(Author's note #1: Hello, everybody! I'm back with the final episode before the Q&A, but before we get to that, more trivia!
Fact #1: This episode features the speaking introductions of Courtney, Sam, Cameron, Jasmine, Zoey, Mary, Sierra, Trent, Amy, Dave, Taylor, Scarlett, and the "Mysterious Benefactor" of White Fang.
Fact #2: This episode featured the non-speaking introduction of Rodney and featured the GunPla debuts of Rodney, Courtney, Mike, Seirra, Sam, "B", Mary, and Tammy.
Fact #3: I have received some criticism on Jay's parents not having first names in the first episode, and my excuse is that I just couldn't make ones up for them at the time. That has changed, and I may go back and redo all of episode 1 in the future to fix it. In the mean time, know that the mother's name is Diane, and the father's name is Ryan.
Fact #4: This episode highlights the fact that multiple Fresh TV characters and locations inhabit this universe along with the ones from "TD" and "Gundam Build Fighters". Expect one character from "Gundam Build Fighters Try" to make an appearance in this episode, and maybe someone from another Fresh TV cartoon.
Fact #5: The main characters from "Grojband", a Fresh TV cartoon were mentioned in this episode, for they were the ones who beat the Dawn/ Mike/ Zoey team at the Under 19 Canadian National GunPla battle team championship qualifier finals. The whole group will be featured in a future episode, but you may se one member of the band in the episode you are about to read.
That's enough trivia for now, so let's get things started. GunPla fight all set, ready...GO!)
Total Drama Build Fighters
Episode 5: The Lightning Bass Player
(Opening Theme: "Win Tough Fight" by You Yamakazi)
We begin the episode in the same manor house where the previous one left off as Scarlett Crider, Amanda Saunders, David DeSanto, and Taylor Rathbone are discussing the affairs of the White Fang army.
Scarlett: Moving on to old and new business. David, how are things regarding the recruitment of new members into our ranks?
Dave: I have gone over the over twenty files you gave me on every possible candidate in the school twice, and I haven't found even a single one that seems to fit the bill of what we're looking for in an elite solider.
Scarlett: There must have been at least one candidate that came close, are you sure you looked over all of the files twice?
Dave: Every single one, and none of them have zero chance of being a part of our elite forces.
Scarlett: Ugh, I suppose that they don't need to be on our level of power. Try again, go outside of the school's student body if you have to, they don't need to be great fighters, they just need to be willing to fight for our side. Now then, Ms. Rathbone, please tell me you have some good news regarding your efforts in the little project I gave you.
Taylor: Totally, I got a couple of the gangs at the school to give us a cut of the earnings they get from their "less than legal" activities. Don't ask me how I did it, but I did.
Scarlett: I'll take your word for it and let you know if I come up with another assignment for you, but for the time being, your mission is complete. Miss Saunders, I can assume that you have made progress with getting the cheer team on our side in exchange for a few "kickbacks".
Amy: They'll do it, but only because GunPla is trendy right now. When it stops being fashionable, they stop working with us.
Scarlett: Acceptable, we only really need their help until we manage to take the city anyway. Well then, if there are no other topics up for discussion, I call this meeting to the White Fang closed.
While that meeting was wrapping up, at the meeting place of the Dark Avalon army, Eva Reznov and her honor guard were listening to the debriefing of the week's events from Duncan.
Duncan: So their coach wants those two new club dweebs to build themselves some GunPla this weekend, and he got Geoff and Brody to go and help them. The only problem being that they could be at any hobby shop in the tri-county area, so no real way of tracking down where exactly they could be going for sure.
Eva: I see. They are still no major threat to our plans for the time being. I say let them build a false sense of hope for themselves, it will be more satisfactory when we crush it later on.
Scott: Are you kidding me?! I want to cream those twerps now, and you just want me to sit here and do nothing?!
Noah Creed: It would be wise to watch what you say around our leader, Mr. Bellows. You don't want to be spending the next few weeks in the hospital now, do you?
