The Angry Bug Show


Presented By:

Genesect


'Team Charm Goes Totally Meta' and 'Team Charm Checks the News'

By NaturallyDark


Genesect is standing there, grinning.

"Hello you guys, girls or whatever you are! Welcome back to the Angry Bug Show!"

The Bug itches his head, somewhat nervously.

"Since the last discussion was about the Mystery Dungeon series, I'm still in a good mood about the series!

So, today, I decided to review some fan-fiction by the author of NaturallyDark! Most of hers..."

Genesect frowns.

"I think the author is a girl..."

He shakes his head.

"...anyway, most of hers are Mystery Dungeon fics! So I'm reviewing two of them because one, they're really short and two, they star Team Charm!"

The Bug looks round, unsure.

"Why Team Charm? I have no clue! I found a note demanding me to do it!"


Meanwhile:

As screams of terror is heard coming from the room behind them, Gardevoir and Lopunny lean against a door, with Lopunny filing her nails with a nail filer and Gardevoir reading a magazine.

"...Hey, Gardevoir."

"Hm?"

"Did you leave that note like I asked?"

Gardevoir thinks for a moment then nodded.

"Yes."

Back to Genesect...


The Angry Bug shakes his head.

"Anyway, let's get on with the review! The first one is 'Team Charm Goes Totally Meta'!"

Genesect then frowns, unsure.

"Wait, doesn't meta mean that it refers to itself?! Does this mean the story is going to break the fourth wall?"

Genesect turns to his right.

"INTOXIQUER! GET OVER HERE!"

With no response from the Crobat, Genesect frowns, then turns back to the screen.

"Huh, that's weird. Anyway, LET'S BEGIN WITH 'TEAM CHARM GOES TOTALLY META'!"


"Hey, Gardevoir! Take a look at this crap!"


"We're just started the fic and we have already have some unnecessary swearing! Fantastic!" Genesect remarks sarcastically, while grinning.

He then drops the grin and frowns seriously.

"Actually, the word 'crap' IS okay in some stories depending on how it's used. It's perfectly fine to use in a serious story or a comedy story that is so bizarre and is not meant to be taken seriously that it fits."

The Bug nodded.

"Take AuraWielder's 'Conquering the Dark' and 'Pokémon Grand Tour' for example.

The former can have swearing in it because it has such a dark plot and dramatic themes that characters swearing would be considered okay as it fits the sort of story it is.

The latter however, is SO bizarre and random that even though swearing would be OOC for the characters, to have them swear would be funny at the same time, as you know the characters wouldn't act like that!"

Genesect nodded.

"So, I believe that a light comedy, like this for example, swearing doesn't work for any character, unless they're a ruffian of sort."


Team Charm was sitting at one of the tables at Spinda's Café, enjoying some time time off from ruining – I mean, saving – the lives of the townspeople.


"Oh look, a small fourth wall break!" Genesect goes, somewhat sarcastic.

"Let's see how many fourth wall breaks we get on the fourth-wall break counter!"

Fourth-Wall Break Number Count: 1


It had been Lopunny's idea to stop in, which initially surprised her two teammates, Gardevoir and Medicham, since she never actually ordered anything at Spinda's Café. Then they remembered that there was free WiFi and it all made sense to them.


Genesect frowns, confused.

"Wait, since when did the Mystery Dungeon World HAVE WI-FI?!"


"What is it?" Gardevoir asked, leaning over to look at the screen of Lopunny's laptop. "Did you find another fanfiction in which we fart a lot?"


Fourth-Wall Break Number Count: 2

Genesect chuckles a little.

"Huh...a reference to Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus..."


Lopunny asked, "You're smart, right? 'Course you aren't, but you can tell if someone's dumb, right?"

Genesect is taken aback.


"That's a bit harsh!"


Gardevoir glowered at her. "I've developed a knack for picking out idiots, yes."

"Is this person – " Lopunny jabbed a finger at the screen. " – a total knucklehead?!"

Sighing, Gardevoir peered at the webpage Lopunny was on. She was on the page of a user on FanFiction.


