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Calvin and crew are wrecking Socrates's house, trying to get to a mysterious orb. Elliot comes in just in time to see the destruction, and demands to know just ''why'' they're wrecking his house. Sherman steps forward to tell him, presenting his story of the events. However, the cast disagrees with it, and the MTM tries his hand. And then the cast disagrees with ''that'', and eventually everyone gets their chance to stretch the truth. As an annoyed Elliot tries to decipher just what happened, he decides to go see for himself. As he recovers from shock upon seeing [[NoodleIncident the bathroom]], everyone leaves, except Socrates.

!!Tropes:
* ArcWords: The orb mentions that something is returning, like the fortune teller in "Dark Laughter Part 1".
* DerangedAnimation and NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Calvin's SpyFiction version ends up devolving into this.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Or, in the case of Calvin's version, pterosaurs.
* TheDitz: Exaggerated with Socrates in Sherman's version and Sherman in Hobbes' version.
* HotBlooded: ''Everyone'' in Socrates' version.
** LargeHam
* HowWeGotHere: The episode revolves around Calvin and company explaining why they were wrecking Elliot's house.
** {{Whole Episode Flashback}}s
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The orb's parting words are merely "They have returned through the darkness." This may seem like a ShaggyDogStory, but considering what appears to happen in "Nocturnals"...
* NoodleIncident: Most of the stories end just before they chase the orb into the bathroom, but it's never explained what they did there. When Elliot goes to see it, everyone escapes while he's still in shock.
* PerpetualSmiler: Again, ''everyone'' in Socrates' version. [[LampshadeHanging It creeps out the rest of the cast.]]
* RashomonStyle
* SayMyName: "SOCRATES!", from Elliot at the end.
* SelfServingMemory: Everyone's flashbacks all either demonize one of the others or glorify themselves (sometimes ''both''). The only exception is [[SpyFiction Cal]][[DerangedAnimation vin.]]
* SpyFiction: Calvin's version is a parody of the Martini type.
* UnreliableNarrator: All of the flashbackers stretch the truth in some way. [[AdaptationalHeroism Some glorify themselves]], [[RonTheDeathEater some demonize others]], [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs some do both]], [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and Calvin just turns the thing into a spy drama]].
* VerbalTic: From Calvin's version, "ten-four".