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Beyblade: Metal Masters S2 E22

## Plot

Okay, so because the next few episodes are extremely important to both Tsubasa's arc this season and the main story arc with the unexpected return of an old foe, I'll be going back to an episode by episode format. Ginga and Kyoya are still unconscious and are taken to their team rooms. However, this means that Team Gan Gan Galaxy is still in the same position as before. If they lose or tie the next match, which is in just fifteen minutes, then it's all over for them. Speaking of which, it's decided that Demure will battle Tsubasa. Demure is nervous. He hasn't been in a battle since the qualifiers, and he's not exactly the most confident person ever. Benkei asks to switch with him, even though the match up has already been decided. Nile has an idea to put the odds in their favor. Team Wild Fang challenges Team Gan Gan Galaxy to a team battle. Ginga and Masamune have already fought, which means Yu would have a chance to fight. He's able to convince Tsubasa to accept the offer, since they know nothing about Demure or how he fights, but they know all about Benkei. Demure is able to use his intelligence and Dark Bull's raw strength to swing the battle in their favor. Tsubasa realizes that the team battle was a trap. Demure or Benkei wouldn't be able to beat him on their own, but Demure's kinetic vision lets him know what moves the beys will make before they happen, and then he gives commands to Benkei, whose Bull can do the heavy fighting. Nile tells Tsubasa that it's his own fault for quickly agreeing to a team battle. Tsubasa also blames himself, and says he won't lose. Yu decides to run the house, and uses Sonic Buster to turn the stadium into sand. Eagle won't be affected because it can glide over the stadium at a low altitude. However, Demure is able to use his bey to lift up Bull so it's also above the sand. His bey is a Scorpio, and scorpions are right at home in the desert. Bull's special move forces Eagle into a sand trap. The more it struggles, the deeper it sinks. Tsubasa remembers how much is riding on this battle, and says he'll win, no matter how much it costs him. His eyes turn red, and his bey spirit changes into Dark Eagle. It traumatizes Hikaru when it flies by her and breaks the glass window, due to reminding her of her battle with Ryuga. Yu tells Tsubasa to stop, and he yells that he's in his way, so Dark Eagle attacks Libra too. He even attacks his pet eagle when it tries to get him to snap out of it. Kenta is watching in the team room, and Ginga finally regains consciousness. The stadium is filled with darkness, which rises up and transforms into Dark Dragon. At this point, Tsubasa is laughing as maniacally as the Joker. A final, massive explosion wrecks the entire arena, cracks the big screen TV, blasts Madoka and Masamune off their feet, and knocks Yu, Demure, and Benkei unconscious. All of their beys have been blown out of the stadium. Tsubasa, and therefore, Team Gan Gan Galaxy, is the winner, though of course no one feels like celebrating. The audience is left stunned and horrified. Nile glares at Tsubasa, who is still laughing, until he passes out as well, ending the episode.
Angel's Friends S1 E16

## Plot

Despite promising not to tell anyone, word spreads fast about Raf and Sulfus almost kissing. (It was Kabale. Rule breaker). Arkan and Temptel assign them each a guardian angel and guardian devil respectively to keep an eye on them. (Right, because that plan worked so well last time when you at least had multiple people keeping an eye on them!) Oh wait. No it didn't! Helen and Julia are told by some mean girls to break into a teacher's classroom, steal the rosters and burn them if they want to join their group. (No way, you insane pyromaniac!) Reina creates dangerous creatures in limbo. Because Raf wasn't there, Gas was able to convince Helen and Julia to try and steal the rosters. Reina gives Malachia a piece of paper. She orders him to hang it up in the school and make sure everyone sees it.

## Review

Maybe I just shouldn't write a review unless I've got something to say.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E8

## Plot

Kyoya is at the mystery man's training facility. He's ten days ahead of schedule. The mystery man has a really annoying A.I. that speaks with an obviously phony and exaggerated French accent. Comment désagréable et condescendants! (How rude and condescending!) Worse, the AI's name is Merci. It means thank you in French. At the B-Pit, Madoka has fixed up Dark Bull for Benkei. He insists that they're not friends. He just wants to defeat Ginga. The others don't know why though, since Benkei isn't a Face Hunter anymore. Madoka made Benkei a steak, but Ginga eats it. Oh, you've crossed a line now, Ginga Hagane! Food war! Benkei finally tells them what happened. Kyoya isn't here anymore. He lost a battle to some weird guy, and he took him away. He said that if he wanted to get Kyoya back, he had to beat Ginga. Ginga wonders what "weird guy" he's talking about when Kenta's friends show up. They heard about Kenta unlocking his special move. Benkei reluctantly trains them at Bey Park. Ginga is still thinking about what Benkei said. The mystery man has taken Kyoya to a nature park to obtain "Fangs of the Heart" to defeat Ginga. They call it Wolf Canyon. It's uninhabited by anyone except wolves. No one has ever climbed to the top. Ginga goes to the bathroom. It's actually a trailer. Merci collects data on Ginga under the guise of it being a game show of sorts. Kyoya keeps trying to climb up the canyon, but keeps falling down. He makes it closer, but runs into caves inhabited by wolves. Meanwhile, Ginga's challenges keep getting harder and harder. Kyoya is able to use Rock Leone to *scare the wolves away* and make them back down. He discovers these "Fangs of the Heart" and becomes a "true warrior." That's also when, in my opinion, he went crazy insane. You've lost it dude. Ginga completes his final challenge, defeating a giant beyblade. He makes it lose its balance. You know what they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. His "prize" is the ultimate blader opponent who will defeat him in battle. Neither Madoka or Kenta have heard of the TV show. I'm surprised that Ginga didn't seem more suspicious, especially after Benkei's comments, but I suppose he could've thought that it was a prank. Kyoya has reached the top of Wolf Canyon.

