Author's Note:
If you go look on my profile, you'll see two polls regarding Smash Life - please make sure you vote on both of these polls, as it will offer me some much-needed feedback. Vote especially for the second poll, since it might determine what happens in the next chapter. I'm allowing five votes per person because I'm generous like that.
As specified in the last chapter, this is a Thanksgiving episode, and therefore I had to get this bad boy done by Thanksgiving. Because of this, I had to exert more effort into this chapter than I did in the past. If only I had the same effort for previous chapters...oh, and we got some reviews to answer:
"I have another couple requests, if it's no trouble: Since the Pokemon Sanctuary in the Mansion has all the Pokemon, could you:
1. Have not just one, but all the Pokemon break out into the Mansion or into Seattle.
2. The Smashers have a Pokemon tournament where they choose Pokemon from the sanctuary (Zelda with Type: Null, Tails with Vulpix, ect.)
I know I just keep going, but I have a question: Are you going to do an arc where they fight the Heartless, or are you going to make it a seperate story that runs parallel to Smash Life?
Once again, awesome chapter; sorry for throwing all of that onto you. Until the next chapter, bye!"
The only idea I could do would be the second one - having the Pokemon break out of the mansion would take a lot of hard work on my part, especially when it comes down to rounding up the Pokemon and everything. However, the Pokemon fighting the Heartless does sound interesting, but would I make it a separate story running parallel to Smash Life? Don't think I would have the time. Next:
"Can you recreate that episode from TAWOG where Richard applies to a job but because of that universe starts collapsing?But instead of Richard there will be Pit who tries to be smart or Falcon giving up on trying to find girlfriend."
I might be saving that idea for the episode with the boomerang, the Ed Edd and Eddy episode that Derick Lindsey had recommended. We'll see. Next up is J300:
"I don't know if this would work, for the Thanksgiving special, but it could be cool to have the smashers could react to the Macy's parade."
I only had a few smashers react to the parade, but only the ones I felt worked the best. You'll see later on. Kirby 123 is back with yet another Kirby request:
"I'm sorry if I'm going overboard with Kirby questions but what if Kirby and some smashers ( I don't care who) go to dreamland for a picnic and Kirby shows him his mech suit from planet robobot?"
A visit to Dreamland might sound implausible, but I'm not ruling out Kirby's mech suit from "Kirby: Planet Robotot" making an appearance. GamerDutchess01 has returned, and with another suggestion:
"...needs more Lucario! My most favorite fighting type!"
Glad you recommended Lucario, GamerDutchess01; I have been playing as Lucario (he's my favorite fighting-type Pokemon too!) as of late on Smash 4 lately on For Glory mode, and I have picked up a slew of wins as of late (Zelda will forever be my main, though). For that reason, I've been trying to include him more in the story, so expect to see Lucario a lot more in the future. Lastly, we have the wonderful Derick Lindsey:
"...are video game characters the only one that can show up in this fanfic or can other forms of media show up to like cartoons or anime because it would be funny to see characters from dbz or Simpsons or mlp or even south park show up and interact with everyone just listing examples it doesn't have to be any of them except for maybe dbz just so goku/vegeta can fight sonic because of him saying dbz sucks I remember him saying that in one of the chapters."
Only way anime or cartoon characters (Goku, Homer Simpsons, Twilight Sparkle, Eric Cartman, so forth and so on) can appear is if the brawlers appear in their respective shows, using the DVR device in the movie room. I'm sure you remember Corrin stuck in the Friday movie.
Now with all that being said, I have one thing left to do...happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
Episode 49: Thankful
On this day, similar to what everyone else in America were doing, the residents of the Smash Mansion were celebrating Thanksgiving, the only holiday other than Christmas that brings everyone together, for a day of happiness, joy, euphoria, and other things.
What had started as a harvest by the Pilgrims in the New World in 1621 has now been observed as a public holiday since 1789, following a mighty proclamation from George Washington, who was a real G in his own virtuous right. Thanksgiving is a time of prayer, gratitude, giving thanks, and most importantly, feasting, as well as a few football games on national television. Can't be Thanksgiving without the Detroit Lions or the Dallas Cowboys!
So what did Mario, the most famous video game character of all time, do on this special day while Cilan and Kirby were cooking up a storm in the kitchen as a means to prepare for a Thanksgiving feast? Watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, of course! The plumber was watching the parade with his lovely fiancee Peach on a new giant flatscreen that Wario had bought (took him a long time to cave in), and he was only watching it for one reason, and one reason only...
"Hoo boy, I can't-a wait to see my float!" Mario was getting all excited as the parade went on. "Hurry up-a with the parade, I wanna see Matt-a Lauer say awesome things about-a me!" Mario has been a staple at the Thanksgiving parade, as a float would appear in his likeness. He's not the only one though - Sonic and Pikachu are also featured at the parade as floats as well. Though Mario takes his float very seriously, from time to time.
Mario: I'm honestly neutral-a on other floats during the parade...Mickey Mouse? Eh. Ronald McDonald? Looks like a child-a molester to me...Spider-Man? Should-a have Captain America in his-a place. But whenever they show my parade float, I always-a get off of the couch and-a go completely bonkers over it. Then Luigi would-a come downstairs, thinking an NFL game-a is already on and some-a one just scored a touch-a down...until he sees that I over-a reacted to my own float and goes-a back upstairs. *sighs* But Luigi won't-a be doing that this time-a around.
"You see-a that Dunban, that's what you-a call a real float!" Mario said to Dunban, who walked by, as he pointed at his float on the screen. Dunban was about to check on Cilan and Kirby to see how they were handling things; the Homs and Palutena mutually agreed to take Thanksgiving off, and have the Pokemon connoisseur and the pink puffball take care of cooking duties.
"Ease up Mario, it's just a lousy float, you don't have to be so extra," Dunban remarked, saying what you may have been thinking in your head right now.
"It's not a lousy float, it's-a MY float, best-a float in the parade! Why can't you recognize-a greatness?!" Surprising that Peach hasn't intervened yet - then again, she was on the phone, speaking with Toadsworth. The elderly Toad has to watch over the Mushroom Kingdom with Peach away, and with no viable threats in sight, it has been smooth sailing for him.
"No point in recognizing 'greatness' when I'm already living with the person who already has a float in their likeness." After hearing Dunban's remark, Mario leaped at the Homs, tackling him to the ground and slapping him silly. Mario evidently takes this parade stuff very seriously.
"Wait just a minute Toadsworth, someone must have said things about Mario's Thanksgiving parade float again, I'll be right back with you," Peach kindly said to Toadsworth before putting her phone down and stepping in between Mario and Dunban, having to hold Mario back. "Mario why must you always be like this during the parade, don't hurt poor Dunban because he has a differing opinion!"
"I would have-a accepted his opinion if he-a didn't call my float 'lousy'," Mario remarked as Peach kindly sat the plumber back on the couch, before grabbing her phone and resuming her call with Toadsworth. Mario would glare at Dunban as the Homs got up - doing the "I'm always watching you" hand motion - as Dunban walked away, heading to the kitchen.
Inside the kitchen, Cilan and Kirby were cooking food for the Thanksgiving feast - broccoli salad, cranberry sauce, celery salad, beef loaf, stuffing, dressing, corn bread, casserole, and who could possibly forget the turkey?
"Oh no Kirby, we forget to get a turkey!" Cilan panicked, pulling on the green hairs on his head. Leave it to Cilan to forget the most important element of a Thanksgiving feast. Kirby's Kirby, so he gets a free pass. "How could we forget such an integral item, Master Hand would have my head for sure!"
Pit: So Cilan gave me the 4-1-1 for what we're gonna have for the feast, and I have to say, I am thoroughly displeased with the menu, and I'm sure Kirby (who will be cooking with Cilan) feels the same way too! Where's the popcorn?! Where's the buttered toast?! Where's the pretzel sticks?! Where's the jelly beans?! Has Cilan lived in Unova for so long that he lost sight of what Thanksgiving is meant to be?
"How's it coming along boys, you need any assistance?" Dunban entered the kitchen, sniffing the air and sensing the lovely aroma from the food being cooked. The aroma should have convinced the Homs Cilan and Kirby are doing just fine by themselves, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.
