Clancy's universe simulator malfunctions due to lack of maintenance.
Tropes:
- Black Comedy Animal Cruelty: Captain Bryce throws small animals and insects into different patches of the Wobble to demonstrate what will happen if he touches them.
- Body Horror: The different fields of the Wobble inflict different body horrors on anyone trapped within them. Captain Bryce is engulfed in a yellow field, which turns him into a flaming mass of bones and sinews.
- Call-Back: In previous episodes, the computer urges Clancy to read the simulator FAQs and warning messages. In this message, Clancy's lack of maintenance results in the simulator malfunctioning.
- Cordon Bleugh Chef: Clancy bakes a Pie Messiah, but the result is a misshapen, smelly pie that he tries to foist onto his neighbors.
- Death by De-aging: Touching the gray Wobble will result in you reverting into "a cream," essentially regressing the afflicted out of existence.
- Despair Event Horizon: Clancy peeks into a simulated world of sapient bubbles, each imprisoned in a cell with only a mirror for company. All but one of the bubbles popped itself, except for a single crying bubble singing to his mirror. He pops himself before a distraught Clancy can intervene.
- Driven to Suicide: All but one of the bubbles popped themselves due to being depressed from isolation. The last bubble does so too before Clancy can beam down to help him.
- Eldritch Location: The Wobble. It's a collection of energy fields that inflict horrific fates on people trapped in them. Captain Bryce sings a song about the different fields to Clancy.Captain Bryce: My name is Captain Bryce, and these are my rules! Don't touch the Wobble if it's pink, or you will age until you stink. If the Wobble's gray like steam, you will revert into a cream. If the Wobble's red like rust, you'll die and rot and then throw up. If a patch is colored tan, then your eyes will melt. Don't touch the Wobble if its blue, 'cause it'll make you look like that. If the Wobble smells like flowers, run real fast or we'll both die! If it's brown, then it's okay, but don't confuse brown with tan. When the Wobble's neon green, then I'm not sure what will happen.
- Foil: Clancy's neighbor is a foil to Clancy in several ways. While Clancy uses his simulator for adventures and spiritual pursuits, the neighbor uses his to gain lucre. Clancy treats the simulated beings he meets with respect and friendliness, while the neighbor exploits simulated beings for his own gain. For all his evil deeds, the neighbor is intelligent and organized in his use of the simulators, while Clancy is free-wheeling.
- Formula-Breaking Episode: The interview is a much smaller part of this episode than in any other, and most of the time is spent on Clancy repairing his universe simulator.
- Go Mad from the Isolation:
- All of the isolated bubbles popped themselves due to being depressed from isolation.
- Clancy and Captain Bryce find a looter trapped in a purple patch of the Wobble. The man had been frozen in time for so long that his mind was "pickled".Looter: It's Brussels sprouts, not brussel. Brussels!
- Jerkass: Clancy's neighbor, a simulator farmer who harvests artifacts from simulated worlds, is emotionally abusive to his children and rude to Clancy. Inside one of the simulations, he powers his ship with a crew of galley slaves and was about to slice the horn off a unicorn before Clancy's arrival distracted him.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: David once accidentally calls Clancy "Duncan" (his voice actor), which Clancy confusedly corrects.
- Meet The Meat: After it malfunctions, the simulator generates pie monster that ask Clancy to eat them.
- Mercy Kill: Captain Bryce pushes the looter into a gray patch of the Wobble, causing the man to revert to an egg. The man's mind had been shattered from prolonged isolation in a purple patch of the Wobble, and Bryce concluded that it was the only humane thing to do.
- Rapid Aging: The results of touching the pink Wobble, which leaves its victims as aged husks floating in space.
- Reality Is Out to Lunch: The Wobble's default state of existence is warping the already-unusual laws of physics beyond recognition; Captain Bryce indicates that it's caused by malfunctioning simulators, which is a bit unfortunate given that Clancy's simulator has been neglected for so long it's on the verge of Wobbling.
