When you fall into the Underground's secret hideout, a conversation with the charming Heather will provide more information about the storyline and confront you with two "subversive tasks" which you should accept: broadcasting a tape of Brian over Neutropolis TV and painting the sculpture in the M.I.N.T. Mall yellow. The videotape will appear in your inventory after the conversation ends.

Getting Into the TV Station

At the TV station, pursue all lines of conversation with the bouncer, and you will detect a certain phobic obsession to his thinking. The task now is to find a rat. A rubber rat is available at the mall, from the Thrifty Fifty on the second floor. You might also browse this shop for future reference. Using the rat puppet on the bouncer will initiate a cute cut scene but not the desired effect. Evidently, you need a real rat. If you followed the walk-through of Kent's apartment earlier, then you already have the rat from the washing machine. If you don't have the rat, here is another way to get it. Get some frozen food from the mall and break the washing machine glass door. You will find, that the iced food melts before you get back to the apartment. What you need is that towel from Kent's fragrant bathroom. Pick up the towel and bring it to the Cave of Comestibles in the mall. Pick up the frozen food and then use the towel on it. This will keep it frozen until you get back to the apartment. Pick up the little box from the stove and use it on the rat.

When you have the rat in the box, use it on the bouncer, which will give you entry to the TV station.

Playing the Videotape

In the TV station, go into Mr. Johnson's office on the right and speak to his secretary. After a thoroughly gratuitous conversation, she will let you speak with Johnson, who should give you the ID card for access to the studio. Use the card to enter the control room and insert the video tape into the VT2 machine. When you use the nearby edit computer, you find that a password is needed to run the correct VT deck. As we all should know by now, the best place to get a password in our brave new world is to ask a geek, so go the other office (opposite Johnson's). Conversing with the geek and even just hanging out for a minute or so near him will offer some obscure clues about the location of the password and how to get it. The password is the geek's middle name and is available on his name tag. You need to get the shirt off of his back in one of two ways. One way is to return to your apartment and use the ID card to scrape the bean splat from your kitchen wall, return to the geek, and use the card on him. Or, you can pick up the turd from outside the building and use that on him. Both lead to the same cut scene in which you get the shirt. Examine the shirt and then the ID badge to get the password, HOLEN. Return to the control room and enter the password. Type "Run VT2" to call up Brian Deluge's video clip. This will return you to Heather's hideout, where you will be instructed to complete the second task.

The Waffle Statue

Take a deep breath before setting out on this task, as it is quite involved. Go to the mall and try to get close to the statue. This will initiate the necessary conversation with Norm 2782, in which he suggests that a pack of wild dogs barking is one way to get him away from his post. Barking dogs, you say? Well, find to the blind man in front of the mall and talk with him to find out about his barking dog. You also will want his matches. You will need several items from the factory for this puzzle, so return there. If you didn't get the books from the locker, go to Changing Room 1 and use the one small locker that is marked "locker" instead of "lockers." Take the two books, Firestarter (hint, hint) and Elizabethan Costumes.

Getting Yellow Paint

Now you will need to get some yellow paint, but the barrels of it outside of the factory will be too heavy to carry. You need a container and a dispenser for the paint. Go to the Grinder Room and examine the manual next to the fire extinguisher. To empty the extinguisher you need the belt, which you should have found earlier in the factory air ducts. Use the belt on the extinguisher, use the extinguisher, and then pick up extinguisher. Go outside of the factory and use the fire extinguisher with the paint drum to get the yellow paint. Return to the mall.

Shoplifting From the Thrifty Fifty

Back at the mall, give the Elizabethan Costume book to the blind man, who will give you the matches. When you try to go into the mall, Norm 2782 will confiscate the extinguisher. Talk with him to discover clues about how to use the extinguisher. Getting the Waffle Statue painted yellow is going to involve a series of entwined accidents and planned disasters. From your conversation with the blind man, you may have figured out that you will want to make his dog freak out at some point.

Playing the Stereo

Go to Disco LA-LA and talk to Brian Deluge to get several clues about what needs to be done. You may have noticed that the needed stereo speaker can be found in the Cave of Comestibles down the hall. Go to the Thrifty Fifty store upstairs and pick up the Fruit Croppers. You can't afford to buy them, but it is worth trying, as you'll get a cut scene of being tossed out of the mall. Use the croppers on the glider sign to get the large glider. Pick up both a small glider and a Yappie Puppy, and use the two items together several times to thwart the security scanner. Likewise, use the croppers with large glider and then pick up the choppers outside. Return to the Cave of Combustibles where you may have noticed that talking to the volatile Ray will cause the lights to go off. When the store is dark, use the croppers on the globe speaker. Finally, use the speaker on Brian's stereo in the back room of Disco LA-LA. Pick up the CD marked "CD Cover" and entitled "Total Clap" off of record store wall and use it in the stereo. Return to the Waffle Statue and use the matches on Firestarter (get it now?). Finding yourself in a dark storage room, use the matches.