Goth Child has a Serious Talk with Professor Omelet, because, like any whiny toddler trapped in a shower stall***, he throws a fit and says he’ll Only Talk To Her. And what he wants to talk about is her Future. He thinks she should go into the medical field. To demonstrate this point, he plays with a thermometer. But his demonstration goes awry when he Accidentally slices his throat open On Purpose. Luckily, she heals him. Unluckily, he knows where her mom is and it Could Be A Trap.
Goth Child wants to go after her mom, but Tired Motor City Cop says its too dangerous and Could Be A Trap. He didn’t say No but he didn’t say Yes either, proving that he’s already stepped fully into the Father Figure role. Magenta Girl backs him up. So does Tiger Boy. But it turns out Tiger Boy was lying all along because of his previously slightly-abusive-situation-that’s-not-really-discussed-in-depth.They decide to Sneak Out together and steal Magenta Girl’s Uber and also her phone. The Uber driver doesn’t seem to notice, but Magenta Girl surely will. They flirt shamelessly. Goth Child says that Magenta Girl is going to kick Tiger Boy’s a**, and Tiger Boy Lovingly tells Goth Child that she smells. This is an Accurate representation of middle school romance.
They arrive at the Evil Lair. And last literally thirty seconds before being tasered. It turns out that It Was A Trap After All. They are Not Good At This.
Meanwhile Tired Motor City Cop is in the middle of his Daily Freak Out Session because his kids are gone again. He thought that his vague answer and fatherly pep talk would be enough to keep them from Doing Something Stupid. He was Wrong. Magenta Girl drives him to the Evil Lair, probably because he is Hysterical, and they last much longer. Meaning that they last five minutes.
Cue the classic Superhero Team Torture Montage. And because the show is rated MA now, they can get Gratuitous. Doctor HBIC plays Operation with Magenta Girl, and Magenta Girl discovers that she does Not like this game. Tired Motor City Cop is tied down. Literally Not Figuratively (but also Yes Figuratively, because he is a Father Figure now), but that’s beside the point.Tiger Boy is put into a zoo cage and tasered by Doctor Trigger Happy, who everyone in the audience collectively wants to yeet off the nearest cliff. Meanwhile, Goth Child has another heart-to-heart with Professor Omelet, who wants her to Join the Dark Side And Get Her Friends To Do It Too, because apparently Peer Pressure Always Works, especially when joining Evil Lab-coat Cults. Goth Child decides to let her Inner Demons out, and Unheals Professor Omelet. Now Professor Omelet knows how his eggs felt.
Goth Child finds her Real Mom and shows off her tattoo. Real Mom takes it pretty Well.
They hurry off to rescue everyone. They find Tiger Boy, Tiger Boy eats Doctor Trigger Happy, and decides that the vegan life is better after all. (Okay, for real though, this scene broke my heart...poor gar...) They hurry and find Tired Motor City Cop, who is busy fighting Acrobat Kid inside of his head. Acrobat Kid is beating him to death with a metal pole, which is funny because that’s not supposed to happen to Bird Boy. It’s supposed to happen to Bird Boy The Sequel Later On. The audience knows this but apparently Acrobat Kid does not.
The kids manage to Snap Tired Motor City Cop Out Of It by reminding him of something scarier than his own demons: Parental Responsibility.
They rush off to find Magenta Girl, and beat up Doctor HBIC and her minions. Luckily, Tiger Boy knows how to remove the tube from Magenta Girl’s throat and Magenta Girl is Understandably Distressed.
They make their escape. Tired Motor City Cop is on the verge of a mental breakdown. This is not Unusual for him, but it is understandable, because confronting your middle school self is something No One Wants To Do. To cope, Tired Motor City Cop blows up the entire building and sets fire to his birdsona. He watches it burn and thinks its The End. But everyone knows that birdsonas have a way of catching up to you.
Goth Child makes everyone breakfast. She opts for scrambled eggs, because omelets Bring Back Bad Memories. Tiger Boy comes to help, and the two have an Uncomfortable Discussion about their parents sleeping together. This is a traumatizing subject for any child to think about, so they choose to instead Focus On Making Pancakes. A Wise Decision.
