When a concussion causes Clover to believe she is in the world of her Thighsander Plunderhorse novels, it's up to everyone to humor her and go along with it.
Tropes:
- Amnesia Episode: Clover has "acute fictionosis", which was essentially amnesia that takes the victim to a fictional world.
- Becoming the Mask: Mort gets a little to into his role as the Big Bad Lord Chevalier Lorn von Lorn, and he attempts to destroy Thighsander Plunderhorse by dropping her and her crew in a Lava Pit. A real lava pit.Ted: (nervously) He is acting, right?
- Big Bad: Lord Chevalier Lorn von Lorn (played by Mort).
- Bumbling Sidekick: Julien gets assigned the role of Squire Barnaby, something which he takes great offense to.Ted: You look just like him, see? Squire Barnaby: Thighsander's sword-carrying sidekick. Skilled at dancing, but not much else. Known for being dramatic, lazy, and often selfish.
- Changed My Mind, Kid: Having all he can take of being Squire Barnaby, King Julien breaks character and storms out. Later after receiving a pep-talk from Rob, Julien/Barnaby returns to the story just in time to save the fictional and real day.
- Continuity Snarl: Previous episodes suggested that Clover does her best to keep her hobby as a writer secret, but here everyone knows she's an author as her books are well published.
- Kayfabe: Having been told Clover will die if they don't, the entire kingdom organizes to play out a character from her stories, with varying levels of success.
- Write Who You Know: In-Universe, this appears to be Clover's writing style. Everyone is able to play along with Clover's delusions easily as they all map to a character in her stories. Most noticeably, the illustrations of Norj Grendelfist now look even more like Sage Moondancer than they originally did.
- Writer's Block Montage: Clover gets interrupted before she can get particularly far into her writer's block, but the entire episode can more or less be considered one, as Clover does not wake up from her delusion until she's acted out a proper ending to her novel.
