Mario Plush Thing Season 2- "Video Game Video"

Mario Plush Thing Season 2-"Video Game Video" was the second season of Mario Plush Thing running from December 2010 to November 2012 when it was cancelled. It consisted of Episodes 11-20, although there were 5 more episodes in development that would be a part of the season.

Name
The name "Video Game Video" refers to a major plot point in the season, where C-3PO creates a device that allows people to be transported into video games. However, after episode 16 the device doesn't make an appearance and the plot shifts from that into a quest to find mario, and trying to battle the rising Donkey Kong Army. Because of this, Episodes 17-25 of the Mario Plush Thing are often referred to as a sub-season known as "Looming Evil".

Episode 11-"In The Games"
Mario and Luigi and looking for Princess Peach after she went missing during the events of episode 8. They see C-3PO who tells them that he created a device that transports people into video games, and peach fell into it. Mario and Luigi decide to go looking for her in "the world of video games". It is seen that bowser is also there looking for Peach.

Episode 12-"Mario & Luigi in Super Mario Bros 1&2"
Mario explores the realm of Super Mario Bros, and Luigi explores Super Mario Bros 2.

Episode 13-"Stupid Mario Flash"
Mario and Luigi get transported in Super Mario Flash, and after they are done they encounter a strange device that makes clones of them, but they do not see the clones yet.

Episode 14-"Attack of The Clones."
Mario and Luigi arrive back at C-3PO's lab and chase him off because they felt the video game device was dangerous. They then decide to go "outside" (the same area of episode 4), but Bowser's minion's Spongebob and Patrick attack. Mario and Luigi are able to defeat them however. They then meet their clones, Stupid Mario and Smart Luigi, and decide to leave. Bowser returns to the area to find Spongebob and Patrick but since they were thrown off, he can't find them. He instead runs into Muscle Pat and Book-Bag Sponge, and believes they are the same as Spongebob and Patrick and takes them into his legion.

Episode 15-"Not So Super Smash Bros"
Before the Episode begins, there was supposed to be a scene where Mario, Luigi and Spiffy go inside the video game machine in order to find Peach. The episode starts with Bowser going back into C-3PO's video game realm in order to find peach. He is transported into the Super Smash Bros Brawl realm and meets up with Spiffy, Luigi, then Peach, but they all get away. Bowser, Luigi and Spiffy are all transported out of the video games at the same time but Mario and Peach are nowhere to be found. Bowser gets angry at C-3PO and destroys his laboratory and temporarily knocks him out. Spiffy and Luigi say they want to find Mario and Peach, and Bowser says he does too. Luigi and Spiffy are initially suspicious of Bowser but he says that he "just wants to say hi to him or whatever" and they believe him. Bookbag-Sponge and Muscle-Pat also arrive, and against their will join the hunt of Mario and Peach. Suddenly, the Aliens are shown plotting about kidnapping Luigi and company, but with an emphasis on getting Mario and they successfully run them over and do so.

Episode 16-"Old Super Mario Bros Wii!"
Mario is still inside the video game realm, and plays some New Super Mario Bros Wii. Mario is then transported out in C-3PO's lab it is in complete disarray, and the Aliens were there waiting for him and kidnap him as well. The aliens spread Luigi, Bowser, Spiffy, Bookbag-Sponge, and Muscle-Pat throughout as their cell can only hold one, Mario.

Episode 17-"Mario is Missing"
The video opens with a black screen and audio of someone breaking into Mario's cell and taking him. The video cuts to Luigi regaining consciousness inside a large tower that he quickly escapes. Luigi sees the car that the aliens used outside the tower flipped upside down and he turns it over to discover Bowser was trapped underneath. It is shown that Bowser sustained some sort of head injury that resulted in memory loss. Luigi and Bowser attempt to break into the Alien's base to save Mario, but the Aliens see them breaking in on the security camera and decide to flee.

