Free Chili

When Owen hides a walkie talkie inside his chili dog, Harold believes it's an alien here to destroy Earth.

Plot
The episode begins with Owen and Noah talking with each other via walkie talkie despite being a few feet away from each other. Suddenly, a man speaking in Spanish is speaking through Owen's walkie talkie, advertising burritos. Noah hypothesize that the radio must have pick up a Spanish radio station. Chef then enters the room, sensing that someone might have brought a toy from home. Noah manages to convince him by admitting that no one has broke Chef's sacred rule but pushes it a little too far by mocking his age and memory. Not buying it, Chef warns the the two that he is keeping an eye on them before leaving the room. With Chef gone, Noah and Owen hide their walkie talkies in their pockets but Owen can't as his mother sewn his pockets to prevent him from putting candy in them (which are still in the pockets). Unable to put it in his pockets like Noah, Owen instead hides it inside his lunch box and puts it away at the cabinets.

When Jude and Harold walk past the cabinets, the walkie talkie begin to speak again through the box. The two open the Owen's lunch box and all they see is a chili dog, with the walkie talkie inside of it. Believing that the chili dog is an alien from outer space, Harold and Jude have conflicting theories about the "alien"; Harold believes that it is part of an invasion force planning to conquer Earth while Jude believes that they come in peace. The two friends argue about what to do with the "alien", Jude takes the box and runs away, recruiting Beth to help him. Unbeknownst to him, Harold has already stole the chili dog and takes refuge at the toy castle. Having already recruited Izzy to his cause, the two tied the chili dog on a chair and interrogate it, with Harold being the bad cop and Izzy being the good cop. As they do not speak Spanish, they are unable to understand it. At the bathroom, Noah is doing his business and realizes that his cubicle has no toilet paper. Using his walkie talkie, Noah contacts Owen for help, not knowing about the whereabouts of the other radio. Upon hearing Noah's voice from the chili dog, Harold deducts that the "alien" had consumed him.

Meanwhile, Owen is devastated that is lunch is missing and begin to lose his mind from the hunger. Bridgette takes pity on him and offer to share her lunch with him but Owen devours her sandwich immediately and drinks finish her box juice before eating Gwen and Cody's food as well. Despite eating four people's lunches, Owen is still hungry. Noah returns from the washroom and scolds Owen for not helping him. Owen realizes that Noah is missing his vest and questions him about it but Noah is embarrassed to tell him, revealing that he uses his vest to clean himself. Back at the toy castle, Izzy and Harold continue to interrogate the chili dog by tying it to a remote control car and driving it around. Suddenly, a police hand puppet appears from the window ordering the two of them to leave while he takes over the interroagtion to which Izzy and Harold comply. The hand puppet is actually Jude who takes the chili dog away after removing the puppet. Harold realizes that they were tricked as the "sergeant" finished his sentence with "dude", a term not used by police. The two return to the castle only to find that the "alien" with missing and "sarge" is killed, only a week from retirement.

The fight for the chili dog continue at the playground. Upon spotting the culprits, Harold and Izzy give chase, forcing Beth and Jude to retreat to the treehouse. When Jude is climbing rope ladder, Harold shakes the ladder, causing Jude to lose his grip and drop the chili dog. With the "alien" in their custody again, Harold and Izzy continue their interrogation by tying it to the toy tracks and attempt to ram it with the toy train. Jude tries to stop them but trips on a toy and landed on the tracks where the train rams him in the kiwis. With everyone distracted, Beth takes the chili dog and carries the injured Jude and runs out of the room only to reach a dead end. Harold and Izzy caught up and the two groups argue about the "alien". Meanwhile, Owen is still unable to fill his appetite despite eating more of his classmates lunches. Still wanting his chili dog, Owen picks up its scent and follows it to the source. Back at the playground, the two groups are still arguing with Izzy even bringing up about Noah being eaten. Just then, the real Noah and Owen arrive, making the situation even more awkward.

With more people trying to harm the "alien", Beth and Jude decide to take the chili dog to safety by tying it to Bridgette's balloon, sending it to the sky. Not long after taking off, the balloon is popped by a tree branch, sending the chili dog and walkie talkie to the ground where it is crushed by several vehicles (including a train despite the lack of train tracks). Owen is devastated at the loss of both his food and toy. Upon hearing Owen mentioning walkie talkie, the four kids who thought it is an alien realizes that the entire wild goose chase is simply a misunderstanding. Harold is glad however that there are no such thing as evil alien hot dogs. The scene shifts to outer space where several giant hot dog-like space crafts are approaching Earth just as the episode ends.

Cast

 * Courtney, Gwen and Cody appear but have no lines.

General

 * This is the first time in the franchise Noah removes his vest.

Continuity

 * When Harold and Izzy are inside the playhouse, a plush version of Fang can be seen. Later, Jude trips over said plush while trying to grab the chili dog.