| Some Assistance Required | |
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| Season 3, Episode 3 | |
Production Information | |
| Air Date | June 14, 2014 |
| Written by | Adam Beechen |
| Supervising director | Dallas Parker |
| Directed by | Joel Dickie |
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- "Mona would only agree to give me a day off if I found someone to fill in. And the only person she'd approve for the job... is you."
- —Phoebe
Some Assistance Required is the third episode of the third season of Littlest Pet Shop and the fifty-fifth episode overall.
Overview[]
Blythe fills in for the assistant to the demanding Tres Blasé magazine editor Mona Autumn. Meanwhile, Russell and Zoe contend with a passive-aggressive pet model at a photo shoot for the magazine.
Summary[]
At the day camp, all of the pets, except Minka, call for Blythe's help all at once. To their amazement, Blythe promptly rushes into the room and solves all of their troubles with ease. At that moment, Mona Autumn's assistant Phoebe bursts into the room asking Blythe for help: Phoebe has been given a day off, but Blythe is the only person Mona trusts to substitute for her due to her prominence on Très Blasé magazine. In addition, Mona requests for Russell and Zoe to accompany Blythe to her building as they're in need of Russell's and Zoe's help in modeling. After giving Blythe a list of rules to follow, Phoebe tells Blythe that she'll remain off the grid and thus impossible to contact the entire day, running out of the Littlest Pet Shop in joy.
The following day, Blythe heads to Mona's building and makes her way up the skyscraper. Along the way, she meets with Oliver St. Oliver and drops Russell and Zoe off with him. Oliver takes the two of them into a waiting room for pets and leaves, giving Zoe the opportunity to warn Russell that pets who have been in modeling for some time often grow competitive. A Spitz dog sitting on a high-up platform spots the two and hops down and introduces himself as Tangier and immediately recognizes Zoe, ignoring Russell. He gives Zoe his compliments, then lets Russell and Zoe know that he'll lend a hand if they need it. Russell takes Tangier's word, but Zoe has her doubts.
Blythe reaches the receptionist's office for Mona and meets up again with Cairo, Mona's pet sphinx cat. Cairo, having already known of Phoebe's day off, is excited to see Blythe again but feels worried that Blythe may not be up to the task. Mona hears Blythe's voice and yanks Blythe into her office, where Mona promptly saddles Blythe with a series of tasks. Flabbergasted at the workload, Blythe just stands there. Mona grows frustrated and shoves Blythe back into the receptionist's office.
Blythe quickly grows overwhelmed by the phone calls to Mona's office alone, and boxes of documents pile up around her. Mona asks Blythe to schedule an appointment with her hypno-aromatherapist, and while Blythe initially struggles to find such a service on the computer, Cairo picks up the hypno-aromatherapist's business card and gives it to Blythe. Blythe, meanwhile, laments her exhaustion and her inability to shadow Mona to learn her techniques. Mona walks over once again and asks Blythe to make an order for Mona's lunch, a quinoa salad without asparagus.
Russell, Zoe, and Tangier, dressed up in aviation costumes, ready themselves for the shoot, but Tangier expresses concerns about if Russell's outfit may be too small and that he once knew a pet model whose outfit tore and ruined his career. Sure enough, when Oliver comes in to guide the pets to the set, Oliver discovers a large hole in Russell's back that his quills have ripped through. Tangier heads to the clothing rack and shows Oliver a spare set of clothes for Russell. Zoe, however, thinks Tangier's behavior is too quick and convenient.
Blythe returns to the office carrying Mona's lunch, but Cairo points out Blythe is three minutes late. Blythe hands a sickly-looking Mona her salad, and she ravenously munches it down. Mona tells Blythe to get the place ready for Clover Fields, a reclusive designer coming in after lunch. Mona warns Blythe that Clover is eccentric and that conditions must be perfect, or else Clover will run away scared—at Blythe's inquiry, this includes having no assistants in the room whatsoever.
Now at the set, the three pets stand on the wing of a model biplane for the shoot. Tangier tucks Russell's scarf for him, pointing out that Oliver likes his pets' clothes as neat as possible. When it comes time to shoot, however, Russell goes into a sneezing fit, rendering Oliver unable to take a good photograph. He leaves in frustration, but not before threatening Russell with banishment from the pet photography circuit if he messes up again. With Oliver and Tangier gone, Zoe examines Russell's scarf and winds up sneezing too. She detects sneezing powder on Russell's scarf and suspects Russell's aviator outfit was already torn when given to him. Russell attempts to go fight Tangier, but Zoe talks him out of it, looking at the camera Oliver left on a chair and getting an idea.
