Race Leg #7 – Pokémon Islands
“We
are down to 7 teams in the Amazing Race: Nintendo World. We find ourselves in Aquatic Ruin Zone. This area, the 3rd world in Sonic
the Hedgehog 2, represents the start of this, the 7th leg, in a race
around the world.”
“Olimar
and Louie were the winners of the last leg.
They will be the first to depart at 7:30pm.”
Olimar: **tears open the clue. Make your way to Goldenrod City,
Johto, and find your next clue at the magnet train station.
Louie:
Wow, pokemon territory. This ought to be
interesting.
Olimar
and Louie take a ferry across the water toward Casino Night Zone, where they
promptly take a taxi to the airport.
They are followed by the other teams, who one by one reach the airport
and head to the ticketing counters.
Krystal:
We need to catch a flight to Goldenrod
City.
Mario:
We-a need to make it to Goldenrod, a-quickly.
Link:
What have you guys got in order to reach the city of Goldenrod?
The
teams find that the quickest flight leaves at 11pm that evening, arriving at
5:30am. All teams will be taking the
same flight.
Fox:
A shame we don’t have our arwings, we could go boost speed and be there in an
hour.
The
teams land in Goldenrod, sparking a rush to the outer end of the airport
terminal.
Ike:
Taxi!
Falcon:
Taxi! Yes, drive fast, go, go, go!
The
taxi carrying Ike and Lyn gets their first, followed by that of Fox and
Krystal. However, thanks to their speed, the foxes get to the clue
box first.
Krystal:
Take the magnet train to Saffron
City.
“Teams
must now take the magnet train across the Pokemon
Islands to Saffron City. This metropolis, the largest city in Kanto,
is their next destination. Once there,
they must head to Silph Co. headquarters, where they’ll find their next clue.”
Fox:
Hi we need a ticket to Saffron.
Lyn:
Good day, we need to get to Saffron, when’s the next train?
“The
next train leaves in three minutes.”
Ike: Really?
We need to be on that train! Is
there space?
“Yes”
Lyn:
**takes the tickets. Thank you!
The
other teams come running into the station as the first two teams board.
Mario:
Momma Mia Luigi! Get the tickets, the
train is a-leaving!
Falcon:
Fast, fast, fast, the train is leaving!
Show me your moves Jody!
Link:
Hurry Zelda, we need to go now!
Mario
and Luigi make it in the train, as do Falcon and Summer, the latter diving in
as the doors begin to close.
Link:
No!
Zelda:
Hold onto me Link!
Zelda
and Link come together and cast Farore’s Wind, transporting them to the rear of
the train. They stand on the outside of
the caboose as they hang on for the ride.
As the train departs, they see Metaknight and Dedede run in with Olimar
and Louie on their heels.
Metaknight:
We missed the train?
Olimar:
Dang! These pokemon folk sure do adhere
to strict scheduling. If this were
Hocotate we would have made that train.
**turns to the ticketing window.
How long until the next train?
“Thirty
minutes.”
Louie:
Thirty minutes?! For the love of Pikmin!
Metaknight
turns to Dedede with a murderous look on his face. Dedede winds up to punch his teammate, but
thinks better of it.
Fox:
The freighters and the villains missed the train. They’re without their landmaster.
Mario:
I a-think the heroes missed it too.
Luigi:
Not-a correct Mario…look at the back of the train.
Lyn:
Probably their warping powers. They
helped me with them in the cave.
Falcon:
Warping ability? Man what kind of
witchcraft do they have in Hyrule?
Mario:
Don’t-a know Falcon…I’ve a-only been there for Smash Brothers battles.
Summer:
Maybe we’ll have to go there later in the race…
The
train arrives in Saffron about two hours later.
The teams immediately notice the Silph Company headquarters building
towering high into the Saffron skyline.
Again due to their foot speed, the foxes get there first.
Fox:
Find the Master Ball!
“This
challenge requires the two team members to search through a pokemon-themed
automobile filled with thousands of pokeballs.
Inside the car will be many poke balls, great balls, and ultra
balls. Their objective is to find the
one master ball inside of the whole automobile.