## Review

This was an okay episode. Merci's voice is just so annoying and grating! Cela va être une longue saison. (This is going to be a long season). Merci et au revoir! (Thank you and goodbye!)
Beyblade: Metal Masters S2 E3

## Plot

The WBBA is holding its first World Championships to see who is the best in the whole world. The Chinese team, Wang Hu Zhong, has already been chosen, and they battle Japan first, who still haven't chosen their team yet. Ginga and Masamune keep arguing until they're interrupted by a girl from the Chinese team. Ginga has been invited to a temple to fight the Chinese representative team. It's a team battle, so Masamune and Ginga have to fight Mei-Mei, the girl from before, and Chi-yun Li. Ginga and Masamune lack teamwork, so they argue a lot. After a fierce clash, all the beys are still spinning except Mei-Mei's. The Chinese team withdraws from the battle since they basically lost. Ginga and Masamune are too busy criticizing the other's performance though. Each country's team will have three main fighters, one substitute, and one support member. Mei-Mei is a substitute, and Chi-yun is a main member.
Code Lyoko S1 E8

## Plot

At Kadic, the students are watching a film. The one interesting thing about it is that it shows a gun onscreen. This is still a children's show after all. The principal introduces the director of the film, James Finson. He wants Ulrich to have a part in his new movie. He also wants to film it at the factory. This means that someone could discover the supercomputer. Sissi actually does discover the computer room. XANA makes the main bug/lizard prop thing come alive. It's actually supposed to be an alien. It chases after Ulrich and Sissi. Odd goes to Lyoko to help Aelita. "Transfer Odd. Scanner. Virtualization." The activated tower is in the Ice Sector. Yumi frees Ulrich and Sissi. A huge swarm of Hornets fire on Odd and Aelita. Odd and Aelita go down an ice slide. They have a rough landing though. There are 2 towers. Odd runs out of laser arrows. Aelita enters a tower. Odd is devirtualized. The monster starts to choke Odd and Yumi. Aelita says that if she picked the wrong tower, then it's over for her. Aelita enters the code. At first, it looks like Aelita chose the wrong tower. However, the tower is deactivated just in time. This time, Ulrich is able to convince Finson the egomaniac to change film locations.

## Review

This was another filler episode. It wasn't very good. I've never liked sci-fi. It didn't really live up to my expectations.
Code Lyoko S1 E23

## Plot

The episode starts off with a three day weekend coming up. Yumi convinces her parents to let her stay home alone and invite her friends over. Odd plans to hire a real DJ for the party. When the boys are bored, they race in the hallway. When Odd slips and falls, a picture of a girl falls out of his pocket. It's the DJ for the party. Her name's Samantha. Problems with the school's network make Jeremie unable to contact Aelita. Odd meets with Samantha and *kisses her*. Oh, wow. They're dating? They go to the computer lab. Samantha is broke and tries to steal a computer, but Odd tries to stop her. Jim comes in and sees Odd holding the computer. Samantha is hiding. Jim assumes that Odd was trying to steal the computer and takes him away, and he also locks the door, locking Samantha in. Odd takes the blame for stealing the computer. He could be expelled though. On Lyoko, Aelita spots an activated tower in the Mountain Sector. XANA is making the ground rise. Or he's making the school sink. One of the two. Odd tells them that Samantha is locked in the computer room. Jeremie and Yumi go to the factory while Odd and Ulrich try to rescue Samantha. Since they can't get there by walking on the ground, they use a rope as a zip line and go near the top floor of the building. Jeremie is still having problems connecting to Lyoko. "Transfer Yumi. Scanner Yumi. Virtualization!" Ulrich kicks the door in. Samantha apologizes to Odd for trying to steal the computer. Yumi and Aelita are attacked by monsters. Yumi takes a hit for Aelita and is devirtualized. Aelita is left alone with three Hornets, and Odd and Ulrich are nowhere near the factory. Okay, so maybe they are. Aelita uses her Creativity to shield herself from the monsters. Odd and Ulrich arrive at the factory… with Samantha. Oh, why did you bring her? There was absolutely no reason too! "Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Odd. Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Odd. Virtualization!" Ulrich is quickly devirtualized. Aelita enters the tower. Odd is devirtualized. Aelita enters the code. "Return to the Past now!" This time, Odd lets Samantha use Jeremie's computer.