"No assistance need, but thank you for asking!" Cilan grinned and did a thumbs up, only to nearly spill a pot of water on the floor; the connoisseur sheepishly smiled after retaining a firm grip on the pot's handle. "We do need a turkey however, forgot to purchase one while I was at the supermarket shopping."
"Sonic had mentioned to me that he had bought a 'backup turkey' for emergency precautions; you might want to ask him if he still has the turkey with him. Considering who we're talking about, I seriously doubt..."
"Here's a backup turkey in the event you guys need it!" Sonic showed up at the kitchen in blazing speed with a turkey in his hands, right before Dunban could finish his sentence. For once, Sonic proved the Homs wrong - Dunban never thought he would see the day.
"Thank you very much Sonic, just put the turkey on the counter so Kirby and I can season it," ordered Cilan; Sonic appeared to be confused by Cilan's command. To him, the turkey was already perfect - no need to add any preservatives.
"Why would you want to do that for, why not just throw the bad boy in the oven and bake it? Turkey looks relatively fine to me, it's just dying to be baked and eaten by the others!" Suddenly Sonic's phone rang, and the hedgehog saw that it was a call from his lover, Amy. "Sorry guys, but I gotta get this call - smell ya later!" Sonic sped out of the kitchen, leaving Cilan to shake his head at the hedgehog.
"Apparently Sonic doesn't believe in seasoning..." Cilan cracked a smile as he tended to the broccoli required for the broccoli salad. "I can already tell Amy would be doing all the cooking if she and Sonic ever get married and live together...how much are you willing to bet Sonic would bring Tails with him against his will?"
"Sonic is known for putting Tails through a boatload of crap, so I'm willing to bet the lottery on that proposition," chuckled Dunban, and Cilan had a chuckle as well. Kirby, on the other hand, tried to "fit in" by making cute faces and whatnot. Lousy attention seeker...and not a good one at that.
"Since Thanksgiving is a day of gratitude, I would like to express my gratitude to you, and give you food, wonderful food!" King Dedede offered a basket of food to the Waddle Dee family, who were living in a makeshift house next to the mansion. (You haven't forgotten about them, haven't you?) Cloud was accompanying the penguin, and for reasons that we'll get to later on.
King Dedede: In no way, shape, or form was I gonna let the Waddle Dee family living next to the mansion suffer any longer! They've been through rain, snow, and hail (well, mostly rain, don't recall any snow or hail yet in Seattle), and what do we give them? NOTHING! So I'm gonna give them a token of my appreciation and gratitude, and show the family of Waddle Dees that I still care about them!
"King Dedede, you know the Waddle Dees can't technically eat food since they don't have any mouths to eat food with, right?" Cloud questioned the penguin, wondering where his common sense was. When you're as lazy as King Dedede, you tend to lack common sense time to time - or in Dedede's case, all the time. "Also, isn't that holiday basket supposed to be for the needy? Seems like a complete and utter waste to me, try giving the basket to a family who actually needs it!"
"And that's EXACTLY what I'm doing right now, thank you very much," Dedede retorted before blowing a raspberry in Cloud's face, getting some saliva on the swordsman's face. Cloud would wipe the spit off his face with his arm, and retreat to Luigi's home, leaving King Dedede's lacking common sense self outside to waste the Waddle Dees' time.
Cloud was heading to Luigi's home instead of returning to the mansion, and it was so he could speak with Yuffie. The ninja girl's house arrest for attempted theft of the United States men's basketball team's Olympic cruise ship was set to end this Saturday, and Yuffie had told Cloud she hasn't made a decision on whether she would leave Luigi's home or not. That led Cloud to thinking...Yuffie's considering staying with Luigi and Daisy for a prolonged period of time?
"THE TURKEY IS ON-A FIRE!" Luigi screamed at the top of his lungs as he used a fire extinguisher to put out a fire on the stove. This is exactly what Cloud saw when he first walked inside Luigi's home, and a few seconds after the swordsman closed the front door, the fire was thankfully put out, and the turkey was unscathed, albeit covered in powder; thankfully the fire extinguisher was a water mist extinguisher. "Problem solved!"
"First Thanksgiving by yourself and you nearly burned your house down," Cloud said to Luigi in a somewhat sympathetic, rueful manner. Luigi was cleaning the extinguisher dust off the stove when he saw Cloud standing by near the front door.
"Ah, Cloud-a Strife, welcome back to-a my home! Care to stay-a over for my Thanksgiving feast? If you want to eat-a at the mansion, then fine-a by me!"
"I dunno if I wanna eat here or not, it'll only depending on who will be here. Can't enjoy a feast with King K. Rool and his lack of table manners, although apparently he isn't the only one." Cloud stepped forward to ask Luigi the following question: "You do know that Yuffie will end her house arrest sentence this Saturday, right? She told me she hasn't made a decision on whether she'll stick around with you and Daisy or not. Has she ever mentioned anything about her house arrest sentence, at all?"
"Not-a to my knowledge, she has-a been quiet about her house-a arrest ending, a little too-a quiet..." After cleaning off the stove, Luigi worked on the turkey aromatics, like sage, canola oil, cinnamon sticks, and onions; bet Sonic thinks aromatics are completely unnecessary when making a turkey. "You should-a make an effort to ask-a her at the feast, maybe she'll-a make a decision then."
Cloud: I wouldn't mind if Yuffie stayed with Luigi and Daisy or not, I mean it's her choice, she can do whatever the heck she wants. However, she is someone worth talking to, in terms of personal matters, aside from Aerith, Link, Zelda, and maybe Isabelle - she's always asking how I feel. Not that it's a bad thing, Isabelle is one of the more tolerable individuals in the mansion, and that's saying something...
"There's a fire in the kitchen?" Daisy, still in her pajamas and wearing a housecoat, stormed downstairs with Yuffie, only to see that the fire had already been taken out. "Luigi honey, why are you cooking so early for, Yuffie and I haven't even had breakfast yet!"
"To be fair, Aerith did say Master Hand was planning on having the food cooked at the mansion early in the morning, so everything for the feast would be prepared," stated Yuffie. Does that mean Luigi is a follower, and not a leader? "Sounds like a pretty great idea to me the more you think about it."
"Eh, I suppose so...so what are we gonna do for breakfast, Luigi? You're not gonna make pancakes or waffles or anything? You honestly expect us to eat nothing but raisin bran cereal on a Thanksgiving morning, is that what you want?!"
"Of course-a not, I won't let-a you and Yuffie suffer; allow-a me to move everything so I can-a cook you some-a breakfast. Would you like-a some breakfast, Cloud? Let me tell-a you, my pancakes are-a the best!"
"I haven't had any breakfast yet, so I suppose so. Don't want to be hungry or anything." Cloud headed over to Yuffie, wanting to speak with her for a quick minute. "We need to talk later on, if you don't mind..."
"Sure thing, emo boy," Yuffie joked around with Cloud, angering the swordsman. Cloud hated being called "emo boy" by Yuffie because a) he's not emo, contrary to what most of his critics would say, and b) he's not a boy by any means. Look up the man's birth date, and prepared to be somewhat surprised...
Corrin and Sonic were now watching the Macy's Thanksgiving parade with Mario and Peach. The prince of Nohr and the hedgehog were waiting for breakfast to be ready; Cilan and Kirby were done with the Thanksgiving food (thanks to Kirby's excellent cooking prowess, the turkey was done in a jiffy), and were now working on getting breakfast ready. Sonic was holding his new pet Shaymin in his lap, petting her. (Sonic refused to believe Shaymin had no gender, so he designated the mythical Pokemon with a female gender because he felt it looked feminine. So for the sake of convenience, we'll give the Shaymin female pronouns.)
"I simply do not understand, what does SpongeBob Squarepants have to do with the holiday of Thanksgiving?" pondered Corrin; obviously this was his first time watching a Thanksgiving parade, let alone celebrating Thanksgiving in general. "Was he a pilgrim who came to the New World, and had his likeness recreated in a popular Nickelodeon animated show?"
Corrin: According to my siblings, Thanksgiving originated as a Pilgrim harvest in the New World in 1621, and would eventually become a public holiday celebrated by both the United States and Canada. Most of the things that are attributed to Thanksgiving include turkeys, pumpkins, and of course, the lovely Thanksgiving feast. However, they never mentioned characters like Snoopy and Bugs Bunny and even Mickey Mouse as integral parts of the Thanksgiving tradition! What business do they have at a Thanksgiving parade?!
