
Gleepus itchers and splurping: Just your average Earth ambassador meeting.note
"Is that... was that normal?"
—Wahony
Cosmic Union Earth Trip is a web video series created by Wahony
on TikTok and Instagram Reels. Presented as a chaotic series of video calls, the series follows human Wahony, as he attempts to prepare a group of outlandish aliens – Fergus, Xyler, and Luma – for their upcoming Earth visit. The series escalates in absurdity and Culture Clash comedy as the alien characters misunderstand human customs and social norms in preparation for their trip.
The first episode, "Earth Trip Meeting 1," was uploaded on November 11, 2024.
Episodes:
- Earth Trip Meeting 1

- Packing List

- Social Norms

- Dr. Zibblevarn

- 3rd Alien

- Emergency Meeting

- Meeting Luma

- Secret Santa

- Food Consumption

- Object Quiz

- Zyphar

- Initial Interviews

- Bad News

- What Happened

- Zypharian News Network

- Glurf

- projectJANUS.mp4

- Finale

Cosmic Union Earth Trip contains examples of:
- Abnormal Allergy: In Secret Santa, Luma is accidentally given a Secret Santa gift wrapped in "slorp snail cream," which she is severely allergic to, immediately after Fergus declares his love for her.
- Absurdity Ascendant: The series starts relatively grounded with simple cultural misunderstandings but rapidly escalates into interplanetary politics, existential threats, and increasingly bizarre alien biology and customs.
- Alien Invasion: Referenced in Meeting 1, where Xyler calls Glurb a "Zypharian void-licker," hinting at past conflicts or animosity between species. Later, Fergus reveals Zypharians invaded his home planet in Emergency Meeting. The plan to find a new habitable planet for Zyblathia in projectJANUS.mp4 could also be construed as a form of invasion preparation.
- Alien Non-Interference Clause: Subverted. While the Cosmic Union program suggests a desire for peaceful interspecies relations, the underlying plot reveals a more manipulative and potentially exploitative agenda. By Finale, it's heavily implied the Earth trip is primarily for the aliens' benefit and potentially harmful to humans.
- Ambiguous Ending: The series concludes with Pib seemingly mind-controlling Wahony and the aliens still heading to Earth, leaving the outcome of the trip and the true intentions of Pib uncertain.
- Amusing Alien: This can apply to all the alien characters, but especially Fergus and Xyler, whose unfamiliarity with human customs and social norms creates much of the comedy.
- Armor-Piercing Question: In Glurf. Glurf asks Wahony, "Why are you so sure? Okay, I care about them," after Wahony defends Fergus and Xyler, subtly highlighting Wahony's naive trust.
- Audience Surrogate: Wahony, as the only human character, serves as the audience's entry point into the bizarre world of the Cosmic Union. His reactions to the aliens' strange customs and misunderstandings mirror what a human audience would likely feel, making him relatable amidst the alien chaos.
- Berserk Button:
- Don't tell Xyler you're Zypharian or that you believe Vorlax is not the eternal creator.
- Don't show a dog or cat to Fergus.
- Bizarre Alien Biology: The aliens have various strange biological functions, including "splurping," "gleepus," "shmeegas," and "germaritium sacks," all of which are sources of humour and plot points.
- Black Comedy: Fergus's desire to "eat the flesh of our enemies" in Food Consumption is played for laughs, as is the news report in Zypharian News Network about Luma's disintegration and the Keplarian response: "Rest in piss, though." Additionally, Fergus's insensitive joke about Xyler's dead parents in Object Quiz ("Why don't you take your point and give it to your parents? Oh wait, you can't. Cause they're dead!") is an example.
- Body Horror: Implied with Xyler's grandma's "glap" looking like "a slice of skrunk bread" in Glurf.
- Brick Joke: In Meeting 1, Fergus says he doesn't like Ed Sheeran's new album. In Initial Interviews, Xyler is revealed to sometimes cry while listening to Ed Sheeran, bringing back the initial joke in an unexpected way.
- Captain Obvious: In Emergency Meeting, after Wahony attempts to imitate Fergus's family's language, Fergus informs him that he cannot speak their language and they cannot speak English.
