Captain N The Game Master Episodes 10-13 Review

Yeah, I saw it in a Star Trek episode once. It'll

be a cinch. Perhaps this Simon fellow is out

to lunch. You can say that again. When my father

disappeared and Mother Brain tried to take over

Viliolan, her only hope, Lane, an ancient prophecy

that a great warrior from another world would

come to our rescue. I admit, I was a bit skeptical

when Kevin showed up, but now I don't know how

we'd ever get along without him. Well, I checked

that in my ape dictionary. Ooh -ah, ooh -ee -ah.

Here it is. Ooh -ooh. Me Donkey Kong, you ape

baby. You mean me? Your ape baby? My gosh. Now

I know who I am. I'm Donkey Kong Jr. Donkey Mommy.

This is a real nice... Hello and welcome to the

latest episode of Pixels. In the animation, I

am one of your hosts, TFJ and Mike, and joining

me in this epic journey is TV's Mr. Neal. Mother

brain I'll just lie to us again Today we continue

the captain and the game master reviews as we

talk about the Next actually the final four episodes

of season one So this is going to be the end

of the first season of Captain and now I just

want everybody know that we some of the other

review shows we do season recaps As the seasons

progress We're not going to do that here, because

this podcast is specifically meant to be 100

episodes, and if we included a recap episode

for each individual season for Captain N, it

would make it more than 100 episodes, but there

will be an overall recap discussion episode.

I think it's episode 32, so that's when we'll

be doing the recap. So what's going on with you

gaming -wise? have you decided to go back and

play any of these games since we've been watching

this series i'm tempted to play dragon warrior

but i might opt for the uh the game boy color

version because i hear it's kind of uh rebalanced

so that you don't have to spend the first five

hours of the game you know wandering around the

the woods trying to get your experience up you

know i'd rather just like you know get right

into the beat of the game So Dragon Warrior was

the 80s version of Skyrim. Something like that.

I mean, the first, yeah, Dragon Warrior is the

most hardcore of hardcore RPGs. You will, if

you like stat building, oh boy, this is your

game. Alright, so let's get right to it as we

head into the first episode of the day. No. This

should not have been an episode whatsoever. I'll

be back in a moment. Definitely would remember

someone as cute as you. I'm afraid we've never

met miss. It's me Princess Lana our pleasure

to meet you miss Lana. I'm I'm Who am I you're

Simon Belmont the vampire hunter? No, no, I'm

definitely not him. I'd never forget a name like

that any other suggestions This is terrible as

Maximus. He doesn't remember who he is This will

bring a memory back What do you see in the mirror

you mean I'm a prince charming terrible trouble.

I hope this Simon Belmont character can help

them. But you're Simon Belmont. Me? No way. I

don't even like zombies. Oh, if he's Castlevania's

only hope, they don't have a chance. They do

if we can get him to remember who he is. Maybe

if we retrain him, he'll remember. First up today,

we have Simon the Ape Man. Simon suffers a blow

to the head and thinks he's Donkey Kong Jr. This

is the most cookie -cutter of cookie -cutter

episodes of the season. I mean, this is the traditional

amnesia episode It's your character gets bonked

on the head forgets who he is supporting gas

spends much of the episode trying to jog his

memory and inevitably another blow to the head

is what brings his memory back usually during

the resolution hilarity ensues the end But see

that's the problem There's no Resolution to this

episode this plot just ends with him at Donkey

Kong's side He wants him to get him another coconut

Donkey Kong shakes the tree or hits the tree

or does something to the tree to make the coconut

fall coconut falls on his head Simon comes to

his senses and then He just runs away and the

episode ends. He doesn't even like he just runs

away from Donkey Kong That was it. That was the

end of the episode and I was like, seriously?

Well, the subtext to that is that Kevin and Lana

just basically let him go back to Donkey Kong.

It was like, oh well, he'll come out of it eventually.

You know, basically giving back to him what he's

been giving to them for most of the season. Just

basically, okay, we'll treat him like an ass

and let him go back to Donkey Kong. Yeah. Yeah.

Boy Oh That's what it is yeah, I'm looking at

my power pad notes cuz yeah, you're right. It's

the whole Thing about him becoming Donkey Kong

jr. Doesn't happen until like the last The last

half of the episode. Yeah, it's it's very much

the third act of the episode. Yeah, it really

is I mean All the rest of it plot wise is he

gets knocked on the head the whole end team tries

to retrain him from scratch and he has all these

crazy reactions to all this different stuff and

everything else and then King hippo and eggplant

wizard literally Attempts to brainwash him We're

putting him in a washing machine yes, that has

a giant helmet on the top of it and Somehow this

turns him evil Can we just have another love

arrow, please? And meanwhile while all this is

going on Dracula is ravaging Castlevania. I mean,

they're spending all day trying to get Simon's

memory back. And meanwhile, there was this urgent

message from Castlevania that the Count is on

the loose. Yeah, I'll get to that. The sad thing

is, even though this is a Simon episode and even

though the title makes me groan, I have more

positive notes that I do negative ones for this

one. I don't know why. I honestly have no idea

why. Any other general thoughts on the plot?

