After Chris and Elise finally convince Dan to embrace the Internet, a new release sends his computer into instant obsoletion. Dan decides to get revenge on the billionaire technocrat behind the release, along the way encountering an Axe-Crazy neo-Luddite drifter with a connection to the technocrat. Meanwhile, Elise is sent to work for the billionaire, only to become a guinea pig in his diabolical Mind Control plans.
This episode provides examples of the following Tropes:
- Affably Evil: Barry Ditmer is a rather polite fellow, even after Elise finds out about his plan to mind-control the world population to force people to buy his products.
- Axe-Crazy: Hiram the drifter.
- Big "NO!": Barry, after being pinned to the wall by Elise. He does a slow motion version after Elise deactivates Ilsa.
- Chekhov's Classroom: Hiram's advice about ax-throwing ends up being how Dan destroys the headband controlling Elise.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Hiram seems to just be some random psycho, but he was actually Barry's business partner and went off the grid after being betrayed.
- Creepy Monotone: Elise, while under Ditmer's mind control.
- Cyborg: Elise, after Ditmer outfits her with a robotic catsuit.
- Determinator: "To the ends of the Earth!"
- Didn't See That Coming: Dan is surprised to learn that Hiram and Barry know each other.
- Evil Luddite: Hiram becomes tech-avoidant after being treated unfairly by Ditmer. He also becomes a cannibalistic axe murderer with a lust for revenge.
- Fun with Acronyms: Ilsa, the Independent Logistics and Security Android.
- Hates Being Touched: Ditmer. He considers humans icky.
- Hillbilly Horrors: Hiram is an unstable, ax-wielding recluse that lives off the land and preys on stranded motorists.
- Hope Spot: Elise narrowly manages to slice off Ilsa's arms. Just as Elise is about to pummel Barry, Ilsa reactivates and manages to place the headband on her.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Hiram again.
- I Resemble That Remark!:Dan: Who's angry? How dare you! I'll strangle you!
- I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine: Barry Ditmer is voiced by Dave Foley's The Kids in the Hall cast mate, Kevin McDonald. Alas, they don't actually share a scene, though.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: Dan only bought a computer because he learned about cat videos on the internet.
- Mad Eye: Hiram again!
- Male Gaze: After Elise gets outfitted with a tight cyber catsuit, the camera sure does have a lot of shots from behind her.
- Mind-Control Device: Ditmer turns Elise into his enslaved minion with a mind control headband.
- No-Sell: Elise tries to take Ilsa out with a kick to the head, only to learn she's a robot.
- Non Sequitur, *Thud*: After the car crash causes him to plow headfirst into the ground, Dan is left sputtering random statements (such as "rainbows are nature's rainbows") before passing out. Later, after Dan is back to his old self, Chris remarks he was even less coherent than usual.
- "Not So Different" Remark: When Elise wants to fight Ilsa in order to settle a score, Dan immediately says he absolutely gets it.
- Not So Similar: Both Dan and Hiram hate technology, but for different reasons; Hiram lost his half of the company to Barry, while Dan was just inconvenienced once and wants to take it out on someone he hasn't even met yet. Hiram also explicitly avoids modern technology; while Dan hates computers, he still likes TV. (It's part of the reason Hiram turns on Dan.) And while Dan is a hothead, he generally has to be provoked before going after anyone; Hiram preys on any stranded motorist he can find.
- Oblivious to His Own Description: Dan can't recognise the little 'Dean' puppet with the black Jerk t-shirt. He has no problem recognising Dean's "big, dumb friend", of course.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Ilsa, when firing up an attack to trap and subsequently mind control Elise.
- Ridiculously Human Robot: Ilsa is capable of speaking fluid English and in practical situations is virtually indistinguishable from a real human.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: After Elise slyly subdues Chris, Dan notices he's gone missing and wonders if he's evaporated. Dan then says that can't be right, but only because it's cold in the hallway.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: While Elise is perfectly willing to go act inline with her shadowy employer (and has a history of Disproportionate Retribution), she ditches her mission of enhancing the site's security when she realizes Ditmer's plan to operate a wide-range mind control device on society - against her boss's orders.
- Shadow Archetype: Chris is worried that Dan will turn out just like Hiram, due to having similar tastes and anger issues. Dan admits there's a tenuous connection, but he thinks ending up like Hiram is a stretch.
- Sophisticated as Hell: Dan's review of "Dancing Cats Video Number 3,620".
- Shaped Like Itself: After hitting his head on a log, Dan remarks that "rainbows are nature's rainbows".
- Speaking Simlish
- Stating the Simple Solution: After arriving at Omnicron headquarters, Dan suggests sneaking in with grappling hooks. Chris responds by simply walking through the unlocked front door.
- Sure, Let's Go with That: Elise is amazed that Dan's ax throw cut off the mind control headband without injuring her. Dan says that, of course, that was what he intended from the start.
- Sympathy for the Devil: Dan feels some sympathy for Hiram after learning Barry stole his ideas and his half of the company.Dan: [to Barry] How dare you treat this unstable cannibal that way?
- Technophobia: Mentioning technology, in Hiram's presence, can anger him. If you admit to liking any form of technology, such as television, he will snap and have a psychotic breakdown. To make matters worse, he will intend to kill and eat you.
- Toon Physics: Hiram jumps out from behind a log much smaller than him.
- We Will Meet Again: Hiram says this isn't over, as Dan and Elise escape.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Dan towards Elise for trying to kill him. She says she was under mind control, but Dan points out that she merely subdued Chris, so he thinks she had some kind of control here.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Dan's threat to take down Ditmer was overheard by a listening device in what was left of the computer, but because he had never owned a computer before, there's no record of his voice. Ilsa ignores the possibility that this is just some angry weirdo who never owned a computer before and who lives in awful conditions (i.e. exactly what Dan is); she instead suspects this is a credible threat from a team of professionals.
