Marmaduke's owner-man changes the plot of a fairy tale to appeal more to the interests of his dog. Marmaduke's owner-girl calls her father out on his revisions, perturbed that he cares more about pleasing Marmaduke than his own child. In Owner-Man's defense, Owner-Girl is infinitely less likely and/or able to maim Owner-Man if she is upset about something trivial and arbitrary.

Marmaduke wants more out of life and has decided to better himself.

Marmaduke decided to take a nap on the couch that his owner-man was napping on, and as there is room for only one of them, Owner-Man obviously had to go. Owner-Girl pulls out a pop-culture reference seven years past its prime in an attempt to lighten the mood and lessen her father's embarrassment at once again being on the receiving end of domestic abuse from a house pet.

Marmaduke is disregarding last night's heavy snow and destroying his fat, elderly neighbor's lawn with his powerful forelegs and indiscriminate rage. His fat, elderly neighbor risks certain death by daring to suggest that Marmaduke channel his berserk, spiteful fury into helping him shovel his walkway.