The Cloneheads

The Cloneheads is the seventy second from Season 1.

written by Glenn Leopold.

A nine-minute segment

Plot
PeeBee Kappa demonstrates his latest invention, a duplicator, on a mouse, and creates four duplicates. As Dennis was collecting the duplicate mice, Dennis came within range of the device, but nothing happened - yet.

As Dennis started home, there were four duplicates of Dennis being produced, who all roamed the street. PeeBee had to track down the real Dennis and find a way to round up the clones.

The first clone brought a box of mice home with him, but Henry Mitchell angrily reminded him that he had ordered Dennis not to bring them into the house. The first clone denied his action, but Henry accused him of lying, and sent him to his room. A moment later, the second clone came into the house, and Henry caught him. The second clone, like the first, denied any wrongdoing, but Henry escorted him to his room, now wondering to himself what was going on.

Two more clones came in without Henry noticing, but Alice noticed one of them upstairs, and the other one downstairs. She quickly asked Henry how many kids they had, and Henry sarcastically replied that some days their one son seemed like half a dozen sons. Alice replied that today was one of those days.

The four clones went outside to play, as the real Dennis came in, causing further confusion with Henry and Alice. Soon afterwards, the four clones gave Margaret a hard time, and then went to Mr. Wilson's kitchen to raid his cabinets and fridge. Mr. Wilson awoke from a nap and saw them, and assumed he was still asleep, having a nightmare.

Eventually PeeBee and Dennis rode their bikes by, ringing their bells, luring the four clones towards them, thinking the bells were an ice cream truck. They managed to then freeze the four clones into cut-out like figures, which Dennis decided to keep.

Notes/Trivia

 * The segment's title is a play on The Coneheads, who are characters on a series of sketches on Saturday Night Live.
 * This episode has a rare event in the animated series where Dennis gets punished by his father. Although to him, it did seem like Dennis was outright defying him. Dennis may be known for causing mischief, but he rarely acts truly defiant.