Space Dandy 2: Episode 3 is about western fairy tales

A clear example of this is when the characters discuss how to use the flashlight with a way home, leaving QT at the Aloha Oe. How do you get on the other side of a bridge with a wolf, a rabbit and a potato? How do you get across the sun with a Betelguese looking cat and a sentient fish?

The tale of the teleportation flashlight is also like that of Jack and the Beanstalk, where the mother complains of why Jack got the magic beans instead of money for the cow. In olden days, the tale was also originally probably about being careful who you trust as well as not always believing what your parents, or institutions say, being creative with what your options are. In the episode, Meow dismisses Dandy at first, saying that the device was a gag that he got from a woman that baited and scammed him into it. In the end, they get food, as Dandy predicted they would, just like Jack and the Giant's Gold.

The food aspect of the tale can even be compared to such Western tales such as Three Little Pigs and Hansel and Gretel, tales used in Stanley Kubrick's the Shining as mentioned by Rob Ager. In the car ride to the Overlook Hotel, Jack Torrence tells his son, Danny a story about cannibalism in the hotel. noted that the hag was a reference to Hansel and Gretel and Jack Torrence makes a reference to the Three Little Pigs, when chopping down the door with an axe.
Also, the setup for the episode is interesting as Team BBP goes through a restaurant that includes fish, before ending up going to the teleported fish planet. It's also a tale of the food business constantly showing and giving smells of food to promote people into eating to maximize profits.
Space Dandy is always a bit of a Fox and the Hound tale, where one must understand the differences between species to get by and I think they do that in this episode.