Superstore Sweep

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## "Superstore Sweep"

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## Cast

### Starring

* Athena Priftakis
* Anthony LoGatto
* Elyse Hales
* Umifusion
* LycheeVA
* Colin Gorman
* Andre Grandpierre

## Crew

### Written by

* LastyGhost
* Kris Valdespino
* Terriermonz

### Storyboard by

* LastyGhost
* Garrett Eulett
* xXSweetXSyndromeXx
* Sam A. Webster

## Release Details

### Released on

November 24, 2022

"**Superstore Sweep**" is the fifth episode of the first season of *CRiTORA*. It was released on November 24, 2022.

## Synopsis

A routine trip to the superstore turns into a ViRUS-laden misadventure.

## Plot

It's a rainy and stormy day in the city of CRiTOPiA, but the Meetup District's local supermarket, The Meetup Superstore, doesn't look very busy. Fiona Truffulax, a Truffula CRiTORA, appears at the store just to get a few things, softly complaining that nobody brings a list with them when shopping, while [no name] tries to avoid being seen from above by the customers. Meanwhile, Spottie follows his friends, Coneboy and Avery, inside the store, as she had spotted [no name] wandering around the store from outside. Despite Coneboy and Avery's unfamiliarity with the store, Spottie was willing for them and herself to find and catch the robot, and devises that they should all split up throughout different sections of the store. Spottie decides to look through the groceries aisle, Coneboy at the electronics area, and Avery at the clothing section.

While strolling through the cereal aisle, Fiona accidentally bumps into [no name]. She apologizes and questioned if they were lost. But before [no name] could reply, Mercedes Saturnakku, a moth CRiTORA, shows up in front of them and [no name] teleports away in fright, much to Fiona's dismay. Having interest in keeping [no name] in her possession, Mercedes challenges Fiona to whichever one of them fills up their cart and checks out first, gets to keep the robot. Although Fiona was skeptical, she begrudgingly agrees, to which Mercedes happily thanks her for and flies away, planning to get her things without a checklist.

During the search for [no name], Coneboy stops by and askes Mercedes if she has seen [no name], to which she remarks that she'll be taking the robot for herself. Coneboy rejects that idea, and claims [no name] to be his friends, himself included, and that she was not going to get them. Not wanting to further argue with Coneboy, Mercedes walks away from him, to which Coneboy storms off elsewhere. Elsewhere in the store, Pluto Georgia, hiding inside one of the washing machines with a V-M4A ViRUS, orders it to go after Mercedes and infect her, while he plans to capture the lurking robot. The ViRUS goes after Mercedes in the speaker aisle, who enrages after being hit by a thrown speaker in Mercedes' defense, and proceeds to stun and infect Mercedes with its screams before getting away.

[no name] reappears in another aisle of the superstore but is quickly chased by Spottie, who loses them after crashing into Fiona. They manage to escape into the clothing section and delete the V-M4A ViRUS, but they were chased around by Avery Darling, losing sight of the robot as she eventually crashed into a column. Coneboy, having scurried around the electronics, almost manages to catch [no name] before getting slimed by Pluto. Finding out that Pluto is one of the dreaded CRiViRUS Gang, Coneboy manages to get away from him by launching multiple balls of oil at Pluto, foiling his plan.

As Fiona is worried about the growing tension of the place, she is unexpectedly pounced by V-Mercedes, yelling that she won't get to the checkout in time. She had pushed Fiona's cart away, which nearly crashes onto Avery from the column she had crashed earlier. Avery attempts to deal with V-Mercedes, before scaring off with her Darling Dash, which V-Mercedes got caught into a lag. After recovering from the lag, V-Mercedes continues to push her shopping cart, which is filled to the top with various items, into the checkout, before being bumped and disinfected by [no name], the blast of which caused all the items from her cart to tumble into the ground. Upon seeing the robot, she congratulates [no name] for saving her life but teleports away before she could get her hands on them. Fiona floats by and comments on the damage Mercedes has put through. Immensely upset, she leaves the store while complaining about losing the challenge to Fiona.

