When Alan begins to feels anxious about a looming medical procedure, Charlie decides to take him on a trip to Las Vegas. Original air date, February 7, 2005.
Tropes:
- Ass Shove: Alan is terrified of his upcoming colonoscopy because of this.
- Big Eater: When Alan asks an ill Jake what has he had to eat in the last 24 hours, Jake details the three large meals of the day plus a snack he's had prior to vomiting.
- Jake: Let's see, two bowls of Coco Puffs, a couple of blueberry Pop-Tarts, a bag of string cheese. That reminds me, we need more string cheese. Then for lunch, I had a Hot Pocket and a Bagel Bite. Then dinner, fired chicken, mashed potatoes and a baloney sandwich. Then, for a snack, I had a glass of Tang and some Cheetos.
- Irony: Charlie tells Alan to get his mind off his colonoscopy. Just as Berta is trying to unclog the stopped up kitchen drain.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Alan and Charlie's reaction when Jake tells Judith over the phone that they're going to Vegas.
- Alan's reaction when he sees the doctor dressed up as a pirate before his colonoscopy.
- Shout-Out: The loud music Charlie and Alan hear coming from the living room in Berta's party is Lynard Skynard.
- Skewed Priorities: Jake would rather be having fun in Las Vegas with his father and uncle despite his stomach virus.
- Tempting Fate: When Jake asks his father and uncle to wait a second, Charlie says "Now what?". Cue the sounds of Jake loudly vomiting in the umbrella stand.
- Title Drop: Alan telling Judith to smell the umbrella stand as proof that Jake is sick when she refuses to believe them.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Just when the Harper brothers are about to depart to Las Vegas for the weekend, Jake vomits and they have to stay home because he's sick.