## Review

I actually really liked this filler episode. I liked the character Samantha, even if it's weird that we have the same name. It seems kind of stereotypical to make the dark skinned character broke and a criminal though. I would've liked her more if she didn't sound exactly like Sissi. The voice works for a character like Sissi, but for someone else… It just sounds so wimpy and whiny all the time. I still liked the character and the episode though.
Angel's Friends S1 E28

## Plot

The school is being rebuilt. After Sulfus told everyone, they all started arguing with each other. Arkhan and Temptel declare that because of what happened, the tournament of light and dark is null and void. Therefore, both teams lose, neither will get the power of projection, and one angel and one devil will be going home. Sulfus and Raf will go to the president's chambers to face disciplinary action for what they did. Raf tells Uri that it felt like she had lost her mind, but then once she kissed Sulfus she could think clearly again. The other angel and devil kids decide to help their friends by going to the proceedings and becoming their defense team. If they fail though, Raf and Sulfus will both be expelled. Sulfus told them about Tyco and Sai. They realize that seeing them in the past and on the walls of the labyrinth wasn't a coincidence. They were being manipulated by an outside force. Which means that they aren't to blame for kissing. Gabe and Misha were the ones who were supposed to stop that from happening. Misha is wondering why they failed. All of a sudden she was overcome by feelings for Sulfus, and Gabe for Raf. But when the two kissed, the spell from the spider bite was broken and they were back to normal. Reina and Malachia finally leave limbo. In case someone suspects that she's escaped, Reina summons more of those creepy cat limbo creatures to watch her prison. At the hearing, Raf and Sulfus admit to kissing, and that they were aware that they were committing a sacrilege. Their friends present the theory that an unknown enemy was manipulating them the whole time, so the sacrilege wasn't really their fault. They do have circumstantial evidence to back this up. Like the time Raf and Sulfus were abducted outside of the challenge room, or the whole event at the Caves of Obscurity, which they've realized was just a distraction, or what happened to the Orb at the tournament. They're correct when they say that it's a possibility that it wasn't the real orb. They suspect that this is all part of a diabolical master plan. Temptel believes that if this was the case, the Low Spheres would have told her. The trial is put on hold until the teachers can agree on a verdict. Malachia and Reina arrive at an old mansion. She tells him that this was their old home. As she walks, she uses the black sphere to revitalize the grounds and the house.
Cinderella Girls S2 E9

## Plot

The episode starts at the fall concert. Anastasia makes her solo debut with her new song, Nebula Sky. I'll talk about that more in the review. Minami also makes her solo debut with a new song, Venus Syndrome. *Do you know Venus? Do you know Venus? Breaking out of a glass cage. Let me love like that.* Rin, Mio, and Uzuki meet up and talk. Karen and Nao come up to them. Uzuki feels uncomfortable again. Arisu Tachibana and Fumika from Project Krone are performing together. Fumika is nervous though. She has a panic attack right before she goes onstage, so she and Arisu can't perform. The Project Krone members want to look for Mishiro, but they don't know where she is. Mio tells the producer. He changes the schedule so that Triad Primus will go on earlier. The Cinderella Girls go on again to buy them some time and keep the audience pumped. Mio helps calm Karen and Nao down, and tells them to take care of Rin. Uzuki wishes Rin good luck. Triad Primus is ready to perform. They make their debut with their new song, Trancing Pulse. Mishiro goes backstage and asks the producer to explain what's going on. Fumika wakes up and is ready to perform. She apologizes to Tachibana-san, but she asks her to call her Arisu. Uzuki gets uncomfortable again. The Project Krone and Cinderella Girl idols have fun backstage and declare themselves a team. Mishiro allows the Cinderella Project to continue, but only because they saved her own project (and herself) from embarrassment. It doesn't look likely that she'll change her ways though. Luckily, she also decided that Rin and Anastasia can stay as part of the Cinderella Project. Whew! Thank goodness! I was worried. Rin, Mio, and the producer notice something wrong with Uzuki. At a photo shoot with Miho, Uzuki suddenly starts apologizing profusely for seemingly no reason at all. She saw the producer and Rin come in and apologize to the man in charge of the shoot, and thought that they were apologizing on her behalf for her (imaginary) poor performance, when in reality, they were just apologizing for interrupting them. The producer and Rin know something's wrong with her, but they don't know what. She has to be sent home early. I can't tell what's wrong with her either. It started in episode 19 (Season 2 Episode 6). I swear it has something to do with Project Krone and Triad Primus and Rin and Mio and New Gen breaking up. Not everyone handles change well, especially extreme change, even if it ends up ultimately being the best thing.

## Review

I'll admit it, other than the ominous ending with Uzuki, I loved this episode! Especially all the great songs! Hotel Moonside, Nebula Sky, Venus Syndrome, Wonder goes on!!, Me-Colored Gift, Heart Voice, GOIN'!! and Trancing Pulse! My favorite was Nebula Sky, Anastasia's song. Why does Triad Primus have to be so good though? It makes it harder for me to hate them! Not the characters, but the decisions they've made recently. But yeah, it was a fantastic episode!
Angel's Friends S1 E18

## Plot

Everyone goes to the caves. Jennifer's fever gets worse. After seeing her temperature, the teachers decide to cancel the trip, but they can't find the driver, so they're stranded. Remember, Malachia was the driver. Reina is making sure their cell phones don't work so they can't call for help either. Finally, one teacher stays with Jennifer and keeps trying to call an ambulance while the other takes the class outside so they don't panic. Both Uri and Cabiria are worried about her. Arkan and Temptel figure out that it's a trap and send their students outside.

