POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bryan R. Adel and Kisha L. Parker
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-act to:

(1)  prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)  prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of DineEquity, Inc. (the "Corporation"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (and any amendments thereto) in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;

(3)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.


The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 26th day of February, 2013.

/s/ Douglas M. Pasquale
Douglas M. Pasquale