On a day that is mostly sunny except for one dark cloud, the Princess is playing superhero outside. She has cast Scruff as the one in need of rescue and the rabbits as the villains. The narrator says that the Princess must be brave as a superhero and she says that she's not afraid of anything, but amends it to "Except thunderstorms" when one starts.
The Maid brings the washing in, the Admiral freaks out over his toy boats sinking, the General uses a plastic bag to keep his hat dry, and Scruff cowers under the wheelbarrow, but the Gardener is not fazed at all and reassures the Princess (who lies that she's not afraid) and Scruff that the storm is nothing to fear.
They go inside and the Princess hides under her blanket, but when questioned by the Maid, lies again and says that it's Gilbert who's scared. The Maid tells the Princess about counting for storms, and tells her to count "one crocodile, two crocodiles". The Admiral, who's also scared, hides in the bathroom and becomes even more nervous when he mistakes the Princess's counting as counting literal crocodiles.
The Princess decides to hide in the King and Queen's room, but then the narrator brings up Scruff, and the Little Princess realises that he's still outside despite being more scared of storms than her. She nervously prepares to go out to retrieve him, but is just too scared to. Meanwhile, the Queen (who is eventually joined by the King and General) try to convince the Admiral to go out of the bathroom and that there aren't any crocodiles.
The Princess is feeling very down on herself for being too scared to "rescue" Scruff, but the narrator tries telling her that everyone gets scared, even real superheroes. The Princess, however, says that real superheroes probably would be able to get Scruff in despite their fear.
She then sees the adults outside the bathroom and finds out that the Admiral thinks there are crocodiles. She comes up with a plan to pretend that there really are crocodiles but they're shooing them away, and it works. Puss, meanwhile, uses a hang glider to collect Scruff himself.
The Princess, feeling brave about her "heroism", prepares to out with the Admiral to save Scruff but of course Puss has beaten them to it.
This episode provides examples of
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Puss wears his sunglasses at the beginning and later he puts on the Princess's eye mask.
- Action Girl: Discussed when the Princess pretends to be a superhero.
- Blatant Lies: When the Queen asks if someone is in the bathroom, the Admiral says, "No!" from inside the bathroom.
- Comedic Underwear Exposure: The Princess's super suit has underwear on the outside.
- Distressed Dude: Parodied. Princess pretends to save Scruff from "evil" rabbits. Later, he needs the Princess to bail him out due to his fear of thunder, but he's not in danger.
- Dramatic Irony: The Admiral thinks there are crocodiles, when we know it's just a funny way of counting seconds.
- "Everybody Laughs" Ending: The episode ends with Scruff licking Puss, which makes him laugh, which in turn makes everyone else laugh.
- Fear of Thunder:
- The reason behind the Princess's eponymous dislike of thunderstorms is that she's afraid of them.
- Scruff is also scared of thunderstorms and hides under the wheelbarrow.
- The Admiral is afraid of the thunderstorm too and runs inside saying, "Save yourselves!" before hiding in the bathroom.
- Idiot Ball: The narrator initially doesn't recognise the Princess in her superhero costume.
- Light Is Not Good: Discussed when the Princess pretends the rabbits are evil and holding Scruff hostage.
- Oh, Crap!: When the narrator asks what happened to Scruff, the Princess becomes worried because she realises he's outside.
- Potty Dance: The King and Gardener, then later the General, double over and squirm when they're in line for the bathroom.
- Red Is Heroic: The Princess's superhero costume involves a red T-shirt and red boots.
- Running Gag: The Prime Minister keeps having trouble in this episode styling his hair or lack thereof.
- Superhero Episode: Parodied. The Princess spends this whole episode pretending to be a superhero, but that doesn't stop there from being action music in the end credits.
- Tempting Fate: The episode starts with the narrator saying that it's a nice day because of the sunshine. Soon after, a storm happens.
- Underwear of Power: Parodied. The Princess uses actual underwear as part of her superhero outfit.