An Irish Canadian Caucasian female with curly orange hair and lime green eyes wearing a green crop top that exposed a minor bit of cleavage with a green sarong skirt and green flats under a standard Dark Avalon coat with the sleeves torn off spoke up.
Izzy Collins: Aw, come on, Noah. Let Scotty have some fun. We haven't made anything go BOOM BOOM! Since summer break ended.
Eva: As much as I hate to admit it, Izzy does make a good point. They may not be a major threat now, but we can still show them our superiority. Very well, Scott, take Duncan and Max with you and challenge them, if you can find them that is.
Heather: Really? You're sending the dirt farmer, the delinquent, and the midget who doesn't shut the hell up about how evil he is after two little dinks? You do realize that they still would have at least four people with them at the time, do you?
Noah: They're so bound to playing fair, that they wouldn't send the whole group, just enough fighters for a three on three match.
Eva: And besides, would you rather the annoying little munchkin be here with us instead of out in the field?
Heather: Point taken, I retract my argument.
Eva: Better. Now then, this meeting is adjourned. I want recon groups to scour every hobby shop in the tri-county area for these two targets, they are to contact Duncan, Max, and Scott only if they find them, understood?
Everyone in attendance: Yes, your highness.
Eva: Good. Go, for the glory of the crown.
Everyone Else: For the glory of the crown.
The scene shifts to an Ontario airport on the next day as a commercial air liner lands on the drag strip.
Flight attendant: Ladies and gentlemen, we have officially landed in Muskouka, Ontario, Canada and we thank you for choosing Ontario Air for your choice in travel. You are now free to move about the cabin and claim your carry-ons before exiting into the terminal.
From there, an Asian teenage male with shaggy brown hair and blue eyes wearing an orange zip up fleece shirt over a blue and white striped tee shirt with grey jeans and orange sneakers is seen walking towards the baggage claim area.
Minato Sakai: That flight could have gone better. Customs better not have lost the commissions that I'm supposed to deliver, though I find it weird that a mom and her supposed daughter would place separate orders from one another. Must be some sort of stupid family squabble, or gift exchange or something.
Minato's train of thought was cut short as the conveyor belt his case with the items that he was supposed to be delivering, the whole reason he was in Canada in the first place.
Minato: There they are. Now then, I got a few hours to kill before I have to make the drop offs, might as well take in what this place has to offer a fun loving Osakan like me.
The talented young GunPla builder/ fighter from Osaka then claimed his luggage before hailing a cab in search of good times as we shift focus to a shopping mall at the edge of town. Why here you ask? This mall just so happens to contain the hobby shop that the Coulson twins alongside Geoff and Brody were looking to find and build Jay and Mickey's first GunPlas, as per the request of Estwynn Paratus. The four of them were looking around the aisles that carried numerous different GunPla kits, looking for the right ones to start off Jay and Mickey's GunPla journey.
Brody: Dude, you think they should go full on High Grade for their first builds, or maybe something else?
Geoff: Definitely something else, something more along the lines of the "SD" kits.
Brody: Dude, look, they got those new "EX Standard" kits. Aren't they supposed to be like, new and improved versions of older "SD" kits?
Geoff: Sweet! These ones are supposed to be like, more articulated and better for like, battling and stuff. Let's show these to Jay and Mickey, and see what they think.
The two surfer friends grabbed the "adversity twins" and showed them the wide array of "Super Deforemed" style Gundam kits. These kits are well known for being very simple to assemble, and a good starting point for beginner level builders, case in point: Jay and Mickey.
Geoff: Check it, little dudes. These SD Gundam kits are great starting off points for new builders like you. Take your picks for the ones you like so we can start like, building them up.