Just that the episode opens with Dracula, you

know, resurrecting all these zombies. And for

some reason, immediately I was like, why is Fumyo

-gwae, you know, the opening of Altered Beast,

that horrible sound clip? Yeah, that's the only

thing that... The only thing that really made

me laugh during the episode is my own joke. Yeah,

that's kind of like, um, yippee -ki -yay, Mr.

Falcon. Alright, we're gonna go grab our power

pads after this. Thank you, Captain M. And thank

you, Kid Licorice, Megamont, Princess Leia, and

you too, Puke. Thank you all for training me

to be who I've always known I should be. Simon

Belmont. All right, we've got our power pads

and we're already here this isn't all jokes are

on Simon episode Dirty rotten rat think that

he once was oh boy Well, that's taking brainwashing

to a whole new level Dooking Hippo and Eggplant

Wizard really have zilch for brains. Pretty much.

Now, Eggplant Wizard, is he supposed to be the

main villain in Kid Icarus? No. He's just an

annoying villain that if you run across him,

he turns you into an eggplant. And you have to

go find someplace that changes you back. See,

I've very rarely played this game, so I don't

remember everything about it. I just remember...

Okay, it being turned into a an eggplant and

you having to go find wherever it is you have

to go to change back Because I mean I understand

mother brain not being able to control Mike Tyson

so I mean I get that you know but It just It

seems so weird and I guess maybe it's because

he's comedy relief with with King hippo, but

And how hard was King hippo? to beat in punch

out was he like the Boss right before toes he's

actually he's right smack in the middle of the

game, and he's like the easiest guy to beat Wow

well other than glass Joe I mean he Because basically

what you do is you punch him in the face when

he's about to do his mega punch And then his

pants drop and you keep hitting them in the belly

And then eventually he falls down and he never

gets back up. He's the only fighter in the game

that once you knock him down, he's down for the

10 count immediately. Interesting. All right.

So what did you? Oh, no. I did really like the

teamwork in the end team uses to defeat King

Hippo. And I thought that was kind of cool how

they did that. Kevin basically takes a good pot

shot at Simon. You belong in the cage, maybe.

So awesome. What did you like about this one,

anything? Well, I thought it was funny that when

Eggplant Wizard and King Hippo kidnapped Simon

Belmont, it was like right after the end team

kind of got into a huddle and they just kind

of quietly snuck in and grabbed Simon and snuck

out. It just thought it was funny that they did

that it was such a Quick mission impossible in

and out it was like the most competent those

two characters have ever been Wasn't there even

mission impossible music to go along with it

there might have been I? I'm gonna have to go

back and land look, but I think there might have

been some sort of mission impossible thing there

Cuz I know it wasn't mega move That would have

been terrible Yeah, it wouldn't have been Alright,

I think we're gonna go get zapped after this.

Simon Belmont, the ape brain is what you are.

Mother Brain will be very pleased when we bring

you to her as well. Oh, I never realized what

a macho kind of guy you were. Huh? Well, you

look like a pretty hip hippo. Before we go, how

about you and me do a little dancing? Well, um...

Has anyone ever told you you're very light on

your toes? Why, no! We already mentioned my one

negative note about this. Half the episode is

trying to make Simon remember, the rest is trying

to actually find him. Shouldn't Castlevania already

be doomed by now? Yeah, it should. It took them

quite a while to even get to Castlevania. Yeah.

What didn't you like about this one? Um, well,

if you're gonna... take the title of the episode

at face value. It takes them a long time to get

there. Like I said, I don't think he even decided

that he was Donkey Kong Jr. until after the third

commercial break. So it's like, what the hell?

Everything that happened before was, I guess,

kind of funny. And plus, like I said, it's the

amnesia episode. It's so... It's done. It's like

every cartoon has done it literally every cartoon

ever And I'm gonna ask this how is it that Simon

Belmont Compared to the size of Donkey Kong that

he can just rip Donkey Kong's toenail off. Oh

that was that was something else I should have

mentioned. It's a toenail. I was like yeah Something

about toenails getting ripped off is just unsettling

Well, I know but like Seriously, I know Simon

is basically a steroided up bodybuilder in this

show. Yeah But I'm sorry. There's no way he's

gonna rip off a two -ton gorilla's toenail. Yeah

Let's move on to better searches on the internet

It's been another long day, Father, but all is

safe in Videoland. If you should ever return,

I hope it will be to a world of peace. But until

then, good night, Father, wherever you are. I

love you. Princess! Princess! Who's there? Come

to the mirror. Yes, it is me. Your father. But,

where are you? Mother Brain banished me into

the Mirror Warp, the world on the other side

of your mirror, where all things are opposite.

But why have you waited so long to contact me?

The timing was not right, but now there is a

chance for you to save me if you hurry. Just

tell me what to do, Father. Go to the Rainbow

Forest on Excalibur. At the end of the rainbow,

you will find the Mirror World! Step to it, and

you will find me! Father! Don't go! Up next is

In Search of the King. Lana and the N -Team go

to the Mirror World to attempt to rescue her

father, unaware they are falling into a trap.

Elements from Wizards and Warriors in Castlevania.

Um... Is the Mirror World inside Wizards and

Warriors? I guess, because it's not in Castlevania.

I don't remember. I know that... That... Because

all the King tells her in the message, all the...

