Author's Note: 200th chapter, woo hoo! As always, thank you all for the support. I didn't think that we would make it this far, and yet here we are. We have come a long way. Since I wanted this chapter to be better than the 100th chapter, I took a few cues from a few 200th episodes from a few television shows - namely the Simpsons, Supernatural, and even Fraiser. Guess you could say that this chapter was somewhat "inspired". Probably not the best word choice, but...eh. Let's answer some guest reviews:

"Is Alice Nakata from King of Fighters XIV going to appear? (Since she's SNK's answer to Sakura from Street Fighter) a Megaman Zero and ZX chapter when the collection comes out? Will be able to patch things up with Viridi? A villain team up of the bosses from the King of Fighters games? (Since they were annoying and had cheap AI in the games) and finally, what are your thoughts on Doom Eternal being delayed until next year?"

Alice Nakata is SNK's answer to Sakura Kasugano? Uh huh...but yeah, she might appear. I could squeeze in a Megaman Zero/ZX chapter. Things will be patched up with Viridi. Don't know about that villain team-up. And it sucks that Doom Eternal is being delayed, since I was planning on doing a Doom chapter in time for Doom Eternal and Doom 64's release. But I can wait until next year. Another anonymous review:

"1: what do you think of the rumor of the fornite mii costume?
2: did the mii fighters appear in the story?
3: do you think steve and jibanyan still have a chance?
4: The team rocket you use, did not originate in the anime?
5: pikachu libre is a resident?
6: I would like to see more of the yiga clan and the cast of persona 3
7: Would you make a chapter in reference to yo-kai watch 4?
8: What do you take into account to put a resident who does not have a mii suit? like crash
9: will CJ appear?
10: what character would you like to be made of mii costume?"

1. I don't believe it to be true, honestly.
2. No Mii fighters in this story.
3. I think both dudes have a chance to be in Smash - though Jibanyan might lose out due to lack of popularity.
4. The Team Rocket in this story originates from the original Pokemon games.
5. Pikachu Libre is indeed a resident.
6. I can make that happen.
7. That game was already released in June, so...
8. That's a good question that I'm struggling to answer, for some reason.
9. Which CJ are you referring to?
10. I don't really have a preference.

Another anonymous review:

"an idea, what if the assist trophies that have mii costumes go to the mansion, and those who do not have, stay with crazy hand?"

The mansion has enough guys and gals as it is, so no. Another anonymous review:

"slime (dragon quest) will appear more?"

Yes, but only sporadically. PinkRose4452 has a question about my favorite things:

"What are your top 5 favorite characters and chapters in Smash Life so far?"

Ugh, how could you make me choose...I'd say that my favorite characters are Cloud, Doc Louis, Joker, Bowser, and Sonic. My favorite chapters include "Karablast", "Redemption", "Marvelous", "Pigskin", and "ThreeHouses". Narrowing down the list was hard...last up is GreaterDoomerUKI:

"1) Since Lucas and Futaba are so alike to each other, can they have one chapter about them together.
2) Master hand still needs to assasinate Souljaboy like I asked 8 months ago...
3) Yusuke and Wolf have an art contest with each other to see who's the better artist"

1) I would be pretty open to that idea.
2) I can't quite remember you suggsting that. Also, why Soulja Boy?!
3) Wolf seems like an odd choice to go up against Yusuke in an art contest. Perhaps someone else would suffice...

Episode 200: Musical

The Smash Life documentary crew reached another noteworthy milestone, having produced their 200th episode of Smash Life. For over a hundred episodes, the documentary crew captured the daily life of the residents living at the mansion, and most recently, the Assist Tower. To see a first-hand experience of the daily lives of dudes like Mario, Kirby, and Shovel Knight was a real special treat.

To commemorate the documentary crew on their hard work, Master Hand wanted to have a special treat himself and throw the crew a party of sorts, in the ballroom. Just for the documentary crew. The giant hand had already done a party before, in celebration of the 100th episode, and wanted this party to be bigger and better than the last one.

But of course, the party could've be done without some preparations. Which is why Master Hand was working close with Mario and Isabelle to ensure that his party goes exactly as planned, and exactly as Master Hand envisioned it.

"Master Hand, why do we need a bounce-a house in the ballroom?" Mario asked the giant hand, as he and Isabelle watched Toon Link and Young Link place the former's bounce house in the ballroom. "Seems-a very unnecessary."

"Aren't parties supposed to be all about fun?" Master Hand questioned Mario, thinking that the plumber was the kind of guy that would only drink water at parties. "The bounce house will do nothing but enhance the party experience."

"And it would absolutely smell of feet when the party's over," stated Isabelle; by the looks of it, the bounce house was too small for more than ten people. It was more fitting for little kids.

"You know how feet smell, Isabelle? Don't tell me that you have a foot fetish...learning of Yoshi's foot fetish was enough for me, but you, of all people?"

"I just got off the phone with Bed, Bath, and Beyond," Ayaha informed Master Hand, as she entered the ballroom. "They said that the ice sculpture and chocolate fountain are both ready for pickup."

"You seriously ordered a chocolate fountain and an ice sculpture...?" Isabelle asked Master Hand, out of disbelief. Master Hand was truly going above and beyond for his party.

"Like I said, parties are supposed to be about fun," replied Master Hand, as he floated his way over to the ballroom door. "It's all about leaving behind a lasting impression on people, and making memories!"

"Master Hand where are you going? You can stay put - I've already told Captain Falcon that he's gonna pick up the ice sculpture and..."

"Ayaha how could you, the ice sculpture and chocolate fountain were supposed to be kept a secret!" Master Hand sighed, thoroughly disgusted at Ayaha's inability to follow instructions. "You know what, you go tell Captain Falcon not to tell anyone about the sculpture and fountain. I'll be heading to Bed, Bath, and Beyond."

And with that, Master Hand vanished away to retrieve the two items for his party. Without that ice sculpture and chocolate fountain, the giant hand's party would be deemed incomplete.

"Do you guys think that Master Hand can carry the fountain AND the sculpture at once?" Ayaha asked Mario and Isabelle, while Young Link found himself trapped underneath the bounce house. Nobody except for Toon Link bothered to help.

"I wouldn't put it past-a him," replied Mario with a shrug, while Toon Link struggled to pull Young Link from underneath the bounce house.

Young Link: Found myself trapped underneath the bounce house...and unfortunately, I didn't die from suffocation. So much for telling my story. Should've told Starsky to keep me underneath the bounce house for a few more minutes, then the story would've been legit.

If you might recall, the Smash Life documentary was in charge of two producers - LeVar and Brad. The producers were giving a few mansion guests - Cranky Kong, Amy Rose, Birdo, and Phoenix Wright - a brief tour of the documentary crew. Not because they felt like it, but because Master Hand deliberately forced them to.

"...and this guy right here is our boom guy, Johnny," a totally uninterested and annoyed LeVar introduced the guests to Johnny the boom guy. Not wanting to speak or say a word - and for good reason - Johnny simply waved to the guests.

"Quick question: how does the author of this story pick out the names of the documentary crew members?" asked Cranky Kong, as he raised his finger to be identified. That gorilla couldn't resist but break the fourth wall, when the opportunity presented itself.

"The author of what story?" questioned Brad, as he and LeVar looked at one another in extreme confusion. The other guests were confused as well, but Cranky was not the one to be denied.

"Don't play dumb with me, you stupid millennial! I know all your secrets. You two must secretly be in kahoots with the author himself!"

"We really don't know what you're talking about," stated LeVar, letting out a slight bit of laughter. Cranky didn't know what LeVar found funny.

"I bet you don't know why this stinking story is over two and a half million words! Tell me, tell the the author's name! No, wait...tell me the author's REAL name! We must know right away!"

"I don't really want to know, to be honest," stated Amy, only to be bonked in the head by Cranky's cane. The pink hedgehog winced in pain, as she frowned at Cranky.

"You just say that because you're scared. You're scared of learning more, and knowing that you're actually in a story, not a documentary. All of this - the camera guys, the boom guy - it's all a big lie!"

"SECURITY!" shouted Brad, as Copper and Booker immediately showed up to the scene. The police dog duo grabbed Cranky, and dragged the gorilla away. With Cranky gone, the tour could continue in peace.

"Since when did this stupid mansion have security?! This must be the work of that horrible author - he's trying to put me down! Let me at him, let me at him!"

"I thought those dogs were just mansion guards..." LeVar spoke with Brad, watching as Cranky was dragged outside by Copper and Booker. Good riddance.

"Oh they are - they'll respond to just about anything," replied Brad, as LeVar nodded his head knowingly with his finger underneath his chin. "Just don't mention anything about guns in front of Booker, just saying..."

Cranky grumpily sat outside the mansion on the porch, being forced to watch Olimar's kids playing outside. The gorilla wasn't allowed back inside the mansion, until he changed his behavior.

Cranky Kong: The boldness of this text isn't enough to contain how extremely angry I am with the author right now...he chose to put me outside because of my "bad manners"! *gasp* Or does this mean that he's setting me up for a potential side-plot? Given that dorks like Waluigi and Dr. Cortex had side-plots themselves, I think that I'm next in line for my own fifteen minutes of fame.

Cranky's fifteen minutes of fame would seemingly come, when he saw a young girl wearing a large hat run right by. It seemed like the little girl was looking for someone, looking as she turned her head around.

"Alright, Cranky Kong, it's time for your special moment..." Cranky said to himself, feeling like a hero, as he approached the porch steps. The gorilla took just one step, and then another...before breaking his back and falling down the steps to the ground. Cranky stared yelling in pain in an instant.

"What is that wretched sound?!" Copper wondered as he opened the front door, and saw Cranky screaming like how a gorilla would when it didn't have a banana. Feeling some guilt, Copper whistled, as he nonchalantly closed the door.

"MY BACK, MY ACHING BACK, IT BURNS SO MUCH!" wailed Cranky, as he was banging his fists on the ground in pain. His screams were enough to garner the attention of the girl with the large hat, who came over to Cranky's aid.

"Do you need any help, old gorilla man?" the girl with the large hat asked Cranky, grabbing his hand and helping him up to his feet. Cranky winced in pain, as he held his back and grimaced.

"No thanks...just gotta...snap my spine back in." Without any assistance whatsoever, Cranky snapped his spine back in place, before letting out a giant blood-curling scream of pain. "Owie! It shouldn't have been that easy."

"All well again?" Talking hold of his cane, Cranky gave the girl with the large hat a comforting smile and a nod of his head. "Okay! Happy I could be of some assistance. Now I must go - have a great day!"