- Catchphrase: Xyler frequently uses "Vorlax" in expressions, such as "Vorlax forbid I treat a Zibby to some Blibbian globnar!" and "on Vorlax!" suggesting "Vorlax" functions as a deity invoked in common sayings or exclamations, akin to "God" in some Earth cultures.
- Christmas Episode: Secret Santa revolves around Wahony, Fergus, Xyler, and Luma participating in a Secret Santa activity.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Fergus. His pronouncements, emotional outbursts, and strange desires all point to this.
- Colour-Coded Emotions: Fergus's emotional state is often telegraphed by changes in his skin color. He visibly turns red when angry, and dark blue when intensely sad or experiencing strong emotions. This is most obvious during moments of heightened stress, such as when discussing dogs, being rejected by Luma, or confronted by Xyler. His default skin tone is cyan, and he turns grey when experiencing extreme emotional distress over Luma’s gift in Secret Santa.
- Crapsaccharine World: Zyblathia is described by Glurf in his episode as "an overcrowded planet filled with sewage and trash."
- Culture Clash: The entire premise revolves around this, with the aliens constantly misunderstanding Earth customs and Wahony trying to bridge the gap.
- Decoy Protagonist: While Wahony has been the central figure and audience surrogate throughout the series, Finale suggests his agency is limited, and he is ultimately susceptible to manipulation. This subtly positions him as less in control than initially perceived, especially with Pib's apparent mind control in the ending..
- Downer Ending: In contrast to the comedic tone, Finale concludes on a distinctly unsettling note. Wahony's apparent mind control and the confirmation of Fergus and Xyler's exploitative plan shift the ending towards a darker, more ambiguous outcome for Earth and Wahony himself..
- Dramatic Irony: The "emergency meeting" in Emergency Meeting is ostensibly about an invasion but quickly becomes about Fergus's personal problems and family.
- Ensemble Cast: The series features a core cast of four characters – Wahony, Fergus, Xyler, and Luma – who all receive significant screen time and contribute to the unfolding plot. While Wahony could be seen as the audience surrogate, the narrative equally focuses on the aliens' perspectives and motivations, making it difficult to pinpoint a single protagonist.
- False Friend: Xyler and Fergus are presented as friends to Wahony throughout the series, participating in the Earth trip preparations and seemingly engaging in friendly banter. However, their manipulation of Wahony, their hidden agenda to exploit Earth, and Xyler's willingness to sacrifice Luma and possibly others for their own goals, reveals their friendship to be false and opportunistic. Their concern for Wahony's well-being is revealed to be superficial and self-serving.
- Femme Fatale: Luma is this, given her manipulative behavior towards Fergus and her connection to the Zypharian government. Her disintegration by Xyler in What Happened however complicates this.
- Forced into Evil: Fergus expresses reluctance to be a "bad guy" in Finale, suggesting he's being pressured or manipulated by Xyler into participating in the Earth exploitation plan.
- Funny Foreigner: Fergus and Xyler embody this, with their alien perspectives and misunderstandings of human culture providing much of the humor.
- Gibberish of Love: Fergus often becomes afflicted with this when speaking to Luma.
- Humans Are Ugly: Fergus's reaction to seeing Wahony's picture in projectJANUS.mp4 ("Woah. What's wrong with his ears and his face and his hair and his ears and his face?") plays with this trope, from an alien perspective.
- Job Title: "Clinticle tickler" in Initial Interviews is a bizarre and euphemistic job title for Glurb, played for comedic effect.
- Love at First Sight: Fergus becomes infatuated with Luma immediately upon seeing her picture. This happens again when he meets her in 3rd Alien.
- Love Confession: Fergus's declaration "I LOVE YOU!" to Luma in Meeting Luma, although over-the-top and premature.
- MacGuffin: The quantum laser in Packing List is initially a dangerous item but becomes a key plot device.
