RED Team goes to Japan

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**RED Team goes to Japan** is the 2nd episode of Season 3 of Unusual Troubles

## Plot

As Fall arrives, a trio of Owl Snipers begin their migration back to Australia. However, as one flock leaves Lumberyard, American Boot, Heavy, and Medic all chase after them in their Boat-copter. American Boot then realizes that if he manages to capture one, he can use it as a prop for his new music video: "This is America". Unwilling to let that dream go, Soldier orders Heavy and Medic to pedal the ship faster for Operation: Soaring Eagle. The two follow orders, and the Boat-Copter increases speed. However, they move the ship way too fast and they end up crashing into a pile of rocks, making Heavy think they have died due to being buried by the debris.

Spy watches the entire scene through his binoculars in disgust, calling their mission a disappointment. Spy then gets back to practicing for his stage act: The Baguette Master. He brings out 4 baguettes, placing each of them on a pedestal. With the clap of his hands, all the baguettes stand up straight, defying gravity. Then, Spy commands them to pirouette, and all of the baguettes backflip one at a time. The audience gives Spy their applause, and he bows, thanking them. However, the applause continues, and Spy looks up in confusion. It turns out that the applause was just a special effect coming from Demoman's radio. Annoyed, Spy throws one of the baguettes at him. Demoman apologizes for being irresponsible for the one job Spy gave him, and Spy decides to take pity on him. He offers Demoman 3 types of payments for his effort: A functioning pumpkin, old tire, and juice box. Demoman picks the juice box, thanking him for giving him a job.

Meanwhile in Japan, Mr. Baguette is spying on Spy and Demoman through BreadCam-14. He begins shaming Joker Scout and calling him a failure for not being able to kill the RED Team in Saturday's Troubles. Before Joker can prove him wrong, Ninja Scout/Death Machine throws his katana at his Soda can. Ninja promises Mr. Baguette that he will be able to handle Joker's job and kill the RED Team. Ninja goes to his secret hideout, and begins writing a mysterious piece of paperwork for who knows what.

Back in America, Spy is enjoying Lunch with his baguette table until an angry RED Medic comes over, who is hungry due to not eating anything this morning because he went Sniper Owl hunting with Soldier, and proceeded to breaks Spy's baguette table in a fit of rage. Spy rebuilds the table and takes pity on Medic, giving him a pretzel for lunch. The Merasmailbox then arrives, and Scout goes over to see if he has any mail. The mailbox hands him a single envelope and flips him off before teleporting away. Scout opens the envelope, and finds a note from Mann Co, informing him that he has received a package from an anonymous person. Spy is worried about the fact that they don’t know who it’s from, but Scout ignores him and runs off to go get it. Meanwhile, Soldier and Heavy are bunny-watching, until Scout comes over and invites Soldier to come with him to get the package. As Soldier leaves, Heavy tells Scout it’s a stupid idea to invite Soldier.

Scout and Soldier arrive at Mann Co. It turns out that Spy had been following them all the way there cloaked. Soldier tells Spy to get lost, saying that this is a job for two men. Soldier begins to point out the two men, but accidentally points at Heavy, who had apparently also came along. Soldier begins threatening Spy and Heavy to leave, when Scout reminds him that they still have some free stuff to get, and all 4 of them go into the building.

There is no receptionist at the front desk, so the group just decides to go past it to the elevator. Scout and Soldier enter, but Soldier stops Spy and Heavy, reminding them that Scout only invited him. The elevator begins to lift. A small TV then appears from the wall of the elevator, which plays a video of two Engineers playing instruments. As the two Engies on the TV play faster, the Elevator begins moving out of control. The Elevator takes so much momentum that it flies out of the Mann Co building and into a place in the Desert that is unable to be found by foot. The Elevator doors open, and It turns out that Spy had found another way to get to the destination. Spy shows them the way to Mann Co’s secret post office in the middle of the Desert.

At the post office, Miss Pauling is sitting at her desk being guarded by meditating Demomen. Scout tries to move one aside, but they scream every time they are touched. Spy hands one of them his juice box that he brought earlier, and the guards lower their ground. The three make it to Miss Pauling’s desk, and ask her for the free package. Miss Pauling hands Scout a small paper bag, and then commands the flying elevator to bring them back to Mann Co’s main office.