Her father tells her in the messages, go to the

end of the rainbow. I don't remember him saying

go to Wizards and Warriors. So I'm not sure.

Oh, you know what? I think it was in the land...

Don't I don't I don't think the wizard I'm sorry

I don't think the mirror world is in wizards

and warriors But I think they did say that it

was in the land of wizards and warriors they

had to find the mirror So it's it's in the cartoon

but not in the video game and decide that you

know I kept thinking okay. They're going to the

land of wizards and warriors To find the end

of the rainbow in search of the king This sounds

like every Ronnie James Dio song ever Because

that's all of his songs. It's like rainbows and

wizards and and kings and yeah it Just search

out any rainbow album with him on it any Dio

album. That's like everything Maybe we'll use

that in the music interlude Find something Okay,

so plot moments Kevin says he basically warns

the princess and says are you sure because the

last time That we thought we found him. It wasn't

him What what I don't remember in the last? Any

of these episodes a reference to an episode that

we never saw because it was never made Like because

the only time to my knowledge That we even hear

anything about her father is twice in this season

Outside it before this episode happens in the

very beginning. She says he disappeared and I

think it was There was one of the time where

she says she misses him and then there's this

episode where she She says that he she wishes

he was there and poof through the magic of Snow

White's mirror He appears, you know, even though

I know Snow White wasn't the one with the mirror,

but still The plot I really like it I thought

I think it's really cool. I've always kind of

liked Certain things that do the alternate dimension

alternate personality storyline. This storyline

gives the characters, at least with Lana and

her father and somewhat to the other characters,

a lot of continuity and development. I really,

really like it. I thought it was a great story.

I don't know, what about you for other plot thoughts?

Well, in some cases I didn't think they went

far enough. Like Simon, like opposite Simon should

have been like fat and nice and considerate and

bashful. I mean, they should have done that.

That would have been hilarious. Yeah. Well, but

see, that's the thing, is that you're supposed

to look at it as our end team is the good guys

and their end team is the bad guys. Well, the

reason I started thinking that was because they

got to the woman who was hanging her dirty laundry.

So I'm like, wait a minute. If that's the opposite,

then they should have done some shit with Simon.

Yeah, it was a little... The opposite stuff was

a little wonky at places. But yeah, you're right.

Alright. Let's go grab the power pads. Later

on Excalibur, the world of wizards and warriors.

Oh, this is ridiculous. You can't reach the end

of a rainbow. The closer you get, the farther

away you are. We've got to keep trying. My father

wouldn't make a mistake about something this

important. If there is an end to this rainbow,

we'll find it faster if we split up. Simon, you

look to the north. Princess, check south. I'll

go west and Duke will sniff out the east. Whoever

finds the entrance first can signal the others.

Right. Just an old peasant who's headed for the

end of the rainbow? Well, in that case, you can

go. Did you say the end of the rainbow? You know

where it is? Why, yes, you just passed the entrance.

Over there, by that sign. Oh, that sign! I saw

that one. Thanks, old peasant. The king will

reward you handsomely for this. Say... Don't

I know you from somewhere? Why, of course. You're

the salesman at Honest Dick's Pull Whip Shop,

aren't you? Uh, no. No, of course not. You're

the tree trimmer from Congo Land, that's it.

No? Now don't tell me, I can get it. I know!

You're... Hello? Yoo -hoo, old peasant! Oh well,

I guess I'd better signal the others. So power

pads As I already said we've seen alternate dimension

stuff in other Forms of media and other television

shows cartoons and stuff like that But at least

with this series it was cool. It was a cool story

to see what actually happened to the king a Blue

zapper they never made a blue zapper That's true

Oh, technically the zapper is always colored

wrong in this cartoon. Well, there are times

where it's red or orange and there are times

where it is gray. Well, there were two zappers.

One had an orange barrel and one was completely

gray. In this one, the barrel is gray, but some

parts of the zapper is actually red. So the zapper

never actually was colored like that. Yeah. But

you know, that's such a nitpick that I never

even know. Yeah. No, I know I mean Well, I actually

went online and I looked and I'm like any ass

zapper colors Yeah, but in this case, you know,

I'm not not to destroy your point here But or

like I kind of I didn't mean to do that. But

yeah on your point It is actually like a cottony

glitch a continuity glitch in the episode because

like that's not how his zapper supposed to look

Well, see, I always thought from the very first

episode his his zapper to me looked like the

orange zapper yeah the update like not the original

gray one but it always looked to me orange even

though at times it is red so like for me if the

opposite is going to hold it or have it it should

be the gray zapper not some weird blue thing

but that's the other thing There was a time,

twice in this episode, once with the opposite

that it was blue, and once with our Kevin, that

it turned blue. So maybe it's just an animation

glitch. I mean, I'm not trying to be too much

into it. I mean, I'm not going to take a point

off because of it. I just thought it was something,

hey, did they ever make more than two colors?