- The Maker: Vorlax is referred to as the "eternal creator" by Glurb in Meeting 1 and Glurk in the Zypharian News Network report. While Xyler's reverence suggests Vorlax is a central deity in some alien religions, particularly Keplarian faiths, Glurb’s dismissive reaction—"Vorlax is not eternal creator!"—demonstrates this belief is not universal.
- Malaproper: Xyler calling a guitar a "gwitter" and a toaster a "cruncher" in Meeting 1 and Object Quiz.
- Mind Control: At the end of Finale, Pib seems to use mind control on Wahony, causing him to reverse his decision and agree to the Earth trip.
- Mistaken Identity: Fergus mistaking Rick Ross for Martin Luther King Jr. in Meeting 1.
- News Parody: The "Zypharian News Network" segment serves as a sharp, albeit brief, example of news parody within the series. Presented as a recording of a YouTube spoof titled "GlorbTube," the segment mimics the visual and audio language of cable news channels like CNN - even adopting a similar font for its "ZNN" channel logo. Anchors Glurk and Pib deliver deadpan, satiric reports on absurd Zypharian news items like a "fleeb shortage," a newly illegal public splurping law, economic power rankings between planets, and the recent "disintegration" of Luma.
- Noodle Incident: When Wahony expresses concern over Fergus's violent tendencies towards dogs in Object Quiz, Xyler says it’s a long story and that they should just hope they don't run into each other in public.
- Obsessed with Food: Fergus's obsession with "glibby nibs," "fleeb cake," and Earth food like chicken shawarma is a recurring comedic trait.
- One-Word Vocabulary: Pib's dialogue is entirely limited to saying "Pib," which becomes a Running Gag.
- Only Sane Man: Wahony. He is consistently the most rational and grounded character amidst the aliens' antics.
- Origins Episode: The episode Initial Interviews depicts Wahony interviewing Fergus, Xyler, Glurb, and Luma for the Cosmic Union Earth Trip.
- Overly Long Name: Fergus's full name is 'Fergus Valepher Gablibibobishiknark Zyzak the Third.'
- Plot Twist:
- The revelation in What Happened that Xyler did use the quantum laser on Luma, despite initially denying getting rid of it. This subverts the initial assumption that the laser was just a running gag about Xyler's irresponsibility and becomes a tool for a much darker act.
- The Zypharian News Network segment in Zypharian News Network reveals Luma's high-ranking political position. This makes her disintegration by Xyler much more significant politically and raises the stakes of the conflict between Keplar and Zyphar. It also makes her initial interactions with Fergus and the Earth trip program potentially more calculated or politically motivated than initially perceived.
- In Glurf, Glurf reveals that Xyler is banned from his home planet, Keplar, due to debts, and is actually a refugee on Zyblathia (or "Bunglathia"). This fundamentally changes our understanding of Xyler's background and motivations. He's not just a goofy alien; he's got a hidden past and is potentially desperate.
- Glurf's sudden appearance in Glurf and his increasingly urgent warnings to Wahony about Xyler and Fergus constitute a significant plot twist. He's not just a random latecomer; he's actively trying to prevent Wahony from making a mistake, implying he knows something dangerous about the others.
- The projectJANUS.mp4 episode reveals that the "Cosmic Union Earth Trip" is not just a friendly cultural exchange. Xyler and Fergus are planning to use it as a cover to find a habitable planet for Zyblathia and claim the 10 million solar credit reward. This turns the seemingly innocent premise into a potentially exploitative mission.
- In Finale, just as Wahony successfully cancels the Earth trip and stands up to Fergus and Xyler, Pib appears and seemingly mind-controls Wahony into reversing his decision, allowing the Earth trip to proceed. This is the final, and perhaps darkest, twist of the series, leaving the true nature of Pib and the outcome of the Earth trip ambiguous.
- Product Placement: The mention of "Marc Jacobs" in Meeting Luma, albeit potentially parodic, functions similarly to product placement by name-dropping a brand.
