Get Lucky

> Consider this your very own Trash Shangri-La! Away from all the world's stupid problems... Isn't that nice?
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## S1E9

### Director

Brit Tobin

"**Get Lucky**" is the ninth episode of the first season of *Garbage People.* It is the ninth episode of the series. It premiered in Summer 2023. Get Lucky was written and directed by Brit Tobin. This is the second episode to feature a live-action character. Get Lucky features a pre-credit tag for the in-world ad, "*Songs from Trash*".

## Synopsis

Patches and Peel meet "Lucky" — a famous crackpipe — and give him the grand tour of Trash in hopes of riding the coattails of his celebrity.

## Plot

Patches and Peel are playing a board game called '*Trash Your Neighbor*' when Patches' new favorite show comes on: '2 Wild 4 Florida'. The entertainment and gossip news show features clips 'wilder than Florida' weekly countdown style. Peel, pissed off that he lost the game, gripes about watching programs that have nothing to do with Trash, but Patches reminds him that the stuff they see on TV [from outside the dumpster; a.k.a. *Extradumpster*] is a preview of what's to come for them. A famous crack addict holding a pipe takes the number one spot.

As they leave their apartment to cruise the town, Patches and Peel notice an odd art installation and surmise that it's probably a useless sculpture funded by taxpayers. They get closer to inspect only to soon find out that it isn't a sculpture but a crackpipe barely breathing. Quickly, they rush to the crackpipe's aid and revive him by heating up the internal resin. The crackpipe jumps to its feet and introduces himself as 'Lucky' Lee McKrackin, Patches recognizes him from '2 Wild 4 Florida' and is starstruck. Peel is hardly fazed let alone mystified by the character, but Patches vows to aid him on his journey in Trash. Lucky isn't interested in staying for a long time, but Patches ensures it will be a good time.

## Characters

### Major characters

* Patches
* Peel
* 'Lucky' Lee McKrackin

### Minor characters

* Host of 2 Wild 4 Florida
* Mr. Manchurian
* Balloon Boy
* Krustie
* Radioactive Bob
* Graffiti Steed
* Roxy and Metheny
* The Big Guy

### Other characters

* Cassie
* Kris
* Death
* Mrs. Pit
* Mellow Max
* Venny
* Chola Salsa

### Quotes

"Dude, I got an idea. Let's smoke crack." - Peel

"Once you've been discarded, that's when life truly begins. And you can't put a price tag on that... well, actually you can." - Patches

"Is he talking about heroin? That was definitely a heroin reference. Right?" - Peel

"What's the craic?" - Lucky

"It's not the man he wants. It's how that man made him feel. You know, with a whole lotta drugs." - Patches

"And co-dependency is a bad look. Right, Patches?" - Peel

"Welcome to our transient, humble garbage town Mr. McKrackin. You're gonna fit right in." - Patches

"We've everything under the kitchen sink, just name your price. We've got Clorox, molly, beebops, booboos, jellybeans, Exlax, garden variety keyboard cleaner." - Radioactive Bob

"Why would you wanna go back to him? What does that say about you?" - Patches

"You're garbage now, just embrace it. At least you're famous." - Peel

"Watch it you one-eyed freak!" - Roxy

"You're one of the family now and this family runs deep." - Radioactive Bob

## Locations

* Patches' Home
* Patches' Lot
* Trash Boulevard
	+ Garbage Road
	+ Cafe PooBelle
	+ FOOD
* Radioactive Bob's
* Last Resort Tiki Bar
	+ VIP Lounge
	+ Dance Floor
* Art Gallery

## Trivia

* Get Lucky was originally titled under a different moniker as a potential pilot episode for Garbage People.
* C.L. McGuire, the host of '*2 Wild 4 Florida*' is also the narrator of three in-world ads as well as the voice of "Joe Possum".
	+ The '2 Wild 4 Florida' portions were filmed in Pittsburgh by Russo Brothers, Salvatore and Joseph.
* This episode originally included a scene inside the Asian-fusion restaurant FOOD.
* Lucky's accent is a blend of Scottish, Irish, and nervous rambling.
	+ There are two existing versions of subtitles (1) Lucky's intended dialogue and (2) literal verbatim translation.
	+ The word "craic" is found in Northern England and Scotland meaning "conversation" or "news", producing expressions such as "What's the crack?", meaning "how are you?"
* "The Big Guy" isn't the intended connotation of the nickname 'The Big Guy', but Lucky's interpretation, i.e. his Big Guy.
* Death is seen waiting in the queue to enter Last Resort Tiki Bar.
* The board game *Trash Your Neighbor* was created as a prop for this episode but was further developed to be real playable game.
	+ *Trash Your Neighbor* game boxes can be seen in Radioactive Bob's warehouse and is an in-world ad for season one, episode five: P 'n' P Mart.
* Lucky makes a second appearance in Rage Cage!
* Songs "*Bitch, Bitch, Bitch*" and "*Trash Lift Us Up*" were produced for Get Lucky.
	+ Both songs were voiced by actors in the episode, Mike Bustillos and Salvatore J. Russo III.

## Errors

* It has been noted that Lucky is technically a meth pipe.

## Cultural references

* Overall, the concept of celebrity-shaming is a reminder of trash culture from the early 2000s.
* Elon Musk is briefly pictured on a novelty saint candle prior to Lucky's hallucination.

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