Hey there, everyone! PAPAYA here, back once again for the long-awaited write-ups of the latest FireGold episodes! Without any more lollygagging, let's get straight into it.
Ok, I admit it. I really did forget that Gold had a Metapod in his party while writing Episodes 13 and 14. This is precisely why he didn't even remember that Metapod existed in said episodes. After about 10 seconds after I listened to Episode 13 post-editing, it struck me. And it struck me hard. So hard, I kicked myself for it. And I did it again. And again. And again. Then...I did it yet again! After that, I then realized that a simple explanation in the following episode would suffice. And then, I kicked myself again. Then, I wrote Episode 15 out. Ok, now I'm really done lollygagging.
With Episode 15, it was time to explain what the madness behind the missing Metapod was all about. To start, I decided to bring back a familiar character who had been the victim of a little white lie Gold told to a Nurse Joy back in Episode 11. Remembering that Gold ran out as he saw this trainer being pulled downstairs by Joy, I figured that he would accidentally drop a Pokeball in the process. It turns out he did. With that little plot line in mind, we find that Gold tries to cheat the game mechanics and attempts to fly to Cianwood on Noctowl before even arriving there for the first time and without HM02. The music used as the Flying music is an 8 bit version of Dream Theater's song "The Count of Tuscany." Thanks to some non-cooperative wind, Gold and Noctowl crash into the building next to the Olivine PokeCenter, destroying a good portion of it in the process. After finding a stray HM04 in the rubble, Gold walks outside and we meet the familiar trainer character again. While writing this episode, I was actually listening to tons of Megadeth, hence the numerous Megadeth references in it. The trainer rises from the debris, meeting Gold again! The trainer's theme music is an 8 bit version of Megadeth's song "Angry Again." In the flashback, the Officer who arrests this trainer quickly notices a stray Pokeball on the floor and takes this trainer to the Police Station. The music used in the Station is from the original Spider-Man movie game when you sneak into OsCorp. We find that the mysterious Pokeball turns out to be the missing Metapod, who helps this trainer escape from jail. After raising hell and escaping the Station, we find that the trainer is named Dave (referencing Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine) and he challenges Gold to a battle. The music used for this battle was an 8 bit version of the song "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" by...you guessed it, MEGADETH. I'm pretty sure you know how the title of this episode manifested itself now. As the battle closes, we find out that Metapod had evolved! Remembering him at long last, Gold apologizes to Butterfree, while being accompanied by an 8 bit version of the song "A Tout Le Monde" by...wow, you're getting good at this! MEGADETH! Gold and Dave manage to confuse Butterfree, and Dave snaps it out of confusion after some harsh words. The whole "Gold letting Butterfree go" part was inspired by Ash making the same, boneheaded decision in the anime. Only here, Butterfree is actually assaulted by Fearow upon being set free and is instantly killed by an explosion of random proportions! As Gold would, he totally misreads the whole situation and witnesses his dead, lost Pokemon fall into the sea. Dave is arrested again and is vowed by the Johto P.D. to be stowed away in the high security room, which begs the question: Why wasn't he put there in the first place?
Episode 16! Shortly after Dave's arrest, the sea winds die down! Gold then successfully screws the rules and flies to Cianwood. He then finds the Secret Potion and decides to win the Cianwood Gym badge before hurrying back to the Olivine Lighthouse. Since Chuck's gym is filled with martial artists, I decided to reference Bruce Lee quite a bit, hence the title of the episode, a parody of Lee's martial art Jeet Kune Do. After teaching Sudowoodo Strength and defeating the martial artists, Drowzee evolves into Hypno! Gold then finds Chuck, who I ended up voicing along with Gold. After a tightly intense battle, Quilava beats Poliwrath to his feet in his severely weakened state, a la Rocky against Apollo Creed in Rocky II. Gold wins the Stormbadge and another newly evolved Pokemon, Typhlosion! Then, out of nowhere, Violet the Random B*tch interrupts Gold in his narration outro and he kicks her out of there, Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon style! It was unbelievably frustrating to record these episodes at first because, as evident in Episode 15's bloopers, this no good jabroni behind my backyard decided to do some yard work while we tried to record. After a while, we did the smart thing and moved to an indoor location and managed to record the episodes. That part was really fun. Still, curse that yard work guy! We would like to thank our good friend, Brian, once again for creating that extremely awesome artwork above!
Now, onto some updates! As it stands, I have Episodes 17-19 written. Episode 20 will also be written by 1/18/2014. With any luck, we will get together once more to record before college semester insanity kicks off for all of us again! Be sure to like us on our Facebook page for all recording updates, updates in general, random pictures, rants, and MOAR!
And, yes! That is all! Until next time, blog ya all later!
-PAPAYA
