Jurassic Piranha

**"Jurassic Piranha"** is the 2nd episode of Bowser's Koopalings Season 4, and the 26th episode overall. It is also the third Halloween-themed episode after The Castle Dungeon and The Murderer Mystery. In this episode, Iggy fell ill and creates a cure for himself which ultimately turns him into a monterous hybrid of both Dinosaur and Piranha Plant as he terrorizes the Kingdom with an appetite for destruction.

## Plot

The episode begins with Bowser holding a cabinet meeting at the Koopa Castle as he plans the next mission after getting reports about the Sprout Kingdom "sending squads upon squads" to the Koopalings. As he is about to finish the sentence on "what kind of sick chaos could ensure all across the chaos the--", he notices that Iggy was missing which Wendy tells him that he is actually sick (as in ill, not disgusting) with some kind of cold. Bowser enters the room with a very ill Iggy on his computer, as Bowser thinks his son's poor condition is a way to get himself out of meeting with the war with Spout Kingdom. Iggy suggests that they should surrender as he considers this meeting pointless but Bowser orders him to go supply the troops with weapons despite having an illness.

After dealing with his father's demands, Larry, Wendy, and Roy check on him to see how Iggy got so ill. Iggy tells them that he got the fungal disease while having an assignment in Toad Town. As Larry tells him that he hopes to be better soon, Iggy sarcastically tells him that he feels better, even though he's not. Roy tells him to create a potion to heal himself which Iggy at first tells them that it's impossible before realizing that Roy's idea was genius.

Later at the Bass Station, with a new owner since K. Rool officially left the series to manage the K. Rool Inc Warehouse in Kongo Jungle as Iggy enters the store, the Kremling introduces himself as A. Byzmal. Iggy asks him for the ingredients for an antidote that he's working on, with the medicines with orange juice, then Byzmal charges him $32.50 as Iggy tells him that he doesn't have that kind of money. Then Iggy made a comment about how K. Rool got a bigger part in another show as Byzmal charged him with ten more dollars for that statement alone.

As Iggy is working on the antidote for his illness, Bowser Jr. enters as he sees that Iggy is using the Ingredients for his antidote. Then he drinks the cough sryup that Iggy is going to use for his antidote, then Iggy angrily asks Junior if he wants him to die as the heir would care less if Iggy does succumb to the disease. As Bowser calls on his youngest son for his bubble bath, Junior leaves as Iggy swears to have vengeance against him.

As it is about to be 22 minutes till the 18th hour (6 pm in the US), Iggy wonders how will he complete the potion then he checks out the Piranha Plant Oil as he wants to use it in case of planting the biggest tree, but on the other hand it contains antitussives to stop the strain in his throat. He pours it on the antidote, as an alternative to cough syrup, then drinks it. But when the clock strikes the 22nd hour, Jaws is awakened to the loud stomps which also attracts Junior, as he was playing a video game. Junior goes into the kitchen, thinking it was Morton having a midnight feast, but then he saw the hybrid of the Piranha Plant and a dinosaur. When it heard his voice, it roars and killed Junior with its claws, and began to chow down on his corpse. Then after it ate Junior, it goes into Iggy's bed as the clock became the 4th hour, the Dino Piranha was gone, and it turned back to Iggy who was now feeling better.

The next day, Bowser & King Boo discovers the messy kitchen and the dead body of a hellion of the Koopa Prince as he orders in the Koopalings into the kitchen (well all but Iggy). As Junior is dead, Ludwig suggests talking about the second in command position but Bowser tells the Koopalings who is responsible for the messy kitchen and the death of Junior. Morton assumes it was a tornado, then Iggy enters as he doesn't remember what he had done, as Larry tells him that the kitchen was destroyed and Junior was murdered. Iggy asked "Ate Junior?" as he didn't remember eating him. Bowser swears vengeance against whoever killed his heir and also gets the Security Bros to monitor the castle tonight. As for the kitchen, he orders Kamek to clean the kitchen then everyone flees as they refuse to help him.

