Dick: Tommy, I talked to your teacher, Mr. Randell. He said that you're not fitting in.
Tommy: Of course I'm not fitting in. To fit in, you have to be something.
Dick: Well, we're something. We're human beings. Why, has anyone said differently?
Tommy: No. No, it's just everybody at school is something extra. You know, they're African- American or Italian-American or Asian-American, audio-visual American.
Dick: Well, we're human-American. That should be enough.
Tommy: No, Dick, it's part of my mission as an adolescent to rebel against my upbringing. And if you don't tell me what we are, then I can't do my job. Frankly, I can't work like this.
Dick: All right, if we have to be part of some group, we will be. I'll do some research. I'll ask around. I'll find out what the best thing to be is. And by the end of the week, we'll be that.
Tommy: Wait. What should I be till then?
Dick: Well, we're carbon-based life-forms. Just tell everyone we're carbo-Americans.