Barry Kripke
The Big Bang Theory history
Barry Kripke is a scientist at Caltech who has worked in plasma physics and string theory. He first crossed paths with Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Raj when he challenged them to a robot “street fight,” beginning a long and often uneasy association with the group.
Kripke is abrasive and often inappropriate, and had a habit of antagonizing Sheldon in particular. He played pranks on Sheldon and mocked his failures. Despite his crude behavior, Kripke was shown to be a capable scientist and sometimes a professional match for Sheldon.
Despite that rivalry, Kripke was not always an enemy. Sheldon made more than one attempt to bring him into his social circle, and Kripke occasionally worked alongside the group. By the end of The Big Bang Theory, he remained part of the wider Caltech circle: still abrasive and still a foil for Sheldon. Kripke has rhotacism, a speech impediment that causes him to pronounce “r” and “l” sounds as “w.”
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe history
101 “Spoiler: Gary Dies”
When we meet Barry Kripke in 101 “Spoiler: Gary Dies”, he is the ruler of what was once Caltech in the post-apocalyptic ruins of Pasadena. Stuart, Denise and Bert have been captured trying to sneak into the university to find the vari-state quantum interference device, built by Sheldon, Leonard and Howard, which triggered the multiverse catastrophe. They are being held in what was once Bert’s geology lab, along with Raj, who has been imprisoned there for years by the man he calls “the Evil One”.
When Kripke visits his new prisoners, his guards introduce him as the Grand Caliph of South Pasadena, Flintridge and Monrovia, and the Supreme Ruler of the San Gabriel Valley. He gives his prisoners his backstory: after civilization collapsed, he filled the power vacuum at Caltech by seizing control of the university’s food, weapons and people. Unlike Stuart, Bert and Raj, Kripke has no interest in restoring the old reality. The broken universe has given him authority and status, and he wants to keep things just as they are.
After explaining that his position has given him “all the girls”, Kripke’s attention turns to Denise. Stuart attempts to protect her by claiming they are together, but Denise denies they are a couple. When she refuses Kripke’s advances, he has her taken away to be washed and killed.
Later, Kripke visits Denise to see if she has changed her mind. She has not. Kripke insists he is not a monster and is only looking for dinner and a movie, at first. He admits that ruling a post-apocalyptic fiefdom is lonely and that the women around him are only interested in the food, medicine and free childcare he provides. Denise tells him she has reconsidered and will have dinner with him, persuading him to untie her. When Kripke does so, she attacks him and escapes.
Kripke catches up with Stuart, Denise, Bert and Raj as Raj is trying to reconfigure the vari-state quantum interference device. Unwilling to lose his grip on power in this universe, Kripke shoots Raj before he can reset the machine. After Bert attacks Kripke, the two are still fighting when the machine opens a wormhole and pulls Stuart, Bert and Kripke into another reality.
Kripke arrives with Stuart and Bert in an apparently peaceful Pasadena. While Stuart and Bert are relieved by the scenes of normality, Kripke is saddened that his reign has ended. As the three men look out at ordinary life outside the comic book store, the camera pans behind them to reveal that they all have electronic devices implanted in their necks.
102 “Spoiler: Zack’s in This One”
After Stuart, Bert and Kripke land in the seemingly serene Pasadena of 102 “Spoiler: Zack’s in This One”, Kripke is the only one disappointed to have escaped the post-apocalyptic reality. Rather than grappling with the fact he killed Raj in that universe, Kripke mourns the loss of his military rule and the dissolution of his (consensual) harem.
When Bert points out that Kripke killed Raj, Kripke quickly reasons his way out of any guilt. If the previous world no longer exists, he argues, then he did not kill Raj. If it does still exist as one of infinite universes, then he only killed one of infinite Rajs, making the death “mathematically, a rounding error”.
Kripke soon realizes the new reality is not as pleasant as it appears. After seeing the changed comic books in Stuart’s store, he blames Stuart for configuring the vari-state quantum interference device incorrectly and sending them to another distorted world. As the pair argue, they are shocked by implants in the backs of their necks, which Bert surmises punish negative emotions and outbursts.
The AI-controlled society proves especially difficult for Kripke, whose abrasive personality makes him the most frequent target of the punishing shocks. Even when he shows some restraint after Stuart chooses to chase Denise instead of finding Sheldon and Leonard at Caltech, Kripke is shocked again after muttering an insult. At Caltech, Kripke struggles to remain calm with the outwardly cheerful but completely unhelpful Ramona Nowitzki, leading to more shocks as his patience quickly erodes.