Later in the hallway, Larry still couldn't believe what had happened to Junior, as obvious, Ludwig doesn't like him either living or dead. Then Iggy enters the scene after his return from Goomburger as he feels hungry for some reason, and then he heads off to bed as he feels tired. The Koopalings has the strange feeling about Iggy feeling weird, well except for Ludwig.

Later at nighttime when he gets done cleaning up the mess that the Dino Piranha made, Kamek hears the loud footsteps and sees the Dino Piranha. And then he gets spooked by Boom Boom, whose shift ended four hours ago as he left the house keys behind, and then the Dino Piranha leaves the castle. Later in the Bass Station, A. Byzmal complains about why K. Rool gets a supervisor job and not him. A Koopa came in to return the can of food as it was expired, 38 years ago. A. Byzmal tells him that all sales are final causing him to leave the store then his head is bitten off by a Dino Piranha, like Ozzy Osbourne with a bat. A. Byzmal hears some stomps as he enters the back storage to see a Dino Piranha. As it turns to the new Bass Station owner, he runs away and then runs into the wall, knocking him down. It approached him as it was munching on him while on a black screen.

The next day, Boom Boom and Kamek report to Bowser and Koopalings for what they had just witnessed a Dino Piranha last night, as the Koopa King swears vengeance against it after killing his son and eating all the food. As Larry is about to sigh of relief that it's gone for good, King Boo informs the others that he got a phone call from a Bass Station employee as he, Bowser, Boom Boom, and Kamek witness a gruesome discovery of Byzmal's bloody corpse with a missing left arm and missing right leg. Boom Boom say the way he died was painful, King Boo just tells him to try getting his head chopped off by a guillotine as he was executed in the 1800s. But not everyone will miss this slob, as Boom Boom points out that he likes K. Rool better. Bowser demands to have a Dino Piranha to be caught before it drinks all his beers, but changes at the last minute with "kills everyone in the castle."

Later in the castle hallways, Iggy shows up at 3 in the afternoon while his teeth are covered in blood, as Lemmy notices & Wendy shows Iggy with her phone. Aside from dental jokes, Larry tells him about the Dino Piranha going around Dark Valley, but Iggy doesn't know anything about that. Then he quickly ran out the scene as the Koopalings realized that Iggy was acting really weird, all except Ludwig. As Iggy is going to his room, he can hear the Dino Piranha in his head...rent-free.

Later at the cabinet meeting, Bowser meets up with the elite trio of Paraplonk, Goomp, and Sergeant Guy as they set the Troopas as they're about to catch a Dino Piranha as mentioning the species alerts Goomp. After agreeing with the plan Bowser promises that all will be having Piranha Plant Stew for dinner, and Paraplonk promises to not let Bowser down. Then at two...minutes...***not*** to midnight, Morton and Lemmy were hanging out before getting encountered with Iggy whose tail looks different then he goes back to his room, even Lemmy noticed it. Then when they hear Iggy coughing, they witness what is happening as they realize that the Dino Piranha the whole time was Iggy as he transformed into the Dino Piranha, they must warn the others.

Later while on patrol for a Dino Piranha, a Security Bro came back from Goomburger to give to his troops. Then they were enjoying their mealtime before being interrupted by Iggy, who is now the same Dino Piranha that rampaged the whole Valley. As the Chief was about to make his first strike, he was fatally struck down by the Dino Piranha. As the Security Bros are about to flee, he kills another two by using his claws to scatter the limbs and decapitated head around, then claws another Security Bro gets slashed and then becomes Dino Chow. Then attacks the moving car and throws it at the three, with a lone survivor escaping his hell-bent wrath.

Meanwhile, in the hallways of the castle, Morton and Lemmy tell the Koopalings that they saw Iggy turning into the Dino Piranha because of the potion he made. As per usual, Ludwig doubts that happened, but Larry suggests creating a cure for the transformation and Wendy agrees with the latter. Then he tells his brothers to go tell their father about the Dino Piranha while he, Ludwig, and Wendy go into Iggy's Room to work on the cure.

