RABBIT'S NINTH

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RABBIT'S NINTH
Nasty meets four aliens from the planet Trakspil. At first, they try to eat him, but when Nasty turns the tables and bakes one of them in the aliens' own oven, they reveal the real reason they're on Earth: to kidnap the greatest songwriter on the planet, and bring him back to Trakspil to revamp their poor national anthem, which they think is responsible for their current civil war.



Name-dropping:
 * Nasty poses as Paul McCartney to thwart the aliens' plan
 * One of the aliens says they should've looked for Burt Bacharach, to which another alien objects: "Nah, he'd have wanted to bring that Streisand person."
 * Nasty envisions a Spin magazine cover proclaiming Madonna to be "all we have left."
 * A sleeping neighbor tells her husband to turn down "the Sullivan show" as Nasty and the aliens rehearse their song
 * It's revealed in this episode that Nasty prefers Band on the Run to London Town.
 * One of the aliens paraphrases a quote from George Martin: "Gentlemen, you've just recorded your first number one."

Nasty Rabbit cartoon magic:
 * When the hungry aliens trap Nasty in their oven, they proceed to argue about how to prepare him. In the next panel, somehow Nasty has appeared outside the oven and one very surprised alien is in there in his place.
 * The aliens tell Nasty Rabbit they are looking for Paul McCartney. Without leaving their presence, Nasty claims to be him; and the aliens look out his window and see the name "McCartney" printed on Nasty's mailbox.