Air Date: October 19th, 2003
During Meatwad's birthday, Shake attempts to debut a replacement for the Happy Birthday song, a heavy metal song performed by Zakk Wylde. When no one pays royalties, Zakk comes looking for his money.
- As Himself: Zakk Wylde is played by Zakk Wylde himself.
- Brutal Honesty: Frylock doesn't hide how he instantly hates "Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary", from saying it sucks to calling it a dumbass song.
- Didn't Think This Through: Shake seemed to genuinely think that he could create a better birthday song than the "snoozefest" people usually sing and people would pay royalties for it. Given how Frylock and Meatwad don't seem particularly interested in it, the former saying that it sucks, it's clear Shake overestimated how many people would actually be willing to listen to the song, much less pay royalties for it. It's implied that he's received no money whatsoever from the song.
- Failed a Spot Check: Shake doesn’t seem to get the potential buyer he’s trying to scam into paying him is a rambling homeless man until he steals the television.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Zakk is mostly confrontational and unreasonable, but he's got a good reason to be since Shake owes him over a million dollars.
- Jump Scare: Played for Laughs. The cold open is immediately cut off by Dr. Weird appearing in front of the camera, shouting "BULLSH(bleep)!"
- Karma Houdini: Shake spends $1.4 million he doesn't have in his endeavor to make money off his song. He also gets Zakk Wylde killed when the robot scorpions blow each other up. Outside of an ax to the head that he somehow recovers from and leaving the country when Geddy Lee comes looking for him, he doesn't get much of a comeuppance.
- Never My Fault: Frylock questions on what Shake will tell Zakk's wife and kids concerning his death. Shake insists they saw Zakk being drunk and out of control, even though Zakk was only there because Shake owed him money. A line that didn't make it into the episode has him state to blame the scorpions, which he bought without even realizing they were armed with weaponry.
- No OSHA Compliance: Shake apparently wasn't just bluffing about using the abandoned Suck E. Cheese's restaurant from "Mc Pee Pants" as a venue for kids to showcase the song, which was even less suitable for children than the usual Suck E Cheese's examples. His idea of an interactive fun zone is a series of exposed electrical wires and his only assurance to Frylock is grounding the children with rubber mats. A line in the script that didn't make it into the final product has Shake admit that the FDA would not let him serve pizza in there.
- Pet the Dog: Zakk doesn’t extend his anger with Shake towards Frylock and Meatwad. His only interaction with them is civil and he compliments their home.
- You Can Talk?: The robot scorpions take some time before they reveal they can talk, while also armed with weaponry that blow themselves and Zakk Wylde up.
