Martin, Diana, and Java investigate a research facility at a university in Vancouver and soon encounter The Sandman, a dream manipulating creature who traps people in their worst nightmares forever.
(Note: Outside of Canada, the episode took place in Sydney, Australia)
General Tropes:
- The Bet: Diana and Martin make one, and if Diana can spend a week without eating sugar, Martin will quit watching horror movies for a month. If she can't then she'll have to do Martin's algebra homework for a month. Martin wins at the end because Di decides eating candy is Worth It.
- Face Your Fears: This is how the group manages to leave the Sandman's nightmare realm.
- Humanoid Abomination: The Sandman is a humanoid creature apparently made of sand, capable of trapping people in their dreams and that come out of a computer monitor that's connected to dreams.
- Never Sleep Again: The Sandman can trap people in their dreams.
- Primal Fear: Two of the Sandman's victims, Christopher and Carrie, fear heights and drowning respectively.
- Sweet Tooth: Diana develops one on this episode after using lots of sweets to study for tests.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes??: The episode showed that Java is afraid of cats, Martin fears being fired and Diana fears disorder and being late.
