[...that seems a little bit disproportionate but you know what

he's finally hit on what's bothering him about this]

Oh, well, of course not. It's probably called Verpsyduck or some other insipid pun because this universe practically runs on insipid puns instead of logic.

I'm really curious to see how patently absurd it all is, though it would likely hit some unsettling note of "this is familiar, except it's all completely idiotic."