Bear Trap (Episode)

This article is about the episode. For the character, see: Bear Trap.
"Bear Trap" is the 2nd episode of the first season of Epithet Erased, the 2nd episode of the "Museum Arc", and the 2nd episode overall in the series. It will be adapted in the EP 1-4 Novelization. 
==Synopsis==
Faced with an even bigger threat than the Banzai Blasters, Molly must team up with their leader, Giovanni, if she wants to stand a fighting chance of escaping the museum. But there may be even more nightmarish foes lurking in the darkened halls…
==Cast==
See Also: Bear Trap/Full Credits
*Dani Chambers as Molly
*Lindsay Sheppard as Mera
*Anthony Sardinha as Indus
*Kyle Igneczi as Giovanni
*Emily Fajardo as Museum Voice
*Sandra Espinoza as Woman on Phone
*Zack Maher as Sylvie
*Heath Morrow as Sgt. Bear
*Cyrus Rodas as Dr. Beefton
*Caleb Yen as Banzai 1
*Meg McClain as Banzai 2
==Plot==
In the Sweet Jazz City Museum back room, Molly Blyndeff asks what Mera Salamin meant by "rob this museum" since they are security guards. Molly realizes that is why their tour was so bad. Mera is offended by this, saying she didn't try because there was no reason to. Molly points out that Indus Tarbella was trying, Indus is glad that he was right that kids can tell the difference and us even happier when he find out he got four stars, telling Mera how her biggest problem is she doesn't engage enough. Mera counters that they don't need to be engaging, they need find the amulet and steal Molly's Epithet. 
Giovanni begins sobbing over his minions, Spike, Crusher, and Dark Star, were defeated by Indus and Mera a few minutes ago. Mera says it is impressive he managed to survive their duel tech, Scattergun, before telling Indus to imprison them in the Dinosaur Exhibit. At first, he is excited since he loves dinosaurs, but as as is about to so, he realizes that then there would be no one to protect to Mera. 
He does as she requests and locks Giovanni and Molly, as well as the unconscious Dark Star, Crusher, and Spike, behind one of his signature barriers. Afterwards, he wanders off to read about dinosaurs from the Museum's exhibit. Molly sits on the minions as Giovanni yells at Indus, pointing out how he could have trapped them inside the dinosaur bones, like he describe in last will and testament. He tried to brag to Molly he did this because his life is dangerous but in response Molly explained she wrote hers since you or a loved one could die at any moment, bumming Giovanni out. Indus notices the Apatosaurus, and expresses his admiration for it since if his neck was that long him and Mera could never get lost.
Giovanni tried to convince Molly that they should escape since Mera wants to steal their epithets. Molly tried to downplay the situation, explaining that she doesn't really need her epithet and Mera seems like she wants it. Giovanni yelled at her, explaining that her wanting it was a dumb reason to give it up and that her powers are awesome, pointing out that it was able to negate one of his attacks at maximum power.
Molly points out that they really strong despite this and Giovanni says they must be for them to take down his minions. However, Molly points out his minions were bad. Giovanni yells out that his minions are trying their best but realizes that she makes a good point, without minions he might not be able to defeat him. Deciding that Molly is should be his minion. He asks her name and she says it is "Molly". Giovanni thought this name sounded lame so he combined her being quiet and her affinity for bears to form her new alias: Bear Trap. 
Molly accepted her role and Giovanni explained that her role was a retail store manager, Molly understanding immediately. Tasked with trying to come up with a way out, Molly called over Indus and asked if Mera is his boss. Indus explained that Mera is his master, after he was defeated by Mera years ago, he started following her teachings. Which are actually chores disguised as training, noting that he has not yet mastered doing his taxes, which Molly relates to. Giovanni pretends to know what they are talking about as Indus continues to explain that he is her bodyguard.
Molly managed to use this to explain he should give her a favor for protecting his master from Giovanni's attack earlier. Indus agrees but has second thoughts when Molly revealed she wants him to free them, causing her to back off. Giovanni is annoyed she gave up despite almost having him so he tells Indus that a "really dangerous thing" is going to attack her so he should go help her. Indus asks what it is The only thing Giovanni can think of is quicksand so Molly interjects that it is "lots of minions". Giovanni says he has 10 but Molly elbows him changing it to 10 hundred. Indus is instantly concerned she won't be able to defeat them all but Giovanni points out that they gave them a tip for free, making two favors, arguing that two favors is wroth more than one order. He lowered the barriers before grabbing them and leaving them on the ground 
Molly says she feels bad about lying but Giovanni assures who bad guys shouldn't feel bad about lying, so Molly asks for his phone, lying that it is to order a pizza but it is actually to call the police. Giovanni stops her and explains they can't do that since they are criminals. Molly argues she has not anything bad yet so he counters that she just broke out of jail, This causes Molly to freak out. while Giovanni thinks aloud about how if they want the amulet it's probably wroth a lot of money, hoping to turn it in to the Banzai Blasters for a promotion. Molly quips that its good to have the option of upward mobility in a company. Giovanni is confused by this but decides they need a secret base before they can make a plan to rescue his minions and get the amulet. Molly asks why they can't just rescue them now but Giovanni explains they are too heavy to carry.
