After Helen, Carolina, Martha, and T.D. explain that the vocabulary words are about shows (with T.D. and Martha tired from having worked on the script all night), Helen, T.D., and Martha are seen taking a walk on a windy day. When a frisbee blows in T.D.'s face, he throws it for Martha, but it lands on Mrs. Demson's roof. Both kids are nervous they'd get yelled at, and Helen convinces T.D. to fetch it because he threw it. He and Martha get it down with a stick, but Mrs. Demson appears and throws it back onto the roof, saying that everything that falls on her roof stays there.
Then, Mr. Hucky arrives and asks for someone to host a TV show. In the pet store, he explains that he lost his job at the animal network and is now working on kids shows. He claims that talking dogs are popular and hands Helen a list of shows with talking dogs. Martha agrees to have her own TV show, so long as her friends can be in it.
Later, they discuss the situation in Helen's yard, along with Alice and Truman. Helen decides that they first need to decide on the genre of their show. When Alice mentions medical dramas, T.D. thinks they could make one called Doctor Dog with Martha as the doctor. She doesn't want to be a doctor, however, since they work indoors all day, and she wants the show to be a comedy about their day-to-day lives.
Alice thinks this idea isn't exciting enough and wants a show about a giant Martha. Truman wants an educational show about him and Martha as superheroes, while T.D. wants a spy show. Then, Carolina shows up and wants the show to have merchandised toys, but the rest find it too sappy. Then, Martha tells Mr. Hucky, but is shocked to find her costar is Mrs. Demson. To be continued.
Martha and Mrs. Demson watch the pilot episode, but it just shows her telling the audience to play hide and seek while she watches TV. At home, Martha tells the kids, and they get the idea to combine all their ideas. Martha invents a superhero show about her and her friends as superheroes called the Book Bots, who save the day when books get changed. Mr. Hucky accepts it, but Mrs. Demson changes it to make it into a quiz show. Martha and the kids resign, and in return, Mrs. Demson allows them to retrieve the toys from their roof.
This episode provides examples of
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: When Martha is disguised as a pirate in the "Book Bots" sequence, she wears only a bandanna and eyepatch.
- Alliterative Title:
- Conversed when one show mentioned is called Bluey the Big, Blue Beagle.
- Discussed when T.D. wants to name the show Doctor Dog.
- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: One of the shows on Hucky's list is Bluey the Big, Blue Beagle.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: In Mrs. Demson's show, she talks to the viewers.
- Brought to You by the Letter "S": In Truman's daydream, he wears a "T" on his super-suit.
- Canis Major: Conversed when Alice wants the show to star a giant Martha.
- Character as Himself: Discussed, when Martha wants a show about their day-to-day lives, she says that Helen, Alice, and T.D. would play themselves.
- Continuity Nod: T.D. mentions liking Moby-Dick, which he read in "Truman on the Ball".
- Damsel in Distress: In the "Book Bots" sequence, the gang must save the mayor from having been swallowed by Moby Dick.
- Edutainment Show: Conversed when T.D. wants the show to be educational and star them as superheroes.
- Exhausted Eye Bags: In the intro, Martha has bags under her eyes because she and T.D. worked all night.
- Fantasy Sequence:
- Martha imagines the show they create being about their day-to-day lives.
- Alice imagines the show being about a giant Martha.
- Truman imagines it as an educational show about superheroes.
- T.D. imagines it as a spy show.
- Martha then imagines it as another superhero show, about the "Book Bots", who save the day from book-related villainy.
- Faux Horrific: Dramatic music plays when Mr. Hucky drops his pen.
- Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: In the "Book Bots" show, Martha wears a full super suit.
- Fun-Hating Confiscating Adult: Mrs. Demson disallows kids to retrieve toys that land on her roof.
- Hide and No Seek: In Mrs. Demson's show, she tells the viewers to play hide and seek, but watches TV instead of seeking.
- Iris Out: The intro scene ends on an iris zooming in on the sleeping Martha.
- Kid Hero: In the "Book Bots" show, Martha's friends (who are all between the ages of nine and eleven) save the mayor after she's swallowed by Moby Dick.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Martha wonders if the show should just be about their normal lives, but Alice scoffs at the idea.
- Level Ate: Conversed when Carolina wants the show to be set in a land of candy.
- My Little Phony: Conversed when Carolina wants the show to have merchandised toys, a colourful motif, and the title My Fluffy Puppy.
- "Not Wearing Pants" Dream: Discussed. Alice once had a nightmare in which she was taking a test in her underwear.
- Oh, Crap!: Helen and T.D. become instantly nervous when the frisbee lands on Mrs. Demson's property.
- Revenge via Storytelling: Downplayed. Ronald is cast as a villain in the "Book Bots" show.
- Shout-Out:
- When Carolina learns that Mrs. Demson was in a kids' show, she says, "What, Godzilla was busy?!".
- The fictitious "Book Bots" episode focuses
- Show Within a Show: The premise is Martha and her friends trying to create an in-universe television show, and Mr. Hucky makes a list of shows with talking dogs (such as Fishbones).
- Sleep Deprivation: In the intro, Martha is seen with eye bags and sounds tired, mentioning that she and T.D. worked all night, then she falls asleep.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Conversed in the "Book Bots" sequence, when it's noted that without Moby Dick in the story, everyone lives.
- Speak in Unison: In Alice's imagination, the kids greet the giant Martha in unison.
- Swallowed Whole: In the "Book Bots" sequence, the mayor gets swallowed live by Moby Dick.
- Superheroes Wear Capes: In Truman's imagination, he and Martha wear capes as superheroes.
- Underwear of Power: In Truman's imagination sequence of him as a superhero, his super-suit has a darker blue crutch.
