Helen, Martha, Skits, T.D., Alice, and Milo are in the park playing Red Rover, when Carolina comes up. She reveals that she has a dog in her purse, who is subsequently revealed to be a female puppy named Lily, who she adopted because she matched the purse. Alice berates Carolina for being "shallow", which offends Carolina. Milo asks what breed Lily is, and Carolina thinks she's a Maltese, but Helen thinks Lily's paws are too big.
On the playground, the kids speculate on Lily's actual breed, wondering if she's a Doberman, Rottweiler, bulldog, poodle, or even a "bullweilerdoberdoodle". Carolina doesn't want this to be the case since it makes her imagine an ugly-looking dog with a bulldog's face, a Rottweiler or Doberman's markings, and a poodle's woolly coat, and she doesn't know anything about either of those four breeds.
T.D. rents movies about those breeds so they can find out about the breeds' personalities. However, the movies portray the Dobermans and Rottweilers as mean, and T.D. couldn't find anything on bulldogs, only pit bulls. Carolina thinks the pit bull looks ugly and runs off with Lily, with the rest following after. They ask where she's going, and Carolina says that she's returning Lily as she thinks she will grow up "vicious". Then, she decides that she's not cut out to own a dog anyway.
Carolina's friends decide to rehome Lily, so Milo phones up Terrence to see if he will let him adopt her. However, he says no because Milo still thinks she's a "bullweilerdoberdoodle" and he thinks those are "vicious" breeds. So the Boxwoods decide to foster Lily, but it doesn't last very long because Nelson is mean to her. The Kennellys try, but despite O.G. having no problem as she's hypoallergenic, Janice is against it because Lily isn't housebroken.
Helen tries to housebreak Lily, then Carolina phones Mariella, revealing that Lily was once hers. Mariella brings Carolina over and tells her off for impulse-adopting Lily. Mariella and Martha tell Carolina that as long as Lily is raised lovingly, she won't go bad, with Martha revealing that she's part pit bull. Carolina now thinks it would be good for her to keep Lily, but bad for Lily, since she's still a bad pet owner.
Skits then gets the idea to have Carolina tell Terrence that Lily is not vicious even if she is a "bullweilerdoberdoodle". Terrence lets Milo adopt Lily, but Carolina first tests Milo to see if the Lees will be competent dog owners. She approves, so the Lees keep Lily.
This episode provides examples of
- Animal Jingoism: Played with. Nelson antagonises Lily, but it's unknown if it's because she's a dog or if it's because he's bad-tempered in general.
- Bigot With An Exception: Carolina claims to dislike dogs in general despite finding Lily cute.
- Bully Bulldog: Discussed when Terrence Lee thinks that Lily may be vicious because he's heard she's part bulldog.
- Character Tics: Lily keeps squirming in people's arms or scratching her ear.
- Continuity Nod:
- When Milo calls Skits over first in the game of Red Rover, Alice says, "Figures", which references how Skits was the first friend he made in Wagstaff City ("Skits and Mr. Scruffles").
- When Martha takes Carolina's declaration of "big news" literally, she wonders if Carolina found a big dinosaur bone like hers. Martha found a big dinosaur bone in "T.D. Gets the Scoop".
- Martha remembers when she and Skits got locked in Grimble's, which happened in "Martha Runs the Store".
- When the Boxwoods foster Lily, Alice brings up when they fostered Kitten in "There Goes the Neighbourhood".
- The Cuckoolander Was Right: Downplayed. T.D. was right about Lily being hypoallergenic (meaning that she may be some kind of doodle) but it's still unrevealed if he was right about her being a "bullweilerdoberdoodle".
- Death Glare: Martha glares at Carolina for saying that she isn't the type to have a dog.
- Dog Stereotype: Conversed when several characters watch movies about mean Dobermans and Rottweilers, which causes Carolina (who fears Lily might be a Rottweiler, Doberman, or mutt with those breeds in her) to worry that Lily will grow up vicious. Then, when Terrence hears that Lily is a "bullweilerdoberdoodle" (which she may or may not be), he worries that she's vicious because of the bulldog, Rottweiler, and Doberman. Later defied when Mariella and Martha say that a dog's breed doesn't make it vicious; what matters is how you raise it.
- Foreshadowing: There are several hints that Milo is the one who will adopt Lily:
- When they're watching the movies, he asks to hold her and is then seen playing with her.
- When Carolina calls Lily vicious, he is the first one to defend her.
- Formally-Named Pet: Carolina apparently once had a pet fish called Mr. Floaty.
- The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: In-Universe, the mean Rottweiler in the movie they watch growls at the screen.
- Freudian Excuse: Discussed when T.D. wonders if the Dobermans in the movie were mean because they were treated badly.
- Golden Mean Fallacy: When Helen wonders if Lily is a Doberman, T.D. thinks she's a Rottweiler, Martha thinks she's a bulldog, and Alice thinks she's a poodle, T.D. concludes that Lily must be a "bullweilerdoberdoodle". note
- Instantly Proven Wrong: Carolina says, "I can't keep this vicious dog!" and points at Lily... who is rolling on her back and barking happily.
- Noodle Incident: When Carolina talks about being a bad pet owner, she brings up a fish she had called Mr. Floaty, which makes Helen, Alice, and T.D. shudder. We never find out what became of him or why it was so disturbing.
- Pun-Based Title: The episode title is a pun on Lily's name and the fact that lilies are a flower.
- Split-Screen Phone Call: Mariella and Carolina are seen on a split screen when they talk on the phone.
- Tempting Fate: Subverted. Milo declares that Lily will never go back to the shelter when the Boxwoods foster her, but then Alice claims that she will later. However, she doesn't go back.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Discussed when Carolina's friends try to reassure her that Lily is not vicious, but Carolina wonders if this is only because Lily is just a puppy and will grow up bad.
