, and is very protective of him.
* QuicksandSucks: When Professor Mentalapse arrives in the Prehistoric era, he gets his time machine stuck in a patch of quicksand.
* SayMyName: This episode ends with Margaret saying "Dennis!" when Dennis shows her a picture he took of her running from the mother T-rex.
* TimeTravelEpisode: Professor Mentalapse invents a time machine, and when [=PeeBee=] helps him with the time-space continuum formula, he gets it to work. He then takes Dennis, Joey, Margaret, and [=PeeBee=] back to the prehistoric era.

!! "Dennis Race 2000" provides examples of:
* BambooTechnology: Dennis and Joey build their own go-kart using the junk in Henry's garage, Mr. Wilson's trash can, and Ruff's dog bowl.
* TheBigRace: Dennis and Joey face off against Margaret and Gina in a soapbox race in this episode.
* FruitCart: Dennis, Joey, Margaret, and Gina drive their go-karts through a market, knocking over several fruit stands. Margaret and Gina both end up wearing fruit hats as a result.
* GirlsVsBoysPlot: When Dennis tells Margaret that boys are better drivers than girls, Margaret challenges Dennis to a race, and upon seeing a box of soap, he decides they should race soapbox racers. Dennis and Joey face off against Margaret and Gina. Thanks to Ruff taking back his dog dish, which Dennis and Joey used as a steering wheel for their go-kart, Margaret and Gina win the race.
* LiteralMinded: Margaret and Gina build their go-kart out of actual soap boxes.
* RemovableSteeringWheel: Dennis and Joey use Ruff's dog bowl as a steering wheel for their go-kart just as Ruff is about to have his lunch. When Ruff catches up to them, he takes it back, causing them to lose the race.
* ShoutOut: This episode's title is a reference to the 1975 film, ''Film/DeathRace2000''.
* WatchWhereYoureGoing: This episode begins with Dennis and Margaret crashing their bicycles into each other. Afterwards, they argue over who is to blame for the accident.

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