"Wait, kid, don't leave just yet!" Cranky called out to the girl with the large hat, before she could get away. "You haven't even told me your name. I need to thank you, for coming to my aid!"

"Oh! You can just call me Hat Kid. I came all the way from outer space!" The fact that Hat Kid was a space outsider was of great intrigue to Cranky, who eyes grew big in wonder and amazement.

"Outer space, you say? And I take it that you're trying to get back to your home planet?" Cranky rubbed his hands together in excitement, as Hat Kid nodded her head with a giant grin on her face.

"That's right! I'm looking for some Time Pieces, so I can power my ship and head back home. Some old guy took the pieces, and now I don't know where they are!"

"Well how about we work together, and find these Time Pieces? I'm not doing much at the moment - got kicked out of the mansion, thanks to that dumb author...but I would be willing to help you get back home."

"Cool beans! We can start looking around that tower. That's where I'm headed."

The knitting club members - Yoshi, Toad, Ashley, Pac-Man, Alm, and Celica - were in Master Hand's room, knitting a quilt for the party held later today. The members thought the quilt was unnecessary, yes, but sadly they had no choice in the matter whatsoever. As everyone worked on the knit, a knock was at the bedroom door.

"Pac-Man, go see who that is," Celica commanded of Pac-Man, who let out a big sigh of relief as he smiled and dropped his knitting utensils down on the floor.

"You don't have to tell me that twice!" exclaimed a very gleeful Pac-Man, as he hummed a happy tune and walked to the door. When the eater of ghosts opened the door, he was startled to see Link, who was still dressed up as the Joker.

"Let's wind the clocks back a year," said Link as he walked inside the room, hands behind his back. Pac-Man backed away, as Link caught the attention of the knitting club members and caused them to stop knitting. "Master Hand and his cronies wouldn't dare cross any of you...I mean, what happened? Hmm? You see, a guy like me..."

"A freak! That's what you are!" shouted Alm, as the other knitting club members snickered. Except for Ashley, for she was immune to laughter. "You're obsessed!"

"Dang straight - you tell him Alm!" said Yoshi, as Link was looking pretty offended as the Hylian suddenly lost his train of thought.

"A guy like me..." Link continued to speak, his vulnerability showing brightly after Alm had cut in deep. "Look, listen - I know why you choose to have your little, ahem, 'group therapy' sessions in broad daylight. I know why you're afraid to go out at night. Master Hand. See, Master Hand has shown your true colors, unfortunately. Mario? He's just the beginning, and Master Hand has no jurisdiction. He'll find him, and make him squeal. I know the squealers when I see them."

"Link, this isn't a group therapy session - it's a club meeting," Celica said to Link, amazed by how well the Hylian was able to stay in character. "We're just knitting a quilt for the party later. What does any of this have to do with Mario and Master Hand?"

"I'd say that we make a proposal. It's simple. We, uh, kill Master Hand, together." The knitting club all laughed at Link (except for Ashley), for they knew that killing Master Hand outright would be impossible.

"If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already?" Ashley asked Link, putting the Hylian on the spot. Link knew how to talk a big game, as the Joker.

"If you're good at something, never do it for free." Great words of advice to live by. At least according to Link. "If we don't deal with Master Hand now, soon..."

"Leave us alone already - we gotta finish up this quilt," Toad said to Link, who responded by stepping back and opening his coat to reveal a chain of hand grenades. All the knitting club members became afraid.

"Ah, ta ta ta. Let's not blow this out of proportion..." Having the knitting club members' attention in his hold, Link snatched the quilt and backed away.

"You think you can steal that quilt from us and just walk away?" Yoshi questioned Link, too afraid to take the quilt away from the Hylian. The green dinosaur's legs were quivering from fear.

"Yeah." Link said that, like Yoshi was expected to know the answer right from the get-go.

"Sweetie, why don't you just take the quilt from Link?" Celica asked Alm, who sighed as he walked towards Link and took out his sword.

Mario: Weird...Master Hand has yet to return-a with that ice sculpture and chocolate fountain! He could still-a be at Bed, Bath, and Beyond, asking for some-a discount. He'd do anything to buy any product at the lowest-a cost possible. Including gum worth-a fifty cents.

Mario stood in the foyer, expecting Master Hand to show up at any minute now. The plumber was whistling to himself, watching LeVar and Brad walk by with the three remaining mansion guests.

"That woman near Mario is Susan, she's one of our cameramen..." Brad said to the mansion quests, who unlike LeVar was faking his excitement. "...she honestly makes the best coffee."

"Keep up the good-a work, you two!" Mario called out to LeVar to Brad, with the former giving the plumber a half-hearted thumbs up. As LeVar and Brad and the mansion guests passed by, Link showed up with the quilt.

"Man, that Alm was a pushover...his sword was no match for me," Link said to Mario, doing his best not to brag as he kept his coat concealed. Can't let Mario see those hand grenades. "One snap of his finger, and he was down for the count!"

"Oh! Is the knitting club done-a with that quilt?" asked Mario, when he saw that Link was holding the quilt. Link held up the quilt for Mario to see, seeing that it was mostly three-fourths finished.

"Hmph. Clearly those six have been slacking. I only stole their quilt, just to prove a point; I'll give it back to them, when I feel like they deserve it."

The mansion's house phone rang, and Mario ran over to see who it was. One look at the caller ID, and the plumber saw that the hospital was calling. But what for? Did someone get injured? Or did someone forget to pay their hospital bill?

"Hello, Smash Mansion residence-a speaking!" Mario spoke into the phone, after answering the call. Link looked on, over Mario's shoulder. "It's-a me, Mario!"

"Ah, Mario, so glad you answered the phone!" said Master Hand, apparently speaking on the phone. Was he at the hospital? Perhaps he was just visiting someone. "I'd be embarrassed had it been someone else."

"Master Hand? You're at the hospital?" Mario couldn't think of any reason why Master Hand would be at the hospital, other than to mess with the hospital workers.

"Yes, I'm afraid so...for something happened to me. I was just in the sky, floating over to Bed, Bath, and Beyond...when something struck me and caused me to crash to the ground."

"Mama mia! Any idea what item struck-a you? Must've been some-a thing big if it took you out-a of the sky like that."

"I was gonna investigate and see what hit me...but when I crashed to the ground, I landed...and the ground exploded! It afflicted me greatly."

"The grounded you landed-a on exploded?" This factoid Mario found even harder to believe than Master Hand being at the hospital. "Where? When? How? What has this world-a come to?!"

"The world is truly a cruel place, ain't it?" asked Link, interjecting himself to the phone conversation. Mario angrily shushed the Hylian, making him back away.

"A bunch of eyewitnesses saw me, and took me to the nearby hospital," explained Master Hand, who was offended by the fact that he let some lowly humans help him in his time of need. "So I'm just chilling in the hospital room, in this hospital bed that's too small for me...should've just let me lie on the floor."

"What about the ice-a sculpture and the chocolate fountain?" Master Hand's special party would be "incomplete" without the two items Mario had mentioned.

"Captain Falcon is gonna have to fetch both items from Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Just tell him to keep the fountain and sculpture a secret from the others."

"Also, who's gonna be in charge-a of the mansion? Who knows how long-a the doctors and nurses will keep-a you in the hospital."

"I was fearing that this day would come..." Master Hand let out a heavy sigh, meaning that the giant hand most likely found a temporary mansion host. "...Mario, you're gonna have to ask Pit to rule over the mansion, till I return."

"Did my ears deceive me, did Master Hand just say I'm head of the mansion?" asked Pit, overhearing the phone conversation as he ran over to Mario and Link. The angel was giddy, all smiles. "Woo hoo, yeah buddy!"

"Master Hand are you sure-a that Pit's the right person for the job?" Mario asked the giant hand, wondering what kind of stupid decision the creator of the Smash universe was making. "I can take-a over for you!"

"No, Mario, this is Pit's job to lose," replied Master Hand, with a ton of regret and second doubts in his voice. It wasn't an easy decision to make. "I promised Pit that I would let him take over the mansion, if something were to happen to me...and now here we are."

"I'm the head of the mansion baby, let's go!" cheered Pit, as he was doing pelvic thrusts in the middle of the foyer. Mario and Link wanted to look away, but some innate force was preventing them from doing so.

"If it makes you feel any better, just remember that this is only temporary. The pain and torture you will receive from Pit will only last until the party begins...I hope. Surely they'll release me from the hospital by then; they won't even let me leave on my own accord!"

"Okay then. I'll keep a close-a eye on Pit, in the event he does-a something stupid. I'll keep in touch-a with you if I can."

"Alright. Hope to see you soon, Mario." After Mario and Master Hand said their goodbyes, Mario hung up the phone, as Pit continued to pelvic thrust.

"Is THIS how we plan on introducing anarchy to the mansion?" Link asked Mario, as he pointed at Pit with much concern. "He's not the right candidate..."

Samus: When Master Hand told Pit that he would make him head of the mansion if anything happened to him, I thought he meant that as a joke. Never would believe that he was actually serious about it...

Ryu: Pit is apparently the head of the mansion, for the time being. Which means that there's a high probability of this mansion possibly catching on fire and burning down before the party ever begins. Some men just like to watch the world burn... *frowns* ...Link is rubbing off on me already.

Ashley: Moments like these make me glad that I'm living at the mansion...it's not that much of an improvement over the mansion, but hey, I'll take what I can get.

Put in charge of guarding the ballroom door were Touma and Ridley, who were playing with Pokemon cards to pass the time. Since the party had a VIP feel to it, Master Hand didn't want any strangers showing up in the ballroom.

"Question: is Colorless strong against Psychic-type Pokemon cards?" Touma asked Ridley, while holding up a Colorless Tauros card. Ridley, who barely even knew much about Pokemon cards to begin with, shrugged. "Man, psychic type's gotta have some kind of weakness..."

"We are here to deliver the flowers," said Haru, as she, Alph, and Viridi showed up at the ballroom entrance holding flower pots in their hands. "Master Hand said he wanted a bit more floral decoration for his party."

"Then step right in, ladies...and gentleman." So Touma and Ridley moved out of the way, opening the ballroom door and letting Haru and Alph inside. But when Viridi tried to enter, Touma pushed her back!

"Hey! What gives?" frowned Viridi, as Ridley took the flowers from the goddess of nature and entered the ballroom. "Why did Ridley take the flowers?"

"Silly Little Miss Cactus! You're not allowed inside the ballroom anymore, didn't you hear?" Viridi obviously didn't, her eyes wide with shock. "Can't be in a room that has humans inside, amirite?"