After their public outbursts, Kripke, Bert and Stuart are arrested and sent to a re-education camp for thirty months. When they are taken by the Resistance after their release, Penny tries to slap the conditioning out of them. She eventually succeeds in making Kripke angry again, although he also admits he is “a wittle turned on”, earning himself another slap.
When Penny decides the group and their device cannot help defeat the AI overlord, she orders them killed. Kripke creates a distraction by pretending to have an idea, then runs off with the machine. As drones attack the Resistance headquarters and Stuart, Denise and Bert chase after him, Kripke keeps running without slowing down for the others.
After Kripke trips over a fallen fighter, he manages to activate the device just as the others catch up. The machine sends Stuart and Denise to another version of the comic book store in a reality where magic is real, while Kripke and Bert land elsewhere in the same world. Bert finds himself tied to a stake above a pyre as a crowd chants, “Burn the scientist!” Bert calls for Kripke’s help, but Kripke makes only a weak objection before backing away as the fire is lit.
103 “Spoiler: Bert is Magic”
After abandoning Bert to the anti-science mob, Kripke returns to the comic book store in 103 “Spoiler: Bert is Magic” without showing much concern for him. When Stuart asks whether they should be worried about Bert, Kripke instead asks whether Stuart was worried about him during his own absence. Stuart admits he had not been especially concerned.
Having seen the danger of this magic reality, Kripke wants to leave immediately. Stuart refuses to go without Bert or Denise, but Kripke argues that Bert can look after himself and that Stuart can always find another Denise in another universe. When Kripke tries to activate the vari-state quantum interference device, it fails, leading him to conclude that a world unconstrained by quantum physics may require magic to make the machine work.
When Kripke and Stuart search for a sorcerer, they recognize a familiar name: Bernadette Rostenkowski. Bernadette says she was stripped of her powers by the Wizards Guild of America for breaking a strike, allegedly to save her neighbor’s son’s dog, and explains that a reversal spell requires the blood of an innocent. Kripke quickly rules himself out, leaving Stuart as the obvious candidate.
When Stuart and Kripke return to the comic book store, Bert is waiting for them. Stuart is relieved to see his friend alive, but Kripke immediately realizes he is in trouble. As he tries to escape, Bert blocks the exit with a brick wall and transforms Kripke into a penguin. Kripke apologizes for abandoning Bert to the mob, blaming peer pressure, but Bert is angry enough to consider turning him into a maggot. Kripke decides being a penguin is punishment enough.
Stuart, Penguin Kripke and Denise take shelter behind the counter as Bert fights Wil Wheaton, an enforcer from the Wizards Guild of America who has come to destroy Stuart for aiding a demon. After the battle is over, Penguin Kripke looks outside and sees a five-story-high demon Bernadette rampaging through Pasadena toward them. Bernadette rips the roof off the store and demands the machine so she can rule every world. As Bernadette reaches for the device, Stuart and Bert manage to get it working just in time. An interdimensional bubble absorbs Stuart, Denise, Bert and Kripke, who is still in penguin form.
104 “Spoiler: Stuart Makes a Wallet”
When we meet Kripke in 104 “Spoiler: Stuart Makes a Wallet”, Stuart has just been released from the mental hospital and is settling back into suburban family life with Denise and their children. Their backyard barbecue is interrupted when Kripke greets Stuart from the neighboring yard while gardening. Stuart is stunned to learn they are neighbors, but Kripke insists they are more than that, pointing out that he held Stuart’s son during his bris.
Although Kripke has the appearance of a friendly suburban neighbor, his abrasive sense of humor is still there. He jokes about Stuart’s stay in the “woony bin”, angering Denise. Kripke insists he’s just a kidder, telling them to ask his husband, who turns out to be Gary. The sight of Kripke married to Gary, whom Stuart has come to see as a running joke in the multiverse, prompts Stuart to say he needs to lie down.
Later, as Kripke water the lawn in his front yard, he notices Stuart struggling to bring a large parcel into the house and asks what he’s got there. When Stuart snaps at him to mind his own business, a slightly hurt Kripke describes it as “vewy wude”.
