Frenemies

Frenemies
Season 1, Episode 24
Production Information
Air Date	April 13, 2013
Written by	Story by: Julie McNally-Cahill & Tim Cahill and Guy Toubes Teleplay by: Guy Toubes
Supervising director	Dallas Parker
Directed by	Joel Dickie
Song(s)	My New Tail
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"With Zoe's sense of style, and Pepper's sense of humor, your anniversary party is sure to be a huge hit, Penny Ling."

—Blythe

Frenemies is the twenty-fourth episode of the first season of Littlest Pet Shop.

Overview

Zoe and Pepper get competitive planning a party for Penny Ling. Vinnie loses his tail and is shocked to discover that it makes him a better dancer.

Summary

Blythe, Pepper, Penny Ling, and Zoe are looking over the Littlest Pet Shop's picture book when they come across pictures of when they first came to the shop. Penny Ling admits she had been nervous when she first came and Blythe points out that by the time tomorrow comes, it would have been exactly one year. This surprises her and they decide to throw her a special one year party. Zoe and Pepper both want to plan it, so she suggests they just both do it together. However, this makes Penny Ling worried.

Shortly after, Vinnie gets in an accident and his tail comes off. This alarms him, but Blythe and the others research it on an animal doctor website. She reveals to him that this tends to happen sometimes to his species out of defense. Vinnie is upset, though the others find it funny. When Russel tries to re-attach it, the tail shrivels up into dust. After Russell grabs Sunil and Vinnie, they run out while Zoe and Pepper come into the room dressed up. Blythe asks them about their ideas and allows Pepper to go first. As expected, her idea is clown-themed. But not just any clown theme – a clown rodeo.

Before Penny can give her opinion, Zoe reveals her idea of everyone dressing up in fancy party dresses and making everything match. However, Pepper thinks this idea is not nearly as good as her own, so they ask Penny for her own opinion to let her decide. She is unable to do this while Blythe thinks they are both good and should just work together to plan one party for Penny.

Meanwhile, the guys have gotten an idea to attach a straw to Vinnie to act like a tail. They try to use a rubber band, but it is too tight and snaps off. It is then Buttercream comes by and suggests they use a cookie and frosting for him. He claims it feels weird, but they suggests he tries dancing – which works until she eats it.

In Blythe's room, she is showing Zoe all of their tablecloths. She picks the colors she likes the best and she asks Blythe to sew some sparkles and flowers on it. As she is taking off, Pepper appears to ask Blythe if she can "rodeo" her clown outfit more. Blythe seems to understand, but admits that she does not get how the two of them are doing this. When she asks again if they have bothered to discuss this together, Pepper acts suspiciously and denies answering.

Russell dresses Sunil in a white jacket. He claims the reason Sunil is struggling so much is just because he has never thought of himself as a doctor. So he tries to convince him he really is a doctor and they begin to imagine Sunil operating on Vinnie while his parents watch and take pictures of the annoyed Vinnie. After they finish, they continue to try out some ideas, such as a bottle pop / soda and a ruler tape. However, neither of them work out very well.

Back at the pet shop planning location, Zoe is stacking tea cups when a sudden shake interrupts. It is revealed to be Pepper rolling in hay cubes. When Zoe asks about this, they begin to bicker while a sad Penny Ling walks away to speak to Blythe. She mentions how she is concerned this will not work out since they are behaving weirdly. Meanwhile, Vinnie comes in, utterly depressed by the turn of events. He admits he will not be able to dance for her, but this makes Penny Ling feel sad and she heads back to the Pet Shop. Blythe suggests to Vinnie that he tries to dance without his tail and takes out a tiny pair of doll shoes and adds some thumbtacks to them to make instant tap shoes. She sets them down for him to try and as expected, he dances pretty good and is doing much better without his tail.

