Octo Paganini plots with the Eastern Bloc Robot Cowboy to kidnap and replace the king of Belgium with a robot and pronounce himself the prime minister. He orders the citizens of Belgium to send all of thier money to him. When his imposter robot is beheaded by the Tick's replacement sidekick Blitzen, Paganini claims that she commited regicide, and declares himself the new king, but no one accepts this declaration and he is arrested.