Having finally finished everything Blythe could find with Mona's tasks, Clover enters the receptionist's office. Clover compliments the orderliness of the room and requests to see Mona but hears a loud scream from her. Blythe runs into the office to find Mona's face is swollen, bumpy, and red, and that this is an allergic reaction to asparagus. Fearful that this incident will destroy her career, Mona slips into a panic. Blythe tries to assuage her, promising to make the meeting work, and goes back to talk to Clover, telling her to wait a moment more. At that moment, Cairo signals to Blythe and leads her to a compartment in the desk with supplies in case Mona eats asparagus. Blythe grabs them and goes back to Mona's office with a plan that begins with holding a menu to her face.
Tangier goes to the feeding bowls with a bottle of hot sauce and dumps the entire bottle's contents into Russell's food. Russell walks by as Tangier empties the bottle, causing him to quickly throw it offscreen. Russell and Zoe exchange words of cooperation with Tangier before looking back at each other in agreement.
Finally ready, Blythe escorts Clover into Mona's office. Clover immediately notices how dark it is in the office—the lights have been turned off and the window blinds closed—but Blythe brushes it off as Mona conserving electricity. Clover sees Mona, but Mona's face is obscured by the menu. Blythe claims Mona is currently ordering lunch, takes Mona's orders, and takes the menu away simultaneously with moving the lamp on the desk to take its place. Clover's attempts to see Mona are stopped by Cairo, however, who leaps onto Clover's lap to stall her further.
Sure enough, Russell takes a bite of his food before being photographed, whose spiciness causes him to run around in pain. Just as Oliver bans Russell from his photo shoots, Zoe brings Oliver's camera to him and shows him some photographs of Tangier inserting hot sauce into Russell's food. Having learned the truth, Oliver puts Tangier to "time-out" in his carrier. After Russell thanks Zoe, she tells him that she was simply using her knowledge of cameras.
Having had enough of Mona's face being obscured, Clover moves the lamp herself, but Blythe opens the blinds to the window, making it too bright for Clover to see anything. Blythe swiftly puts a washcloth and a pair of sunglasses over Mona's face and closes the blinds again, this time stating that Mona is sensitive to sunlight. Clover then asks why Mona has stopped talking, and Blythe readies the answer that Mona prefers to listen during her first meetings to get a feel for her guests. Clover, a bit confused, says that this sounds unusual but that she has been called unusual before and is pleased to meet someone else who's unusual. Blythe tells Clover that this means Très Blasé magazine should be the only one to feature her and her new clothing line because it's the only one that can understand her. Elated, Clover agrees to Mona's deal. She shakes Mona's hand so vigorously that the sheet and sunglasses fall off, but Cairo leaps over to personally continue concealing Mona's face until Blythe opens the door for Clover to leave. Cairo leaps away, revealing Mona is already healing. Mona offers her compliments to Blythe for keeping the meeting together, having demonstrated quick thinking on her feet. However, Mona also points out that Blythe is not fast enough to keep up with Mona's daily schedules.
At the end of the day, Blythe rejoins with Russell and Zoe. When asked how their day went, Russell says that it didn't end well for everybody: Oliver, reviewing the photographs of Tangier with the hot sauce, chastises Tangier for not giving total commitment to his job. Cranky, Tangier eats some food in front of him but soon realizes it's Russell's spiced-up food and is soon running around the room in fiery agony.
Cast[]
- Ashleigh Ball - Blythe Baxter
- Sam Vincent - Russell Ferguson
- Tabitha St. Germain - Pepper Clark, Mona Autumn, and Cairo
- Kyle Rideout - Vinnie Terrio
- Kira Tozer - Minka Mark
- Nicole Oliver - Zoe Trent and Clover Fields
- Peter New - Sunil Nevla
- Jocelyne Loewen - Penny Ling
- Shannon Chan-Kent - Phoebe
- Colin Murdock - Oliver and Tangier
Trivia[]
- This is the first season three episode not to feature a B-Plot revolving around the rivalry between Mrs. Twombly and Fisher Biskit.
- When Oliver says, "What is it, girl? Timmy is in trouble again?" is a reference to Lassie.
- This episode revealed that when someone works for Mona Autumn, they never get any vacation days.
- However, it is also hinted that Mona might be the only one who gets vacation days.
Continuity[]
- The success at the International Pet Fashion Expo from The Expo Factor - Part 2 is mentioned.
Errors[]
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Quotes[]
- Main article: Some Assistance Required/Transcript
Coming soon!
