Queen Of Chinatown

Queen of Chinatown is the one hundred and fourteenth episode from Season 1.

Plot
It's Chinese New Year, and the local Chinatown is holding a parade. Alice suggests looking in the curio shop for some jade earrings. As Henry orders Dennis, Ruff, Joey and Margaret to come along, Dennis brings up how far away China is. Joey remembers the time they tried to dig to China, but Mr. Wilson ordered them to put the dirt back, but Margaret corrects him by saying they're in China"Town", not the country China, and explains the Chinese who came to their city 100 years ago settled in their neighborhood. And a lot of Chinese descendants live and work in the Chinatown. Dennis explains that he already knew that.

Upon entering the House of Wu, the salesman, Mr. Wu, introduces himself, and Dennis brings up how much junk in the shop there is compared to his bedroom. Alice asks to find some jade earrings, and Mr. Wu says they have a lot of jade products. Henry tells Dennis, Ruff, Joey and Margaret to wait in the lobby. Dennis runs to a fan, Joey runs to a model of a Chinese building, and Dennis picks up an expensive clock. As Margaret sees Dennis with the clock, she pushes it out of his arms, and luckily, Joey catches it.

While Dennis sees a magic mirror, lights from the big statue's eyes shine over Joey. Dennis tries on a hat, and Margaret says he looks like a mushroom. Upon hearing Joey's voice, Dennis and Margaret discover he had vanished. Dennis figures something is fishy, and Margaret jumps to the conclusion it's Shrimp Fu Yong. Dennis explains he's talking about the statue, which has interchanging fans, glowing eyes, and a mysterious secret passage. Margaret thinks it's a simple basement. Dennis tries to bring Margaret along, but Margaret doesn't want to in her good shoes.

Dennis calls Ruff, who crashes into a stand with a tiger mask, and gets a fright upon seeing himself in a mirror. Then, Ruff jumps into Margaret's arms, sending her, himself and Dennis into the secret passage. After landing, Margaret tells Ruff off, and tries to get out of the passage, only for the entrance to close itself. While finding their way out, Dennis believes the passage was built by cattle rustlers and smugglers. After Margaret hears smugglers laughing, Dennis believes they smuggled something funny, and they both head in the direction of the smugglers.

As it turns out, the laughing came from a Chinese restaurant. Dennis, Margaret and Ruff hide in the flowers. Due to his allergy to flowers, Ruff is about to sneeze, only for Dennis to cover his mouth and nose. But unfortunately, Ruff sneezes, and he, Dennis and Margaret land on stage. Margaret lands first, Dennis lands on top, and Ruff on top of Dennis. Everyone cheers, and some unicycle performers pick up Ruff, and some other unicycle performers get Dennis on top of them. The cyclists throw Dennis into the air, only for him to be caught by an acrobat, and to be thrown to a swinging acrobat.

Margaret is rolling on a big blue ball, and Dennis swings past her. The cyclists throw Ruff off, and he lands, posing like a statue. Upon seeing Joey with the clock, Dennis jumps off the swing, lands on his feet, and Margaret crashes into him and Ruff. The ball bounces into the acrobat's feet. Dennis on the bottom, Ruff in the middle, and Margaret on top, everyone cheers. Dennis runs after Joey, causing Ruff and Margaret to fall and chase after him.

The three end up in a kitchen, and Dennis suggests going in a different room. Upon entering the room, a fortune teller sees them, surprisingly knows their names, and offers them a fortune cookie each. Dennis hopes to get his help on Joey's whereabouts. The fortune teller shows the statue, actually the Dancer of Kan Lu. As it turns out, Joey fell under a Chinese spell, which only a Chinese Queen can break by kissing. The fortune teller explains to find the green dragon and the jade blossom.

Margaret explains to Dennis that finding the Green Dragon and Jade Blossom is easy because they're Chinese symbols. Dennis immediately finds Green Dragon Street and Jade Blossom Drive. Dennis then found Joey and he, Margaret and Ruff run after him, only to be thrown out by a police officer, who tells them not to see any parade floats until the parade starts. Dennis, Margaret and Ruff sneak on a parade float in disguise. The officer sees them, yet doesn't see Ruff for some reason, and chases after them.

Margaret shrieks upon seeing a Chinese dragon, and Dennis says it looks like Mr. Wilson when he wakes him up. Dennis opens the dragon and see Joey. The officer sees Dennis and Margaret, who jump into the dragon, and upon seeing the dragon move, the officer jumps on a pole. The parade immediately starts upon the dragon moving, thus sending the officer into a cart of fireworks, and sending him into a Chinese play. Ruff plays cymbals on his float. As Joey runs, the queen stops, her crown flies off her head, and it lands on Ruff's head. Joey gets out of the dragon, hugs Ruff, calling him a queen, and Ruff licks him, thus breaking the spell.

Upon realizing who kissed him, Joey reacted in disgust. Margaret gets more disgusted upon finding out who broke the spell. Then, the gang make their way back to the curio shop, just in time. Alice had purchased jade earrings, and Henry, oblivious to what happened out, sees Dennis, Margaret and Joey, though Ruff was still banging cymbals. Henry believes something is up, but Dennis apologizes and bangs the cymbals.

Appearances

 * Dennis Mitchell


 * Alice Mitchell


 * Henry Mitchell


 * Joey McDonald
 * Margaret Wade
 * Ruff
 * Mr. Wu
 * George Wilson (mentioned)