Nope. Not really. Just kind of sad. Because then

after that, we got the Super Scope 6. Oh, that

was so lame. I never got that. I was sick. I

love the Super Nintendo, but that was the lamest

weapon ever. I've heard good things about Battle

Clash, and I'm like, no, even though that game

looks awesome, I'm not getting a freaking plastic

bazooka. This should come to no surprise to anyone

that have been listening since the Captain N

era of pixels and animation, but I love Opposite

Simon, he rules! Wow. Oh boy. Yes Simon, you

are a dog's breakfast, not a respectable anything,

hero or otherwise. Vacuum tube to the garbage

world. I want that kind of trash service. Yeah,

that was a real neat plot device that they just

had there for no particular reason. Like, in

case you want your living room cleaned in a jiffy,

here's this vacuum tube that apparently has hurricane

force wind. Yeah. All right, and finally I still

I love the story I Wish the writing was this

tight on all the episodes I mean sure there might

be a couple of little nitpicks you can make with

the writing in this one But I still loved it.

I don't know. What about you? It was okay. I

mean it was It was more in in theme with what

what the show was actually about then most of

the other episodes We talked about on here thus

far I mean, it's it's not a trophy episode. Well,

I guess it kind of is because there there have

been it is with the alternates It is yeah the

old world and stuff like that. But as far as

the story, there's not many. Yeah Yeah, yeah

bizarre world but it's It's a decent enough episode.

It's it's animated. Okay, it's I Don't have a

lot of positive things to say about it, but I

don't have a lot of negative things about it

It's just kind of in the middle for me Yeah.

See, for me, I loved it because we actually find

out what the hell happened to her father. And

her father, thankfully, as much as I love the

Zelda series, thankfully this king is not as

ignorant and dumb as the other one. Dopey king.

Yeah. No dopey kings allowed. Alright, we're

gonna get to the zapped moments after this. Look!

We found the end of the rainbow! Oh! The Mirror

Warp must be close by! Hey! Where's Simon? Down

here! The Mirror Warp! Well, leave it to Simon

to find a mirror. It's a great reflection on

me, don't you think? What is it, Duke? Relax,

Phil. It's just a reflection. We've got to go

through the Mirror Warp and find my father. Okay,

let's do it! Yes! Yes! Go through the Warp! Alright,

in team. On my count. One, two, three, jump!

But if the instant the end team leaps through

the Mirror Warp, their devilish reflections leap

into video land. We did it! We're free of the

Mirror World! Thanks to your king, I've been

planning your escape for months! Now that we're

on this side of the Mirror Warp, and our opposites

are on the other side, the Palace of Power is

ours for the taking! And I no longer have to

be the reflection in the mirror for that stuck

-up Simon Belmont! Yeah, and I can't wait to

blast my way through all those awesome video

worlds! Hey! Be careful, Captain Clutz! Oh, a

wise dude, huh? A guy like you is gonna rise

to the top of your field. All right, let's get

zapped I only have one thing out of this episode

the king No, Simon the giant fungus on the walls

This is why I love Maris Simon so much because

he's so much smarter than the real Simon Belmont

What didn't you like about this one You know

what, the opposite world characters are kind

of generic. It was just the regular character

models, but drawn a little bit rougher. Kevin's

hair was kind of messed up. Lana, she just had

an angry face and kind of acted like a brat.

Like I said, they didn't do enough with Simon.

I thought a wussy Simon would have been funny.

Her opposite Lana's necklace was a little different,

too. And I think they drew them backwards, although

that kind of... Yeah, see that's the thing. They

were all supposed to be drawn backwards, but

there was one time that opposite Captain N, his

N was supposed to be a backwards N on the right

side of his jacket. Well, right side as... Look

down at your right side, you know, but there

was a couple of moments where it showed it on

the actual left side like the regular character,

but Still for me the story wins out on this one.

It really does because it was a really cool story

The sad thing is I don't think they ever Have

a conclusion to this like the Kings being Trapped

in the world in the mirror world. I don't think

they ever found a way for him to get out No,

I don't remember him ever coming back. Yeah But

I do think there are times where they do communicate

She and the she and her father communicate via

mirror. So at least that's something That's true.

At least he's you know, at least he didn't grow

up in a desert become the scourge of the galaxy

yes yeah all right let's go let's move on to

the next episode maybe but a good house paper

has a roller thanks dude it's time for some rocking

and rolling for the second coat. Oh, that was

terrificus. It may be fast, but where's the joy

of savoring each brush stroke and drop of paint?

I see what you mean about savoring every drop

of paint, Simon. Very funny. I'm picking up something

mega amazing on the satellite monitor. What's

the big deal? It's just a warped world filled

with beautiful flowers. Not just any flowers,

your highness. Our flowers. Here, let me run

the tape back for you. If we can knock out Weatherbrain's

source of power, she won't be able to attack

Videoland! We've got to hurry if we're gonna

get there before King Hippo and Ape -Man Wizard

finish loading the flowers! Alright, up next

is the second to last episode of the season.

Metroid, sweet Metroid. Now, I do have to say

something about this episode and Happy Birthday,

Mega Man. They should have been switched. Yeah.

Cause... makes absolutely no sense whatsoever

to have this episode here and have happy birthday

mega man where it is at all whatsoever I'm actually

looking this up again because I want to see if

I could have sworn on Wiki it showed that the

codes were... No? Huh. I could have sworn there

were episodes where they were... What the hell

was I looking at then? Oh, I know what I was

looking at. I was looking at Batman Beyond episodes.

