History Recap / CharmedS3E21LookWhosBarking

* MakeMeWannaShout: Naturally, since the episode involves banshees.

* TakeThat[=/=]LiteralMetaphor: Let's just say it didn't go unnoticed by more cynical viewers that Creator/ShannenDoherty's character was turned into a female dog (that is, a literal bitch).

* MakeMeWantToShout: Naturally, since the episode involves banshees.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: This is the last episode where Kit is seen. Her absence will be addressed and explained [[Recap/CharmedS5E18CatHouse two years later]].

* TakeThat: Let's just say it didn't go unnoticed by more cynical viewers that Creator/ShannenDoherty's character was turned into a female dog.

-->'''Piper:''' Prue, would you be quiet?!\\

Piper is by herself, now that Prue is a dog and Phoebe is a banshee and even more so after Leo warns her: if Phoebe kills anyone, she will be a banshee forever. Piper "loses it" and accidentally blows up Grams' sewing machine because she was tired of Leo telling her to relax, but he, again, manages to calm Piper. {C}Finally, Piper knows what to do.

Piper worries both about Prue, from not knowing where she is, and about Phoebe, who heard the banshee's scream. Phoebe reassures her that at least they saved the girl. Piper tells Phoebe that the banshee zeroed in on her, and banshees seek out people who are in great pain. Phoebe thinks that it's ridiculous. Piper tells her that she's in denial. Leo returns, and now he is extremely worried they escaped from the banshee as he explains banshee's are formally witches. It later shows a banshee's scream normally has no effect on a witch, but if she is experiencing great emotional pain it will turn her into a banshee. The banshee attacks Phoebe in the attic, zeroing in on her grief for Cole. The banshee, surprised that Phoebe isn't dead yet, stops screaming. When Piper and Leo rush in, the Banshee looks as if she is going to scream at Piper, who blows her up to shut her up, but Phoebe on the floor lies flat and transforms into a banshee.

'''Season 03, Episode 21:'''
!Look Who's Barking
->'''Prue becomes a dog to track down a Banshee demon but the demon attacks Phoebe causing Cole to have to save her.'''
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-->"Did you really think I would come here without magical protection?"

* TakeThat: Let's just say it didn't go unnoticed by more cynical viewers that Shannen Doherty's character was turned into a female dog.
* WrittenInAbsence: [[Recap/CharmedS2E21ApocalypseNot For]] [[Recap/CharmedS3E13BrideAndGloom the]] [[RuleOfThree third]] time, Shannen Doherty was preparing to direct the following episode, so in this one, Prue spends most of her time transformed into a dog.

* WrittenInAbsence: [[Recap/CharmedS2E21ApocalypseNot For]] [[Recap/CharmedS3E13BrideAndGloom the]] [[RuleOfThree third]] time, Shannen Doherty was preparing to direct the following episode, so in this one, Prue spends most of her time transformed into a dog.

Piper still has trouble controlling her new power. Phoebe mourns Cole's return to Evil. A banshee is killing people all over town. The Charmed Ones cast a spell to track her down, but all it does is turn Prue into a dog. The banshee comes after Phoebe and she becomes one herself.

Phoebe, disappointed in Cole, is adding a page to the Book of Shadows about his human form, alongside the existing page on Belthazor. Prue tries to comfort her. Piper hides in the basement, and blows up Christmas ornaments while struggling to control her new blasting power. Neighborhood dogs begin barking and even Kit seems disturbed. Meanwhile, a man grieves for his deceased wife, and his dog starts barking; the walls shake, a white-haired female figure enters through the window, screaming, and the man dies in agony as her scream bursts his blood vessels.

Prue points out the page next to the one that Phoebe is writing: it's about a Banshee, a demon that feeds on pain. Leo describes the Banshee in detail. Prue says that it explains the shattered glass and bursted blood vessels, pointing to Phoebe that it really isn't Cole. Piper suggests wearing earplugs. The Book gives no vanquish for a banshee, but it does give a tracking spell. Phoebe and Piper cast the spell on Prue, which inadvertenly turns her into a dog. Prue-as-a-dog hides under the bed, and Phoebe keeps trying to get her out by making calling noises. Prue eventually comes out from underneath the bed, proving she still has some of her human understanding intact. Phoebe and Piper believe the spell to have backfired, but the outcome makes sense to Leo: dogs can hear a banshee's call, and track her. When the banshee is found and vanquished, Leo thinks, Prue should return to her human form. Meanwhile, they hear glass shattering and barking from the kitchen. Prue-as-a-dog's mind is becoming more and more dog-like as she follows her newly transformed instincts and chases Kit around the house. Leo, after admitting of being scared of Prue, orbs off to the Elders to ask how to defeat a banshee, but suggests Piper try blowing her up, something she is unsure she can do, due to her lack of control over that power.