Yeah… I'm finally back with the sequel. I just own the plot bunny!
Also- I like Spoony more than Kimberly does. So this is NOT my opinion on Spoony (entirely… if it was wholly mine, there'd be a lot more squeeing and desiring to glomp him…)
"Wait, I'm so confused," muttered Tommy as Jason pulled up chairs for the five of them. Kimberly just clicked around on the website until she found the correct video.
"Time for the Spoony One!" she beamed, bouncing up and down. "He's really funny, almost as funny as the Nostalgia Critic!"
"FMV Hell?" read Zack. "What does that even mean?"
"I'm not really sure," admitted Kimberly as she clicked play. "I think it's a gaming term."
After the commercial featuring an aggravating woman rambling on stage, the review began. It started with footage of Rita's escape from her space dumpster, leading to Zordon's command to Alpha 5. Then the screen cut to a dark-haired guy in a yellow T-shirt.
Trini frowned, "FMVs are a comedy goldmine? That doesn't sound good…"
"Eh, he and Linkara are buddies. That means he'll go easy on the show… oh wait, this review was made before they met. So… uh-oh," went Kimberly. Jason looked concerned. "Okay then."
"You've all lost it," mumbled Tommy, pushing up his glasses as Kimberly continued the video. "And we're not even thirty seconds into the review!"
And a brief talk on how he had gotten the game, Spoony cut to footage of Rita Repulsa plotting.
"Very hardcore," grumbled Jason and Tommy, remembering the Green Candle fiasco. In between laughs Zack observed, "I think he was joking."
The two looked affronted so Kim hurriedly resumed the video.
"So he only liked us and Rocky, Aisha, Adam, and Katherine? I can deal with that," Zack joked. Kimberly made a face. "He has a point though- there are so many of us now!"
"Let's keep going," suggested Trini. After a handful of seconds Zack winced. "Oh, he totally just jinxed it. Now the game is going to suck."
"It's morphing time?" grinned Jason. "Wow, he's quoting us…"
"HEY!" went Tommy as images of the core five doing their morphing calls were shown. "Where am I?"
The other five shrugged. At the 2:20 mark they paused the video to laugh. Jason sighed, "It doesn't work that way…"
"Nope," agreed Kimberly, popping the 'p'. "But besides the snark, Spoony did recap our origins pretty well."
"Snark?" mouthed Zack. He then punched Billy in the shoulder. "You got to her, you nerd!"
"Uh-huh," went a bemused Billy. Zack and Trini shifted when Spoony pointed out their Zords weren't really dinosaurs and Tommy looked somewhere between pleased and annoyed when he did show up with his morphing call but Spoony started to rag on how his Dragonzord didn't fit into the dinosaur scheme. Then Spoony ragged on how his Dragon Dagger doubled as a 'flute'.
Then the game review began in earnest, Spoony saying he went right for the hardest possible difficulty. They watched in silence until the phrase 'the twitch reflexes of a ten-year-old', at which they all cracked up.
"Okay… either those guys are us, or they're like our doppelgangers or something from this other world," commented Tommy. Zack noted, "A button pushing game without any obvious result from the button pushing besides not dying? Not cool."
"Yeah, but he's not ranting like crazy which probably means it can't be that bad of a game… his fury over Final Fantasy X is incredible to behold," Kimberly informed them. "It's like when someone calls our suits spandex with Dr. K within hearing…"
Zack's eyes widened. "Really?"
"Yep," went Kimberly, popping the 'p'. "Let's see what happens next…"
"He has a bit of a dirty mouth," noted Trini. Kim sighed flippantly. "Except for like Linkara and Paw they all do. Or the ones I watch, anyway. The humor and nerd data makes it tolerable though."
"That is weird that you can't skip the cut scenes," commented Jason. They continued the video.
"We are badass," smirked Zack as the game versions of themselves morph. At the subtitle "When did they rehearse this pose?" all six cracked up. In a mystical voice Zack said, "We were guided by the Power to do awesome poses!"
And they just laughed some more. It took a few minutes for them to resume watching the video.
"We didn't have super powers- not like the junior teams, anyway," pointed out Tommy. Jason refuted, "Yeah, but our strength and agility went way up. I think that's what Spoony is talking about."
"Okay then…" trailed off Tommy.
Spoony switched to the lower difficulty in order to actually finish the game, but before anyone could comment on that the subtitle 'dance fu' showed up with Zack on screen, making Zack let out a proud whoop. The others ignored him and continued the video.
"I like the theme song," observed Trini after Rita made Goldar grow. The others nodded. Then Spoony started pointing out all the games' flaws. Then the game brought in the evil Green Ranger and Scorpina, who Spoony apparently didn't recognize.
Spoony really didn't like how the player didn't affect anything in the game, and his rant on it went on for over a minute. But Spoony admitted he liked listening to the theme song while playing. However, then the game got mean and wouldn't let the game be finished on normal difficulty.
"That's cold," frowned Zack. Then Spoony said that there was an even worse part. The six exchanged dubious looks. Billy asked, "What could possibly be worse?"
"No Bulk and Skull."
After a pause, all six cracked up again. Trini giggled, "All right then…"
A catchy little tune played as Bulk and Skull footage from the first episode was shown on screen. Apparently, they were Spoony's favorite Power Rangers characters. And their theme song was pretty good.
"Bulk and Skull," chuckled Jason, shaking his head. "Our high school days were certainly memorable."
"No kidding," snorted Tommy.
Spoony wrapped up his review with a mention of "Final Fantasy VIII".
There was a preview of Spoony's next review of "Make My Video", apparently another FMV. As the ending commercial played Jason observed, "That was… dark."
"Yeah, and he hasn't even invented Dr. Insano yet!" agreed Kimberly. "But the Nostalgia Chick overall does darker comedy than pretty much anyone else I watch on the site. Well, maybe the Cinema Snob but I don't watch him a lot."
"So… who exactly is that Linkara you mentioned?" asked Tommy, making Jason, Zack, Trini, and Billy all face-palm. Kimberly, with a diabolical grin, went through the tabs until she got to the one she wanted.
"I'm glad you asked that, Tommy."