Once they have found it, they will exchange it for their next
clue.”
Krystal:
Alright let’s find the purple one.
Link:
How do you even get inside this thing?
Falcon: Easy, you just latch onto the door handle and
swing inside the window.
Falcon
executes the maneuver and glides in easily.
He searches his car, which is painted to look like a Squirtle, from the
inside while Jody Summer looks from the outside window. Mario and Luigi head for the Charmander car
and start searching. Ike and Lyn pick
out the Pikachu car and jump right in.
Fox and Krystal take the Mewtwo car and do likewise. The street is quickly littered with poke
balls of all sorts as the teams throw out the bad balls in an effort to find
the one they need to continue the race.
Princess
Zelda, noticing the chaos all around her, taps into the vast psychic energy
residing within the psychic pokemon paradise of Saffron. Within her brain, she maps out the waves of
energy, noting that they seem to converge on one spherical surface near the
Bulbasaur car’s steering wheel. She very
carefully climbs into the car, oblivious to Link tossing balls out from the
rear. Within thirty seconds, she has the
master ball.
Zelda:
My lord, it is in my possession.
Link:
**surprised. Why my lady, how ever have
you acquired searching skills of such quality?
Zelda:
It is in my royal blood. Come, our next
trial awaits.
“Teams
must now head by taxi down route 7, leaving Saffron and arriving in Celadon City.
Once there, they must head to the Celadon City Game Corner, where they
will receive their next clue.”
Zelda:
Taxi!
Link:
To Celadon City Game Corner, proceed hastily please!
Time
continues to pass outside of Silph Company.
None of the other teams have found the master ball after about twenty
minutes.
Falcon:
Ugggh, I’m getting so aggravated with this.
This is crazy. I must have thrown
at least three hundred balls out the window by now.
Summer:
Keep looking! It has to be here
somewhere. Wait! Right there, underneath the front seat!
Falcon
reverses his field and starts digging out toward the front seat. He quickly finds the one purple ball inside
the mass of red, blue, and yellow.
Falcon: Nice!
We’ve got boost power now.
**grabs the clue.
Back
at the train station, Olimar and Louie are in the front car along with
Metaknight and Dedede. They continue to
stare at one another wordlessly, knowing that their fate in the race will
likely come down to a head-to-head battle unless one of the other teams were to
falter badly.
Link
and Zelda enter the Game Corner, a casino of sorts formerly run by Team
Rocket. The clue box is right next to a
series of slot machines.
Zelda: Detour…sell it or tell it.
“This
detour requires teams to use their memorization skills in one of two unique
challenges. Their choice, they can sell
it, or tell it.”
“In
sell it, the teams must proceed to Celadon City Department Store. Once there, they must pick up ten different
technical machines, better known as TMs.
They must then search through the store to find the correct, specially
marked pokemon and their trainers looking for the TMs that the pokemon need to
learn new battling techniques. Once all
ten of the TMs are in the hands of the trainers, they will return to the main
floor counter, where they will receive their next clue.”
“In
tell it, the teams must proceed to Celadon City Gym. Once there, they will proceed to the daycare
center, run by the city’s gym leader, Erika.
From a manuscript they will have to tell the children a story in which
blanks are present. In the blanks, the
teams must mention ten specific pokemon in order for the story to make
sense. Once the teams have told the
story correctly with all pokemon in the correct spot in the manuscript, they
will be handed their next clue.”
Link:
You’re well with books, let’s do tell it.
Zelda nods her head and they head toward the gym.
Meanwhile,
Team Freighter and Team Villain reach Silph Company just as Mario and Luigi
find the Master Ball from their car.
Mario:
Okey-dokey Luigi, we’ve got it.
Luigi:
Head by taxi to Celadon City Game Corner.
Mario:
Might-a be another gambling challenge.
Let’s go.
With
so many balls on the ground, it is difficult to even approach the cars. Metaknight trips on one of the balls and
falls right on his back.
Dedede:
**laughs. Not so tough now are ya?
Metaknight:
Just start looking for the Master Ball before I slash your throat.
Louie:
Man, you two really don’t like each other.
