Original air date: ??/??/89
This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. Mega Trouble for Megaland is the following episode.
Synopsis
Mother Brain tricks the N-Team into a series of games on Mount Icarus so she can acquire the three sacred treasures and defeat them once and for all.
Character difference
Blader: In this episode, the blader is wound up by Dr. Wily and actually zaps Mega Man. They can't even fire in the game.
Intro commercial
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Narrator: On the dark and dangerous world of Metroid, the evil Mother Brain is about to discover a sinister secret.
Mother Brain: Power! I must have more power!
Eggplant Wizard: Uhhh, here Mother Brain. Uh, take my flashlight batteries.
Mother Brain: Not that kind of power you whistling weakling! [zaps him, he screams] I want the power to reach my destiny. The power to rule Videoland! But most important of all, the power to destroy the princess and that meddling, Captain N. Metroid mirror on my wall, tell me how to crush them once and for all!
[Metroid mirror turns on revealing a map of Mount Icarus. 3 dots blink on it]
Metroid mirror: Hidden within Mount Icarus' towering peak, the 3 sacred treasures contain the power ye seek. For 10,000 years they've been sight unseen, but bringing the treasures together, and you'll soon be queen.
Mother Brain: Yes. Queen Mother Brain. Supreme dictator of Videoland. What a wonderful thought. Get me the princess.
Dr. Wily: Yes, Mother Brain.
Narrator: Meanwhile, at the Palace of Power....
[Kevin's playing in a Donkey Kong simulator]
Lana: Kevin. Hurry!
Kevin: Don't worry, princess. I'll be right there in a flash. [Jumps a fireball]
[Donkey Kong roars and falls when Kevin reaches the top]
Kid Icarus: Nice try, Kevinicus.
Kevin: Whoa! A life-sized Donkey Kong simulator! What a concept.
[Mother Brain appears on the screen behind them]
Mother Brain: I hope I'm not interrupting anything.
Lana: If you've called to threaten us again, it won't work Mother Brain.
Mother Brain: You're absolutely right, my dear. Threatening hasn't worked. And I apologize for my rude behavior. All of this fighting gets us nowhere. What do you say we settle our differences in a more sportsman-like way?
Lana: [To Kevin] I don't trust her. She's up to something.
Kevin: What do you suggest, Mother Brain?
Mother Brain: A challenge. We'll hold a Videolympics on Mount Icarus. My warriors [shot of them], eh uh, athletes against Captain N and his N-Team. If we lose, we'll never set foot off Metroid again. If we win, I'll be the new princess of Videoland.
Kid Icarus: This is what we've been waiting for, your highnicus. A chance for peace.
Lana: I know, but Mother Brain can't be trusted. What if it's a trick?
Kevin: Well, if it is, what better way to find out than to go along with it?
Lana: What if we lose?
Simon: Lose? With me on our team? Don't be ridiculous. [flexes]
Mega Man: With Captain N leading us, we'll have the mega power to win. What do you say, your highness?
Lana: Well, I guess...
Kevin: You're on, Mother Brain.
Mother Brain: Wonderful. We'll see you at Mount Icarus Coliseum tomorrow for the games. And for your funerals, fools! [laughs]
Narrator: A short while later, in the palace courtyard, Kevin and the others go into training to prepare themselves for the upcoming games.
Kevin: All right, guys. We've gotta get into prime shape if we're gonna win.
[Kevin begins jump roping. Lana begins jump roping]
Simon: Simon Belmont is always in prime shape. I can out jump rope you with my eyes close. [Begins to jump rope with his whip. Duke watches him. Simon does a few tricks. He tires and the whip goes faster] Hey! Stop! Take it easy you stupid whip! Cut it out! Whoa! Ahh! [Gets tied up. Lana laughs at him]
Kevin: I'm not sure about you, Simon, but your whip's in great shape.
Simon: Very funny.
[Mega Man stands by some shot put balls]
Mega Man: What am I supposed to do with these balls, Captain N?
Kevin: It's simple Mega Man. You just place it like this [does] and throw it as far as you can. [Throws it a short distance] Like that. Go ahead, you try it.
[Mega Man gets ready and launches it fast. It just misses Simon]
Simon: Hey!