"Corrin you buffoon, SpongeBob has nothing to do with Thanksgiving, they just have a giant balloon of him at the parade because...because of many reasons," stated Sonic, unable to give a valid reason for why such balloons are featured at Thanksgiving parades. "Just shut up and enjoy the parade!"
"Happy Thanksgiving to all, and to all a good day!" Bowser appeared, holding a clipboard that said "The List of Bowser" on the back. "Or a good feast, whichever fancies you the most."
"Why do you have-a that clipboard with-a you Bowser, and why does it-a say 'The List of Bowser' on the back?" Mario questioned the Koopa King. He knew instantly that Bowser was up to his tricks yet again.
"This List of Bowser is a list of stupid idiots I come across, and anyone who says or does something stupid will end up on the list! And since you questioned me for even having this list Mario, you'll be the first person added, your name will be at the top buddy!" Bowser wrote down Mario's name at the top of the list with a black ink pen, as Mario resumed watching the parade, shaking his head. The plumber wouldn't mind Bowser had he came up with this list of "stupid idiots" by himself, rather than getting the idea from a certain professional wrestler (can you guess who it is?).
"Hey Bowser, Corrin wondered why SpongeBob Squarepants was featured in the Thanksgiving parade, saying that Spongebob has nothing to do with the Thanksgiving tradition - do you think Corrin should be added to your list?" Sonic asked; Corrin tried to dissuade Bowser by waving his hands in front of him, but it would be no use.
"He really said that, huh?! Corrin, former pupil of mine and albino A-lister...you just made the list!" Bowser jotted down the prince of Nohr's name on "The List of Bowser", as Corrin threw his hands up in the air, greatly overreacting like the world was gonna end soon or something. Making it on "The List of Bowser " isn't really that big of a deal; in fact, it's almost trivial.
"Is breakfast ready, my stomach is growling..." Lloyd showed up, yawning. "Wonder if Cilan and Kirby are making sausage links, man I love sausage links..."
"Breakfast isn't even ready yet, you bum! You sir, just made the list!" Bowser wrote down Lloyd's name on his list; Lloyd, under the assumption that making the list was some sort of accomplishment, raised his fists in the air as he victoriously ran out of the living room. Wait until he learns what the list is really about, he won't be feeling so victorious then.
Bowser: Acquired the idea of making a list of "stupid idiots" while watching an episode of wrestling with Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings on Monday. The genius behind such a list, Chris Jericho, had shown a great deal of proficiency when adding people to the list as I watched previous wrestling clips online, and it kinda inspired me to...Am I going to add Sonic to the list, for the torture he brought upon me during the kids' "trick-or-treat practice"? In due time, I will, but I'll show him some mercy for now - gonna let him think things are fine and dandy, and when the opportunity strikes...BOOM! His name will be added!
Feeling a strange need to add more names to his list, Bowser exited the living room and walked through the hallways of the mansion, walking until he came across Donkey Kong, eating a banana. The gorilla was just ripe for the taking...
"Eating food prior to our breakfast meal, you just made the list!" Bowser wrote down Donkey Kong's name on the list, and DK started to panic. What did he do so to warrant a spot on Bowser's list, is he in big trouble?!
"Oh man oh man oh man, I don't want to be on the list!" the gorilla worried. "Is it a list of the most greedy brawlers? I can't help the fact that I have a strong affinity for bananas! Please Bowser, I beg of you, take me off the list, I'll change my ways!"
"My list isn't a list of greedy folk, DK, it's a list of stupid idiots! And you're a stupid idiot for eating before breakfast, what sense does that make?" Donkey Kong, angered by Bowser's response, glared down the Koopa King as he inched towards him, clenching his fists. "Get away from me man, I don't mean any harm! Ooh, I know what might cheer you up - how about I scratch your name off the list, and add Funky Kong, would you be fine with that?" Donkey Kong, musing over Bowser's offer, gave a shrug, so it was a yes to Bowser. The Koopa King scratched out the "Donkey" in "Donkey Kong" and wrote "Funky" over it. Funky Kong won't even know that he had the dubious honor of making "The List of Bowser".
"Alright then, I'll leave you alone, as long as you don't add me to your list. See you at the breakfast table!" Donkey Kong departed from Bowser, as he continued to eat his banana. Oh how Bowser wanted to re-add his name to the list...
Back at Luigi's home, breakfast was already started, with Luigi, Daisy, Cloud, and Yuffie gathered around the table eating the pancakes Luigi had made. They wouldn't be the only ones - Link, Zelda, Aerith, Little Mac, Doc Louis, Jacky, Akira, Robin, Lucina, and Wolf also joined Luigi and Daisy for breakfast, all of whom were feeling quite hungry and need something to eat right away.
"Thanks for having some chocolate syrup with you Luigi, you're a real lifesaver!" Doc Louis heartily thanked the plumber just for having this particular breakfast item. Poor guy just can't live a single day without chocolate, it's more depressing than you think.
Doc Louis: I'm staying over at Luigi's...only temporarily, though. Unless Luigi has chocolate offered at his Thanksgiving feast, then I'm heading back to the mansion! And if there's no chocolate there, then Little Mac and I are eating out, whether Little Mac likes it or not!
"What is it with you and chocolate Doc?" Lucina asked the boxing trainer. "Your obsession with it honestly scares me..." Doc Louis took great offense to Lucina's remarks, as he glared the princess down with his dark, beady eyes.
"For your information princess, chocolate is my one and only life source, it's the only thing that keeps me going, it's the reason why I'm here!" the boxing trainer valiantly defended his love for chocolate, while his protege Little Mac felt embarrassed as he had his face in his hands. He could have stopped Doc's chocolate obsession when he had the chance (i.e. episode 22). "Don't make me reveal my jaguar-patterned shirt, unless you know what's good for ya! You know your precious little daddy don't want to see you in the hospital!"
"Now now, Doc Louis, today is not the day for creating any dissension," Robin arose from his seat, playing peacemaker. "Today is the day we come together, and realize what Thanksgiving is truly all about..." Before Robin could continue, a pancake covered in syrup was thrown at his face; once the pancake slid off of Robin's face, the mage looked at the direction the pancake was thrown and glared down Link, who was whistling innocently while looking away. Zelda was glaring at the Hylian too, displeased with her boyfriend's candor at the breakfast table.
"Oh yeah, food fight, let's go!" Akira got all excited as he reached for the plate of butter, only to be stopped by Daisy, who put her hand over his arm. The princess of Sarasaland just wasn't having it. "Aw c'mon Daisy, what gives, any other instance you probably would have allowed a food fight to take place!"
"Not today Akira, not in my house," Daisy warned the kung fu fighter, making her stare as intent as possible. Gotta tell Akira how she really feels with the use of her eyes; sometimes the eyes are the best form of nonverbal communication.
"But Link started it, so why not end it?" Akira shrugged; Daisy made her stare even more intent than before. "Fine, I won't start anything..." Akira quietly resumed eating his food, and breakfast would resume in peace.
Over at the mansion, breakfast was (finally) done, as the brawlers met for breakfast in the dining room. Everyone was seated at the breakfast table, discussing things like sports, life, entertainment, and how the dog show after the Thanksgiving parade will turn out to be (don't kid yourself, no one really talks about the dog show).
"Hope you folks enjoy the food, Kirby and I have worked extra hard!" smiled Cilan, bowing down before everyone in courtesy. "Bon appetit to you all!" Funny how two of the most jovial mansion residents worked together to make breakfast...where was Toad, the lowkey drug lord?
Lucas: Allow me to be one of the first to say this...Cilan's cooking is SO much better than Palutena's. Not that Palutena isn't bad or anything, but her cooking is amateurish at best - not good, but not bad either. Cilan's food...it just has so much twang to it, it has the zest that Palutena's food lacks. Too bad Pit won't agree with me, sometimes he's such a mama's boy...
Ness: *poking his head through a door* Not to be crude Lucas, but you were a mama's boy too, when you're mom was alive.
