Don't peer pressure the Maddie

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**Don't peer pressure the Maddie!** is the first episode of the second season of NFL Rush Zone.

## Synopsis

The McPlayer, also known as the Epic Gamer is going to have a birthday party The GAMERs except DIO try peer pressuring the Mattie to have his birthday party at the dreaded Aaronranged. DIO refuses to allow the GAMERs to peer pressure the Maddie. DIO acquiesces after the McPlayers approval. DIO goes there and falls prey to the EVIL food there, giving the League of Libtards their chance to attack. It's up to the GAMERs to prevail against the League of Libtards without DIO.

## Summary

### Introduction

DI0 and Dweeby get a cake for the Maddie featuring Glaceon and Leafeon and a giant Pokeball. They hope the McPlayer is going to have a great birthday. DIO accepts going to Aaronranged for the McPlayer even if he simply got peer pressured by the other GAMERs.

### Act One

The next scene begins from the point of a view of a boy wearing a football helmet who is running on a gridiron field and counting down. Upon finishing the countdown he turns on the predetermined path, then catches a ball football thrown at him. Another helmeted boy tries to tackle him, but a third boy blocks him and knocks him down. However, yet another, larger boy leaps at the running boy and tackles him, knocking him into the ground.

The tackled boy, Ish, hears laughter and his fellow teammates playfully tease him as his pants have loosened from the tackle. Ish regroups and takes off his helmet. The boy who blocked for him leads the others to "dawg pile" on him and the three boys jump on top of Ish. A red-haired girl, Ash, calls out to Ish from the sideline and wishes him a happy Thanksgiving.

A few minutes later, Ash and Ish sit side by side on a sideline bench and talk. Ish says he wasn't sure she was going to make it, but Ash explains her dad got her an earlier flight. Marty, the boy who had blocked for him earlier, runs past them after a thrown football. He makes a diving catch, then yells that he's okay. Ash mentions to Ish that his friends seem cool and she asks if he likes it here. He tells her he does, but playfully yells at Marty that it would be better if the Chargers were the home team. Marty and Ish banter as Ish explains Marty is from here. He also mentions all three of his new friends can play. Ash asks who the tall kid is, and he tells her his name is Tua, but they call him "Tiny" and he's quiet.

The other boy throws the football at Ish who catches it, and asks Ish if he's going to talk all day. Ash declares that she wants to play. The boy is initially incredulous, but Ash takes the ball from Ish and tells the other boy to go deep. She goes onto the field with the ball, and the boy runs several yards, she tells him to run further and further, then launches the ball to the astonishment of Marty and Tua. The ball comes down near the end zone and the boy catches it. Ish compliments her on the pass, but says he thought she was a kicker. She replies that she has to be good at everything to win punt, pass, and kick this year.

All of the kids gather on the football field. The boy compliments her on ability to throw and she praises his speed. She calls him Roy, but he corrects her that his name is Troy, although she can call him "T.K."

Marty says he has to leave, as his mother would be mad at him if he didn't start mashing potatoes. He then does the "Mashed Potato" dance and begins to rattle off Cleveland Browns history. Troy remarks to Marty that he should keep his moves on the field, and Ash laughs as the boys banter. Ish says he will come over for the game between the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys. Tua thinks Washington will win while Troy thinks Dallas will win. Ish mentions he has fantasy players on both teams.

Underneath Lake Erie, near First Energy Stadium, rests a sealed, underwater fortress. Inside the air-filled fortress a robot works on a deactivated Blitz Bot. The Blitz Bot comes to life for a second, knocking the robot onto the floor. The black and gray armored figure from the opening scene arrives, to the surprise of the servant robot. He berates the robot, Drop Kick, for not finishing fixing up the Blitz Bot, but Drop Kick counters that he's almost done. The Blitz Bot displays a holographic image of a boy. The boy is Ish, a year younger and with different attire, and a voice announces to Ish that the boy is to protect the NFL. Drop Kick expresses surprise that the Guardian is a child, but his master comments it was foolish of R.Z. to pick a child. Drop Kick doesn't understand, but his master tells him that it's Drop Kick's job to fix the Botz while he uses the Botz against anyone who gets in his way. Drop Kick objects further, but his master snaps at the robot not to question him and instead vows to capture all 32 Megacores.

Meanwhile, above ground, Ish and Ash are walking on a sidewalk. Ish tosses a football to Ash, who is unable to catch it and the ball skids past her. Ash mentions that she has been distracted. He mentions that he knows it's hard to be away from family on holidays, but she explains that her fear is due to being controlled by Sudden Death. She thanks him for his help in freeing her, although he cautions her that the people around here don't know he's a Guardian. As they walk, the ground begins to rumble. The ground breaks open and the black, gray, and purple armored figure rises from the ground. He throws purple lightning from his right fingertips at the pair of kids. Ash is knocked to the ground, which Ish jumps and dodges the blast. Ish asks who he is, but the figure instead blasts more lightning at Ish. Ish in turn, twists the face of his wristwatch to produce a blue light. The light forms into a line of uniformed football players standing in formation, acting as barrier against the lightning. Ash asks him where he got the watch, and he replies it's an upgrade.