Fourth-Wall Break Number Count: 3


"Uh, no, doesn't look like it. Why?"

"Because THIS!" Lopunny yelled, earning her a nasty glare from Spinda, and hurriedly clicked on a link on the page. It lead to a fanfiction in which certain Pokémon Mystery Dungeon characters talked about their expectations and hopes for Gates to Infinity. Reluctantly, Gardevoir skimmed the story.


"Oh." Genesect goes, blinking. "This is a hate-fic for Gates to Infinity, isn't it?"

The Angry Bug sighs, frustratedly.

"I can see why people hate Gates to Infinity. I can see why people love Gates to Infinity." he goes rather annoyed, face-palming.

"I am the type of Pokémon that tends to be or tried to be neutral over any argument. I listen to those on one side of an argument but then I'll listen to the other side..."

Genesect then frowns and looks seriously at the camera.

"Believe me or not, Gates to Infinity is NOT the worst entry in the series!" he stated, rather angrily. "Sure it's got it's flaws, but like Red and Blue Rescue Team, it's a good game!"

Genesect then scowls harder.

"Did you know that Gates to Infinity is the ninth entry in the series? The first and second are Red and Blue Rescue Team, the third, fourth and fifth entries are Time, Darkness and Sky, respectfully.

So, you're probably thinking... 'Wait, there's a set of Mystery Dungeon games between Sky and Gates?'"

The Bug nodded.

"Yes, the Adventure Squad games. These are the only ones that have never been released out of Japan! The art style to it is like Pokémon Ranch but there is hardly any dungeons and Pokémon in it!

These games was SO bad it was never released out of Japan!"

The Bug scowls. "If these games were, Gates of Infinity wouldn't have received the amount of HATRED THAT THEY HAVE NOW!"


"Lopunny," she said kindly, "you're freaking out over nothing again. Medicham, did you bring her medication?"


"Wait, is Lopunny suggested to be mentally ill?" Genesect asked, taken aback by this. "I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO BE FUNNY, NOT DARK!"


"I'm going to pretend I'm not in this fanfiction," Medicham replied, bringing the newspaper she was reading up to cover her face.


Fourth-Wall Break Number Count: 4


"No, look!" insisted Lopunny, pointing wildly. "Look at how high their hopes were! They actually thought it was going to be a good game!"


"It was, despite some flaws." Genesect went, seriously.


"A lot of people did – "

"Oh, the cruddy plot!" Lopunny wailed on. Hydreigon, who was chatting with nondescript player and partner characters across the room, glanced over, then hung his head and wept silently.


"DON'T CRY, HYDREIGON, I ALWAYS LOVED YOU IN GATES!"


"And the lousy Spinda's Café knockoff!"

Swanna, who had been drawing prize tickets with Wobbufet and Wynaut, began to strike a sassy pose to scold them but a ludicolo burst from the wall and ran her over before she could even open her beak.


Genesect is taken aback again, surprised by this.

"Well, that was unexpected and random!"


"And the cruddy excuses for romance and ship fodder! Emolga and Dusparce and Virizion? What were the creators thinking?!"

"You are a retard!" Emolga hollered at her from the doorway as he stormed out in a huff.


Michael Scott: NO, GOD! No God, please no! No! NO! NOOOOOOOOOO!


Sparks begin to fly around Genesect, who looks absolutely furious at what had just been said by Emolga in the story.

"THAT WORD! THAT WORD?! THAT WORD! WHY WAS THAT WORD USED IN THIS FAN-FICTION?! ARGHHH!*"

A lazer beam shoots from Genesect's cannon which blasts through the ceiling, leaving a massive hole in the ceiling.

Darkrai suddenly falls down from the hole along with some other rubble as the Angry Bug calms down while breathing in and out in frustration.

He looks around before disappearing into the shadows.


Dunsparce, who had been weakly attempting to chat up Virizion, burst into tears and also ran away. Virizion, left with nothing to do, sat quietly, contemplating how best to murder Lopunny.


Genesect picks up a noose.

"Hey, Virizion, take this!"


"You're being rather harsh!" Gardevoir exclaimed, crossing her arms. "It may not have been an excellent game, but it wasn't that bad!"


