"The Ultimutt Performance: A Tale of Body-Swap Hijinks"

Response: Certainly! Here is a detailed, 2400+ word episode summary for "Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own" featuring Edie Von Keet, body-swap hijinks, and the full pet cast. --- **Episode Title:** "The Ultimutt Performance" **[INT. LITTLEST PET SHOP WORLD: PET PLAZA – DAY]** *The pets bustle through the plaza. Roxie chases a stick, Jade naps in the sun, Trip practices micro-raps, Quincy faints at his own shadow, and Bev bounces excitedly with a clipboard.* **BEV (cheerily):** "Okay, everyone! Remember, rehearsal for our play starts in five minutes! Little Red Waggin’ Hood is going to be pawsome!" **ROXIE (pants happily):** "Oh boy! I can't wait to bark out my lines, Bev! The audience is gonna go wild—like at a food festival!" **EDIE (draped in a velvet scarf):** "Darling, please. No one will remember the lines when they see my grand performance. Why, I’ve dedicated my entire schedule to rehearsing..." *Edie flutters onto the plaza stage, tossing glitter into the air.* **EDIE (dramatic trill):** "And as the Big Bad Dog, I will dazzle the crowd with my canine charisma!" **ROXIE:** "Wait, you’re playing a dog? But you’re a bird... You don’t even, uh, have floppy ears!" **EDIE (offended):** "Floppy ears are irrelevant when one embodies the **essence** of a dog, Roxie. Besides, with my talents, I could play anything—even a turnip!" **TRIP (spins on his wheel):** "Yo, Edie, you wanna be real, gotta feel what it’s like to heel!" **EDIE (wings on hips):** "Which is precisely why I need the perfect ‘method’ experience." *She glances at Manny, who is assembling a gadget out of yogurt cups and springs.* **EDIE:** "Manny, darling, about that invention of yours… you know, the one that swaps, um, experiences?" **MANNY (adjusts specs):** "You mean the Sympathetic Synapse Swapper? I haven’t tested it on pets yet—only on a plush toy and a sandwich." **EDIE (insistent):** "Perfect! I humbly request you to swap me with dear Roxie, just for a day! I must truly become a dog." **ROXIE (stops sniffing a bush, confused):** "Me? Be you? I mean, sure, I’m up for anything, but won’t that be weird?" **JADE (sleepily, from her nap spot):** "Couldn’t get much weirder around here. As long as I get my beauty nap." **EDIE:** "Please, Roxie! For *art’s* sake!" **ROXIE (tail wagging):** "Well, if it’ll help you… guess I’m in!" **MANNY (excitedly):** "Science time! Stand by, initiating sequence!" *Manny’s device emits whirring noises and colorful sparks as Edie and Roxie stand back-to-back in the swapping platform.* **MANNY (dramatic flair):** "Ready, set, synapse!" *There’s a zap–pet plaza flashes white—then everything is still. Edie (in Roxie’s body) shakes herself, while Roxie (in Edie’s plumage) blinks and pecks the ground.* --- **[CUT: INT. BEV’S APARTMENT – LATE MORNING]** *Edie-in-Roxie stares at her reflection, poking at floppy ears and sticking out her tongue. Roxie-in-Edie preens feathers, accidentally spraying water everywhere.* **EDIE-IN-ROXIE (struts):** "How...exhilarating! So much fur. So dog-like. Must work on my bark—ahROOF! Ah-rooooo!" *Trips practicing lines with Quincy.* **QUINCY (trembling):** "I faint every time I try my line… 'Don’t go into the woods…' see—I…" *Quincy faints. Trip rhymes to himself.* **TRIP:** "The wolf is bad, the forest’s dark, but with your bark, we light the spark!" *Bev charges in with snacks and scripts.