Meanwhile, Indus runs back to Mera still under the impression that more Banzai Blasters will be arriving soon. Mera is outraged at Indus' disobedience to her direct orders, and expresses frustration at the fact that she doesn't even know where the Arsene Amulet is. Sylvester shows up and requests to see the Arsene Amulet after using his Epithet on Indus, unaware that she's not really a museum tour guide, but someone attempting to steal the amulet. She tells him that she has yet to find it, but that if she can find it, she'll let him see it in exchange for having him deal with Giovanni and Molly.
Once freed, Giovanni and Molly wander around the museum and set up "Fort Cool Guy". This is a bench with a few blankets draped around, and two bears standing on either side- Sergeant Bear and Corporal Other Bear. Giovanni admits to knowing how to sew and having had made his own uniform when Molly whips out a sewing kit and begins to make a bandana for Sergeant Bear. Once the pair makes a bandana and a scarf for both bears There, Giovanni convinces Molly to talk to him about her life when she accuses the Banzai Blasters of being a pyramid scheme and has to explain that she only knows what those are because she runs a toy store.
She confesses that her mom died when she was 10 and that ever since then, her sister and father have been neglecting the family toy shop, leaving Molly to be the only responsible member of the family. Giovanni then calls Molly a pushover, stating that she can't keep letting people walk all over her. When she tries to retaliate with "no", he just laughs and says that she has to listen to him, because he's her boss.
Shortly after this, Sylvie shows up and challenges the duo to a fight, using his epithet to summon a snow-like pollen that is designed to put people to sleep. Molly realizes what it is after recalling her prior encounter with Sylvie; bumping into him and having that dust rub off on her, only to pass out almost instantly. Giovanni uses steam (his "Demon Energy Aura" move) to create an updraft and repel the pollen, then tells Molly that every 13 hits he gets in a critical hit. She asks if it's soup-related, and he states that it's just because he's awesome.
Giovanni then plots to land 12 more hits (he already had one "saved up" from hitting Mera in the previous episode) on Sylvie, hoping that it will effectively get rid of him.
Sylvie unleashes a barrage of sheep using his Epithet, to which Giovanni responds with by throwing his Lava Grenade (hot tomato soup) at two sheep and landing two more hits then taking out his Soul Slugger Doom Bat of Maximum Destruction (referred to as his "Soul Crusher bat" at that moment) and dropping a gun in Molly's hands before preparing to attack the sheep. The sheep sort of just... bump into Giovanni and Molly, until they begin to nibble aggressively on the two. Molly uses a special move of hers- "Hushabye"- to simplify the sheep down into nothing. She explains that her sister has a summoning Epithet, so she's learned to use her own Epithet to dumb down summoned things, but admits to being unable to do it on them all.
Before Molly or Giovanni can do anything more, however, a sheep flies at Molly's face to make her groggy, and Sylvie uses Nightmare Fuel to bring Molly's worst fear to life. She has pyrophobia, so fire begins to rage around them, bringing Molly to tears and causing her to hide her face in Giovanni's leg. Giovanni realizes how serious this is and tells Sylvie off before attempting to teleport (this is done by propelling himself into the air using his steam) both himself and Molly out of the fire, only managing to get as far as Fort Cool Guy; this is due to never having teleported with another person before.
Sylvie scoffs and uses Nightmare Fuel again, this time to bring Sergeant Bear and Corporal Other Bear to life and making them attack Molly and Giovanni. Molly gives Giovanni the idea of using his sewing kit; he misunderstands and suggests throwing the knitting needles into the bears' eyes, and Molly perplexedly tell him that she meant hitting Sylvie with a ball of yarn. Giovanni fills up his hits by batting Molly gently on the head with a ball of yarn (to which she remarks that she's used to being taken advantage of), then declares that "when it comes to baseball, [he] can't be beat!" and whips out his bat to whack the yarn, hitting Sylvie in the face with a critical hit. Sylvie declares that there's "no more Dr. Nice Guy" and uses his special attack, Dream Big.
He passes out.
Giovanni makes a snarky remark about how Sylvie's ultimate attack is passing out, and a panicked Molly tells Giovanni to look at Sylvie- or, who used to be Sylvie. Standing in the young doctor's place is Dr. Beefton.
==Trivia==
*In this episode, Giovanni Potage is to the left of Dark Star at the beginning while in the previous episode, he is to the right of him at the end,
*This episode, with the rest of the series, was originally available on VRV, but after their merge with Crunchyroll, it is now not available on either platform.
==Gallery==
===Promotional Artwork===
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===Screenshots===
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==References==
==External Links==
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*Recap / Epithet Erased Ep 2 Bear Trap on TVTropes
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