h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*a thin black line of trans-thread portal opens up in the Dog House rotates 90 deg and deposits a semi-concious Red Dog into the thread. Red's ectoplasmic spook armour is shorting out all over and his Canine-in-Trouble (CiIT) beacon starts playing a pre-recorded mayday message*

"Dreadfully sorry about this but I appear to have had a spot of bother with life and I'm wondering whether there is someone in the vicinity who could toddle along and help out. I know it's a frightful bore but we can't let the Cats make whoopee out of this can we ?*

~starts repeating on a loop~

Now who left all this ectoplasmic goop lying around?
*begins sweeping, totally ignoring the sparks. Notices a nifty looking suit of spook armor sitting off to one side and starts to slip it into her pocket...