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Samosa and his friends are relaxing near a lake of chutney next to Chatpata Nagar's local Chutney Dam. Vada, who is jumping into the chutney to swim around, is inspired by Samosa's exaggerated story about how he jumped into the lake from the top of the dam, and tries to do the same. The others panic and try to get him to come down. He does... by jumping from the dam and into the lake. Thankfully, he is fine.

Vada's dive gives Samosa the idea for he and his friends to try jumping from the dam as well, and it eventually escalates into a diving contest where most of the townspeople are enjoying themselves. After the contest is over, everyone except for Dhokla has jumped into the dam, and he is reluctant to do so.

The next day, Samosa, Jalebi, and Vada wake up to find that the town's chutney supply has disappeared, and Mayor Royal Falooda and the other townsfolk believe that they've stolen the chutney. Samosa and his friends hide themselves under boxes and try to find Dhokla, but he's not at home. They notice something over at the Chutney Dam and try to sneak over there, but they trip over a rock and are exposed by Cham Cham, causing the townsfolk to chase after them.

When they make it to the Chutney Dam, they find that Dhokla has expanded in size and turned green. Dhokla explains that he made a dip in the lake and absorbed all the chutney. Meanwhile, the angry townsfolk catch up with Samosa and the gang, and Samosa wards them off by squeezing Dhokla and squirting some chutney out for them. By the next day, the town's chutney supply has been restored and Samosa, Jalebi, and Vada thank Dhokla (who has been connected to a factory supplying the chutney and is having said liquid pumped out of him) for saving them from an attack from the townsfolk.


"Chutney Dam" contains the following tropes:

  • Circling Birdies: Halos of spinning stars briefly appear over the heads of Samosa, Jalebi, and Vada after they trip over a rock while sneaking around under boxes.
  • Disney Death: Vada, upon jumping into the lake from the Chutney Dam for the first time, doesn't surface for a few seconds, which leaves his friends worried. He turns out to be perfectly fine.
  • Establishing Character Moment: Mayor Royal Falooda's first scene in the episode (and thus the whole series) establishes a setpiece that becomes synonymous with him for the rest of the series - he often read a newspaper in the bathroom.
  • Everyone Chasing You: Samosa, Jalebi, and Vada are chased down by the citizens of Chatpata Nagar after they're discovered, following the theory that they might be the ones who stole the chutney. The chase stops when Samosa squirts chutney from Dhokla onto Mayor Royal Falooda, with him and the rest of the townsfolk proceeding to ask him for more.
  • Exact Words: Samosa, Jalebi, and Dhokla, fearing for the safety of Vada when he tries to make a dive into the lake from the Chutney Dam, warn him to come down from the dam. Vada takes this as "come down from the dam by making the dive".
  • Faceless Masses: The crowd around Mayor Royal Falooda when he is explaining the missing chutney supply to them is drawn in less detail.
  • I Fell for Hours: Downplayed. Firstly, there is no way that Samosa would be able to pull off a moonwalk dance mid-dive in real life, partially due to how fast he would fall. Secondly, when Vada dives, there are several changes in camera from him to his friends, giving the feeling that the fall is unrealistically long.
  • Mistaken for Thief: Samosa and his friends are blamed for the mysterious disappearance of the chutney. The townsfolk are technically not that far off, since Dhokla absorbed it all - but even then it was still an accident.
  • Mobile Shrubbery: Samosa, Jalebi, and Vada hide in boxes to keep them from being noticed by the townsfolk. It works until they trip over a rock and are noticed by Cham Cham.
  • Modesty Towel: Cham Cham is wearing a towel for most of the episode, suggesting he was trying to take a shower when the chutney supply disappeared.
  • Newhart Phonecall: When Mayor Royal Falooda has a conversation over the phone, we can only hear him coherently while the person on the other end can only be heard as gibberish.
  • Paper-Thin Disguise: The boxes Samosa, Vada, and Jalebi use to hide themselves all have symbols printed on them which resemble who's using them - Samosa's box has a brown triangle, Vada's box has an orange donut shape, and Jalebi's box has an orange-yellow swirl just like the one on her head. The uncanny resemblance does not catch anyone's attention.
  • The Place: The episode is named after the Chutney Dam where Samosa and his friends are hanging out.
  • Second Episode Introduction: Mayor Royal Falooda is introduced in this episode.
  • Shout-Out: Samosa does what looks like Michael Jackson's moonwalk dance when he dives into the lake.

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