It is then Shown that Lego Guy's cousin, Jonas, took mario and put him in a sack. Luigi and Bowser end up getting inside the base, and after a little while or roaming around, they see Lego Guy driving a car chanting "I got me a Mario!" outside the base on the security camera. The two decide to go chase after Lego Guy in their quest to find mario. Luigi realizes that since Jonas is in a car, he needs to get catch up with him very quickly, so he figures he should get some sort of flying vehicle to catch Jonas. Luigi and Bowser try to start the car that they were kidnapped in, but to no avail. Luigi remembers that Clifford's Vehicle Shop is nearby and they head to it. While on their way, they see Spiffy trapped in an outdoor cell and free him, and Spiffy decides to join them on their quest. They rent some sort of UFO from Clifford however they do not get far before Spiffy hits the red button and they crash, but it is too far to go back.

Episode 18-"Fortress Crap"
Jonas (Lego Guy's Cousin) is driving with Mario when suddenly two strange attackers take the sack that contains Mario and hang it on a tree. After quite some time, Jonas arrives at the tree to see that Mario is missing out of the sack, and there's also some sort of strange tool left beside the tree. Jonas arrives at a place known as "The Bandit's HQ". It is in fact Bowser's old fortress from the end of Season 1, that was left abandoned after the events of those episodes. Not much is revealed about the Bandits yet except for the fact that they steal things in order to get ransom money, it is quite secretive, and that members are high targets. Lego Guy arrives to see that the Hideout is empty and it is shown that is was recently ransacked and uses some clues to determine that Ugen (who is working for Kitty) has ransacked the Bandit's Hideout and took Mario.

It then cuts to Luigi, Bowser, and Spiffy to see that they have been traveling for quite some time. They find Spiffy's little brother Pichu who has been in the country after the events of Season 1 and he joins the party. They arrive at the Bandit's Hideout and Jonas flees. Spiffy and Pichu find Yoshi inside the base as a prisoner and they join forces. Lego Guy finds Wario who was recently beaten up by Ugen but then Wario dies slowly.

Episode 19-"The Fortress Team"
Two members of the Bandits arrive at the HQ and fight Bowser and Pichu. They win and this Bowser begins to show affection towards the heroes,as he slowly begins to join their side in the hunt for Mario and Peach. During the fight Luigi is thrown off the edge of the fortress. Bookbag-Sponge and Muscle Pat are also out in this part of the country and wind up finding Jonas hiding not too far from the Bandit's HQ. Jonas convinces them to join the Bandits. Luigi finds Peach and Toad who recently escaped the video game realm. Luigi tells him that to follow him back to the Bandit's Headquarters, but before they can reach their they find Donkey Kong who is very angry and want's to "meet up with" Bowser but he clearly wants to fight him, Luigi misses this completely and invites D.K. to the HQ with him. As soon as Bowser sees Donkey Kong they begin fighting and their fight leaves the hideout and reaches where Jonas is hiding. Jonas breaks up the fighting and the Bandits head back to the Hideout. Bowser finds Stupid Mario and Smart Luigi and they join the force to find Mario. When Jonas, Muscle-Pat, and Bookbag-Sponge reach the hideout, they try to attack the heroes but are defeated. Jonas decides to leave to Kitty's Palace as her servant (Ugen) killed Wario, stole things from the base, and took his prisoner Mario. The episode ends with a scene that depicts Donkey Kong raising an army with the help of C-3PO who are ready to attack.

Episode 20-"A Rising Conflict"
The team of Bowser, Spiffy, Luigi, Peach, Smart Luigi, and Stupid Mario (toad decided not to go) begin their aimless quest to find Mario. But before that, Peach is kidnapped again by C-3PO as she does not go in the sewer with the rest of the gang. The heroes encounter a robot that says it was sent by Donkey Kong to destroy them, but they defeat the robot. The heroes decide to stay at the Toad Road Inn., and Jonas also decides to do so shortly after. Johnson encounters Jonas and asks him if he has seen his Shovel but he has no idea what he is talking about so he says no.

Jonas is on his way to Kitty's palace to avenge Wario and get revenge on Ugen for ransacking the Bandit's hideout when he encounters Johnson who asks him if he stole his shovel, but Jonas provides evidence that it was in fact C-3PO who stole his shovel. The heroes then see Jonas and pressure him into telling them where Mario is, and he says Kitty's Palace so they head off there.