Metaknight:
Oh hey, look, we’ve got a scholar over here!
What other earth-shattering things do they teach you in Hocotate?
Louie:
Well they do teach us about the thermonuclear physics involving getting a massive
freighter through the atmosphere at the precise speed needed to deliver
thousands of pounds of goods on a tight schedule without burning up in the
mesosphere. What do you talk about in
Dreamland?
Metaknight:
Errr….
Fox
and Krystal emerge next with their master ball.
By this point pretty much every single poke ball from their car has been
tossed to the ground. Fox crawls out of
the car, pretty much angry at the world for their inability to find it.
Fox:
I hate these luck based challenges.
We’re the best team out here but they stick our master ball at the very
bottom so we have to dig through every one.
Ridiculous!
Krystal:
We still have time to catch up though.
To Celadon Game Corner!
Falcon
and Summer reach the clue box at the Game Corner. Ike and Lyn are right on their heels.
Summer:
Detour, sell it or tell it.
Falcon:
I say sell it, as mercenaries we’re naturally pretty good salespeople.
Lyn:
Definitely tell it. We tell great
stories in Gallia. Ike nods his head in agreement.
At
the gym, Princess Zelda pours over the pokemon names and what they look
like. After a few minutes she is ready
to tell the story. Again, resulting from
her immense reading abilities from hours and hours spent in the Hyrule Castle
library, she comfortably recalls the tale to the children.
“And
so Ash and his friends Misty and Brock went to Mount Moon,
where a group of Clefairy used a technique called the metronome. This caused an earthquake, which sent Team
Rocket and their Meowth flying through the air.
The great swarms of Zubat slowed their progress, but eventually they
reached Cerulean City.
At the gym, Misty vowed to get revenge on Ash for stealing his bike, and
challenged him to battle. Since electric
pokemon are strong against water pokemon, Ash wanted to use his Pikachu, but
the sensational sisters forbade it. As
such, Ash decided to use two flying-type pokemon, Pigeotto and Butterfree. Misty used two water-type pokemon, Staryu and
Starmie, in her effort to defeat him.
However, as the battle was ending, Team Rocket reappeared and wanted
revenge. They used a giant vacuum to
suck up all sorts of pokemon, including a Seel.
However, one of Misty’s other pokemon, Psyduck, saved the day when it
used its headache to its advantage and launched a psychic attack, reversing the
vacuum’s flow, saving the pokemon, and causing Team Rocket to blast off again.”
Erika:
I am so impressed. What a bright mind
and a rapturous beauty. Might I interest
you in some fine perfume from our perfume shop?
Zelda:
Why certainly, but please make haste, this is a race after all.
Erika
returns with two bottles of plant-based perfume along with the clue, as the
children all clap for Zelda. Zelda and
Erika curtsy for one another as Link tears open and reads the clue.
Link:
Head to Cycling Road
and ride to Fuchsia
City, then go on foot to
the Safari Zone.
“Teams
must now head to the west end of Celadon
City, to the eastern
terminus of Route 16. Once there, they
must pick out a bicycle and ride down routes 16, 17, and 18, collectively known
as Cycling Road. Once they reach the end of the road they must
travel on foot across Fuchsia City to Safari
Zone National
Park, where they will receive their next clue.”
At
the department store, Falcon and Summer set off on finding the pokemon and
their trainers first.
Falcon: I see a Pigeot over there!
Summer:
That must be a Ninetales over there!
Falcon:
Why do you say that?
Summer:
Because it has nine tales…count em.
Falcon:
Well okay, I didn’t realize that names were that obvious. Here, take the TM book, there must be a
fire-type TM in here somewhere. Ah yes,
TM 38, that’s Fire Blast. Sir, would you
be interested in buying this technical machine?
Trainer:
How much?
Falcon:
q400 is the price.
Trainer:
I’ll take it.
Falcon:
You have a deal, thank you sir.
Summer:
You have a flying type pokemon in Pigeot, so TM 43 Sky Attack would be greatly
to your benefit. It’s q350 for this one.
Trainer:
That would be a very helpful maneuver, I’ll buy it.