## Review

Oh my gosh, what's gonna happen? Okay, I already know, but it's really exciting!
Ninjago S1 E12

## Plot

While meditating during a storm, Wu has a vision of himself facing off against Pythor and the Great Devourer being unleashed. The Fang Blades are made from the original teeth of the Devourer. They're so strong that they can only be broken down in extraordinary heat. Lloyd is training when he's confronted and easily restrained by Pythor. They arrive at Torchfire Mountain. The guys notice that Wu has been distant all morning. He tells them that there will come a time where they'll have to go on without him. Before they can get rid of the blades, Pythor sabotages the ship. The guys work together to save Wu. Lloyd gets free and tells them that Pythor's on board. He takes the Fang Blades. Lloyd confronts him, and reveals that he's just trying to distract him until Nya can show up. However, he jumps off the ship, and Skales picks him up. Nya saves the others from falling into the volcano. The Serpentine commander a huge tour bus to get away. The ninja, Nya, and Wu try to catch up to them while Lloyd stays with the Bounty. The Venomari transform the truck into a moving snake fortress. Lloyd is trying to follow them all in the Bounty. The ninja board the truck. Pythor tells Skales to make sure that they don't reach the front. Before everyone can confront Pythor, Wu separates the cars. He tells them that his destiny is to confront Pythor alone. Theirs is to look after Lloyd. Speaking of which, Lloyd picks them up, and they head to Ouroboros. Wu and Pythor have a brief fight, and the bus crashes. Pythor uses the blades to start unleashing the Great Devourer. Wu confronts him, saying that he's playing with a power that can't be controlled. Pythor says that he's doing this to get back at mankind for locking the Serpentine underground for years. Wu points out the obvious plot hole in his scheme: The Devourer will consume the Serpentine too. However, Pythor thinks that the Devourer will obey him because he awakened it. He thought that it was inside the statue. It turns out that it was underground. He tries to leave, but Wu stops him, saying that this is their destiny. He tells the others to do everything in their power to stop the Great Devourer. It's finally released…
Code Lyoko S4 E3

## Plot

According to Milly and Tamiya, who are back to running and working the Kadic newspaper, a drummer named Chris, from the band "The Subdigitals", is coming to visit his uncle, who happens to be Jim. So, there goes that might have been interesting subplot about what Milly and Tamiya would do without the newspaper. And the "What would Sissi do if she had to run it for real?" subplot. Man, this season is just chucking potential season long subplots about semi-interesting side characters out the window. Anyways, Chris announces that the band is looking for new talent, so they're going to let one lucky and musically gifted student be their opening act at their next concert. Auditions will be held in the gym that afternoon. Jeremie wants to work with Aelita on a new virtual ship they're designing that they could use to explore the Digital Sea. The thing is, Aelita also likes and has a talent for DJing, and she was going to give Chris her CD. Jeremie guilts her into helping him though. Jerk. After awhile though, he lets her leave because he can tell how unfocused she is. By the time she gets to the gym though, auditions are over. She uses the turntables, and she's really good. Chris hears her, but when he looks in the gym, she's already left. XANA activates a tower, and has a specter possess Chris. Aelita tries to talk to him when she hears that he loved her music, but he electrocutes her and takes her to the factory. Jeremie and Yumi head there while Odd and Ulrich head to the principal's office to look for Aelita. It turns out that the Chris that kidnapped Aelita was really a polymorphic specter. Odd and Ulrich give the real Chris Aelita's demo and head to the factory. Chris and Jim follow them and insist on coming along though. Yumi is sent to Lyoko to help Aelita, who's fighting William and some Krabs. Aelita, you have wings! Use them! Odd and Ulrich are sent to Lyoko while Jim and Chris try to protect Jeremie from the specter. Also, it's revealed that Aelita will lose her wings and fall if she's hit with a laser. Yumi is devirtualized by William. Aelita deactivates the tower. Okay, I know I've said this before, but this animation really is impressive, especially for a TV show from the mid 2000s. And this is only in 480p resolution on the official YouTube channel! Can you imagine how good it would look in 720 or 1080p? Jeremie launches an RTTP, and this time, he gives Aelita's demo to Chris, lets her perform at the gym, and encourages her to follow her dreams.
Angel's Friends S1 E5

## Plot

Sweet's human, Edward, has been playing poker and gambling money to try and buy an expensive scooter. Kabale interferes with the game so he can win. Sweet is late getting there and arrives after the game. The money he won came from someone whose father is having trouble with his job. The money he lost was all the savings their family had. Oh. He asks Edward to give it back. Edward says he'll think it over. Kabale challenges Sweet to try and keep up while in the challenge room. Kabale can turn invisible, and Sweet can create illusions. Reina is imprisoned in limbo, but now she'll be able to finally escape, thanks to Raf and Sulfus. Sweet wins the challenge and gets to go first. Her pet is a butterfly. However, her turn is interrupted by Kabale, who violates the veto by obstructing Sweet and giving Edward a ride. He chooses to buy the scooter. His actions this time affect more than just him though. Reina has blended the handkerchief and glove together. This creates a spider that will be used in the next episode.