When they arrive at the Palace, the security treats them as intruders so they must face challenges in order to see Kitty. The final challenge is fighting Necro-Bob who unleashes a curse that sends them to a strange dimension. When they arrive they find out they are in the Time Dimension. A citizen of a realm tells them that the god of the realm The Time God most likely wanted to see them. They also learn that the Time Dimension only exists spiritually, and that their actual bodies are still on earth. They go to the Cavern of Time and eventually meet up with the Time God. The Time God tells them that their adventure is only beginning, and he tells them that they need to go to Monkey Mansion as a Time Agent is there and has an invention that will assist them on their quest. The Time God gives them magic crystals that can transport the heroes to the Time Dimension at any point. At the end of the cave, they find that in order to leave the dimension, they must leave a member of their party behind, and Smart Luigi volunteers as tribute.

When their spirits are transported back to Earth, they find that their bodies have been put in the same prison inside Kitty's Palace as Mario. Kitty stops by the cell to see Spiffy, who are friends and lets all them out. Spiffy explains to Kitty that the Time God told them that their adventure would only get more challenging and Spiffy asks Kitty is she has any fighters who could join with them. The fighters are Wicket, Gary, Littlely, Ugen, Squidward, and R2-D2. Kitty joins them as well. Suddenly a large amount of Donkey Kong's army storms the Palace. The heroes try to fight them off but it seems hopeless, so they decide to flee.

Cancelled Episodes
The season was intended to include an additional 5 episodes, which started to be worked on after episode 19. They focused on the rising threat of the Donkey Kong army and the heroes attempt to fight it. Episode 21 was scripted and partily filmed, episodes 22 & 23 were scripted, episode 24 was partially scripted, and episode 25 was outlined. The episodes are as followed;

Episode 21-"Getting There Is Half The Fun"
The episode opens with many of the heroes passed out from exhaustion in a large cart being hauled by Bowser. It is revealed that they have been walking many miles in order to reach Donkey Kong's army to fight back. Kitty and Spiffy find a flyer advertising enlistment in the D.K. army, and a plan is devised to go undercover. Unfortunately, they only have 3 days to reach his base in Kongo Jungle so it is decided that they will fly there. When they finally get tickets at the nearest airport, there is a serious layover of 24 hours so they decide to go to a nearby town of Old Brentford to find a doctor for those who have passed out. When they arrive at the town, they see how backwater and bizarre it's residents are. After everyone is healed, Yoshi and Fake Mario mysteriously go missing. They decide to stay overnight in the Old-Bronsfeld Inn, and in the middle of the night they hear the town being attacked, and wake up to find that it has been taken over by Donkey Kong forces and flee the town.

When they get back to the airport, Spiffy yells "Hi Jack!" at his friend in the plane and this scares everyone off and they exit the plane before it takes off. Spiffy and Pichu decide that they should pilot the plane in order to get to Kongo Jungle the fastest. After about 10 hours of flying, Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Spiffy, Kitty and Pichu realize they left Ugen, Littely, Squidward, R2-D2, and Wicket at the airport. Spiffy crashes the plane because he accidently presses "the red button" but luckily they are right outside Kongo Jungle.

The heroes rent a hotel and the final plan is devised. Mario, Luigi, Bowser and Pichu would be the ones to go and enlist in the army and Spiffy and Kitty would stay back and monitor what goes on and assist them. The episodes closes with a clip from the news that states the "last call for enlistment for the D.K. army" has been enacted.

Episode 22- "The Bandits"
The episode opens with Bookbag-Sponge and Muscle-Pat at the bandit's base. Bookbag-sponge begins to hear loud and ominous noises in the distance, but Muscle-Pat dismisses them. The noises get louder and closer, and the video cuts after a loud explosion is heard. The video then cuts to the fortress being taken over by Donkey Kong forces. A D.K. army intelligence integrates about the whereabouts of the Bandit's leader, but they do not know where he is (or anything about him really.). They are then thrown in the fortress prison. The Donkey Kong forces (including D.K. himself) are hiding at the fortress because their army is in the process of conquering the Mushroom Kingdom and the army of the Mushroom Kingdom is after them.