Summer:
Great, I’ll take your cash and here you are, thank you!
Summer
and Falcon breeze through initially, as only one flying type and fire type TM
exists in Kanto’s original set of TMs.
Once they hit the late ones though, they struggle.
Falcon:
Your Diglett is a rock type, TM 48 Rock Slide might be good for you.
Trainer:
Diglett is a ground type, not rock.
Falcon:
Oh come on, what’s the difference. Jody,
what’s the TM for the ground types?
Summer:
Well there’s many, there’s TM 26, 27, 28…
Falcon:
Yeah, yeah, TM 27, Fissure, that should work.
Trainer:
Fissure is too advanced, Diglett cannot learn that move.
Falcon:
Jody, do you have any TM 26 or 28?
Summer:
No, I have to go back to the counter to get those, I didn’t bring them.
Falcon:
Oh shoot. **Looks at the line for the
elevator. We’ll never get this done in
time.
Mario
and Luigi reach the clue box at the Game Corner, quickly followed by Fox and
Krystal. They both head for the
department store, and within several minutes the store is blanketed by three
teams trying to sell their wares.
Meanwhile,
Metaknight and Dedede continue to search for the master ball inside of their
car, which is painted like a Meowth.
Dedede uses a good strategy, throwing his weight around and knocking
hundreds of balls right out the window in waves without having to throw
them. On one such movement though, he
accidentally elbows Metaknight in the face, knocking him from the car.
Metaknight:
Dedede you idiot! Will you please watch
where you’re throwing that pudgy belly of yours! Metaknight gets up gingerly, then notices
that there is a purple ball on the ground between his feet and the rear
tire. Before he can get it, Dedede jumps
out and grabs it.
Dedede:
My pudgy belly just found our next clue.
Shut your trap.
Olimar
and Louie realize that they are behind and work extra hard to catch up.
At
the gym, Ike and Lyn have difficulty re-telling the story.
Ike:
This caused an earthquake, which sent Team Rocket and their Clefairy flying…
Erika:
No, no good.
Ike:
Aw man, I thought that was it. Lyn which
one was it?
Lyn:
Meowth.
Ike:
Shoot. Okay, you try next.
After
looking over the book for a minute, Lyn gives it a try.
Lyn:
Ash wanted to use his Pikachu, but the sensational sisters forbade it. As such, Ash decided to use two flying-type
pokemon, Pigeotto and Butterfree. Misty
used two water-type pokemon, Staryu and Psyduck, in her effort to defeat him.
Erika:
No. That’s not right, try again.
Lyn:
Curses. Oh yes, there were two of the
star pokemon, Psyduck was later.
Back
at the department store, Fox and Krystal power their way through the challenge,
while Mario and Luigi have some difficulty.
Trouble is that with their background in plumbing, the brothers aren’t
well rehearsed in trying to make sales pitches.
Mario:
And-a this one, this is Mega Drain. It
will take your plant type pokemon’s energy and use it as a beam toward your
enemy.
Trainer:
I don’t think Mega Drain does that.
Luigi:
But it takes energy away from your opponent and uses it against them.
Trainer:
Look, this is Celadon, we’re all experts on plant-type pokemon. TM 21 doesn’t do that.
Mario
and Luigi look at one another confused.
They head back downstairs to the instruction manual at the main kiosk.
Fox:
You have a Chansey, that’s great. TM 41
is Softboiled, it gives the pokemon the ability to make eggs and then use them
to recover energy. I can sell it for
q300.
Trainer:
That’s just what I need. Here you go.
Fox:
Thank you very much. That’s nine down
Krystal, we just need one more!
Krystal:
You’ve got a Kadabra, a psychic-type pokemon.
There are many psychic TMs, are you looking for offense or defense?
Trainer:
I’m looking for a move that will get inside the head of the other pokemon, and
the other trainer by extension, something truly devious.
Krystal:
Wow, I like your attitude. I have just
the TM for you. TM 42 is Dream
Eater. It is used after your Kadabra
puts the opponent to sleep, it eats their dreams and by extension their life
force. I’ll sell it for q400.
