"Chuck to the Future" (チャック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー, Chakku tu za Fyūchā) is the nineteenth episode of season one and the nineteenth overall episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. It first aired on December 3, 2010.
Chuck is reminded of his past and fights against Fastener.
Plot[]
Chuck after being struck by lightning.
The episode starts with a close up from Daten City to the church. It then changes to Chuck's point of view, who after being stricken by lightning in "Pulp Addiction", sees Panty and Stocking leaving to the Paper Plant, until he faints.
A small time-skip takes place, and Chuck is then seen walking through an aisle. Fastener makes him trip and then starts following him. Chuck looks at himself in a mirror, where Fastener starts mimicking Chuck's moves as if he was Chuck's reflection.
Fastener suddenly punches Chuck, and annoyed, Chuck tries punching him back, but ends up punching the mirror instead, hurting himself. Chuck starts walking once again, but Fastener cuts his head off. Chuck's body starts looking for his head, upon finding it and putting it on, he finally notices Fastener. Chuck is reminded of his university days, where he was put in the losers' class and Fastener beat him at everything, including getting the girl he had a crush on.
They start fighting each other, but Fastener easily cuts Chuck in two. An agent man, which was revealed to have been living inside Chuck's head, reassembles Chuck shortly after. Chuck starts chasing Fastener, who kills Chuck several times, but the latter keeps reassembling himself multiple times.
While struggling with Fastener, Chuck accidentally opens Fastener's head zipper, releasing the agent woman living inside his head. Fastener turns pale, and Chuck, believing him to be dead, hides his body inside a trash can. Soon enough, a trash truck takes the garbage with Fastener in it. In the end, Chuck is run over by the Anarchy Sisters, who arrive in See Through.
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"Daten City" - Flyover of Daten City
Trivia[]
This episode is Ian Sinclair's favorite episode of the series.[1]
The fourth wall is broken at the end of this episode when Stocking looks at the viewer after running over Chuck.
A figure can be seen inside Chuck's head in the intro.
This episode reveals that a demon lives inside of Chuck's head. However, this was previously teased in the series' opening.
Cultural references[]
The episode's title is a reference to the American film trilogy, Back to the Future.
Chuck melts down and reforms much like the T-1000.
There is a can labeled "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!", which is the name of an American movie.
This episode, as a whole, may be an homage to Tom and Jerry.
Errors[]
When Chuck is struck with lightning, Panty and Stocking leave the kitchen with Stocking being to the right of Panty. However, when the episode switches to Chuck's point-of-view, Stocking is seen to the left of Panty.