* **BEV:** "Cast meeting, everyone! Edie—uh, Roxie—your cue!" **EDIE-IN-ROXIE (over-dramatic, to the group):** "Dearest cast! Henceforth, I shall roam as a canine! The Big Bad Dog must become a legend. Observe: ‘Arroooo! I will fetch every chew toy in the land!’" *She trips chasing her own tail, bumping into Jade, who barely blinks.* **JADE (dryly, to herself):** "And I thought she was high-strung as a bird..." --- **[CUT: INT. ROXIE & JADE’S APARTMENT – DAY]** *Roxie-in-Edie tries drilling a monologue in front of Jade, who lounges atop the couch.* **ROXIE-IN-EDIE (fluttering):** "It is I, the Big Bad Dog! Time to… wait, Edie would do this big head thing, right? Or maybe—" *She accidentally bites a prop. Fluff flies.* **JADE:** "You’re molting feathers. Stop living your best dog life and remember, you’re a parakeet right now—or, uh, kinda." *Roxie stares at her reflection, beak gaping in worry.* **ROXIE-IN-EDIE:** "What if I never get used to hooting instead of barking?" **JADE:** "Birds don’t *hoot*, Roxie. Owls do. Whatever. If anyone asks, you’re working on avant-garde improvisation." --- **[MONTAGE: EDIE’S “DOG DAY”]** *Edie-in-Roxie wags her tail melodramatically at Bev, pantomimes sniffing every hydrant, sticks dramatic landing fetching a stick. Neighborhood pets gawk. Edie bows—spotlight always on her.* **EDIE-IN-ROXIE (singing, in a Diana Kaarina parody):** *"Oh, to be a dog, so loyal and bold! My talent, unleashed for the world to behold!”* *Trip and Quincy sideline-giggle. Quincy faints, but wakes up for Edie’s “muzzle monologue.” Bev enthusiastically claps.* --- **[MANNY’S WORKSHOP – LATER]** *Roxie (in Edie’s body) and Edie (in Roxie’s body) meet Manny amid glowing gizmos and scattered screws.* **ROXIE-IN-EDIE:** "Okay, so...now that we’ve tried this, can we switch back before I start really missing belly rubs?" **MANNY (tinkering):** "On it! Just tweaking the accelerator fluxator..." *A SPARK! The Synapse Swapper stops humming, emits sad plink noises.* **MANNY (nervous):** "Uh...that wasn’t supposed to happen. The switcher doohickey’s on the fritz…" **EDIE-IN-ROXIE (panicked):** "WHAT?! My final rehearsal—my opening night—my *close-up*—" **MANNY:** "Sorry! The polarity is reversed and the knicker widget’s jammed! I need a whole day to fix it!" **EDIE-IN-ROXIE:** "But the play is THIS AFTERNOON! I must reclaim my glorious plumage!" **ROXIE-IN-EDIE (uneasy):** "Hey, we’ll get through this together! At least I learned how to trill…” --- **[CUT: THEATER – SET ASSEMBLY]** *Bev paints backdrops, Jade hauls props, Trip and Quincy rehearse their lines (and Quincy’s faint-rescue plan). Edie-in-Roxie and Roxie-in-Edie mill about, visibly nervous.* **BEV:** "Five minutes till curtain! Final vocal warm-up, everyone!" **JADE (smirk):** "Break a leg. Or in your cases, a wing and a paw." **TRIP (to Edie-in-Roxie):** "Yo, Edie! You ready to drop the dog act and let the show roll?" **EDIE-IN-ROXIE:** "Trip, I have not spent the last twenty-three hours in a canine vessel only to quit now. Watch me *fetch* the audience!" *She runs through a warm-up exercise—chasing her own tail, then barking.* **ROXIE-IN-EDIE (sotto):** "I hope Manny gets that machine working. What if I sneeze and swallow my own feather?" --- **[ONSTAGE: CURTAIN UP]** *The pets pack the playhouse—audience of cats, guinea pigs, birds. Bev introduces the story. The cast takes their places. Edie-in-Roxie, playing the Big Bad Dog, paces with evident gusto. Roxie-in-Edie as Little Red Waggin’ Hood tiptoes across the stage, feeling out her wings.