Pepper is trying out the bull riding toy she brought in while Zoe tries to make a fancy display. When this proves difficult, she tells Pepper to stop, but Pepper does not and claims no one will even notice her party since everyone will be having too much fun to notice. When Zoe insults the idea of a clown rodeo party, Pepper insults Zoe by claiming she is not the fun type and because of that, they should not bother doing hers. It is then Vinnie comes in and tries to ease the discussion by showing them how he dances, but this only worsens things.

Eventually, the party comes along and the pets are divided. After Pepper grabs Russell and Sunil, Zoe manages to persuade Vinnie and Minka to join her by showing them the fancy food she made. Then Blythe comes in and both girls try to make her join them. This annoys Blythe, who points out that she liked both ideas, but they were supposed to work together to make a party for Penny.

Speaking of the panda, Penny happens to walk in and both girls are quick to try to get her to join them. She likes both ideas greatly, but she is unhappy because of how separated everyone has become and leaves as Pepper and Zoe argue and bicker. Blythe suggests that Pepper and Zoe play a party game with each other, by naming good qualities each other has. At first, they do not understand, but Blythe convinces them to try and the girls manage to make up. They realize that they were so busy trying to one up each other that they forgot all about Penny's enjoyment.

They ask her to decide on which party theme they do and Penny wishes to have them both featured. Blythe goes on to reveal her surprise of having Vinnie do a dance; but he reveals to everyone that his tail has come back, so he does not want to dance anymore. They are happy for him, but he feels sad in knowing it returned since he was a good dancer before then. Penny is able to cheer him up by pointing out sad she would be if he did not dance. Everyone watches him dance and go on to congratulate him while Pepper and Zoe discuss how the parties managed to work out in the end. They are interrupted when a canon of frosting suddenly goes off on them. It is revealed that Penny was the one who did it, which makes them laugh as the episode ends.

Songs Featured

• My New Tail

Cast

• Ashleigh Ball - Blythe Baxter
• Sam Vincent - Russell Ferguson and Sunil's Dad
• Tabitha St. Germain - Pepper Clark and Sunil's Mom
• Kyle Rideout - Vinnie Terrio
• Kira Tozer - Minka Mark
• Nicole Oliver - Zoe Trent
• Peter New - Sunil Nevla
• Jocelyne Loewen - Penny Ling
• Cathy Weseluck - Buttercream Sunday

Trivia

• This is the first time we may have seen Penny Ling's owner.
• This episode is the first appearance of a pet's dad and mom.
• Pepper's and Vinnie's middle names were mentioned in this episode by Penny Ling. "Alfonso" and "Mildred".
• A photo album reveals that Zoe was the sixth pet to join the Pet Shop and Penny Ling was the seventh.
• This is Buttercream's final appearance in Season 1.

Errors

• At one point, Buttercream describes her idea to give Vinnie a new tail. However, when they actually do it, the cookie and frosting used is different.
• During Pepper's fantasy, Penny Ling's clown nose disappears when the rubber chicken on her head is lassoed.

Quotes

Main article: Frenemies/Transcript

"That's ridiculous!"

—Zoe and Pepper

Gallery

Click here to go on Frenemies image gallery

References

v • e Littlest Pet Shop Episodes, Films, and Animated Shorts

Season 1
Episode 1 Blythe's Big Adventure Part One	Episode 2 Blythe's Big Adventure Part Two	Episode 3 Bad Hair Day	Episode 4 Gailbreak!
Episode 5 Penny For Your Laughs	Episode 6 Mean Isn't Your Color	Episode 7 Russell Up Some Fun	Episode 8 Blythe's Crush
Episode 9 Dumb Dumbwaiter	Episode 10 Eve of Destruction	Episode 11 Books and Covers	Episode 12 So You Skink You Can Dance
Episode 13 Lights, Camera, Mongoose!	Episode 14 Trading Places	Episode 15 Topped With Buttercream	Episode 16 Sweet (Truck) Ride
Episode 17 Helicopter Dad	Episode 18 What's in the Batter?	Episode 19 What Did You Say?	Episode 20 Bakers and Fakers
Episode 21 Terriers and Tiaras	Episode 22 Lotsa Luck	Episode 23 Door-Jammed	Episode 24 Frenemies
	Episode 25 Blythe's Pet Project	Episode 26 Summertime Blues

