In "Permanent Record Wrecker", Stan tells Steve the reason he rides him so hard is because Tony slacked off on the job and made people sick, ruining his record and was forced to ride the rails on the Union Pacific train line. However, Tony sees it differently, telling a dead cat that he calls "son" that Stan is a government stiff working in a cubicle and fighting for "so-called freedom" while Tony feels he is really free in the open world.