"Not allowed in the ballroom anymore? This must be Master Hand's doing!" That Viridi was sure to give Master Hand an earful, once the giant hand returned.

"Yeah, yeah, don't think we all didn't know about that xenophobic rant you went on about humans. You sure know how to screw yourself over!"

"I didn't mean any of those words, I really didn't! I was just...extremely flustered, that's all. I blame D. Va, for taking my precious Pit away from me. And I also blame those Yiga clansmen, on possibly snitching on me..."

"Excuses, excuses, excuses...seriously, Viridi, if you hate humans so, then maybe you shouldn't be living here anymore. Heck, I'm surprised that you haven't found the gall to kill me yet!"

"Everything alright?" asked Haru as she poked her head out from the ballroom door, wondering what Viridi was still doing in the hallway.

"No worries, Haru - Viridi and I, we were just having a peaceful conversation. We're both learning new things. Learn something new everyday!"

"You let me inside that ballroom now, or else!" Viridi shouted at Touma, pointing at the redhead with the angriest face Touma had ever seen. "Who cares what Master Hand says or thinks - you can't deny me forever!"

"Viridi! Guess what, I got some great news!" Pit shouted to the goddess of nature, as he happily ran over to the ballroom entrance. "It's the best news ever!"

"Pit you won't believe what happened, I've been banned from the ballroom!" Viridi told the angel, expecting her boyfriend to care and fully support her all the way. "Just because of that rant I had last week."

"Yeah, that's good and all, but this is even more important...I'm the temporary head of the mansion!" Whatever ill will Viridi had vanished away, once Pit made his startling announcement.

"YOU'RE the head of the mansion?!" Touma exclaimed in shock, as the others refused to believe Pit even for a millisecond. The redhead looked back inside the ballroom, calling out to Alph: "Hey Alph, fetch me a soda!"

"Sure thing!" Alph called out from the ballroom, before bringing a soda can to Touma seconds later. Touma opened the soda can, drank its contents, and spat out the soda in Alph's face...or more specially, his helmet. Wearing his helmet indoors was a habit for Alph.

"Ah, glad I got that spit take out of my system," remarked a relieved Touma, wiping off his mouth as Alph wiped off his helmet. "Don't think I could've held it in much longer!"

"Why did you do that for, are you trying to bully me?" If Alph was a tad taller - or at least around Touma's height - the astronaut would sucker punch the redhead.

"I just did that for shock factor...since Pit's been named temporary head of the mansion." Upon hearing Touma's words, Alph fainted to the floor out of disbelief.

Pit: It's kinda understandable that Alph fainted to the floor after hearing the news. He was so overjoyed that his heart couldn't take it, his body couldn't handle all the joy! It would also explain why Cortex was crying; he was shedding tears of joy, and not sorrow.

"That's right - until Master Hand comes back, I'm in charge around here!" Pit stated proudly with his hands on his hips, as Haru dragged the fainted Alph back inside the ballroom. "Which means that we're gonna do things...differently, around here."

"How do you plan on doing just that, Pit?" inquired Viridi, before seeing Yashiro sliding his karaoke machine down the hallway with Kirby and Incineroar's help. Seemed like today was about to be...musical.

"I was thinking that since we're on our 200th episode, which is a special occasion, we should celebrate with a musical! Everytime I show up with that karaoke machine, someone's gonna sing a song!"

"We really have to drag the karaoke machine everywhere today," stated Yashiro, who was only coming along to ensure that his karaoke machine stayed in one peace.

"wow, that sure sounds like a drag," said Sans, cracking his pun as he walked by. Suddenly Pit snapped his fingers, as he pointed at Sans.

"Sans! Now it's your time!" the angel called out to the skeleton, who was looking around understandably confused. "Sing us a song! Sing your heart out!"

"aw shucks, how do I even land myself in these situations..." Still confused, Sans would catch a microphone from Yashiro, who tossed it to the skeleton. "...hold up, why am i even singing to begin with?"

"Because Pit wants the 200th episode of the documentary to be a 'musical'," stated Yashiro, as Sans checked to see if his microphone was turned on. "Honestly, I don't even know myself!"

"Ugh, have you people ever watched Supernatural?" frowned Pit, easily triggered by the ignorance put on display by Yashiro and the others. "The 200th episode of that series was a musical. So therefore..."

"...we should do a musical for our 200th episode?" Touma would complete Pit's sentence, before trying to understand Pit's logic. "Honestly, I'm surprised you even watch Supernatural, Pit."

"it's not that weird when you think about it," remarked Sans, before letting out a slight chuckle. Music from the karaoke machine suddenly started playing, after Pit selected a song - "California Love".

"Nothing is playing but the instrumental - just sing to your heart's desire!" Pit said to Sans, as a distinct west coast G-funk instrumental sounded from the karaoke machine. Sans literally had no choice but to sing.

"okay, here it goes..." said a somewhat nervous Sans, holding the mic in his hands, as he was about to sing...

The Smash Mansion, knows how to party
The Smash Mansion, uh, knows...how to party
In the city...uh, of Seattle
We keep it rocking, we, uh...

"Timeout," said Pit, as he paused the song and took the mic from Sans. "Obviously, you're not that great of a singer. Did you know that?"

"not really, i prefer to sing in the comfort of the shower," replied Sans - nothing wrong with singing in the shower, everyone does it from time to time. "i'm more of a soap opera kind of guy."

Sans: not that ashamed to admit that i take showers, being a skeleton and all. how else do you think i keep my bones shiny and sparkly clean? they don't shine themselves.

"Let me show you how an OG does it..." Pit said to Sans, holding the mic in his hands as he got himself in the groove. "Start the song over, Yashiro!" So Yashiro started over the song, and Pit was ready to sing:

The Smash Mansion, knows how to party!
The Smash Mansion, knows...how to party!
In the city, of Seattle!
We keep it rockin', we keep it rockin'!

Pit's awesomely horrible singing would be abruptly cut short, when "Smooth Criminal" suddenly started playing from the karaoke machine. Quickly adapting to the change, Pit started humming the song and busted out some Michael Jackson moves, which included the spin, the kick, and even the crotch grab.

"Hate it when the karaoke machine starts having a mind of its own..." said Yashiro, as he and Kirby were trying to pause the song. By the time they paused the song, Pit did an anti-gravity lean, before faceplanting unto the floor.

"What on earth was that horrid singing?" questioned Haru, having heard Pit's singing from the ballroom. She saw Pit lying face-first on the floor, and figured that the horrible singing she heard came from the angel.

"It was all Pit's doing," replied Viridi, letting out a happy sigh as Kirby and Incineroar helped Pit up to his feet. "Pit sounds so cute when he sings poorly..."

"My singing was already top-notch to begin with, but thanks anyways for the comments, Viridi," responded Pit, taking what he could get as he stood back up on his own two feet. "Hopefully I presented you all a blueprint of what to expect today."

"I should just keep myself inside the ballroom, for my own good..." Haru said as she went back inside the ballroom, saving herself from Pit's madness. Viridi tried to enter the ballroom, only to be rejected once more by Touma."

"Nuh uh uh, no xenophobes allowed!" Touma said to Viridi, wagging his finger at the goddess of nature. Talk about playing with fire. "Looks like you won't be allowed inside the ballroom anytime soon, Little Miss Cactus."

"Stop calling me that!" Viridi frowned at Touma, before looking back at Pit and company. At least she could hang out with her boyfriend. "Pit, do you mind if I come along with you guys?"

"Of course you can, Viridi!" exclaimed Pit, who wouldn't give up the opportunity to spend time with Viridi for anything else in the world. Unless it involved wrestling. "You can be a huge part of our mansion musical."

"I mean as long as i don't have to do that much singing, then it's fine with me..." So Viridi followed after Pit and company, walking down the hallway as Yashiro dragged the karaoke machine along with him.

"pit is gonna force the others to sing, isn't he..." Sans thought to himself, evaluating his options as he scratched his chin in thought. "...i gotta see this for myself." The skeleton would follow after Pit and company, interested in seeing the residents humiliate themselves.

Cranky Kong and Hat Kid searched around the tower for the Time Pieces, but no such pieces were to be found. Not wanting to give up on the search, Cranky decided to continue the search within the tower.

"I can assure you that the folks inside this tower are very nice," Cranky said to Hat Kid, after he knocked on the front door. "Except for that Shadow guy - he's always getting his panties in a twist."

"He sounds pretty mysterious," remarked Hat Kid, going off of Shadow's name, as the front door was opened by Serena. As always, the sage was delighted upon seeing guests at the tower.

"Welcome to the Assist Tower!" Serena kindly greeted Cranky and Hat Kid, holding a harp in her hands. "What brings you over here?"

"None of your business, lady!" replied Cranky, bonking Serena on the head with his cane. Serena winced in pain, as Cranky grabbed Hat Kid's hand and stormed on inside the tower.

"Well, I hope you enjoy your stay!" Serena called out to Cranky and Hat Kid, before closing the front door. Even after being attacked by an elderly gorilla, Serena couldn't possibly be put down.

"I know we can speak with, that might know about the Time Pieces," Cranky said to Hat Kid, as he brought the young girl over to the basement entrance. "His name is Dr. Albert Wily, he's worked on a time machine before in the past with a colleague of his."

"Are you pretty close with this Dr. Wily?" Hat Kid asked Cranky, who frowned mightily when the question was presented to him.

"Yeah, we hang out on an occasional basis - that guy always kicks my butt at bingo. Sometimes it just makes me wanna burn down the bingo hall, you know?"

"...who knew that the elderly people could be so violent and destructive?" Hat Kid quietly said to herself, amazed by Cranky's rather violent tendencies.

Cranky Kong: Come to think of it, me playing bingo with the boys sounds like a very interesting side-plot, on the surface. But why doesn't the author feature it in his stupid story? He covers parties, and yard sales, and apparently trips to the grocery store...but he even won't do a game of bingo?! It's systemic oppression against old people, I tell you what! Or maybe it confirms that the author hates me...

Cranky was about to open the door to the basement, where Dr. Wily could possibly be, only to be interrupted by Crazy Hand. The giant hand appeared in front of the basement door, alarming Hat Kid who hid behind Cranky out of fear.

"Aren't you SUPPOSED to be on some 'tour' with the producers?" Crazy Hand asked Cranky, who refused to back down. Cranky wouldn't even back down to Master Hand - he'd just attack the hand repeatedly with his cane.

"I was, but they kicked me out of the mansion because I was being too self-aware," replied Cranky, as he adjusted his glasses on his face. "Evidently, they're that much afraid of critical thinking."

