During a field trip to the dinosaur museum, the boys pick Kyle as their "buddy" for the buddy system, but thanks to his inability to cooperate, they get stranded in the desert.
Tropes:
- An Aesop:
- Buddies stick by each other no matter what.
- Always listen to your friends and follow the rules.
- Bittersweet Ending: The three boys are reunited with their schoolmates and everyone goes home safe, but Kyle is confined to sitting in the dinosaur's mouth with a skull head instead of with Fanboy and Chum Chum, presumably as punishment for failing to cooperate with the buddy system.
- Continuity Nod: While on the bus, Fanboy and Chum Chum use their code names "Purple Rain" and Orange Julius", the same names Oz used for them in "Risky Brizness".
- Dramatically Missing the Point: Kyle suffers this here, as he completely fails to understand the buddy system and gets the trio stranded in the desert as a result.
- Dumbass Has a Point: The titular boys were not kidding when telling Kyle the buddy check is the most important part of the buddy system as it could save his life.
- Flashback: One to Fanboy and Chum Chum's childhood where they were just as naïve as Kyle is, causing them to get in trouble for splitting up.
- Forgot About His Powers: Kyle knew he can zap everyone out with his wand, but he can teleport himself wandless as shown in earlier episodes and never uses said knowledge to save themselves.
- Invisibility: Kyle uses this spell to sneak away from the boys while distracted. This immediately alarms them that Kyle is not there.
- Meaningful Echo: When Kyle asks about the buddy check, the boys tell him it's really important as it could save his life. Later on when the dinosaur they encountered befriends them, Fanboy repeats the same thing.
- "Not So Different" Remark: Fanboy and Chum Chum were like Kyle once and didn't know about the consequences for not following the buddy system.Fanboy: "Oh, pch! It's a field trip! Who needs a buddy?! We're big boys, we can take care of ourselves!" Oh, how naïve we were...
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Unlike past appearances, Fanboy and Chum Chum are actually serious with Kyle here — they weren't kidding when the buddy check could save their lives, and knew well from the very start. Even when he turns invisible to sneak off, this alarms them that he disappeared.
- Ocular Gushers: Kyle sheds them before willingly assuming his fate with the boys.