Speak(ing) of the devil, Goth Child’s Real Mom comes in and they bond.
Tired Motor City Cop and Magenta Girl have just finished their own kind of bonding. Magenta Girl is starting to get Flashbacks, and sees herself in a Place That Is Probably A Spaceship. But that’s not important because Tired Motor City Cop has just decided to leave.
Since Goth Child and Tiger Boy are Now Safe, Tired Motor City Cop decides that His Job Here Is Done. Since his birdsona is now ashes, he decides that its time to do a little Soul Searching. The others will be perfectly fine at Real Mom’s Abandoned Little House On The Prairie. So he’s free to Find Himself. And he Finds Himself by going to bug his Big Sister, Wonderwall.
Wonderwall takes him to a photo-show and tells him to Make Friends. This prospect terrifies Tired Motor City Cop, because he was Not Raised That Way. No Friends, Only Justice. Wonderwall, like any good big sister, tosses him to the wolves. Tired Motor City Cop is forced to Make Small Talk. Turns out, he is Not Good At Small Talk.
Meanwhile, Wonderwall has made her escape from the photo-show, and gets kidnapped by Generic Thugs Dressed In Black. The leader of the Generic Thugs Dressed In Black flirts with her shamelessly, much to her dismay. She does not have time for chauvinist advances. Only for Her Job. And it turns out that Her Job is actually with National Geographic: Special Victims Unit. She takes pictures of murdered zebras and giraffes. Generic Thug Leader wants her to shoot Pooh Bear. With a gun, not a camera. But Wonderwall tells him no, she only shoots animals with cameras and not guns.
Tired Motor City Cop descends from the ceiling and beats the crap out of the Generic Thugs Dressed In Black, until only him and Wonderwall are left standing. Wonderwall is ticked. This is a regular thing for any Big Sister. She tells Tired Motor City Cop to take a picture of her Playing Dead with the Generic Thug Leader. Tired Motor City Cop is Hesitant. Isn’t photography Wonderwall’s Thing? But he does it anyway because it is a little brother’s Job to take Unflattering Pictures of his big sister.
Then they go home to chat about their childhoods. In order to do this, they must consume alcohol. Given their childhoods, this is Understandable.
Wonderwall’s mom was Offline Amazon. Tired Motor City Cop’s dad was Problematic Father Figure. They had different Parenting Techniques, and that explains why Tired Motor City Cop has very clear Commitment Issues. Wonderwall tells him about her life. How she can do so much more good as her humansona Tronna Doy. But Tired Motor City Cop doesn’t know if he is Tired Motor City Cop or Bird Boy anymore. He doesn’t really want to be either. Wonderwall tells him he needs to pick a new persona. But, frustratingly, he does not Actually Do This in this episode.
All of a sudden, Tronna Doy uses her Big Sister Skills to go through her little brother’s phone. Then she uses her Wonderwall Skills to tell him that she speaks Sumerian-But-Not-Really-Sumerian-Just-An-Offshoot-That-They-Use-On-Amazon-Island.
Meanwhile, Goth Child and the others have settled into the Little House On The Prairie. Magenta Girl is beginning to get her memories back, and it is unclear whether she was an actress on Star Trek or Just An Alien. Goth Child wants to help her find out. She tries to heal her brain the way she healed Professor Omelet’s throat.
Tired Motor City Cop and Wonderwall hurry to find the Little House On The Prairie. Wonderwall is Frantically Translating. This is for Dramatic Effect, because one should never try to do academic reading whilst speeding down rural country roads in a second-hand minivan. Especially in Life Or Death Situations. And it turns out that this is That Exactly, because Magenta Girl’s real name is Firestar, and she is here to kill Goth Child. (Either That or ‘take her’. The Sumerian-But-Not-Really-Sumerian-Just-An-Offshoot-That-They-Use-On-Amazon-Island is a bit unclear)
Goth Child restores Magenta Girl’s memories. Surprise, surprise, Magenta Girl tries to kill Goth Child.
(***Please don’t trap your toddlers in a shower stall. This has been a PSA. Thank you. :) )