Knot in My Backyard
Milo has a knot in the laces of his dress shoes and can't get them off. In this condition, how will he be able to catch Tucker from streaking throughout Halverston and Area?
Tropes in this episode:
- Amusing Injuries: This is occurred when Milo accidentally throws his suit at Tervit.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Happens to Tucker after using a photo enlarger at the photo store, causing him to become gigantic.
- Babysitting Episode: Despite the Queen coming over to Halverston and Area for a visit, Tabitha is forced to watch and take her baby brother Tucker today, which concerns her as the Queen has specific rules about wearing a formal dress and doesn't want to spend the rest of her life rotting in the royal dungeon due to Tucker's shenanigans, so she needs him to wear a nice outfit, which he refuses.
- Clingy Costume: Milo takes off the dress that he wore after having a fancy lunch at his aunt's house, but the only thing that he has trouble trying to take off is his tight dress shoes, due to them having a knot in his laces, causing his feet to get stuck on them.
- Didn't Think This Through:
- Milo thought that forcing Tucker to wear a nice dress for the Queen's visit is a rather easy task so he decided to not use his novelty items. The only problem is that Tucker keeps refusing to wear the dress, meaning that this task isn't very easy than he thought.
- Milo uses a rubber mouse to distract Tucker to make him wear the dress as he thought that rubber mouses can attract toddlers and not just cats. Just when he tries to distract Tucker, some alley cats heard the rubber mouse squeaking, causing them to attack Milo. Shortly after that, Tucker takes off his underwear and starts to streak throughout Halverston and Area.
- Since toddlers hate vegetables, Milo decided to use his inflatable vegetables so if Tucker sees them, he will run away from them and will arrive at the kids clothing store to get nicely dressed. Although he did ran away from them to the store, he then sees a couple of grannies persuading him to try out an outfit, causing him to run out of the store as he's also afraid of them, causing this plan to backfire. He then eventually arrives at the photo store and uses the photo enlarger, causing him to become a giant baby.
- Epic Fail: Although Tabitha was able to enlarge Tucker's outfit to wear after he becomes giant after using the photo enlarger, it was already too late as Tucker used it prior while being naked and has started to streak throughout Halverston and Area.Lizbeth: Now what?Tabitha: I'll tell you now what! I enlarged Tucker's outfit and somehow we have to comfort him with it cause everybody can see him now!!
- "Eureka!" Moment: Lizbeth mentions to Milo that the streaking toddlers arriving to the Queen's visit isn't that so bad as the Queen is a grandma herself and she probably thinks that naked toddlers are cute, which maybe she could see them in a buff and take a shine to them. This leads to Milo using his "Bird Brain" that he needs to buff and shine his dress shoes, which Lizbeth was thinking about something else entirely. So Milo decided to do just that with his shoe shine kit, making them very shiny. The plan eventually worked as his shiny shoes causes Tucker and the rest of the toddlers to get temporarily blind, which Milo then traps Tucker with his sticky hand to safely land. Tabitha managed to get Tucker to shrink down back to his normal size with the photo enlarger, albeit a little bit over reduced.
- Funny Photo Phrase: At the end of the episode, Lizbeth tells Milo and Tabitha to say "Sir Captain Flamingo" as they prepare to take a picture together. Just before they can say it, Milo's mom interrupts them to ask Milo where did he put his dress shoes.
- I Heard That: After Milo loses his tight dress shoes due to buffing them to make them shinier during the Queen's visit which lead to the shows now sitting in the royal museum, leading to his mother asking where they are:Milo's Mom: So you lost them playing flamingo-man did you? Milo, dress shoes are expensive! Maybe I just won't buy you another pair, let's see how you like that!(Milo's mom then closes the door)Milo: YES! Ha-ha!Milo's Mom: I heard that!
- Kids Hate Vegetables: One of Milo's failed solutions to get Tucker wear a nice dress for the Queen's visit was using his inflatable vegetables to make him run away from them to the clothing store, as toddlers hate vegetables. It backfired as once he arrives there, he saw a couple of grannies persuading him to try out an outfit, causing him to run out of the store screaming due to him being also afraid of them.
- Oh, Crap!: After a couple of toddlers saw a giant naked Tucker at the park, it led to them also taking off all of there clothes and starts streaking with him as they think he's there leader now. What's even worse is that the streaking toddlers were about to lead the way over to the Queen's royal visit, which can lead to tons of reporters leading for a scoop.
- Pyrrhic Victory: Although Tucker's streaking problem came to a stop thanks to the Captain, Milo's mom then asks Milo where did he put his dress shoes, but since he bronzed the shoes during the Queen's visit, the shoes are now sitting in the royal museum. As a result of Milo losing his dress shoes, she decided to not buy anymore pairs as they are very expensive.
- Streaking: Tucker streaks naked in the neighborhood throughout the episode as a result of him refusing to wear a nice dress for the Queen's visit at Halverston and Area.
