Summary: Invaders from another world kidnap Derek, launching Grandma and the twins on a dangerous rescue mission. On a dark planet, the twins encounter mysterious clues, cyborgs and spy gadgets as they solve the mystery of why capitalism is failing.
This episode contains the following tropes:
- An Aesop: "Transparency makes corruption flee."
- Air-Vent Passageway: The twins take one to a space above President Rabies' meeting room where he's discussing the election with his constituents.
- And the Adventure Continues: This episode is the official finale for season two (though it is followed by a Christmas Episode), and ends with Gabby, Derek and the twins blasting off to more adventures.
- Bait-and-Switch: This episode reveals that it was not Karinne who took Derek. He was taken by alien raccoons.
- Chekhov's Skill: Drinking as much of the knowledge juice as Derek has been known to do is supposedly fatal to others of his species. But because he's spent 80 years steeling his stomach against all kinds of chemicals and substances that would make any pica expert's eye twitch, he's able to ingest the knowledge juice with zero negative side effects.
Ethan: He's been training for this moment his whole life!
- The Dog Bites Back: After being dismissed by F.A.R.T., Karinne turns them in on every law and regulation she can think of. It wins her back her title of "daughter of the year."
- Femme Fatale Spy: Oh, sure, you knew President Coolidge really had a pet raccoon named Rebecca, but did you know she was actually an alien spy sent to keep tabs on Derek??
- Grappling-Hook Pistol: This episode's golden gummy is one of these.
- Gross-Up Close-Up: The Oracle offers the twins cookies, but when they see what the ingredients are, they decline.
- Human Disguise: Cyborg Tarzan from the previous episode turns out to be a bunch of raccoons in a robotic human suit.
- Kick the Dog: Larry rips into Karinne for failing to capture Derek for F.A.R.T., calling her a failure in the eyes of her family as well as his organization. Friendly reminder that he's saying all of this to a literal child who already has parent-pleasing issues.
- Literal Metaphor: When the twins ask the Oracle how they can prove to the people of Raccoonius Five that their system is cronyism, she tells them to follow the money. Emily spots a line of coins on the floor leading to an Air-Vent Passageway.
Ethan: Oh. So she was being literal.
- Narcissist: Why President Rabies films his secret meetings with his constituents. And he's proud of it.
- Never Mess with Granny: When the sweet-old-lady-in-need ploy doesn't work, Grandma Gabby breaks out her La Abuelita persona and proceeds to wipe the floor with President Rabies' guards.
- Previously on…: The cold open recaps the events of the previous episode that led to Derek's kidnapping.
- Punny Name: All of Raccoonius' founders have pun-based names that parody America's founders. The twins point out how suspiciously similar those names are.
- Retcon: In "Wonky Wages," Gabby claims to have had a lot of "Dereks" over the years, an explanation for how Derek could be an 80-year-old raccoon. This episode establishes that his particular species is naturally that long lived and then some, and he's never had to be replaced.
- Superman Substitute: The inhabitants of the planet Raccoonius Five intended Derek to be this, sending him to Earth in a dumpster to protect him. But 5-year-old Gabby couldn't read the instructions they sent along with Derek, so he never reached his intended potential.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: When President Rabies is accused of hoarding knowledge juice, he proceeds to confess his entire plan by claiming he definitely did not do what his plan describes.
