Marty and Flip take Japan

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***Marty and Flip take Japan*** was a short-lived segment that ran in the early part of Season Two of the YouTube series Being The Elite. The segments revolved around the adventures of Marty Scurll and Flip Gordon as they toured Japan with New Japan Pro Wrestling without the rest of the cast of the main series. The segment got it's own theme song but only lasted for a few episodes.

## Cast

### Central characters

* Marty Scurll
* Flip Gordon

### Also involved

* Matt Jackson
* Nick Jackson
* Masa

## Episodes

 2
 3
 4

## Storyline

### The kayfabe

After he admits to them that his dream of becoming a pop star has ended in failure, Matt and Nick say that Marty needs to make it up to them for lying about his success. They suggest that he can take Flip Gordon under his wing when the two tour Japan without the rest of the cast. Marty is not pleased as he doesn't like Flip but Matt and Nick are hoping that Marty will come to like his travelling companion and help get Flip booked on *All In*.

The next week Marty and Flip arrive in Japan and visit The Ribera Stakehouse but Marty mocks Flip and says that he will never be booked for *All In*. They meet Masa who suggests that Flip will win the upcoming tournament but this makes Marty angry.

In the next episode the duo seem to be warming to each other and go on a fairground ride which swings them in a cage at a great height. Marty is scared and begins crying but Flip loves it.

In the run up to the Dominion show, Marty takes Flip to TGI Friday's and gest him drunk. Later that night Marty realises that they had been drinking non-alcoholic drinks and all Flip's antics were to try and befriend Marty. He decides that Flip isn't so bad after all as he goes to bed. The next morning however he discovers that Flip has emptied the hotel mini-bar and disappeared. Marty is terrified of what The Young Bucks will say to him when they discover he messed up so when he meets them at the show, he tells the duo that he and Flip are best friends now but that he doesn't know where he is.

Back in the US Marty discovers that Flip isn't dead, he just left early to catch a flight home. The duo try one more episode of the show while in Dallas, Texas but they can't make it work. As a final postscript to the segment, somone sings the *Marty and Flip take Japan* theme song in the background when Marty mentions his time in Japan while delivering a eulogy at the memorial service for Joey Ryan.

### The shoot

Marty Scurll and Flip Gordon were on a three week tour of Japan, wrestling in New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Junior tournament, while the rest of the cast were wrestling Ring of Honor dates in the UK and US. Despite Masa's predictions the tournament was won by Hiromu Takahashi.

## Credits

This was the first storyline on the show to be billed as it's own segment and even had it's own theme song and credits. The opening credits had Marty and Flip standing facing away from the camera outside the New Japan Pro Wrestling shop in Tokyo. They both turn to the camera as their names appear in the title song, with Flip looking happy and Marty looking angry. There was also a closing credits which comprised a short reprise of the theme song over a cartoon depiction of the two wrestlers in Japan, which was made available on merchandise.

## Theme song

The sgment had it's own theme song sung by Matt and Nick in falsetto voices over a cheesy jazz tune.

### Lyrics

*One is a villain,*

*While the other one does flips,*

*You know they can't stand each other,*

*It's Marty and Flip take Japan,*

*It's Marty and Flip take Japan!*

## References

1. ↑ *Water Under The Bridge* - Episode 103
2. ↑ *Surveillance* - Episode 104
3. ↑ *Breaking News* - Episode 105
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Empire Of Dirt* - Episode 106
5. ↑ *Alibi* - Episode 108
6. ↑ *Memorial* - Episode 109
7. ↑ *Best Of The Super Junior XXV* - Cagematch.com

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* Nick Jackson
* Matt Jackson
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* Adam Page
* Marty Scurll
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