Turbo Dogs

GT inherits a statue from his grandfather and becomes convinced that it is a lucky charm and is responsible for his great racing. Strut gets wind of this and decided to ‘borrow’ a little luck and steal the charm. GT is VERY upset, convinced his recent great driving is all due to the power of the lucky charm. He gradually figures out that his winning streak is due to hard work and skill. GT doesn’t need the charm to win - he just needs a little faith in himself! Dash is given the honor of announcing the play-by-play at the upcoming 'Just For Fun' Race, but it turns out he’s terrified of speaking in public. His Turbo Dog friends try to help him, giving him advice that would work for them, but clearly doesn’t work for Dash. Dressing up, doing voice exercises, telling jokes, having signature moves, etc. Dash ends up looking and feeling quite silly. He learns that he just has to be himself. Once he figures this out, Dash's play-by-play is just as fun as the 'Just For Fun' Race itself. Dash is terrified of speaking in public. His Turbo Dog friends try to help him, giving him advice that would work for them. Dash learns to be himself.

Clutch’s surprise party is ruined when everyone bursts out of the closet they’re hiding in because they can’t simply can't stand Stinkbert’s smell. Feeling badly about spoiling the surprise, Stinkbert decides it’s time to turn over a new leaf. He becomes super clean and tidy. And also super unhappy. Stinkbert, with the help of his Turbo Dogs friends, learns that he has to be his stinky self. He also picks up that a bath now and then isn’t such a terrible idea. Strut accidentally destroys his house and has to find a place to live while it’s being repaired. He moves in with a reluctant Dash and becomes Racerville's worst house-guest ever. Should Dash read him the riot act? That’s not how you treat guests, is it? Poor Dash. He doesn’t know how to deal with Strut. But when Strut forgets to give Dash an important telephone message and might cause Dash to miss the big race the driving gloves finally come off! Strut realizes what a terrible roommate he's been and pulls out all the stops to make it up to Dash. Both Turbo Dogs learn that living together takes respect and communication.

When Strut hurts his foot out on the track the other Turbo Dogs go out of their way to comfort their injured friend. Strut loves all the attention - so much so that he pretends his foot is not getting better, milking the situation for all it’s worth. Mags figures out what’s going on a sets up a situation in which Strut is forced to come clean. In the end, Strut learns that honesty is the best policy and that faking sick is not the way to get attention. After practicing his “tail off” - Clutch has a great day at the track, drawing admiration from all sides. The Howler brothers fawn over him, and it doesn’t take Clutch long to let all the attention go to his head. Soon he is foregoing his practice sessions for interviews, teeth polishing sessions, and clothing fittings – all the while being attended to by the Howler brothers. When the dogs are paired up for a relay race, his partner Stinkbert is left to practice alone. After a terrible practice run, Clutch realises that practice does make perfect, and together Stinkbert and Clutch practice hard and win the relay race.

When Cam announces a cooking competition, all the Turbo Dogs are enthusiastic including (to everyone’s surprise) Stinkbert. The other Turbo Dogs are perplexed, as Stinkbert has a predilection for leftovers and garbage. Their surprise leads Stinkbert to doubt himself, and he consults a fancy recipe book to create something for the competition, adding ingredients that he enjoys - like a rotting shoe. The other Turbo Dogs are not exactly supportive of his endeavours, and a dejected Stinkbert decides to bow out of the competition. But Five steps in and advises Stinkbert to cook what he knows and loves. Five also explains to the other Turbo Dogs that everyone has their own taste in food, and that even though they may not find Stinkbert’s food appealing, other dogs might. Stinkbert – bolstered by Five’s encouragement – comes up with a great dish all his own! The Turbo Dogs all pitch in to plan and arrange a party for the unveiling of a statue of Racerville’s founder. All of them, that is, except Strut. He has grudgingly volunteered for the task of delivering all the invitations, but is too busy loafing around and putting it off. After the dogs reminds him that everyone is counting on him to deliver the invitations, he realises that he needs to step up to his responsibilities. He gets them delivered just in time, and it doesn’t matter that he is too exhausted from delivering the invitations to race when there’s cake to be had!