## Review

Whoa. Who knew this show could be so… serious? I find myself genuinely scared for that kid and his dad. What's going to happen to them? I guess it's because my dad lost his job when I was a kid and I was scared about my family selling the house. Luckily, my dad got a new job and we didn't end up moving.
Angel's Friends S1 E2

## Plot

Raf has a nightmare and is feeling sad after her first failure. Her friend Uri has a magical camera that can take pictures of other people's dreams. Raf cries into a handkerchief, but she's cheered up by two other angels: Miki and Sweet. Miki is repeating her first year, and tells Raf to never give up. Sweet says that if Raf ever needs help, she can just call them. Sulfus has been wearing a glove on his hand since he touched Raf. He has a burning red star mark on it. His classmates are Cabiria, Kabale, and Gas. I wish I was kidding. After witnessing Andrew's friend Jacob get picked on by bullies and Andrew doing nothing to stop it, Raf and Sulfus have another challenge. It's a simulation of Sulfur City this time. All Raf has to do is pass Sulfus, but he makes it harder by adding a dragon. Raf calls Sweet and Uri, who distract the dragon while she wins the challenge. The same woman who noticed that they broke the V.E.T.O. orders her servant Malachia to collect Raf's handkerchief to get her tears.

## Review

While the normal episodes are quite boring to be honest, the arc and intriguing mystery of that woman, who she is, what she wants, and what she plans to do is worth watching the show for. Plus there's her "servant."
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E49

## Plot

The others came out to cheer Kyoya on, and say that the future of Beyblade is riding on this. However, Kyoya says that has nothing to do with him. He just wants to defeat Ryuga so he can battle Ginga. Ugh! Teenage boys are the worst! No offense to anyone out there that matches that description, but still. Ginga says he's happy to watch Kyoya battle with everything he has, and the two fist bump. However, even before he walks into the stadium, the arena flies up into the air, creating a crater in the ground. Kyoya tells Ryuga that he's not afraid of him. The others wonder what they're thinking. With no stadium, there's no stadium outs, so Ryuga can use his full power, giving him the advantage. Ginga says that either way, they'll give everyone an amazing battle. I think Ginga and I have different definitions of terrifying, destructive, and life threatening, but whatever. The battle begins. Despite Ryuga trying to end things in one hit, Leone is able to withstand the attack, and uses a special move to hurl rocks at L-Drago. Yu says that an attack like that will only slow L-Drago down though. Ryuga uses his dark move. Kyoya is thrown back into the wall, but is able to regain his footing after hearing Ginga cry out for him. He tells Ryuga that it'll take more than borrowed power to defeat him. If Ryuga had any pride as a blader at all, then he'd try to defeat Kyoya using nothing but his and his bey's own natural strength. Ryuga knows it's an obvious taunt, but he agrees, telling Kyoya that he's going to regret it. Cue lots of explosions, light, smoke, etc. Kyoya says that he and Leone have the blader's spirit. He's thrown back again, but gets back up with some scratches. Madoka says that both beys are nearing the limit of their stamina. They put everything they have into one last attack. However, L-Drago turns on Ryuga, and *possesses him!* What? L-Drago and Leone both use super powerful special moves. Once again, everyone except our heroes evacuates, and the stadium is wrecked again. This is becoming a seriously unfunny running gag. L-Drago won. Kyoya is still standing, and appears to be conscious… but he's also been impaled by darkness. Ouch.
Angel's Friends S1 E48

## Plot

The girls think they abandoned Raf, but they had no way of knowing what she had found out. No matter what, she's still one of them. They decide to disobey orders and leave the school to look for her. Meanwhile, the devils watch the battle. The angel and devil armies show up, and Arkhan and Temptel look awesome in their armor! However, the devils will only intervene if the angels fail. Reina refuses to surrender. Malachia uses the power of the Black Sphere to fight them. Temptel realizes that if the angels win, they'll take all the credit for themselves, and orders her soldiers to attack. Arkhan tells them not to interfere. Sulfus thinks it's too easy. The girls finally find Raf on the beach. They tell her that she's an angel, and a mark doesn't change that. She's helped them and their humans numerous times, and she's judged by her actions, not a birthmark. They all hug. The armies defeat Malachia. Reina threatens to make the humans jump off a cliff, or attack each other. She wants the angels and devils to leave the planet forever. They reluctantly agree to her demands, and she gives them 48 hours to leave.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E6

## Plot

A newcomer named Hikaru encounters the Face Hunters. She beats them with her bey Aquario. It has an ability that turns it invisible. Benkei wants her to battle Ginga. She wants to battle strong opponents. Kenta is getting better still. He has 2,150 points saved up. Kenta and Ginga are about to battle again when something happens to Ginga. At the B-Pit, Madoka concludes that Ginga has a fever. Madoka called a doctor, but Ginga doesn't want to take any medicine. He's in no condition to battle. In a coliseum, Hikaru is practicing. She has a flashback to a time when she lost a battle and was so upset she started crying. Her mother tells her that there's no point in battling weak opponents. She has to become stronger and become the best in the world. Her mother wanted to become the best but wasn't able to. Living through your daughter much? I noticed that she said she would fulfill *her mother's* dream, not her own. Ginga says that he's fine, but Madoka keeps a close eye on him. Apparently Madoka is a really good cook. She made a cake. Kenta wants to talk to Madoka about his Sagittario's special move. It hasn't unlocked one yet. With a special move, Kenta could become even better. Madoka examines Sagittario. On the side of the spin track, there are three claws. If Kenta could open those claws, he could probably create his own special move. Kenta practices to unlock his special move. His practice is interrupted by Benkei. He wants to challenge Ginga. Tomorrow, noon, at the Bey Coliseum. Kenta knows that Ginga isn't well enough to battle, so he goes in Ginga's place and pretends to be him. Benkei can't tell Hikaru this before the battle starts, but I don't know why he didn't tell Hikaru *during* the battle. Aquario is an attack type. Kenta dodges her attacks, but then Aquario disappears. He doesn't know what to do. Then he hears a sound. It's Aquario's performance tip. It quickly changes speeds so that it looks like it disappears for a moment. Hikaru has another trick up her sleeve. She makes it look like her bey multiplied, so Kenta doesn't know which is the real one. She uses her special move Infinite Assault. Kenta is defeated. Now it looks like Ginga lost. He still has points left, so he keeps battling Hikaru. He refuses to give up. Benkei realizes that Kenta is a lot like him. Kenta loses all his points. He starts crying, wondering what he's going to do now. No Kenta! Please don't cry! Then Benkei approaches him...