The two brothers scanned the section and were bewildered by the sheer number of different mobile suit varieties. Ranging from ones themed after knights and samurai, to cartoon-ish versions of famous mobile suits, all the way to ones based of the well known Chinese legend known as the "Romance Of the Three Kingdoms" or "Sangokuden" when translated into Japanese. The twins were both drawn to the oriental themed mobile suits as they saw a pair of mobile suit that could be easilly mistaken for brothers. Those two being versions of the RX-78GP-02 Gundam Physallis and the RX-78GP-03 Gundam Dendrobium Stamen from the 13 episode OVA series "Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory". Jay had grabbed the GP-02 while Mickey grabbed the GP-03 as they showed them to their friends.
Geoff: Sonken Dendrobium and Sonsaku Physallis, not bad picks, dudes.
Brody: Totally, the SD kits with all of the Chinese style armor like, always look awesome when they're all painted up.
Geoff: Not to mention that I think these two are supposed to be like, brothers.
Mickey: Really?
Geoff: I'm not 100% sure, but you can ask Estwynn on Monday, he knows all about these kinds of things.
While the four were talking, outside of the shop, someone was talking on their cell phone, where who else but Duncan was on the other end of the call.
Duncan: Yeah, what do you want? Really, you sure you found them? We'll be there soon enough, just stall them till we get there. Yo, one of the informants managed to find them, let's go, they're at the East Side Mall.
Scott: Finally, I get my chance to wail on those two little twigs to a pulp. Let's hurry up and get there before they can get away.
?: Fool, only the one who is the most evil shall be the one to claim their superiority over the cowering specks.
The interruption came from an oddly short and pale Caucasian male with unusually violet hair and black eyes wearing an all grey track suit with matching sneakers.
Scott: And what makes you think that I'm gonna share the glory of a well deserved beat down with either of you?
Maxwell Mason: Simple, you neanderthal: my evil mind can come up with far more ways to hurt and humiliate them than your single point I.Q. redneck brain ever could.
Duncan: Like how it came up with how you blew up the Peaceville Middle School science lab and had to be juvie schooled for most of High School?
Max. SILENCE! That explosion, while gloriously evil, was the un-warranted by product of my attempts to create a mind control device that I would have used to claim dominion over the entire student body and faculty.
Duncan: Too bad it blew up in your face and got you expelled.
Scott: And forced you to spend the rest of 8th through 10th grade in a juvie learning program.
Max: Never mind, let's just go and prove our superiority already.
The three Dark Avalon fighters made their way to the mall while preparing to fight the Coulsons and one of their friends in a three on three GunPla battle. Speaking of the mall, let's check in on how Jay and Mickey are doing. The four friends were still in the hobby shop partaking in a beginners GunPla building seminar, with the twins doing a fairly decent job when it came to putting everything in order with only a few errors here and there. Just as the twins were finishing the base bodies of their machines, a 13 year old Caucasian female with dark orange hair held over her face with a gold hair clip and black eyes highlighted with black mascara wearing a green and black striped tee shirt with lime green sleeves with red skinny jeans and black high top sneakers while carrying a red and black bass guitar on her back with a red strap across her torso entered the shop. Geoff and Brody both took notice of who she was almost immediately after she walked in, and were in a bit of shock as she approached the clerk's counter.
Laney Penn: Hi, I called about the new "Iron Blooded Orphans" weapon sets, have they come in yet?
Store Clerk: "Iron Blooded Orph..." Oh, yes. a shipment just came in on Thursday, let me get a couple for you.
Laney: Awesome, hopefully some of this stuff should fit in well with my Strike Freedom.
Geoff: Dude, do you see what I see?
Brody: If it's the dudette that wiped the floor with us at last year's Under 19 National championship qualifiers, then I totally see her.
Jay: Who are you talking about?
Geoff: I think her name is like, Laney or something. She was part of the team that beat us in the finals of the National qualifiers last year.
Mickey: She looks like she could be in middle school.
Brody: She is, at least I think she still is.
Little did the four know that Laney was completely aware of what they were saying about her as she turned around to face them.
Laney: You guys do know that I can hear every word you've been saying, right?
This of course caused the shocked quartet to go on the defensive.
Geoff: We weren't talking smack or anything like that, if that's what you're thinking.