Back at Lumberyard, Scout opens the paper bag and pulls out a letter. The letter is apparently from Scout’s “Father” from Japan, and he’s inviting Scout to come and meet him. Scout begins cheering that he finally found his biological father, but Spy simply rolls his eyes in disbelief (What’re you hiding Spy?). Soldier on the other hand, is supportive of Scout, and tells him that they will accompany him on his trip to Japan. Spy goes to the Payphone and begins ordering plane tickets, but Soldier kicks him away and cancels the order. Soldier tells Spy that they will mail themselves like men, and brings out a large wooden box. After writing the address and destination of the package, Soldier grabs Spy and Scout and shoves them inside along with him. Heavy, who was nearby eating a sandvich, sees their attempt to travel, and decides to join along. Meanwhile, Merasmus notices the box, and decides to troll them by changing the destination to Yellowknife, Canada. The delivery truck arrives, and takes the box to the airport, where it is sent on a plane to Canada.

After a few hours on the plane, Heavy begins singing to kill the time, but Spy slaps him to shut him up. Soldier tries to install order in the package, but Heavy passes some gas from the sandvich he ate earlier. With the box smelling like crap, Soldier breaks it open to get some fresh air. As Soldier begins to stretch his legs, he looks out the window, expecting to see the Pacific. Instead, he sees the Rocky Mountains and Canadian Rockies, and realizes they are actually going to Canada. Meanwhile in the cockpit, the Pyro pilots are taking a nap while the plane is on autopilot. Soldier breaks the entrance down, and kills the pilots, hijacking the plane. Now with the plane in his control, Soldier grabs the wheel and increases speed for Kunitomi, Japan.

2 hours and 34 minutes later, the plane’s engines fail due to the fuel source being depleted. Soldier alerts the group, ordering them to prepare for Operation: Canadian Unicorn. All the team members grab parachutes, and jump out of the plane as it breaks apart and crashes far away. In Japan, a Blu Sniper is indulging himself in his weekly copy of Smoking Hot Rifles. Soldier then lands on him, killing him, while Spy uses his corpse to break his fall. Heavy peacefully lands in the middle of the road, but then ends up getting hit by Merasmus’ Cadillac. Scout’s parachute ends up getting caught by the tree branches, and Soldier uses his shotgun to cut the ropes and get him down. While Soldier was helping Scout, Spy finds a poster for a nightbar called DVNO, and suggests to Soldier that they go there. Spy and Soldier leave, while Scout goes to find his dad.

At DVNO, Spy and Soldier are stopped by Robot guards, who won’t let them in because they’re RED. Soldier points his grenade launcher at them, threatening them to let him in. The guards then call security, which is a giant BLU Heavy Robot. Spy runs off before drama starts, and the security guard tells Soldier “Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru”.

Scout follows the instructions given to him on the letter, and walks into a bonsai tree park. It turns out that the letter was a trap written by Ninja, who then jumps down from the sky in a surprise attack, and swings his Katana at Scout, nearly killing him. Soldier however, jumps in front of Scout at the right time, and deflects Ninja’s attack. Scout and Soldier go different ways to attack Ninja at different angles. Soldier slices at Ninja with his Katana, but Ninja manages to do a Matrix dodge. Scout also tried to punch Ninja, but ended up hitting Soldier instead. Ninja then uses his leg to hit Scout’s leg, and make it kick Soldier in the nuts. As Soldier weeps in pain, Ninja brings his Katana down onto Scout, who backflip dodges it, while kicking Ninja in the face at the same time. The katana goes flying, and Scout kicks it toward Ninja’s face, which misses him by an inch. Spy shows up just in time in his bread tank, and performs his special move: “La pièce de résistance”. Spy fires a giant discoball at Ninja, which breaks apart into a dance party of dancing Baguettes, confusing and distracting Ninja. Seeing his chance, Soldier turns into American Boot and kicks Ninja in the jaw, breaking it and sending him flying.

After the battle, Soldier is celebrating his victory, while Scout looks at the trap letter, and throws it away with a sigh, realizing Spy was right. Rather than doing that cliche “I told you so”, Spy comes over and comforts Scout, telling him to take it easy, and that one day he will meet his real father (TELL HIM YOUR SECRET, SPY!!). Spy calls Miss Pauling on his baguette phone, and she arrives, along with Heavy, in the flying elevator. All of them get in and fly back to America as the video ends.

After the credits, Death Machine is mourning his loss to the RED team. Joker offers him his soda, and the two end their rivalry.

## Remastered

### Director

STBlackST

A remastered version of the episode was released on Youtube on March 11, 2023 due to several copyright strikes in the original video.