Real to Me
An innocent comment from his dad leads Milo to question whether Quantum Vigilante is real, all while he tries to help Otto save his rock collection from parental indifference.
Tropes in this episode:
- Big "NO!": Happens twice by Lizbeth and Otto in the episode. First when the cart holding Otto's rock collection snaps out of Milo's wheel down the hill due to being very heavy. Second when Milo throws out his Quantum Vigilante action figure after deciding to forget about him which hits the twig holding Otto's rock collection, causing them fall over towards Otto's house.
- Chekhov's Gun: Otto mentions that he wants to polish his rock collection into precious stones but his parents doesn't understand, which isn't fair as his brother Oswald was able to keep his halfpipe but isn't able to keep his rock collection. Eventually, Otto's rock collections later lands on the halfpipe, polishing them in the process like a rock tumbler and becomes a radiant garden, surprising Otto's parents and they decided to not move.
- Conversation Cut: Otto calls for the Captain to help for his problem but Milo originally refused as he was still questions whether or not Quantum Vigilante is real. Lizbeth then replies that superheroes help people like Quantum Vigilante, leading to Milo not think about it right now and go on with the mission. When Milo was about to mention what he has to do for Otto, the scene then cuts mid-sentence to Otto's house where Otto replies that he has the save his rock collection as his parents want to move but they refused to bring his collection with him.Otto: Uh-oh! Flamingo!Lizbeth: A kid! In trouble! Come on, we have to go.Milo: Why? What's the point of it all?Lizbeth: I don't know. It's what superheroes do. They help people. That's what Quantum Vigilante will do.Milo: It's true. And I don't know for sure he doesn't exist. No time to think about it now because I have a mission! I have to...[cut to Otto's house]Otto: Save my rocks!
- Didn't Think This Through:
- Milo suggests to move Otto's rock collection to his house as a safe place. However, he lives up the hill and the rocks are too heavy to carry, so he decided to use a catapult similar to the model used in a Quantum Vigilante issue where the titular hero used it to fling thousands of glow-in-the-dark bowling balls into the star system, where a power surge plunged the universe into darkness. The plan backfired as Otto's rocks hit the roofs of various neighbors after using the catapult.
- To retrieve Otto's rocks back after being scattered around the neighborhood, Milo, Lizbeth and Otto decided to pretend they are a rock removal service just like in another Quantum Vigilante issue where he collected a bunch of radioactive meteoroids scattered around the universe. The plan is to collect the rocks, put them in the carts and held them to Milo's house. Although they managed to collect all of the scattered rocks by going to various neighbors door-to-door after the rocks hit their roofs, Otto finds a small pebble that he forget to put away. Unfortunately, due to how heavy the rock collection is, causing Milo having a hard time pulling his wheel up the hill, right after the pebble hits the collection, it causes the cart holding the rocks to snap out of his wheel, which then hits a hydrant, and lands on a twig, heading towards to Otto's house.
- When Milo tries to collect Otto's rock collection stuck to a twig, after taking one out, it causes another rock to fall over and break part of his fence, as the rock pile is highly unstable to collect back or else it can fall.
- "Eureka!" Moment: Milo tries to use his "Bird Brain" to think what will Quantum Vigilante do by thinking about various issues related to this problem but he can't seem to think of a solution as none of the issues he brought up briefly is actually related to the problem. Lizbeth then shouts to forget about him which Milo decided to give up his faith by throwing out his Quantum Vigilante action figure. Unfortunately, the figure hits the twig holding Otto's rock collection, causing them to fall but thankfully lands on Oswald's halfpipe, polishing them in the process like a rock tumbler. After Otto's parents were surprised that his rock collection becomes a beautiful radiant rock garden, they decided to stay here and not move. Shortly after that, Milo's faith in Quantum Vigilante was restored as he learned that forgetting about him led to him relying on his own super heroic skills.
- Heroic BSoD: Milo has one as after using his mom's hairdryer to blow a fallen baseball card out from a bookcase and tell his dad that he got the idea from Quantum Vigilante, he comments that there's no one like Quantum Vigilante in real life, shocking him which then causes him to question whether he's real or not.
- If My Calculations Are Correct: Otto drops this line when calculating that one tiny breeze will cause his rock collection to fall from the twig and crash over to his house.
- Oh, Crap!: After the cart holding Otto's rock collection snaps out of Milo's wheel due to being very heavy to carry, it goes down the hill heading straight to Otto's house, which Milo, Lizbeth and Otto has to stop before it hits it.
- Suddenly Shouting: After Milo can't think of a solution for his "Bird Brain" that has something to do with Quantum Vigilante regarding the problem involving Otto's rock collection getting stuck in a twig, Lizbeth then shouts to him to forget about him.Lizbeth: FORGET QUANTUM VIGILANTE!!
