Ultramechatron Team Start!

**Ultramechatron Team Start!** is the first episode of the main series of Ultramechatron Team Go!, focusing on the character of Brody and his dislike of following orders.

## Plot

Ultramechatron Team Start! begins with a voiceover in Japanese. The captions describe the concept of the show; That in the "distant year" of 2020, the world becomes plagued with Monsters after a portal is opened by Galatax, with the Ultramechatron being the world's only hope of survival. In the actual Japanese voice over, however, the narrator tells us about how the producers of the show had underpaid them, and that none of the producers speak Japanese, so the narrator can say whatever they want.

After the credits, it cuts to a fight between the Ultramechatron and the Baby Boomer; a giant bomb with a baby's face who screams and holds boomer like opinions. Armond is unable to use the Ultramechatron's arms to punch the Baby Boomer however, as he is always "out of touch".

Sarah becomes concerned when the Mech shows evidence of smoke in the torso, before it becomes clear that Brody is just smoking weed in there. (He works better when he's high! It's a performance enhancing drug! What do you want him to do, vape?). The Team get distracted arguing, and the Baby Boomer throws bombs into the Ultramechatron's hands, destroying them.

Sarah tells Brody to launch the Nipple Missiles, to which Brody objects, as he doesn't like being told what to do. Instead, he launches the Navel Blockade, which is entirely uneffective against the bombs. The Baby Boomer winds up to punch the Ultramechatron, but suddenly dies instead. Sarah concludes that "if you just wait long enough, the Baby Boomer dies on it's own.". The Team take a minute to contemplate that, before cheering, turning around and returning to NAREA HQ, where Captain Duke congratulates them all equitably on the fight, to which the team responds that Brody nearly fucked up the whole fight, questioning whether he should even be on the team. Brody responds angrily that he has valuable skills. Captain Duke agrees, telling them that they are the necessary four to defeat Galatax, but describes his skill set as "the Party Dude".

Brody, who had expected to be the "secretly talented every man underdog" is upset, and questions himself why he is on the team, suggesting that NAREA's head scientist, Boshi, would be a better fit. In retaliation, Captain Duke tells the Story of how she became a giant floating head - several years ago, Boshi invented a device with the aim of allowing a human Duke to experience interdimensional space travel. Instead, the device exploded her consciousness across all dimensions, causing incredible pain for an infinite time span while she watched infinite versions of reality. When she returned to her universe, she was only a floating head, and had concluded that Galatax was dangerous and the only way to stop him was to form the Ultramechatron Team with the Chosen Four, and that Boshi doesn't deserve happiness.

After this meeting, the alarms blare, signalling a new monster (the Hypnopotamus) approaching. The Team head to their cockpits and begin the fight, with Brody declaring that he was going to prove his worth, much to the annoyance of the other pilots.

The Hypnopotamus begins the battle by hypnotising Sarah to fall asleep, making it impossible for the other Pilots to see what they are doing. Brody, attempting to prove himself, climbs into Sarah's cockpit to take over her role. The Hypnopotamus commands Brody to sleep, which almost works, but he is able to fight it through sheer force of being that stubborn.

Armond tells Brody to tell him and Trish what to do, which Brody takes as an insult, as he still doesn't like being told what to do. To demonstrate this, he pretends to direct the other two pilots, but just ends up having them do the Cha-Cha Slide. Trish angrily refuses his instructions, causing them to get hit by the monster, so they both agree to just do what he tells them. Brody then decides to take his role semi-seriously, still directing them to do the Cha-Cha Slide, but successfully dodging them out of the way of the Hypnopotamus and ending with "everybody...clap your hands!!" causing Armond to clap the Ultramechatron's hands so hard against the side of the Hypnopotamus' face that it is crushed, killing it instantly.

The Team celebrate, with Sarah waking up, and Brody concluding that his inability to take directions is a positive trait, and he is really part of the team, as "Teamwork isn't about working hard all the time, it's about doing the bare minimum until somebody shits the bed, and then you can do a little damage control, and then you can go back to coasting!". angering Sarah again, especially when he accuses her of "sleeping on the job" and "taking a little nap", and when he starts pressing random buttons in her cockpit in an attempt to look nonchalant.

At the end of the episode, we see Galatax's clawed hand ominously stroking a crystal ball on the top of his staff which shows him live footage of the Ultramechatron and promising to one day defeat them. His signal then awkwardly cuts out.

## Quotes

* "That's the power of the Baby Boomer. He's somehow always....out of touch!"
* "Sorry, Ultramechatron. Looks like the only thing you'll be winning today....is a participation award!!"
* "I am gonna kill you, like you killed fast casual restaurants!!"
* "You should all be equally proud of yourselves. Yes, each of you deserves a perfectly identical amount of praise. Thank you all, equitably."
* "I'm sick of you all thinking you're better than me, just because you're ''smarter'' or ''stronger'' or ''better'' "
* "Fate has decided that you are all necessary in order to defeat Galatax before his monsters kill us all, and that Boshi doesn't deserve happiness"
* "Yes...I will control your mind, just as I control my body temperature by wallowing in the mud!"
* "Ha Ha Ha!!! Your brains are as weak as your pathetic jaw strength!!!"
* "Crap...his greatest strength is also his greatest weakness is also his greatest strength..."