"Yes, critical thinking IS a lost art in today's society, I'm afraid..." Crazy Hand looked behind Cranky, and saw Hat Kid hiding behind the gorilla, cowering in fear. "Who on EARTH is that GIRL hiding behind you?"

"Oh, this little critter right here?" Cranky brought Hat Kid out from behind him, presenting the timid young girl to Crazy Hand. "She's Hat Kid - she's from outer space! I'm just trying to get her back home."

"Please don't hurt me..." Hat Kid pleaded to Crazy Hand, closing her eyes so she wouldn't look at Crazy Hand. No matter how hard she closed her eyes, Crazy Hand would still be there regardless.

"NICE to meet you, Hat Kid!" Crazy Hand did his best to greet Hat Kid, but that did nothing but cause Hat Kid to hide her face from Crazy Hand, burying her face in Cranky's belly. Crazy Hand sighed, as a result. "I'm never that good when it comes to little children..."

"Oh, I'm sure you are - you just gotta keep on trying," Cranky said to Crazy Hand, while petting Hat Kid's head for assurance. "Perhaps you're using the wrong approach."

"But it's the ONLY approach I know! What else am I supposed to do, other than being some GIANT floating hand? Be a giant FOOT?! I can't help it!"

"Crazy Hand, I thought you said you were going to pay Master Hand a visit, at the hospital," Serena called out to the giant hand; she had received a call earlier from Mario, about Master Hand's status. "Are you still going, or what?"

"Aw, but I don't WANT to go alone by myself..." Crazy Hand would take Serena with him, but Serena had to stay behind and regulate the tower. "...Cranky Kong, would you LIKE to come with me?"

"Thanks, but no thanks - I gotta speak with Dr. Wily," replied Cranky, as Crazy Hand let out a giant moan and floated away. "Good riddance..." Cranky remarked, after Crazy Hand had left.

With Crazy Hand gone, Cranky walked to the basement door - only to spot a note on the door that he failed to recognize before. The note read the following:

Back in five minutes - out of town at the moment

- Dr. Wily

"Back in five minutes?!" frowned Cranky, before taking his cane and throwing it down on the floor. Hat Kid made sure to keep her distance. "Bet he's been gone for five hours! Ooh, the nerve of that man..."

LeVar and Brad, continuing their tour, brought their guests to a room - a room where the two producers edit their footage. The room that first appeared in episode 168, and had the large computer screen on the wall with laptops connected to it.

"We were supposed to save this room for last..." Brad whispered to LeVar, as the two producers brought the mansion guests inside the room. "...for like, you know, a grand finale."

"That was the plan, but I saw Pit and friends walking by with a karaoke machine," replied LeVar, fearing what Pit had in store. The producer had every right to worry. "Gotta keep our distance..."

LeVar: Word has it that Pit is apparently taking over the mansion until Master Hand returns from the hospital...those poor, poor hospital workers. Master Hand must be harassing them to death right now. So I gotta ask, Brad...what would you do, as head of the mansion?
Brad: Hehe, I've always wondered what I would do...honestly, I'd make every day Doughnut Day. Bring Beedle over to the mansion, and treat everyone with doughnuts. Break, lunch, and dinner. And maybe fourth meal.
LeVar: "Fourth meal"? Is that like a new thing, or...?
Brad: You don't know fourth meal? It's like a thing that takes place between dinner and breakfast. Think of it as a late-night snack, like when you go to the kitchen at two in the morning and splurge on pizza rolls.
LeVar: Yeah I think late-night snack has a much better ring to it...I wonder what the residents would do, if they ruled over the mansion for a day.

Red the Pokemon Trainer: If I were head of the mansion, I'd kick everyone out, and let the Pokemon from the sanctuary roam around the mansion for an entire day. Justice for the Pokemon! *raises fist up high*

Ken: My first order as head of the mansion would be to enforce a fitness regimen that everyone would have to adhere to. All the residents have to workout everyday, including weekends, and eat healthy. Anyone who doesn't lose weight would be banned from the mansion forever. King Dedede, Wario...those blokes wouldn't stand a chance!

Touma: There would be no point in staying here anymore, if Viridi ever became head of the mansion. We all know she hates humans with a passion. She's only doing herself self-harm by living at this joint!

Yoshi: If Master Hand ever named me the head of the mansion, I would strive my hardest to promote a fun-loving culture under the mansion, and create goodwill among all the residents!...Whaddaya mean, that was a boring answer?!

Samus: I would only do one thing, as head of the mansion...kill everyone. *pauses* Except for a few individuals.

"So this is the place were we edit our footage and stuff," LeVar explained to the mansion guests, allowing them to look around the room. "After we're done filming, we just come here and get to work!"

"Dante sat in this chair before," said Brad as he showed everyone the chair demon hunter Dante sat in, back in episode 168. "Granted it's nothing special, but it's still pretty cool nonetheless!"

"We should probably dispose of that chair..." Phoenix whispered to Birdo, fearing that the chair might carry some bad vibes. "...especially since a manor guy sat in it. Master Hand would throw a..."

Phoenix would be cut off, when Wario was heard wailing in the hallway. LeVar and Brad ran out of the room and saw Wario, on his knees, crying his eyes out...over a dropped slice of pizza on the floor.

"My pizza, my perfect slice of pepperoni pizza, is ruined!" cried Wario, acting like a pet he owned since he was a little kid had died. "I warmed it up to perfection in the microwave, and now it's contaminated!"

"Guess it's too late now for the five-second rule," LeVar said to Brad, who could only smirk in response as Pit and his crew arrived at the scene with Yashiro's karaoke machine. Was Wario gonna sing his troubles away?

"Wario what happened, why are you crying?" Pit asked the fatso, who turned around and looked at the angel with tear-stained eyes. "Is it because you have a giant fart that you can't let out?"

"Can't you see, you dumb angel - I dropped my pepperoni pizza on the floor!" replied Wario, wiping away the tears from his eyes. Can't make himself look bad in front of Pit. "It was at the perfect warmth, and now it's wasted, forever!"

"you sure are a pizza work, wario," snickered Sans - now a part of Pit's crew - laughing at his own pun as Wario gave the skeleton a death glare.

"If it makes you feel any better, why don't you sing about your troubles in a song?" Pit suggested to Wario, believing that song was the best medicine to ease all your troubles and hardships. "We got a karaoke machine right here!"

"Eh...it probably won't do much, but I'll give it a shot," shrugged Wario, before lifting himself off the floor. The fatso cleared his throat, as Pit tossed him the mic.

"Yashiro, play 'Untitled' by Simple Plan! Make sure the chorus part is playing!" Heeding Pit's command, Yashiro pulled up the song on his karaoke machine.

"Here goes nothing..." said Yashiro, after he pulled up the song and started playing it. Getting into the groove, as the piano notes sounded, Wario was about to sing his heart out:

How could this happen to me?
I make no mistakes
I'm too fat to run
The day goes on
As time is fading away
I'm sick of this life
I should eat some ice cream
How could this happen to me?

"You claim to not make mistakes, yet you say that you're too fat to run in the very next line," Pit said to Wario, interrupting the fatso's singing performance. "Obviously staying fit is your biggest mistake."

"Why you...!" frowned Wario, dropping his mic to the floor as he lunged at Pit and brought him down. The fatso had his hands around Pit's neck, choking the angel.

"Hey, get off of him!" frowned Yashiro, as he and Viridi came over to separate Wario from Pit while the Simple Plan song continued to play. Incineroar had to be the one to pause the song.

"Wario's singing was very offensive to my eardrums..." Brad said to LeVar, digging his index finger through the inside of his ear to ease the pain he suffered from Wario's bad singing. Just then, Johnny - the cameraman introduced earlier - came over to LeVar and Brad.

"Can you guys come over to the editing studio?" Johnny said to Levar and Brad, who sensed that there was a major situation afoot. "You...might wanna see something."

Johnny brought LeVar and Brad to the room with the large computer, where Phoenix was trying to get rid of the chair that Dante sat in (Amy and Birdo kept preventing the former attorney from doing so). Inside the room, Johnny was pulling up some footage on a laptop.

"So I was going through our footage, and I saw that the footage we recorded out in the city last week didn't make the final cut," Johnny explained to LeVar and Brad, while he was going through the library of footage. It was a pretty big library, too.

"That could be an oversight," assumed LeVar, hoping that the footage Johnny spoke of wasn't anything important. "Happens to the best of us."

"I hate to break it to you guys...but I think that footage might be missing." This was of great concern to both LeVar and Brad, for missing or deleted footage was always no bueno. "I don't think it was deleted."

"How could it possibly go missing?" wondered Brad, wanting to get to the very bottom of the issue at hand. "All our laptops are password-protected. There's no way that someone could've just waltzed in here and log into our stuff."

"Yeah, and our laptops are the only devices not connected to the mansion's security system," added LeVar, as Johnny scrambled to find the missing footage on the laptop, wherever it might be. "So that system can't be the one to blame..."

"Are you boys still gonna do the tour, or not?" Birdo asked LeVar and Brad, as she and Amy were keeping the chair away from Phoenix. "I know you two have a lot more to show us!"

"Gimme that chair, it carries some very bad mojo!" Phoenix said to Amy and Birdo as he pulled the chair closer to him, making it seem like the chair was cursed. "Some freaking demon hunter sat in it!"

"You guys can carry on with that tour around the mansion," Johnny said to LeVar and Brad, giving the two producers the green light to leave. "I'll see what I can do with the missing footage."

"We're counting on you, man..." LeVar said to Johnny, giving the cameraman an encouraging slap on his back before he and Brad walked away. "Alright, my tour people, let's hustle!"

Mario: Hmm, seems quite-a odd that Master Hand would be taken out from-a the sky, and caused an explosion upon-a landing...all of those-a details sound way too suspicious. Master Hand did-a say that he would make Pit head-a of the mansion if he fell into a land-a mine... *pauses* ...I suspect some very foul-a play going on.

Mario was now convinced that Pit was up to no good, and had planned on exposing the angel for wrongdoing. The plumber, refusing to go alone, recruited Spyro and Hunter to join him in his efforts to bust Pit.

"I know you won't agree with me, but Master Hand being gone is like a blessing in disguise," Spyro said to Mario and Hunter, as the three left Mario's house and headed to the mansion. "What good does Master Hand do other than being a jerk?"

"Pit is no better, I've lived-a with him along enough to know what he's-a capable of," replied Mario, maneuvering his way past Olimar's kids who were still outside playing in the mansion's front yard. "He's not equipped to lead-a even on a temporary basis."

"Only because you never give him a chance," responded Hunter, sticking up for Pit - which was never encouraged by anyone. "You just hate Pit because he's goofy!"