Dash has promised to visit his Auntie Ratchet out in the countryside. Assuming the stay will be boring, he's not looking forward to it. Once he gets there his car breaks down. Aunt Ratchet invites him in for tea and offers to teach him to crochet (yawn) and invites him see her collection (double yawn). But Dash soon learns that his aunt is much more interesting than he imagined. Her collection turns out to be a wall of trophies for racing-related inventions! Plus, Auntie Ratchet crochets a mean fan-belt out of steel wool, fixing Dash's car in the nick of time. This is no ordinary Auntie - and Dash learns he shouldn't have assumed otherwise! Racerville is buzzing with excitement when famous movie star Rock Rally comes to town to shoot his new movie. Rock befriends a star-struck Dash, convincing him to be his secret driving double! All's well until Dash realizes that Rock is taking all the credit for Dash’s amazing driving. Finally, when Rock does take the wheel for himself, Dash is disappointed to learn that his hero Rock can barely drive a car at all! Zanner, the Turbo Dogs' biggest fan, explains that he knew Dash’s driving double secret all along – Rock Rally is a great actor, not a great racer – different dogs are good at different things!

When Ump decides that the Turbo Dogs need a Marshall to help make some rules around the track, Dash wins the title. Marshall Dash – the power goes straight to his head. Without listening to his friends, he implements rules, rules and more rules! Fed up with rules, the other Turbo Dogs can't take anymore and rebel against Dash's bossiness. Dash is confused at first by his friends don't like his edicts – but then he realizes that being a good Marshall isn't about making up rules, it's about listening to others and learning to work together. In anticipation of the Cross Country Rally, Sarge is making the rounds making sure the Turbo Dogs are making adequate preparations. As he is doing so, he notices that his friends are startled by his, well... distinctive laugh. He becomes self-conscious and embarrassed about his laugh. Sarge tries first to change his laugh, and then tries not to laugh at all. The rally commences, but fog has enveloped the course and the dogs get utterly and completely lost. It's not until the Howler Brothers start telling jokes to help everyone keep their cool about being lost that Sarge’s laugh cuts right through and guides all the Turbo Dogs out of the fog!

After being confounded by Five’s ability to deliver pizzas within five minutes, Strut decides to take a job at the Dog Gone Pizzeria to prove that he can out-deliver Five. Strut, overly cocky, ignores Five’s route suggestions and in a Racerville first, delivers pizzas in way more than five minutes! The other Turbo Dogs invite Five to participate in a race, where to their surprise, Five putters along on his delivery scooter at a slow and steady pace before leaving the race entirely to make and deliver a pizza. The Turbo Dogs realize that Five is simply dedicated and great at running the Dog Gone Pizzeria and Turbo Dogs are dedicated and great at racing cars. Not everyone has to be the best dog at everything - they can be happy doing their own thing. When GT has car trouble, Wrenchini invites him back to the garage so they can fix it together. GT admires Wrenchini’s prized possessions: wrenches inherited from his grandpa. When Wrenchini leaves GT in charge of the garage, various dogs drop by for small repairs. Suddenly, GT realizes that one of the shiny Wrenchini wrenches is missing! GT tears around Racerville, accusing the other Turbo Dogs of taking the wrench – offending all of his friends in the process. When GT looks inside one of Five’s pizza boxes for the missing wrench, Five confronts him about accusing friends. GT realizes that it's unfair to accuse people wrongly – Wrenchini had the missing wrench the whole time!

The Turbo Dogs are paired up for the big relay race. Mags is paired with Stinkbert and she quickly finds herself frustrated with his stinky driving habits. GT and Dash are having great luck as a pair and remark to Mags that their secret is to compromise - they both find ways to work together when racing as a team. Mags thinks is a great idea! But she puts the theory into practice by forcing Stinkbert to be more like her. Stinkbert tries his best to conform to her wishes, but Mags pushes him past his limits and he winds up racing worse than before! Mags comes to understand the true meaning of teamwork, even incorporating some of Stinky's techniques for herself. Finally, as a true team, they race better than ever. GT finds that he has a passion and talent for bowling! Who knew? He wants to bowl all the time. Mags, although she clearly doesn't share GT's passion for bowling, agrees to go bowl with him because he is so excited. GT mistakenly thinks that Mags shares his new passion and begins to badger her into going bowling, practicing bowling and joining him on a bowling team. Annoyed with GT's coaxing, Mags avoids GT instead of telling him that she’s just not interested as in bowling as he is. Dash suggests just telling him the truth about her feelings. But before Mags has a chance, GT confronts her about avoiding him. Mags finally tells him the truth and GT’s feelings aren’t hurt at all – he’s just happy that they are still friends. After all, friends can like different things! Mags realises that she should have just been straightforward with GT from the get-go.

