Idiosyncratic Induction

"**Idiosyncratic Induction**" is the second episode of the first season of *Elliott from Earth* and the first episode in Chapter Two, written by Mic Graves and Tony Hull. The episode premiered on March 30, 2021 in the United States.

## Synopsis

On Elliott's first day at the Hive, he meets the most unusual characters on his adventure so far.

## Plot

Elliott awakens from his bed, thinking at first that he and his mom's journey through outer space and onto a space station in the previous episodes was just a dream. When he learns that Frankie hadn't slept at all the previous night, Elliott opens their habitation pod door to see passing aliens greeting him. Excited that the adventure and aliens they encountered were real, Elliott plans to get Mo and explore around the entire Centrium.

A Hive droid, 105E, suddenly enters their pod and pranks them by intimidatingly threatening to perform an "exploratory examination" on Elliott with a drill. After revealing that she's only joking, 105E mentions Elliott and Frankie's popularity among the aliens, explaining that as Earthlings and "anomalies from the other side of the universe," their species, whereabouts, and appearance are unknown to the Centrium. She explains that she came to take them to the Hive, the hub of knowledge on the Centrium, so that more can be learned about them.

Elliott and Frankie are brought to the Hive, and 105E tells Frankie that the Head of the Hive wants to meet her. As Frankie goes to meet the Head and leaves Elliott behind to wait, Elliott meets an alien of short stature who serves as the director of the Hive. After explaining that her species ages in reverse (which requires a lot of counseling) and misinterpreting the name of Elliott's species as a "herman," the Director decides to take Elliott on a tour around the Hive. In a song, the Director showcases the different areas of study around the Hive, including gravitology, starmolology and quantum pulsarlatery. Elliott considers taking art, but the Director says they cannot offer it since the class "shifted to a parallel dimension last week."

The Director then offers to introduce Elliott to meet a class of alien students, but Elliott, concerned about it, opts out and leaves at the last minute. Elliott then sees Mo outside, who is trying to taste the sparkles sneezed by the Hive Director before; he explains that he'd followed Elliott there, in the hopes of hanging out together with him more, and asks about the Hive. Elliott explains to Mo that the Hive is like a school, but mentions his hesitancy to include himself in its community. During his childhood back on Earth, Elliott and his mother had to transfer schools often due to constant moving, and as a result, he never fit in with other students.

Mo comforts Elliott, saying that now he's not the only new person there, since they have each other. As they look through a window at the class, Mo decides to go meet them, and takes Elliott along with him. After Mo begins to introduce himself, the aliens' lack of a response makes him nervous, and soon he wants to leave. Elliott decides to keep trying and introduces himself and Mo, and for a moment is disappointed as the aliens seem to ignore them. However, the alien crowd turns around and happily greets the Earthlings. Other class members begin introducing themselves. Nara reveals that she somehow already knows that Mo came from Biosphere 1138; she hints that they'll find out how she knew later.

Lord Kallous the Merciless suddenly approaches, and menacingly interrogates Elliott and Mo. He appears less frightening when he complains about his late updates on the new students, though, mentioning the problem of too much middle management. The Director arrives, making sure that Lord Kallous has given them the "Welcome." After Kallous lies about it, the Director insists, and he reluctantly recites it in embarrassment. While Elliott and Mo snicker, Mo sneezes up the sparkles he'd eaten before, causing Lord Kallous's sceptre to fall. It breaks and explodes, creating a mess. Lord Kallous disappointedly tells them to find a seat, if they "can still find one."

## Trivia

* This episode and "Memory Mayhem" takes place at the same time, but at different perspectives.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  "Sci-Fi Adventure "Elliott from Earth" Makes Its Landing Monday, March 29 on Cartoon Network." *The Futon Critic*. Accessed 1 April 2021.