Where the episode code didn't match the episode

that they were flip -flopped. Okay, but yeah,

no. Metroid Suite Metroid and Happy Birthday

Mega Man should have been switched. Metroid Suite

Metroid should have been the season finale. Mother

Brain tricks the end team into thinking she is

defeated and uses the distraction of the end

team's quote -unquote victory to conquer video

land. Elements from Metroid. No surprise there.

Hey Neil, you want to take a ride in the space

Winnebago cuz we just got raspberry'd. Yeah Well,

there's there's another Another one of the Mel

Brooks another Mel Brooks joke in this in this

episode they'll point out later Yeah, my my my

plot note was nobody raspberries Simon Dark helmet

Only one man would dare give me the raspberry

I I love the fact that this is a very sinister

and serious plot That's what I love about this

series so far. It can have hokey -jokey episodes.

And then it can have episodes that tell amazing

stories. I absolutely love that about it. What

did you like about the plot? Well, it's like

suddenly Kevin is, he's almost ruthless in this

episode. It's like, he's like, hey, let's go.

We've just discovered the source of Mother Brain's

power. Let's go cut it off. And they intercept.

King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard there, and he

blows up their machine that they're collecting

the flowers with, and he sets the world to destroy,

and he's just like, there, now Mother Brand will

never have power. Her reign is over. And the

way he said those things was just kind of like,

wow, Kevin's getting shit done in this episode

all of a sudden. Normally, he's just kind of

passive, and he's like, well, I guess we'll have

to play ellipse. olympics with mother brain or

you know we'll have to spend the day trying to

get simon's memory back no he he got right to

the point on this one yeah see and this is why

i said this should have been the season one finale

yeah not happy birthday mega man yeah i don't

know um i like in this plot that everybody What

I would love to have seen and I don't think we'll

see it in the rest of this series But I would

have loved to have seen how The end team minus

Kevin because we've already seen how he got there

duh How they came together like did the princess

go rallying around all these video worlds and

say hey I need one from each world to help me

Stop mother brain because we see kid Icarus Mega

Man and Simon all go off to their own worlds

after they think she's defeated. Right. So it

would have been interesting to see how they first

came to be in the Princess's service. I thought

that would have been really cool. I mean, it's

not like they can, you know, wait for two plumbers

from Brooklyn to drop down the drain. You're

a really terrible rap song. Um, oh and that's

the other thing the valley of power flowers really

power flowers Yeah, I was kind of thinking that

the whole time I was waiting for Mario and Luigi

to show up how I was waiting for a mother brain

Bowser team up that would have been so cool Ladies

and gentlemen, I'm just making Neil shake his

head violently. No, no That would have ended

up in a mother brain King Koopa marriage episode.

Well, there's always Lord Zed and Raider Repulsa.

Oh god. Alright, let's go grab the power pants!

Good! Mothergrain will be running out of power

any minute now! Hey! There they are! It's the

NT! You know what to do! Right! Activating strawberry

jammers! I'll take over now! The controls are...

This better work! not gonna fry any eggplant

just flowers now go back to your mother inferior

and tell her she just ran out of gas permanently

let's grab those power pads I actually didn't

write anything down I was really really enjoying

this one I don't know what it was that like there

was and it's weird normally when I enjoy something

I will write a bunch of positive notes down about

it and it was just like this episode for me kind

of flew by I will say that I did like that we

learned that Metroid and Mother Brain are linked

to each other so why Out of all the times that

the end team has been in a Metroid, why didn't

they just plan a strategic bomb somewhere? You

know? Yeah. Obviously, until now they didn't

know that, that she was tied to it, but I mean,

after this, why didn't they go back and do that?

Yeah. I get it, we wouldn't have more seasons

of the show, we wouldn't have the... We wouldn't

have the need for Game Boy. Oh God, no. actually

that's the other thing I think we were mentioning

earlier about the King and other resolutions

to that I think let me look here Game Boy okay

yeah and team finally games gains contact with

King Charles again wanted to help him escape

the mirror world through the warp that only opens

every thousand video years but he sends a supercomputer

called Game Boy in his place instead we'll get

to that next time but yeah good moments for Metroid

sweet Metroid sir well I like that that they

actually showed some some reverence for Metroid

here because you know you said that Mother Brain

is tied to the world of Metroid that's kind of

what it is in the game it's like Like I said

in the first episode, she's kind of like a supercomputer

that's also an organic brain and she kind of

runs the whole thing with Ridley being the real

leader of the space virus, but Ridley's not in

this. But anyway, yeah, the way Metroid is is

you start the game like powerless and then as

you make your way through the game, you gain

all these power -ups and by the time you end

the game, by the time you get to the end of the

game, you're all buffed out. Take out enemies

that would like kill you in with seconds at the

beginning of the game That's kind of what they

did in the second half the episode with Kevin

running through Metroid but the other story beat

that I thought was kind of funny is that when

they were when mother mother brain hatched this

plan to trick kept and ended thinking she was

defeated a Warp zone opened up to a world that

was that looked like his home world You know

except he got there. It was obviously like a

set and he opens the door to his house and it's

just like a one sheet of wood. There's nothing

on the other side. I'm like, this is like the

scene in Blazing Saddles where they built the

mock -up town to trick the bad guys. They go

into the town, they knock over the one building

that's just a face and it falls over and they're

like, we've been tricked. and that's that's what

i was thinking when uh when when he walked through

the door see i'm wondering how i know we're at

not at the zap moments yet but i'm wondering

how she even got that to work as kevin even says

we haven't turned back to normal yet i mean it's

a very elaborate plot that she isn't very elaborate

plot but like like what i mean does she have

you know, the holodeck. I mean, does she have

a holodeck on Metroid or something like that?