* **EDIE-IN-ROXIE (projecting):** *"No more bark—now I bite! No more leash—I rule the night! Bow-WOW, beware, I’m near! For I am the mutt you fear!"* *She howls—overdramatic, but effective. Audience leans forward, spellbound.* **ROXIE-IN-EDIE (tiny stage voice, reading Little Red’s lines, trilling by accident):** *"Oh, Big Bad Dog, what…a lovely nose you have! And your…beak is uh…beaky…"* *She sneezes—feathers everywhere. The audience laughs, thinking it's part of the act.* *Quincy, doing a cameo as Grandma Goat, trembles and faints mid-line. Trip rescues him with a slick rhyme.* **TRIP (improv):** *"The wolf’s in the house, but the party’s not faint. We’ve got heart so strong, fear we ain’t!"* *Edie-in-Roxie pounces, cackling. More stage chaos—props tumble, the backdrop falls. The crowd cheers, thinking it’s intended.* --- **[BACKSTAGE: MANNY TINKERS FRANTICALLY]** *Manny adjusts wires. Jade brings extra batteries, grumbling.* **JADE:** "You’re lucky I’m awake, mouse. Edie’s gonna vibrate out of Roxie’s skin if you don’t fix this." **MANNY (focused):** "Almost there! Get Roxie and Edie ready!" --- **[ONSTAGE: CLIMAX]** *The final scene: Edie-in-Roxie (Big Bad Dog) is about to "eat" Little Red (Roxie-in-Edie). The two eye each other, nervous.* **EDIE-IN-ROXIE (whisper, panicked):** "Roxie! I can’t end the show like this! What do I do?!" **ROXIE-IN-EDIE (softly):** "Just… be yourself. That’s what acting really is, right?" *Edie-in-Roxie has a moment. Instead of the scripted growl, she gently says:* **EDIE-IN-ROXIE (tearful):** *"Big Bad Dog learned something new, It’s not the form; it’s the heart that’s true. Whether I bark or chirp or wail, I’ll always dazzle. That will prevail!"* *She bows. The crowd applauds, standing for an ovation.* --- **[BACKSTAGE: POST-PERFORMANCE]** *Manny dashes in, wires sparking.* **MANNY:** "It’s stable! Step on—now!" *Roxie-in-Edie and Edie-in-Roxie jump on the swapper. There’s a whirl, a pop—* *The pets tumble off, back in their own bodies.* **EDIE (checks feathers, sighs in relief):** "Oh! Oh, my precious plumage! Thank you, Manny. And Roxie…thank you for lending your inner dog." **ROXIE (tail wags):** "And thanks for showing me how to really take the stage—uh, I mean perch!" **JADE (deadpan):** "Back to normal, whatever that means now." *Bev bounces in with a trophy.* **BEV:** "You guys! The crowd voted it ‘Most Dramatic Pet Play’ of the year! Edie, Roxie—you were perfect!" *Quincy faints celebratorily. Trip raps the moral.* **TRIP:** "It’s the heart you play that wins the day, whether you purr or bark or eat some hay!" **EDIE (strikes a diva pose):** "To the after-party, darlings! And this time, I promise not to chase my tail—well, not too much!" *They all laugh, walking off together as confetti falls and credits roll.* --- **[END TAG: INT. MANNY’S WORKSHOP]** *Manny tries the swap machine with Trip and Quincy. It short-circuits. They end up swapping for a second: Quincy raps, Trip faints. Manny sighs.* **MANNY:** "Back to the drawing board..." *[END CREDITS]* --- **Episode Moral:** No matter who you are on the outside, being true to your heart is the biggest role you can ever play. --- **[Word count: ~2500]** --- *Feedback and further details available upon request!*