Green With Anger

## **Plot**

Th episode begins with Luigi pushing Squirt to the ground and exclaiming out loud that Squirt is a thief. Squirt denies his claims but is taken away by the police in a law enforcement van.

3 Days Ago...

Luigi and Squirt eagerly await the arrival of the sequel to their favorite new video game, "The TX Chronicles". Once the store opens, the worker Sherman says that the game was just announced to have been delayed to next spring. Squirt takes this news rather well while Luigi does not. Squirt tells Luigi to calm down, saying that if anything he should be angrier as he has been a longer fan of the series and Luigi has only just gotten into it. Luigi still does not take this truth and angrily stomps to his room. Mario tells him to quit acting like a baby which only angers him more. Suddenly, Luigi becomes surrounded by a flash of green energy and begins to act violently. Mario and Squirt try their best to calm him down which he eventually does once Mario gives him his favorite cookie. Peach wonders how he suddenly had a fury of rage once he hit a breaking point. Luigi himself is also confused and wonders the same.

The next day, Luigi comes back to the store to apologize for his behavior the day before. Sherman mentions that he overheard a person saying there is a lost copy of the game that was buried in at Blister Isles in the Heat Heaven region. Luigi tells Squirt the news and although he isn't on board with the idea of looking for it in the middle of a hot desert, he hears about how much it is worth if one were to find it and immediately changes his mind. When asked about where they are going, they both reply that it is something urgent before fleeing.

Luigi and Squirt take a tour bus to the desert. Along the way, they overhear someone saying that there is a legend surrounding those who play the first game will begin to develop an unhealthy obsession with the game and demand to have the sequel in their hands as soon as possible. Squirt reassures Luigi it is probably all just baloney and they should both just ignore it and move on. They arrive in Blister Isles and are given shade umbrellas that permanently stick to one's hand. They are instructed to never let the umbrella shade away from them as the angry sun will instantly burn them in pure seconds. Luigi scoffs at this but sees a spider get immediately flamed as soon as it comes out of the ground. He and Squirt spend hours traversing across the hot wasteland in search of the hidden game but find no success. Luigi begins to lose faith and suggests they both head back to the bus stop. However, Squirt instantly rejects his suggestion and demands they continue searching. Luigi begins noticing his sudden mood change and asks him if he is alright which Squirt ignores.

Back at the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and Peach notice that everyone begins acting more and more grumpy as the day goes on. Mario and Peach put two and two together and realize everyone becomes angry the more they play the video game Luigi and Squirt play. They decide to head over to Sherman's game store and demand he stops selling the game as soon as possible. He asks why but he immediately shuts the doors once an angry mob tries barging in. He along with Mario and Peach are stuck inside. He tells them to head to the back but reveals that he was the one who actually created the game with the full intention of gaining world domination. He explains that while creating the game, he planted a serum that was said to fill one's mood with anger once eyes are exposed to it. Before Mario and Peach could escape and fight him, he turns off the lights and ties them up.

Luigi and Squirt are still searching and Luigi decides they have watched enough. Squirt pulls out a picture of the sequel out of his backpack and realizes there is a hidden clue on the back of the cover that says, "To seek out the object you desire, walk 3,000 feet in the fire, only then will you succeed, in finding the artifact you need". At first they don't understand, but they then realize they need to walk 500 steps to the spot from the bustop, and thanks to the health app on Squirt's watch, they walked 2,990 steps. They take 10 more and find something poking out the ground. They quickly realize that in order to dig it up, they must let the shade off of them. They prepare for the sun to attack but during it's torrential run for them, it begins to burn the thing they see is a dynamite stick. They run for cover before it blasts into an explosion. Pokeys and Dry Bones appear from below the ground near the site and attack the duo. After a brief battle, they go back to inspect the explosion and do indeed find the game but come to an unfortunate surprise. It is just a copy of the game and on the back, it reads "Sherman gives his regards to your life's last moments." They both also find out the serum planted inside and that Sherman is the culprit behind the game's horrible secret. Another dynamite is about to explode but Luigi and Squirt are unable to move. Luigi becomes more and more furious and is shrouded in a green aura much like he did before and just as dynamite explodes, he uses it to launch both him and Squirt back to the kingdom right into Sherman's store. They both confront him and fight him off. Squirt goes into the back to find both Mario and Peach hypnotized into watching the gameplay of the game. Squirt tries his best to shut the tv off but discovers that he must destroy the chip found in all games to erase it from the kingdom's minds. Unfortunately, Mario and Peach break free of their restraints and begin attacking Squirt. Luigi lets out a powerful green wave of anger which throws everyone back. He destroys the chips in the process and everyone goes back to their former selves. Sherman immediately plays victim and blames Squirt behind the scheme to which Luigi is about to deny until he realizes something. He stunningly agrees with Sherman and has Squirt taken away by the police. However, just before they can drive him away, he tells Sherman that he forgot one little secret: Squirt hasn't had his rage activated. Squirt bursts out of the van with a furious rage and Luigi takes this as the time to let everyone know the real truth of Sherman being the culprit. Squirt takes out the original copy and to everyone's horror, they immediately turn on Sherman and apprehend him. Sherman vows revenge on both Squirt and Luigi as he is taken away. Luigi and Squirt share a hug and promise to never get hooked on another game again before immediately going back on their word once another game franchise they like announces a third part.

### **Trivia**

- The events in this episode revolving around Luigi and Squirt's video game being buried in the desert are loosely based on the real-life burial of Atari games including the infamous 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial". Up until the point the episode aired, it had only been a legend and rumor but less than a year later after this episode aired, the hoax turned out to be true. Director Michael Hall was asked if he knew it was real to which he simply tweeted out a message alongside the news of the burial, "Well. I'm a time traveler now I guess."