Because I just I don't know. I prefer to think

that she actually hired a construction crew to

make that whole town. It's kind of like the episode

of G .I. Joe and they made that town specifically

for shipwreck to get to get a passcode out of

his head. Oh jeez. I mean it's that level of

elaborate plotting. Wow. That's kind of bad.

Alright, any other good points? No, I think that's

it. Alright, let's go get zapped. You fools!

You ruined everything! Shut up before you get

us in real trouble! It's too late, mother brain!

Without your power, Flowers, you're through threatening

Videoland. No! You don't understand! I must have

power! I must! I must! I must have power! Looks

like Mother Brain's world is finally brain dead.

We've done it! Videoland is free at last! the

monsters attacking in the night no more battle

to the maximus and best of all no more waking

up early you did it kevin you saved video land

you're the greatest game master in the universe

what was that it looks like some kind of war

i don't believe it that's my neighborhood must

have opened up a warp back to your world. That's

right, Duke. We can go home. Finally. I mean,

you'll finally be able to take a well -deserved

rest. Yes, that's what I mean. Do you have to

go home, Kevin? Don't you see, Princess? It's

perfect timing. I've accomplished what the Ultimate

Warp Zone called me here to do. I won the game.

Now it's opening up to let me go back. But...

what about us? Oh, he needn't worry about us,

your wonderfulness. We'll be fine without him.

I'll mega -miss you, Captain Anne. I'll miss

you too, Mega Man. You were the best Game Master

anyone could ask for, Kevinicus. Thanks, Kid

Icarus. Goodbye, Simon. Thanks for all your help.

Goodbye, Captain N. Good luck. Must've gotten

some flower pollen in my eyes. I'll think of

you every time I play my video games, Lana. Goodbye,

Kevin. Hurry, Captain N. The warp is starting

to close. all right zapped moments here we go

well the story is great and all can't they can't

they see it's a trick really come on They've

never trusted Mother Brain before. Why not look

into it if Metroid was really destroyed? And

that was the other thing. You mentioned that

they set off the thing to destroy the ship. Yes,

they did do that. But what I thought destroyed

the world was wasn't the volcano going to erupt?

Isn't that what happened? Yeah, I think so. Yeah.

So the volcano erupts. supposedly destroying

metroid and how well it didn't destroy metroid

it was that they ran out of power at that exact

moment somehow right yeah okay so metroid ran

out of power if metroid ran out of power supposedly

because apparently it didn't run out of power

because you need a whole lot of juice to run

a holodeck you really do I mean, you need all

A, B, C, D, E enterprises to do that, you know.

Oh, Scotty, we miss you. And it's just one of

those things where it just brings to my mind

so many questions about this and how they, and

even, there was a moment in the beginning of

it when they were, video chatting with with the

end team where eggplant wizard almost blew their

cover and she was like shut up you idiot or something

like she was she whispered that to him and it's

like oh can't they see this is a trick I don't

know what didn't you like about this one well

it was obviously a trick from the very beginning

because you know if they had this rich power

supply this world where they could just pick

up these flowers it's like why would they ever

let Metroid get that low on power in the first

place that was like a Bell should have gone off

in their heads like wait a minute Like we didn't

know about this before why would they let the

power get that low before getting flowers? So

obviously something was up So but instead, you

know Kevin goes home and all the other heroes

are like, oh, we'll go back to our homeworld

to do not not a single thought as to like take

any precaution or have any you know secondary

defense just in case you know they just basically

left themselves powerless and then of course

what happens is mother brain comes back yeah

like you idiots all of you yeah and they basically

leave the princess all alone in this giant you

know 50 room palace you know that thing's looking

more and more like the phallus palace with each

episode oh i know it oh Did you say malice palace

at phallus balance? Oh damn. I thought you said

malice palace. I was gonna say yeah, yeah And

that's the other thing with This episode well,

I do like it and I will be giving it high marks

it just It just raises too many questions Oh

boy, all right. We're gonna move on to the final

episode of the day, final episode of season one,

after this. I bet they wouldn't treat me like

this if I was human like them. Stop! Identify

yourself! Stop or I'll Mega Blast you! Surprise!

