The protagonist is a parrot named Crackers who escapes from the circus and instead performs his death-defying acts—jumping through rings of fire, swallowing fire, saying “Fire, Fire, Fire!”—for the pedestrians on the streets of New York City. One day, Crackers goes to a movie, a RomCom, a second-chance love story starring Cameron Diaz and Matthew Broderick. Crackers sits in the back row with his self-sized container of popcorn and his girlfriend Banana the canary. Well, Banana dares Crackers to perform his act during the commercials. He hops down from his seat and starts his routine, tiny top hat and all. But when he lights his rings and says “Fire, Fire, Fire,” everyone starts running out of the theater, trampling Crackers to death. In the final chapter, Banana cries in the rain, cries on the roof, cries until she perches on the top of a lightning rod and bursts into flames.