While desperately scrounging for old car parts to fix up cars for Racerville's annual antique car show, Stinkbert chances upon one half of a treasure map while GT finds the other half. They each excitedly discuss their finds with other dogs: Stinkbert confides in Strut, while GT tells Dash. The two groups surreptitiously go on their own treasure hunts. They continuously cross paths during their race to find the treasure and realize that it would have been faster and easier to work together. When the treasure turns out to be antique car parts, they happily decide to work together to restore their antique car in time for the big antique car show. After too many near wins at the racetrack Stinkbert is discouraged and decides to quit racing for good! The other dogs try their best to convince him not to give up, but he has made up his mind. It is clear, however, that Stinkbert doesn’t quite have racing out of his system. He subconsciously builds a racetrack at the dump, “drives” his pizza as if it were a steering wheel, and soups up the Racerville race track lawn mower in true Turbo dog style. When he shows up at the track with his modified lawn mower, everyone cheers – Stinkbert is back! He realises that doing what you love has its own rewards – and that winning isn't everything. You can take the stink out of racing, but you can't take the racing out of Stinky!

Mags has a terrific offer – to be featured on the hit television show Extreme Driving of the Fast and Furry! But she has to go out of town to be filmed for the show. The only thing standing between her and Fast and Furry stardom is Lulu – her pet hamster. Dash generously agrees to take care of Lulu while Mags goes out of town. Even though he doesn’t know the first thing about caring for hamsters. “How hard could it be?” he glibly asks. Thinking this new responsibility to be easy, Dash doesn’t pay attention while Mags explains the various instructions regarding Lulu’s care. Mags leaves town and Dash neglects his pet care duties, culminating in Lulu climbing out of her cage. Realizing that Lulu is lost and fearing the worst, Dash quickly learns that being responsible means doing one's best to keep one's promises. When Five announces that he is celebrating his five year anniversary of the Dog Gone Pizzeria, Mags has an idea: The Turbo Dogs should throw Five a surprise party at their clubhouse. All the Turbo Dogs think that this is a terrific idea and all volunteer to do various tasks in preparation. But Mags is all enthusiasm, and gleefully sets about planning and arranging the entire party utterly by herself – refusing any help. When she gets overwhelmed, Mags realises that she DOES need help. Of course all the Turbo Dogs pitch in. By working as a team the friends' party for Five is a smashing success!

Mags is throwing a party at the clubhouse and has a piñata especially made for the festivities. When Strut’s invitation gets mislaid, an outraged Strut thinks that he has been snubbed, and decides to play a trick on the dogs: he fills the piñata with water balloons. Just as the dogs are taking turns hitting the piñata, Strut finds his invitation and realises that he had been invited to the party after all. He rushes in just before the piñata is burst, and explains that he had played a trick. He apologises for jumping to conclusions – and the dogs recommence with the festivities, together! Stinkbert has a rare and collectible racing card, and Strut and Dash both plead for it. Stinkbert doesn’t know who to give it to, and Mags suggests they race for it – with the card going to the winner. Strut wants the card so badly he tries to sabotage Dash so he can win the race – and the card. But when Strut’s tricks backfire and Dash insists on racing again to give Strut a fair chance, Strut is overwhelmed by guilt and confesses everything.

Strut sets up an obstacle course at the track, and all the Turbo Dogs want to join in the fun. Strut decides that since he has set up the course, he gets to make the rules. The only problem is: he changes the rules during the racing – to his own advantage of course! Eventually, the rest of the dogs get fed up with Strut changing the rules all the time, and leave him to go get pizza. Strut, realising that racing by oneself isn’t much fun, goes in search of them – but they’ve gone to the farm to set up their own obstacle course! Strut follows them there and asks to race with them – and they do after he promises to not change the rules while they are racing. He admits that he only wanted to win, and realises how that made the game unfair and not fun for the others. The dogs see an item in the newspaper saying that King Golden Lab of the Great Canine Island is searching for relatives as he has no heir, and remark how much the king looks like Stinkbert. This idea sparks Stinkbert’s imagination, and Stinkbert sets about researching his new regal role. When he starts insisting that everyone start treating him as a royal, they start avoiding him. Stinkbert realises that being a king wouldn’t be any fun without his friends – so when it turns out he is not a relative of the king, he is far from disappointed. He has his friends, and that’s what counts.

Strut is delighted with Joke’s On You Day – and mischievously plays pranks on all the dogs. Unfortunately, he gets a bit carried away, and ends up upsetting them. In the midst of playing a prank on Cam, Strut finds himself afloat in the blimp! He calls each of the dogs in turn on his GPS, pleading for help. But because he had played pranks on all of them that day, they don’t believe him – until they see the blimp floating overhead. They rush to help him to safety, and Strut realises that he went too far with his prank-playing. When GT helps Mags and Dash fix their cars for the umpteenth time, they decide to do something nice for him and order a special remote-control rolling tool box with a built-in picnic table as a surprise. It arrives unassembled, and Dash and Mags end up spending so much time secretly trying to assemble it that GT ends up feeling hurt and left out.