In the book, the Reality Police capture Matt after he turns into a Godzilla-like reptile and they punish him for warping reality by forcing him to drink a sleeping potion that will set reality back to normal.Lacie, Bruce, and Wayne (a twelve-year-old girl and two leather-clad teenage thugs) as the Reality Police are replaced by a black man and a white man as Men in Black-style secret agents.In the book, Matt wants to sleep in the guest room.Then the two Reality Police come back and say "Boring- Oh, Matt, the fun's just beginning!" Then the attic door slams shut, and the men laugh maniacally. When he gets there, Matt remembers how boring his real life really is, and he says that he's back to his boring old reality again. Then, his mom tells him to go get his comic book and flashlight from the attic. He comes downstairs and tells his mom that he loves his real reality and that he wants to live under the attic from now on. Then, he spins around in the red and orange swirl once more and wakes up in the old bed in the attic. There, the judge accuses him of hating his old reality, and then calls him guilty and sentences him to jail. Then, Matt gets pushed into a chair and is swung into the court building. He then hears voices from his previous realities, until the two Reality Police come up to him and tell him who they are. The sign reads 'Supreme Court of the Unified Universe'. He is in a dark building, and he reads a sign (which is the only thing actually lit up, except for a spotlight on himself). He screams and is then transported to the last reality. The Reality Police tell him that he won't get away this time. She tells him that she has been waiting for so long. He gets up and sees that he is at a wedding and that he is the groom to a horribly ugly bride, who eats an onion right in Matt's face. He lands face down in the grass with a nice black suit. Then, he tells them to cut them all, and he jumps and warps into another reality. He only got 20 seconds until detonation, and he has no idea which wire to cut. He calls out for someone, and then three men come and tell him that he must defuse a bomb from exploding, and he has to cut the right wire. Here, he finds himself in a strange building with metal pipes and tubing. Then, he jumps away from them and warps into another reality. Then the two men (also known as the Reality Police) come back to get Matt. (The president is not identified as anyone in particular.) One of the doctors give him a razor cutter, and they keep telling him to start the operation. They tell him that he has to perform a very delicate brain surgery on the U.S. This time, two other people are looking down at him, and they address him as Dr. Then, Matt jumps into a goal, and red and orange colors swirl about, and he is warped into another reality. Then two men come up to him, and they tell him that he doesn't belong there. The coach keeps criticizing Matt and calling him names. Right after that, his mom is preparing him to go to his sports tournament against the Panthers, and Matt is so confused, and he finds out that it is a professional hockey sports team that he's been involved in for quite a while now. His mom tells them that they should leave all endorsement offers to Matt's agent, and to quit calling the house. Matt is confused, but then a phone call interrupts his thoughts, and it is an endorsement offer. His brother tells him that he had a great game last night, and that he did a good job. When he goes downstairs, his sister asks him if she can use the phone, but Matt's mom tells him that it is not hers. Then, he lays in an old bed up there, and says to himself, "Reality, who needs it? I hate reality!" Then, he falls asleep, and the bed and the attic seem to spin around until he wakes up the next morning in a new reality. So when she leaves, Matt sneaks up to the attic and checks out the items there. He asks his mom if he can move his room to the attic for more privacy, but of course, his mom says no to that idea. Matt gets really sick of being treated like a child all the time. His sister has a personal phone, and even his mom grabs the phone from him. His older brother gets to go out late at night, even though it is a school night. Matt Amsterdam is tired of being only 12. John Hemphill as Doctor / SWAT Team Leader.
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