## Review

I loved this episode! Kenta was really the focus of this episode. He's the hero of this story! Benkei is going to develop a mutual friendship with Kenta, which helps his character development.
Best Friends Whenever S1 E9

## Plot

Basically, this was part of a huge crossover between all of the live action Disney Channel shows airing at the time. Which makes me feel kind of bad for *Dog with a Blog*, which had ended just a week or so before, I think. Not that it was an amazing show like *Andi Mack* or anything, but I thought it was okay. Anyways, the girls want to go to this Halloween Spooktacular in New York City, which is where the characters from the other shows are. They either traveled there for various reasons, like being a celebrity, or lived there. The girls have no way to get there though. Barry has been studying the tachyon particles from episode 7, and while he hasn't cracked time travel, he's turned the laser into a teleporter. The girls decide to use it to travel to New York, even though Barry warns them that it's untested, and anything could happen to them. Sure enough, something goes wrong. They meet Riley and Lucas from *Girl Meets World* in a haunted house. After awhile, they become intangible. And if they can't touch each other, they can't get back home. They eventually possess Riley and Lucas's bodies to be able to touch each other, and they go back to Portland, where they're back to normal. Or they go back in time so that they never left in the first place, I don't know. I admit that I didn't watch the episode again to refresh my memory and just wrote a summary of what happened, so I left out a lot of details. Mostly the ones I wasn't sure happened, at least in this episode. Anyways, happy Halloween and stuff.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E20

## Plot

Ryuga and Doji meet a potential Dark Nebula recruit in the desert. Ryuga has to fight him. His bey made giant holes in the ground. At the shop, Madoka tells the guys about the survival battle. It's an annual event put together by the WBBA. The winner gets one wish, and the BBA will give them whatever they want. Madoka signed up as a mechanic, but she's accidentally roped into competing. Yes! Please tell me we finally get to see her beyblade! After paragliding onto a deserted island, the players have to last as long as possible. Upon arriving, Ginga swiftly defeats five players at once. Even though there's cameras all over to ensure no cheating, Tetsuya does anyways. So, I guess the real rule is: No cheating unless it contributes to a stupid subplot. He's forced to battle 5 on 1 against Kenta, Benkei, and Kenta's friends. Hyoma is just watching the competition. Kyoya and Hikaru run into each other and decide to battle. There's also apparently no medical attention either, as Kenta is badly hurt. There are eighty five people left in the competition. When the day started, it had one thousand people. Seriously though, no wonder the old BBA was dissolved and remade if it was *this bad* about safety.

## Review

This was an okay episode. I still hate Tetsuya.
Angel's Friends S1 E26

## Plot

This is finally it. The mid season finale. Anyways, Raf and Sulfus recognize Tyco and Sai from the frescoes in the labyrinth. Raf and Sulfus are invisible to them. Tyco and Sai have been locked in a battle for a really long time to defeat the other, but the two are evenly matched. Sai knows this and that they have no reason to keep fighting. Tyco refuses to stop fighting her though, since those are the rules. Sai decides that if she can't convince him, then she'll just avoid him. She flies off and Tyco follows her. Meanwhile, Raf and Sulfus are arguing about Gabe and Misha. Likewise, she flies after him when he leaves too. He accuses her of leading him on this whole time. He insists that the only way for her to prove him wrong is to kiss him. She admits that she loves him, but still doesn't want to kiss him, reminding him that he said he respected her choice. However, Sulfus now thinks that she wasn't sincere about it. They *slap* each other, and the V.E.T.O doesn't work for some reason. Raf unlocks a new fire power, which makes her wings super colorful and turns the ends of her hair a different color. She attacks Sulfus. He unlocks a healing ability, which comes in handy when he accidentally knocks her unconscious. Meanwhile, Tyco and Sai have landed at that ancient Mayan-esque civilization, and are visible to the inhabitants because they're different. Tyco finally admits that he doesn't want to fight anymore and has feelings for Sai too. They kiss, and so do Raf and Sulfus.
Code Lyoko S1 E25