[Kid Icarus shoots an arrow at the target. The ball flies over his head, through the target and keeps going]
Kid Icarus: Yai! Watch outacus!
[The ball continues and finally explodes on the ground, far away]
Kevin: That was incredible!
[Duke jumps on a trampoline some, but falls off into Kevin's arms]
Kevin: I know you wanna help, Duke, but dogs aren't allowed to compete. [To Lana] Are they? [She shrugs]
Kid Icarus: You can count on me to win the archery event, princepicus. [Fires]
Simon: Yeow! [Walks in] What, may I ask, were you aiming at?
Kid Icarus: The target.
Simon: [Points his butt, which has the arrow in it, at Kid Icarus] Does this look like a target to you? [Kid Icarus gets the arrow] Ooh! Here [Takes Kid Icarus' bow] let me show you how to hit the bull's eye. [Fires Kid Icarus at the straw target with the bow. He gets out]
Kid Icarus: [Spits straw out] Why you big apeicus! [Flies fast at Simon. Simon ducks and he passes him] Whoa! [Hits Mega Man in the head. Mega Man falls back onto the shot put balls]
[The balls roll and the other N-Team members slip on them and fall over]
Narrator: Halfway across Videoland, at the strange world of Punch Out, Mother Brain's minions are also getting ready for the games.
[In a gym]
[Eggplant Wizard is jump roping with a giant fry]
Eggplant Wizard: One potato, two potato, three potato, four. After I skip this rope, I am one potato more! [Stops and makes ketchup appear. He puts some on the fry and eats it] Ahh! Delicious! [Makes a new fry appear and resumes]
[The Count is punching the punching bag]
Count: I love punching the punching bag. [Bites it. It deflates] But I love biting them even better. [laughs]
[By a lifting bar]
Dr. Wily: All right, King Hippo, let's see if you can lift this [wheezes] much weight.
King Hippo: Ha ha! No sweat. [He lifts part of the entire building, which the bar is attached to]
[Mother Brain appears]
King Hippo: Hey! Mother Brain! How'd you like the way I cleaned the dirt with this weight?
Mother Brain: I'll clean your face, dirt, if you don't stop fooling around.
King Hippo: [Puts the bar down] Wah? But we're practicin' for the games, just like you told us to.
Mother Brain: I didn't expect you to practice sports. I expected you to practice cheating! You hippopotmus head!
Eggplant Wizard: But, but why do we need to cheat if we're just going to destroy them with the power of the three sacred treasures?
Mother Brain: Because, you cauliflower brain, winning the games will improve my image as princess of Videoland. [Disappears]
King Hippo: Well, if it's cheatin' she wants, it's cheatin' she'll get. [Puts some tools in his glove] Like my famous wreckin'-ball punch. [Hits the punching bag]
Eggplant Wizard: Yeah. And my broccoli bazooka! [Fires broccoli at King Hippo's back]
King Hippo: Why, you!!
Eggplant Wizard: No! Wait! It was an accident!
King Hippo: [grabs him] I'll give you an accident on purpose!
[King Hippo throws him into the ring. Wily rings the bell]
King Hippo: Defend yourself!
Eggplant Wizard: Ok. You asked for it. I'll squash you! [Turns King Hippo into a squash]
King Hippo: Wah!
Eggplant Wizard: And I'll beat you! [Turns him into a beat]
King Hippo: Huh?
Eggplant Wizard: And I'll get you in an artichoke hold! [Turns King Hippo into an artichoke]
King Hippo: Wah! [Stomps the ground, making it shake]
Eggplant Wizard: No! [Flies forward]
King Hippo: Oh yeah? [Takes the wand and breaks it. He reverts to normal] Well I'm gonna give you the ol' Flyin' Hippo/Eggplant Jam Slam! [Jumps back onto the ropes and flies forward]
Eggplant Wizard: No! [Crawls away] Not the Flyin' Hippo/Eggplant Jam Slam! [Gets crushed. Sends white goo that hits others in the face]
Narrator: Meanwhile, back at the Palace of Power, the princess grows fearful of losing Mother Brain's challenge.
Simon: I'm the most handsome, so after we win the games, my face goes on the cereal box. [Puts his head in the hole of the box. Mega Man takes it] Hey!