"Look who's talking..." murmured Spyro; if the dragon had to choose between Pit and Hunter, as a head of the mansion, it would be a major toss-up.

"Admittedly Pit isn't the brightest-a person around," continued Mario, as he brought Spyro and Hunter up the porch steps to the front door. "You need-a some smarts in order to be good at your job."

"Stigmatizing people because of their intelligence..." Hunter shook his head disappointingly at Mario, who couldn't care less as he rang the doorbell. "...I should expect much better from you, Mario."

"Not my fault-a you can't handle the truth..." A few seconds later, Naoto would answer the door, looking bummed out when she saw Mario and company. She was expecting someone a bit more exciting.

"Whoop-dee-doo, it's Mario and his weird talking animal friends..." the police detective sighed; her disappointment was immeasurable, but at least her day wasn't ruined. Yet. "...what do you want?"

"I just need to ask-a someone for transportation," replied Mario - why couldn't the plumber just drive his car? "My car still-a needs an oil change...stupid R.O.B. and his robot friends."

"They took your oil, too? Bummer..." Naoto looked behind her, to see if anyone was around, before looking back at Mario. "I know Captain Falcon already left, so how about you go ask..."

"Hey Naoto, who's that at the door?" asked Kanji, as he joined the police detective at the front door. The delinquent gasped, as he saw and pointed at Spyro. "You're the dragon that roasted my butt last Tuesday!"

"Yeah, and you're the guy that tried to kill my dragonfly, Sparx!" Spyro clapped back at Kanji, as the two were staring each other down. Just what Mario and Naoto wanted, some tension...Hunter, on the other hand, was eating it all up. "All with your stupid fly swat!"

"So what, I can't help the fact that I don't like bugs! Besides, your stupid dragonfly is a pest anyways. Don't know how you put up with that thing!"

"What did you just say about Sparx?! Oh yeah, you're definitely getting it now!" Spyro rammed into Kanji, knocking him down; Kanji quickly got up, before Spyro chased him around the foyer and flamed away on Kanji's hide.

"...you two wait out here, I'll see if anyone's available," Naoto said to Mario and Hunter, as she walked away. Spyro continued to chase Kanji around, with Kanji screaming in pain every time Spyro flamed his butt.

"I thought you said that dude was a tough guy," Cappy spoke to Mario concerning Kanji, watching the deliquent being chased by Spyro from the top of Mario's head. "Or is that only in spades?"

"Well, Kanji does have a soft side to him..." replied Mario, having seen Kanji's soft side on a few occasions.

Dr. Wily was supposed to return to the mansion in five minutes, but the five minutes have already eclipsed. So Cranky Kong and Hat Kid were forced to wait around in the lobby, until Dr. Wily arrived.

"Hey Shadow!" Cranky called out to Shadow, watching as the hedgehog walked right back. Shadow looked at Cranky, who turned his head away.

"Not today, old man, I'm not in the mood for your tricks..." frowned Shadow, as he kept on walking; the hedgehog had a Chaos Control, ready to go. Cranky oughta keep his mouth shut...

"Shadow, over here!" Cranky called out to Shadow once more, grabbing the hedgehog's attention for a second time. Shadow angrily looked at Cranky, who had his back turned as he looked at the wall.

"Why does Donkey Kong have such an annoying grandpa..." Shadow kept on walking, but he was still within the vicinity of Cranky. Time for Cranky to mess with Shadow one more time.

"Yoo hoo, Shadow!" Cranky called out to Shadow for the third time, before looking away once more. Tired of Cranky's shenanigans, Shadow angrily pulled out his Chaos Emerald.

"ALRIGHT YOU OLD APE, YOU'RE GONNA GET IT NOW!" Shadow felt the power radiating from the Chaos Emerald, as he stared down Cranky who couldn't help but laugh to himself. "Chaos..."

"Shadow, Shadow, you MUST come with me to the hospital!" Crazy Hand said to the hedgehog, as he magically appeared in the lobby. The power in Shadow's Chaos Emerald died down. "I refuse to go alone!"

"Why can't you just ask somebody else?" asked Shadow, as he placed his Chaos Emerald back in his imaginary pocket. "You know how much I hate being in public."

"I've asked nearly EVERY other person in the tower, and they TURNED me down...possibly because they can't HANDLE being seen around such an AWESOME being like myself."

"...or maybe they know that you are, like Master Hand, very insufferable." Shadow had this for Crazy Hand to ponder over, as the hedgehog left the premises.

Shadow: Ha, serves Master Hand right - he really got what was coming for him...What would I do as head of the tower, if I ever had control? Eh, I'd probably burn it down to smithereens. Everyone would thank me later.

Marie: Only pretty people would be allowed at the tower, if we ever became the head duo.
Callie: Hope you enjoy living on the streets, Samurai Goroh!

Waluigi: Personally, I'd let in all the people that deserve to be in Smash inside the tower. Bandanna Waddle Dee, Shantae, Dixie Kong, and heck, even Sora! I would welcome them with open arms, and treat them as if they were my children. I can be their papa, and they'll be my babies!
Lyn: *walking by* Please don't say that out loud...

Desperate for someone to accompany him to the hospital, Crazy Hand waited around in the lobby waiting for someone to ask. The giant hand saw Alucard, who was walking faster when he saw Crazy Hand looking at him.

"Alucard, how would YOU like to come with me to the hospital?" Crazy Hand asked the half-vampire, ready to blow a gasket if his offer was turned down. Alucard was his one and only hope.

"No can do, I'm a bit busy at the moment, I'm afraid," replied Alucard; even if he wasn't busy, the half-vampire still wouldn't go with Crazy Hand. "I'm trying to find some information about this...author."

"Did he said what I think he just said?" questioned Cranky, as he gasped in shock. A new mission was now on the gorilla's radar. "Say it ain't so..."

"Who CARES about this author - I need someone to make me look cool!" growled Crazy Hand, as he followed after Alucard who was quickening his pace. "Being a lone wolf would hurt my reputation!"

"I have more pressing matters than your silly 'reputation'," responded Alucard, as Crazy Hand followed the half-vampire out of the lobby. "The story I have read won't have any meaning, until I learn the identity of the author."

"Oh hoo hoo, he's definitely talking about the author of this story!" exclaimed Cranky, doing some kind of monkey dance, while Hat Kid looked on in confusion. "C'mon, Hat Kid, we gotta get some answers!"

"But what about Dr. Wily and the Time Pieces?" asked Hat Kid, only for Cranky to grab her hand and lead her out of the lobby. "I need to get back home!"

"Dr. Wily is still out around town; Lord knows when he'll come back. We're not gonna wait around for him. Everyone deserves to know about the lie they're living in!"

One of the more integral parts about the wedding was the wedding cake, a staple of every wedding reception. Fox and Falco were in the Star Records room, deciding on what cake design worked best. Knuckles and his entourage - Sonic, Tails, and Crash - were presenting the pilots some design ideas, with a begrudging Aku keeping Crash company.

"How about this, for a wedding cake?" Sonic presented his design to Fox and Falco, who were both unamused. And for a pretty good reason.

"Sonic, that's a one-layered cake," stated Fox, as Sonic looked at his own cake design like there was nothing wrong with it. "HOW IS A ONE-LAYERED CAKE GONNA FEED OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE?!"

"Oh, I was thinking that maybe each individual could have their own personal wedding cake. 'Cause if you ask me, baking one cake to account for ALL the wedding guests sounds like hard work!"

"But we're gonna make it work, no matter what," vowed a very confident Falco, wanting Fox's wedding to be the biggest and most grandest wedding ever. Gotta shoot for the stars. "We're gonna make history!"

"I think Sonic's idea sounds pretty reasonable," said Tails, siding with the blue hedgehog. Tails, most of the time, was a very reasonable person. "Do we really want to make Cilan bake another ginormous cake?"

"Dude doesn't give a crap, he would bake a pie the size of Pluto if someone ordered him to," stated Fox, before someone knocked on the Star Records door. Knuckles went to go answer it, and saw Naoto standing by.

"Sup, we're busy," Knuckles said to Naoto, letting the police detective know that he couldn't chat for long. "So if you want my autograph..."

"I don't want your stupid autograph - I want Fox and Falco," replied Naoto, as Knuckles gasped and clutched his pearls. But for what reason?

"You want Fox and Falco's autographs instead?! Man, I feel so betrayed! Do you know how that makes me feel, hearing that from you?"

"Who said that I wanted autograph...I just wanna know if Fox and Falco are free. Mario apparently wants them to come along with..."

"Say no more, fam!" exclaimed Falco, as he and Fox bum-rushed Knuckles on their way out of the Star Records room, knocking Knuckles down to the floor. "Where is our mans?"

"He's waiting downstairs, follow me." So Fox and Falco followed Naoto to the elevator, as Knuckles was helped up to his feet by Sonic and Tails. Soon Pit and his crew showed up, with the karaoke machine.

"Wow, Knuckles, you look very angry," observed Viridi, taking note of the echidna's angry visage. "Or should I say, Lil Knux?"

"I honestly prefer that you call me by my rapper name, it makes me feel empowered," replied Knuckles; Tails and Aku rolled their eyes, while Sonic and Crash giggled to themselves. "But yes, Viridi, I am angry, since Fox and Falco knocked me down to the floor."

"a hard-knock life, huh?" Sans asked Knuckles, who would appreciate the skeleton's pun more if he wasn't in such a sour mood.

Knuckles: I've considered making Sans a part of my awesome entourage. On one hand, he could be the funny guy of the group, and make others laugh with his wicked puns. On the other hand, his puns would overshadow my awesome presence. Sans would be the most important guy in the entourage...and I'm supposed to be the most important guy, since I'm a rapper. That's how entourage dynamics work. Even read a book on it!

"Would singing a song make you feel better?" Pit asked Knuckles, offering the echidna the mic. Knuckles, not wanting to pass up on the opportunity, snatched the mic away from Pit.

"Yeah, you bet!" exclaimed Knuckles, before looking towards Yashiro, the operator of the karaoke machine. "Yashiro, play some Lonely Island! Got a few things I've been meaning to get off my chest now."

"Think I know just the perfect song..." grinned Yashiro, pulling up a Lonely Island song on the karaoke machine. Once the music started playing, Knuckles was ready to sing...

I was walking through the mansion halls,
And Wii Fit walks up to me and hands me a printed-out fitness plan.
"Stay fit, and eat healthy."
Man, I'm not gonna let you lecture me,
I threw it on the ground!
You must think I'm a joke
I ain't gonna be part of your system
Man! Put that garbage in another man's face!

