Supposedly the Name of B'a'k'u'-boy's pet thingy. Looks like a cross between a caterpillar, a gerbil and a turd.
Jonathan "Two Takes" Frakes later raved about the plot device in a behind the scenes interview. He then remembered that he was the director of the film and had a huge unfair bias, quickly became very embarrassed. He now gets drunk before every interview and laughs uncontrollably during interviews (see the documentary Chaos on the Bridge).
Come here, Plot device!