## Plot

After countless months of work, Jeremie has finally perfected the materialization program for Aelita. He calls it Plan Alpha. He has a dream about the time in episode 19, Frontier, when he and Aelita briefly touched each other. Yumi gets her parents to agree to let Aelita stay at her house. Odd and Ulrich also get the principal to enroll her in school as Odd's cousin from Holland (As in Holland, Michigan, or Holland, the Netherlands? Just curious). Jim is suspicious and thinks the kids are planning something. I mean, he's technically right. They tell Aelita the good news. Jeremie has the program on a CD. Aelita has to enter a tower in the Forest Sector, but she runs into monsters. They all head to the factory. Jim follows them, but he loses them in the park. "Transfer Yumi. Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Odd. Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Odd. Virtualization!" Jeremie accidentally grabbed the wrong CD, so he has to go back to the dorm. Jim follows him. When he tries to run, he slips on the stairs and sprains his ankle. Monsters attack the tower to try and prevent Aelita's materialization. Principal Delmas fires Jim, since it's his fault that Jeremie got hurt. Jeremie agrees to tell Jim and Delmas everything if he takes him to the factory. Yumi and Odd are devirtualized. Ulrich holds a blast from a Megatank back with his katana, but he can't keep it back forever. Jeremie launches the program, Code: Earth. Ulrich is devirtualized. Aelita appears as a human in one of the scanners. I will do my review at the end of episode 26.
Angel's Friends S1 E15

## Plot

Raf and Sulfus are saved by a rotating wall. The girls find a duplicate of their school. That's where Raf and Sulfus are. Reina orders Malachia to try stopping the girls again. This time, she wants him to use the sphere on himself, despite the fact that he's human and it could kill him. Raf and Sulfus believe they're in their actual school. They wait in the infirmary. Raf is okay, but Sulfus was gravely injured by the Minotaur. Uri, Sweet, Cabiria and Kabale face off a now giant Malachia and beat him. Raf and Sulfus are about to kiss, which is apparently what's needed to free Reina from limbo. Luckily, the girls interrupt them and break the illusion. They're all back at the real school. They promise not to tell anyone about what happened.

## Review

So! Exciting! I honestly can't wait to learn more about Reina! Who is she, what's her backstory, her motivation, etc.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E18

## Plot

Ginga thanks Hokuto for everything. The next day, Hyoma and Ginga show the others around Koma Village and the forest. At a river, Kyoya is able to get his bey across the river on his first try, as well as through a hole in a rock. Hyoma brings them to a place called Green Hades. It's a *huge* green bey stadium with a glassy surface that only exists in Koma Village. Long ago, a meteor crashed to the ground, and Green Hades is the meteor crater. Hyoma and Ginga battle each other. Hyoma wants to see if Ginga is really himself again, reasoning that the others haven't known him very long and wouldn't be able to tell. (%$#@ off, you annoying little elitist! They've been through way more with Ginga than you! You said yourself that Ginga's changed, and it's at least been months since you two have last seen each other! Don't give me that #$, you little @-#$%&!) He considers himself to be Ginga's true rival, and doesn't like Kyoya. Now I KNOW that he's a smug elitist, and thinks he's better than the others. ($&@#%). Hyoma reveals that in this stadium, Ginga has never beaten him. Pegasus's attack power is nowhere near high enough, because of the glassy surface, so there's no way to gain traction. Pegasus's special move cracks the surface of the crater, and it's still spinning. Aries gets caught on a crack, leaving it wide open for an attack. Ginga finally defeats Hyoma (Take that, you douchebag!) Kyoya tells Hyoma that Ginga is allowed to have more than one rival.

## Review

It was so great seeing Ginga beat Hyoma. After all, that jerk deserves it! I don't like Hyoma. At all.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E22

## Plot

Ginga, Madoka, and Kyoya arrive at where the green light was. They find a massive hole in the ground and their friends down for the count. Kenta, Benkei, and Hikaru lost and are eliminated. Now only Yu, Kyoya, Ginga, and technically Madoka are left. Yu, Ginga, and Kyoya have a three way battle inside the hole, with the battle being broadcast live all around the globe. The three battle, and Kyoya uses two of his special moves. Yu turns the battlefield into sand again, and Leone's rotation slows down. Madoka discovers that Leone's performance tip is seriously damaged, and Kyoya needs to stop before it gets worse. However, he can't hear them over the wind, and they can't interfere with their beys because they've already been eliminated. But Madoka still has the right to battle. She's able to disrupt Leone's special move and get Kyoya's attention, but she's been eliminated. Kyoya finally notices how badly damaged Leone is. Knowing he can't go on with the battle, he forfeits. He retrieves Madoka's bey for her and thanks her in his own way. Then he walks off. Yu, being a brat, makes fun of him, but Ginga says that he put his bey ahead of his own personal victories. Yu uses Libra to create supersonic waves in the air. Ginga tries using Star Blast attack, but it's not enough, and he loses. Of course, it was still a fun match and he's a fair sport about it. At the ceremony later, Yu gets his one wish. He says that he wishes for something called Battle Bladers.

