After causing mischief at Susie's house and at school, Calvin is sent to the school psychiatrist. After a flashback reveals the last one, Dr. Dean, was driven insane by Calvin, he meets the new one, Dr. Sam.
He chats with Calvin for a while, and then proceeds to do a series of tests:
- The Word Association Test goes awry thanks to Calvin being Literal-Minded ("Tiger." "Tiger." "Imagination." "Imagination."). When he finally gets it, he ends up doing it anyway with "tomato" and "potato".
- After being told to tell Dr. Sam what he sees when he closes his eyes, he goes into Spaceman Spiff mode, and slams a bicycle into his desk. ("Hey! Where'd you get that bicycle?")
- After that, Dr. Sam gives Calvin an arrangement of words, letting him put them in any order he'd like. He puts them in the shape of a Velociraptor.
- Next is the Ink Blot Test, where all Calvin sees are TV's, Dracula, Rupert and Earl Chill, a Utahraptor, and himself.
- The next thing Dr. Sam tries is reciting movie titles, asking Calvin to tell him to stop when he gets to one he likes. He receives blank stares when he lists Bratz: The Movie and Barbie of Swan Lake note , only to receive an outburst at Jurassic Park. He falls asleep when Sam mentions The Lost World.
- When told to choose which out of two objects he'd rather play with, Calvin chooses a screwdriver over a baseball, and a CD over a frisbee (because the CD could also function as a frisbee).
- Next, he remarks in a predictable manner when hearing the words "cape and cowl", "detective", and "DC Comics" note .
- Dr. Sam stages a discussion with Hobbes. Naturally, Calvin boasts about him while Sam merely sees a stuffed tiger.
- Finally, Sam decides to try hypnosis. Not much of note comes from his subconscious, though.
Sam determines the cause of his overly-active imagination to be neglect, and thus Calvin is treated like a king for a while.
Tropes:
- Artistic License – Paleontology: Calvin claims he can name every dinosaur discovered in alphabetical order, starting with Albertosaurus, despite the existence of Abelisaurus, Abrictosaurus, Acanthopholis, Achelousaurus, Achillobator, etc. He also mentions Anatosaurus, which is now considered to be a junior synonym for Edmontosaurus.
- Call-Back: Several parts of the episode are ripped from the original strip.
- Comically Missing the Point: When told to put some words in order, he puts them in the shape of a Velociraptor.
- Critical Psychoanalysis Failure: Calvin drove his former school psychologist insane.
- Hammerspace: Calvin grabs a bicycle out of nowhere at one point.
- Hypno Pendulum: Dr. Sam uses a watch to hypnotize Calvin.
- Lemony Narrator: Upon describing Susie's extremely ordinary morning, the narrator remarks "Gad! This show would be BORING if it were about Susie!".
- Person as Verb: Played With; Dr. Sam describes Calvin as "Calvinish" (an adjective).
- Raptor Attack: Dromaeosaurids are especially prominent.
- Rouge Angles of Satin: Particularly notable is the constant misspelling of "psychiatrist".
- Spoiled Brat: Calvin at the end.
- Take That!: Towards Bratz, Barbie of Swan Lake, and The Lost World.
- Word Association Test: Combined with Literal-Minded and You Say Tomato.
