Rich Goranski is a short-statured, but well-built part of the popular teen group that bullies Jeremy. He finds Jeremy at a school Halloween party and tells him about the SQUIP. A "SQUIP" (Super Quantum Unit Intel Processor) is a supercomputer in the form of a grey oblong pill made by Sony that can communicate directly with your brain after being swallowed. Jeremy decides to search for this "SQUIP." The pill is used to become cooler and comes with different avatar voices such as Sean Connery, Keanu Reeves, a "sexy anime female", etc. Jeremy purchases the pill in the back of a Payless Shoe Store, in hopes of transforming himself from a klutzy loser to a member of the social elite to gain the attention of Christine.