After Stuart activates the mail-order quantum device in his kitchen, he and Denise wake up bald in slime-filled pods alongside Bert and Kripke. As Denise realizes their suburban life was not real, Kripke admits he liked it there, not least because Gary was “a weal wooker”. Once Bert points out that they are literally in a scene from The Matrix, Stuart tears through the illusion and the group find themselves in a vast white space with the device.
Before Stuart activates the machine again, Kripke says he is happy to land anywhere as long as he is “stwaight”. Denise rolls her eyes and calls out the remark as inappropriate. After the device sends the group to a dense forest, Kripke’s impatience returns when Bert analyzes the soil in scientific detail before admitting it is dirt. An exasperated Kripke asks why he did not just say that. Moments later, the group is surrounded by a tribe dressed in simple yellow coverings.
105 “Spoiler: Bert Gets Married”
After the group lands in a tropical forest in 105 “Spoiler: Bert Gets Married”, Simpa and Chana are surprised that they and the travelers can understand each other. The pair invite the group to their village, where they have food, places to rest, water to bathe in and companions to sleep with. Kripke’s mood improves when he confirms that the last offer means sex, prompting him to declare, “Daddy’s home.” Although Denise and Bert suspect there must be a catch, Chana explains that the tribe expects nothing in return beyond the pleasure of meeting their needs. Kripke asks what happens if some of those needs are “a wittle unusual”, but Stuart shushes him and accepts their hospitality. Kripke declares that this is already his favorite universe.
That evening, Kripke removes one of his shoes around the campfire because his “dogs are barking”. Manu picks it up and announces that he will wear it. “Like hell you will,” Kripke responds, and insists that the shoe belongs to him. When Manu proves unfamiliar with the concept, Kripke explains that it’s his because he waited an hour at “Foot Wocker” for an employee to find his size. He attempts to teach Manu the distinction between “mine” and “yours”, but Manu instead takes the other shoe as well.
The next morning, Kripke emerges from a hut adjusting his zipper. He is followed by three women, who thank him and express their satisfaction, and a man whom Kripke compliments on his performance. The man returns the compliment. After their apparently strenuous night together, Kripke says that he could kill for a protein shake.
Later, Kripke tells the villagers around the communal food area that he has claimed a bowl because he does not want to catch their germs. When Manu points out that all the bowls look alike, Kripke shows them the letter “K” he has written on the bowl, explaining that it stands for “keep your hands off Kwipke’s bowl”. When a woman asks if it’s better to share everything, Kripke chuckles, “Maybe if you’re a pinko communist,” and assumes that the failure of communism requires no further explanation. Faced with villagers who have no knowledge of it, he simply reiterates, “This is my bowl. Don’t touch my bowl.”
Kripke’s message spreads quickly. Simpa soon discovers villagers carving their initials into the previously communal bowls. When he reminds Manu that sharing everything is their way, Manu replies, “Maybe if you’re a commie... or a sociawist”. Later, Kripke continues his lesson before a larger audience by the lake, teaching the villagers about credit, leverage and wealth. When a woman suggests sharing their melons with everyone, Kripke asks, “If you do that, how does anyone get wich?”
When Simpa arrives at the lecture, he asks Kripke to explain monogamy. Kripke compares it to fishing: catching a small blue fish and then deciding to eat only that fish for the rest of one’s life, even if another fish gives you her phone number. When Simpa asks what someone should do if the person they want is monogamous with someone else, Kripke offers three choices: get over her, persuade her to cheat or find a way to get rid of the other man. Unfamiliar with the concept of violence, Simpa suggests sending him on a journey. Kripke, however, proposes that he might fall from a cliff, not realizing that the rival Simpa has in mind is Bert.
When Stuart asks Gavel for his red quartz necklace, Gavel refuses, declaring, “Mine,” and insists that the villagers are not communists. Recognizing Kripke’s influence, Stuart and Denise confront him while he relaxes in a pool with two women. Kripke suggests stealing the necklace, arguing that the villagers will not fight back because they do not know about violence. When Denise calls him horrible for referring to it as “The Land of the Pussies”, Kripke responds by farting into the water.
