Editing The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies

{{Episode infobox
|ep. name = The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies
|image = The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies.jpg
|season = [[Season 6|6]]
|airdate = 
|prev. episode = [[Prunella's Special Edition]]
|next episode = [[Muffy's Soccer Shocker]]
|writers = [[Peter K. Hirsch]]
|storyboarders = [[Patricia Atchison]]<br>[[Elie Klimos]]|number = 3B|titlecard = TSLDAB Title Card.JPG|us = October 8, 2001<ref name=ket>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000603/</ref>|can = January 11, 2002<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120413104003/http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur</ref>}}{{EpisodeHeader|2|3|6}}

==Summary==
''A journey inside the minds of [[Kate Read|Baby Kate]] and dog [[Pal]] shows what they really think of [[Arthur Read|Arthur]], [[D.W. Read|D.W.]], and the silly adults around them.''<ref name=ket />

==Plot==
The episode starts with Arthur, D.W., Kate, and Pal watching a parody of ''[[Rugrats parody|Rugrats]]''. The babies in the show escape their play pen by building a block pyramid and using a wooden plank to get across. Kate criticizes the show for being unrealistic, because her play pen isn't that easy to get out of, and the kids' parents never appear on the show. She says that ''[[Vidiboobies]]'' is a better show, and wishes that D.W. still liked it. Pal responds, "Maybe she does," and changes the channel. Arthur accuses D.W. of changing the channel, but she denies it. They argue, although to Kate and Pal, it just sounds like a bunch of angry "blah, blah, blah." Kate and Pal continue to watch ''Vidiboobies''.

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[[Jane Read|Jane]] pushes Kate in a stroller and Arthur walks Pal. Kate and Pal are having a discussion about ''Vidiboobies'' when Pal eats a half-eaten doughnut. [[Nemo]] starts making fun of Pal, and Pal tries to attack Nemo, although both pets are carried away by their owners.

Back at [[Arthur's house]], [[David Read|David]] panics because he can't find the bride-and-groom decoration that goes on top of the cake for the [[Crosswire family|Crosswires]]' niece's wedding he is catering. Kate notices that David is looking for something. Arthur asks if he can just buy a new decoration, but David responds that they specifically ordered one shaped like the bride and groom. David spent all night sculpting them out of marzipan, and shows a photo of them. Kate notices a decoration under the table that looks like the people in the photo, and decides that it must go on the "white tower" (wedding cake). Jane tells D.W. to pick up her toys. Kate crawls over to the figure, but her mom brings her upstairs before she can grab it.

Kate tells Pal to grab the marzipan sculpture. Pal gets close to it, but D.W. collects it in her toy barn, complaining about doing work. She states that "some of these things aren't even mine!" Pal grabs the barn, and D.W. tells Arthur that his dog is trying to eat her toys. Arthur thinks that Pal is just hungry, and brings him back to the kitchen.

In her crib, Kate wonders about what the marzipan sculpture will do. She assumes that it will turn everyone at the wedding into babies and create peace on Earth. D.W. walks into the room, and Kate sees the sculpture inside her barn. Kate realizes that she can't escape like the babies in the show, so she starts crying to get attention. However, D.W. gives her [[Larry the Lemon]] instead of the sculpture.

Arthur feeds Pal some [[Chicken Feast]], although Pal refuses to eat it. Arthur instead offers him bacon, which gets Pal so excited that he [[Bacon (song)|sings a song]] about it. Pal hears D.W. shouting upstairs, and he runs to see what's going on. Kate has gotten a hold of the statue, and D.W. is trying to take it back. Pal chews on D.W.'s dress, which distracts her, and the statue flies into the air. Pal catches it in his mouth and brings it to David. David refuses to see why Pal is barking, as he is looking for the statue, so Pal leaves the sculpture there and goes to eat the bacon. Everybody thinks that Pal ate the bride and groom instead of the bacon.

The Read family gets in the catering van, with the wedding cake in the back. Pal runs back to grab the sculpture, and Kate tells him that they're probably going to [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]]'s place, because she heard the word "Muffy" a few times. Pal runs to catch up with the van, although his leash gets caught on a fence. Nemo has trapped him there. He forces Pal to beg, and then tells him where Muffy's place is.

Pal catches up to the van at [[Muffy's House]]. He gives the statue to Kate, who manages to throw it on top of the cake from the back seat. [[Ed Crosswire]] is glad that the cake turned out better than he expected. At the wedding, Kate is disappointed that everyone didn't turn into babies. Pal points out that everyone is dancing and acting silly, and they are acting like babies. The episode ends with Kate saying, "I don't know how they'd survive without us."

==Characters==
*[[Pal]]
*[[Kate Read]]
*[[Nemo]]
*[[Arthur Read]]
*[[D.W. Read]]
*[[Jane Read]]
*[[David Read]]
*[[Francine Frensky]]
*[[Ed Crosswire]]
*[[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]](cameo)
*[[Dave]] (Fantasy)
*[[Bitzi Baxter]] (Fantasy)
*[[Mrs. Barnes]] (Fantasy)
*[[Little Boy]](cameo)
*[[Muffy Crosswire]](mentioned)

==Songs==
*"[[Bacon (song)|Bacon]]"

==Trivia==
*This is the first episode that Kate, Pal and Nemo are able to talk. They will start talking again in some other [[List of Episodes with Pet and Baby Speaking Roles|episodes]].
*This is another time that [[David Read|Arthur's dad]] is shown to cry. This and "[[Arthur's Family Feud]]" are the only episodes to show him crying.
*As with all [[Season 6|season six]] episodes, the end credits originally featured a remixed version of [[Believe in Yourself]]. Beginning in 2015, the credits were reformatted for reruns and now include the standard version of the song.
*In 2002, this episode was voted as a fan-favorite during the [[PBS Kids Vote-A-Rama|PBS Kids Vote-a-rama]] event.
*'''Timeline:''' [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] mentions [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] watching Love Ducks from "[[That's a Baby Show!]]"
===Cultural references===
*In the beginning of this episode, the Reads watch a spoof of ''Rugrats''. Kate's comment about "being in Paris by now" references {{W|Rugrats in Paris: The Movie}}." Pal compares the red-headed kid to a "chew toy." As a colloquial term for someone easily exploited, it describes the ''Rugrats'' Chuckie very well.
*This is followed by a ''Teletubbies'' parody. Kate perceives one of the characters as quoting William Shakespeare's ''The Tempest''. Kate later explains to Pal, that "the smiling baby in the sun represents our essential unity with nature."
*The title is a parody of {{W|The Secret Life of Pets}}.

==Home Video==
'''DVD:'''
*[[Arthur's Tooth (DVD)|Arthur's Tooth]]

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