Star Preps: The Plaid Awakens

Star Preps: The Plaid Awakens the finale of Season 2. It follows The Walking Preps episode, Screams from Far. It is followed by the Season 3 premiere, The Double Date in terms of episode order and by Star Preps: Solo and Ready to Rollo in terms of the Star Preps story arc.

PLOT

A Santiva spaceship is captured by the telekinetic villain, Darth Sithious. In a last ditch effort, Princess Buffy gives the secret plans of The Polyester Star to two robots, R2-CleanU (Kevin in a trashcan) and B-3PO (Basil). Kate leads a group of rebels (made up of Chip, Curley, and several unnamed aliens and robots) to buy time. In an attempt to deliver a message to Cade, the robots escape on a kiddie pool which escapes the radar of Samantha and the cheese-nibs-loving villain, The Apprentice.

TRIVIA
 * Basil's backscratcher from the Pilot Season finale, The Backscratcher, reappears in this episode as R2-CleanU's hacking tool while the kiddie pool is a reference to The Pilot.
 * One of the rebel soldiers shares a strong resemblance to Whrraaar.
 * The episode, already a parody, is further parodied in Tristan Guamahava's Holiday Spectacular.
 * This is the first time Kate demonstrates the potential for telekinetic powers, she further develops powers in Stranger Preps and in the Season 4 premiere, Blast from The Past.
 * While Julian does not appear in this episode, his role in the school play from The Backscratcher, "Barriss", is seemingly a reference to the Star Wars character Barriss Offee.
 * While she does not wield one in this episode, Kate is depicted holding a saber on the cover art.