Top 11 Littlest Pet Shop Season 3 Episodes.

Season three has to be the best Littlest Pet Shop season yet. It had a lot of instant classics and even the lesser episodes were still watchable. So it was pretty hard to narrow down the best episodes for the list. There’s also a reason behind why it’s a top eleven list which I will get to later on.
11) Two Pets for Two Pests
This episode introduced the chinchillas Cashmere and Velvet, who were basically pet versions of the Biskit twins. The two of them are interesting and do have potential for future episodes. Blythe also using her rivalry with Whitney and Britney to get them to adopt the chinchillas was very creative and a good way to do the Blythe/Biskit rivalry in general. The subplot with Sunil trying to paint but constantly missing the canvas was funny.
10) In the Loop
Russell ends up living the same day over and over again in this entertaining episode. His development was well written as he starts out confused before he goes crazy and then Russell uses the time to learn more about his friends and guest pet Harold Winston. Harold was a good character, a little arrogant, but still likeable; and they even make him a groundhog for a genius bonus. Finally, it has a good morale about getting to know people better.
9) Sleeper
Sometimes a show’s episode doesn’t have to teach something or have serious character drama to be good. Sometimes an episode can just be funny and Sleeper is a good example of that. The plot involves Sunil and Vinnie pulling a “Weekend at Burnie’s” plan with a sleeping guest named Otto Von Fuzzlebutt while the Subplot involves Fisher Biskit trying to figure out why Littlest Pet Shop is getting business. Both plots were very funny and a great song makes Slepper an excellent episode.
8) Why Can’t We Be Friends
This is probably just me, but I feel like the third season was trying to improve the subplot of “Penny for Your Laughs.” This one uses the idea of Blythe making a new friend, but it avoids all of the mean-spirited problems that PFYL had. This episode has Blythe meeting Kora, a girl who’s also into fashion. But what makes it work is that Blythe’s problem with the situation was that she was ignoring Sue and Youngmee. While Youngmee and Sue were also handled well by implying that they got a little too jealous. But what makes the episode work was the fact that Blythe got to keep both her old and new friends. The plot with the pets was also well written with the pets befriending a spider named Webber; yet have to keep it from Sunil who’s afraid of spiders. Webber was a good, laidback character and the moral involves Sunil learning not to judge animals by appearances.
7) Fish out of Water
I already talked about the pet plot in this review: ironraphra.deviantart.com/jour… - so I’m going to focus on the Blythe plot. This episode really improved the Blythe/Josh relationship as Blythe started talking to him while still retaining her social awkwardness. We also see more of Josh’s character and he seems to share similar interests with Blythe. The Biskits were decent rivals to Blythe in the episode. Another thing I noticed was that the humour was mainly used during the Blythe plot rather than the pet plot.
6) Some Assistance Required
This episode has Blythe getting overwhelmed as Mona Autumn’s assistant and things don’t go to well for her. Under a lesser writer, this could have been a Blythe torture porn; but it works because Blythe still wins in the end and the episode is not too mean-spirited. Cairo also makes her return and we see her give sympathy to Blythe. Mona Autumn was a little mean, but still likeable. The pet plot with Zoe and Russell was also enjoyable. Tangier was an interesting protagonist. I also noticed that it does give a good reason as to why retaliation against a bully is not a good idea. And the way the two of them beat Tangier was very clever.
5) Pet Sounds
This one focused a bit on the season’s theme of the relationship between pets and humans. It also introduces Minka’s cousin Cheep-Cheep, who shows a lot of devotion to his owner. Youngmee gets more screen time as she tries to help Minka catch Cheep-Cheep. We even see a bit of the pets’ personal lives in the song, which I praised in my top ten songs list. Overall, it was a nice follow-up to the Secret Recipe with some good character development.
4&3) It’s the Pet Fest Parts 1&2
LPS is known for having good finales and this one was no exception. I’m putting both parts on the list because they flow together well, which was a difference from The Expo Factor. We also get LPS’s first celebrity voice actor: Heidi Klum, who plays an energetic dog also named Heidi. But overall, these episodes had a lot of great moments. We see many references and events from this season coming together for the ending. Heidi herself was a fun character and the other characters have some good moments; but the strongest character would have to be Blythe. She’s able to get the Pet Fest up and running and solves everything that goes wrong. But she also has help from the pets and Youngmee. Plus Blythe’s freak-outs were very funny.
2) Sue Syndrome
I’ve got to hand it to LPS for making an episode revolving around Sue. Up until this episode, I always thought of her as the show’s Poochie. Here we find out that she’s afraid of public speaking, so Blythe tries to help her. Sue’s fears were believable and sympathetic and Blythe was also well-written. The pet plot was one of the more unique versions of the replacement angle when a skunk named Mitsy visits the day camp. At first Mitsy seemed like your generic Mary-Sue; but then you find out that she’s a stepford smiler who doesn’t know how to express herself. The reveal also has Pepper going from being jealous of Mitsy to teaching her how to express her emotions. Overall, the theme of helping a friend shows in this episode.
1) The Secret Recipe
It takes a lot of guts for a show to actually make a big change and LPS did a great job doing it with this episode. We have Blythe in a situation where she may have to tell Youngmee that she can talk to pets. Blythe herself was believable in her struggle; you can tell that she wants to say something, yet she doesn’t want Youngmee thinking that she’s weird. Youngmee was also believable as Blythe’s vagueness and strange behaviour did make it seem like she was being sabotaged. The best part was when Blythe told Youngmee her secret as it shows how much their friendship has developed and that they didn’t cheat their way out of it with a “status quo is god” ending. This is not just my personal favourite of season three, but one of their best episodes ever.
Honourable Mentions:
Tongue Tied
A Night at the Pawza
If the Shoe Fits