The De Vil In Dalmatian's Clothing (101 Dalmatian Street)

The De Vil In Dalmatian's Clothing is the first half of the seventh episode of the second season of 101 Dalmatian Street, the episode was first aired on October 21st, 2021.

Premise
Due to Dorothy's geekiness over the De Vil family, Dolly and Dawkins try to teach her a terrifying lesson.

Why It Should Get Clothed

 * 1) Dolly is at her ABSOLUTE WORST in this episode, even returning to her flanderization from "Balancing Act" (not helping is that this is written by the same people who wrote that episode). She acts extremely abusive to Dorothy, as she is annoyed with hearing the De Vil name over and over again. Granted, Dorothy is very aware of the De Vil incident that happened in the first season finale, however, she didn't do anything wrong. All she does is go through LITERAL HELL throughout the story. What is worse is that she is a toddler, so she didn't deserve this treatment. She practically became the opposite of flanderized Lily Loud. While Lily was treated as a cytopathic Karma Houdini in modern Loud House, Dorothy is just harmless, yet gets tortured constantly in this episode, making her a butt-monkey.
 * 2) Misleading Title: The title would make you think it would be an episode about Cruella De Vil wearing fur coats again, but that is not what happens in this episode. Outside of a flashback, Cruella does not appear at all.
 * 3) The side plot with Dylan falling in love with Clarissa came out of nowhere, as it was literally love at first sight. But the two are opposites, Dylan is smart and kind and Clarissa is a stupid jerk.
 * 4) It feels like a rehash of "The Curse of the Ferrydog" from the first season, but replace Dylan with Dorothy, replace Portia and Dante with Dolly and Dawkins, and replace mythology with the De Vil family. The former episode itself is already no better for rehashing "Dal-Martians".
 * 5) Dolly never gave a proper apology to Dorothy, her "sorry" sounded more sheepish than remorseful and he only apologized after what she caused. Dylan also wasn't that forgiving, he just came back because Dawkins told him to, making the situation not resolved.
 * 6) Dolly's De Vil form looks extremely unappealing and disturbing.
 * 7) Bad ending: Dorothy gets grounded for sharing the dark secrets of the dalmatian family, and Dolly did not get any punishment, making her a Karma Houdini once again.
 * 8) Overall, it is not only the worst episode of the entire show, but it also started the downfall of the whole series, and it hasn't recovered since.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Dylan gets karma for his actions, being made fun of because both he and Clarissa are usually frenemies. It's not overly cruel and he practically deserved it, unlike other moments.
 * 2) The musical number, "Crazy Smarts", as rapped by Dolly, is rather decent.
 * 3) Although still horrifying, the animations with Dolly's De Vil form are admittedly well-done.

Reception
“The Devil In Dalmatian’s Clothing" was universally panned by fans, audiences, critics, and even viewers alike, and is widely considered as the worst episode of the whole show, due to the hideously cruel nature towards Dorothy, an out-of-place sub-plot, Dolly's scary-looking Cruella costume and the horrible ending. Along with its sister episode "Goofy and Goofier", it received a 1.2/10 on IMDb, making it the second lowest-rated episode of the series, only behind "The Returning Hero".

Trivia

 * 1) This is the second time Dolly raps, after "Poetry Scam".
 * 2) Jessica Borutski would later go on to admit that she hated this episode due to how mean-spirited it was.

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