Logistical stuff: Some events fit more than one cue. Go with the higher value- if it's multiple sips use 3-4 sips to the gulp. Now, on with the game.

Take a sip when:

• Megabyte embarrasses his father.
  • Twice if his father embarrasses Megabyte.
• Megabyte tells a bad joke.
• Megabyte's mom and sister are out of the country.
• General Damon goes to his son for information.
  • Twice if he doesn't listen to the information Megabyte gives him.
    • Add another one later if we find out that he should have listened.
• General Damon is on a business trip.
• General Damon offers someone a drink or cookies.
• General Damon leaves a message for Megabyte.
• General Damon discovers Megabyte is involved in something that Gen. Damon is all ready investigating.
• Megabyte is being a pain in the neck or generally contrary.
• Megabyte makes fun of his dad.
  • Twice if Adam tells him off for doing it.
• Adam tells Megabyte to shut up.
  • Two if what he was saying turns out to be important later on.
• Adam has a clever line.
  • Twice if it bombs.
    • Three times if he's attempting to impress a woman at the time.
• Adam teleports behind someone.
• Adam goes into lecture mode.
  • Twice if it's at another TP.
    • Three if it's a this-could-save-the-world-speech or a general lecture aimed at Megabyte.
      • Four if both of the above conditions apply.
• Adam does something that Megabyte wanted to do.
• Adam hugs another TP.
  • Twice if it's Megabyte (if it's Megabyte and someone else at the same time, take three).
    • Three times if Megabyte looks at Adam funny.
• Adam's hair length changes from the previous serial (go by original airing order).
• Adam's voice cracks.
• Adam and/or Megabyte need rescuing.
• Adam hits Megabyte.
  • Twice (over-generous sips) if Megabyte hits back.
  Adam "mother hens" another TP.
  • Twice if they have a parent in the room at the time.
• Adam saves the day.
• Adam wears socks.
• Adam wears his necklace from Culex in any other serial.
• Ami wears her jewelry from "The Culex Experiment" in any other serial.
• Twice if it's the whole set.
• Ami's mother gets on her case.
  • Twice if Ami gets on her mother's case.
• A TP who is in full control of their powers meets another TP who hasn't broken out yet. (This only applies to reruns and video tapes unless you've seen spoilers on the Internet or elsewhere.)
• TP are flirting with each other.
  • Twice if one of them is Adam.
    • Three if it is Adam and Megabyte.
• A TP disappears from the show without explanation (if it's explained in a book, it doesn't count!).
• Someone dying to become a TP breaks out.
• A TP wields a weapon (i.e. gun, plastic letter of the alphabet, letter opener).
• Every time someone says "The Tomorrow People" or mentions their powers in public.
• A TP speaks out loud when they should be talking telepathically.
• Someone does something obviously stupid (from our point of view, anyway).
  • Twice if it's Adam.
    • Three times if Megabyte wants to do it and Adam won't let him.
• One or more of the TP are present to witness an abduction.
• The solution to a cliffhanger is obvious.
  • Twice for any of the following: it involves teleporting, the TP have been rendered unconscious in some manner, or if it is just plain stupid.
• One or more TP's check out the bad guys' hideout.
  • Twice if it's Adam or Megabyte.
    • Three if they go back a second time.
• The TP's split up- and Adam and Megabyte are doing the dangerous stuff.
• TP's hide somewhere where they could be easily discovered.
  • Twice if they aren't.
• They should have teleported to a place, but they go by other means instead.
• A TP has a fortuitous hunch.
• A Tomorrow Person tails another person.
  • Twice if they do a bad job of it
    • Three if they lose them.
• A Tomorrow Person suddenly decides to start picking on Megabyte (one sip per bad joke in these cicumstances).
• Someone says "Don't you see? That's it!"
• A scientist on the TP's side appears (first time only).
  • Twice if they oppose an evil scientist.
• A villain who caused a good episode dies.
• A villain who caused a not so great episode survives it.
• The ship does an amazing feat.
• There's a dotty old woman in the serial (drink only the first time she appears).
• There's a mad scientist in the serial (ditto).
• Someone whose last name isn't Damon speaks with an American accent (drink only the first time they speak).
  • Twice if it is a fake Southern one (ditto).
• A bumbling idiot gets in the way of an investigation (whether this is a good thing or a Bad Thing^TM).
• One or more mysterious characters appear so as to keep the plot alive (one for each appearance).
• There is a sentimental moment between characters.
• Someone spews out a truism that applies to the episode.
• A bad guy wants a good guy dead but another bad guy somehow prevents this or the villains are otherwise arguing.
• Any time a villain is right under their nose.
• A villain is followed.
  • Twice if it's on a bike- motor or conventional.
    • Three if by rollerblades.
• A guest star takes an action similar to one of the other characters they played in other projects.
• Instances of obvious foreshadowing.
• A phone call or telepathic call keeps someone from stopping an important development.
• Someone gets into trouble while talking on the telephone.
  • Twice if they're talking to Adam at the time.
• Bad guy acts like good guy or vice versa.
  • Twice if it involves General Damon (or at least his body).
• Plot inconsistencies between serials arise.
• Somebody falls from a great height.
  • Twice if Adam heals them.
• An instance of cross-dressing.
  • Twice if it fools a Tomorrow Person.
• A really stupid scene turns out to be important.
• Conversely what you thought was an important scene turns out to be padding.
• Something explodes.
  • Twice if it's in Adam's general vicinity.
• Green light special effects are used.
  • Twice if red light special effects are used.
    • Three if yellow light special effects are used (teleporting effects don't count).
• PC Holoway (cop in OS that thinks Megabyte is a space alien) appears in another serial.
• An actor appears who has been in a previous Tetra production (first appearance only, but if you don't know, don't worry about it).
• An actor appears who has been in Doctor Who (again, drink only the first time they appear and if you don't know, don't worry about it).
• Stock footage of the spaceship is shown.
• A scientific improbability is an important plot point.
• One for each mention of Roger Price in the credits.
• A four letter word generally not acceptable on Nickelodeon is uttered (one for each use).
• You can tell that a scene supposedly in the USA is actually filmed in the UK.

