Rick crash lands on Htrae. Rick meets Spike and takes him in as a pet. Mike and Giant Floating Smiling Head fear that alien zebras have brainwashed everyone. Dr. Steel tells them Rick is the cure, but it is actually a plan for Steel to capture him. In a parody of the Charlie Brown movie Snoopy Come Home, Rick dupes Spike into taking a pointless quest. Rick and Mike are taken in by Manny the polar bear and try to escape. Rick, Mike, and Spike run into pirates during a fishing trip. Rick begins to rapidly grow hair. Mike believes Htrae is cursed.