Gallery[]
References[]
| Littlest Pet Shop Episodes, Films, and Animated Shorts |
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| Season 1 | |||
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| Episode 1 Blythe's Big Adventure Part One |
Episode 2 Blythe's Big Adventure Part Two |
Episode 3 Bad Hair Day |
Episode 4 Gailbreak! |
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| Episode 5 Penny For Your Laughs |
Episode 6 Mean Isn't Your Color |
Episode 7 Russell Up Some Fun |
Episode 8 Blythe's Crush |
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| Episode 9 Dumb Dumbwaiter |
Episode 10 Eve of Destruction |
Episode 11 Books and Covers |
Episode 12 So You Skink You Can Dance |
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| Episode 13 Lights, Camera, Mongoose! |
Episode 14 Trading Places |
Episode 15 Topped With Buttercream |
Episode 16 Sweet (Truck) Ride |
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| Episode 17 Helicopter Dad |
Episode 18 What's in the Batter? |
Episode 19 What Did You Say? |
Episode 20 Bakers and Fakers |
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| Episode 21 Terriers and Tiaras |
Episode 22 Lotsa Luck |
Episode 23 Door-Jammed |
Episode 24 Frenemies |
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| Episode 25 Blythe's Pet Project |
Episode 26 Summertime Blues |
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| Season 2 | |||
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| Episode 1 Missing Blythe |
Episode 2 The Nest Hats Craze! |
Episode 3 Eight Arms to Hold You |
Episode 4 Heart of Parkness |
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| Episode 5 Pawlm Reading |
Episode 6 The Treasure of Henrietta Twombly |
Episode 7 What, Meme Worry? |
Episode 8 The Big, Feathered Parade |
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| Episode 9 A Day at the Museum |
Episode 10 Alligators and Handbags |
Episode 11 Blythe's Big Idea |
Episode 12 Commercial Success |
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| Episode 13 So Interesting |
Episode 14 To Paris With Zoe |
Episode 15 Super Sunil |
Episode 16 Sweet Pepper |
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| Episode 17 Shanghai Hi-Jinks |
Episode 18 Grounded |
Episode 19 Inside Job |
Episode 20 Plane it on Rio! |
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| Episode 21 Littlest Bigfoot |
Episode 22 Sunil's Sick Day |
Episode 23 The Hedgehog In The Plastic Bubble |
Episode 24 Standup Stinker |
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| Episode 25 The Expo Factor - Part 1 |
Episode 26 The Expo Factor - Part 2 |
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| Season 3 | |||
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| Episode 1 Sleeper |
Episode 2 War of the Weirds |
Episode 3 Some Assistance Required |
Episode 4 Secret Cupet |
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| 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 |
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| Episode 9 Feud for Thought |
Episode 10 Fish Out of Water |
Episode 11 If the Shoe Fits |
Episode 12 The Very Littlest Pet Shop |
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| Episode 13 The Secret Recipe |
Episode 14 Winter Wonder Wha...? |
Episode 15 Snow Stormin' |
Episode 16 Back Window |
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| Episode 17 Room Enough |
Episode 18 Why Can't We Be Friends? |
Episode 19 Pet Sounds |
Episode 20 The Sister Story |
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| Episode 21 A Night at the Pawza |
Episode 22 Proud as a... Peacock? |
Episode 23 Sue Syndrome |
Episode 24 In the Loop |
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| Episode 25 It's the Pet Fest! - Part 1 |
Episode 26 It's the Pet Fest! - Part 2 |
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| Episode 1 The Tortoise and the Heir |
Episode 2 Pitch Purrfect |
Episode 3 Ivan the Terrific |
Episode 4 Senior Day |
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| Episode 5 Littlest Pet Shop of Horrors |
Episode 6 Game of Groans |
Episode 7 The Tiniest Animal Store |
Episode 8 Spendthrifty |
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| Episode 9 Un-vetted |
Episode 10 Pump Up the Panda |
Episode 11 Snipmates |
Episode 12 Guilt Tripping |
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| Episode 13 Petnapped! |
Episode 14 Steamed |
Episode 15 Two Peas in a Podcast |
Episode 16 Go Figure! |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Episode 25 Littlest Pet Street - Part 1 |
Episode 26 Littlest Pet Street - Part 2 |
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| Episode 1 Tail-Rave-Ium |
Episode 2 The Ladies of LPS |
Episode 3 Littlest Pet Peeves |
Episode 4 Eau de Pepper | |
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| Episode 5 Where'd the Escargot? |
Episode 6 Life of Cake |
Episode 7 The Fire Hydrant Song |
Episode 8 Naptime's a Ball | |
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| Episode 9 Just Not Into It |
Episode 10 Monkey Chase |
Episode 11 The Biggity-Big Dog Show |
Episode 12 Sour Puss | |
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| Episode 13 So Like Bored |
Episode 14 OmmmMG |
Episode 15 What's Next? |
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