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[[caption-width-right:325:It needs to be housebroken.]]

'''The Pet'''

Wander and Sylvia find a derelict spaceship and go inside to look for any survivors. They are too late, as they have all been eaten by an acid-spewing monster! The two get separated, and while Sylvia tries to find a way to kill the thing, Wander thinks its ''adorable'' and tries to tame it!

!!The Pet features examples of:
* AnswerCut: When Wander says he wants to find Captain Tim a forever home, Sylvia questions who would want “a violent flesh-eating alien for a pet.” Cut to Lord Hater happily watching Captain Tim terrorize the Peepers.
* BigNo: Sylvia screams, "NOOOO!" [[SkywardScream to the sky]] when she sees what she thinks is Wander's remains but is actually a teddy bear cut up by the alien and put in a cocoon. Immediately followed by a BigWhy.
* BriefAccentImitation: Sylvia speaks in Wander's southern accent when she tries to think of what Wander would say to her when she believes he's dead.
* CaptainsLog: Sylvia finds a video log from the ship’s captain that shows him talking about the monster loose aboard the ship before promptly being attacked by it.
* CloseCallHaircut: The monster shoots its acid spit at Wander right as he’s ducking his head, so it hits his hat instead, singeing it in half.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Wander pulls Captain Tim’s dog tag out of the monster’s mouth, he mistakenly thinks that it's the monster’s and that his name is Captain Tim.
* TheComplianceGame: Wander tries to get Captain Tim to eat a spoonful of beans by pretending it’s a spaceship:
-->'''Sylvia:''' Here comes the galactic star cruiser filled with a payload of destructive laser ''beans''!
* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: The can of beans Wander feeds Captain Tim clearly stands out on the shelf of canned food behind him.
* CurseCutShort: "Let him go, you-" "SYLVIA!"
* DeadHatShot: The alien coughs out (the real) Captain Tim's ID tag, all that remains of the captain before being devoured, which Wander finds and assumes that's the alien's name.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When inside the ship's escape pod, Sylvia notices Wander is still alive and escapes through an "escape pod escape pod".
* DisneyDeath: Crossed with DramaticIrony. The audience knows Wander's alive, but Sylvia does not.
* DramaticIrony: Sylvia thinks Wander was killed by the alien, but the audience knows that was just the teddy bear Wander gave it, and he's still perfectly alive and well. It is even the same color as Wander's fur.
* ExactWords: "No takesies-backsies."
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The teddy bear Wander gives the alien has the same exact coloring as Wander's fur, which gives a hint toward [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated what Sylvia thinks]] once she opens the cocoon and discovers its remains.
* FauxDeath: When Sylvia finds the teddy bear Wander gave Captain Tim that’s been torn up and wrapped in a cocoon, she thinks it's actually Wander and is devastated.
* FluffyTheTerrible: The alien is given the name Captain Tim by Wander. It was the name of the ship's captain, whose dogtag Wander finds inside its gullet.
* FluffyTamer: Wander does manage to teach Captain Tim some tricks, but he's still too dangerous for him to keep as a pet. He's perfect for Lord Hater, though.
* FreezeFrameBonus: When the alien is about to meet Wander for the first time, from its heat-sensing vision Wander's hat appears red despite the fact it's just an object, hinting at what "The Hat" would confirm-- it's sentient.
* GhostShip: The episode takes place aboard one, naturally containing a monster that wants to eat everything aboard.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: Trying to feed Captain Tim beans apparently.
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: The episode’s plot basically happens because Wander got distracted by the ooze dripping from the roof.
* ItWontTurnOff: Once the self-destruct activates, it cannot be deactivated. As it says, "No takesies backsies."
-->'''Sylvia:''' Computer, deactivate self-destruct sequence!
-->'''Computer:''' Oh, my digits! Did you not hear me say "no takesies backsies"?!
* JumpScare: At the very end of the episode's [[TheStinger stinger]].
* LockAndLoadMontage: Sylvia does this twice using the weapons left on the ship as she gets ready to rescue Wander.
* MagicCountdown: If one looks closely at the clock in a few scenes, it doesn't tick down by seconds, but by one and a half seconds.
* MissedHimByThatMuch: After failing to give the alien a teddy bear, Wander leaves the scene right before Sylvia enters, which leads to her [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated mistaking the teddy bear for Wander, thinking the alien killed him.]]
* MistakenForDog: Wander comes face to face with a voracious, acid-spewing spider-like monster who has eaten the entire crew of a spaceship... and starts gushing about how cute he is and tries to train it and be his pet. He immediately realizes it's not adorable when it literally tries to ''steal his heart.''
* {{Narcissist}}: What the real Captain Tim was, considering he couldn't go five seconds in his message without mentioning how great he was.
-->'''Captain Tim:''' If you’re watching this now, ignore my dashing good looks, and heed this warning." (ScreamsLikeALittleGirl as the monster pounces on him)''
* NotQuiteDead: When fleeing in the escape pod thinking Wander had been eaten, Sylvia suddenly sees him in the ship's window, realizing he's still alive, and has to head right back.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The final third of the episode becomes this; when Sylvia purposefully activates the ship's self-destruct thinking Wander has been eaten by the alien, she discovers he's still alive and has to get him out before time runs out.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: When Sylvia discovers fluffy orange remains in the alien's cocoon, she is led to believe Wander had been eaten by the alien when that was really the teddy bear he gave it.
* SelfDestructMechanism: After thinking Wander was eaten by the alien, Sylvia activates the ship's self-destruct protocol to keep the alien from escaping. When she discovers that Wander is actually alive, she tries to stop the self-destruct but the computer says no “takesies-backsies.”
* ShoutOut: The whole episode, to the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise.
** To ''Franchise/StarWars'': "I have a bad feeling about this."
** To ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': "I'm going to need a bigger blaster!" (said three times in fact.)
** When Sylvia is flipping out thinking Wander was eaten by the alien (when really it was the teddy bear Wander gave it), she spins on the floor running like how Curly of ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' does.
* SuperSpit: Captain Tim has acid spit that can seemingly burn through any material with alarming strength.
* TearsOfJoy: Wander sheds these as he sees Captain Tim settle in his new home with Hater.
* TooDumbToLive: Wander is completely unaware that the ship's self-destruct has been activated and is in danger of being exploded to death along with it.
* TrainingThePet: Wander’s storyline quickly turns into this as he decides to keep the vicious monster as a pet.
* WholePlotReference: The entire episode is an homage to the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films.
* XenomorphXerox: Captain Tim is an insectoid monster with acidic spit, cocooning its victims and [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong implied to lay eggs inside living people]].
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Sylvia’s reaction verbatim when she finds out Wander has befriended the monstrous alien she’s been trying to destroy.
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