I go to my favorite arcade game
And Geno says "You play here all the time,
Here's some tokens for free."
I said "Man, what'd I look like? A freeloader?"
I took them and threw them on the ground!
I don't need your hand-outs
I'm an adult!
Please!
You can't buy me, puppet man!

At the hospital with some so-called "doctor"
She hands a woman a baby, says it's her "sun"
Man, this ain't no sun,
This is a baby!
I threw it on the ground!
What you think she's stupid?!
I'm not a part of your system!
A baby's not a sun! Duh!

Meta Knight hands me a gift at a Christmas party
"What you want me to do with this? Accept it?"
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THE GROUND!
I threw all the other gifts too!
Welcome to the real world...

"Knuckles, did you seriously throw a newborn baby unto the floor?" Aku interrupted the echidna, leading Yashiro to pause the song. Bonus points if Knuckles spiked the baby like how a football player spiked a football.

"The third part of the song was entirely made-up, but everything else was legit," confirmed Knuckles, happy that Pit allowed him to get the few things he needed off his chest...well, off his chest. "Even the Christmas gifts."

"So that's how my snow globe was broken into a million pieces..." said Sonic, who was a very unhappy camper during that Christmas party. "...nice going, Knuckles!"

After Fox and Falco followed Naoto to the foyer - where Kanji had his pants ripped off, thanks to Spyro - the pilots took Mario, Spyro, and Hunter outside to Fox's Landmaster. Could've been Falco's Landmaster, but Falco lost to Fox in rock-paper-scissors.

Kanji: *holds up burnt pair of jeans* My grandma bought me this pair of jeans... *frowns intensely* ...that dragon is SO gonna get it.

"Any idea where we're headed?" Fox asked Mario, while he got his Landmaster up and running. "Want me to pull up Google Maps, or what?"

"We should head-a to the Bed, Bath, and Beyond located at Northgate-a Mall," replied Mario, figuring that Master Hand must've been attacked near a Bed, Bath, and Beyond store. "Or we can check out-a the store at Westwood-a Village."

"It would be a good idea to check out both places, just to be safe. We'll go to Westwood Village, since that's the closest one to the mansion."

As Mario and company waited on Fox to get his Landmaster fully calibrated, a taxi pulled up to the tower. This taxi belonged to Kapp'n, who hopped out of the taxi carrying large hourglasses. Also getting out of the taxi was Dr. Wily, also carrying large hourglasses.

"There's many more of these in the trunk, in case you have forgotten," Dr. Wily stated to Kapp'n, making sure he didn't drop any of the hourglasses unto the ground. Who knows how fragile they were.

"Oh, I know - my hands are quite full at the moment," replied Kapp'n, struggling to maintain his balance. Either the hourglasses were that heavy, or Kapp'n was a weak turtle. "Why did you have to bring so many?"

"The more the merrier, that's how the saying goes...but really, we need a garage to park your taxi in. I really hate being seen out in the open like this."

"So are we just gonna sneak our way inside the tower through the backdoor?" asked Kapp'n as he looked up, and saw Fox's Landmaster hovering up in the air, and flying away. Mario and company were Westwood Village bound.

"Precisely - we'll just throw these bad boys down in the basement, for safekeeping. That little girl won't find these down there..."

Pit has been making the residents sing songs, for most of the day, but the angel had yet to make any authoritative commands. That would change, when Pit and his crew encountered Rosalina.

"You're in charge of the food at the party later today, right?" Pit asked the mother of Lumas, who was eating some yogurt and simply minding her own business. "As head of the mansion, I demand that you order some pizza!"

"Pizza's already on the menu - the delivery man should be coming soon," stated Rosalina, making Pit stumped. Better hope that nobody pulled a Wario and drop their slice of pizza on the floor.

"Okay...in that case, I order you to buy some hot wings! Everyone knows you can't have a party without hot wings...and some dipping sauce."

"Already got the hot wings; Cilan took the time to prepare them." Pit was stumped once more, as he stomped his foot in anger.

"What about the deviled eggs?"

"Lady Palutena made them."

"And the cocktail sausages?"

"They were done the day before."

"Do we at least have some beer?"

"Why would we have beer in the daytime for..."

Every suggestion Pit thought of was shot down by Rosalina, thereby making the angel fully stumped. Pit could do nothing but sigh, with his hands in his pockets.

"Would singing a song cheer you up any?" Kirby asked Pit, as he grabbed the mic and offered it to Pit. But Pit wouldn't bite.

"Shut up Kirby..." responded Pit, with a rather rude response. And one used against Kirby nonetheless.

Rosalina: Master Hand wanted all the works at his party, and by all the works, I mean every food we had at the mansion...as well as the food from all the restaurants in town. You wouldn't believe how many runs Luigi had to make to McDonald's. Sadly nobody offered him any gas money...

"If you have any more suggestions, then don't hesitate to let me know," Rosalina said to Pit, patting the angel on the shoulder before walking away. Master Hand had the party all set, which hurt Pit in a way.

"Stupid Master Hand taking care of everything...if only he was taken out earlier," said Pit as he led his crew down the hallway. The angel's response gave Viridi a moment of pause. "No matter, the party's still gonna be hype."

Pit led his crew down the hallway, past Master Hand's room, when some commotion was heard from said room. Taking a peek inside, Pit saw a tug-of-war battle of sorts going on in Master Hand's room - Link and Cloud on one side, and the knitting club (sans Celica) on the other. The thing being tugged on? The quilt the knitting club was working on earlier.

"Let...go...of the quilt...already!" Cloud said to Link, who was pulling on the quilt with all his might. Cloud didn't want the quilt to rip into pieces; he knew how hard the knitting club worked.

"We don't need this quilt; it's absolute filth, just like the society we live in," said Link, resisting not only the efforts of the knitting club but also Cloud, who was pulling with his arms around the Hylian's waist. "It's best to destroy it once and for all!"

"good gravy, the knitting club dudes are weak," commented Sans, finding it amusing that five individuals couldn't pull a quilt away from Link. "but watching this is still pretty funny, though."

"Oh Alm, I brought some snacks..." Celica informed her husband as she returned to Master Hand's room...seeing the tug-of-war battle take place. Celica sighed despondently, wishing she hadn't left so soon.

"It's not what you think, Celica," Cloud said to the queen, keeping his feet grounded to the floor so he wouldn't slide as much. "Link started this."

"I believe the name is Joker, good sir," corrected Link, who felt like he was winning the tug-of-war battle. "Now let me finish this!"

"You should do something, you're head of the mansion," Viridi whispered to Pit, who was just standing around doing nothing. Perhaps Pit was digging the hilarity that was ensuing in front of him.

"You're right..." Pit whispered back, before stepping into the forefront and clearing his throat. "AS TEMPORARY HEAD OF THE MANSION, I COMMAND THAT YOU ALL PUT AN END TO THIS NONSENSE, RIGHT NOW!"

On command, Link and the knitting club dropped the quilt to the floor, putting their tug-of-war battle to an end. Both sides were slightly exhausted.

"Alm, what was going on while I was away?" Celica asked her husband, as she came over to speak with him. Alm was tired, as he huffed and puffed.

"Link apparently wanted a piece of our quilt," explained Alm, providing Celica the only explanation that he felt was necessary. "Sure loves stirring up trouble..."

"That's the Joker to you, filthy cretin!" Link shook his fist at Alm, before he took sight of the karaoke machine. Something about it made Link rub his hands evilly.

"Don't be getting any ideas, Link," Cloud warned the Hylian, who creepily walked towards the karaoke machine. He began stroking it profusely, like he was flirting with Harley Quinn.

"Does this contraption produce music?" Link asked Yashiro, pointing at the karaoke machine like he had never seen before. Regular Link and Joker Link were obviously two different individuals. "Mind if I sing a villain song?"

"I wouldn't risk it, on a guy like yourself," replied Yashiro - leading Link to tackle the idol singer to the floor. Yashiro was creaming for his life, as Link pried the microphone out of the singer's hand.

"One of you! Press the play button at once!" Not sure who Link was referring to, Pit and company looked around in confusion. "Press it, I say! My villain song must go as planned. After all, we must...be prepared."

Although nobody told him to, Link pulled up the song "Be Prepared" on the karaoke machine. The Hylian wanted to sing his "villain song", and he wanted the whole world to hear it:

I never thought humans essential
They're crude and unspeakably plain
But maybe they've a glimmer of potential
If allied to my vision and brain

I know that your powers of retention
Are as wet as Wario's backside
But – thick as you are – pay attention!
My words are a matter of pride

It's clear from your confused expressions
The lights are not all on upstairs
But we're talking chaos and transgressions
Even you can't be caught unawares!

So prepare for the chance of a lifetime
Be prepared for sensational news
A shining new era
Is tiptoeing nearer...

"No more Disney villain songs from you," Cloud said to Link, taking the mic away from the Hylian and handing it to Pit. Cloud then grabbed Link by the collar, and dragged him out of the room.

"Let go of me, you don't understand who you're messing with!" shouted Link, as he tried to fight back against Cloud's control. "My villain song, it must go on! How else can I educate these uncultured folk?"

Link: Most people won't hear my words of wisdom, unless I sing it to them. How else can I inform the masses of how needless society is?

Cranky Kong and Hat Kid followed Alucard up to his room, waiting outside in the hallway. Cranky would knock on Alucard's bedroom door, which he had done a few times already.

"Open up!" shouted Cranky, as he knocked on the door with his cane. The gorilla was in a bad mood, and you wouldn't like Cranky when he was in a bad mood.

"Leave me alone, you stupid ape!" Alucard shouted to Cranky from behind the door, sounding easily annoyed. How annoyed you were barely mattered in the slightest to Cranky. "I'm trying to focus here."

"Let me in, and then we can discuss about this author. I must know his secrets!" Cranky annoyed Alucard to the point where the half-vampire opened his door, and glared down Cranky.

"What do you even know about the author, or the story he wrote? Please indulge me, I beg of you..."

"I know the story is named Smash Life...I know that much. But the author, that I'm still trying to figure out."

"Smash Life? That's the name of the documentary LeVar and Brad are filming, you old ape."

"But it's more than a documentary, I can assure you. It's actually a story, written by an author who's too cowardly to show himself."

"We should get going," Hat Kid whispered to Cranky, almost certain that Dr. Wily was at the tower right now. Which he was, in fact.

"Lemme see this story that you've been reading." Against the wishes of Alucard and Hat Kid, Cranky made his way inside Alucard's room, stiff arming Alucard out of his way. "It could give me all the answers I need!"