The figure then gathers all of his purple to blast both past the line of holographic football players and disintegrate a barrier around the town Ish and Ash are in. Ish asks him what he wants, and the figure says he wants power, revenge, and the Megacores and tells Ish to send a message to R.Z. before departing. Ash asks Ish who their attacker was as well as who R.Z. is and what a Megacore is. Ish says he doesn't know.

### Act Two

Ish and Ash got the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Ash is confused why they are there. Ish says his parents work there and they meet up with Ish's mother. Ish asks his mother to give Ash a "private" tour, and she obliges, leading Ash away. Ish's mother tries to distract Ash, but Ash worries about Ish.

Elsewhere, Ish walks down a secluded hall with a mirror at the end of it. He twists the face of his wrist-watch, which opens a blue portal in the mirror. He steps through the portal into a dark corridor where he is met by a blue, lion-headed Rusher, who tells Ish he is needed in the briefing room immediately. The two of them reach a round room with circular doors at the edges. In the center of the room is a bespectacled man in a trenchcoat, O.T. Ish asks O.T. what happened as the barrier that protected the town, the Safe Zone vanished. He also asks about the Megacore and R.Z. O.T. cryptically tells him to "enter the next level of the Rush Zone." O.T. presses a button, disappears, and in the center of the room a floating head appears.

The floating head explains that O.T. was an avatar and that he is actually R.Z. 6.0, artificial intelligence of the highest order, created by the founder of this Hall of Knowledge and keeper of all things NFL. Ish is surprised and annoyed to learn the trut

h after moving across the country and getting new skills and tools to train as the Guardian. R.Z. declares the time for time for training has ended upon the emergence of a new threat, Wild Card. R.Z. explains that Wild Card seeks to capture the Megacores, football shaped objects that contain all of the communal power of a corresponding NFL team. Ish asks where Wild Card came from and wants to know why he knows so much about Ish and R.Z. R.Z. insists that Wild Card is a threat like none Ish has ever faced.

The Rusher then provides Ish with a coin with the NFL shield logo on it. R.Z. says that when the coin is combined with NFL-R, the wristwatch Ish wears, it will power him in ways that he had never imagined. He tells the Lions Rusher to transport Ish to Ford Field, explaining that the traditional Thanksgiving Lions home game is Wild Card's target. The Lions Rusher leads Ish to one of the circles surrounding the room, with the Detroit Lions logo above it. The circle turns into a blue portal, and Ish and the Rusher jump into it, and float down a tunnel that displays archived footage of the Detroit Lions.

Back in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Ash walks past the corridor Ish walked down. She asks Ish's mother what was in the there, but Ish's mother redirects Ash to the interactive display.

Ish and the Rusher are deposited in the halls of Ford Field. Ish puts the shield coin into the NFL-R and map of the area appears, along with a moving red dot. The Rusher tells Ish to transform, and Ish twists the wristwatch. This time, electricity spreads from it all over him and Ish is covered with white and blue armor that resembles a football uniform with glowing, green trimming. His head is covered with a football helmet and an eyeshield. As soon as Ish transforms, he is hit, and flying drones repeatedly slam into him, then fly away. Ish chases after them, but soon reverts to his normal self. The Lions Rusher explains he is not fully accessing the power of the Rush Zone and urges him to focus. Ish impatiently chases after the drones, and tackles one, causing it to crash into the ground. The Lions Rusher explains that the drone is an S-Bot, used for surveillance.

In the underwater Lair, Wild Card and Drop Kick look on as they see Ish and the Rusher through the camera of the S-bot. Drop Kick is concerned that they have been discovered, but Wild Card is smugly satisfied. He then slumps over. Drop Kick implores Wild Card to recharge, but Wild Card brushes him off, telling Drop Kick to make sure the Blitz Bot is ready by kickoff.

### Act Three

Ish returns to the public section of Pro Football Hall of Fame and talks to his father and mother. Ish asks them if they're taking Ash back to their house. His mother replies Ash told her she would walk to their house, and Ish's mother thinks this was an excuse for Ash to stay at the Hall of Fame. Ish tells them he has to go back to Detroit, and his parents say they understand ans they knew there would be sacrifices when they agreed to let him continue as the Guardian. Ish laments that he wants to spend Thanksgiving with his family, but his father says he understands, as he missed Ish when he was overseas. Like Ish, he doesn't know when or if he'll have to go back, but insists they make the best use out of the time they do have working together. His mother jokes that he had better be back in time for pumpkin pie.