Take a gulp when:

• Megabyte tells a good joke.
• Megabyte gives Adam orders.
• Megabyte goes to his dad for information.
• Adam doesn't get on another TP's case for some silly remark.
• Conversely another TP gets on Adam's case for some silly remark.
• Adam changes clothes more than once during a serial.
• Someone other than Adam does a this-could-save-the-world-speech.
• Someone needs a hug and Adam doesn't bother.
• Two TP hug and neither of them is Adam.
• Ami needs rescuing.
• Ami and Jade are on-screen at the same time.
• Jade appears in a serial that General Damon doesn't appear in.
• Jade's dog survives an episode.
• We get to see Attack of the Killer Cucumbers.
• It's episode 3 and you still don't know exactly what's going on.
• It's episode 4 and they appear to have edited something out by mistake.
• The serial's over and you're still confused.
• A difference in British and American English confuses the heck out of you.
• There is a correct continuity reference to a previous serial.
• The reprise at the front of an episode is less than 1 minute long.
• The ship talks.
  • Twice if it's intelligible.
    • Three times if it makes you miss TIM.
• A new TP teleports directly to the spaceship (as opposed to splash-downs or asists).
• One or more TP are shown on the beach near the spaceship.
• Adam's tent is shown.
• The same TP appear two serials in a row (break-outs negate this).
• A TP is shown to have two parents living together.
• A cliffhanger actually has you concerned.
• A term from the original series is used for the first time in the new series.
• Somebody is missing a power, a power doesn't work, or the TP discover a new power at a very convenient time.
• When they avoid teleporting when it would make things easier for them but less interesting for the climax.
• A theme tune is used for the first time.

Drink the entire drink when:

• An actor or actress from the original series makes a guest appearance (roles other than the original TP count).
• Someone who wants to be a TP turns out not to be one.
• A TP who has left the show without explanation is mentioned on-screen.
• A member of Adam's immediate family is mentioned or shown on-screen.
• Megabytes mother and sister are shown on screen.
  • Drink another one if Millicent looks likes Kevin's impersonation.
• There is a continuity reference to the original series.
• A director has been used by the show before. (None were.)
• Lucy Allen teleports. (On second thought, drink everything in sight for this one. You're going to need it!)
• Any time a final scene of a story is inappropritate, stupid, or makes absolutely no sense, finish off your glass, you deserve it.

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