Mega Man: I should be on the box, because I'm the strongest. [Lifts Simon]
[Kid Icarus fires an arrow that gets the box and returns it to him]
Kid Icarus: The games are being held on my world, so I should be on the boxicus.
[They all pull on it and argue]
Lana: Stop it. None of you are going to be on the box if we don't win the games tomorrow.
Kevin: Don't worry, princess. I know how to get these guys into shape. All right. One hundred push-ups. Let's move it.
[They all do push-ups. Simon, Mega Man, and Kid Icarus go slowly. Now they're doing jumping jacks. Simon, Mega Man, and Kid Icarus fall over. Now they're running. The three hide behind a wall and are tired. Now Kevin puts a bunch of egg yokes into a glass of water. Everyone else runs off, disgusted. Kevin drinks it. Now Kevin shows them the rope climb. Simon uses his whip. Kid Icarus flies up. Now they're arm wrestling Mega Man. He throws them far. They do more push-ups and some jump roping. Finally, they run up some stairs and jump victoriously. Kevin hugs Duke]
[At Mount Icarus]
Narrator: The next day, on Mount Icarus, thousands have gathered to watch as their fate is decided in the Videolympics.
Kevin: Now don't forget to keep an eye out for anything suspicious.
N-Team: Right. [Give each other a high five]
Mother Brain: Now remember. It's not whether you win or lose... [Eggplant Wizard jumps forward]
Eggplant Wizard: But how you play the game.
Mother Brain: No! You idiot! [Zaps him]
Eggplant Wizard: Wahh!
Mother Brain: I’ve arranged for the events to take us to the three locations where the Sacred Treasures are buried. And once I possess their sacred power, I'll destroy Captain N and the princess. Then Videoland will be mine! [laughs]
{Commercial break}
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen of Videoland! Let the games begin!
Lana: You can do it, Kevin. I know you can.
[At a ring]
Announcer: The first event: Greco tag team wrestling.
[They enter the ring. It rises. King Hippo enters]
Kid Icarus: I'm too small to wrestle. If King Hippacus sits on me, I'll be squashicus-maximus.
Kevin: They picked our names out of a hat, Kid Icarus. We'll just have to do the best we can.
Announcer: Just a moment. There's been a mistake in the draw.
[King Hippo exits the ring]
Kevin: King Hippo's out of the match!
Announcer: Wrestling for King Hippo will be: Donkey Kong!
[Donkey Kong enters the ring and roars]
Lana: Oh no!
Simon: Who? [laughs]
Announcer: First to pin an opponent to the mat is the winner. No holds barred.
Kevin: You take care of Eggplant Wizard. I'll handle Donkey Kong. Yeah, sure I will.
Eggplant Wizard: Come on, Kid Icky. Make your move. [Kid Icarus tries to lift his foot up. Nothing happens. Eggplant Wizard laughs] What a shrimp! [Makes vegetables appear and they fall on Kid Icarus] And every shrimp needs a shrimp salad. Oops. Almost forgot the bread sticks.
Kevin: Kid Icarus. You gotta use leverage.
[Kid Icarus manages to lift Eggplant Wizard up by the foot and pins him]
Announcer: One! Two! [Eggplant Wizard tags Donkey Kong's foot] Uh, Donkey Kong has been tagged!
[Donkey Kong enters, picks Eggplant Wizard up and sets him down. He roars, beats his chest, and pins Kid Icarus with his finger]
Kid Icarus: Let me goacus! [Fires an arrow with a hand on it to Kevin]
Announcer: One! Two! [Kevin gets "tagged"]
Kevin: Ok, you big ape! Pick on someone your own size! [Donkey Kong bends over and grins at him]
Lana: Oh no. [Duke whimpers]
[Loud crash. Donkey Kong is sitting on the mat]
Announcer: One! Two! Three! And the winner is Donkey Kong! [He lifts at Donkey Kong's arm. Donkey Kong raises it fast and the announcer goes flying] Whaaa! [Donkey Kong jumps out of the ring. Kevin and Kid Icarus climb out of the hole, dizzied] Donkey Kong wins the first event. The score: Mother Brain's team one, the N-Team zero.
King Hippo: Huh. We don't need the three sacred treasures, Mother Brain. We're gonna pulverize those pipsqueaks.
