Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161023154654/@comment-26463535-20161030074338

Theory about the farmboy (My impressions were of a boy, which might or might not be wrong):

If RNJR meets him, he ends up traveling with them and maybe ends up taking Pyhrra's place in team JNPR (or is hinted at being if they bring Penny back and she ends up taking that spot).

His intro definitely seems to mark him as important in some way and being the new member of the B team would definitely be of importance. If previous speculation is correct and he is indeed a reference to Ozma, then he would fit JNPR's theme since Ozma was Trip. The farm would  be a reference to his upbringing and how he was the only worker and the use of orange in his attire could be a reference to the pumpkin he created.

(The farm could also make him a reference to Dorothy which would blow this speculation out of the water [unless she ever disguised as a guy in any of the books], but Ruby already seems to cover Dorothy as a secondary allusion sufficently, including the little dog. They might go for a primary allusion but there's little reason to.)