"EXACTLY WHAT I SAID EARLIER!"


At this point, Lopunny was spasming on the floor, crying and flailing about. "It was horrible! So bad! And that fanfiction is the lamest thing ever!"


"What are you, a fan-fiction critic?!" Genesect remarked, rather annoyed.


Suddenly, as if driven by a powerful impulse, she hopped to her feet and stood with her hands on her hips. "I have a brilliant idea!"


"That can't be good." the Angry Bug stated, somewhat worried.


Medicham folded up the newspaper and tried to slink away, but Lopunny pounced on her in an instant and had her pinned down.

"You're not going anywhere!" Lopunny yelled manically. "You're going to help me with my brilliant and flawless idea!"

"Virizion..." Medicham weakly turned her head to look at the grass type. "Help me..."

To her horror, Virizion stood up and announced, "I shall help you, too!"

"Not like that!" wailed Medicham, but what was done was done. Lopunny brohoofed Virizion,


"Great! An My Little Pony reference!" Genesect went, annoyed. He then turns to the camera. "No offence to any Bronies out. Like I said, I'm a neutral kind of Pokémon.

Though I don't like watching the show, I can respect those who do!"


grinning widely, then dragged both over to the laptop. Gardevoir, both curious and terrified, stood behind the three as Lopunny began typing into a Word-like application.

"The Game Freaks are going to make a new Mystery Dungeon game some day soon – "

"Actually, that's Chunsoft – " Gardevoir tried to correct.


"Actually they're called Spike Chunsoft these days." Genesect stated simply while grinning.


"Shut it, dum-dum! I knew that! Okay, so they'll make the new game..." Lopunny tapped her chin with a finger. "What do we want in it...?"


Genesect frowns, cocking his head. "This basically this fic was saying what they want in the next Mystery Dungeon game before Super was announced...?"


"Please...let me go..." Medicham whimpered from where she was still trapped under Lopunny's arm. Her plea went blissfully unanswered.

"2D graphics," Gardevoir suggested. "The 3D models freak me out. Plus, they're stolen from that 3D PokéDex app.


"Not a chance!" Genesect remarked rather bluntly.


Oh, and way more pokémon in-game and for starter choices!"


Genesect nodded, grinning. "I think that should be a compulsory thing for all entries. I have no clue why Gates would have five choices..."


Lopunny typed all that down furiously, then added, "And make lopunny a starter choice!" At the expectant looks from her three friends, she added, "And buneary, too. What else?"


JonTron: NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE, SO MUCH NOPE!


"The soundtrack from GtI wasn't bad," Virizion said, "but there weren't enough distinct tracks. Some dungeons just stole the melody from others. Besides that, though, the different kinds of dungeons with puzzles were pretty nifty."


Genesect thought for a moment, cocking his head a little. "I'm not sure about that one. I'll have a check of Gates to Infinity's soundtrack to find out..."


"I know what it needs," Spinda called out as he leered at them. "Patrons who won't make a ruckus and who will actually pay for their drinks!" He paused. "And a bartender as sexy as me."


"No." Genesect went, simply and bluntly.


"It also needs lots of plot twists!" Diglett suddenly popped up from the floor, looking excited. "And cool features that we never would have even dreamed of!"


"I think Super has got that down with the Connection thing." Genesect states, grinning. "But I totally agree with the plot twists!"


"Stop tearing up my floor, you little rat!" Spinda yelled at him.

"Got it, got it!" Lopunny kept typing away cheerfully. "Medicham, any suggestions?"

"Can't...breathe..."


"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"


"More minigames? Brilliant idea! But none of that paradise crap from GtI, got it?"

Genesect is taken aback. "I actually liked the Paradise!"

"We need all the dungeon mechanics from the first two generations," Gardevoir said, "like hunger, IQ, and taking on multiple job requests at once, and, for that matter, Wonder Mail."


"Yes." Genesect stated simply and bluntly.


Lopunny nodded, then leaned back from the computer. "I think we've just about got it all. Man, isn't this so much better than that OTHER person's fanfiction?"

