Vicky has a pet cat, dog, hamster, fish and a parrot. Out of all of these pets, only Doidle is seen in later episodes when the rest of Vicky's family appears, and even then, his appearances are rare.
This is the first time we see the veterinarian, Dr. Snipowitz, and Vicky's dog, Doidle. Dr. Snipowitz would later reappear as an actual doctor, now working inside a run-down hospital.
This episode inspired the level, "A Dog's Life" in the video game, Breakin' Da Rules. The main differences is that Timmy becomes an actual dog, colored brown and with Timmy's pink hat. The player must avoid Tootie (who has fallen in love with the dog because she wants one of her own, and it resembles Timmy) while finding a way to make himself undesirable to her by bathing in mud.
This episode marks the only appearances of Wanda's friends.
This episode reveals that Doidle could possibly have a personality just like his owner: He is a jerk who caused most of the trouble in the episode for fun, not because he was simply a dog who didn't know better. Doidle appears to be sentient and the reason he wanted to stay in Timmy's body was so that he could be a human and have opposable thumbs. This makes Doidle's fate in this episode (and his unhappy look at the end) all the more alarming. In later episodes, Doidle always growls at Timmy and hates him, meaning that he remembers and possibly blames Timmy for what happened to him in this episode.
Vicky's house in this episode is a different color than its appearance in Oh Yeah! Cartoons episode, "The Fairy Flu," but it has the same front porch design. Her house would be completely redesigned in "Boy Toy" and subsequent appearances, but with the same color scheme.
Wanda's quote in this episode, "Well, what's the matter, Big Daddy?" would possibly be a reference to the name of her own father, Big Daddy, who would later appear in Talkin' Trash.
This episode ends with the show's opening song playing with someone saying It's all over now, folks.
This and its sister episode are the lowest viewed episodes of season 1.
It is unlikely, but one of Wanda's friends might have been the same one from "School's Out!: The Musical" seen at the Fairy World Diner.
This is the first episode where a character is heard talking during the end title card.
This episode has two deleted scenes that were fully animated and then cut during post-production. They were included in a video file on Nickelodeon's website at the time:
A male teacher catches a glimpse of Doidle-in-Timmy, Chester and A.J. drinking out of the toilets in the boys' restroom. He starts drinking out of a toilet himself and comments "I'm hip!", mirroring Mr. Turner being inspired by Doidle-in-Timmy to eat his breakfast cereal face-first.
When Wanda interrupts Cosmo's serenading by rushing to distract Doidle and Timmy, Cosmo cries out "A hug would be nice!"
Allusions
Dog Day Afternoon - The title is an obvious reference to the drama film.
Wacky Races - At one point, Timmy (in Doidle's body) does the same wheezing laugh as Muttley.
Rocko's Modern Life- Vicky gets a hamster named Spunky which is the same name as Rocko's dog.
Goofs
Spunky the Hamster can talk and Timmy communicates with Spunky with no magic visibly involved.
When Timmy's fighting Timmy (Doidle's body), his pink cap was off, when Wanda appeared, his pink cap was back on.
Spunky is an herbivore (hamsters are rodents hence why) so he shouldn't have been given a steak unless he is a special breed of hamsters that are carnivores.
Timmy (Doidle's Body) was watching the TV, but the screen border was brown and not grey.
In Transparents, it is revealed that fairies can go through objects, however, in this episode, Wanda smashed herself against a lamppost.
Cosmo: Ah, the great outdoors, and no wife! Ooh yeah, I'm gonna swing, daddy-o! I'm gonna call on my old friends! (while leafing through book) Let's see, Wanda, Wanda with a little star next to it, Panda, no that's Wanda with a smudge on the 'W'. I... I... (while crying) I miss Wanda!
Doidle (as Timmy): Food! Food, food, food! (he devoured the cereal face first)
Mr. Turner: No, that's just the way all kids eat cereal now. Face first! I'm hip! (he also devoured the cereal face first)
Vicky: What's this one? (she pointed towards a dangerous looking weapon-like item)
Dr. Snipowitz: We call that the pushy thingy! And this is the pully lifty thingy. And this is the pushy pully lifty thingy. And this is the Snipmaster 8000.
