Hail to the Chief

Hail to the Chief
Season 3, Episode 14
Air date	August 17, 2013
Written by	Sib Ventress
Directed by	Greg Sullivan & Tim Stuby
Storyboard by	Emmett Hall and Cory Toomey
Puppies
Featured Puppies	Strudel, Agent Ping, Chief
Adoptee	Chief
Adopter	Trudy and Isabelle
Episode Guide
Previous "The Watchdogs"	Next "All Bark and Little Bite"

Hail to the Chief is the fourteenth episode of season 3, and the fifty-third episode overall. It first aired August 17th, 2013 in the US.

Agent Ping challenges Strudel to find the perfect home for rambunctious pup Chief. Strudel eagerly accepts until she finds out that Chief's perfect home is with the President's daughters. 

Cast

Starring the Voices of

• Eric McCormack - Lucky
• René Auberjonois - McLeish
• Yvette Nicole Brown - Cookie / Sparky
• John DiMaggio - Niblet / Buzz / VP Chumley
• Michael Rapaport - Squirt
• Alanna Ubach - Strudel / Mr. Nut Nut

Guest Starring the Voices of

• E.G. Daily - Dolly
• Maurice LaMarche - Agent François / Hench Grocer
• Phil LaMarr - President Bigman / Helicopter Pilot
• Justin Shenkarow - Chief
• Cree Summer - Trudy / Isabelle
• Lauren Tom - Agent Ping / FKD

Quotes

Niblet: Oh, random puppy dog I just found, you sure are a lot of fun!
Chief: I'm not random, my name is Chief. My mom says I'm a natural born leader. I'm what you call a self-made pup!
Niblet: You made yourself? Gee, I don't know that much about science, but that sounds really painful.

Hail to the Chief/Transcript

Allusions

• After telling Lucky about Abraham Lincoln's fire hydrant, Niblet says "The More You Know..." followed by a glowing dog tag that zooms into the screen like a shooting star.
• Apparently Niblet doesn't understand what the President of The United States is; Squirt told him the president "runs the country," but Niblet didn't understand that, so Cookie told him "What Squirt means is that he's in charge, like Lucky." This leads Niblet to believe that the President was a dog.
• President Bigman is inspired and based on Barack Obama.