On the day Bert is set to marry Chana, Kripke sits among several village women and remarks that weddings make him horny. When Denise asks if anyone objects during the ceremony, Simpa declares that monogamy is wrong and condemns the idea of personal ownership that has spread through the village. He argues that people are not meant to possess shoes, clothes and bowls, let alone each other. When Simpa tries to take Manu’s bowl to demonstrate his point, Manu strikes him with it, sparking a brawl.
As the wedding descends into chaos, Kripke slips away to the wooden arch where Stuart, Denise and Bert are standing and asks, “What got into these guys?” The fighting allows Stuart to retrieve Gavel’s red quartz necklace. Meanwhile, Simpa lifts Chana into his arms and carries her away. Kripke stops Bert from chasing after them and jokes, “Forget it, Bert. It’s Chana-Town.” Stuart activates the repaired quantum device, transporting the group out of paradise.
The group arrives inside the comic book store in a seemingly normal Pasadena. As Stuart and Denise console Bert over the loss of Chana and the happy life he found in paradise, Kripke is preoccupied with how the villagers were able to speak English. As Stuart questions whether they have finally reached a normal universe, Denise leans towards a green plant and eats one of its leaves before agreeing that it seems normal.
106 “Spoiler: Corn is Delicious”
After Denise takes a bite from a ficus inside the comic book store in 106 “Spoiler: Corn is Delicious”, Stuart and Kripke wonder what’s going on. At Denise’s urging, Stuart samples a leaf and then recommends it to Kripke. Kripke declares it the best damn thing he has ever put in his mouth, adding, “And I’ve put some cwazy shit in my mouth.” Bert explains that humans in this reality evolved from cows and have four stomachs. When Denise and Stuart begin chewing their cud, Kripke is ready to abandon this “stupid” universe. He soon regurgitates some food of his own, however, and changes his mind.
While the group dines on different varieties of grass at a restaurant, Bert says that this universe is fairly close to their original world before the apocalypse. He lists several minor cultural differences while overlooking humanity’s bovine ancestry. Stuart proposes staying there, arguing there are no evil computers, nobody is being burned at the stake and every universe they visit eventually becomes dangerous. When Stuart imagines the lives they could each lead here, he says that Kripke would remain an asshole. Kripke argues that being an asshole is more of a hobby than a vocation.
Later, Bert and Kripke interrupt Stuart and Denise in the back room of the comic book store to announce that they do not want to stay in “Cowtown”. Bert argues that they have fared reasonably well in the other universes, while Kripke boasts that he has had sex in three out of five of them. He concedes that one of those experiences was with Gary but describes him as a “very genewous wover”.
After Denise agrees to stay with Stuart, he gives Bert and Kripke the quantum device. Realizing that they are saying goodbye, Kripke admits that he has not been the best travelling companion. Denise waits for him to continue, but Kripke does not understand what else she expects him to say. Stuart simply says goodbye.
Kripke places the device on the comic book store counter, prompting Bert to ask whether he knows what he is doing. Kripke invokes his credentials as a “world-wenowned physicist” and insists that he is perfectly capable of traversing “interdimensional wealities”. After he activates the machine, an interdimensional bubble forms around him and Bert.
Instead of reaching another universe, Kripke and Bert find themselves falling through a cosmic void. They initially scream in fear that they are tumbling to their deaths, but Kripke notices that there is no visible bottom and suggests that they might continue falling forever. The pair briefly stop screaming to consider their situation. When neither can think of anything to do, they resume screaming.
As their fall continues, Bert urges Kripke to activate the device again. The machine creaks and beeps but fails to transport them anywhere. Looking for a way to pass the time, Bert suggests playing 20 Questions, something he used to do with his mother during childhood car journeys. Kripke initially refuses but quickly relents and thinks of an answer. Bert asks whether it is something a person can eat and, after Kripke says no, immediately gives up on the game, much to Kripke’s annoyance.
Stuart and Denise later use a replacement quantum device to join Bert and Kripke in the void. As the new arrivals begin screaming, Kripke impatiently tells them to give it a rest. When Denise asks what kind of universe they have entered, Kripke explains that they never reached one. He believes they are trapped between universes in what he calls “an interdimensional taint”, comparing it to being stuck between “the balls of one universe and the asshole of another”. Denise responds by calling him disgusting.
When Denise encourages Stuart to activate the machine, Bert warns that they have already tried and it did not work. Stuart explains that the device failed because neither Bert nor Kripke was chosen to save the universe. “Oh, and you have?” Kripke responds sarcastically. After Denise backs Stuart up, he activates the original machine and frees the four from their endless fall.