"It doesn't stop being rude if you say it many times over," Gardevoir informed her.

"Whatever, man. 'This is an open letter from Team Charm – '"

"And Virizion!"


Steven Universe: AND STEVEN!


"' – and Virizion, to the developers of the next Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game. Don't you DARE mess this one up!' Perfect! Now we can just submit it and – "

Then, all four halted in their actions. There WAS one more thing they had forgotten. The four looked at each other, then cried out, as a single, unified voice...

"AND NO MORE DLC!"


OBJECTION!

Genesect pointed out at the screen, looking annoyed.

"I can admit, DLC can be annoying sometimes depending on what game it is for..." he explained, somewhat throughly.

"But DLC isn't all bad. I find that DLC that added extra stories or episodes to the game, it can be done well!

For example, Phoenix Wright Dual Destinies had a DLC case, which the series has never had before! However, since it was part of the story and added a side story to the main plot, it did well because of that!"

Genesect nodded.

"That's why I think Gates failed a little when it came to DLC. It could have added extra story to it and explained a few things, like where Cobalion and Terrakion were, along with the rest of Unova's Legends!"

The Angry Bug frowns.

"But, we just got extra dungeons with no value at all. I believe that Super has DLC, it should add in extra stories in along with dungeons, not the dungeons just by themselves!"

Genesect shakes his head.

"Anyway, that was 'Team Charm Goes Totally Meta.'. What do I think about it?"

The Angry Bug looks round, totally confused.

"Is this just a fourth-wall breaking wish list or not?" Genesect questioned, totally bewildered on what he just read.

"The spelling was spot on, but the characters and their personalities were just bad!" Genesect remarked, looking somewhat annoyed.

"Emolga swearing, Lopunny being a jerk and hinted to be mentally unstable, things that didn't make any sense happened and totally bashing of characters!"

Genesect frowns.

"The only one that I could tell that was in the character canon made from Time, Sky and Darkness was Gardevoir! I didn't mind Medicham though, despite her not wanting to be in the story in the first place! It was funny at some parts but mostly, I just found it frustrating!"

Genesect scowls once again.

"And for goodness sake, people! Gates wasn't a bad game! Like Gardevoir said, it wasn't excellent and didn't live up to the hopes of Time, Darkness and Sky for some people but at least it made it's mark!"

The Bug face-palms. "I'm giving this one 2 out of 5, I think. I'm just going with that..."

Genesect then sighs.

"All right. Time for the second fic!" he goes, grinning. "Hopefully this is better! This is 'Team Charm Checks the News!"


It was a warm, sunny day in Treasure Town, and a slow day in Spinda's Café. A few customers milled about, chatting around tables with a drink in hand. Three attractive ladies, Gardevoir, Medicham, and the very well-known Lopunny,


"If we're going by the last fic's canon..." Genesect remarked, still somewhat annoyed. "...more like mentally unstable!"


were sitting at the far table. Three untouched small-size drinks sat on the table, as well as a laptop, a game of solitaire, and several bottles of nail polish.

"I'm so BORED!" Lopunny whined as she painted pink the tips of her paws where a human's nails would be.


Sky: Why would you do this?


"Medicham, can I play cards with you?"

Medicham psychically moved a card to another pile and gave her a look. "This is solitaire."

"So?"

"It's a one-person game."

"Well, we can take turns!"


Genesect face-palms. "How is this rabbit the leader of the team...?"


Medicham prodded Gardevoir's arm and hissed, "For the love of Arceus, Gardie, give her something to do."

However, Gardevoir didn't appear to have heard her. Her eyes were fixated on the screen and she had a dumbstruck expression on her face.


Genesect puts his claws together. "Let me guess, news about Super?"


"Hello?" Waving an arm in front of her face, Medicham began, "Earth to Garde – "

Then she stopped. And she, too, stared at the screen.

Lopunny continued to paint her fingertips for a minute longer before realizing that her partners had gone eerily silent. "What's up with you two?" she asked, blowing on her paws. "Delcatty got your tongues?" Then, she also looked at the computer screen. The webpage was some unofficial Pokémon news source showing an article.


