The Great Chocolate Scramble!

**The Great Chocolate Scramble!** is part 1 of episode 23 of Tamagoneko!.

## Synopsis

Tama Street is holding the "Treasure Hunt Heart Chocolate Competition Game". The pair who finds the most chocolates hidden on the street will receive a year's worth of chocolates! Mameneko and friends decide to participate. How will the game go?

## Plot

The episode starts at the final round of "Lovelin's Chocolate Treasure Hunting" as Lovelin and Tamasteneko explain the game's rules: there are egg shaped capsules with various amounts of Lovelin's pink chocolate hearts hidden throughout Tama Street. Whoever finds the most chocolate hearts will win the grand prize of a year's supply of the chocolate hearts. Lovelin then introduces the final contestants: Mameneko, Chamameneko, Kuchipaneko, Memeneko, Kikineko, Makiko, Gozaruneko, and the Spacy Brothers. After the introduction, Tamasteneko adds that the contestants will be paired randomly and must stay in a loop for the whole game. If a teammate leaves the loop, points will be deducted so teamwork is required. The contestants then draw straws and proceed to team up with the one with the same color.

Once the partners have been decided Tamasteneko fires a pistol to start the game. As the contestants search for the chocolates, Lovelin commentates on their progress. Gozaruneko drags Mameneko towards a building to climb which causes Mameneko to feel scared as they scale the tall building. Memeneko uses her curl to find the chocolates with Kuchipaneko who is unsure of her ability. After Memeneko's curl fails to find anything, they decide to rely on Kuchipaneko's sense of smell which nets them some chocolate. Back at the starting position, Kuromameneko desperately tries to pull at Nemuneko who is fast asleep on the ground. This causes Kuromameneko to fall backwards out of the loop and Tamasteneko penalizes them with a point loss, much to Kuromameneko's disappointment.

Elsewhere, Chamameneko and Pipospeneko converse near a fountain with Chamameneko understanding everything Pipospeneko is saying. After Chamameneko praises Pipospeneko he blushes and they go off to find the capsules. At a nearby park, Kikineko and Makiko are struggling to go in one direction as Makiko refuses to go Kikineko's way, concerned that her curls will be messed up from going through the bushes. On Tama Street, Spacyneko tries to explain how chocolate they can eat each day if they win to Akaspeneko who only gets more confused with each explanation. Eventually, Spacyneko snaps at Akaspeneko and tells him to calculate it himself.

Meanwhile, Gozaruneko and Mameneko have managed to climb to the top of the building to discover a capsule with 3 chocolates inside. Mameneko then lies down from exhaustion and the scene changes to Kuchipaneko and Memeneko a capsule of chocolate. Memeneko asks where the chocolate they collected went and Kuchipaneko nervously replies that they're in his stomach. She briefly gets angry at Kuchipaneko, causing him to tumble backwards, leave the loop, and inadvertently eat even more chocolate. Lovelin notes that the eaten chocolates won't count in their score and their score is brought down to negative one for Kuchipaneko leaving the loop. The scene changes again to Chamameneko and Pipospeneko who are successfully finding chocolates, putting them at 20 points. Elsewhere, Gozaruneko and Mameneko try to climb a pole which ends in Mameneko falling down and out of the loop, giving them a penalty.

At the starting point, Kuromameneko stands in the loop looking even more disappointed as Nemuneko continues sleeping. The scene goes to back to Kikineko begging Makiko to move closer to him so he can grab a capsule in an alleyway. She refuses and pulls away from the alleyway, still concerned about her curls getting messed up. At TAMAX-TV, Gozaruneko and Mameneko have successfully made it to the top to find a capsule with 5 chocolates. The game then ends and the contestants return to the starting point to stand on stages which rises up depending on their point total. Lovelin tallies up the scores and announces Chamaeneko and Pipospeneko as the winners with 28 points. As the group stands around the year's supply of chocolate, they congratulate the pair and Mameneko asks how they managed to get so many chocolates. Chamameneko responds that she has no idea, causing everyone to fall on the floor in exasperation.

Later that night, Spacyneko tries to take a chocolate from Pipospeneko who is shoving them in his mouth. Pipospeneko slaps his hand away and waggles his finger at them, warning them not to touch his chocolates. The other two brothers then back away in fear of his warning.

## Cast

### Main

* Mameneko
* Memeneko
* Kuchipaneko
* Makiko
* Kuromameneko
* Chamameneko
* Kikineko
* Spaceyneko
* Akasupeneko
* Piposupeneko
* Gozaruneko
* Nemuneko

### Secondary

* Lovelin
* Tamasteneko

## Trivia

* Lovelin's chocolates from "Chocolate! Chocolate! Lovelin's Chocolate is Everywhere!" return as a prize in this episode.