Happy birthday, Mega Man! I... I thought you

forgot... Hey, we're your friends! Good friends

would never forget their best little buddy's

birthday! We have another surprise for you, Mega

Man! Dr. Wright, my creator! Happy birthday,

Mega Man! Finally up today is Happy Birthday,

Mega Man! It is Mega Man's birthday, and as he

is upset, he is not human. Let me guess, every

time he lies, his nose grows too. So he sets

out on a quest to gain humanity apparently influenced

by as ik as mobs the bicentennial man or Commander

data from Star Trek the next generation I was

kind of thinking the Wizard of Oz just because

that face at the end and You know the way, you

know, he's turned he's become more human is that

he's got a heart now He's like the make if I

got to give me a heart Yeah Yeah, I can see that

or Pinocchio. Yeah or This episode is an amalgamation

of a bunch of stuff Pinocchio All the stuff you

just mentioned and of course of course How the

Grinch stole Christmas his heart grew three sizes

that day. Oh My god, I'm sorry. I hate this episode

Is it because of make a girl by any chance? Sadly,

no. Wow. Cuz I hate his mega girl. He, she shows

up and he's like, no, I don't want mega girl

around. So, he's not, he's not interested in

mega girl. So, he is the 10 man. Yes, yes, he

is. So the whole time in this plot they are asking

Mega Man if being human is that important that

he'd risk it all he basically risks his friends

and Every one of these trials and then he has

to go save them So my question is are they trying

to peer pressure him out of not going on the

journey? Well, I think it's that as as he's resisting

their their negative influences. He's showing

his true heart his true humanity that he's able

to overcome even the negative peer pressure.

Yeah. Yeah. And then, of course, in plot twists

of all plot twists, Mega Girl already is human

because she already went through the damn test

that we didn't even see. I was like, bullshit.

That was such a bullshit twist. Yeah. Very much

so. Yeah, I I don't hate mega girl, but I do

still prefer a role to her Even though role can

be annoying as hell Any other thoughts on the

plot No, I think we pretty much compared it to

everything that was based on a little boy turning

human or a little You know what I mean, like

a little... Something turning human, yeah. Something

non -human that looks like a little boy turning

into an actual little boy. Alright, we are gonna

grab the power pads after this. I made her just

for you. What's the matter? I don't want a friend

like me! That's not very polite, Mega Man. You

should thank Dr. Right for his thoughtful birthday

present. No, and it's not my birthday! What did

he mean, not his birthday? Mega Man is as close

to human as I could make him, Captain N, but

he's still a robot. He wasn't born three years

ago, he was turned on. Are you okay, Mega Man?

I hate my birthday. It reminds me that I'm different.

Hey, if everybody was the same, Videoland would

be a pretty dull place. We all have to make the

best out of what we've got, Mega Man. Easy for

you to say. You don't have Mega batteries instead

of a heart. I don't feel like playing, too. This

isn't a newspaper. It's a Mega map to the warp

of life. Isn't that the warp zone that's supposed

to be able to make things come alive? Alive!

Mega wow! That's just what I need! Simon had

that coming. Oh yes, I know what you're talking

about. The cake in the face. I think it was.

Whatever it is, Simon had it coming. I thought

you were going to mention the drawbridge. Oh,

that's what it is! That's the note! I should

have put drawbridge in the note, but yes, yes,

it is the drawbridge. Yeah, that's what it was.

Comes down on him. immediately. Close it! Close

it! Close it off again! Okay, here it is again.

When they get to the uncrossable sea, it's the

same music I heard in the Mike Vincent episode.

And I think it's one of the SMB2 themes. Yeah,

I think so, yeah. It's one of the overworld themes

for Super Mario Bros. 2. But it was the same

song that I heard earlier in an earlier episode

of the show. What'd you like about this one?

Just Simon getting this come up a couple times.

You know what? I didn't really like this episode

all that much, so that's probably it as far as

likes. Yeah, pretty much. Let's go get zapped.

Thanks for helping me. Maybe now we can be friends,

huh, Mega Man? I'd like that, but it won't work.

You'll just get upset like I did thinking about

how everyone's alive except you. No, Mega Man.

Mega Girl already passed the three challenges.

That's how I knew it could work for you. She's

alive, too. Wait. There is one more thing I must

tell you that is of greatest urgency. What is

it? All right, getting zapped. Already mentioned

all the plot things. I don't like about it. It's

a very It's a straightforward plot, but it's

also backwards as hell and Mega Man is just He's

worse than a ten -year -old throwing a fit at

a toy store in this episode And then of course

I can't go an episode of this show without saying

something negative about Simon, but Christ, Simon,

stop thinking about yourself. The plot was kind

of written poorly. I don't think this should

have been the season finale for this. I think

Sweet Metroid should have been the season finale

for this. It makes Mega Man look like a really

mega douche. It really does. for him to be such

a cool character in all in most of all the video

games he's been in over the last what is it 20

25 30 years something like that you know to have

him be this to have him be a 90s version of Justin

Bieber is just wrong oh god all right well he

didn't egg anyone's house yet No, I gotta go

with make a girl. It's just she had nothing to

do with this story I mean she was she didn't

even talk for the first half the episode did

she? No, I don't think she didn't she didn't

talk until like the Ferris wheel scene and like

even then it was like her role was pointless

I mean, she's basically Jiminy Cricket. She just

showed up to be like gee mega man, you know it

It'd be better if you saw through the plot here

and realized that this is a test for you. And

it's really her only role, which she shouldn't

have even been there. And even saying that she

was also turned into a real little girl at the

end, that didn't justify her appearance. You

could have told the whole episode without her

in it at all. Just swap her rescue with Kid Icarus

or something. Yeah, and then the the the friggin

wizard at the end or the friggin life What's

a who's it's yeah, I have some grave information

to tell you I oh my god She made it sound like

it was the end of the world and oh my god. I

just want to wish you happy birthday, Megan okay

sure everybody wants to be wished happy birthday

on their birthday but seriously the way that

was played off the way that was written oh my

god i have to tell you some very important information

that would change your life happy birthday give

me a break anything else for this one no all

right we are going to take a quick break musical

interlude as usual. Don't know what's going to

be in it, but we'll find out after this and come

back with final thoughts, ratings, and preview

season two of Captain and the Game Master. and

it is time to rank these final four episodes

of season one of Captain and the Game Master.