- Punny Name: Glurf refers to Zyblathia as "Bunglathia" because it "smells like bung there" in Glurf, playing on the word "dung."
- Redemption Rejection: Wahony's attempt to redeem the situation by cancelling the Earth trip and confronting Xyler and Fergus is ultimately rejected, not through reasoned argument, but through Pib's mind control, highlighting a loss of agency and a darker turn for the series.
- Running Gag:
- Fergus's need to "splurp."
- Pib's recurring utterance of "Pib."
- Fergus's constant mentions of his "gleepus."
- Dr. Zibblevarn's sales pitches for "V Plex Vitality capsules."
- Sdrawkcab Speech: The Esrever language, spoken by Trebor and understood by Fergus and Xyler in 3rd Alien, is a comically simple linguistic construct: it is literally just English, spoken in reverse.
- Snake Oil Salesman: Dr. Zibblevarn strongly embodies this trope.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Glurb only appears in Meeting 1. By Packing List, he is missing, and Xyler claims to have disintegrated him to dust with his quantum laser.
- Surprisingly Sudden Death: Luma's abrupt disintegration, reported in Zypharian News Network, is a shocking and sudden event, especially considering her recent interactions with Fergus.
- Too Good to Be True: The "Cosmic Union Earth Trip" program, as advertised in the flyer in projectJANUS.mp4, seems deceptively welcoming, contrasting with the underlying manipulative motives of some characters.
- Tragic Villain: While definitely comedic antagonists, there are hints that Xyler and Fergus are not purely malicious. Fergus's line "Xyler, this sucks! I don't want to be the bad guy!" in "Finale" and Xyler's "All we're doing is finding a new planet for us to move to so everyone can live a better life" hint at a warped but understandable motivation (survival) and a reluctance to be seen as villains. They aren't cartoonishly evil; they are flawed and desperate characters making questionable choices.
- Truth in Television: The discussion about liquid limits for air travel in Packing List, with the "three ounces" rule and Xyler's "3.6 ounces" toothpaste, reflects actual airport security regulations.
- Unusual Euphemism: "Gleepus" serves as a euphemism for male private parts, used humorously throughout the series, for example, "keep your gleepus in your cloth wraps" in Social Norms. "Clinticle tickler" is a euphemistic job title in Intial Interviews.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Xyler's plan, while exploitative of Earth, is framed as necessary for the survival and betterment of Zyblathian society, suggesting a warped sense of justification for his actions.
- Wham Episode: Finale is arguably this, as it reveals the full extent of Xyler and Fergus's manipulative plan, introduces Pib's mind control, and ends on a cliffhanger with Wahony's fate and the Earth trip's outcome uncertain. It dramatically shifts the tone from lighthearted comedy to something darker and more suspenseful.
- Word Salad: The series liberally employs this for comedic effect. Invented, alien-sounding words are sprinkled throughout the dialogue, often with no clear definition, contributing to the sense of alien culture and humor. Examples include: "plasturblowagrabagleednar-stic" (uttered by Fergus in Food Consumption), "glonking," "florping," "zibbyzeezorpas," "gleepus," "shmeegas," "germaritium sack," "nebulisé," and "glorbnar." These words, often sounding vaguely pronounceable but ultimately meaningless, enhance the series' alien and comedic flavor.
- Villain Protagonist: While Fergus and Xyler are presented humorously and not as mustache-twirling villains, and even express moments of reluctance, Finale solidifies their antagonistic role. Fergus's line, "Xyler, this sucks! I don't want to be the bad guy!" reveals an internal conflict and a possible discomfort with the exploitative nature of their plan. Despite these reservations, their confirmed plan to exploit Earth and their seeming 'victory' in mind-controlling Wahony blur the lines, suggesting they function as protagonists from their perspective, pursuing survival and reward, but undeniably as villains from a human one. This adds moral ambiguity to their comedic antics, showing they aren't purely malicious but are willing to act antagonistically for their own needs.