Brody: Yeah, little dudette. Please don't make mince meat out of our GunPlas with your like, super powerful Gundam or like, anything.
Laney: Relax, I'm strictly here on business and I have no intentions of getting into any battles right now. I just want to get some new equipment to try out on my Strike Excellion Gundam.
Mickey: Is that the GunPla you used to beat the Wawanakwa High battle club in last year's national qualifiers?
Laney: "Wawanakwa High battle club"...Oh, yeah. Last year's Under-19 Canadian national championship qualifiers. final round, now I remember. The team that had the really impressive Knight Gundam High Grade that could go "Hyper Mode". Hard to believe that it barely put up a fight against my Gundam. Who exotically are you guys anyway, are you with the battle club? Because I don't think I saw you compete in the tournament.
Geoff: They didn't, these two dudes are the newest members of the club, and they got some mad battle skills.
Brody: Totally, this year is they year that your team like, goes down hardcore style.
Laney: You say that now, but we'll have to see if your bite matches your bark when the qualifiers come around.
Geoff: It won't an easy win for you again this year, we've gotten a lot better, so watch your back.
As the group began a heated argument on who would be the ones to fight in Canada's youth GunPla battle team championships, who else but Minato Sakai and Estwynn enter the shop just seconds apart from each other.
Estwynn: Do I need to break this up, or can you three sort this out yourselves like sensible and civilized human beings?
Geoff, Brody, Jay and Mickey: Coach?!
Brody: Like, what are you doing here?
Jay: I thought you were cleaning up the battle club building this weekend.
Estwynn: I was, but I ran out of a few materials, so I came here to restock so I can get back to work, only to find two of my pupils having an argument with a middle school student. Are these two giving you any trouble, miss?
Laney: Not at all, I could easily handle them any day of the we...no way. Is that Minato Sakai?
Minato: The one and only, glad to see that my works have fans here on the other side of the globe and the great white north.
Estwynn: And what reason does the disciple of the great and mighty Mao Yasaka have for gracing us with his presence, if I may ask?
Minato: It just so happens that I'm here on business, delivering a pair of commissions to a couple of paying customers in the area. I don't do the drop off until later, so I decided to take in the sights of the town and the GunPla builder quality therein.
Estwynn: So bottom line, you're looking for someone on your level do to some battling with before you have to deliver your work.
Minato: Eh, 50/50.
Estwynn then looks over to the twins who were still in the process of building before approaching them.
Estwynn: Jay, Mickey, meet Minato Sakai, student of the GunPla Shingyo school of Osaka and builder of the now famous Gundam Tryon 3, which he and his team used in last year's All Japan Under-19 GunPla team battle championships.
Brody: AKA the most awesome mobile suit ever made in the history of like, forever.
Geoff: It's so powerful that it needs to be split into like, three different "Gundam Zords" and be piloted by three people just to use it.
Jay: "Gundam Zords"?
Minato: Oh, right. You westerners still refer to "Super Sentai" mecha as "Zords", don't you?
Estwynn: Don't blame us, blame the fact that mechs from tokusatsu need a name that invokes a sense of might and power for the heroes to attract an audience in the west.
As the two professional builders/ fighters were about to begin a probably lengthy argument regarding Easter VS Western tokusatsu, they were interrupted by a trio of unwanted pests.
Scott: Well, well, well. Look what we got here: a bunch of nerds that need a serious taste of pain.
Jay and Mickey: OH, NO!
Geoff: What are you guys doing here, Scott? Causing trouble for innocent people?
Scott: I only came here to dish out some long overdue beatings, and I thought that there would be no better way to do it in a setting like this than a GunPla battle.
Duncan: So he called us up to challenge you and those two little twerps over there for a "nice and friendly" 3-on-3 match.
Brody: One problem with your little plan: they don't even have GunPlas to use in battle yet.
Max: Fool! We thought of that, and we are more than willing to settle for a 3-on-2 handicap match, just so they can watch and learn what happens when you mess with the Dark Avalon army. They shall cower as we take away even the slightest ray of hope in their sorry, pathetic lives.