Lucas: Pfft, that was in the past... *confidently smiles with his hands on his hips* ...I'm a man now, I don't need my mom! I'm not afraid of anything! *slowly cracks a worried facial expression as Ness closes his door*
"Yo, Cilan, where's the bacon, I need my bacon man!" Bowser called out to Cilan, demanding bacon or else the connoisseur would pay some consequences. You wouldn't want to upset the Koopa King in the morning; it would be wiser to do such a thing at night, when he forgets.
"I'm terribly sorry King Bowser, but we didn't have any time to cook bacon, my sincere apologies," Cilan apologized to Bowser, but unfortunately it wasn't enough as the Koopa King whipped out a certain clipboard and an ink pen. You know what's gonna happen next.
"What twisted person would make breakfast without any bacon?! You and Kirby both make the list, the list of stupid idiots!" Bowser wrote down Cilan's and Kirby's names onto "The List of Bowser"; Cilan looked distraught, while Kirby happily clapped his hands, apparently content with being deemed a stupid idiot in the eyes of Bowser. "Should have added your name already for not knowing that many Pokemon outside the Unova region..."
"You made a list of stupid idiots?" Ema raised an eyebrow at Bowser, shaking her head in disapproval. "Made the list out of a lack of self-esteem, I assume? Calling others stupid idiots so you could feel better about yourself?"
"Never did I lack self-esteem a single day in my life! Also, this list is 'The List of Bowser', not 'The List of Stupid Idiots'! And I made up the list because I thought it would be funny! For those reasons alone, you now have the distinction of being the first female to land your name on the list! Congratulations!" Bowser furiously wrote down Ema's name as the forensics expert unassumingly resumed eating her food, not giving a single crap about Bowser's list whatsoever. In fact, practically nobody does, unless you're Corrin. "Phoenix Wright and Mia Fey would be so disappointed in you if they hear about this! Heck, they even accused me of having a role in Snake breaking out of jail, so I'll might as well add their names to the list too!"
Outside the mansion, Sonic, holding Shaymin in his hands, was waiting on several of his friends to stop by. Of course he was waiting on Amy, his loving girlfriend who always goes crazy over him, but he was also waiting for two more hedgehogs - Shadow, his rival, and Silver, some hedgehog from the future. The two hedgehogs would eventually arrive via bus, as Shadow and Silver got off said bus and saw Sonic, waving to them.
"Hey what's up my dudes?" Sonic would greet the fellow hedgehogs, giving Silver some dap and doing a simple fist bump with Shadow. Shadow was never really the social type, so he prefers to do a simple fist bump rather than a perfectly rehearsed and executed handshake. "Glad you two could come over for Thanksgiving, I really appreciate it!"
Sonic: This will be the first time celebrating Thanksgiving (or any holiday for that matter) with my new pet Shaymin! *kisses Shaymin on the cheek* Should I give Shaymin a name? I tried asking Tails, but he was all like, "No way, who would give a legendary or mythical Pokemon a nickname, that sounds asinine!" And then I said, "Then how come Nintendo gives the option to name legendary or mythical Pokemon in the new Pokemon games?" Dude couldn't say a single word after that, man I got him good...
"You're very much welcome Sonic, although it did take a lot of convincing from me for Shadow to tag along," stated Silver. "You know how much Shadow hates social gatherings and such. As stated before, Shadow isn't the most social hedgehog out there, he's more of an introvert than anything.
"Thanksgiving is pretty stupid anyways in my opinion, everyone eats some stupid turkey on just one day," Shadow offered his take on Thanksgiving. Man must be horribly bitter about every little thing; Maria Robotnik's death must be to blame.
"Quit being so cynical Shadow, you'll kill the mood...so Sonic, where are we gonna celebrate Thanksgiving at? At the Smash Mansion, or over at Luigi's place?" Silver saw Luigi's green Dodge Charger parked in the parkway, and wondered how a meek, bashful man like Luigi was able to acquire such a sweet ride.
"We might as well go to the Smash Mansion, since Tails and Knuckles said they'll be staying over there. Besides, I don't wanna do anything that would upset Daisy, I had already ticked her off when I faked my own death..." Silver and Shadow both gave Sonic very questionable looks. "I'll explain the story and everything else once we get inside."
"Sounds good. Also, what a nice pet hedgehog you got there, must be pretty rare." Of course it's rare, it's a freaking mythical Pokemon!
The Thanksgiving parade was over, and it was now time for the most important afternoon Thanksgiving program taking place prior to football to start - the annual National Dog Show! Luigi and Little Mac sat in the living room as they watched the dog show.
"Luigi, ever wanted to enter Polterpup in a dog show?" Little Mac asked the plumber, while Polterpup laid on the floor next to Luigi's feet. "You two would be great together, though with Polterpup being a ghost, you could get away with A LOT of cheating..."
"Guess you're-a right, not to mention that Polterpup would-a intimidate some of the other dogs," said Luigi, gently petting Polterpup. Polterpup is everything you could ask from and more in a man's best friend. "If there-a was a ghostly competition of-a any kind, I would enroll Polterpup real-a quick!"
Little Mac: After seeing Sonic bond with Shaymin over the course of the week, I kinda gave some thought about owning a pet for myself...though I wouldn't have the time to do it. I spend an endless amount of time training and staying fit, and I still have some work to do with Star Records. Wouldn't afford to leave my companion in the dust, if ya know what I mean.
"Football is about to come on soon...Minnesota Vikings vs the Detroit Lions," Link said to Cloud while hanging around near the steps, telling the ex-SOLDIER this like he actually cared. "Who you got winning? My money is on the Vikings, only because their mascot can wield a sword...hehe."
"You know pretty well I don't care about neither team, especially since they're not Super Bowl-caliber or anything," responded Cloud. Talk about having high standards - Cloud's probably a lowkey Seattle Seahawks bandwagoner. The presence of Kevin and Carrington in episode 42 could have swayed the swordsman. "But if I had to pick one team to win, it would have to be the Lions, because they have home field advantage. I know a lot of people take the concept of home field advantage very seriously..."
"You said you wanted to speak with me?" Yuffie came down the steps to ask Cloud. She, Aerith, Zelda, and Daisy were doing typical girl things upstairs, while Jacky, Akira, Little Mac, and Doc Louis were doing typical manly things outside.
"Yes, but not now - I'll discuss things with you during the feast. If not then, then maybe in private. But we have to hold our conversation before midnight, no ands, ifs, or buts about it. Got it?"
"What do you want to talk about so, is it girl advice? Trying to ask out Aerith on a date? Or are you wanting to propose to her?" Yuffie smiled as she leaned in closer to Cloud, who looked away. Yuffie just had to talk all this romantic stuff, especially with Link around... "If that's the case, then you came to the right gal!"
"It's nothing romantic, and it doesn't have anything to do with Aerith whatsoever...just wait until the feast, and everything will be explained."
More than half an hour after breakfast commenced, the foursome of Chrom, Ganondorf, Wario, and Captain Falcon met at the Romance Club...not to discuss romance and love, but to watch the Vikings-Lions game on a television Wario had hooked up in the room the four usually meet. Marth and Geno stood a few feet away from the couch that the four were sitting on, with Marth frowning with his hands on his hips. Totally not want the hero-king planned for - then again, who would want to do usual club things on a holiday?
Marth: At the last Romance Club meeting, my four "proteges" decided to spend their time at the Thanksgiving feast with their significant others - Wario will be with Palutena, Ganondorf will be with Rosalina, and Chrom says Raven will arrive at the mansion soon so he'll get some downtime with her. As for Captain Falcon...he can just bond with this inflatable blow-up doll I found in the storage room. *grabs a blow-up doll of a woman and shows it to the camera* I can imagine the conversations Captain Falcon would have... *sounding macho* Hey babe, you wanna take a sweet ride in my Blue Falcon? *now speaks in a girly voice* I want nothing to do with you, or your ride! You're the worst man a girl could ask for! *uses the blow-up doll's hand to slap his face* Sadly I could see something like that going down at the feast, Captain Falcon is horribly snakebitten...
"So this is how you men wish to spend most of your Thanksgiving, huh?" asked a slightly disappointed Marth. "Here I thought you wanted to do something productive..."