The group lands inside a seemingly normal version of the Comic Center of Pasadena, where Stuart and Denise communicate without speaking. After Bert realizes that people can hear one another’s thoughts in this universe, Kripke predicts that this will be a serious problem for him. His thoughts immediately reveal that his mother bathed him until he was 12.
107 “Spoiler: Dexys Midnight Runners Get a Royalty Payment”
In the telepathic reality of 107 “Spoiler: Dexys Midnight Runners Get a Royalty Payment”, Stuart warns his companions that they will have to control their thoughts now that everyone can hear them. Bert’s attempts to remember a movie derail the discussion, prompting Denise to admit that she found Phoebe Cates’ pool scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High hot. When she explains that sexuality exists on a continuum, Kripke thinks that Rob Lowe (“Wob Wowe”) is on his. He outwardly denies wanting to kiss the actor, but his thoughts add, “Or his pouty wips.”
As Stuart gets them back on the topic of the quantum device, Kripke inwardly complains that he has a PhD from Stanford and is taking orders from someone who runs a comic book store. After Stuart asks whether he would prefer to take charge, Kripke declines, while thinking that he will just wait for Stuart to fail and then make fun of him.
Stuart explains that they need to move along a fourth-dimensional axis rather than laterally between universes, prompting Kripke to identify the missing dimension as time. When Stuart proposes adding a “steering wheel” to the unfinished device, Kripke laments the closure of “WadioShack” and catches Bert inwardly laughing at his pronunciation. He suggests adapting a satellite controller using components from Caltech’s engineering department, then mentally mocks Stuart when he announces that they should head there.
At Caltech, where the group hopes to find Howard Wolowitz, Kripke thinks that receptionist Ramona Nowitzki smells like his mother. When she asks, “I’m sorry?” he silently replies, “You heard me.” An attractive woman then catches his attention, prompting him to imagine taking her home, finishing prematurely and crying when she leaves. He later asks her telepathically whether she would like to be disappointed.
After finding no record of Howard at Caltech, the group visits Bernadette Rostenkowski at her dance studio. When Stuart observes that she is not a microbiologist in this universe, Kripke thinks, “Your observation skills are bweathtaking.” Denise chides him, but he responds, “I think ’em wike I see ’em.” Bernadette does not know Howard either, even after Kripke describes him as an engineer who looks like a garden gnome with a Beatles haircut.
Back at the comic book store, Kripke insists that trickery is impossible in a world with telepathy, demonstrating by asking Bert to think of a card and immediately naming it. When Denise suggests shielding their thoughts and Stuart mentions Magneto’s helmet, Kripke thinks, “Oh my God, more of your comic book shit. Somebody kill me.” His companions’ thoughts suggest that they would happily oblige, prompting Kripke to reply aloud, “Wow. Very nice. Shame on you.”
When the group returns to Caltech with the quantum device, Kripke is doubtful that their plan will work. Stuart asks whether he has a better way to conceal their thoughts, but Kripke offers no answer, spoken or otherwise. The group mentally sings “Come On Eileen” while Stuart goes forward to tell Ramona that David Saltzberg at UCLA asked them to bring the device to the engineering lab. Ramona accepts the story and directs them upstairs.
As Kripke leads the way, Denise asks whether he knows what he is looking for. He confidently names a “variable impedance controwwer circuit” before thinking, “I am so full of shit.” When they pass scientists in the corridor, he begins mentally singing “The Girl from Ipanema”, with Bert and Denise joining in.
Inside the lab, the group discovers four lab-coated versions of themselves with another quantum device. Lab Coat Kripke activates their machine to escape, prompting Kripke to grab his own group’s device from Stuart and follow in their “swipstream”. The two Kripkes carry the machines through a chase across the post-apocalyptic, AI-controlled, magical and tropical realities. In the AI-controlled world, Lab Coat Kripke pushes an elderly woman aside and receives an electrical shock, allowing the pursuing group to gain ground. The two groups eventually collide in the reality where humans evolved from cows.
While the two Stuarts demand to know who the other is, Kripke compliments his lab-coated counterpart as “one handsome bwoke”, and Lab Coat Kripke returns the favor. As the groups argue over who was chosen to save the universe, a third team dressed in army uniforms arrives. On Army Stuart’s orders, Army Kripke seizes the lab-coated group’s device. After barely putting up a fight, Lab Coat Kripke lets him take it, explaining that he was not going to challenge him and gesturing as though his identical counterpart were much bigger and stronger.