Trainer:
That sounds great. I’ll buy it.
Krystal:
Yay! We’ve got all 10. Hurry let’s get back downstairs!
Falcon:
Oh no, the foxes got all 10. Hurry Jody,
I think I see the freighters! We have to
boost outta here!
Zelda
and Link park their bikes at the bike station, embarking on the short walk to
the Safari Zone.
Zelda:
I’m exhausted. That was so far of a bike
ride. My legs hurt a lot.
Link:
We’re almost there. Just a little
further.
Zelda
slumps to the ground as her legs give out for a minute. Link responds by picking her up onto his
shoulders and carrying her for the last quarter mile or so. They get curious looks from the pedestrians
in Fuschia City.
At last they reach the clue box.
Zelda:
Roadblock…who’s a good catch?
Link:
Definitely me. Find a Kangaskhan and
catch it.
“This
roadblock requires teams to find and catch one of the safari zone’s most famous
breeds of pokemon, the Kangaskhan. Using
just a poke flute, some bait, and standard poke balls, the teams must secure
one of these creatures and return it to the entrance. Once they have the pokeball with pokemon in
tow, they will be handed their next clue.”
Link:
Alright, the Kangaskhan is a kangaroo, so I have to look for it. Ah there’s one.
Link
sneaks up from behind and lays down some bait.
The kangaroo turns and notices it, but walks the opposite direction.
Link:
Hmm…must not be hungry. I’ll go find
another someplace else.
Back
on cycling road, Fox and Krystal fly down the road, hoping to make up time on
Link and Zelda. Fox drives his bike into
a higher gear, heading down the hill at speeds of upwards of fifty miles per
hour. Krystal does her best to draft
behind him. Like a pair of daredevils
they pay no attention to the danger of their speed or to the other riders
around them. About twenty-five minutes
after they started they pull into the bike exchange on the outskirts of Fuschia City.
Fox:
Now that’s what I call a land speed record.
Krystal:
We’ll need another one in the Safari Zone if we want to win the leg. Let’s move.
Back
at the daycare, Ike and Lyn have left, having completed the challenge. Dedede and Metaknight are now up to take
their chances, and their exploits are even more misguided.
Dedede:
The great swarms of Clefairy slowed their progress…
Erika:
No, no, no. The children laugh at the
blooper. Dedede goes back to read the
book again.
Metaknight: Ash wanted to use his Psyduck…
Erika:
No, that’s not right. The children again
burst out in laughter.
Metaknight:
But, but Ash had a yellow pokemon…and it started with a P…how could that be
wrong???
Back
at the department store, Mario and Luigi notice Olimar and Louie catching up on
them quickly. They are still two away
from being complete.
Trainer:
My Hypno wants to be defense-oriented.
Do you have anything that will help?
Mario:
**confers with Luigi. Why of course. There are-a many psychic TMs, but TM 33,
called Reflect, can stop an enemy from attacking with any accuracy or
precision. It’s-a perfect.
Trainer:
Nice. You sure know your TMs.
Mario:
It’ll-a be q300.
Luigi:
What’s that, you need an electric attack for your Electrode? TM 24 will do quite nicely, it is a strong
Thunderbolt attack, pretty good.
Trainer:
But I need the strongest attack there is.
Thunderbolt is good for Pika Cup Competition, but if I ever want to make
it into the Kanto Pokemon League tournament I need the best!
Luigi:
**thinks. Oh by ducky, I can’t-a believe
I forgot! TM 25 is Thunder. This one is crazy strong, it’ll-a knock out
even the strongest of enemies in no time flat.
Trainer:
How much is it? I can’t go without this!
Luigi:
I don’t know…I don’t think I could let it go for less than q800.
Mario:
Luigi!
Luigi:
Oh alright, it’s-a yours for q500.
Trainer:
Thank you very much!
Mario:
We’re-a on to the next challenge!
Up
ahead at the Safari Zone, Fox McCloud tries his hand at catching a
Kangaskhan. He lays the bait down, but
unfortunately the kangaroo pokemon does not pay it any attention. He tries to use the poke flute next, but a
cringe worthy noise comes out instead, causing most pokemon in the area to
flee.