Later on, Waluigi, a fellow bandit, is thrown in the cell with Book-bag Sponge and Muscle-Pat. Waluigi reveals that the bandits took over Donkey Kong's old palace and they are here to get revenge. He also explains that Jonas has gone missing in his quest to get to Kitty's Palace and other members of the Bandits have died. They realize their is a large hole in the prison and go out to find the Leader of the Bandits.

The video then cuts to Jonas who is knocked out where the heroes beat him up in episode 20. He takes what little strength he has left to get to kitty's palace but he quickly runs out of money. He stumbles in a restaurant and has to perform labor in order to get money and food. Despite the hurdles, he is still determined to get his prisoner Mario back (he is unaware that Mario has left Kitty's Palace). He falls into a sewer and has an encounter with a Spider Bot who knocks him out and heads off to take him to Donkey Kong. The bot takes him to the recently taken over fortress. Jonas realizes that his stint with the Bandits has been a complete failure and decides to go back and live with his cousin in Old Bronsfeld. The video cuts to a meeting with D.K. officials who discuss that they are hiding in this fortress because every major army is after them, and they need a secluded place to hide.

When Jonas reaches Old Bronsfeld he somehow gets past the Donkey Kong forces guarding the town (they recently took it over). Jonas goes to his cousin's (Lego Guy's) house and says he plans to stay with him again. However, Lego Guy explains that D.K. forces have taken it over and they fear they may be enslaved or killed, so he reveals a plan with some of his friends in the town to escape. Later that night, they sneak into their pitch-black underground tunnel and meet up with characters later to be revealed as Xemnas (the Bandit's leader), Bookbag-Sponge, Muscle-Pat, and Waluigi. Jonas hits his head on something in the tunnel and is knocked out, so the Bandit's have to carry him. When Jonas regains consciousness, he becomes excited to see all those members of the Bandits. Xemnas that he "just happened to be in the Old Bronsfeld" area and they are all on a quest to avenge Wario, a former bandit who was murdered. He says that they are all on their way to Kitty's Palace and she is renting out rooms and they intend to stay in one. When they finally arrive outside the Palace, it is shown in frame that it appears that D.K forces have taken it over. Xemnas leaves them and tells Jonas, Lego Guy, Muscle-Pat, Bookbag-Sponge, and Waligui to wait outside. Shortly after, a plane flies from the palace over them and a large explosion happens on them.

Episode 23-"Under-Cover Mission"
The episode opens with Spiffy and Kitty sending Mario, Luigi, Pichu, and Bowser to go undercover at the Donkey Kong base, while Spiffy and Kitty wait for them in the hotel. As soon as they leave, Spiffy and Kitty go to a Pizza Hut. They began to chat when the video cuts to 24 hours later, where on a T.V in the resturant, a news channel reports that a pro-Donkey Kong parade when wrong when one of the float's controllers crashed the float into a building, causing a large fire. The news shows the suspects, who are Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Pichu, the video then cuts to 24 hours prior.