After the soldiers leave with two quantum devices, Stuart decides that his group should follow them. The pursuit takes them into a war zone of ruined buildings, fighting soldiers and explosions, which they quickly decide to leave. They arrive inside an apparently normal comic book store, only to discover that they have horses’ bodies below the waist. Kripke tries out his new form by galloping over to the window.
108 “Spoiler: We’re as Confused as You Are”
In the centaur reality of 108 “Spoiler: We’re as Confused as You Are”, Kripke is distracted by his “horse business” as Stuart argues that they must return to the war zone to seize the quantum device with a controller. After they return to the war zone, Kripke sarcastically asks Stuart where the other machine is, addressing him as their “gwowious weader”. When Stuart asks if he could stop being an asshole for a minute, Kripke replies that he would like to, but it’s kind of his brand.
The group finds itself serving in Charlie Company under Lieutenant Jeffries, this reality’s Gary. Arriving at the camp, Kripke remarks that this scenario does not look good. When they see a wounded soldier holding his own intestines, he nevertheless suggests that things could be worse: the man could be carrying them in a little sandwich bag.
In the trenches, Gary announces that they are going to end this war right now and charges up a ladder, only to be repeatedly shot before collapsing in front of them. His second-in-command wants to avenge Gary’s death and asks the group to follow him. As the sergeant climbs the ladder, Kripke draws his gun and shoots him in the back. A horrified Stuart asks, “Oh my God, what did you do?” Kripke explains that he shot the man so they would not have to die, adding, “How is that not cwear?”
That night in the barracks, Bert asks a restless Kripke whether he is all right. Kripke admits that he is not, but denies that his conscience is bothering him over shooting the sergeant. Before going to sleep, Bert says he’s there for him if Kripke figures out what is troubling him. Kripke turns over but doesn’t close his eyes.
The following morning, with another bloodbath imminent, Stuart decides that they should leave. As they try to sneak away, the group is caught by a military police officer. Imprisoned in a cell, Stuart realizes they’ve been looking at their situation all wrong. He proposes retracing their multiverse journey to take the improved device from their lab-coated doubles, prompting Kripke to announce that he has a question: “We’re in a pwison cell.” When Bert observes that this is not technically a question, Kripke rephrases it: “Have you noticed we’re in a pwison cell?”
During their court-martial, Kripke suggests creating a distraction so the others can retrieve their confiscated quantum device. Sensing Kripke is opting for the safer part, Stuart proposes switching roles, with Kripke grabbing the machine while he fakes an asthma attack. Kripke demands a demonstration, only to dismiss Stuart’s performance as unconvincing. When the defendants are told to rise, Stuart and Bert try to distract the judges to no avail. They are all sentenced to death by firing squad.
Blindfolded and bound ahead of their execution, Denise tries to tell Stuart that she loves him, only to find that she is standing next to Bert. He passes the message down to Kripke, who reluctantly tells Stuart, “Bert woves you.”
Their prosecutor, Penny, offers them a life of hard labor if Stuart uses the quantum device to transmit false battle plans to the enemy. Stuart agrees and then activates the machine to escape, inadvertently taking Penny with them to the centaur reality. At Denise’s urging, he activates it again, leaving Penny behind as the group returns to the cow universe.
Still wearing their army uniforms, they encounter the two earlier groups and become the soldiers they previously followed. On Stuart’s orders, Kripke approaches his lab-coated double and demands the improved device, warning him, “Don’t make this difficult.” After a brief tussle, Lab Coat Kripke surrenders the machine, and the group returns to the war zone with both devices.
As the fighting continues around them, Bert attempts to explain that they must wait for their earlier selves to follow them, completing the sequence that brought them there. Kripke admits that he does not understand, prompting Stuart to exclaim that nobody does. Once Denise spots their earlier selves arriving, Kripke activates the improved device.
In another version of the Comic Center of Pasadena, a mysterious floating entity instructs Kyle and Trevor to keep the group there by never selling a particular comic book. On its cover, beneath the title Stuart Fails to Save the Universe: Trapped!, are Kripke and his companions, now captive in a comic book.
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