Krystal:
Fox should not play musical instruments.
Zelda:
I didn’t want to be mean, but I was thinking the same thing.
Clear
on the other end of the preserve, Link manages to distract one Kangaskhan by
hoarding it into a group, near a Lickitung, a Weezing, and a Tauros. As the Kangaskhan is eating, Link tosses the
poke ball. The timing is perfect, and
his prey provides little resistance. The
hylian hero rushes in to grab the poke ball and starts stampeding through the
park back to the entrance.
Zelda:
Link you did it! We can get the next
clue!
Link:
**tears open the clue. Go to the next
pit stop, Articuno
Cave!
When
all tasks are completed, teams must head to Fuschia
City Beach,
where they will saddle up a water pokemon of their choice to lead them across
Sea Route 19 to the Seafoam Islands, where on the northern shore of the island
chain lies Articuno
Cave. This cave is home to one of the three
mystical bird pokemon of Kanto, the ice bird, Articuno. It is also the Pit Stop for this leg of the
race. The last team to check in here…may
be eliminated.
Just
as Link and Zelda reach the beach, Fox is able to catch his Kangaskhan. He comes tearing through the entranceway with
the poke ball and Krystal grabs the clue.
Krystal:
Go to the next pit stop, Articuno
Cave.
Fox:
If we move quickly we might still catch them for 1st place. Let’s go!
Back
on cycling road, three teams jockey for position. Mario and Luigi use their weight to their
advantage, as it pulls them down the hill quickly, out ahead of the sleeker Falcon
and Summer. Seeing this, the two F-Zero
drivers pound the pedals and draft in behind the plumbers, sitting on their
wheel and not letting them get away.
Eventually Ike pulls up to the group and passes, but due to a great
weight difference between them, Lady Lyndis can’t keep up with her
comrade. The duo from Gallia
become strung out over the course and lose ground. Ike realizes his error and circles back to
find Lyn, who has become entangled within a greater group of cyclists. The other two teams reach the Safari Zone
neck and neck with one another. Mario
and Falcon head out into the park looking for the Kangaskhan that will complete
the leg for them.
The
wind whips across the ocean as the sun begins its descent. Two water pokemon, a Lapras and a Dewgong,
carry the leading teams across toward the Seafoam Islands. At the map of the Nintendo Universe stands
Phil, along with Ash, Gary,
Brock, Misty, and Professors Oak and Ivy.
Standing right next to Phil is Blaine, the leader of Seafoam Islands Gym.
The
first team comes bounding down the beach, tossing their bags down on the sand
in front of Articuno
Cave. The mystical bird itself stands by the
entranceway behind them.
Professor
Oak: Welcome to the Seafoam
Islands.
“Link
and Zelda you are team #1!”
Link
and Zelda: YES! The two hyrulians
embrace one another with fervor as they celebrate their stage victory. They even share a kiss in front of the
cameras and the crowd, which emits some catcalls.
“As
the winner of this leg of the race you have won a trip for two from Koopa Air,
and you will be traveling to the Orange Archipelago.”
Link:
Alright! A totally new place to explore!
“You’ll
spend five nights at the exquisite Sketchit Resort on Shamouti Island,
site of 2000’s battle of the mystical birds.
There you’ll be treated to a safari on Pinkin
Island National
Park, a scuba dive in the South Kanto
Sea, a deluxe spa
treatment, and dinner on the beach.”
Zelda:
Sounds pretty romantic. Just what we
need in order to run a kingdom properly.
“And
here comes another team right now.”
Fox
and Krystal come bounding down the beach, reaching the mat.
“Fox
and Krystal you are team #2.”
Fox:
Wow, that was close, just not quite enough.
Congratulations Link and Zelda.
Zelda:
You two made up a lot of ground.
Krystal:
If not for you finding that master ball so quickly we would’ve won.
“Exactly
how did you find it so quickly?”
Zelda:
A woman never reveals her secrets.
As
the day wears on and the sun begins to set, the teams in the middle of the pack
reach the islands.
