Pirate Ice Storm

"Pirate Ice Storm" is the first segment of the 5th Season 1 episode of PJ Masks: Power Heroes. It was directed by Christian De Vita and written by Tony Cooke. It was premiered on May 20, 2023 in the United States and May 7, 2023 in France. It was viewed by 0.15 million viewers. 
== Summary ==
An over-eager Ice Cub tries to serve justice to Pirate Robot with his ice powers, but Pirate Robot easily evades him.
== Characters ==
The following characters appeared in the episode "Pirate Ice Storm":
* Gekko (main hero in this mission)
* Ice Cub (main hero in this mission)
* Catboy
* Owlette
* PJ Robot
* Newton Star
* An Yu
* Pirate Robot
* Flybot Sally
* Romeo (mentioned)
* Ninjalinos (brief appearance)
* Wolfy Kids (brief appearance)
* Tommy
* Ruffles
* Mrs. Taylor
* Long John Laptop (mentioned)
== Synopsis ==
Ivan and Greg are in the city on their way to the post office when they notice a lamp post that has been knocked over with pudding. Greg deduces that it's the work of Pirate Robot. Ivan, who has never met Pirate Robot, fears this means trouble since pirates are usually bad, but Greg assures him that Pirate Robot is harmless and ultimately silly. Nevertheless, Ivan decides he must be stopped. That night, the Power Heroes meet up in Power Q. After seeing that Pirate Robot is flying over the city in his ship firing puddings, Gekko and Ice Cub take the Gekko-Mobile and head to Earth to intercept him.
They soon find Pirate Robot, who is still shooting puddings at various objects. He claims it's just target practice, and Gekko tries to calmly resolve the situation by urging him to go practice elsewhere. Pirate Robot agrees, and Gekko considers the situation solved. However, this does little to convince Ice Cub that Pirate Robot means no real harm, (especially when one of his pudding shots bounces off some buildings and hits him in the rear) and he gives chase. He fires some snowballs at the Spanner of the Skies, but Pirate Robot manages to deflect them back and they hit Gekko instead. While Ice Cub unfreezes Gekko, Pirate Robot interprets Ice Cub's attack as a challenge to a duel, and attacks him. What follows is a battle where Ice Cub and Pirate Robot chase each other through the city, firing snowballs and puddings at each other. Unfortunately, Ice Cub's snowballs all miss the ship and end up freezing Catboy, An Yu and Owlette, who were in the process of stopping some Ninjalinos and the Wolfy Kids from robbing the museum and Comic Book Store, respectively; Gekko is also hit again as well. Ice Cub finally realizes his actions only made the situation worse.
Pirate Robot takes the Spanner of the Skies into space, where he spots the new Space HQ and decides to attack it. He connects his ship to HQ and drains some of its power to supercharge his ship. On Earth, Ice Cub unfreezes his teammates and apologizes for not listening to Gekko. Then Pirate Robot attacks with his supercharged ship. An Yu, Catboy, Owlette and Gekko are unable to fight as they are still suffering from the effects of having been frozen, so Ice Cub is the only one that can stop him. He follows Pirate Robot and tries to talk to him, but the latter now sees him as a threat and keeps fighting. Once the other heroes have recovered enough, they join Ice Cub in helping him distract Pirate Robot so he can disable his ship with a huge iceberg in the moat. Pirate Robot surrenders and declares Ice Cub the winner of their duel. The two can now finally talk with one another, and the latter convinces him to use The Park for his target pratice from now on. The heroes shout their victory cry.
== Moral/Lesson ==
* It's better to try and talk things over, as fighting will only lead to more fighting.
== Trivia ==
* Pirate Robot and Flybot Sally meet Ice Cub and An Yu for the first time.
* Pirate Robot joins the PJ Masks' victory pose for the sixth time.
** The previous five times were in "Owlette, the Pirate Queen," "Midnight Snack Attack," "Captain Pirate Robot," "Moon Marooned," and "Romeo's Pirate Trap."
* An Yu and Ice Cub say Pirate Robot's name for the first time.
** Pirate Robot also says Ice Cub's name for the first time.
* This is the fourth time the Ninjalinos appeared without Night Ninja.
** The previous three times were in the shorts "Owl Eyes," "Taking Turns," and in the episode "Luna Kazoomer."
* Greg mentions the time when Pirate Robot was supposed to be created as a robot chef in his debut episode.
* This is the fifth time Pirate Robot enters space.
** The first was "Pirate Robot," the second being "The Voyage of the Golden Asteroid," the third being "Moon Marooned," and the fourth being "Romeo's Pirate Trap."
* The title card doesn't include the category "Pirate Power" in it, revealing that both this category and "Animal Power" have been discontinued per Season 6.
* This episode reveals that the other members of the Power Heroes who don't go on the episode's primary mission are still busy stopping other villains elsewhere.
** This would also explain why they are not able to come to the main heroes' aid when they face trouble.
* Instead of Pirate Robot calling Flybot Sally by her name, he keeps calling her his chipmate/shipmate.
* Pirate Robot reacts to Owlette as if this is the first time he sees her, even though he already met her in his debut episode.
* This is the first episode where Amaya is not shown in the daytime.
=== Errors ===
* In the opening credits, Tony Cooke's name is misspelled as Tony Cook.
* In some scenes, Ice Cub's visor on his helmet is missing.