![]() ![]() Despondent, Nicole laments on how she has failed everyone and wonders what she should do with her life. Suddenly, the clock strikes 2:00, signifying the start of the tournament. However, Richard claims that people already do like her, himself included. Nicole explains that she wants to be successful so people will like her. ![]() As Nicole is about to leave for her tournament, Richard questions its importance. The young Nicole stops and greets a young Richard, and noticing that he is stuck in a log following a poor attempt to observe squirrels. She finally realizes there are no viable ways to prevent her encounter with Richard, and accepts her fate. It does not.ĭesperate, Nicole visualizes a potential future where she takes a young Sal and his crew's offer for a moped ride without a helmet once again, this scenario only results in her death. Small comes to her aid with a hug to cure her. The butterfly ends up flying into her mouth and getting lodged in her throat, after which Mr. She then considers how the tiniest changes can have the grandest consequences and wonders what would have happened if she had missed hopping onto the butterfly while leaping over the hippie protest. Nicole tries to imagine a future following his path, but she realizes that his beliefs would end up killing her. Small, who is leading a protest advocating the use of hugging as an alternative to modern medicine. Nicole tries again to redeem her future, this time stopping by Mr. ![]() Regardless, her inability to appease his whims causes her to finally break down and burn their mansion down, resulting in her arrest. Feeling degraded, future Nicole becomes very submissive and tries anything to win Harold's respect, with her appearance being greatly modified with plastic surgery to impress him. He continues to be verbally abusive throughout the marriage. "that creepy thing where guys criticize girls to lower their confidence so they will go out with them"). Despite his good intentions, Banana Bob's constant singing of the word "banana" causes Nicole to snap and become insane.Ĭoncerned about her sanity, she ignores Banana Bob and instead stops by Harold, who proceeds to negg her (i.e. The banana manages to win her over romantically via a song, and the two eventually get married. Nicole decides to avoid such a heinous scenario by taking her normal route, but this time, she takes up Banana Bob as a potential suitor. This leads to her winning first place, graduating, becoming rich, getting elected as President, becoming a futuristic overlord, and eventually becoming dethroned by revolutionaries in a post-apocalyptic future. She first imagines a future where she passes through Gary's cement work, arriving at her tournament on time. Modern-day Nicole then wonders what would have happened had she taken a different path. Somehow, Nicole deters from her intended course and gets lost once she realizes this, Richard appears from a tree stump. Her mother is chastising her for her grades (despite the fact that they are all A's) and planning her entire life for her while her father is experiencing road rage, causing the family car to break down left with only five minutes, Nicole has no other choice but to run to her tournament.Īs she runs through the park, she passes by a younger Gary and child and teenage versions of Banana Bob, Harold, Mr. Unfortunately, the road in front of them is becoming congested with traffic. The flashback opens with Nicole and her parents driving to a karate tournament which starts at 2:00 pm. Shortly after this realization, Nicole recalls back to her childhood, reminiscing on the date in question. However, she suddenly wonders how it all came to this situation before quickly determining the root of this conflict: the day she met Richard. Nicole finally loses her temper and is about to lash out on her family. However, they only show impatience and disrespect which eventually accumulates in their meal lighting on fire. The episode begins on a rather chaotic night in the Watterson household as Nicole struggles to provide dinner for her family. Important details about the plot or story are up ahead ![]()
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