Forty-two
The Statue
Flygon, DIY-gon, was fixing the roof when Charizard walked through the door carrying a statue.
"What's that?" Shaymin inquired as he placed in on the floor.
"It's some statue I bought off eBay," he answered.
The statue had a golden base, with a carving of a masked character brandishing a sword covered with hooks and a cape.
Serperior was just walking in when she saw it, then did a perfect spit take with her Cherry Coke.
"OH MY GOSH IT'S META KNIGHT!" she screamed, pointing a tail tip.
"It's just a statue!" Charizard blocked her.
"No it isn't!" Serperior shoved him to the floor and looked closer. "That's from the Super Smash Bros Brawl! OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH!"
Charizard proceeded to get very pale in the muzzle.
"What?" she asked.
"I ordered thirty-five others."
"WHAT?!"
Several hours later…
"That's the last of them!" Charizard dusted off his claws.
Thirty six different characters were stationed in the hall, varying from the Pokémon Trainer to Olimar and his Pikmin to Link to Zelda to Sonic to Mario to Luigi.
Lucario was looking straight into the eye of the SSBB Lucario, trying to find a reaction.
"Great…now what do we do with them?" Frogadier asked, sitting on Yoshi.
"GET THE FUDGE OFF HIM!" Serperior swatted him away. "ANYWAY, we touch the bases."
"What?" Zoroark asked, breaking her staring contest with Peach.
"Like this!" she answered, taping the golden bottom of the Pokémon Trainer's statue.
In a shining burst of light, the trainer appeared, staring at the others.
Serperior passed out like a fan girl as he sent out Charizard and flew away.
"…shoot," Quilava face palmed.
AND THUS WE WILL CUT THE AWKWARD SCENE IN WHICH THEY FREED THEM ALL! Nintendo owns the Super Smash Bros series and characters ('cept for Sonic, I think).
Zelda: How do I get out of here?
The exit's to your left-hey, Percy? Percy?! PERC! WHERE ARE YOU?! PERC!
Agumon: OH NO! YOU LOST YOUR MAIN CO-HOST!
…NO. NO I DID NOT. Agumon, Zelda, pack your stuff. We're going into…
THE CAVERN OF THE FORGOTTEN.