The following morning, the siblings tell the whole town in singing form about the star in their excitement, and all rush towards the glow in the mountains. The star itself falls shortly after in the mountains and the fairy tells Wakko that whoever touches the star first gets one wish. A fairy (who calls himself a "Desire Fulfillment Facilitator" or "Pip") falls from the star and explains that Wakko had just chosen the only wishing star in the sky. Wakko, saddened about Dot's illness and finding no other choice, wishes upon a star. Wakko finds work in another town to pay for it, but Plotz takes his pay – a ha'penny – from him for "taxes". Three siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner, are particularly broke, as Dot needs an operation. at the time of its merger with Warner Communications), led by King Salazar the Pushy (drawn as a caricature of classic film actor Basil Rathbone and wearing a cloak with a clasp that resembles rapper Flavor Flav's clock necklace), takes over Warnerstock, and makes all its people poor and miserable due to overtaxing (also a parody of the formation of Time Warner, now WarnerMedia, owned by telecom conglomerate AT&T, which acquired Time Warner in 2018). Taking advantage of the situation, the neighboring kingdom of Ticktockia (a parody of Time Inc. However, upon the death of their beloved king, Sir William the Good, Warnerstock enters a state of civil war. In the town of Acme Falls within the kingdom of Warnerstock, all the people (including the mime) live happily together.
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