## Differences from the original

* In the opening scene, during the Sniper Owl chase, the music that was used is different.
* In the original video, American Boot, while trying to bring down the Owl Snipers, said *Freakin' Snipers*. However, in the remastered version it was changed to *You Snipers, just signed your death warrants*.
* Originally, before American Boot attempts to attack the fleeing Owl Snipers, he said *I will not tolerate this cr\*p*. However, this was toned down to *I will not tolerate this*, while the *this cr\*p* part was removed so that it will sound more appropriate.
* In the *This is America* scene, for the original video, when American Boot rocket launches a sitting BLU Owl Sniper, the latter stayed in his seat even while the rocket explosion occurred. This was changed in the remastered version as the Owl Sniper instantly becomes a rag doll after the rocket makes contact with it.
* While American Boot sang *This is America*, there is one part where he said *Don't get you suckin' the cart*. STBlackST changed that lyric to *Don't catch you cappin' the point* for the remastered version of the episode.
* In the original video after American Boot orders RED Heavy to begin Operation: Soaring Eagle, the latter would chuckle before saying *Very well*. In the remastered version, RED Heavy immediately said the aforementioned quote without even letting out a chuckle.
* The scene which changes when RED Heavy said his quote is entirely different from the original; while the scene originally cuts to the side of the boat-copter while in the remastered version it cuts closer to RED Heavy's face.
* In the part where RED Medic said *Jawohl* he is originally shown to obey American Boot's order. However, in the remastered version of the episode, RED Medic instead followed RED Heavy's order to speed up the boat-copter.
* In the off-screen part where the boat-copter crashes, the original scene only featured the sound of the explosion. However, in the remastered version, the screams of American Boot and RED Heavy are added.
* During Baguette Master's circus trick show, right after the latter said *Behold Gentlemen,* the scene originally cut closer to Baguette Master's face while the camera is at a low angle. However, the camera view was changed to the front-view of the show while the camera angle is now in eye-view. As for the aforementioned scene that featured Baguette Master's face at close-view it was still used in the episode's remastered version.
* In the scene where Time-Bending Scout receives a letter from the Merasmailbox, a few paper sounds were added.
* Right before leaving, the Merasmailbox originally said *F\*ck* you while giving out the middle finger. This was changed in which he now said *I'm leaving now*, though he still gave the middle finger.
* When Time-Bending Scout flipped open the letter, it made a light switch sound in the original. However, in the remastered version of the episode, it was switched to a paper sound effect.
* The letter appeared to be whiter and has less paper texture. However, in the remastered version, the white color of the letter became a little darker and it now has more textures.
* Time-Bending Scout lets out a chuckle when he read the letter before excitedly saying *Free cr\*p* but in the original version he remained silent before saying the aforementioned line.
* The music for the bunny watching scene ends differently than in the original; originally, the music ended after Time-Bending Scout hits American Boot with his bat, but in the remastered version it continued on even after the former hits American Boot in the head.
* American Boot's response to Time-Bending Scout's action is a little different; in the original version of the episode he said *What the f\*ck?*. It was toned down a little bit to which he now said *What the cr\*p?*.
* American Boot's response to Time-Bending Scout getting a free package from Mann. Co is slightly different; he originally said *Sweet land of holy painis!*. This was changed a little bit in which American Boot now said *Sweet land of holy Scotland!*.
* When American Boot sang the song *Without Me*, a part of the last lyric was slightly changed; it is originally *It feels so gay* but was changed to *It feels like cr\*p*, since the original sounded a little too inappropriate and nonsensical.
* While scolding RED Heavy and Baguette Master for following along to Mann. Co, American Boot originally said in one part *My kangaroo will transform into an American penis with you cupcakes wrapped around Sputnik*. As the penis part doesn't really make a lot of sense, it was lessened to *My kangaroo will transform into an American boot*.
* In the original version, when American Boot stopped Baguette Master & Red Heavy, he says, “Not you, [insert F slur]”. This was changed in the remaster where American Boot now says “Not you, maggots” since the original dialogue was too vulgar, & becuase maggots rhymes with the f slur.
* While American Boot and Time-Bending Scout were riding Mann. Co's elevator, the music that was playing in that scene is entirely different in tune.
* In the Engineer music video on the elevator TV, the camera angle in the first scene is a little bit alternated. The farm background in the video originally had two trees but three more trees have been added. Furthermore, a windmill was included.
* The RED banjo-playing Engineer originally had an unusual expression on his face which then turned into a normal smile. In the remastered version, his expression is more cheerful-looking throughout even during the beginning of the music video.