Recap / The Cleveland Show S 1 E 2 Da Doggone Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance

Cleveland tries to get his stepchildren to see him as less of a stepdad and more as a dad. It's Junior's first day at his new school, and he gets made fun of. The daddy daughter dance is coming up, but Roberta refuses to accept Cleveland as her date. Just as Cleveland starts to get on Rallo's good side, he accidentally runs over his pet dog.

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• Added Alliterative Appeal: The title of this episode.
• Asians Eat Pets: Subverted, it’s Lester and his white trash family that eat the dead dog, but he calls it “Chinese food.”
• Dude, Not Funny!: Three kids tease Junior because of how much he loves his dad. However, the third kid sharply escalates the joke way too high, by making an shocking, off-color joke about Junior giving his dad a blow job.
  Derek: Why don't you go and choke on your dad's corndog?
  Reggie: Whoa!
  Laine: Whoa, Derek. That was an necessary escalation.
  Derek: Yeah, but you said-
  Laine: I know what I said, but you took it way too far.
• First Day of School Episode: This is Junior's first day at his new school, Stoolbend High School.
• High-School Dance: It's the father daughter dance at Stoolbend High and Cleveland wants to take Roberta.
• I Was Beaten by a Girl: Junior had the snot kicked out of him, by a seemingly nice girl named Mandy.
• Second Episode Morning: Lampshaded. The episode opens with Cleveland walking into the kitchen and jokingly saying all the stock quotes.
  Cleveland: Last night, I had the strangest, most wonderful dream that I had a beautiful new wife and that Cleveland Jr. had a beautiful sister and a really cool rascal of a little brother. Oh, dreams really do come true. Ha ha ha.
• Suspect Is Hatless: Mentioned in a Cutaway Gag:
  [ Discussing with Cloretha about how Rallo and Roberta will hate him even more if he comes clean about how he accidentally killed their dog]
  Cleveland: Oh, I don't know what to do. This is harder than trying to identify a rapist at a Star Trek convention.
  [ A woman is talking to two cops at the convention]
  Cop 1: Could you describe the assailant?
  Victim: Yes. He was a white male, glasses, bad skin, about 50 pounds overweight smelled like Cheetos, and was carrying a poster with a Sharpie Pen.
  Cop 2:I know what to do. (They turn to face a large crowd of Trekkies matching her description) Who here is not a virgin? (A single hand goes up in the back of the crowd) You're under arrest.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: It was only the second episode, and Rallo's pet dog, Meadowlark Lemon was killed.