Lap 04 - Calling On Samurai Goroh

Calling on Samurai Goroh is the 4th episode of the F-Zero Farukon Densetsu anime.

## Overview

Ryu drives down the street and sets up a warp gate to take him to the planet Cryton, while recalling the memory of meeting and providing an autograph to a young F-Zero fan with an illness. The memory ends as Ryu boosts into an alleyway and is warped to Cryton.

He drives slowly past some of Cryton's residents, remarking that the place is "a dump," and eventually steps out to begin his search for answers. As he enters a bar, the locals greet him with hostility, but Ryu manages to handle the situation. A few other bar patrons approach Ryu, but he slips on a banana and ends up falling in front of a peculiar man. Shortly after, a girl named Reina walks into the bar and demands to see Samurai Goroh. The bartender seems confused, but Ryu steps forward and mentions an earlier transport ship incident. A flashback shows a space pirate boarding the transport ship. As he boarded, he announced that he was Samurai Goroh, and took hold of the ship's belongings. Among the ship's gold being stolen, Reina mentions that her mother's diamond was also onboard, but Ryu is more concerned with the medicine that was being transported. They are interrupted by a broadcast, as the mother of the young F-Zero fan that Ryu had met earlier pleads for the medicine to be returned in order to cure the children. A man beside her reveals that the medicine is also a rarity from the planet Wondo, and that there are only three days left to administer the cure.

Reina then continues to plead regarding her mother's diamond and request to see Goroh. Ryu declines to help her, putting the medicine as his top priority before leaving the bar. Instead, a group of men who overheard the conversation offer to take her to Goroh. Having left the bar, Ryu goes around Cryton to ask for Goroh's whereabouts, albeit to no avail. The green-haired male with the daggers appears again, offering to help find Goroh at the price of a disadvantaged fight with Ryu. Ryu manages to hold his own against a group of rogues, but gets outsmarted by a yellowish-green alien who hits Ryu with a barrel. Then, the peculiar man from the bar arrives and fights off the group, with his katana ripping their clothes to shreds and causing the group to run off in embarrassment. Ryu manages to introduces himself and thanks his savior before heading off, but stops as soon as the other man claims that he knows where Goroh is.

Meanwhile, at the Galaxy Police Headquarters, Dr. Clash reveals that he has installed something into the Crazy Bear to increase a machine's booster by a thousand-fold, but it blows up, and Jack teases Dr. Clash for his numerous failures. Jody then asks for Ryu's whereabouts, and while everyone else covers for him, Lucy accidentally reveals that Ryu left for Cryton to find Goroh, and is on the case for the stolen medicine. A flashback plays of Ryu and Lucy's hospital visit to the young boy from earlier, and Ryu revealed that he had his own experiences with staying in hospitals before. He then expressed concern that the children may not be alive the next time he visits the hospital, understanding their fear. The boy told Ryu that he wants to be a pilot when he grows up, and hopes he gets better soon, although his mother is seen crying quietly by the window. Ryu reassured the boy that his dream will come true. In the present, Ryu is seen laying by a campfire, with the man from the bar snoring a short distance away.

By sunrise, the man wakes Ryu up to the sight and sound of a truck passing through the area. While the man tells Ryu that Goroh isn't there, he is certain that the truck will lead them to him. Outside of a warehouse, the group of men from the bar hold some workers at gunpoint while Reina stocks up on food. The Dragon Bird and Fire Stingray pursue the truck as it moves again. The men in the truck then realize that they're being followed, but don't recognize the man in the Fire Stingray. Reina becomes nauseous as the truck reaches a hard turn on the road. The group becomes unable to aim properly at the machines trailing them, and Reina falls over. Ryu then fires a smoke bomb into the truck to stop the drivers. A missile is fired from the truck in return, as the Fire Stingray's pilot tells Ryu to back up. Another truck arrives with two other men, and another missile is fired towards the Fire Stingray, but its pilot slices the missile in half with his katana. The duo in the truck try to fire another missile again, but the katana-wielding man slices the truck in half. With nowhere to run, the truck duo agree to take Ryu and the other man to their leader.

The other truck manages to reach its destination, as Reina and the man who claims to be Samurai Goroh make a deal that he will help her if she gives him all of the diamonds. The exchange almost goes smoothly, until one of the other men appear and accidentally blurt out the leader's real name. Reina questions it, but the leader tries to brush it off, only to be interrupted by the presence of the Fire Stingray's pilot and Ryu. The Fire Stingray's pilot then calls out the leader's real name, which is Bibiribitch. Ryu demands for the medicine, but Bibiribitch dismisses this. Bibiribitch then locks Ryu and his associate in cages, but Reina distracts Bibiribitch by wrapping her whip around his face, also calling him out on his false identity. The man with the katana then reveals himself to be the real Samurai Goroh, before slicing the cage and freeing himself. Reina also reveals herself to be an ally of Goroh's, a pink-clad ninja named Sasuke. One of Bibiribitch's men sets off a detonator earlier than intended, and the fortress starts to fall apart, but Goroh saves Ryu from getting crushed by the falling debris.

Bibiribitch and his crew try to escape in their ship, as Bibiribitch claims that he will be the only Samurai Goroh, but Sasuke fires her rocket launcher at the ship to stop them. Goroh uses his Broken Sword Technique to slice Bibiribitch's ship in half, as Ryu realizes he that needs to obtain the medicine. However, Goroh draws his katana to Ryu's neck, stating that he'll be taking the goods. Although Ryu comments on how Goroh is no different from the likes of Bibiribitch and his men, Goroh reminds Ryu that he is a pirate after all. Outside, Ryu is tied up beside his machine as the fortress explodes. Sasuke tells him that the rope will undo with enough distance, as she drives off with Goroh and the goods. True to her word, the rope unties itself and Ryu immediately turns to hop into his machine. He stops upon noticing a case above the Dragon Bird, and finds that the medicine is inside. The gesture makes him realize that Goroh isn't as bad as he seems.

With the medicine returned, Jody, Ryu, and Lucy watch the young boy stand from his wheelchair, with the help of his mother. However, because Ryu left his post in pursuit of Goroh and the medicine, Jody assigns him to cleaning duty back at the Galaxy Police headquarters. Dr. Clash pushes Ryu to hurry, and that he missed a spot. Ryu then laments that if he was a pirate, he wouldn't have to do chores.

In the preview for the next episode, Jack declares that he will win the next race, claiming that he is "so smart." He asks Ryu if he has seen a particular attractive woman who apparently loves Jack's company. Ryu warns him that the woman seems dangerous, but it instead "ignites something inside" of Jack.

## Bart's F-Zero Classroom

In this Classroom segment, Bart provides some details about Ryu.

* He was revived after 150 years of cold sleep, to the present day world of F-Zero.
* He is the pilot of the Dragon Bird, and often visits the Falcon House.

Bart regards him as "a fine young man with a sense of justice" although he can be impulsive. However, Bart views this as a positive trait for Ryu's youth, and compares him to his own younger self. He then expresses hope that everyone will support Ryu.

## 4Kids English Dub Changes

* For the list of changes, see this page.