Danny was cornered in the dead end of an alleyway by Skulker. Again. Of all the ghosts in the Amity Park area of the 'Zone, Danny would've been happier if he had to confront Technus, Sydney, Johnny and Kitty, Pandora, Ember or even the Box Ghost. But no, tonight was a Skulker night. The only thing that would make this night worse would be for his parents to show up and attack him as well.

"Say goodbye, Ghost scum!" declared Skulker as he aimed at weapon at Danny.

But before he could fire, a flying saucer-shaped vehicle showed up out of thin air, and rammed right into Skulker from behind...knocking him unconscious. The flying vehicle skidded to a halt, and below, Danny could hear the voices coming from inside.

"Geez...What did we run into, Rick?"

"I dunno, Morty. Let's go check it out."

The vehicle made a soft landing beside Danny, and the people inside stepped out. Rick, an old man with crazy bright-blue hair and a drinking problem, and Morty, a wimpy grandson around the same age as Danny. Rick walked over to the unconscious Skulker and pulled out what appeared to be a gun, but was in fact a scanner that detected supernaturality (see Something Ricked This Way Comes). A tiny readout on the scanner read 'NAME: SKULKER; GHOST'

"Aw man, Morty!" said Rick, "You're URRP not gonna believe this! It says you just knocked over A GHOST, Morty!"

"Wow, Rick!" stuttered Morty, "I didn't know you could do that! I...I...I thought you'd just go right through them!"

"Ugh, Morty, you read too much children's books. That URRP only happens when they turn intangible. Then they can walk through walls and...uh...scare people for cheap laughs."

Danny floated down to Skulker and pulled off the helmet, revealing the tiny green dead creature contained within the armor. He turned on his Fenton Thermos and sucked the little creep inside. Morty quietly applauded, then Rick aimed his scanner at Danny. The readout on the scanner read 'NAME: FENTON, DANIEL; 50% HUMAN 50% GHOST'

"Wo-ho-hoah! Jackpot, Morty!" he said.

"What is it, Rick?"

"This kid's a HALFA, Morty! He...He...He's half-a-human, and URRP half-a-ghost! You don't see many of these nowadays, Morty!"

Then Danny decided it was time to join in on the conversation, "Really? You know other half-ghosts?"

"No, but I've met other people with a similar gimmick," Then Rick turned back to Morty, "You should meet these guys Morty. The...there...there's one kid who's half-a-dragon, there's another one who's half-a-gem...hell I even know this one kid who can URRP turn into ten different aliens!"

"Wow, Rick!" said Morty, "You must've been through a lot after you first abandoned Mom."

"That, Morty, is an understatement at best, Morty. Now my best guess is that either one of his parents is a full ghost, or he got his powers through URRP artificial means!"

"You know, Rick, he...he's right there. Why don't you just ask him?"

"SHUT UP, Morty! I got a URRP better idea...I'm gonna ask him."

"But..."

Rick and Morty both looked at Danny, who was still hovering before them. He was surprised to finally meet a complete and total stranger who quickly deduced who he was. Then again, he was dealing with the smartest man in the multiverse. So he decided to make his explanation blunt.

"...I got caught in the startup of an artificial Ghost Zone portal my parents made."

"Artificial portal? That's retarded," said Rick.

Morty facepalmed, cause Rick does it all the time with his prized portal gun.

"I'll tell you what's...retarded," continued Danny, "They put the ON switch on the inside. And they can't tell my ghost half from my human half..." he turned back into a human to demonstrate, "And I don't even know what's gonna happen when they finally put two 'n' two together."

Unbeknownst to Danny or the two weird visitors, an unfortunately familiar vehicle pulled up near their alley, headlights off.

"Hey," said Rick, "Be glad you don't have Morty's parents. Jerry's an URRP unemployed idiot who feeds on pity."

"Oh, c'mon, Rick," said Morty, "I'm pretty sure his parents aren't that bad..."

"DANIEL JAMES FENTON!" another voice appeared from behind.

Unfortunately, Danny knew these people.

"Uh oh," said Rick to his audience, "We'll be right back!"