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When Hacker strands Jackie atop Mount Wayupthere, the rest of the CyberSquad has to act fast to save her. If not they will trade her back for the Network Interface Card and if they do that he can use his Transformatron again. In their search for the elusive Diamond Joe - the mysterious figure who holds the secret to Jackie's release - the CyberSquad meets spunky T.W., a young Parallini who agrees to help them. Can they discover the power of parallelograms in time to launch a daring rescue mission?


Tropes in this episode:

  • Be Yourself: The Parallinis learn that it’s always better to be yourself, even if you make mistakes sometimes.
  • Call-Back: "Hackerboard" from "The Snelfu Snafu" abruptly shows up again briefly, reminding the viewer that he still has the means to win.
  • Compressed Hair: When she takes out her scrunchie, Jackie’s natural hair grows twice its size. She’s then able to easily smooth it back down after putting her scrunchie back in. This happened before in "A Time To Cook".
  • Dangerous Forbidden Technique: The Parallinis forbid themselves from tilting and leaning because the last time they used this ability, they saved Hacker and unknowingly released a villain into Cyberspace.
    The Parallinis: No tilting, no leaning, and no inbetweening!
  • Forgotten First Meeting: Despite their unique appearances, Hacker doesn’t recognize the Parallinis from when they rescued him from Mount Wayupthere.
  • Gasp!: The Parallinis all gasp when Digit draws a picture of a diamond.
    • It happens again when T.W. tilts in front of a large crowd for the first time.
  • Girl in the Tower: Hacker traps Jackie on top of the tower-like Mount Wayupthere.
  • Hamster-Wheel Power: Hacker’s Transformatron is powered by a giant “ham-borg”.
  • Happy Circus Music: Plays when the Parallinis show up at Mount Wayupthere to rescue Jackie.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: Hacker gets a taste of his own medicine at the end of this episode. Just as he and his goons are about to board the Grim Wreaker and recapture Jackie, the rope ladder attached to it gets chopped down by Digit, leaving the three baddies stranded on Mount Wayupthere.
  • Hostage Situation: Hacker keeps Jackie hostage in order to try to get Motherboard’s Network Interface Card (N.I.C.) so he can reactivate his Transformatron.
  • Massively Numbered Siblings: The Parallinis are all related because they’re all parallelograms.
  • Pity the Kidnapper: Jackie drives Buzz and Delete crazy with all of her demands.
  • Race Against the Clock: The CyberSquad only has two hours to rescue Jackie before Hacker sends her somewhere they’ll never find her.
  • Rhyming Names: All of the Parallinis have names that rhyme in some way.
  • Torso with a View: All the Parallinis have square or diamond-shapes openings in their torsos.
  • Voluntary Shapeshifting: The Parallinis can change their shape by “flexing their angles”.

 
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"Hackerboard" from "The Snelfu Snafu" abruptly shows up again briefly in "The Flying Parallinis", reminding the viewer that he still has the means to win.

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