Mario and gang are rushing to the base, when they are confronted by security. Mario creates fake identities for them so they do not get in trouble with Donkey Kong's army. They encounter the strange army men, who set bizzarre conditions not to meet (things not to stay around certain members, etc.). When they are eating their first lunch, all members of the army are called into a conference. When everyone arrives, it appears that Donkey Kong's second in command is C-3PO. Mario and Luigi get uncomfortable with the amount of fear and cult of personality in the meeting. C-3PO reveals D.K.'s plan to conquer all of the Mushroom Kingdom, but they only have about 30% of it. C-3PO's plan is to host a pro-Donkey Kong parade in one of the Mushroom Kingdom's main cities in order to get people to join their side. The meeting keeps dragging on when Pichu starts to heckle C-3PO and the heroes try to silence him, but this ends up creating a lot of noise and C-3PO takes major offensive to this and orders them to be "done away with". C-3PO tries to kill them, but his device fails so he orders them to go to another conference room. C-3PO explains that their punishment is to drive one of the worst floats in the upcoming parade. They then are sent to bed in their room. Mario and Bowser discuss the plan for Mario to go sneak into Donkey Kong's room to see if he can find out where he is. When Mario gets inside the room, he sees Stupid Mario, Peach, and Yoshi in a prison cell. His first reaction is to break them out, but the prisoners tell them that the cell lock will only recognize C-3PO or Donkey Kong. The prisoners explain to Mario that Donkey Kong is currently at Bowser's old fortress a.k.a the Bandit's hideout. Donkey Kong plans to build up his forces in that secretive location and kill a good number of his prisoners, including Stupid Mario, Peach, and Yoshi. They explain they everyone is being moved there in 4 days, so Mario should gather up an army and head to the fortress about then.

The next day is the day of the parade. Mario and Luigi are assigned to steer the vehicle in the back, but they have no window, so Bowser and Pichu are positioned in front with a window and give directions. The usal mishaps happen, but Mario and Luigi soon get into a big argument and forget to steer and make a large crash and start a huge fire in the downtown area. They all get out of the float as the cops approach.

Episode 24-"My Name Is Lego Guy"
The video begins with the heroes being integrated by the cops after the parade. They all point to the members of the Donkey Kong army they had encounters with earlier. They are all thrown in the back of a police van. They arrive late at night and are told that they will get their 1 call tomorrow. In the morning, they try to call Spiffy but he does not believe them and hangs up on them instantly. Some time later, Spiffy and Kitty are thrown in the jail. When they are in there, Spiffy accidently reveals the identity of Mario, Luigi, Pichu, and Bowser who are wanted by the Donkey Kong forces. It just so happens that the members of the DK army are in the cell with them, and they begin to gain on them in order to turn them into Donkey Kong to receive a lot of money, but then Spiffy says "I like applebee's" which he was told not to say around Barf Bag, one of the DK army forces, as it would make him very angry. Barf Bag gets very angry and punches a whole through the wall of cell, and runs out. The rest of the Donkey Kong forces chase after him. Mario then looks at the heroes and asks if they are ready for an adventure,and they all agree and head out the whole into the wilderness.

The video then cuts to Jonas, who is being held captive at the Bandit's old hideout which is know controlled by Donkey Kong forces. An army general explains that the large explosion (at the end of episode 22) was a trap sent by Donkey Kong in order to kill off all members of the Bandits. Suddenly, the Leader of the Bandits (Xemnas) appears and reveals he has been working with Donkey Kong in order to gain more power, and he wants to kill all the members of the Bandits,as Donkey Kong told him they are a threat to his state. Xemnas then orders Jonas to be done away with, when suddenly they hear someone say "No!". Xemans asks why not, and the camera pans to Lego Guy who is inside the fortress and says "Because my name is Lego Guy".

The video then shows Johnson and IrishMcIrishMan walking. Johnson explains that he was informed that C-3PO stole his prized shovel, and he is out to get it.

The video then meets up with Mario and gang, who run across a stray Koopa and a Dry Bones. Bowser explains that since they were once a part of his army which no longer exists, they must join him in the fight to defeat Donkey Kong and his army. They are shocked to see Mario and Bowser together, but Bowser explains that they have befriended each other. They all then get into an argument about what the name of the this fighting force against Donkey Kong should be called, and eventually an agreement is reached to name it "Mario Plush Thing".

It then returns to Jonas and Lego Guy at the Donkey Kong hideout, who have a big battle. The battle then reaches outside the Fortress, with the army troops chasing after Lego Guy and Jonas. Lego Guy tells Jonas "Cousin..I want to say something...I love you...I love fried chicken...and never forget my name was Lego Guy",then he runs into the crowd and is viciously attacked, in order to slow down the troops so Jonas can get away. Jonas stares at the carnage for a brief while, then runs off in tears.

