Another Swollen Eyeball agent, envious of Dib's adventures, sets in motion a plan to get him and his friends kicked out of the Network.
- Actor Allusion: This chapter sees Zim attack Team Save Earth with a Monster Clown. Richard Steven Horvitz, in addition to voicing Zim, also voiced Billy, whose fear of clowns led to the birth of the "DESTROY US ALL! DESTROY US ALL!" meme.
- Everyone Has Standards: The senior Swollen Eyeball agents all dislike Dib, but are disgusted at Quis' attempt to frame him and get him kicked out of the organization, noting that for all of Dib's flaws, he wouldn't sink that low.
- Eviler than Thou: Zim barely shows up in this chapter, yet easily proves himself superior to Quis as a villain, with his Cyborg Death Clown presented as a much more serious threat to Quis’ fake haunted house.
- Genre Savvy: Steve repeatedly cites his knowledge of horror movies as Team Save Earth explore a supposedly haunted house.
- Haunted House: Quis sets up a fake one as part of his plan to set up Dib and his friends to look like frauds.
- "Here's Johnny!" Homage: The Cyborg Death Clown growls out the line while axing down a door that it thinks Team Save Earth are hiding behind. It turns out to be the front door, and Nny, who is walking down the street, quips "No, I'm over here".
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Quis' plan is to set up Dib to look like he was running a "Scooby-Doo" Hoax and get him kicked out of the SEN for fraud. Instead, events play out so that Quis is exposed, with him being the one kicked out.
- Monster Clown: The Cyborg Death Clown unleashed by Zim that chases Team Save Earth through Quis' fake haunted house.
- Never My Fault: Quis' reaction to getting kicked out of the SEN is to blame Dib, despite it being a result of his own scheming.
- "Scooby-Doo" Hoax: Quis’ plan is one of these. He creates a fake haunted house full of every horror movie cliche, intending to let Dib and his friends investigate it, get convinced it's real, and then report it to the SEN, before swooping in and "exposing" it as a fake, in the hopes that Dib's group would get blamed and then expelled from the organization for fraud. Instead, Quis' activities are exposed, and he's the one kicked out.
- Shout-Out: At one point, the Cyborg Death Clown breaks open a door with an axe and shouts "Here's Johnny!".
- Spanner in the Works: Zim inadvertently serves as one to Quis' plans, as the intervention of his Cyborg Death Clown ends up exposing his hoax to Dib.
- Unknown Rival: Arnold Quis/Agent Spider Monkey is this to Dib. Dib barely knows he exists, and is clueless to the fact that Quis is envious of him to the point viewing him as an Arch-Enemy. When Quis' actions get him kicked out of the SEN, he pins the blame solely on Dib, who isn't even aware of what happened.