"We're watching the game because we're real men and you're not; you're more of a girly man," stated Ganondorf, angering Marth. The hero-king doesn't like to be considered girly or feminine, though his hairstyle kinda suggests otherwise. "Men like you would rather watch the dog show over sporting events." Uh oh, Luigi and Little Mac, it looks like Ganondorf called both of you out!
"Whatever you say Ganon...I sure hope you men are ready for your significant others when the feast time comes. And Captain Falcon, you're in luck - found a blow-up doll for you to use. Granted it would embarrassing to flirt with it with visitors around, but I suppose it would do..."
"Appreciate what you're doing Marth, but I don't need a blow-up doll...I actually find a young lady that sorta likes me! She'll be arriving at the Smash Mansion in a jiffy!" Marth couldn't help but giggle at what Falcon had said, he was in the most utmost disbelief. Was he hearing correctly, or was Captain Falcon just messing with him?
"Settle down Falcon, you're quite the comedian, already had us laughing during breakfast. No need to pry any more laughs out from me, I can easily tell you're bluffing!"
"No he's being serious, he was speaking with this chick downtown and she agreed to come over for the feast at the mansion!" stated Wario, recalling Captain Falcon heading to downtown Seattle to take care of "important matters", as the racer had told the fatso. "Captain Falcon literally found a babe, and he did it with little to no failure!"
"Still don't believe any of this...do you believe this is all farce, Chrom?" The prince of Ylisse was feeling very uneasy - no, not because of the question Marth asked, but because his loving daughter Lucina was away with Robin at Luigi's place, and he's fearful of what Robin might be doing to Lucina. Most loving fathers are completely paranoid like that.
"I'm afraid it's true, Captain Falcon indeed found himself a lover," confirmed Chrom, resting slightly uncomfortably on the couch as paranoia enveloped him. "From what I've heard, Falcon's girlfriend will be taking a ride with Raven, whom she's apparently affiliated with."
Chrom: Captain Falcon's girlfriend is one of the best kept secrets going about in the mansion, and it has to remain that way in order to maintain peace and stability; I'm sure most of the men would be ticked if they found out a downtrodden man like Falcon finally secured a woman. Of course, this secret isn't exactly the best kept secret right now... *looks around to see if anyone's looking or listening before lowering his voice* I had gained some intel that Knuckles owns a statue of Rouge the Bat, and it's secretly kept in a private part of the mansion. Makes me wonder if Fox and Falco are paying Knuckles and giving him exquisite gifts under the table...
"Well I won't believe it until I see it, this sounds too good to be true," said Marth, before turning his attention to Geno. "Do you know when the feast will begin? It is necessary that Raven and Captain Falcon's...girlfriend, make it ahead of time, so they'll get acclimated."
"The tentative start time is 4:30, according to Cilan," the Star Warrior answered. "Master Hand might try and change the time though." Does Master Hand have to interfere with every little thing? Let the residents live, for crying out loud!
"He would have to fight with Mario and Peach over that, they usually collaborate with whoever cooks the food and come to terms with when the feast begins. Peach will sweet talk Master Hand, I'm absolutely sure of it."
"How does the front yard look?" Roy asked Gil after the redhead raked up all the leaves in the front yard, gathering them up and putting them into one massive pile. "That should be all of the leaves." Mario wanted the front yard to look presentable when the guests arrive, and he put Roy and Gil up to the task.
"Yup, got every leaf in sight, now all we need to do is find out a way to dispose of the leaves," Gil said, stroking his chin as he looked around, before his eyes caught Pit and Kirby playing Frisbee. "Hey Kirby, can you do Roy and I a solid?"
"Ooh wah!" Kirby happily ran over to Roy and Gil, as Pit had to put his Frisbee game on hold. But Kirby wasn't in the mood of disposing the leaves - he was in the mood of jumping into the pile of leaves, and playing in said pile as the leaves went up in the air and slowly fell down. Just like that, leaves were all other the place again, although it wasn't really that much, thankfully.
"Kirby they wanted you to suck up the leaves, not play in them!" Pit called out to Kirby, as the puffball played in the leaves like a little child. Is he really a little child? Does anyone know how old Kirby is? "Why must I always clean up after Kirby's mess..." Pit ran over to the front yard of the mansion, as he grabbed Roy's rake and raked up the leaves back into the pile, before taking Kirby out of the pile of the leaves.
Gil: Leaves should have been raked the other day...Mario was supposed to do it, but nooooo, he wanted to help Peach make the Thanksgiving dessert! Gotta think of it, why make dessert before making the Thanksgiving course?
Roy: Beats me; Cilan had also pitched in, so I'm assuming Peach wanted to see if Cilan was as great as advertised. Some of the food he made for us has been spectacular, to say the least. I'd say he's the best cook in the mansion now, with Dunban being a close second.
"Now suck up those leaves Kirby, suck 'em up like a...like a lawn mower!" Pit exclaimed as he pointed at the pile of leaves, as Roy and Gil facepalmed at the angel's morbid stupidity. On command, Kirby sucked up all the leaves, and his mouth was full. Where is the puffball going to dispose the leaves? Good thing he had a plan in mind, as he ran off without warning. "Hey Kirby, wait up!" Pit, Roy, and Gil chased after Kirby, reaching the puffball at the Duck Hunt Dog's doghouse. There the puffball would do the unthinkable - he blew the leaves into said doghouse, filling it up with leaves in an instant.
"Um, do you think the Duck Hunt Dog would have a problem with this?" Gil nervously questioned. He seriously can't be afraid of some mischievous dog, if how he was feeling implied.
"Dumb mutt would just dig a giant hole to put the leaves in, no biggie," Roy shrugged. "Let's just walk away like nothing ever happened..." So Pit, Kirby, Gil, and Roy all walked away, and as they did so, a feather from one of Pit's wings slowly fell to the ground, next to the leaf-filled doghouse...
"So which player from the United States basketball team am I teleporting to the mansion?" Zero asked Master Hand in the teleportation room. What is that giant hand up to this time, and why is he fooling around with a lousy basketball player...
"You know who I want - the tall, lanky guy who everyone claims to be a villain!" Master Hand gave Zero a description of the player he wanted. "Don't exactly remember his name though, but I hope my description helped jog your memory!"
"Wasn't really a very good description, but I think I know the guy you're referring to..." Zero did some calibrations on the teleportation device, and pressed some buttons, and in an instant, a tall, lanky guy - just like Master Hand said - was warped to the mansion. It was Wayne, one of the dudes from the United States basketball team.
"Hold up, how did I get here?" Wayne asked as he looked around, and his face sank once his eyes fell on Master Hand. In that very moment he knew where he was - back at the Smash Mansion.
Master Hand: My stupid and completely unnecessary house arrest is set to end this week, which means I will no longer have this dumb tracking device around my finger. Doesn't matter anyway, because I violated my sentence multiple times - you see, I would secretly have Peppy Hare bring Slippy Toad over to disable the device, and then I do whatever I want! (Please don't tell the law enforcers that information, they'd might throw me in jail or prison.) With my sentence ending and all, I thought...why discuss some water under the bridge with one of the individuals I screwed over?
"Hi there, guy-who's-name-I-sadly-forgot, long time no see!" Master Hand greeted Wayne with much joy, though Wayne didn't exactly share the joy the giant hand was exuberating. "Just wanted to say I'm sorry for attempting to steal the cruise ship at Rio during the Olympics. Your ship, it just looked so exquisite..."
"Dude you could have just apologized to the people who carry the cruise ship, they're the ones who financed it," stated Wayne, feeling a need to go back home and celebrate Thanksgiving, rather than celebrating it in Seattle in the Smash Mansion. "Now can you take me back home, I got a Thanksgiving dinner to attend to!"
"Does it start in the next few hours or so? If not, then I'm afraid you'll just have to stick around until it's time for your precious 'Thanksgiving dinner' to begin. Of course you don't have to stay at the mansion - you can just head over to Luigi's home and chill there until it's time for you to go! Zero will teleport you back to original location, isn't that right Zero?"
"I'll be here all day - just stop by here when you're all set to go!" Zero gave Wayne a thumbs up. Having gained this information, Wayne nodded his head as he went out of the teleportation room, looking for something to do. He ventured down to the kitchen, where Greninja was on dish washing duty, as the ninja Pokemon was washing the dishes, too apathetic to dislike the chore. Wayne looked at his cellphone and saw his battery dying, and needed to find an outlet real quick with the phone charger in his possession.
