In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 4/5

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In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 4/5 is the fourth installment of the In Search of the Scarlet Griffin series by The Philmer. It premiered on October 4, 2020. In the video, Spymankiller battles BSoD's Gang alone, but loses and is forced to get The Scarlet Griffin out of its temple for them, Phil and Saturn reveal their loves to Jenny and Alice, respectively and the whole Journey Squad learns more about the artifact from Arthur.
== Synopsis ==
In the penultimate part of the series, Spy faces BSoD's Gang all alone and gets to The Scarlet Griffin itself for the first time. Phil catches up with Jenny, while Saturn has something to tell to Alice. Additionally, the Journey Squad learns more about the origins and power of the titular artifact.
== Plot ==
The video opens with Spy arriving on Nisipoulis. Blue Screen isn't shocked to see him and immediately jokes that he could have told them he wanted to die from their own hands. He then comments that he must be either courageous or stupid to face them alone, to which Spy says he won't be laughing in a minute and a fight between him and BSoD's Gang members starts. Eventually, Spyman is defeated and lies hurt on the ground, while BSoD tells him his new plan. He wants to let Spy into The Griffin's Cave, so that he would go through all the painful boobytraps and get the artifact for them and later activate it himself, being a good person. Spy says he is not good, but the villains don't care and push him into the temple.
At the Phalanx facility, Phil gathers up courage to go inside the emergency room and reveal his feelings to Jenny, which is observed and commented by Dr Saturn, OkiWan and Lenny standing behind him. Phil realizes they're there and tells them that his feeling towards Jenny is reborn and he knows that he needs to tell her everything. He soon goes in and asks Jenny how is her arm, to see her reveal her new metal limb. Phil says he's sorry, but the girl isn't really concerned about it, as it can be useful during her future adventures. They then talk about Spy's behaviour, reminisce their past and finally, Phil reveals his feelings. Jenny does so too, revealing that she felt the same through all these years. The two share a hug and decide they have to go to the board room to plan their new strategy with the rest of the gang.
In the board room, Saturn, Alice and Hans are talking with Mad, who reveals that it was him, who accidentally "stole" Hans' hovercycles, which doesn't make the Phalanx scientist happy. Mad then says he and the rest are in the middle of cleaning the lab and Pankid joins the talk, saying he needs to rush the other guys, so that they finish before teleportation and Phil doesn't find the mess. Alice also says that they have to set the coordinates to Nisipoulis, as they should be going there pretty soon. The call then ends and Saturn wants to talk with Alice for a second, but is interrupted by Phil and Jenny coming back. Hans then says that someone else is also back and it is revealed to be Arthur, who finished his mission earlier than expected. He notices that Spy isn't with them and hears what happened, expressing his certainity that his grandson is alright. When he hears Jenny mention The Scarlet Griffin, he decides to tell the gang something about it. At first Phil refuses, saying they already know enough, but Arthur correctly guesses they don't know what can happen if it's used by someone who's not good or doesn't have the required four traits.
The tank tells them about the artifacts origins and the consequences of someone not good using it. Next, Alice asks Saturn what did he want from her and just when he is about to respond, he is interrupted by Hans, which makes him infuriated. He then politely asks everyone to leave them for a moment and proceeds to tell Alice what he wanted to tell her for a long time. When Alice hears that he's in love with her, she takes that information in calmly and says that she appreciates Saturn a lot, but needs to think if she returns the feeling. She also realizes that this was why she was chosen to be in the Journey Squad and says that Sat asked Phil to get her in. However, Sat denies anything like this happened and quickly realizes what his friend did. The rest of their friends then enter the room again.
In Phil's Mansion, Rex and Blank Tank are talking with Droppy and refusing to help in cleaning the lab, as they weren't present during the No-Life incident and were digging a hole instead. Pankid says no one else is available to clean the floor, when he suddenly asks them where did they dig that hole. It is then shown to be right outside the house, which makes Pankid change his mind and tell them to bury it. Back in The Griffin's Cave, Spy finds the entrance to the main chamber and pushes a lever, which he thinks would activate the door. However, it turns on the spikes on the ceilling instead. Spy wishes that his friends would rescue him, but realizes that they probably wouldn't sacrifice everything for him, just like he didn't want to sacrifice everything for Jenny. He then takes on a serious face and tries opening the door with his arms. When he pushes it, it flips and he finally stands next to The Scarlet Griffin. He thinks how it's a powerful artifact and is eventually tempted by the thought of using it against the villains. He also hears The Griffin itself speaking to him and encouraging to do so, but he manages to stop himself and grabs the artifact before anything happens. He comments that either the idol really spoke to him or he was just going insane.