“Falcon
and Summer, you are team #3.”
“Mario
and Luigi, you are team #4.”
“Ike
and Lyn, you are team #5.”
Back
at the Safari Zone, the two remaining teams are trying desperately to catch a
Kangaskhan. Twice Dedede has come close
to securing the animal only for it to break out of the poke ball at the last
second. On the opposite side, Olimar has
corralled in his prey meticulously with bait, waiting for the right time to
strike.
Dedede:
Come on, come on.
Olimar:
I know I have it this time!
The
pokeball’s red light stays on as the balls roll on the ground. The light goes out for one, with the pocket
monster breaking out on the other.
Dedede:
Curse it all!
Olimar:
Yes! Pit stop here we come! Olimar and Louie come running out of the
Safari Zone and across Fuchsia
City. Dedede eventually corrals his prey but by the
time he does they are at least ten minutes back. Olimar and Louie stake out their water
pokemon, a Tentacruel. In seconds they
are gliding across the ocean, which by now is illuminated almost solely by the
stars.
When
they reach the beach, Dedede and Metaknight check out the few remaining
pokemon, one a Slowbro, the other a Blastoise, neither really a bastion of
speed. Then they notice something else,
a Charizard standing at the edge of the corral.
They immediately flock to it and within seconds they are airborne,
flying high over the ocean. With the
fire dragon in their command, they fly way ahead of the group from Hocotate,
landing far ahead of them on the shores of the Seafoam Islands. They quickly locate Phil and run there with
smiles on their faces. It has been a
tough leg, but at least they would advance to the next leg.
“Metaknight
and Dedede.”
Metaknight:
Yes?
“You
are indeed the 6th team to arrive.”
Dedede:
Good.
“However…you
did not follow the instructions for the final trip from Fuchsia to
Seafoam. You were supposed to travel
with a water-type pokemon, not a fire or flying type as you did. As a result, you have incurred a thirty minute
time penalty. You must wait thirty
minutes before I can check you in.”
Metaknight:
What?! That’s not fair! We’re here, how could we not be here? Time penalty?
Why you worthless little twat!
Metaknight
and Dedede are in shock as the decision is rendered, but Dedede eventually gets
Metaknight away from Phil and the cameras.
There is little they can do but wait out the time in the production
truck on scene.
A
certain amount of time later, Olimar and Louie disembark. Their faces are down. They saw Metaknight and Dedede fly overhead
and know that their trip is likely over.
Professor
Ivy: Welcome to the Seafoam
Islands.
Olimar:
Thank you very much.
“Olimar
and Louie.”
Louie:
It’s bad isn’t it?
“You
guys are still in this race, you are team #6.”
Olimar:
Whoa! How in the…amazing! Olimar and Louie high five and chest bump one
another, both of them losing their footing and falling to the sand, to the
amusement of the trainers standing in their midst.
After
the served time penalty, Metaknight and Dedede emerge once again.
“Metaknight
and Dedede…I am sorry to inform you that you are the last team to arrive.”
Doom
washes over the faces of the two villains as the grim reality is known.
“I’m
also sorry to tell you that you have been eliminated from the race.”
Metaknight:
I hate you, this is all your fault! You
just had to pick the Charizard didn’t you?!
It’s your fault that we’re out a million dollars.
Dedede:
Excuse me, but it’s not like the turtle or the platypus would’ve outrun that
giant jellyfish. And besides, it was
because of you that we missed the train!
It’s your fault we don’t have the money!
Metaknight
and Dedede come to blow, punching one another and eventually rolling in the
sand like a bunch of spoiled babies.
Blaine: Hey! You will not make a mess of my gym, or this
beach, or our precious cave! Ninetales,
Arcanine, Magmar, GO!
Blaine’s fire
pokemon make quick work of the embattled villains, torching them right off the
set as the episode concludes.
Standings
for Race Leg #7:
1st
– Link & Zelda
2nd
– Fox & Krystal
3rd
– Falcon & Summer
4th
– Mario & Luigi
5th
– Ike & Lyn
6th
– Olimar & Louie
7th
– Dedede & Metaknight (eliminated)
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