"Do you know where I can find an available outlet?" the basketball player asked Greninja; the ninja Pokemon, who has never owned a cellphone before nor cared about cellphones or cellular devices in general, shook his head. "Oh well, thanks, I guess..." Wayne continued on his way, until he bumped into Bowser, who was holding "The List of Bowser" in his hands. The Koopa King is on a mad scavenger hunt for any "stupid idiots" he can find.
"Well, well, well, look who returned to the mansion!" Bowser greeted Wayne after turning around to see who bumped into him. "Looks like you're by yourself, huh? In that case, why aren't you celebrating Thanksgiving with your family, like most sensible people do? For that reason alone, you just made the list!" Bowser wrote down Wayne's name on the list, but Wayne was more concerned about charging up his phone than earning his name on some dumb list. It's not like Bowser could use his list to contact others or anything like that.
Bowser: Added a bunch of stupid idiots to my "List of Bowser", want me to give you the rundown?...Alright then, here we go! I added Ike - the man who thinks hot dogs aren't sandwiches - to the list, I added the Flying Man - had the utmost audacity to call my list irrelevant - to the list, and I even added Isabelle - asked me how I was doing an hour after she asked the very same question - to the list as well! At this rate, everyone in the entire mansion will wind up on the list! Come Christmas time, I'll give everyone the greatest gift they could ask for...the gift of Bowser! *stretches arms out side, then inhales and exhales* Drink it in, man!
"Look bro, I need to find an outlet to plug up my phone, my battery is running low very quickly," Wayne said to Bowser, not giving a crap about the list. Who does? "Know where I can find an available outlet?"
"What person brings their cellular device on low battery to a faraway destination?! You just made the list yet again!" Bowser wrote down Wayne's name on the list a second time, and Wayne, ultimately on the verge of giving up, decided it would be best to head over to Luigi's home, since it was relatively small; finding an outlet in the big and spacious Smash Mansion would be the ultimate hassle. Also, the people there would treat Wayne with the respect he deserves.
Sonic gathered with Tails, Knuckles, Silver, and Shadow in his room, playing with his pet Shaymin. Actually, Shadow wasn't really playing with the Shaymin; he just sat on Sonic's bed with his arms folded, figuring out why Sonic and company were so into a lousy mythical Pokemon. Yeah, the murder of Maria Robotnik must have taken a toll on the poor hedgehog, it's sad to see...
"I'm here boys!" Amy exclaimed as she entered Sonic's room, holding her purse...which she would drop to the floor in an instant when she saw the Shaymin sitting in Sonic's leap and squealed like an overly excited pig. "Sonic, is that your pet hedgehog?! It looks so cute, I must take a closer look!" Amy sat down next to her man, and inspected Shaymin, petting it gently. Shaymin would cower in fear, she didn't expect so many people to be fawning other here. Still getting used to the popularity. "It looks so adorable, I could pet it for days!"
"Shaymin is a she Amy, not an it," Sonic informed his girlfriend, wanting her and many others to accept this information. "Don't let the Pokemon professors and experts and maniacs tell you otherwise, they're all misinformed dummies - they'll bring you down to their level and defeat you with experience."
"Can't believe you're all worked up over a stupid pet..." frowned Shadow, feeling somewhat unloved. Poor guy never had anyone really to love him, like a parental figure - you could say Black Doom, leader of the Black Arms, would be a viable parental figure, but he's a villain, so...
Shadow: Last time I checked, Silver and I specifically came here to eat food, not to fawn over Sonic's stupid pet hedgehog. Obviously the turkey is the most important part of this Thanksgiving feast, so if the turkey isn't that great, then complying with Silver's demands to come with him to the mansion will be all for naught. I can feel my stomach growling already...
"What's the matter Shadow - are you implying that you're jealous of Sonic's pet hedgehog?" questioned Amy, angering Shadow. Now's not the time for the Black Arms hedgehog to evince his true colors. "If you feel so salty about Shaymin, then why don't you leave?"
"Very well then, guess I'll leave...forget you losers," Shadow grumpily got up and exited the room, as Sonic and company continued to play with the pet Shaymin. Shadow would walk through the mansion hallway, feeling salty about himself and others like he always does, when he ran into the Flying Man, of all people.
"Appears to me that you're a little down on your luck!" the beast said to Shadow, who walked away as quickly as possible to avoid the Flying Man. But it was no use, the resident of Magicant was hot on his heels. "No need to feel like a glum chum on a wonderful Thanksgiving day like this! I can help cheer you up, for I am your courage!"
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that, if it helps you go the sleep at night..." Shadow rudely responded as he walked a distance far enough from the Flying Man, with the beast no longer able to bother the hedgehog. The Flying Man snapped his fingers in disgust, seeing another potentially good deed gone to waste.
It was an hour to 4 o' clock, which meant that the Thanksgiving feast at the Smash Mansion will begin very soon. Many guests came over to the mansion, such as Fiora, Luka Redgrave, Krystal, and several others. Captain Falcon waited outside at the front of the mansion, anticipating the moment his girlfriend came.
"YOU of all people now has a girlfriend?" Diddy Kong snorted at Captain Falcon, as he waited for Cranky Kong and Dixie Kong to arrive. "I find this very hard to believe! Was she desperate or something?" This is the most typical question Falcon was asked when telling others about the girlfriend he now apparently has.
"Desperate for love, I reckon?" responded Captain Falcon. "By all accounts she was, she was looking for a fine, stellar man, and I had to make my move!" Diddy turned away and laughed, now in even more disbelief. Just then, an Uber car arrived, and Raven, Chrom's girlfriend, got out of the car.
"Thank you very much for the ride!" the female mage would thank the Uber driver. But she wasn't the only person that rode in the car - also exiting the vehicle was a young-looking green-haired maiden, and accompanying her was a small green-haired girl, most likely her daughter. Judging by their attire, it looked like they both hail from the Fire Emblem universe.
Captain Falcon: I've been waiting for this day for as long as I could remember...this is the day that I shun my romantic failures in the past, and prove to everyone that I am indeed efficient in picking up girls! Once everyone sees my girlfriend, they'll gasp in shock, and say, "Oh, Captain Falcon, we're so sorry for doubting you in the past, you really are a ladies' man!" *rubs his hands, Montgomery Burns style* Time to make a bunch of believers out of nonbelievers...
"Diddy Kong, I would like to introduce you to my lovely girlfriend Nowi, and her daughter Nah," Captain Falcon introduced the spidermonkey to Nowi (the youthful woman) and Nah (her daughter) as they walked up to the front with Raven. Diddy Kong's jaw dropped to the ground in an instant; the disbelief building up inside of the spidermonkey had finally reached its boiling point, and it resulted in Diddy Kong laughing hysterically as he fell to the ground in inconsolable laughter.
"Is he going to be alright?" Raven asked Captain Falcon as Diddy continued to laugh; Falcon simply shrugged. "He'll likely get over his laughing fit soon, I hope...I'll just head inside the mansion, and let you and Nowi have your little moment together." The female mage entered the mansion to look for Chrom, leaving Captain Falcon, Nowi, Nah, and the laughing Diddy Kong by themselves outside.
"I am SO looking forward to a wonderful time together!" Nowi squealed with joy, as Nah nonchalantly watched on. You will see later on that Nowi has a very childlike personality, and Nah is kind of serious, though not as the same degree as Lucina. "We still have so much time until the feast, what shall we do then? Ooh, there's kids living here, right? Why don't we play with the little children?"
"Not now babe, before we do any of that, I must show you around to the others, just to prove how romantic I truly am," said Captain Falcon. "Then we'll play with the children; we got a ball pit for outgoing folk for you to play in!"
"A ball pit in the mansion?! Why didn't you tell me you had a ball pit?!" How is Nah able to cope with her mother's mannerisms? Gotta give the young girl credit for remaining serious and mature while dealing with her mom. "You must take me there right away!"
"Okay, okay, I'll take you to the ball pit...as long as he hold hands, just for effect." The effect Captain Falcon is yearning for is the reaction of the residents when they see the racer with an actual woman. "Are you down with that?" Nowi excitedly nodded her head. "Alright then, let's go!"