Back at Phalanx, the Journey Squad is revising their new plan. Phil says that they're 80% certain BSoD used Spy to find the Scarlet Griffin and OkiWan asks where exactly on the island was it located. Jenny tells about its cave and No-Life rudely interrupts her, which makes OkiWan ask him why is he still with them, which leads to No-Life's emotional confession. However, Oki doesn't believe him. Phil then says they have two tasks - to save Spy and get The Griffin before BSoD. Oki isn't sure about the former, as Spy just left them alone, while Lenny says he gets Spy's point. Phil then clears out that he never said the rest of the world doesn't matter and covinces everyone that they have to save Spy. Hans then says he upgraded the Phalanx jet for more seats and weaponry and Phil thanks him, to then turn towards the screen and tell Spy, as if he could hear him, that they're coming to save him.
== Characters ==
*Blue Screen of Death
*Jack Jester
*Commander Bus
*Spymankiller
*Copper
*Dr Rex
*Gun henchmen
* Phil
* Dr Saturn
* OkiWan
* Lenny Jester
* Jenny Brown
* Alice Marbleford
*Hans
*Mad Playz
*No-Life
*Pankid
*Arthur
*Garmatrol (cameo)
*Rex
*Blank Tank
*Droppy
*Mangle (mentioned)
*Caddict (mentioned)
*PCus (mentioned)
*Charles (mentioned)
*Ryan (mentioned)
*Joseph (mentioned)
== Trivia ==
=== General ===
*The Philmer's personal second favourite episode in the series, due to a lot of interactions between characters.
*Some characters got their templates slightly updated for this part, while a few got brand new ones.
*First appearance of Garmatrol in a video not made by OkiWan.
*It was supposed to be the shortest episode of the series, but it changed to the longest out of first four after massive rewrites.
*The initial idea for this episode had Spy rescue Commander Bus and Dr Rex from The Griffin's Cave after they went there during Part 3 and got stuck between the traps. This was changed to give Spy more time alone and rethink his choices.
*Whether The Scarlet Griffin really spoke to Spy or if he just imagined it is left open for interpretation.
*There was an idea that after saying the first line in his revelation to Alice, Saturn would add "But for God’s sake, it’s not a JJ Abrams movie!", poking fun at Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, in which Finn constantly tried to tell something to Rey, but we never actually found out what that was. The joke was thrown away, as it might have been anti-climactic.
=== Continuity ===
* Andromeda is still clearly visible on the night sky, as it didn't come back to its original location after the events of Collision Course.
* Phil mentions his previous battles with BSoD's Gang, as well as references the events of Hurricane Inbound.
=== References ===
* Jack's line "And remember! In Latin, Jehovah begins with an I!" is a reference to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in which the main character, just like Spy, had to get an artifact for the villains. To get it, Indiana had to go through three trials, one of which was to spell the name of the Christian God.
* The background computer character looks similar to The Philmer's old desktop.
* Jenny's nickname for Phil, Mr. Brownie, is the nickname The Philmer used many years ago on the Internet.
* The board room is designed to look like the war room from Dr Strangelove.
* The sheet with the plan contains three easter-eggs. One of the sentences says "If you can read this, you're too close to the screen". Next to it, there's a Lennyface. There's also a coded sentence at the bottom.
* The screen to the left of the board room entrance is pitch black with a description: "Inside of a black hole".
* Rex calls Droppy "Killgrave", referencing a Marvel villain of the same name, also known as Purple Man.
* The sign under the lever outside the main chamber says "Wrong lever!". Originally, it was going to say "Pull the lever, Kronk!", but being a proper name, "Kronk" wouldn't be translated into Greek and the reference would be too obvious.
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