Why is everyone on Earth so sleepy - and dreaming of dancing? To get to the bottom of this, Victor, Anita, and Changed Daily must enter the dream world under laboratory controlled conditions. Professor Professor will even howl them to sleep.
Changed Daily's Name: Snuggle Bunny, Rock Justice (in his dream)
Secret Tropes uncovered:
- Better than a Bare Bulb: The majority of the episode is spent lampshading or playing for laughs any dream-related tropes one might expect.
- Brown Note: Professor Professor's singing is so bad that not only does it destroy the dream crystal Doctor Doctor was using, it also gives her a splitting headache.
- Brick Joke: Professor Professor farts shortly before everyone is set to go into the Astral Plane, and he tries to blame it on the chair he’s sitting in. At the end of the episode, he farts again while in bed with Victor and Anita. He tries to blame it on the chair again.
- Chekhov's Gun: Before everyone is set to go into the Astral Plane, Professor Professor sings an ancient Bavarian bedtime howl that his mother used to sing to him. That same bedtime howl comes in handy to defeat Doctor Doctor during the climax of the episode.
- Dream Ballet: The episode begins with the characters doing an Irish river-dance in the Astral Plane.
- Dream Episode: The episode revolves around Victor, Anita, Professor Professor, and Snuggle Bunny entering the Astral Plane in order to get to the bottom of who's been making them dance in their dreams.
- Dream Intro: The beginning of the episode with the characters doing an Irish river-dance takes place in the Astral Plane.
- Dream Land: Most of the episode (including the very beginning) takes place in the Astral Plane.
- Dream People: Agent Zed is a dream agent working for U.Z.Z. who visits the characters in their dreams. Unfortunately, he's actually Doctor Doctor in disguise.
- Dream Sue: Changed Daily dreams of getting an actually cool codename, Rock Justice.
- Dream Tells You to Wake Up: Professor Professor's bedtime howl is used as a way to wake people up.
- Dreams vs. Nightmares: The episode's premise in a nutshell involves U.Z.Z. stopping nightmares from affecting the whole world. See Power Crystal.
- Dream Weaver: Doctor Doctor uses an ancient dream crystal to power a dream machine in order to manipulate people into dancing in their dreams to the point where they're too tired to go about their daily lives. This is also how she's able to interact with Victor, Anita, and Snuggle Bunny as Agent Zed.
- Mr. Exposition: Agent Zed explains in great detail that Doctor Doctor is the one responsible for making everybody tired, and she's been doing this with an ancient dream crystal in order to get away with committing crimes. Zed also reveals a couple of tidbits about Doctor Doctor, such as her favorite color being mauve and a scar on her left knee that she got from a unicycle accident when she was ten years old. The reason Zed knows so much about her plans is because Zed's actually Doctor Doctor in disguise.
- Once an Episode:
- The Fluffy Bunny Show: Sweet Little Granny is literally dropped from her time-slot (along with her bunnies and the set) after Ray cuts a hole in the floor.
- Changed Daily's name of the day is Snuggle Bunny. He gets another name in his dream: Rock Justice.
- Power Crystal: Doctor Doctor has been using a dream crystal to make everyone dance in their dreams to the point where they're too tired to go about their daily lives.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: The T.H.E.M. technicians make a run for it when Doctor Doctor's dream machine starts malfunctioning due to Professor Professor's singing.
- Sleep Deprivation: Doing the Irish river-dance in their dreams leaves Victor, Anita, and the rest of the gang tired. According to Agent Zed, Doctor Doctor's plan hinges on people (including authority figures) being left exhausted from dancing in their dreams so she and the rest of T.H.E.M can be free to commit crimes with impunity.
