"Hot Dogs" is the nineteenth episode of the first season of the American mystery television series Veronica Mars.

Written by Dayna Lynne North and directed by Nick Marck, the episode originally aired on UPN on April 19, 2005.

The series depicts the adventures of Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) as she deals with life as a high school student while moonlighting as a private detective.

In this episode, a student named Mandy (Claire Titelman) hires Veronica to help find her lost dog.

Meanwhile, the Echolls family deal's with Trina's (Alyson Hannigan) domestic abuse, and Weevil (Francis Capra) gets arrested for breaking into the Kane home.

Wallace (Percy Daggs III) tells Veronica that Weevil broke into the Kane house the previous night and was found in Lilly's (Amanda Seyfried) bedroom.

Later Hans calls Veronica from the pound and tells her that Chester had been hit by a car on the highway the previous day.

Celeste (Lisa Thornhill) walks into Mars Investigations and she blames Veronica for her family's problems.

Veronica finds out that the man's name is Dylan Goran (Jeff Parise), who has been put under two restraining orders recently by ex-girlfriends.

Price Peterson, writing for TV.com, gave the episode a glowing review, particularly praising the Echolls family subplot.

She also praised how the episode did a good job of adding to the season arc while also providing meaningful in-episode story lines.

[10] Vulture ranked the episode's use of "That's Amore" on its list of "16 Perfect Musical Moments from Veronica Mars", calling it "A smart and unsettling ode to Pulp Fiction.