Estwynn: I'm afraid that there won't be any handicap for you to exploit in battle today, because your opponent will be me. Geoff, Brody, I hope you can see to it that Jay and Mickey finish their machines without any more problems.
Duncan: And how do you expect to fight all three of us at the same time, Mr. "professional fighter"?
Estwynn: I don't. Minato, how would you like to deliver a well deserved lesson to these punks?
Minato: Deal me in.
Laney: Can I get in on this?
Minato: I don't know, this may be a little too much fight for you, kid.
Estwynn: I say let her join. I've seen her fight, and she isn't that bad. I'm sure she can keep up with us, trust me.
Minato: Fine, just try and keep up, kid.
Duncan: Do you losers even have GunPlas on you to fight with?
Scott and Max laughed at Duncan's remark as Estwynn, Minato, and Laney pulled out their kits, causing their laughter to abruptly stop. Estwynn carried a modified 1/144 High Grade XXXG-01S2 Gundam Nataku based off of the "Duel Monsters" card "Cyber Twin Dragon" with the unit's "Dragon Fang" flamethrowers molded to look like the dragon heads. Minato was carrying a 1/144 High Grade ARX-14 Silver Bullet recolored blue and black for most of the body, save for the parts that were molded in cyan. And finally we have Laney, who was holding on to a 1/144 High Grade "Remastered" version of the GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam equipped with new thrusters and armed with more blade based weapons meant for close range combat.
Scott: You had to ask?!
Max: No matter! If they think that they can honestly think that those pathetic works will be enough to thwart mine, and to a lesser extant, your might, I laugh at their insolence.
Laney: Talk is cheap, how about putting your money where your mouths are?
Scott: Fine by us, the sooner we cream you losers, the sooner I get to pummel those two little chumps into the ground, just so I can show them who's the boss around this city.
The six fighters then made their way to a built in battle stadium in the back of the shop as they got ready to begin their team battle.
System Voice: GunPla battle, combat mode, start up. Model damage level set to "B". Please set your GP Base.
Builder/ Fighter: Estwynn Paratus
Unit: Cyber Twin Nataku
Builder/ Fighter: Minato Sakai
Unit: Sakai Bullet
Builder/ Fighter: Laney Penn
Unit: Aegis Gundam L
Builder/ Fighter: Duncan Reese
Unit: Gundam Age 1 Punk Titus
Builder/ Fighter: Scott Bellows
Unit: Gouf Flight Type
Builder/ Fighter: Maxwell Mason
Unit: Devil Gundam "DA"
System Voice: Beginning Plavisky particle dispersal.
The particles had then created the void of space outside the reach of a nearby space colony.
System Voice: Field 1: space. Please set your GunPla.
Estwynn, Minato, and Laney set down their machines as Duncan set down a 1/144 High Grade AGE-1T Gundam Age 1 Titus in a black and green color scheme which sported a new head unit with a green Mohawk and white skull shaped fists. Scott set down a 1/144 High Grade MS-07H8 Gouf Flight Type from the "Mobile Suit Gundam: the 08th MS Team" OVA series that was quintessentially a straight build with the only real modification being a brand new shield with a more powerful Gatling gun attached to it. Max was the final one to set his GunPla: a customized 1/144 JDG-00X Devil Gundam (or "Dark Gundam" according to the English dub of "G Gundam") that bore a pair of large violet bat styled wings on the unit's back.
System Voice: Battle start.
All six machines launch into the astral void as our heroes of this episode began to talk strategy.
Estwynn: Alright, everyone, time for some "divide and conquer" tactics. I say that we each pick one opponent and keep them from helping the others. Sound like a good plan to you guys?
Laney: Fine by me, the "Dr. Evil" look alike is all mine.
Minato: And I want the punk rock wannabe.
Estwynn: I guess that leaves me with the dirt farmer then. Everyone spread out, no mercy because God forbid they won't show you any.