Mother Brain: I'm sure we are. But that's no reason I shouldn't have the greatest source of power in Videoland. Go get me the first sacred treasure. [King Hippo bows]
Lana: That's not fair. Donkey Kong weighs more than you.
Kevin: Are you kidding? He weighs more than the Chicago Bears.
Announcer: In the next event, Mega Man and Dr. Wily will compete in the 400 yard dash. Through the Electric Maze.
[Mega Man and Dr. Wily get to the starting line]
Announcer: On your mark, get set, go! [They run up the stairs] Mega Man is off to a good start.
[Mega Man ducks under the electricity and climbs the ladder. Wily gets to his side after Mega Man is climbing. The N-Team cheer him on as: "Come on, Mega Man! You can do it!" Wily stops and looks up]
Announcer: Dr. Wily is falling behind as Mega Man approaches the finish line.
[Dr. Wily winds up a blader and releases it. It faces Mega Man from above. Mega Man stops and looks surprised. The blader zaps him with electricity and he falls]
Mega Man: Yeow! Wha! Wah! [Disintegrates into dots]
Lana: Mega Man!
Kevin: He's disintegrated!
[Dr. Wily reaches the top]
Announcer: And Dr. Wily wins the Electric Maze Dash. It's two to nothing for Mother Brain's team.
[Mother Brain's glass jar has goo on it]
Mother Brain: Get this gunk off me before I have you frozen in butter sauce!
Eggplant Wizard: Uhh, sorry Mother Brain. [Licks the goo]
[Mega Man appears by the N-Team]
Mega Man: Sorry, your highness. I tried.
Lana: It's not your fault, Mega Man. They cheat.
Narrator: Meanwhile, in a sunken chamber beneath the surface of Mount Icarus, King Hippo searches for the first sacred treasure...
[He walks around and flying rats fly at him]
King Hippo: Uh! Flyin' rats! Uck! [He opens a bag and a snake pops out] Yeaaahhhh! [He opens another and a clawed hand chokes him. He falls back, freed, and lands on a switch. The sacred treasure comes up from an opening on the ground] The first sacred treasure. [Takes it and enters a warp. Flying rats follow]
{Commercial break}
[Scene of a waterfall up in the sky]
Narrator: Back at the towering Mount Icarus, the Videolympics Coliseum arrives at the location of the next event.
Announcer: And now, Princess Lana and King Hippo will compete in the Waterfall High Dive.
[King Hippo arrives by Mother Brain. Flying rats do too]
King Hippo: Ew! Yah! Get off of me!
Mother Brain: What took you so long? [King Hippo points at the rats. They fly off] Now get out there before you're disqualified!
King Hippo: Yes, Mother Brain.
Mother Brain: [Takes the treasure and laughs] One down, two to go.
[At the diving platform]
Lana: I'm a little nervous about diving down these floating waterfalls.
Kevin: Speaking of waterfalls, there's something familiar about the places these games are being held.
[King Hippo climbs the ladder to the platform]
Announcer: Dives will be judged on a combination of their grace and difficulty. Uh, not to mention steering clear of the flying sharks.
Lana: Flying sharks!? You never said anything about flying sharks!
Kevin: Uh, heh. I didn't want to worry you.
[Duke barks and jumps. He flips once and lands in the water. His scores: 6.9, 7.0, 6.9, 7.5, 6.0]
Kevin: Nice dive, Duke!
King Hippo: Hey! Wah, no fair! Dogs don't count.
Kevin: Yeah, but hippos do, huh?
Lana: That's enough. We'll settle this with a dive. Lovers before beauty.
King Hippo: Hm. [Jumps and drops with his arms out for a while]
Announcer: King Hippo is dropping like a bomb. But he'll get a low score if he doesn't put a little more bite into it.
[A shark bites him]
King Hippo: Yeow! [Starts spinning around and falls in the water. The judges are wet. His scores: 9.5, 9.0, 9.5, 9.0, 9.9 The crowd cheers]
Mother Brain: Quick, get me the second sacred treasure.
Eggplant Wizard: Yes, your wrinkledness. [Gets zapped] Yeahhh!
Mother Brain: Never say the word "wrinkles" around me! These are beauty lines. Now get going! [He hops away]
Lana: King Hippo got an awfully high score.
Kevin: Don't worry, princess. You can beat him.