Later with the Mario Plush Thing, they reunite with The Fighting Force 5 (Eugene, R2-D2, Squidward, Littely, and Wicket). Mario explains their ambition to gather up as many people as they can to help them fight Donkey Kong's forces at the Bandit's Hideout/Bowser's old fortress, in order to get revenge and save Peach, Yoshi, and Fake Mario. Slightly later, Lego Guy runs up to them and in sobs explains everything that happened to him. He apologizes for what he did to Mario and says he wants to get revenge on Donkey Kong for killing basically everyone he knew. They all accept his apology and let him in the group. Later on, they arrive at a McDonalds and and a CVS and they split up and go into each. However, they do not last long in the buildings as they have been completely renovated by Donkey Kong and are full of Propaganda. After a little more walking, Spiffy notices a familiar road sign and street name and realizes they are only a mile or two from their house, so they head that way.

When they arrive at the house, Spiffy's dad, Bubby is outside holding a gun and thinks the group are Donkey Kong forces. But when he sees Spiffy and Pichu he is very excited as the Donkey Kong newspapers says they were killed off because they are "enemies of the state". They all are welcomed inside the house and meet Spiffy and Pichu's brothers Apple and Zippy. They also get a taste of the strange way the Bubby's live. Spiffy's family agrees to join them in their fight against Donkey Kong. The spend the rest of the episdoe training for the big battle, as they are leaving for the fortress tomorrow.

Episode 25-"The Great Battle"
The episode opens with a flashback about how the D.K. army happened. We learn that Donkey Kong has had a rough life and was drafted into Bowser’s army many years ago and was severely mistreated. He spent many years in the army and he had no other home. After the events of season 1, we learn that Donkey Kong tried to approach Bowser about getting the army all together again after his defeat, but Bowser states he has no interest in that and just wants to get revenge on Mario. Donkey Kong becomes very angry and storms off. After the events of episode 15, Donkey Kong runs into C-3PO who is out to get revenge on Mario and gang after they destroyed his laboratory, something he put his whole life into. Donkey Kong expresses how he has also been mistreated by them, and wants to seek revenge. They agree to gather up some fighters as this would be the best course of action to get vengeance. However, the small fighting force keeps expanding, and DK and CPO realize that if they keep accumulating members at this rate, they will able to create a standing army. After the force gets even bigger, Donkey Kong reveals his ambition to conquer the mushroom kingdom, and C-3PO agrees to be his second in command. It is now up to episode 18, and the DK forces prepare to start conquering. A series of clips from the news are played that show the DK army being laughed off at first, but slowly getting more serious as they began to conquer more and more of the Mushroom kingdom. It ends with the place where they are now ,with DK forces controlling about 30% of the mushroom kingdom.

When Mario Plush Thing arrives at the fortress, they are stunned by the number of Donkey Kong forces there. Donkey Kong himself greets the heroes and then publicly executes Peach, Fake Mario, and Yoshi. Donkey Kong says that the rest of the prisoners have already been done away with, and a battle commences. The battle has many victories and loses for the heroes. One major lose, was when Spiffy and Pichu were corned by a Donkey Kong trooper who is about to shoot them, but suddenly Bubby jumps in front of them and takes the bullet for them, Spiffy and Pichu rush to see him but Bubby dies in front of them. The battle then starts to get worse for the heroes, and soon basically everyone on their side is knocked out and a few of them are dead. C-3PO and Donkey Kong trap Mario,Luigi,Spiffy,Pichu and Bowser and right as they are about to be killed Johnson and IrishMcIrishMan appear and begin to violently attack the Donkey Kong army because Johnson's shovel was stolen. IrishMcIrishMan is able to free the heroes. The Donkey Kong army retreats and Mario Plush Thing wins.

The video then cuts to a funeral that is being held for the Woody, Bubby, Peach, Yoshi, Fake Mario and the unknown prisoners killed in the battle. Mario and Luigi decide to go live with Spiffy and Pichu as their dad died and since their old apartment building is now in Donkey Kong territory, an old house in the middle of nowhere would be a good place to hide.