"If you don't get out of my room..." Alucard frowned at Cranky, who saw an open book lying on Alucard's bed. All giddy inside, Cranky grabbed the book and turned to the book cover, as his face instantly became full of disappointment.

"'Leading An Entourage'?" Cranky read the book title, as he scratched his head in confusion. Could be the book that Knuckles was referring to earlier. "'The Story of How One Man Led His Squad Like a Boss'?"

"It's...it's a book I saw Knuckles reading the other day," stated Alucard, snatching the book away from Cranky and tossing it back on his bed. "I've been wanting to know who the author was, out of my own bitter curiosity."

"We should get going..." Hat Kid reiterated to Cranky, grabbing the gorilla's hand and walking him out of Alucard's room. With Cranky and Hat Kid gone, Alucard quickly picked up the book and conspicuously hid it underneath his pillow.

Captain Falcon had completed his duty - purchasing the ice sculpture and chocolate fountain from Bed, Bath, and Beyond - and was heading to the lounge to chill out and relax. Upon arriving at the lounge, Falcon was started to see Heihachi, resting on a massaging chair.

"Pit said it's perfectly fine to relax on a massaging chair," Heihachi stated to Captain Falcon, sighing happily as he folded his arms behind his head. "He's the head of the mansion - his word is bond!"

"Oh yeah, that is right, Pit is still in control," said Captain Falcon, before leaping unto a couch and outstretching his arms and legs. "Surprised that Master Hand hasn't broken out of the hospital yet!"

Isabelle: Those hospital workers came prepared; Master Hand said that the hospital staff tied him down to his bed, to prevent him from leaving. Master Hand could vanish away at free will, so whatever ropes or chains the hospital staff used...it must be very strong!

Captain Falcon and Heihachi continued to relax in the lounge, when a member of the documentary crew showed up. It was Susan, the female cameraman.

"Excuse me, but do you two have a minute?" Susan asked Heihachi and Captain Falcon as she stepped inside the lounge. "There isn't by any chance you know where to find any missing footage, have you?"

"Why would we care about some missing footage for?" questioned Heihachi, refusing to leave his massaging chair just to look for something. "Isn't that your problem?"

"Well you see, the missing footage for our documentary is nowhere to be found. Our top boom guy, Johnny, brought it to my attention."

"Missing footage, you say?" Captain Falcon perked up, wanting to help Susan out to the best of his abilities. "You think someone might've stolen it?"

"The missing footage could've been stolen, actually...someone could've sneaked their way inside our private room and took the footage!"

"Room doesn't sound 'private' if someone found their way in..." murmured Heihachi, offering his two cents. Susan paid the fighter no mind.

"Come to think of it, I did see a flash drive in the computer room..." said Captain Falcon, recollecting the last time he was in the computer room. "...it could still be there, for all we know."

"Well if it's got that missing footage, then I need it right away. Thanks!" Susan left the lounge, hoping that the flash drive was still there.

Cranky Kong and Hat Kid returned to the foyer, and to the basement door. They could tell that Dr. Wily was at the tower, for the note on the basement door was gone. However, there was one thing standing in the duo's way...

"Unlock this door this instant!" frowned Cranky Kong, knocking on the locked basement door with his cane. "Don't make me go bananas up in here!"

"There is nobody inside the basement!" Kapp'n called out from the basement, his voice slightly echoed. "I repeat, there is nobody inside the basement!"

"Then how come I can hear a voice from down there?" Cranky was met with silence, for Kapp'n had no idea how to respond.

"...uh, only a ghost is down here in the basement! Woooo...woooo...I'm a ghost...wooooo..."

"Well, I don't feel like bashing my head in to bring the door down," Cranky said to Hat Kid, as he left a few dents on the basement door. "What do you suggest we should do?"

"My umbrella oughta do the trick!" replied Hat Kid, as she reached down for her umbrella...only to notice that something was amiss. "Oh no...I might've left my umbrella back at that shopping mall!"

Funny that Hat Kid should mention that, for Mario and company were currently snooping around Northgate Mall looking for clues. Any sign of evidence could possibly doom Pit, once and for all.

"You guys see anything?" asked Fox, as the boys were looking around the Northgate Mall parking lot. Hunter seemed to have found something, as he gasped when he saw a rad discovery.

"Dudes, check out this giant crater!" Hunter called out, as Mario and company came over and saw a crater in the middle of the parking lot. "I think this could be the sign of aliens."

"Or, this could the spot-a where Master Hand fell..." assumed Mario, before looking into the crater and seeing a small landmine - one that miraculously didn't explode. "...Fox, do you mind taking us-a to the hospital?"

Zelda was in her room, petting Ori; Midna was looking on haughtily. The more Zelda spent time with Ori, the more Midna resented Ori and its very existence.

Midna: As I expected, Princess Zelda is a very shallow woman. She has completely fallen head over heels for that Ori thing, and she plays with it day in and day out. You wouldn't see her cradling Ori in her arms if it the face of a ReDead...then again, no one else would.

"Yo, Zelda, get your butt out here!" Pit said to the princess, showing up at the doorway, only for Zelda to glare at the angel. You should never act that way around anyone of royalty. "Uh, I mean, can you come here please?"

"Watch Ori for me," Zelda said to Midna, giving the imp Ori. Any other moment, Midna would just drop Ori to the floor with disregard, but the imp had to play nice.

"Better be glad that Zelda loves you..." Midna seethed at Ori, staring at the guardian angel with contempt as Zelda left the room.

When Zelda walked down the hallway, she was startled to see Diddy Kong, King Dedede, and Snake all standing together, in a straight line. But the weirdness wouldn't stop there - music from the nearby karaoke machine started playing, and Diddy and company did some kind of weird shuffle which made Zelda cringe. The song played was called the "Super Bowl Shuffle"...and by no means was there a Super Bowl Shuffle taking place:

All: We are the Smash Shufflin' Crew
Shufflin' on down, doin' it for you
We're so bad, we know we're good
Blowin' your mind like we knew we would!
You know we're just struttin' for fun
Struttin' our stuff for everyone
We're not here to start no trouble
We're just here to do the Super Smash Shuffle!

Diddy: My name is Diddy Kong, and I'm world class
I like to rap, but smashin' is a blast
I love to smash all day, and dance all night
I got to get ready for each and every fight
Now I'm as smooth as a chocolate swirl
I dance a little funky, so watch me girl
There's not one here that does it like me
My Super Smash Shuffle will set you free!

King Dedede: I'm King Dedede, I'm one of a kind
The ladies all love me
For my body and my mind
I'm slick on the floor as I can be
But ain't no sucker gonna get through me
Some guys are jealous
Of my class and style
Mess with me, well, it's gonna be a while
I didn't come here lookin' for trouble
I just get down to The Super Smash Shuffle!

Snake: I'm Solid Snake, and I play it cool
They don't sneak by me cause I'm no fool
I move around the stage and get on down
Everybody knows I don't mess around
I can break 'em, shake 'em
Any time of day
I like to blow things up and make 'em pay
So please don't try to beat my hustle
Cause I'm just here to do
The Super Smash Shuffle!

All: We are the Smash Shufflin' Crew
Shufflin' on down, doin' it for you
We're so bad, we know we're good
Blowin' your mind like we knew we would!
You know we're just struttin' for fun
Struttin' our stuff for everyone
We're not here to start no trouble
We're just here to do the Super Smash Shuffle!

"So Zelda...whaddaya think?" Pit asked the princess, appearing from behind; Zelda was bewildered, her brain unable to comprehend the performance that transpired. "Wrote all the lyrics by myself!"

"Why were those three singing just now?" Zelda asked Pit, unsure of which of the three singers was the worst. Snake was the early contender.

"I call it, the Super Smash Shuffle! It's a performance I've got planned for the party later today. My goal is to find more people to join - so far, only Diddy, Dedede, and Snake obliged."

"Only because you promised to pay us later," stated Snake, who was having second regrets agreeing to Pit's offer. Really lost him some IQ points. "Why, oh why, couldn't I just have said no..."

Mario and company made a quick stop at the hospital, to pay Master Hand a visit. A nurse would lead the men to the giant hand's room.

"Master Hand is in here," the nurse said to Mario and company, as she opened the door - revealing Master Hand, who was strapped and tied down to his hospital bed. The very sight brought a smile to Falco, who had to remain in the hallway so he could laugh in peace.

"Mario, is that you?" Master Hand asked, able to detect Mario's presence. "How nice of you to visit me!" Mario was surely Master Hand's favorite now.

"Brought some friends-a along with me," responded Mario, as he and the others joined Master Hand at his bedside. "How have you been? Can you see?"

"The doctors say I'm 'healed', but they want to keep me around for further tests. But I can still see - I can see all around me!"

"Good...because we want to show-a you this." Mario held out the small landmine he found in the crater to Master Hand, in the palm of his hand.

"Is that...a small landmine? Where did you find it? You're not trying to blow up this hospital and bust me out, are you?"

"No, we found-a this landmine in that spot where you crashed. It appears that this land-a mine didn't go off..."

"Say, Master Hand, why is there an umbrella on that bedside table?" asked Spyro, spotting an umbrella lying on Master Hand's bedside table. For what it's worth, the umbrella was blue, with yellow stars on it.

"The doctors saw that umbrella pierced into me when I was taken into the emergency room. That umbrella could've been the object that took me out from the sky."

"Interesting...most interesting..." The more everything came together, the more apparent it became that Master Hand was targeted.

"Do you boys need anything?" the nurse that escorted Mario and company asked, poking her head through the doorway. "Also, that bird friend of yours is still laughing in the hallway."

"Don't mind-a if I ask, ma'am, but where are your discharge-a papers?" Mario asked the nurse - was the plumber trying to bring Master Hand back home?

Pit: My day as temporary head of the Smash Mansion has been pretty solid; I couldn't be as authoritative as I wanted to, but at least I got a couple of residents to sing. Which is something that Master Hand could never do, in a million years. So take that, Master Hand!

LeVar and Brad were finishing up their tour in time for the party, as they showed the mansion guests the room where they kept their equipment. The equipment room was the last stop of the entire tour.

"Sure hope Johnny finds that missing footage soon..." LeVar spoke with Brad, while Phoenix, Amy, and Birdo, were checking out the cameras, audio recorders, and other devices at their disposal. "...can't let any footage go to waste!"

"LeVar! Brad!" Susan called out to the producers, as she entered the equipment room. In her hand was a flash drive. "Guess what? I found the missing footage, on this flash drive in the computer room."

"You found the footage? Cool beans!" exclaimed Brad, delighted that the whole situation now came to end. Susan saved the day. "We should let Johnny know."

