The Dog Who Saved Summer

( Music playing )

Zeus:

Ah, summer.

The kids are out of school,

the parents are out of patience,

and the sprinklers are

ripe for playing.

That's my house right there,

and this is

where our story begins,

just another Saturday afternoon

for the Bannister family.

That's Belinda.

She's quickly becoming one of

the top party planners in town.

- Where's George?

- Zeus:
And she's got her hands full.

- George? What is he doing?

- ( sizzling )

George?

George, I'm talking to you.

What? Belinda,

I'm in the weeds over here.

What are you doing?

You look like a campfire.

My eyes are burning.

I thought the girls might want

some Bannister bacon

buffalo burgers.

Honey, that sounds very heavy.

Well, they're char-broiled.

I need you to go

inside and check on the kids,

and get yourself cleaned up.

Okay, but you relax.

I think the party's

going great so far.

That's me, Zeus, you know,

like the Greek god.

Anyway, this is the story

of how I saved summer.

This is Agent Bannister

reporting to command.

I've reached the objective.

Stand by for recon.

( Door closes )

All right, let's see.

Looks like a member

of the royal family.

She's being guarded

by some sort of mutant.

Seems to be dripping

acidic slime from its mouth.

Whew. I'm going in.

- Ben!

- Princess is down!

- I repeat, the princess is down.

- Dad!

- Abort mission. I repeat,

abort mission.

Ben, are you terrorizing

your sister?

- No.

- Will you please tell him

- to leave me alone?

- Yeah.

Leave her alone

and go get lost, okay?

And Kara, it smells like Riley needs

a diaper change or something.

- Can you take care of that?

- That's gross, Dad.

- Why do I always have to do it?

- Because

- I have allergies.

- You do not have allergies.

Yeah? Talk to my doctor.

(sighs)

Come on, Versace.

Let's get Mommy some clients.

And of course,

I wanna thank my dear friend

Belinda Bannister for throwing

the best baby shower

I could ask for.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

You are so welcome

and I'm just so glad

that everyone's

enjoying themselves.

We'll do dessert

and gifts shortly.

- Okay.

- Perfect.

Oh, boy.

I smell trouble,

or maybe it's just

too much perfume.

Excuse me.

Just one minute, okay?

- Lovely shower, Belinda.

- I know why you're here.

I can't come to give

a friend a little support?

You just want

to check out the competition.

- Versace:
And the grub.

- Don't even think about it.

Heh! Thing is, in order for you

to be my competition,

you have to be

in the same league as me.

Oh, call Marilyn for all

your party needs...

Weddings, showers,

bar mitzvahs, quinceaeras.

I love your dress,

by the way. You look beautiful.

Okay, okay, fine, fine.

Poach all you like,

but everybody here

is having a great time.

Come on, Versace.

Let's go mingle.

Versace:

I smell frosting.

Hey, what do you think

you're doing?

Get down from there, now.

Life is a banquet,

and most poor suckers

are starving to death.

- Don't you dare.

- Why? It's not chocolate.

I mean it.

Would it upset you

if I just took a little nibble?

- Versace:
Oops.

- The cake! Zeus!

Versace:
Pardon me, ladies.

Do you have any Grey Poupon?

Zeus:
Hey, you.

Get back here.

Woman:

Where are they going?

Versace:
Oh, look, presents.

Are those for me?

Not the presents.

Versace:
Can't stop

to smell the roses.

Zeus:
Belinda's been working

on this all summer.

My garden!

Versace:

Nice shoes.

Zeus:

Now I've got you!

- Zeus!

- Uh-oh.

- You are in trouble, buddy.

- Best party ever.

It is a little funny.

- Come on.

- My nice party's ruined!

Belinda:
You should have seen it.

Everything ended up in the pool.

And then George made the kids

dive in to get everything out.

And you thought your party

wasn't going to be memorable.

Dog:
Ha! In the Bannister house,

every day's a memorable one.

Mom, it's not funny.

This was supposed to be the

kickoff for my big, new career.

I mean, who's gonna hire me now?

Don't you talk that way.

Come on now. You've just made

one little mistake.

No one's going

to even remember it.

- ( Phone dings)

- Oh, wait.

Lillian Bland just tweeted it.

Mom, I told you

to stay off the Twitter.

How else is

the Firefly troop leader

going to get

the announcements out, huh?

Mom, this is serious.

Oh, honey, all you have to do

is make sure

- that it never happens again.

- Heh. Famous last words.

And how am I supposed

to do that?

Well, take the dog

to obedience school.

All he needs is a refresher.

- Hey, go faster.

- Stop. You go faster.

- Hey.

- Grandma:
Boys!

Well, I guess it couldn't hurt

to check it out.

Oh, keep your chin up,

sweetheart.

Things always have

a way of working out.

Yes. Well, they can't

get much worse, now can they?

- Hey, we picked this for you.

- Oh! Thank you so much.

Isn't that sweet? Why don't

you go with the other kids?

Oh, Belinda, you'll never guess,

two of the troopers

just gave me a beautiful plant.

Wait a minute.

Is this poison ivy?

Noah, Remy, this is poison ivy!

Oh, my God, Belinda.

I've got to take myself to the hospital.

Man:
Do you know what

I had for lunch today?

Man #2:

Yeah, what, no.

- Man #1:
Neither do I.

- Man #3:
It doesn't matter.

What we need

to be doing right now

is planning out our next score.

Now you're talking, Ted.

Got one of your great ideas?

Two words, boys.

Princivali Jewelers.

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