On the way to his daughter’s birthday party, Phil accidentally hits a wiener-dog crossing the street, and is forced to hide the dog’s body in a gift box to cover up his vehicular manslaughter. He then discovers that not only is the birthday party a wiener-dog themed tribute to the aforementioned dead dog, named Noodles, but Noodles is his ex-wife’s and fiancé's new dog. After being dominated and humiliated by the new fiancé, Phil attempts to flee the scene, but is stopped by the town’s Mayor- who drags him back into the party and calls for a celebration to honor the “Oldest dog in the county”. As Phil turns to leave yet again, he is stopped by his daughter, who aggressively tussles with him to open her “gift”. Meanwhile, the crowd begins to chant “Noodles Forever!”, just as the fiancé starts to choke on a hot dog. Phil, still wrestling with his daughter, is the only person to see this happen, and decides to let go of the box to perform the Heimlich maneuver on the fiancé. As the hot dog flies from his mouth, Phil’s daughter opens the box, screaming at the sight of her dead dog. However, Noodles is resurrected by the chaos, opening his eyes and howling at the crowd. He then leaps out of the box, and is lifted into the air by the new fiancé, before being worshipped as a deity by the crowd, who surround him and Phil. Phil makes his way to his ex-wife, who reveals that she left the gate open and was sure that Noodles had been hit by a car. Phil tells her that Noodles was hit- by him. The two hug, and Phil and his daughter share one last moment before he leaves the party for good.