As Bowser, King Boo. and the Elite Trio waits on the Security Guards to take down the Dino Piranha while having beers, they get a knock on the door as they hear the lone survivor of the team begging them to let him in. King Boo assists to let him in since the Security bro has fries. Then the Dino Piranha killed him and destroyed the door. As everybody was screaming, the Dino Piranha killed Goomp by stomping on him, then he ate Paraplonk. Bowser tells Sergeant Guy to do something he uses a blaster and then commits self-infliction. As the two Hammer Bros see Bowser and King Boo fleeing, one got decapitated to the floor and the other got eaten. Then he enters in the as he fatally slashes one Koopa Chef and burns the other on fire causing him to scream like Peach. As the two finally escape, Roy, Morton, and Lemmy tell them that the Dino Piranha is Iggy the whole time, as he created a potion but just caused him to transform also, instead of only curing himself. Then the Dino Piranha shows up from outta nowhere, and he roars at them as the survivors flee.

At Iggy's Room, Larry and Wendy made a cure that contains herbicide. as the potion had plant cells taking over Iggy's immune system. Ludwig is just sitting on the bed while reading his book instead of helping out and tells the two that he would rather die than help the two as he doesn't like his siblings as well as not liking Junior. Then the 5 tells Kamek & Boom Boom about the Dino Piranha but unfortunately kills Boom Boom by the fallen wall debris as the Dino Piranha made his entrance. Bowser tells Kamek to do something, as Kamek can't think to do something but gets knocked aside by his hand. The Dino Piranha was chasing Bowser and the others, and Roy tried to stop him by throwing a rock at him. Still, the Dino Piranha scratched his chest, and Roy gave the final words of his favorite Backstreet Boys song, like in the previous Halloween Special.

As Larry, Wendy & Ludwig are waiting for the others, the duo (except Ludwig) has the antidote ready, and everyone plans to get it injected into the Dino Piranha. Morton asks if he can drink it, but the others tell him that they're using the antidote and also that it tastes horrible. Larry drinks the potion, causing the others to be furious at him for doing that. As Larry convinces them that they can produce another one since they have a formula, the Dino Piranha throws the half-eaten corpse of Kamek to the wall, breaking it down as he has them cornered at a dead end. Ludwig packs his stuff as he tries to leave the others to die, but ultimately gets killed by the dino hybrid's tail. As a last-minute idea, Morton throws the five-week-old cooked chicken he had been saving, but it doesn't affect the wild Dino Piranha. But before the survivors are about to say their prayers, the antidote from outta nowhere is injected into him and knocked out. Then the others were shocked to see Roy alive as he had stitched himself up, as he found the other one at Iggy's room under his desk as it was labeled, "In Case Of An Emergency."

As Iggy is back to normal, he apologizes to everybody for causing mayhem as the Dino Piranha, but they aren't mad at him for that because they already know. He thanks them for curing him of his Jekyll-Hyde transformation, and tells everyone that he's good to return at work tomorrow before they all head off to bed. Outside at the warp pipe, Junior came out as a zombie as he tells Iggy that to think again about killing him, ending the episode.

## References to other series

* At the Bass Station, Iggy tells Byzmal that K. Rool is greater than him because he has got a bigger part in another show, referring to K. Rool being in *Donkey Kong Island* as the antagonist of the show.
	+ At the same location in a different scene, where everyone discovers A. Byzmal's corpse, King Boo replies to Boom Boom if his gruesome discovery was painful, try getting his head chopped off by a guillotine, implying a reference from the last episode as he had an execution in the 1800s.

## Trivia

* The title is a reference to the 1993 film, *Jurassic Park*, but the plot is similar to a Universal Horror Classic, *Dr. Jekeyll & Mr. Hyde.*
* Some of the medicines Iggy used in his potion are the same as the medicines in *Dr. Mario*.