Changes: The Maltese Chicken

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"The Maltese Chicken" is the forty-first episode of 101 Dalmatians: The Series.

Plot[]

A parody of The Maltese Falcon with Spot in the title role as detective "Pullet Marlow." Her mom, Corneila, lays a giant egg, which Dumpling sees as a threat to her winning streak at the "best big farm thing contest." Meanwhile, Lucy, showing her hatred of decibels, gets framed for stealing the egg.

Trivia[]

The episode title is based on the Humphrey Bogart film The Maltese Falcon.
The detective show that the Dalmatians watch has a detective who looks and acts like Bogart himself.
The chickens describe Cornelia's egg to be the largest one in chicken history. Despite the fact that Cornelia laid a larger one in "Walk a Mile in My Tracks", and even then, Spot considers that egg to be small for her too.
At first, when Dumpling overhears about Cornelia's big egg and makes her comment, "Who cares?" is not part of it, but when Lucky reveals this in a flashback, she does say it. He is probably misremembering.
In this episode, Cruella is innocent and is also shown to wear her fur coat.
Rolly is curious about the little piece of fat in the pork 'n' beans like he is in "Splishing and Splashing", though Dumpling claims it to be her uncle.
Cadpig claims her agent's name is Sandy.
Rolly claims Spot's middle name to be "Irma" in this episode.
This episode marks the first appearance of Spot as "Pullet Marlow".
A scene from this episode is later used in "The Making of..." as one of the pilots for 101 Dalmatians: The Series.

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 {{Episode
-|image        = Pullet Marlow 2.jpg
+|image        = Spot_PMLWDL.jpg
 |season       = 2
-|number       = 29
+|number       = 41
 |writer       =
 |director     =
 |airdate      = November 7, 1997
 |previous     = "[[Food for Thought]]"
-|next         = "[[Film Fatale]]"}}"'''The Maltese Chicken'''" is the twenty-ninth episode of ''[[wikipedia:101 Dalmatians: The Series|101 Dalmatians: The Series]]''.
+|next         = "[[Film Fatale]]"}}"'''The Maltese Chicken'''" is the forty-first episode of ''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series]]''.
 ==Plot==
 A parody of ''The Maltese Falcon'' with Spot in the title role as detective "Pullet Marlow." Her mom, Corneila, lays a giant egg, which Dumpling sees as a threat to her winning streak at the "best big farm thing contest." Meanwhile, Lucy, showing her hatred of decibels, gets framed for stealing the egg.
 ==Trivia==
 *The episode title is based on the [[wikipedia:Humphrey Bogart|Humphrey Bogart]] film ''[[wikipedia:The Maltese Falcon (1941)|The Maltese Falcon]]''.
 *The detective show that the Dalmatians watch has a detective who looks and acts like Bogart himself.
 *The chickens describe [[Cornelia]]'s egg to be the largest one in chicken history. Despite the fact that Cornelia laid a larger one in "[[Walk a Mile in My Tracks]]", and even then, [[Spot]] considers that egg to be small for her too.
+*At first, when [[Dumpling]] overhears about Cornelia's big egg and makes her comment, "Who cares?" is not part of it, but when [[Lucky]] reveals this in a flashback, she does say it. He is probably misremembering.
-*[[Cruella de Vil|Cruella]] is shown to wear her fur coat in this episode.
+*In this episode, [[Cruella de Vil|Cruella]] is innocent and is also shown to wear her fur coat.
-*[[Rolly]] is curious about what the piece of fat in the pork 'n' beans is, though in "[[Splishing and Splashing]]", [[Dumpling]] claims it to be her uncle.
+*[[Rolly]] is curious about the little piece of fat in the pork 'n' beans like he is in "[[Splishing and Splashing]]", though Dumpling claims it to be her uncle.
+*[[Cadpig]] claims her agent's name is Sandy.
 *Rolly claims Spot's middle name to be "Irma" in this episode.
-*'''Goof:''' At first, when Dumpling overhears about Cornelia's big egg and she makes her comment, "Who cares?" is not part of it, but when Lucky reveals this in a flashback, she does say it.
 *This episode marks the first appearance of Spot as "Pullet Marlow".
-*A scene from this episode is later used in "[[The Making of...]]" as one of the pilots for ''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series]]''.
+*A scene from this episode is later used in "[[The Making of...]]" as one of the pilots for ''101 Dalmatians: The Series''.
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