Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures premiered on July 5th, 2013 with its sister episode and is the 5th episode of the series overall.

## Desperate Measures

### Director

Matthew Hall

While during the rebuilding of the battle between Mario and Bowser, Toadette's store was an unfortunate casualty of the damage dealt. She explains to Peach that her store was her life and what brought her joy in most of it. Feeling overwhelmed with guilt, Mario insists he will help Toadette rebuild another store despite her telling him that it wasn't his fault. While scouting around the town, they find a perfect empty plot of land that has been put up for sale. Just before she could contact the realtor, another toad named Gilbert demands that the plot of land be his new site for a new realtor house site, despite him already having owned five. Toadette argues with him that she found the land first and insists that she along with Mario's help will get the land first. Gilbert snickers it off and seems sure he will get it before she does.

That night, Toadette speaks with her mom about what she thinks about the whole ordeal. Her mother suggests that she shouldn't be too keen on wanting one piece of land, but rather one that she herself knows wouldn't be a problem. Squirt talks with Mario about how he wants to help both him and Toadette on winning the land first. When provoked, Squirt quickly denies any involvement on him having a crush on her which only makes it more obvious that he does indeed have one.

The next morning, Toadette and Mario both decide to start raising money for the $300,000 price tag needed to buy the plot of land. When wondering on what they should sell, Squirt mentions that he overheard people in town speaking of a mysterious potion that could instantly make anyone deage. While both Mario and Toadette are skeptical about the idea, they become desperate and agree to meet up with the mysterious seller at a nearby marketplace. Once there, they meet Vildra, the shady woman in charge of the potion. She explains that they must only use it at times of danger, not for desperate needs. Both Mario and Toadette dismiss this quickly and begin charging for selling the drink to the townspeople. After a brief montage, they end up raking in over $290,000. To their horror, they are still in need of $10,000 more dollars. Worse yet, Gilbert reveals he had already had an offer pending for the land. Toadette collapses and admits her defeat. However, Squirt spots something in the back of his vehicle. Just before he could get a closer look, Gilbert's bodyguards block his view and order him to stay away. Squirt obliges but quickly shoots them with a stun gun and opens the trunk to find the same potions that Mario and Toadette had been selling. As it turns out, Gilbert had been illegally laundering the potions for himself from Vildra without her knowledge and had also been stealing the potions the duo had been selling. Gilbert quickly attempts to deny his involvement but there is no denying at this point that he is guilty. The town demands that Toadette get the land but she makes a confession along with Mario about also lying to the public about the potions. The kingdom gasps at the confession but Toadette says that she simply just wanted to do whatever she deemed necessary to get her dream back and make her mother proud. She ends her speech off by saying she doesn't deserve the plot of land but the townsfolk disagree, saying while they are disappointed, they also see the honesty in her and therefore grant her the land. Vildra makes her disappointment known to Mario, Squirt, and Toadette but also says that she has a heart of gold and honesty, which more than wins over her approval of accepting her apology. Toadette thanks Vildra and also Mario and Squirt for their help, admitting she couldn't have done it without them.