Air date: April 13, 2016
Asteroids, Meteors, and Meteorites
The gang goes to the asteroid belt to learn about asteroids, meteors, and meteorites. Also, Sydney keeps getting curb-stomped in a video game by one mysterious DotSun, and Jet tries to find the perfect Father Day's gift for Carrot.- Arc Words: The word "mostly" is repeated throughout the episode.
- Continuity Nod: The characters sing a snippet of the "How Come the Moon Has Craters?" song from a previous episode.
- Fictional Video Game: Sydney and Sean play a video game called Astro Tracker, where to win, you have to identify and name certain asteroids.
- Foreshadowing:
- Sunspot keeps hiding his tablet screen from Jet, foreshadowing that he is DotSun.
- Sydney is incredibly proficient at the Astro Tracker game, which uses a joystick. This is foreshadowing to her becoming the saucer's co-pilot in Season 2.
- I Can't Believe I'm Saying This: Sean ends up agreeing with Jet that they should go to the asteroid belt.Jet: You know, Sean, if you really want to be the ultimate astro tracker, we could take the wagon and go out and look at the asteroid belt.Sean: You know Jet, I can't believe I'm saying this, but maybe we should take the saucer and go out and see how big they are. How fast they are.Sydney: Sean, you actually want to go into space?!?
- Iris Out: How the episode ends.
- Just One More Level!: Downplayed, but Sydney becomes so glued to her video game, that she doesn't even notice the real asteroids in space. When she realizes this, she turns off the game.
- Online Alias: Sunspot's username on Astro Tracker is DotSun.
- Out-of-Character Moment: Sean actually wants to go to space for once, which surprises Sydney.
- Pun: Sydney plays Astro Tracker on Face 9000's screen. When Face turns on the game, he says he's putting on his "game face".
- Say My Name: Everyone yells "SUNSPOT!" when they find out that he's DotSun.
- Visual Pun: Jet makes a literal belt with asteroids on it for Carrot.
- Weirdness Censor: The gang flies above Arizona to see a giant crater. However, some tourist kids see the saucer. Their dad just shrugs it off and tells them to smile for the camera.
Mindy's Meteorite Stand
Mindy digs up what may be a meteorite. She starts her own meteorite stand to find other meteorites.- Affectionate Gesture to the Head: Jet rubs Mindy's head as she sits on the rock.
- An Aesop: You should never give up, because everything you learn helps you get to the right answer.
- Art Shift: Sydney briefly makes up a story about how a meteorite got to Earth, which is accompanied by a shift to the comic-book montage art style.
- Bearer of Bad News: Dr. Rafferty breaks the unfortunate news to Mindy that that her rock isn't really a meteorite, since it has quartz in it.
- The Cameo: Lillian makes a cameo in the line to Mindy's meteorite stand, as does Mitchell.
- Chekhov's Gun: The big rock Mindy sits on. Turns out that while Mindy's meteorite was really an Earth rock, the rock she was sitting on was a real meteorite!
- Funny Background Event:
- Sean trying to hit on a background girl, which is likely just overcompensation.
Sean: Did you know I'm a science colleague of Mindy's? Yep, we've worked together in this neighborhood for a few years now.- Towards the end of the episode, Mitchell is quite grouchy when standing in line, even though he was smiling and clapping for Mindy mere seconds prior.
- Meaningful Echo: When Mindy shows her rock to the others, Jet immediately assumes that it's a meteorite and rushes to tell everyone. Sean stops him, saying that he can't tell anyone until he has actual news. When the gang concludes that it is a meteorite, Sean says that they have to tell everyone the news.
- Or My Name Isn't...: A variant. When Dr. Rafferty discovers that the big rock bench is a meteorite, she has this to say.Dr. Rafferty: I'm 100% sure, or your name isn't Mindy Melendez!
- Parental Bonus: Kids are likely to miss the Aerosmith reference, detailed below.
- Pun: "And Sean's right, the proper tests will help you discover if your rock is meteorite or meteor-wrong!"
- Rule of Three: There are three tests to determine if a rock is a meteorite. First, to look for tiny holes in the rock. Next, to see if it is magnetic. Finally, to see if it leaves a scratch on a tile.
- Shout-Out: While leading the kids to the garage, Jet quotes Aerosmith. The music that plays afterwards pretty much is their song "Walk This Way".
- Spinning Paper: As meteorite fever grips the neighborhood, a spinning newspaper is shown with Mindy's portrait on it.
- Troll: Mitchell attempts to troll Mindy by bringing an old bread roll to the meteorite stand. Mindy isn't fooled.
- Verbal Backspace:Jet: Or in ten earth years! Uh (laughs) I mean regular old years! We're all from Earth around here! (nervous laughter) Yep! (Beat)
