Wes finds his Ranger friends a new home and job in 2001. Meanwhile, Ransik decides to announce his arrival to Silver Hills on TV, captures Wes and tells him his motives.
Tropes
- Artificial Humans: Played with, as in the year 3000 babies were still born but now parents had the choice to genetically give them any attributes they wanted and also they'll never get sick.
- Aliens Love Human Food: A minor example, as Trip also ate the pizza they ordered at the end.
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Breaking News Interruption: A villainous one, as Ransik on air interrupts the TV shows to threaten to destroy Silver Hills if they don't surrender to him. - Call-Back: When going to their new home, Trip mentions that Wes lived in a big mansion.
- Contrived Coincidence: Wes and Jen are hired to paint in the same TV station Ransik took over to broadcast his threat to Silver Hills.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Ransik reveals to Wes that he was shunned by society in the future because of his mutant status.
- Delicious Daydream: Trip, in his hunger looks at a pigeon and imagines it as a cooked chicken.
- Distracted by the Sexy: Wes becomes this when seeing Jen in her new present-day outfit.
- Fashion Dissonance: Wes gives the other Rangers new present-day clothes to help them to adapt at the time.
- Inspiration for the Work: Ransik gets the idea of broadcasting his arrival after seeing Nadira watching a TV show and Frax casually commenting that everyone liked to watch TV.
