Summary: The Twins learn how surrendering powers to the government during times of calamity almost always results in long-term loss of freedoms. They play a fantastical game "Crisis & Creatures" and learn how to rely on community rather than government to help each other through challenging times.
This episode contains the following tropes:
- An Aesop: "Giving into fear makes your power disappear."
- Alliteration & Adventurers: The episode opens with the kids enjoying a game of Crisis & Creatures.
- Behemoth Battle: Karinne's leviathan battles a giant ogre in the "Crisis & Creatures" dimension Derek accidentally creates.
- Curse of The Ancients: A few people from the 1920s drop several odd slang insults that make no sense a century later.
- Establishing Character Moment: Mr. Karmichael's first appearance has him petitioning the city council to let him make and run a department that would acquire emergency powers intended to help businesses in a crisis. He wants to grow the government and reduce individual liberty. In later episodes, we learn he's a full blown communist. He also has a personality nearly identical to his daughter's.
- Funny Background Event: Derek and Rebecca (Coolidge's raccoon) steal a cow to go on a date while the Tuttles talk to Calvin Coolidge.
- Historical Domain Character: Calvin Coolidge teaches the twins about the dangers of surrendering power to the government.
- Inventional Wisdom: Gabby added an "ironically convenient plot twist" button to her wheelchair, but does not want it to be used and wants to get rid of it.
- Love at First Sight: Derek immediately falls for President Coolidge's pet raccoon Rebecca.
- Never Mess with Granny: The secret service apparently learned this the hard way, though we're never told exactly what happened.
- Noodle Incident:
- Coolidge's secret service agents frisk the twins, causing Gabby to threaten them with "a repeat of last time." They quickly find an excuse to leave.
- This apparently isn't the first time Gabby has taken Coolidge on a trip through a history book.
Agents: Not again! - Product Placement: When Ethan expresses surprise that a president owned a pet raccoon, Gabby turns to the camera and tells the audience to "DuckDuckGo it."
- Rise Of Zit Boy: When Ethan's trinicorn character goes through leveling up, he also goes through rapid puberty, complete with a face full of acne.
- Shout-Out: Derek lifts Rebecca up in a manner reminiscent of Titanic (1997).
- So Proud of You: Mr. Tuttle gives one to the twins when they stand up to the city council to prevent the council from bailing out small businesses at the expense of those businesses' freedom.