Meanwhile, the Dark Avalon fighters were in the midst of bickering on who got to beat down who.
Max: Obviously the most evil should be the one to destroy the battle club's precious leader, that evil being me of course.
Duncan: On who's authority do you think you get to be the one to fight their leader? If anyone here is going to be the one to beat him down, it's gonna be me.
Scott: Over my dead body, I should be the one who gets to destroy him.
As the three continue to argue, Laney's Gundam dive bombed the Devil Gundam, sending it falling down in the zero gravity environment while Minato's Sakai Bullet rammed into Duncan's Age 1, causing it to slam into walls of the nearby colony. This left Scott to deal with Estwynn's Cyber Twin Nataku, and God knew that he was going to be at a huge disadvantage in the battlefield the battle system picked out fighting the thing, considering that the Gouf Flight Tyoe was meant to be used in air and ground based warfare only, not for space combat.
Scott: Crap, this is no place for my Gouf to be fighting, I can't really move around here. I got a figure out a way to trick that Gundam to,,,,,,,,,,,,
Estwynn: "Cyber Jabber"!
The disadvantage of the Gouf ultimately became its own downfall as the custom Nataku speeds behind the Gouf and stabs it in the chest with its double bladed beam trident, causing the Zeon mobile suit to explode and ending Scott's involvement in the match.
Scott: Seriously?! I'm the first one out, are you kidding me?!
Estwynn: Yes you are, now if you need me, which you won't, I'm going to see if I can't help deal some much needed wisdom to your teammates.
The "After Colony" era mobile suit sped out of sight of the screen as the scene shifts to the outer walls of the space colony where Minato and Duncan were in the midst of their fight. The Age 1 was doing fairly well at dodging the shots that were fired from the Sakai Bullet's shield mounted beam cannon, causing Minato to rethink his battle plan.
Minato: You think you're so high and mighty just because you know how to dodge a beam blast, well then, try and dodge these bad boys!
The black and blue "Universal Century" mobile suit opened its hatches to reveal its multiple missile pods, having them all fired off towards the "Advanced Generation" mobile suit with Duncan barely being able to evade most of them, causing one of the missiles to strike and severely damage the lower section of the Age 1's left leg.
Duncan: Oh, you're gonna regret doing that.
The Age 1 then charged towards Minato's mobile suit and was trying to strike at it with its giant skull fists with Minato either dodging the blows, or blocking them with various parts of the unit's body. The Osakan fighter ultimately ends his part of the fight when his Silver Bullet kicks the punk rock themed version of the Titus away from it and delivers a pair of "super robot" style rocket punches to the unit's chest, leaving gaping holes where the cockpit of the mobile suit should be. The resulting damage caused Duncan's machine to explode as he was taken out of the match.
Duncan: Damn it! How'd I lose that fast?!
Minato: Because you have little talent from hanging around a group of egotistical chump, which made you so full of yourself that you couldn't even recognize the true strength of your opponent before it was too late. Dwell on that a little. Later.
The Sakai Bullet managed to regroup with the Cyber Twin Nataku as the two units dashed through space in search of the final fight between Laney and Max. The fight seemed to be in the midst of a stalemate as the Aegis Gundam was busy slicing through hordes of serpent like Gundam Heads that the Devil Gundam was summoning out of a circle of Plavisky energy, and was having a hard time getting in closer for the final strike she needed. Just as she was able to get an opening to deliver her fatal blow, the Devil Gundam dealt a swift uppercut to the Aegis, sending it flying backwards for a short bit before being able to regain an active combat stance. It was then that Estwynn and Minato managed to make it to her location to help her out.
Minato: Need a hand, kid?
Laney: Now that you're here, I might as well put you two to work. I have a plan, but I need you two to keep those Gundam heads off of my back so I can give this guy a taste of his own medicine.
Cyber Twin Nataku and the Sakai Bullet began to tear into the Gundam heads left and right as Laney"s mobile suit began its final charge towards the gigantic mobile fighter..
