When Melba met Blake

*Isn't it weird that over a year into Blake's debut on the channel, she and Melba never once interacted? Think about it, Melba has been shown to be a RWBY fan, even after Blake's debut, yet she barely even shared the same screen as Blake, and even in the figurine videos, she never really mentioned her presence. It's galling. So today, we will see how Melba's first encounter with Blake Belladonna was like from a year ago.*
—Description
**When Melba met Blake** is an episode of Matt Say Yay and Ultra Shorts. In this episode, Melba meets Blake Belladonna for the first time.

## Plot

The episode begins about a year ago when Blake first got into the Matt Say Yay universe, with Melba and Golza at a library in line for an autograph signing with Blake Belladonna. Melba is excited to meet her, being one of her favorite RWBY characters. Despite the nervous breakdowns, Melba manages to get to her. Golza reintroduces himself to Blake, who can't remember a previous encounter. Melba then happily greets her idol and gets her to sign her blades. When Melba asks what Blake is doing here, she and Golza act suspicious, as it's revealed that Melba was left completely unaware of Blake's Death Battle with Mikasa for the safety of her and Blake. Unfortunately, Dorako comes back to Blake to scold her about how she killed Mikasa. As he leaves, Golza, Melba, and Blake are all shocked to silence by this. Melba then attacks Blake.

Tanjiro is in charge of the time card this time, with his sister Nezuko showing up to make a noise towards him. Understanding her, Tanjiro assures her that he is fine, only for his friend Zenitsu to run towards him hysterically asking him why he wasn't told about his fight against Jonathan Joestar and how he lost. Tanjiro just tells him to go to sleep. It is then shown that Melba is in therapy with Kiryu. The end card is then shown with Inosuke and Golza arguing about how to pronounce names before Golza leaves to pick up Melba from therapy and Inosuke drags Dorako to visit Blake.

## Characters

* Melba Q. Artemis
* Gorg Fire Golza
* Blake Belladonna
* Dorako Hook Tsuifon
* Mikasa Ackerman (mentioned)
* Tanjiro Kamado
* Nezuko Kamado
* Zenitsu Agatsuma
* Jonathan Joestar (mentioned)
* Kiryu
* Inosuke Hashibira
* Goldras (mentioned)

### Cast

* Matt Say Yay as Golza, Dorako, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Kiryu, and Inosuke
* Angela as Melba, Blake, and Nezuko (reused audio)

## Trivia

* The video has the following Easter Eggs:
	+ The whole video is based on the RWBY Chibi skit, Meet the Author. Blake even mentions this parallel and relates to Melba by saying "just be glad I'm not a dog." This is a direct reference to how in that skit, Blake's favorite author was the dog, Zwei.
	+ Golza references that he had met Blake before, with Blake stating they never met. This is from the Death Battle Prelude episode on Blake VS Mikasa, where Golza claimed he talked to Blake about their Death Battle, as well as how it was actually a shadow clone Golza was apparently talking to.
	+ Blake's quote "I've never met this man in my life" is a direct reference to Loki's line about Thor in Thor: Ragnarok.
	+ When Melba makes the strange noises while trying to talk to Blake, she uses her roar, but edited with the "Everything is Spinning" effect.
	+ When Melba is making the strange noise, the text box reads "Remember when Mr. Krabs met Mrs. Puff? Yeah, good times..." This is a reference to the Spongebob episode "Krusty Love", where Mr. Krabs had a similar reaction when trying to talk to Mrs. Puff.
	+ When Golza slaps Melba, the text box reads "Does a Will Smith", an obvious reference to the infamous moment at the 2022 Grammys where Will Smith slapped Chris Rock.
	+ Dorako calls Blake a lesbian again from "The New Teacher! - Extras." The fun fact corrects him by saying Blake is bisexual.
	+ Nezuko and Zenitsu show concern for Tanjiro about his Death Battle with Jonathan Joestar, which he ensures he is fine.
	+ Golza and Inosuke's argument claiming they don't get paid because they don't exist is a direct reference to the argument Monika and Reicubas had in the Death Note video.
	+ Inosuke pronounces Blake's name as "Bla-Key", a direct reference to the famous substitute teacher skit by Key and Peele.
	+ Inosuke calls Golza "Goldras", the latter remarking how that is the name of a friend of his, revealing that Golza and Goldras are still on good terms, even after the events of We could be leaving YouTube.
	+ Dorako complaining that he didn't want to see Blake again is in the same tone as Sasha Waybright from Amphibia whining about not wanting to go into Mother Olm's ear.

* Golza states that Melba hates the idea of killing innocent people, despite clearly being an AOT fan, as AOT has characters constantly dying.
	+ It's possible that Melba actually only likes Mikasa, but not the anime itself.
* In the episode The Tootsie Pop, Kiryu mentions Melba's therapy session, meaning Melba still goes to therapy a year later.