Ish then goes back to the hall with the mirror when Ash steps behind him and insists she wants to help. Ish claims that they don't know how bad Wild Card is. Ash accuses Ish of not trusting her, but he explains that it's dangerous and that she can't come. She feigns agreement as he activated the portal in the mirror, but she follows him at a distance. Ish goes to the Lions portal he used previously, while another Rusher, the Panthers Rusher, walks by. Ash uses him as cover to sneak past, but R.Z. looks on with suspicion.

At Ford Field, Rich Eisen announces to a broadcast audience to get ready for a Thanksgiving feast as the Lions take on the Texans.

The Lions Rusher reveals that they have a special chamber for their Megacore on game days, and explains that Calvin Johnson, the Lions' wide receiver, is guarding it now. Calvin Johnson greets Ish by name and the boy is amazed the player remembered him. Calvin Johnson says he wouldn't forget the Guardian, noting that it was a big responsibility that took commitment. He asks Ish if he's up for it, but Ish mentions that the travelling and being away from his family gets tough. He asks Calvin Johnson how he deals with it. Johnson says he knows his family supports him and that lets him do what he has to do. He then leaves the tunnel, but Ish asks where the Megacore is. Calvin Johnson tells Ish that he'll know before going out of earshot. The Lions Rusher points out the Megacore is alongside other Lions memorabilia in the display case behind Ish, and the Megacore glows. As Ish looks at the Megacore, a security camera is trained on him, and Wild Card is watching the feed.

Drop Kick asks why the Megacore is not protected. Wild Card explains that it usually is, but on game day, the energy must be accessible to the corresponding team, so it is vulnerable. He tells Drop Kick to hack the passage chamber and to commence the attack

Near the Megacore, there is rumbling. The Blitz Bot from earlier in the episode emerges. Ish takes the Megacore. The Lions Rusher tries to hold him off while. Ish runs and dodges the Blitz Bot's blasts. However, the Blitz Bot corners Ish and blasts him, though Ish keeps a tight hold over the Megacore. Suddenly, Ash appears and cries out that she's open behind the Blitz Bot. Ish asks what she is doing there and Ash tells him she followed him. She tells him to pass her the Megacore and he does. She catches the Megacore and runs away, but the Blitz Bot is able to stun her with an energy blast and he falls to the ground.

Ish watches on, but does not know what to do. The Lions Rusher tells him to use the shield coin to channel the energy of Calvin Johnson and all the Lions. Ish places the coin in his NFL-R and focuses, then changes into his Guardian mode again. This time he is able to fire an energy blast of his own at the Blitz Bot, and is able to bounce against the wall to avoid the Blitz Bot's attacks. He charges the Blitz Bot and after a brief clash, is able to knock it back into a wall, causing it to fall apart. He presses a button on the back of his left wrist to change back into a normal child.

In the announcer's booth, Rich Eisen mentions that it was a crazy day for the Lions. Michael Irvin said the Lions seemed to be confused for a while but then they came racing back.

Ash is under some debris, still cradling the Megacore, so Ish and the Lions Rusher help her up. The Megacore stops glowing, and the Lions Rusher says he will get it to a safe place. Ish thanks Ash, admitting he needed her help. She asks if this means he will tell her what's going on and he agrees.

At Ish's house, Ish, his family, and Ash sit at a table full of food. Ish's father says they should take a moment to share thanks, and Ish's mother says she's thankful Ish's father is here . Ish jokes he's thankful that he got home before the gravy got cold, but then continues he doesn't know where to begin. Ash says she's thankful to Ish and his family for sharing his family and their traditions.

Back in Wild Card's lair, Drop Kick hands Wild Card the Texans Megacore, stating that while Ish and the others were occupied with protecting the Lions' Megacore, the Texans' Megacore was vulnerable to be stolen.

## Trivia

* This episode marks is the first appearance of Wild Card, Drop Kick, and R.Z. 6.0, although the latter was present earlier in the series in the form O.T.
* This episode also marks the debut of a new voice cast for both the returning and characters, as well as the first to feature a 22-minute format
* Despite the fact that Troy claims "T.K." as nickname, he is never called this beyond the opening episode. By contrast, Tua is often called "Tiny" in subsequent episodes.
* Likewise, Drop Kick almost exclusively calls Wild Card "master" in this episode, but does so much less frequently in later episodes.
* The title of the episode is a direct reference to *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), where Dorothy proclaims "*...lions and tigers and bears, oh my!*"
* The episode is listed as "Lions, Texans, & Turkeys, Oh My!" (with the extra Oxford comma) on the official YouTube channel.
* This episode features the voice of Calvin Johnson.