So Captain Falcon and Nowi held hands, and entered the mansion, with Nah accompanying them, as they made their way up to the ball pit. They ran into Wayne, who was about to head off to Luigi's home.
"Looks like you finally found yourself a girlfriend, huh?" the basketball player said to Captain Falcon, recounting the moment he met the racer back in episode 35, as he checked out Nowi. He would have asked the half-Manakate how old she was (she's actually over a thousand years old!), but now wouldn't be the perfect time. "Congratulations man." Wayne walked past Falcon and headed out of the mansion.
Wayne: Feels great to be back here in Seattle...played my first year in the pros in this city, won a Rookie of the Year award...man, how time flies...
After the meeting with Wayne, Captain Falcon, Nowi, and Nah continued through the mansion, walking past the residents who all had varying reactions to Falcon's girlfriend. First, Falcon and company walked past R.O.B., who at first glance of Falcon and Nowi started malfunctioning until his system completely shut down. Then they walked by MegaMan .EXE, who had lost his balance and fell to the floor because he couldn't believe what he had seen. The last person Falcon and company walked by was Bowser, with his "List of Bowser".
"Tell me what your name is so I can put you down on my list!" the Koopa King called out to Nowi, chiding the woman for liking Captain Falcon. Soon Falcon, Nowi, and Nah arrived at the ball pit room, and Nowi squealed when she saw Toon Link, Young Link, Villager, and the Inklings playing in the ball pit. As you can tell, children are the half-Manakate's cup of tea.
"Woah Captain Falcon, who's your girlfriend?" Toon Link asked the racer when he saw his woman, as the other kids perked up. The Hylian was more considerate than R.O.B., MegaMan .EXE, and Bowser combined. "She looks very pretty!"
"Boys and girls...well, just girl...this woman you see before you is Nowi, a half-Manakate!" Captain Falcon introduced his woman to the youngsters, as Nowi happily waved to them. "And this is her daughter Nah!" Nah didn't wave, she just flashed a smile. She has a very lowkey personality.
"It's very nice to meet you, Nowi and Nah, hope you're enjoying your time at the mansion so far," said Young Link, the courteous one. Same can't be said for R.O.B., MegaMan .EXE, and most definitely Bowser. "Want to play with us in the ball pit?"
"Why of course I do!" Without warning, Nowi jumped into the ball pit, and began playing with the children. Nah, although she didn't really want to, joined her mom in the ball pit, playing with the fellow youngsters.
"Looks like I had found myself the perfect woman..." Captain Falcon confidently smirked as he folded his arms and watched Nowi in the ball pit.
Fox: Well, I hate to say this, but it appears to Falco and I that no one is really in the Thanksgiving spirit!
Falco: My man Fox speaks the truth - everyone here is just dying to eat some turkey (and I personally don't blame them one bit), but they're forgetting the other things that make Thanksgiving what it is today! And we plan to change that...
"Happy Thanksgiving everyone, what a time to be thankful!" Fox yelled out loud in the living room, with him and Falco throwing leaves about. Both Star Fox pilots were dressed up as pilgrims, and Mario, Peach, and Krystal - all of whom were waiting in the living room for the feast to begin - just watched.
"They're not always like this, are they?" Krystal just had to ask Peach this question. "I mean, I appreciate the message they're trying to deliver, but the way they're delivering it...eh."
"Not all the time, they're pretty mellow men," responded Peach, downplaying whatever fears Krystal may have had. Regardless, prancing about in the living room in pilgrim attire is not acceptable for Krystal by any means. "Did you know that Fox and Falco are in charge of an upstart record company called Star Records?"
"Yeah, Fox has been telling me about his Star Records escapades, talking how successful Knuckles has been and how Little Mac is essentially playing catch-up...guy should have just stuck to boxing." Little Mac is technically retired from boxing, as revealed in the final events of Punch-Out! (Wii version) but he still trains to this very day.
"Come on you guys, why aren't you in the Thanksgiving mood, you're supposed to be feeling thankful!" Falco scowled Mario and company. "Mario, tell us what you're most thankful for, certainly you're a pretty thankful guy!"
"Yes I am-a thankful - thankful for life, liberty, and-a pursuit of happiness!" exclaimed Mario; unfortunately for him, his answer didn't seem to please Falco, who stared at the plumber with a straight face. Fox did the same thing too, resulting in Mario becoming suddenly confused.
"...Peach, what things are you thankful for?" Falco then asked Peach, after finding the courage to speak again. "Being that you're a ruler over the Mushroom Kingdom, there must be a lot things you're thankful for."
"I'm just thankful for the fact that I have Mario, and that the two of us will be husband and wife sooner than we know it!" the princess gleamed, as Fox and Falco nodded their heads and clapped. Clearly they liked Peach's answer over Mario, for some strange reason.
"Thank you for giving us a suitable answer Peach, much appreciated," thanked Fox, being thankful. "Try being more original next time, Mario." What's wrong with saying life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, is that not what Thomas Jefferson wished for in the Declaration of Independence?
Mario: So you-a shouldn't be thankful for life, liberty, and-a pursuit of happiness, but you should be-a thankful for having a future spouse-a instead...if not-a for those three provisions on-a the Declaration of Independence, I wouldn't even-a have Peach right now!
"What are you thankful for Krystal, my smoking hot girlfriend?" Fox asked Krystal, who rolled her eyes at the "smoking hot girlfriend" remark. "Are you like Peach, are you thankful for having a boyfriend like myself?"
"I'd be more thankful if you and Falco take off those ridiculous costumes," was the vixen's response. Fox and Falco scoffed at Krystal's response, for they will be dressed up as pilgrims all day long. Yes, even around the guests.
Several denizens from the Smash Mansion - Olimar, Alph, Nana, Popo, Ness, Lucas, Wario, Palutena, Meta Knight, Black Knight, and Ike - headed over to Luigi's home to have the Thanksgiving feast there, disheartening Cilan and Kirby to a certain extent. It was at Luigi's home that the plumber wished to show the men (including Wayne, who found an available outlet for his phone charger in the house) a new addition to his home.
"Gentlemen, I would like-a to introduce you...to my-a man cave!" Luigi opened a door, revealing his man cave. It had everything a man cave was supposed to have - some comfy sofas, a deer head bust, a billiards table, a giant flatscreen TV, and many other features. "Mr. Game and-a Watch helped me work-a on the man cave." The men were impressed, with a few nodding their heads.
"Yo, are the Redskins playing now?" Wayne looked on the TV and saw the Washington Redskins come out of the tunnel, indicating that their game against the Dallas Cowboys was set to begin. "Oh man, I gotta see this!" Wayne, a Redskins fan, sat on one of the sofas to check out the game.
"Alright boys, the feast is all ready!" Zelda announced to the men, after Daisy put on the finishing touches on the Thanksgiving food. "Come and get it while it's hot!"
"Nah, we might get it later, we can always wait until halftime. How does that sound, you guys?" Wayne asked the men, who all nodded their heads in agreement, much to the chagrin of Zelda.
"You're going to eat the food, and you're going to eat it NOW." Zelda was glaring with evil intent when she said this. "Daisy has everything prepared, so come and get your food so you can watch your precious football game. Do I make myself clear?"
"Just do what she says man, you would't like Zelda when she's angry..." Link had warned Wayne, and as the boyfriend of the Hyrulian princess, he would know.
Daisy: I've told Luigi time and time again not to get the man cave for the house, but of course he refused to listen and had Mr. Game and Watch build him one anyways...once I deliver the baby, Luigi better not spend more time in his dumb man cave than he does with the child, unless she spends time with the child in the man cave... *strokes her chin thoughtfully* ...nah, wouldn't be worth it.
Having stolen a turkey leg from the kitchen, the Duck Hunt Dog, turkey leg in his mouth, trotted to his doghouse...only to find it stuffed with leaves. As the mutt looked for the culprit, he found a unsuspecting white feather lying on the ground next to his doghouse, and instantly knew who the culprit may be...Pit.
Meanwhile, inside the mansion, the residents were enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving feast together, enjoying peaceful conversations and discussing life, when a now salty Duck Hunt Dog entered the dining room, gritting his teeth with his turkey leg in his mouth.
