Trickell's Trickquid was promoting a girls' volleyball tournament at the Crystal Cove State Beach, during which a half-crab, half-man kidnapped the opponents. This was eventually revealed to be the doing of Bud Shelton, who claimed Trickell stole his idea; was originally going to be called "Bud's Bloosh", a working title. To add insult to injury, he worked as the company's mascot.