[Lana dives. She flips and dodges the sharks. She gets all 10's The crowd cheers]
Announcer: Princess Lana wins the high dive! It's Mother Brain's Team two, the N-Team one!
[Simon, Mega Man, and Kid Icarus are cheering. After a little while...]
Mega Man: Hooray! Yahoo! Wahoo!
Simon: Um, not bad. Not bad.
Mother Brain: Hem. I could've done better, and I don't even have a body.
[The platform descends. Kevin and Lana get off. Eggplant Wizard sneaks onto it and it rises to the pool. He puts on a mask with a snorkel and enters. He swims down, but can't get the treasure free. An arm helps him]
Eggplant Wizard: [gurgles] Thanks. [Screams as he sees the octopus]
[He jumps out of the water, screaming, and lands on top of Mother Brain]
Eggplant Wizard: I got it, Mother Brain.
Mother Brain: Two down, one to go. [laughs]
[At a ski ramp, Simon goes down and jumps]
Simon: Ahh.
[The Count comes and turns into a bat. He flies over Simon and pushes him into the snow with his skis. Simon pops his head out]
Simon: Huh?
[The Count finishes]
[King Hippo lifts a bar with a lot of weight on it. He looks down and sees that Mega Man is lifting him up with one hand]
[Eggplant Wizard does the pole vault and gets scores of: 6.7, 6.5, 6.0, 7.0, 6.0]
Narrator: As the final event approaches, the score is tied. The fate of Videoland will be decided by the outcome of the Ten Kilometer Rocket Chariot Race.
Kevin: Maybe she's after a special warp zone. Nah, could be a secret password. Ah, this is driving me crazy. I'm certain I've played something like this before, but I can't remember what.
Lana: Forget about that. Just remember we've got to win. [Shot of King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard] Or those creeps are going to be living in our palace. [Lana and Duke get off the chariot]
Announcer: On your mark, get set, go! And they're off. King Hippo has taken an early lead.
[Wily presses a button and his chariot turns into a submarine]
Kid Icarus: Where'd he goacus?
[Wily targets Kid Icarus and fires a torpedo that eats his chariot]
Kid Icarus: Hey! [Falls in the water. Wily ascends]
Announcer: It looks like Kid Icarus is out of the race!
Dr. Wily: So long, Kid Idiot! [gasps and flies into a gong]
Announcer: Dr. Wily's been given the gong.
Eggplant Wizard: Hey, Simon. Can I offer you a piece of fruit? [He uses his rod to turn Simon's chariot into a banana]
Simon: Whoa! [Descends]
Announcer: Simon Belmont has really slipped up this time.
Lana: I can't watch!
[Simon lands on the ground, covered in banana goo]
Announcer: And another of the N-Team is out of the race.
[Eggplant Wizard laughs, but gasps before crashing into a tree]
Announcer: The Eggplant Wizard has really been scrambled this time! It's down to Captain N and King Hippo.
Kevin: It's time for my super speed kit. [Presses a button on the pad and speeds up] So long, King Snail!
King Hippo: [laughs] Captain N is goin' "N" for nowhere. [Punches Kevin's chariot and breaks it]
Announcer: Uh oh. Captain N is in big trouble!
Lana: Kevin!
Kevin: [grabs a skate board] Ah, I hope this works. [It does]
King Hippo: Huh?
[They approach the Coliseum]
Announcer: They're approaching the finish line. King Hippo looks unbeatable. [King Hippo enters a warp on the ground] Wait a minute. He's taken a wrong turn! Captain N has done it! The N-Team has defeated Mother Brain! [The crowd cheers. King Hippo comes out of the warp with the third treasure. Mother Brain takes it]
Mother Brain: The third one.
Kevin: Three. That's it.
Lana: What's it?
Kevin: What Mother Brain is after. The three sacred treasures.
Mother Brain: You're too right, Captain N. But unfortunately, you're also too late. [Opens the treasures. Power comes out from them] My power is unstoppable now! Behold! The warp zone to Oblivion! [laughs]
Narrator: Has Mother Brain really conquered Videoland? [warp opens under them] Will Captain N and the others survive the deadly warp zone? Find out, in the next chilling adventure of Captain N: The Game Master.
End
Transcribed by: Sivak Drac
2/13/99