Slimer, in cowboy getup, is watching a Lone Ranger parody called The Lone Stranger, but the TV keeps glitching out. He tries hitting it, but it doesn't work, so he travels through the wiring and up through the antenna. There, he finds Manx pursuing a bird and, inspired by The Lone Stranger, decides to save it.
Slimer saves the bird, and Manx lands in the trash. Slimer then names the bird, a baby pigeon, Pidgey, and tries to set him free, before realising that he can't fly yet. Slimer tries to teach Pidgey to fly by flying around flapping his arms, but when Pidgey tries, he falls. Slimer catches him and Pidgey cries, but Slimer consoles him.
Manx then tries to catch Pidgey again, this time using a bow and plungers. He catches Pidgey, then attaches the plunger to the antenna, leading to Manx being launched away when he tries to reel Pigey in. Manx then tries using a kite and fans to blow himself up to Pidgey (who Slimer is trying to teach to fly again). After a tug-of-war, Slimer gives Manx a 100-lb weight, sending him crashing down.
The weight lands on the fans, which malfunction, creating a tornado, that sends Manx into the engine of a plane. He falls from the sky, then Slimer tries to teach Pidgey to fly with a balloon. Manx pops the balloon with a peashooter, then tries to catch Pidgey in his mouth.
Luckily, Pidgey learns to fly at just the right moment and escapes Manx. Then, Slimer lands in Manx's mouth instead, much to his disgust, and he spits him out and runs away.
This episode provides examples of
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal:
- When using the kite, Manx wears a crash helmet.
- At the end, Slimer puts a cowboy hat on Pidgey.
- Balloonacy: Slimer floats Pidgey with a balloon as an attempt at a flying lesson.
- Crisis Makes Perfect: Pidgey doesn't learn to fly until literal seconds before he would have landed in Manx's mouth.
- Crying Critters: Despite being a Nearly Normal Animal and not an anthropomorphic one, Pidgey cries after failing to fly.
- Damsel in Distress: The Lone Stranger features a woman tied up on railroad tracks.
- Deliberately Monochrome: The Lone Stranger is in black-and-white.
- Distressed Dude: Pidgey twice nearly gets killed, first by Manx, then by a fall.
- Ectoplasm: When Slimer pets Pidgey, he gets slime on his head.
- Forgot About His Powers: Slimer pries the plunger off his face instead of letting it go through him.
- Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress: When Manx is taken off the roof, he doesn't fall until he realises he's in midair.
- Happy Dance:
- Manx does a little victory dance after getting Pidgey with a plunger.
- Slimer spins happily when Pidgey "flies" with a balloon.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Slimer makes Manx get launched away by his own rope and plunger.
- Interspecies Friendship: Slimer (a ghost, presumably of a human) befriends Pidgey (a bird).
- A Lizard Named "Liz": Slimer names the pigeon Pidgey.
- Nearly Normal Animal: Pidgey has human-level intelligence, but is still practically a normal pigeon and can't talk.
- Percussive Maintenance: Slimer tries to fix the bad TV by hitting it, but that doesn't work.
- Predators Are Mean: Manx is painted as the villain for wanting to kill Pidgey.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After spitting Slimer out, Manx gives up and runs away.
- Shout-Out: This episode features a parody of The Lone Ranger called The Lone Stranger.
- Show Within a Show: The episode features a cowboy show titled The Lone Stranger.
- Trash Landing: Manx falls from the sky and lands in a trash bin.
- Wild Take: Slimer's eyes bulge out when he sees that Manx is hoping to catch Pidgey in his mouth.
- Would Hurt a Child: Pidgey is only a fledgeling. However, Manx still wants to eat him. Justified, since he's a cat, and cats don't care if their prey is juvenile.