"Look Pit, the Duck Hunt Dog wants to speak with you!" Viridi grabbed her boyfriend's attention, pointing at the angry dog. "But he looks pretty angry...does he have a turkey leg in his mouth?"
"Aha, so the Duck Hunt Dog had the missing turkey leg all along, I knew it would be him!" exclaimed Cilan, who was eating at the dinner table enjoying his food. Seems a bit nonchalant about the whole situation, don't you think?
"Hey Duck Hunt Dog, why are you looking at me like that?" Pit questioned the mutt, who was glaring angrily at him. Suddenly the Duck Hunt Dog threw his turkey leg at Pit, striking him square in the face. A turkey leg - or any food item for that matter - to the face could only mean one thing...
"FOOD FIGHT!" Shulk bellowed out at the top of his lungs, and after the battle cry was called, everyone at the table fought against one another in a food fight of epic Thanksgiving proportions. Raven poured a bowl of gravy down Ganondorf's pants, Knuckles pied Yoshi in the face with some coconut pie, King Dedede stuffed K.K. Slider's head in the turkey, and plenty of other things went down during the food fight.
"Please stop it you guys, this is not how the feast was supposed to go down!" cried out Peach, one of the few who refused to participate in the food fight. Other non-participants, such as Ashley, Isabelle, and X (who would have guessed) ditched the dining room when they could. Suddenly a pie was thrown at Peach, and the princess turned around and saw that it was Cranky Kong, on his wheelchair.
"Just because I get another chance to appear in this story again doesn't mean I'm forbidden to do whatever I want," was the elderly Kong's excuse. Too bad Peach can't seek retribution on the Kong, given his age.
Cranky Kong: *doing talking head segment as Lloyd and Silver dueled with one another with turkey legs as weapons in the background* I would make a joke that would involve me breaking the fourth wall, but I just can't seem to think of anything. Now where was I... *grabs a glazed carrot and jumps back in to the food fight, joining the duel between Lloyd and Silver*
"Ooh, a food fight, this is so much fun!" Nowi gleamed as she threw food about, not giving a single care in the world. Captain Falcon and Nah both hid behind chairs, pelting others with food from a close distance.
"Your mother is a very outgoing person, she's the perfect gal a man could ask for!" Falcon said to Nah. Oh how Nah wished to say "nah" to what Falcon had just said...speaking of which, how did the poor girl acquire the name "Nah" in the first place?!
"Yoo hoo, over here hedgehog guy!" Nowi called out to Shadow, who was about to throw a plate of dressing at Takamaru's head when his name was called. "How would you like to work with me, and prevail over the others and be the last one standing? We can share all the glory!" Any other time, Shadow would say "Nah" (hehehehe...), but sharing the glory with another person? Shadow wished he could have shared the same attention with Shaymin back in Sonic's room. Poor guy always feels neglected sometimes.
"I'd be more than glad to join forces with you..." the hedgehog answered Nowi's offer with the smile, and soon he and the half-Manakate would be working together, taking others down with food. And Shadow enjoyed every second of it, too.
Having escaped from the mansion before the food fight could really get going, Bowser headed down to Luigi's home, wanting to add more "stupid idiots" to his list. The Koopa King was going over the list by the time he reached the front door of Luigi's home, where Doc Louis would barge outside and stormed away, dragging Little Mac by the arm against his will.
"Come on Little Mac, since Luigi won't offer any chocolate at his Thanksgiving feast, we'll just go celebrate Thanksgiving somewhere else!" the boxing trainer said to his protege as they headed downtown. "Better be a Golden Corral open!" What if Golden Corral doesn't offer chocolate at their restaurant, what would Doc Louis do then?
Once Doc and Mac were gone, Bowser entered Luigi's home and saw that the feast had yet to begin; evidently Luigi and Doc Louis had a fallout over why there wasn't any chocolate at the feast, hence why Doc Louis took Little Mac and left on his own accord.
"Lucas would-a you like to say a prayer before-a we begin the feast?" Luigi asked the timid boy, whose legs were quivering when given the task. Lucas had no other choice but to say yes, he simply couldn't let Luigi down.
Popo: Luigi and Doc Louis did have an altercation, and it was mainly over the lack of chocolate at the feast, apparently. They were arguing very loudly, so we all had to chill in Luigi's new man cave until the confrontation died down. Thank goodness there was enough room for all of us...
"Uh, sure Luigi, I can do a prayer, I suppose..." replied Lucas. "Here goes nothing, I guess..." So Lucas delivered a prayer, giving thanks for important things like food, and life, and togetherness...and then giving thanks for the most random things, like Wayne's presence, Captain Falcon's girlfriend Nowi, the city of Seattle having professional sports teams, and many other miscellenous things. Lucas finished off the prayer with an "amen", which meant it was now finally time for Luigi and company to dig in!
"Hey Luigi, mind if I jump in on the feast?" Bowser asked the plumber, and Luigi gave the Koopa King a thumbs up. "Sweet! Black Knight, fix me a plate, on the double! Unless you wanna wind up on my list..."
"I'm only doing this for you because it's Thanksgiving..." the Black Knight murmured to Bowser as he grabbed not one, but two paper plates and fixed him and Bowser some food.
As the feast went on, Cloud decided that now was the time discuss Yuffie's house arrest sentence with the ninja girl. After a short private conversation, Yuffie felt like she had to make a major announcement.
"Excuse me everyone, but may I have your attention?" the ninja girl spoke up at the front of the kitchen, gathering everyone's attention from the dining area to the living room. The dudes in Luigi's man cave came out to see what Yuffie had to say. "As you may know, I was put under house arrest for attempting to steal the cruise ship that belonged to the United States men's basketball team..." Yuffie glanced at Wayne, who was nodding his head. "...and my term is set to end this Saturday. I would leave Luigi and Daisy in a jiffy, but however...they've showed me so much kindness during my stay, and I felt very grateful for it. And since I pretty much have nowhere to stay...I have decided to stay with Luigi and Daisy, for an indefinite amount of time." Yuffie's decision was met with warm reception from everyone, most notably Luigi and Daisy - everyone except for Bowser, who frowned in disgust.
"You seriously want to stick around with that perpetual loser Luigi, what is wrong with you woman?!" the Koopa King shook his head at Yuffie. "Here I thought Daisy made the biggest mistake in wanting to marry Luigi...Yuffie Kisaragi, you just made the list!" Bowser wrote down the ninja girl's name on the list, as Wayne walked towards the Koopa King, wanting to do some justice.
"Hey bro, can I see your list for a quick minute?" the basketball player asked Bowser. The Koopa King happily gave his clipboard to Wayne...who broke it in half with his knee and threw the pieces on the floor. "How about you be a leader, instead of a follower? Come up with your own shtick, man." And with that, Wayne left Luigi's home. Some strong words from him.
Cilan: Our Thanksgiving feast, as you could imagine, was an ultimate disaster. Food was wasted in the dining room, and everyone was covered in food. But at least the guests enjoyed how everything turned out, Captain Falcon's girlfriend apparently enjoyed the food fight...how did he even get a girlfriend in the first place?! I give up on life...
"Don't feel so down Peach, it could have been worse...someone could have had a heart attack and died," Ashley said to Peach, who was sobbing in the dining room over how the feast ended. "I guess that's the one lone positive." Ashley got up and left the kitchen, just when Wayne had entered. The basketball player saw Mr. Game and Watch cleaning up the dining room, but more importantly Peach by herself, sobbing.
"Lemme guess, an epic food fight started?" Wayne asked the princess, and Peach, sobbing more quietly now, nodded her head. "Look, I understand, things happen, lots of things happen...but you have to know that things will eventually get better soon before you know it. Just have to look on the bright side of things, you know, be more optimistic. This Thanksgiving may not have went the way you planned, but you can use the setbacks and learn from them, so you can make the next Thanksgiving great." Wayne checked his now fully-charged phone, looking at the time. "Well, I gotta get back to my place, before my folks start wondering why I've been gone for so long. Take care." Wayne gave Peach a comforting pat on the shoulder, and made his way to the teleportation room, where Zero would send him back to his destination.
After Wayne left, Peach looked up, flashing a smile. This year's Thanksgiving was now in the past - time to focus on the next one.