## Review

Spoilers, but if you've been paying very careful attention, then you'll remember that Ryuga and Doji mentioned Battle Bladers before, and Ryuga battled a blader who looked like Yu and could create giant holes in the ground. Yep, Yu works for the Dark Nebula. He's so nice though, even if he's full of himself.
Code Lyoko S2 E20

## Plot

Aelita has another nightmare. This time, it's about men in black coming to the Hermitage. She screams again, and while washing her face with water in the bathroom, Sissi starts to yell at her, but stops when she cries. When Jim asks what's going on, she tells him that Aelita isn't feeling well. While Jim is taking her back to her room, Jeremie opens his door and asks her what's wrong. She claims that it's nothing, and Jim tells everyone to go back to bed. Wait, I thought the boys and girls were on separate floors, and Aelita already learned not to use the boys' bathroom. After she gets more visions, she passes out and falls into the pool. Luckily, Jeremie saves her. Aw! After the others leave for class, she goes to the Hermitage to get some answers. The boys learn about an activated tower, but they can't get out of class. Aelita remembers the house before it was abandoned. She sees the man sitting at the piano playing a song. She learns about the tower and leaves through the secret door that leads to the factory. She's led by a vision of the same man, now wearing a lab coat. He knows her name and tells her to come with him quickly. It's Franz Hopper okay. He did own the Hermitage after all. But what's his connection to my favorite pink elf? The gang learns that she's seeing him. They think that Aelita's nightmares and visions are XANA's doing through the virus, but they don't know why he would do that. They go to Lyoko to deactivate the tower. Aelita goes off on her own to Sector 5 to find out where the visions are coming from. The others have to go after her. They save her from the Scyphozoa, but Odd is devirtualized. She's still determined to see if the visions truly are caused by XANA though, and doesn't want to leave the sector yet. The Scyphozoa grabs her a second time, and Ulrich and Yumi free her and get her to deactivate the tower. Her visions are gone, but she still wants to know where they came from. The others are sticking with their XANA theory for now. Despite the fact that the dreams and visions started well before XANA activated a tower. Oh wait, they thought it was through the virus, which Aelita has had since she was first materialized at the end of season 1, not the tower in this episode. Never mind then. Neither answer is actually correct anyways. I think this is one of the few times where XANA activated a tower but didn't do anything with it.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E17

## Plot

Kenta, Madoka, Benkei, Kyoya, and Hyoma finally reach Koma Village. They meet Hokuto the dog. At least the others seem shocked at the prospect of a talking dog. Hokuto tells them that Ginga went up to Mount Hagane. In a flashback, Ginga tells Hokuto about his battle with Ryuga. Hokuto tells him that there's a scroll at the top of the mountain that has a secret written by a legendary blader. No one has ever reached the top though. In the present, Hokuto lets the group climb up the mountain. Ginga is determined to reach the top, and survives an avalanche. Kenta, Kyoya, and Benkei try to open a huge door with their beys, but they keep failing. Hokuto tells them that they can't help Ginga, and this is something he has to do on his own. Sounds like the petting wore off. They refuse to believe this, and trying opening the door with their beys together. Ginga makes it through a blizzard and finds the shrine. Together, the group gets the door open and heads towards the mountain. Ginga reads the scroll. He gets a shock, as it's addressed to him, and it's in his father's handwriting. His father's ghost appears. Ryo tells him that people who take the easy way out will always lose. Beyblading isn't just about winning. It's about what you do after you lose. The "secret scroll" doesn't really exist. Ginga's journey was all about the experience. How he uses it is up to him. The only way to make a beyblade stronger is through the blader's spirit. Ginga has to believe in himself and Pegasus. Ginga says he's going to try again. On their way to the mountain, the group finally meets Ginga again.

## Review

This was a good episode. While I like that the others wanted to help Ginga, this was really about Ginga's journey. And sometimes, you just have to do things on your own, no matter how tough they are.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion S1 E5

## Plot

Benkei practices using Dark Bull to beat Ginga. His bey is strong enough to chop down a tree. Then he pulls that tree on the beach. Even with someone as strong as Benkei, that's still impossible to do, but whatever. He runs into a really creepy hermit who likes crabs. His name is Tetsuya. Tetsuya is literally the most annoying character in all of Beyblade. **EVER.** I hate him ***so much!*** I thought he was gonna be a one off villain, maybe even reform, but nope! We keep seeing him at random times during season 1, and once during season 2. Words cannot describe how much I despise him. It's like how Linkara hates Elgar. At least Elgar's dead. He wouldn't be so bad without the crab stuff or if he had reformed after his first appearance, or if he only appeared in 1 episode, or if he never talked after that. ***Like, ever again*.** And no, his backstory does nothing to redeem him in my eyes. Who attacks their own best friend? He did apologize for running. His bey is Mad Gasher. He cheats in battles. I'm just gonna skim over this as fast as possible. After he defeats opponents, he gets to scratch up their beys. This makes Madoka very angry. Ginga, Kenta and Madoka all split up to go find him. Madoka finds him, but he kidnaps her to force Ginga to battle with him. After that, Kenta finds him, but he loses to him. Before he can scratch up Kenta's bey, Ginga saves him. Benkei wanted Tetsuya to defeat Ginga to bring Kyoya back. But he didn't want him kidnapping people or scratching up their beys or cheating. Tetsuya cheats and wins Round 1. Ginga wises up to this and wins Round 2. During their battle, Benkei heard Madoka calling for help and rescued her. Benkei, however, still doesn't want to be friends with them. Ginga is able to win Round 3. Tetsuya is given a chance to reform but refuses, saying that friends are useless. Benkei has a lot to think about.

## Review

One of the worst episodes of season 1, though only because of the presence of Tetsuya. ***I. HATE. HIM!!!*** He's annoying, makes stupid crab puns, has an annoying crab catchphrase, shows up at random during terrible times even when we don't need or want to see him in an episode, whether it makes sense to have him in the episode or not. Ugh.