Oh, and there should be a character that has at least one crazy cause or conspiracy theory. Usually the conspiracy theory comes from the smart/unstable guy while the crazy cause comes from the dumb sidekick.
My vote for the cause - the Banana Blight threatening to rid the world of all edible banana's by 2012. Look it up.
Maybe you can model the crazy conspiracy guy after a guy that works with Chris. Apparently he regaled Chris with a tale about the coming end of days and how demons were already on Earth waiting until 2012 to strike (why does 2012 keep coming up?). He threw in, for good measure, a theory about how aliens were going to come and pick off those that weren't taken in the rapture. He then finished off his crazy ramblings with his suspicions that his cat wanted to sleep with his wife. Apparently a dream told him that the wife and cat used to be married in a previous life. Good times.