Laney: Try this one on for size, special move: "Blade Hurricane"!
The "Cosmic Era" mobile suit began to be surrounded by a raging wind storm (don't ask me why, anime logic) that had also managed to swallow up the larger mobile fighter up at the same time, all the while being sliced by swift and furious blade strikes from every angle until the storm subsided and all there was were the three hero units and a sliced up Devil Gundam, who exploded just seconds later to end the match.
System Voice: Battle ended. Winner: Estwynn Paratus, Minato Sakai, and Laney Penn.
The particles dispersed as the three bullies grabbed their damaged machines and ran out of the shop with their tails between their legs like the cowards they really were.
Max: We won't forget this! You will feel our evil might soon enough, and all of you shall rue the day that you messed with the affairs of Dark Avalon!
Minato: Yeah, and that'll be the day I quit GunPla all together, you bozos. You weren't that bad out there, kid. With a few more years of practice, you could be on your way to becoming a professional league fighter.
Laney: Thanks, but for right now, the band I manage kind of wouldn't survive for a day without me around.
Minato: Just keep it in mind.
Minato then looks down at his watch after it beeped for a few moments.
Minato: Crap, as much as I would go on about the epicness of our combined skills, I gotta make my delivery. Until our paths cross again.
Laney: I better be off too, I;m pretty sure that the others are still trying to figure out what to do without me.
The two had went their separate ways, leaving Estwynn to inspect the finished work of the Coulson twins who had done a fairly good job in painting and building their kits with the help from Geoff and Brody for a pair of first timers.
Estwynn: Hmmmm, "Sangokuden" kits, not bad choices, pretty decent paint job, and I see that you two went with a pair of brother units, nice job.
Jay: Uh, if we could ask, why exactly did you want us to build these in the first place?
Mickey: And the ones we picked out are really brothers?
Estynn: One: yes they are. And the answer to two is pretty simple: one cannot simply use GunPla for battle, the fighter should be able to build them to get the true spirit of the game: the feeling that you get when you see something forged with your own hands is out there in the battlefield, fighting to the best of the abilities that only you could be able to give it.
Mickey: Wait a minute: does that mean that Jay is going to have to use his new GunPla in the next round?
Estwynn: Not this time, for now he can still use the Gundam Mk. 3 that he's been using.
Jay: What a relief.
Estwynn: Now then, I think that you four can handle things from here. I'm off to get my supplies, I hope to see all of you on Monday.
Estwynn then walked out of the shop with a smile on his face.
Geoff: Now then, how about we take these bad boys for a test drive with a practice battle?
Brody: Yeah, let's do it!
Jay: I suppose a little training wouldn't hurt.
Mickey: At least not us...hopefully.
The scene shifts to the outside of the mall as the episode comes to a close.
(Ending Theme: US Ending From "Gundam Wing")
Brody: Second round time, who's excited?
Ellody Bialli: I'm afraid that your excitement may be short lived, for I am to be your opponent in this round.
Geoff: Don't let her get to you, Brod-ster. You can beat her.
Mickey: But can Jay beat that Unicorn Gundam?
Samantha: Next time: "Brains VS Brawn".
Jay: Pray for me.
(Author's Note #2: Despite keyboard troubles, I managed to get this one finished. I know that "TDBF" episode 5 is shorter than the last two, but the whole point of this episode is to showcase the aspect of 3-on-3 team battles and the fact that "Fresh TV" and "Gundam Build Fighters" characters all inhabit the same universe as the ones from "TD". I would like to dedicate this episode to the newest member of my expanded family: one of my cousins gave birth to a healthy baby girl earlier this month. By the time this episode should be up, I should have completed my goal for uploading 2 episodes in January. On another note: I have decided to hold the "TDBF" Q&A to either February 6 or 7 at the earliest, so this is you last chance to submit questions about the show, so if you have any questions, send them in. As always, fave, follow, and review, because every single one of you supporting the show helps give me the motivation to keep this going. Until next time, DSX62415, out.)