- Chaos ensues as Roy Neary and his family decide between seeing Pinocchio or playing goofy golf—although this level of chaos might be the norm for the Neary household.
- Roy gets a phone call from his boss telling him to get to Tolono pronto; power outages are being reported all across the grid. With perfect dramatic timing, the power outage hits the Neary household.
- The power continues to go out across the county, even hitting the local McDonald's. Now that's a tragedy.
- (McDonald's: Now with extra comfortable parking lots for the small-town teenage loiterers.)