Numbuh 1's morning starts off really bad as he is attacked by Russian serpentine creature. Whose shadow curiously resembles a necktie. It is revealed, when he falls downstairs. That the thing was a necktie and he is now wearing it! Mrs. Uno says its handsome on Nigel's school tie And Kicks Him Out of the house to go to School. Outside he subsequently meets Vin Moosk, famous Tie Hunter in Russia, at first He doesn't trust him. He explains to Numbuh 1 he needs his help to destroy ties with 2x4 Technology and gives him a map to Tieland. At the campsite he meets Moosk and Moosk's two comrades Froggy McDougal (a weird kid with a vendetta against ties, for chewing off his finger) and Windsor (a kid in army fatigues). The group then storms Tieland Shopping Mall, Numbuh 1 asks Moosk if he like tie