The Blue Riser

For the character who appeared in this episode, see Melissa Cartridges.
"The Blue Riser" is the forty-second episode of Butterfly Valley (1998 series) and the sixteenth episode of the second season.
==Synopsis==
One of the members of the Max Defenders, the Blue Riser, went to a vacation at the coast of Butterfly Valley, but with the trolls spying on her, King Boogieman is alerted that a new threat has unleashed…
==Plot==
In Bluebell's house, Bluebell and Spike are watching an episode of The Max Defenders on TV in the living room. They cheer for one of the main characters, the Blue Riser, who represents Butterfly Valley.
The Blue Riser fought against a blob monster named Gorgo. She draws out her Rise Saber and charges towards Gorgo, but he extends one of his tentacle-like appendages to capture her, only for one of her teammates, Mistletoe-7, frees her with his Pine Whip and the two distract Gorgo, allowing the leader of the team, Captain Northian, to defeat him.
Aldith calls Bluebell and Spike for lunch and they ran to the kitchen. They eat bread and mayonnaise sandwiches and orange juices, then Spike began to talk about the Max Defenders TV series, especially Bluebell's favorite superheroine the Blue Riser.
A mysterious shadowy figure wearing a coat and fedora suddenly came into Butterfly Valley, hiding behind one of the night markets.
Meanwhile at the Floral Showgrounds in Sideview Beach, the kids are watching a superhero show starring the local superhero, Captain Chaser. The kids cheer for Captain Chaser, but Petunia gets overexcited when his sidekick, Bristle Boy, came in the scene, helping him defeat the villain.
The show then ended and the kids applaud, especially Petunia, who weeps over Bristle Boy, who happens to be her favorite superhero. Rose tells Petunia to calm down, then she asks her if she wants to visit Butterfly Valley and Petunia agreed.
The twins went to Butterfly Valley with the magic flower and Petunia notices a shadowy figure behind the donut shop. She alerts Rose that she noticed a ninja, to which she responded that the person is not a ninja and tells her to find out who the mysterious person is.
The twins walk around the neighborhood before reaching Bluebell's house. Petunia knocks the door, but Rose tells her to knock it gently, though they do not notice a bell next to the door. Aldith opens the door and greets the twins, then she informs them that there was a bell next to the door and the twins realize it.
Rose and Petunia enter the house and greet the rest of Bluebell's family. Spike soon takes them to his room so he can discuss about the Max Defenders, with Bluebell joining them.
Spike introduces Rose and Petunia to his Max Defenders toys, while Bluebell talks about the Max Defenders TV series with them. She commented that the show has some great special effects, likeable characters and decent gadgets. Petunia holds up a Maverick Man action figure, which reminds her of Bristle Boy, her favorite superhero.
The troll guards are assigned to kidnap the Blue Riser, but they don't know where she is. They went into the donut shop, thinking that she is having lunch for donuts. They find out that she is not here.
When Bluebell talks about the Blue Riser, Petunia had earlier saw a mysterious person who looks just like her. 
Meanwhile in the Great Troll Palace, the troll guards are spying on the butterfly fairies when King Boogieman came into the room asks then if they found anything then he noticed the mysterious person relaxing at the beach. 
The troll guards are still finding the Blue Riser, but they only found a fedora and a trench coat on a coat hanger. They notice the mysterious person resting on her chair.
They walk to the mysterious person, who is drinking her lemonade. They only find out that she is none other than the Blue Riser herself. She introduces herself as Melissa Cartridges of the Max Defenders, startling the trolls.
Melissa presents her Max Evolver to the trolls and transforms into the Blue Riser, then she draws out her Rise Saber, ready to pursue the troll guards, whilst Bluebell and Spike went out of the house and were astonished when they see the real Blue Riser in action.
When the Blue Riser prepares to finish off the trolls, one of the troll guards launches a sturdy binding ring to successfully capture her. Bluebell and Spike were shocked when the Blue Riser lost against the trolls, not until Rose and Petunia came to free her with their vanishing spells on the binding ring.
The Blue Riser thanks the twins for rescuing her, then the girls finish off the troll guards by converging the twins' attacking spell and the Blue Riser's Rising Crash finisher, causing the trolls to fly back to the Troll Kingdom.
King Boogieman noticed the now-bruised troll guards, who apologize for failing to capture the Blue Riser. This upsets King Boogieman and he loudly curses the Max Defenders.
The Blue Riser thanks Rose and Petunia for their help, then Bluebell and Spike came and thank the Blue Riser and the twins for saving the day. The Blue Riser tells Bluebell and Spike if there is any trolls attacking the place, they can call her anytime, but Bluebell rescinded, since she wanted to be a brave superheroine just like her. Rose and Petunia soon bid farewell to the butterfly fairies and return home using the magic flower.
Meanwhile in the Great Troll Palace, one of the troll guards marks out the amount of losses to the Max Defenders, then King Boogieman came into the room and reminds them about his wife Queen Peregia's birthday, so they must prepare in no time, causing the trolls to panic.
Back at the Floral Showgrounds, Celia greets the twins and presents a copy of a Captain Chaser comic book to them, then Rose explains today's adventure with her sister, including the private discussion about the Max Defenders with Bluebell and Spike and helping the Blue Riser defeat the trolls. The episode soon ends when Celia offers them two more copies of the same comic book.
==Trivia==
*The Max Defenders, the show Bluebell and Spike are watching, is a parody of the tokusatsu genre, namely Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Power Rangers.
**In fact, Just real action, no adaptation., the tagline for The Max Defenders TV series refers to the fact that it is a genuinely original show not adapted from other shows in, unlike Power Rangers, which derived from Toei Company's Super Sentai series.
**The villains in the show resemble the Tube Underground Empire from Hikari Sentai Maskman.
**The devices that the Max Defenders use to transform are worn on the wrist like many transformation devices in the Super Sentai series.
**All of these mean this is only the second episode of the whole series to make references to the tokusatsu genre in general, after "Saving Little Bluebell".
*Queen Peregia does not appear physically in this episode, although she was mentioned by King Boogieman.
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