Martha and Carolina are trying to sell copies of the Carolina Town Crier, but Ronald and Reginald's newspaper, the Ronald Report, is proving much more popular. Carolina asks Martha and Skits to find a juicy story or else she'll quit making the Town Crier, so they head off.
They ask T.D., but all he says is his pumpkin may have grown. Then, the dogs follow Weaselgraft and Pablum into the woods. They see them picking flowers and wonder if they're using them to mind control people, but they're just looking for a birthday present for Weaselgraft's mother. Then, they run into Big Minnie and photograph her, but she forbids them from publishing a story about her or showing the photo because of privacy.
They tell Carolina, who decides to publish the Big Minnie story as long as she changes her name and doesn't say where she lives, but Martha is unsure. Ronald and Reginald, who overheard Martha talking about Big Minnie, spy on Carolina and decide to publish the Big Minnie story instead, since they don't care about respecting a monster's privacy.
Carolina has a nightmare where everyone finds out who Big Minnie is in spite of changing her name and not specifying, making Big Minnie mad, so she decides not to publish the story after all. She then notices that the boys have published their story about Big Minnie, so, to protect her privacy, Carolina, Martha, her dog friends, and the zoo giraffe Gia steal all the copies of the paper away.
Ronald and Reginald call the actual news people and invite them over to Dog Head Lake, but Big Minnie is nowhere in sight since she's moved to the other side of the lake. She then gives Martha and Skits a recipe to publish, but online so as not to waste paper.
This episode provides examples of
- Arbitrary Skepticism: Carolina initially doesn't believe Martha that Big Minnie is real, despite the existence of a talking dog.
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Big Minnie, the sasquatch-like beast, appears in this episode. This is her only major role in the series.
- Call-Back: The episode focuses on the Ronald Report, the newspaper Ronald and Reginald made in "It's the Giant Pumpkin, Martha", and Carolina's attempts to compete with it.
- Cat Up a Tree: The firefighters watch an episode of Courageous Collie Carlo in which a cat is saved from a tree.
- Cryptid Episode: A variant in that the main characters know the cryptid (Big Minnie) exists, but she doesn't want everyone else to know where she lives.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Weaselgraft may be a bad guy, but this episode reveals that he still cares enough about his mother to give her flowers for her birthday.
- Everyone Has Standards: Carolina might be a bit rude and stuck-up, but she still respects privacy.
- Evil Laugh: Ronald laughs evilly when he and Reginald decide to publish the Big Minnie story.
- Food as Bribe: Carolina tries to goad Martha into publishing the Big Minnie story by giving her a sandwich, but it doesn't work.
- Guilt-Induced Nightmare: Carolina wants to publish the story about Big Minnie, changing her name and not revealing her address, but then has a nightmare where she does but they find her anyway, and trap her, angering Big Minnie.
- Hidden Depths: This episode reveals that Big Minnie is quite shy and likes to cook.
- Interspecies Friendship: This episode establishes that Martha (dog) and Big Minnie (monster) have made friends.
- Pet the Dog: Carolina shows her good side when she decides to respect Big Minnie's privacy after all.
- Supreme Chef: Big Minnie is revealed to be able to cook with the wild plants.
- Technically-Living Zombie: Discussed when Skits wonders if Weaselgraft and Pablum will try to use the plants to turn people into "zombies" via mind control.
- Too Unhappy to Be Hungry: Martha loses her appetite when Carolina suggests publishing the Big Minnie story.
- You No Take Candle: Martha says, "Must resist" when avoiding Carolina's food bribe.