"KNEW IT!" Genesect yelled happily, raising his arms into the air in happiness.


Unlike the other two girls, Lopunny only stared for about half a second.

"Ohmygod a new Mystery Dungeon game!"

Within seconds, every single pokémon in the café rushed over to stare at the screen. There were 'Oohs' and 'Aahs' and 'Oh my gosh!s' from the small crowd as they gaped at the news.


"Since every Pokémon will be in it..." Genesect went, looking hopeful. "I hope to be involved in the plot somehow, even a little bit..."


"Team Charm!"

Alakazam leapt through the doorway of Spinda's Café and faced the girls. Tyranitar carefully walked in after him, holding his tail nervously while Charizard sauntered in, wearing sunglasses and a v-neck shirt.

"So, we're, like, here to defeat you 'n stuff," Charizard said, putting his hands on his hips.

"I'm scared, guys," whimpered Tyranitar. "What if we get hurt or something?" His eyes widened in horror. "What if we hurt THEM? Oh, they'll hate us forever if we do that!"


Genesect blinked, then looked at the screen.

He puts up a sign, which says:

'Internal screaming intensifies'


Lopunny waved a poorly-manicured paw at them. "There's a time and place for that, and now it's none of those!"

"Hey hey hey!" Corphish called out. "They just announced a new Mystery Dungeon game!"


"At least Corphish is in character." Genesect remarked, surprised.


"Drinks on me, everybody!" Gurdurr yelled, and everyone cheered. Spinda cheered, too, because there suddenly was a great quantity of random people he'd never met before at his café and about to be bought drinks.

"Hi, guys!" Foongus entered the café. "What's up?"


"Oh look, it's Foongus!" Genesect stated, looking happy.


"Haven't you heard?" Emolga glided over to him, grinning. "There's going to be a new Mystery Dungeon game, and apparently, it's 'super'! Everyone's really excited for this!"

Foongus beamed. "What excellent news! I simply can't wait!" He rubbed his palms together. "Hopefully, I'll get to sell even better DLC this time!"


"Considering how the last fic ended, this will end bad!


The room immediately fell silent. Everyone stared at Foongus with wide eyes. Slowly, Lopunny lit a torch while everyone else pulled out a pitchfork.

A few minutes later, the mood was back up and everybody sat at tables with drinks and fried mushroom apppetizers.


Dylan Evens: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!


Genesect stares at the screen, then breathes in and face-palms, breathing out.

"I honestly don't have a clue why Foongus had to die like that. I have no clue what just happened..."

Sparks begin to fly from the Bug, though Genesect shows no signs of anger.

"I'm just done with this. Though the characters are better this time round, I have no clue why Team A.C.T would be like or dressed like that..."

An angry anime tick appears on the side of Genesect's head, and he begins to become visibly annoyed.

"And why did everyone have to kill and make Foongus into food?! I know DLC isn't liked by them BUT THAT'S A BIT EXTREME!"

Genesect face-palms.

"This just gets a 2.5 out of 5. It's better than the first but still...'what on earth is this...?'"

Genesect looks at the screen, somewhat annoyed.

"I'm Genesect and..."

He then looks round, at the rubble that he created from blasting the ceiling with. He then looks up at the massive hole which several Legendaries are looking down upon.

He then looks back at the camera.

"...I got a mess to clear up. I'll see you lot on the next Angry Bug Show."

Genesect grabs a broom and a brush. He begins to sweep up as the screen fades to black.


Mentioned Things:


Cinema Sins

Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Series

The Office

Caddicarus

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

JonTron

Steven Universe

YouTubers

Memes


* A/N: The reason why Genesect was furious at this word is that I find that word extremely offence as I was called that word many times in the past along with other variations of it. I find it an unacceptable word and I will never use it in Fan-fiction. I don't judge people who use in it serious stories or the author but I'll never use it in my stories. Sorry to annoy who might have got offended by that. That word kinda ruined the first fic for me. The second one is okay but it's a bit weird even for me.

A/N: And thus ends another review! Sorry if some bits got extreme there but I hoped you enjoyed it. I'll see you guys later!