To Fiona's surprise, [no name] comes back, relieved to see they are safe from Mercedes and the ensuing chaos, but after asking them of what they were looking for, [no name] teleports away from the store. Upon arrival, Spottie, Coneboy, and Avery asked Fiona if [no name] caused the mess at the store, only for Fiona to reply that they probably did along with saving Mercedes from being infected by a ViRUS. She also stated that the robot had just teleported away before she could finish, disappointing Spottie, who she decided to call it a day and head back home, with Avery purchasing the DiSiNFECTiON Spray she had gotten after fleeing from V-Mercedes off-screen, while Fiona finishes her shopping routine.

## Cast

* Athena Priftakis as Spottie Leonard
* Anthony LoGatto as Coneboy Golliday
* Elyse Hales as Avery Darling
* Umifusion as Fiona Truffulax
* LycheeVA as Mercedes Saturnakku
* Colin Gorman as [no name]
* Andre Grandpierre as Pluto Georgia (credited as *Andra* Grandpierre)
* Garrett Eulett as V-M4A ViRUS
* Derek Spangler as Quirko
* Kris Valdespino as Dr. Ploverdontal Biscup (uncredited)

### Cameo appearances

* Dewie Dropling
* Loppie Flopound
* Cloud
* Moloch Agamo
* Vincent Tookatiel
* Placeholder
* Calvin Amphourena
* Reifen Radpile
* Gogo Gremble
* Chrispina Yolkcon
* Rolando Parabolentes (mentioned)
* Eric Alyptum (2021-2022 design)
* Fritz Bowl and the Frustrated Fruits
* Boris Truffulax (mentioned)
* Script Port-Doc-File
* Dr. Ploverdontal Biscup
* Cursor LiFEFORMs

## Trivia

* This is the second and last episode released in 2022.
* This episode was released on Thanksgiving.
* This is the first episode to have a new CRiTORA logo, introduced in July of 2022.
* This episode took 8 months to produce as a result of production hell. The animation had to be redone to acuminate the updated designs and improve the animation.
* This episode introduces an updated credit format, still showing the Clubhouse's outdoors as it becomes nighttime, but with updated visuals and a more compressed format and duration.
* At the end of the confrontation with Coneboy and Mercedes, Harold the Blue Cactus would've appeared out of nowhere, saying to the audience, "Hello, I am Harold the Blue Cactus." It was added in during the animation process, but was cut out during editing.
* After [no name] disinfects Mercedes, the towering pile of items in Mercedes' cart was originally going to tumble a few moments after Mercedes recovered from the blast. As all of the items start to fall over both of them, [no name] would've blasted them away from knocking out both of them, saving Mercedes once again. This was intended to be why the trio came over to Fiona from the "loud explosion." It was cut during production, and the trio's reasoning from coming over was retconned to be the disinfecting of Mercedes.
	+ The scrapped part was still mentioned by Fiona as she explained that [no name] "saved [Mercedes] from those ludicrous items as well."

### Cultural references

* Among the items sold at the Meetup Superstore:
	+ Some of the cereal products in the cereal aisle have mascots that bear a resemblance to Helix from *ARMS*, a rainbow cubit and the Nixels emblem from *Mixels*.
	+ The collectibles in the gift section make references to *The Wonder Pets!*, *Ed, Edd n' Eddy* and *Just Shapes & Beats*.
	+ The Kitty Tarts in the Snacks Section are a tribute to the famous *Nyan Cat* internet meme from 2011.
	+ The box of coffee mix has *Cuphead* from the video game of the same name printed on it.
* If you look closely, the Binary Bits cereal product has the FBW logo at the top right, which is a reference to Daydreaming Birdie's old brand name, Flaming Bird Workshop.
* Avery Darling, at one point, cosplays as Peppermint Cookie from *Cookie Run: OvenBreak* when she chases [no name] through the clothing aisle.