Title: Dummy Demolition
Release date: March 2, 2012
Chris gets an idea for a new show, and he and Ian spend the first episode destroying dummies.
Tropes:
- Alliterative Title: Dummy Demolition.
- Buffy Speak:Chris: Blower-upper thingy?Ian: Check-check-checkity-check!
- Drop the Cow: The "Blowing Up a Dummy" segment ends with a cat getting crushed by a big red DUPLO brick.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Jack is presented as a nameless janitor who delivers dummies to Chris and Ian before he's properly introduced in "Season 2 Finale!".
- Inspiration for the Work: In-Universe, Chris randomly gets the idea to make a show about everything while reading a book.
- Pilot: This is the first episode of Minilife TV both in Real Life and In-Universe.
- Short-Distance Phone Call: Chris calls Ian on his phone to tell him to come over so he can tell him about his idea. It's then shown that they live in the same building exactly one room away.
- Stuff Blowing Up: Chris and Ian blow up dummies.
- The Voice: A disembodied voice tells Chris and Ian to name their show "Minilife TV". Eventually subverted 34 episodes later in "Of Pancakes And Baseball Caps (PART 2)" where the source of the voice is revealed.