Simon the Ape Man. I give it a one. Only because

Kevin finally stood up to Simon a couple of times

and was kind of mean to him, which I know that's

going against his character. I don't care. What

about you? I'll give it a two. it had some funny

beats to it but it was kind of uh it kind of

took forever to get to the point of the episode

yeah uh in search of the king for me it gets

a five it really does it's it hits all the beats

that i like it hits you know the continuity with

the king it has a really cool story sure the

execution is a little wonky but still i can overlook

that because i really enjoyed it what about you

um I'll give it a 2. It's a good setup, but I

don't know. I just didn't like the opposite world

characters. I thought they were kind of generic.

Plus, they didn't really do anything when they

got to the Palace of Power. They should have

just called up Mother Brain and said, hey, let's

celebrate our victory. No, instead it was like,

let's have a big American party. Everybody disco

dancing, and nothing really happened. All right,

Metroid, sweet Metroid. When are you going to

give that one? I'll give it a three. It was an

episode where they actually did some stuff that

was pertinent to the premise of Captain and the

Game Master, which is defeating Mother Brain

and not just doing episodic hair -brain schemes.

It was actually something that could have potentially

moved the plot forward. You know, so I can't

give it like a full score, but it was at least

interesting. It was an interesting idea. And

thankfully, you know, what happens when you beat

Metroid in under two hours, thankfully Kevin

didn't end up in a bikini and going to Metroid

again. So that's a good thing. Yeah, that's true.

If this was the season finale, it would have

gotten a five. I really loved it. Other than

the fact that they couldn't see that it was a

trick, and the fact that it wasn't the season

finale, it still is very enjoyable for me. What

I enjoy about it is, in the fact that da -duh

Kevin gave, you know, I don't need my power pad

and zapper anymore, he still finds a way to run

through Metroid. On his own without his powers

and I really like that. I thought that was really

cool So this one is gonna get a four out of five

for me and the final episode. Happy birthday

Mega Man. What do you give that? I'll give it

a one. I didn't like the episode at all but it

was kind of a dumb premise and It you know even

getting to the premise it took forever. It's

like it was like they they had this birthday

scene and then like You know, he got a present

from the dog, which ended up being a map to this

world, but it took him forever to even figure

that out. It took forever to get started. Once

the episode got started, it was still dumb and

Mega Girl, so I didn't like it. Yeah, I'm gonna

give it a straight zero. It just... It gets a

zero for several things. The plot was dumb. The...

Okay. The plot itself wasn't dumb, but the execution

of the plot was dumb. The fact that it is supposed

to be the season finale of this season is just

wrong. It should not have been the season finale

at all. Because if you think about it, again,

I will bring this up here, Metroid Suite Metroid

ended on a positive note with status quo being

restored. If you had taken home Metri - I keep

wanting to say home, sweet home. God damn it.

Metroid's if you take a Metroid sweet Metroid

and then bumped it up against Game Boy Where

they hear from her father again? that would have

been perfect because in Metroid sweet Metroid

you have the whole thing of the whole status

quo changing and everybody leaving and all that

and Kevin going through what he went through

and then Coming back and taking over Metroid

and putting mother brain out her ass and everything

else and then by the end of the episode it's

Return to the status quo so that way you can

freely and logically Go to the next season, but

no we had to go through happy birthday Mega Man,

so zero Worst yeah, I'll say Even though I really

really hate Simon in this series Happy birthday

Mega Man has to be the worst episode of season

one The worst if not one of the worst All right

What's going on with no super pants calm? Well,

we have a beach party episode drawn by Kitty

Hawk Kind of a kind of a parody of certain Archie

storylines where they always end up at the beach

somehow and it's got girls bikinis and Lots of

fan service. So check it out have you done a

fan service for the professor yet, I know that's

not Archie but Ginger and Marianne I wouldn't

mind doing a picture of Ginger and Marianne Alright,

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the potion of power oh yes that's right episode

25 has zelda for now i am tf2mike with TV's Christian

Neal tune in next time and help us find the pixels

in the animation Hyrule calling the Palace of

Power. We are in need of a hero. Simon Belmont,

vampire hunter, at your service, your loveliness.

Not only am I tall, blonde, and handsome... I'm

quick on the draw! Light on my feet! impressive

hero Belmont but actually I was looking for Captain

Anne did somebody call my name oh wow your princess

Zelda is something wrong nothing we can't handle

Lana with a little help from your Captain Anne

I live to help beautiful princesses you never

bow like that for me By your leave your highness

be off with you my captain, but be home in time

for dinner Why you can go don't blow microchip

not this time fella someone has to help wanna

hold down the fort Yes, some of us have more

important things to do than running off to play

hero Simon, what are you doing in that plan?

Kevin Hyrule is an exciting world, but it's also

dangerous. Please be careful aren't I always