Airdate: January 17, 2023
"Mystery in the Night Sky": Molly, Tooey, and Trini think that there's a UFO in the sky.
"Mystery in the Night Sky" contains the following tropes:
- Agent Mulder: Tooey believes that aliens are real, and supports an alien conspiracy theorist.
- Agent Scully: Molly doubts that aliens exist, but is eventually convinced.
- An Aesop: It's important to double-check what you read online and make sure it's accurate.
- Ancient Astronauts: Montey Cribbits says that aliens built the Taj Mahal. Trini later finds out that this is false when she looks it up online.
- Art Shift: The art style switches to a crude doodle style when Tooey shows Molly and Trini a UFO drawing.
- Conspiracy Theorist: Montey Cribbits, the "Alien Detective," claims to have seen aliens, believes that aliens built the Taj Mahal, and charges fans to join his club for $19.95.
- Continuity Nod:
- Montey Cribbits is the author of Travis Hightower's bogus book about mammoths from "Book of Mammoths," and his name was in the register book
in "Puzzled." - In the Art Shift segment, there are aliens playing basketball. Trini said that there might be aliens playing basketball in the episode "Mollyball."
- Montey Cribbits is the author of Travis Hightower's bogus book about mammoths from "Book of Mammoths," and his name was in the register book
- Delicious Distraction: Molly is sure that she won't get distracted. Cue Walter arriving with mugs of hot chocolate.
- Flying Saucer: The kids think that they see a UFO. It was actually the ISS.
- The Man in the Moon: At the start of the episode, Nat tells Molly about how the moon is putting on his parka to tell us that it will snow.
- Two Scenes, One Dialogue: Molly, Tooey, and Trini each tell their families that aliens are coming, relaying the same information as the scene switches amongst them.
"Lights, Camera, Patak!": Molly and Tooey help Mr. Patak get over his debilitating camera shyness so he can film a video.
"Lights, Camera, Patak!" contains the following tropes:
- A Day in the Limelight: For Mr. Patak.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: When attempting to film the video, Mr. Patak is showing viewers how to select wood for a walking stick, but gets distracted by a red-tailed hawk.
- Call-Back: In the season one episode "Spring Carnival," Mr. Patak was shown to be camera shy when Molly suddenly turned her camera on him. This episode expands on that moment by giving him full blown performance anxiety.
- Given Name Reveal: At the end of the episode, Mr. Patak reveals that his first name is William.
- Hopeless with Tech: Downplayed. Mr. Patak doesn't know how to use the camera on his phone.
- Performance Anxiety: It is revealed that Mr. Patak is very camera shy.
- Sdrawkcab Name: On the first cut of the video, Mr. Patak accidentally calls himself "Mr. Katap."
- Staring Contest: Molly and Tooey are having a staring contest at the start of the episode. Tooey blinks when Mr. Patak arrives.