Season 2
Episode 1 Missing Blythe	Episode 2 The Nest Hats Craze!	Episode 3 Eight Arms to Hold You	Episode 4 Heart of Parkness
Episode 5 Pawlm Reading	Episode 6 The Treasure of Henrietta Twombly	Episode 7 What, Meme Worry?	Episode 8 The Big, Feathered Parade
Episode 9 A Day at the Museum	Episode 10 Alligators and Handbags	Episode 11 Blythe's Big Idea	Episode 12 Commercial Success
Episode 13 So Interesting	Episode 14 To Paris With Zoe	Episode 15 Super Sunil	Episode 16 Sweet Pepper
Episode 17 Shanghai Hi-Jinks	Episode 18 Grounded	Episode 19 Inside Job	Episode 20 Plane it on Rio!
Episode 21 Littlest Bigfoot	Episode 22 Sunil's Sick Day	Episode 23 The Hedgehog In The Plastic Bubble	Episode 24 Standup Stinker
	Episode 25 The Expo Factor - Part 1	Episode 26 The Expo Factor - Part 2

Season 3
Episode 1 Sleeper	Episode 2 War of the Weirds	Episode 3 Some Assistance Required	Episode 4 Secret Cupet
Episode 5 Hamster Hoods	Episode 6 Tongue Tied	Episode 7 What's So Scary About the Jungle? Everything!	Episode 8 Two Pets for Two Pests
Episode 9 Feud for Thought	Episode 10 Fish Out of Water	Episode 11 If the Shoe Fits	Episode 12 The Very Littlest Pet Shop
Episode 13 The Secret Recipe	Episode 14 Winter Wonder Wha...?	Episode 15 Snow Stormin'	Episode 16 Back Window
Episode 17 Room Enough	Episode 18 Why Can't We Be Friends?	Episode 19 Pet Sounds	Episode 20 The Sister Story
Episode 21 A Night at the Pawza	Episode 22 Proud as a... Peacock?	Episode 23 Sue Syndrome	Episode 24 In the Loop
	Episode 25 It's the Pet Fest! - Part 1	Episode 26 It's the Pet Fest! - Part 2

Season 4
Episode 1 The Tortoise and the Heir	Episode 2 Pitch Purrfect	Episode 3 Ivan the Terrific	Episode 4 Senior Day
Episode 5 Littlest Pet Shop of Horrors	Episode 6 Game of Groans	Episode 7 The Tiniest Animal Store	Episode 8 Spendthrifty
Episode 9 Un-vetted	Episode 10 Pump Up the Panda	Episode 11 Snipmates	Episode 12 Guilt Tripping
Episode 13 Petnapped!	Episode 14 Steamed	Episode 15 Two Peas in a Podcast	Episode 16 Go Figure!
Episode 17 A Doggie Biskit	Episode 18 It's a Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy World	Episode 19 Race Team: Buttercream	Episode 20 On the Same Page
Episode 21 Paint a Picture, It'll Last Longer	Episode 22 Bake it 'Til You Make it	Episode 23 LPS: The Moosical	Episode 24 Seeing Red
	Episode 25 Littlest Pet Street - Part 1	Episode 26 Littlest Pet Street - Part 2

Animated shorts
Episode 1 Tail-Rave-Ium	Episode 2 The Ladies of LPS	Episode 3 Littlest Pet Peeves	Episode 4 Eau de Pepper
Episode 5 Where'd the Escargot?	Episode 6 Life of Cake	Episode 7 The Fire Hydrant Song	Episode 8 Naptime's a Ball
Episode 9 Just Not Into It	Episode 10 Monkey Chase	Episode 11 The Biggity-Big Dog Show	Episode 12 Sour Puss
Episode 13 So Like Bored	Episode 14 OmmmMG	Episode 15 What's Next?