"Yeah, definitely. But about the footage...I was checking it out, just to see what it was, and I found out that..."

"Ah, there you two are!" said Isabelle, seeing LeVar and Brad as she entered the equipment room. "I have some news to share with you. Master Hand has been discharged from the hospital!"

"That's cool, but what does that mean?" asked LeVar, knowing that Pit's reign over the mansion would soon be coming to an end. And Pit won't be happy about that.

"It means that Pit will be losing his privileges as temporary head of the mansion. And it also means that the party will start soon. Better start rounding all the documentary crew members!"

Pit was alone in the foyer, all up in his feelings about how great he was as temporary head of the mansion. All those happy feelings would vanish away, when Master Hand magically appeared.

"Aw man..." frowned Pit, when he saw Master Hand making his appearing. Master Hand obviously booked it out of the hospital when the opportunity presented itself.

"Hehehe...I beat Mario and the others to the mansion," bragged Master Hand, like that was anything worth bragging about. He looked down, and saw Pit. "Pit, I hope you had fun, but now that I'm back..."

"Can you give me the privileges at least until after the party's over, pretty please?" Pit begged to Master Hand, getting down on his knees with hands clasped together. Master Hand let out a sigh.

"...fine, I'll let you continue to be the head honcho until the party ends. No later than that!" Pit pumped his fist, as Alm and Celica came around the corner with the finished quilt.

"Ah, just in time, Master Hand - we're finally done with the quilt," Alm announced to Master Hand, as he and Celica revealed the quilt the knitting club had worked on. "Link kept getting in our way."

"Superb! I want you two to hang that bad boy up in the ballroom. Once Mario and the others arrive, the party shall begin!"

Mario and company returned to the mansion, as Fox landed his Landmaster in the backyard. The hatch opened, and everyone got out.

"Mario, you seriously picked the wrong day to be gassy..." Spyro told the plumber, while Fox, Falco, and Hunter were busy fanning the air.

"I can't help it, my own-a stomach hates me," stated Mario, who was holding the blue umbrella from the hospital. Had to find out who it belonged to. "Won't be long-a until my bladder starts-a doing the same!"

As Mario walked to the mansion, he saw Cranky and Hat Kid walking from the tower. The latter was looking sad, for she was unable to retrieve her Time Pieces and power her ship so she could return home.

"Turn that frown upside down kiddo - you can stay with me," Cranky said to Hat Kid, while Mario just stood there in place. "We'll come back to the basement..."

"It's no use, they'll never let us in..." sighed Hat Kid, looking down at the ground, before looking up...and seeing Mario, with the umbrella. The girl gasped, as she happily ran over to Mario.

"Hey, watch out!" shouted Mario as he jumped back, only for Hat Kid to take the umbrella out of the plumber's hands. Hat Kid looked at her umbrella with glee, acting like a pet owner reunited with their dog.

"My umbrella, you found my umbrella!" Hat Kid looked up at Mario, her face beaming with gladness. "Thank you so much! Thought I lost this thing forever!"

"No problems, kiddo - I found it at the hospital. It's best if you don't-a ask any questions..."

"Weird, I thought I dropped it at that shopping mall. That's where I used my umbrella to take out that Master Hand guy." Something about hat Kid's response made Mario furrow his brow. "Now that I got my umbrella back, I can crack open that basement door in the tower!"

"Hold-a that thought..." Mario told Hat Kid, before turning around and seeing Spyro. "Spyro, would you be a dear and help-a this little girl with her problem? I've got some business to attend-a to..."

"You got it!" replied Spyro as he ran to the tower, while Mario headed inside the mansion. "After me, kid!" Hat Kid ran after Spyro, leaving Cranky behind.

"Wait up for me!" Cranky called out, moving as far as his legs could carry him. "Why couldn't the author have given me blazing fast speed..."

Crazy Hand finally found a person to tag along with him to the hospital, in Dillon. The armadillo didn't say much; he just tipped his hat to Crazy Hand, who thought that Dillon had said yes.

"FINALLY, I found someone to come along with me and make me look COOL!" gleamed Crazy Hand, him and Dillon making their way down the stairs to the lobby where Serena was. "Serena, I have some GREAT news!"

"And I have great news as well," responded Serena, not sure of how Crazy Hand would perceive her announcement. "Master Hand's been discharged from the hospital!"

"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" Flabbergasted, Crazy Hand fell unto the floor, as Dillon looked down at the giant hand. Shame on Crazy Hand for not asking Dillon earlier.

Dillon: *smirks, then tips hat to the camera*

"Got off the phone with Isabelle, who told me the news," continued Serena, as Crazy Hand lifted himself off the floor. "Mario was the one who got Master Hand discharged."

"That Mario...I HATE his guts now," seethed Crazy Hand, as Mario was now the giant hand's number one enemy. "Any other NEWS you'd like to share?"

"Not really, but there's some commotion from down the basement...I had seen Spyro ram the door down, and him, Cranky, and that little girl run inside."

"What little girl? I demand that you SHOW me..."

So Serena took Crazy Hand down to the basement, where the commotion started to die down. When Crazy Hand and Serena showed up, they saw Dr. Wily and Kapp'n tied up, with Spyro, Cranky, and Hat Kid standing strong. Next to Dr. Wily's machine were the large hourglasses Dr. Wily and Kapp'n had smuggled.

"Huh, forgot we had rope down in the basement," remarked Crazy Hand, seeing bundles of rope at the side of the basement. "Seems rather convenient that we keep it down here..."

"What are those things?" asked Serena, as she pointed at the large hourglasses all piled up. Hat Kid stood in front of the pile, counting the hourglasses one by one.

"These are the Time Pieces needed to power my ship," answered Hat Kid, before turning around and looking angrily at Dr. Wily. "The Time Pieces that YOU happened to steal from me!" Hat Kid pointed at Dr. Wily accusingly.

"I'm sorry, please don't hurt me!" Dr. Wily apologized to Hat Kid, expressing his innocence. Mega Man knew that all too well. "I was only trying to keep those Time Pieces away from my adversary, Professor E. Gadd. He has a hankering for time travel, and if he found out that those Time Pieces are capable of..."

"That still gives you no reason to steal from that little girl," Cranky scolded the evil scientist, bonking him on the head with his cane. "Hat Kid needed those Time Pieces to go back home!"

"I didn't know, I just saw them lying about and thought something needed to be done...again, I'm sorry, I was thinking about E. Gadd."

"So Hat Kid, what brought you to earth in the first place?" Spyro asked the little girl, out of curiosity. Hat Kid thought to herself, with a finger underneath her chin...

Mario headed to the ballroom, hoping to see Master Hand inside. When the plumber showed up at the ballroom entrance, he saw Cortex screaming and running out of the ballroom, being chased by, you guessed it, the goose.

"MOMMY!" Cortex cried out, as the goose chased the evil genius down the hallway. Ignoring Cortex, Mario entered the ballroom, and saw all the documentary crew members inside and having a good time...save for that one cameraman who had to record everything.

"You've got to be kidding me..." said Master Hand, who was seen with LeVar, Brad, Susan, and Johnny. Susan was showing the group something on her laptop, as LeVar and Brad were holding an ice sculpture and chocolate fountain, respectively.

LeVar: *holding his ice sculpture* So, uh, Master Hand got us these gifts. We would've turned them down, but Master Hand had to go with the good ol' "I'll take your lives if we don't do as I say" method.
Brad: *holding his chocolate fountain* Which explains how we got our gifts. If only we were real enough to stand up to Master Hand...

"Master Hand, we have-a to...talk?" Mario said to Master Hand as he came over, only to stop when he saw what was on Susan's computer screen. It was the missing footage - and it showed Pit and Kirby, planting a mine at the Northgate Mall parking lot.

"Ha ha, can't wait till I'm head of the mansion!" the Pit in the video exclaimed, as he dug up a hole while Kirby was holding some landmines. "Real nice of Junkrat, to give us those landmines."

"WHO'S READY FOR A SUPER SMASH SHUFFLE?!" shouted Pit, entering the ballroom with Diddy, King Dedede, and Snake; sadly no one else joined the pact. Yashiro had brought his karaoke machine with him.

"What's everyone watching over there?" Yashiro asked Master hand and company, as he came over and saw the footage on Susan's laptop. The idol singer couldn't believe what he was seeing, watching Pit and Kirby plant the landmines.

"So Pit, how do you plan on luring Master Hand here?" the Kirby in the video asked the angel, as Pit reluctantly came over biting his nails.

"Master Hand is gonna come to one of two Bed, Bath, or Beyond locations to buy some gifts for the party," the Pit in the video explained. "Luckily, I came in contact with some alien named Hat Girl; she'll be the one to take out Master Hand and send him flyin'!"

"You actually came in contact with an alien? I'm very impressed, Pit. Bravo, bravo indeed!"

Susan would end the video, as everyone had seen enough. Including Pit, whose nervous chuckle accidentally garnered the attention of Master Hand and company.

"Shoot, knew I shouldn't have left that flash drive in the computer..." Pit snapped his fingers in disgust, as everyone was glaring at the angel.

"Pit, did you seriously steal our footage?" LeVar questioned the angel, who backed himself into the karaoke machine. "And why did you plot to take out Master Hand? Because you wanted to rule over the mansion?"

"That wasn't me, that was...my doppelganger! Yeah! He only did that just to make me look bad."

"Um, Pit...your doppelganger is standing right here," shouted Dark Pit, who was in the ballroom handing out drinks to the partygoers. "Pit told me all about his plan to take you out, Master Hand."

"You did say that if you landed on a mine and died, I would get to be head of the mansion..." Pit said gingerly to Master Hand, who was brewing with anger. "...sadly the part where you died didn't happen, but hey, I still got my wish!"

"I'M GONNA WASTE YOU SO MUCH, PIT!" shouted Master Hand, balling himself into a fist and charging towards Pit. Pit shrieked, as Master Hand chased the angel out of the ballroom.

"Hey, Mario...you want this ice sculpture?" LeVar asked the plumber, feeling comfortable with giving away his gift with Master Hand gone. "I don't need it."

"You can also have this chocolate fountain," said Brad, presenting his chocolate fountain to Mario. Seeing how desperate the producers were, Mario shrugged.

"Leave 'em at the door, I'll pick-a them up later..." replied Mario, before walking away to help himself with some appetizers...from a Pit he could trust.

Cranky: Well, I couldn't find out the identity of the author, but I got my side-plot and my fifteen minutes of fame in. The next step? Having a Smash Bros centered around me, and me only. Don't think the author is smart enough to come up with an idea like that, but I suppose I'll give him a chance...