When the slinky attacked Claudia, John humped, almost dropping the artifact he was holding. He managed to catch it again, though, and put it down on the shelf before hurrying over to Claudia as she tried to get it off. When Pete yelled about the slinky cutting him, John pulled his hand away so he wouldn't get hurt either.
"You're not going to turn into a slinky, Pete," John said, rolling his eyes before he moved closer again to study Claudia. Furrowing his brow, he then looked over to the shelf just as Jack grabbed the shower head from the goo pipe. "Jack, wait!"
Putting his hand up to stop him, he walked closer to Claudia, who stared at him hopefully. He gave her a smile and hoped that what he suspected worked.
"Untie her," he commanded.
A moment later, the slinky released her and fell to the floor.
"What the...?" Claudia asked.
"James Industries' attempt at a voice-activated model," he said, pointing to the shelf, which held other voice-activated items - all in boxes. "I think the boxes act as sound proofers. Pull yourself together."
The slinky did as it was told, and John carefully picked it up and put it in the box, which he put back on the shelf.
"Maybe we should use that on Artie?" Claudia suggested. When everyone looked at her, she threw her arms up into the air. "What? I'm just saying..."