The Earth Alone - Part 1

"**The Earth Alone - Part 1**" (also known as **Earth Alone** on Patreon) is the 63rd episode by air date and 65th episode by chronological order of SolarBalls.

## Synopsis

The Earth is now completely alone! Can it still sustain life? Will the Earthlings survive long enough?

## Characters

* Houston
* NasaDude (minor appearance)
* Earth
* Venus
* Mars
* Moon
* Sun (sponsor section; background character)
* Astrodude (sponsor section)
* Astrodude's Wife
* Astrodude's Son
* Titan (mentioned)
* USAball
* Austriaball
* Argentinaball
* Russiaball
* Peruball
* Franceball
* Chinaball
* Canadaball
* Indiaball
* Spainball
* Switzerlandball
* UKball
* Brazilball (cameo)
* Japanball (cameo)
* Germanyball (cameo)
* Italyball (cameo)
* Maliball (cameo)
* Polandball (cameo)
* An unnamed news reporter

## Plot

The episode starts with Earth gazing at Venus and Mars before letting out a sigh. Feeling abandoned and lonely, Earth laments the unfairness of the situation. The scene then transitions to a news report about the Moon's disappearance, marking a tragic end to the current "Football-ball" season. As it turns out, Astrodude's Wife is the one watching the news, prompting her to go out and check on their son. The weather undergoes strange transitions, with rain, snowfall, and drought occurring rapidly, leading her to command her son to seek shelter indoors.

The scene abruptly shifts to the UN headquarters, where Houston explains the current events and assures the countryballs that they have sent someone to space who can resolve the situation. Following this, the sponsor section commences with the Sun promoting the SolarBalls store and its new stock of plushies. Astrodude finds it odd that there's a plushie of himself, but the Sun playfully suggests that Astrodude is the weird one. When Astrodude questions why the Sun doesn't have a plushie, the Sun humorously remarks that it's because he would incinerate the Earthlings if he did.

Mars shares his concerns about Earth with Venus, but Venus reassures him that Earth will be alright. The news broadcast resumes, highlighting the increasing instability of the weather, with some places experiencing extended periods of darkness, and others always receiving sunlight. Houston's attempts to contact Astrodude have been unsuccessful, leading to a threat to fire him into the Sun, but at the same time, there's genuine concern for his safety and the possibility that he might not have an Earth to return to.

The scene shifts back to Earth, who appears exhausted. He talks to himself about how Titan needed validation, not him, and how he believes Titan understands the pressure of having humans who rely on him, even though he doesn't truly understand it. Earth starts to hallucinate, envisioning Mars and Venus. They reassure him, with the Mars hallucination explaining that a good friend forgives everything, regardless of insecurities or cruelty. Earth questions his own insecurities, and the Venus hallucination assures him that it's just what best friends do. As the hallucinations become unsettling, Earth wonders if they are okay with this situation. The Mars hallucination responds warmly, asking why they wouldn't be. Earth replies because they're his friends, and because they tell him when he makes mistakes.

A Moon hallucination appears and asks Earth if he merely wants everyone to tell him everything is alright. Earth denies this, but the Moon hallucination interrupts, mockingly acknowledging how Earth's care for Earthlings should be respected, even though he treats others like "garbage". The Earth tries to defend himself, insisting he hasn't mistreated anyone although he made mistakes, as he shakes with the Venus and Mars hallucinations' expressions becoming more malicious. The Moon hallucination challenges him, bringing up how he catches asteroids, stabilizes Earth's axis, deals with Earthlings on his surface, helps Earth during troubled times and how yet the Earth doesn't appreciate it. Earth denies it, stating that he appreciates him but the Moon challenges him again, insisting that the Earth only appreciates him for being a moon because it's what he said: moons cannot be anything more, before ending it with a message to never come back, leaving Earth in tears. The UN members complain to Houston that the Moon has still not come back, so Houston presents alternative solutions. Houston suddenly receives a phone call informing that the Moon is back, shocking everyone. Sure enough, the real Moon has returned, and tells Earth that they need to talk as Earth stares in surprise.

## Trivia

* Alvaro Calmet makes a cameo in one of the images flashed during the first news report.
* The second news report's caption, "Should we blame Canada?" is a reference to the song, "Blame Canada" from South Park.