Super Smash Bros: The TV Series (Season 1)

107: Team Up!

ACT ONE

EXT. FINAL DESTINATION - NIGHT

This metal platform still stands sturdy in space outskirts.

Masterhand energy slowly forms in the middle. It takes the shape of a thrashing and distraught Mario.

He falls out of it onto his knees. He gasps for air and frantically tries to wipe the energy off.

He stands up in a panic and lights his hands on fire. He jolts and turns around. He looks for a fight.

MARIO
Masterhand!

He angrily grunts and throws a fireball into space.

This anger disappears as Mario watches the fireball just go and go and go. It disappears into the vast darkness.

The calmed Mario looks down and examines the platform. He jumps and tests its sturdiness. It's good.

He walks over to the edge and looks down into more vastness.

He puts his foot over it and leans down. He catches himself from a potential slip. He could have fallen off.

MARIO
What is this?

A small cosmic explosion goes off behind him. He stumbles and catches himself from falling off the edge again.

He slowly turns around in awe of all the portals.

There's Megan and Pikachu walking through Kanto in one. This portal switches to Giovanni in a lab with Gideon.

MARTH, IKE, ROY, LUCINA, and ROBIN march through the Ylisse wasteland in one. PIT soars past clouds in another.

DIDDY and DIXIE in DK Country, NESS and LUCAS in Onett, SONIC in Greenhill Zone, and SNAKE in the jungle are just a few of the portals Mario is in complete awe and terror of.

MASTERHAND (O.S.)
This is where I watch.

Mario trembles as he turns around and looks up to Masterhand.

He can't possibly see the black streak or gold strings that fade into the distance from Masterhand's backside.

He just stares and slowly transitions his shaking from fearful to angry. Smoke comes from his hands.

MARIO
You can't do this.

MASTERHAND
I have to-

MARIO
If you don't get these losers out of my home and leave me alone I will punch you until you blow up.

MASTERHAND
That is impossible.

Mario lights his hands on fire.

MARIO
I was so right about you.

MASTERHAND
Mario, I wish to-

Mario hucks a fireball at Masterhand. It does no damage.

He gulps and follows it up with rapid shots. Masterhand either takes the hits or easily dodges them.

Mario stops and fumes almost out of breath already.

MARIO
Come down to my level.

Masterhand abides. He floats down and shrinks. Mario charges at him and hucks even more fireballs.

They do no damage but Mario still jumps at him with a flaming punch. Masterhand easily slides to the side and dodges this.

He dodges all Mario's rapid melee hits. He moves and evades like a person's hand playing with a mouse on a table.

Then: Mario lands a flaming uppercut. Masterhand flinches and Mario smiles through his exhaustion.

This accomplishment is short-lived. Masterhand flicks Mario across the stage. He almost falls off the edge.

Mario gets up to attack again but Masterhand is right there. He pounds down in a fist rapidly and dazes Mario.

He ends by putting his hand over him on the platform.

He has him pinned and slowly presses down. Mario grunts.

MASTERHAND
Stop.

MARIO
Not until...I punch you...until you blow up.

Masterhand lets up on the pressing and just keeps him pinned. Mario keeps trying to escape.

MASTERHAND
You think you're angry at me.

MARIO
You screwed up my life by throwing other people in it.

MASTERHAND
You're not angry. You're afraid.

MARIO
You must have me confused with Luigi. I don't get afraid.

MASTERHAND
I've been watching. You do. You're afraid to trust the koopas, you're afraid to lose your family again, and you're afraid of Fox.

MARIO
SHUT UP AND LET ME GO!

MASTERHAND
So you can try to fight me?

MARIO
YES!

MASTERHAND
You can't. Others will stop you before you get back here.

MARIO
Then I'll fight them too.

MASTERHAND
(beat)
Very well then.

Masterhand pulls up and unleashes his energy on Mario.

He's taken away as he tries to throw another fireball. Masterhand turns to more energy forming on the other side.

This takes the shape of a stiff and standing Samus.

She snaps out of the energy and doesn't care for the leftover bits that fall off. She just focuses forward.

Her cannon is pointed at Masterhand. She's ready to fire.

MASTERHAND
I'm not a threat.

SAMUS
Why take the risk?

Samus cocks the cannon.

MASTERHAND
Because you know what a threat looks like oh too well, Samus Aran. Mother Brain, the pirates, Ridley-

SAMUS
Stop it.

Samus' cannon arm shakes ever so slightly.

MASTERHAND
They're the ones that took everything from you.

SAMUS
You can't possibly know what you're talking about.

MASTERHAND
The Chozo, Rodney and Virginia, Commander Malkovich...I've been watching this whole time.

Samus sucks back tears and struggles to keep the cannon up.

MASTERHAND
You know what a threat looks like.

SAMUS
You have unchecked power just like the telekinetic mutant. That will corrupt absolutely.

MASTERHAND
You compare me to Mewtwo...but also to the Chozo and their creations. The metroids. Mother Brain.

Samus nods.

MASTERHAND
Your mentors lost control of them because they lacked the ability to keep order. I don't.

Masterhand directs her attention to the portals beside her that her laser focus hadn't allowed her to notice.

Samus is ready to fire at them, but stares in fascination.

She cues in on BAYONETTA soaring along in one portal, but lingers on COMMANDER ANTHONY HIGGS in another.

MASTERHAND
I keep an eye on everything. I don't take risks.

The portals go. She turns to him with the cannon pointed.

MASTERHAND
We're similar, Samus Aran.

She lets up a little tension on the cannon, but still points.

MASTERHAND
You're afraid of others losing control. That's what you protect the galaxy from.

SAMUS
I'm not afraid of anything.

MASTERHAND
You all have to stop lying to yourselves about that.

SAMUS
I will do whatever it takes to protect the galaxy from threats.

MASTERHAND
And who do you think poses the biggest threat right now?

SAMUS
The collective with unchecked power in their home. The ones that head to catastrophe just like the Chozo. The ones with the fiery fighter and a so-called practical leader.

MASTERHAND
(beat)
Very well then.

Masterhand swoops and sends his energy over her.

She finally puts down her cannon as she's taken away.

She is replaced by new energy in the form of Link. He has his sword and shield ready as he snaps out.

He sternly stares at Masterhand on the other side.

MASTERHAND
I know you can talk, Link.

Link tilts his head: "you sure about that?"

MASTERHAND
Your vow of silence may help you speak louder through actions than words...but it limits you.

Link spins his sword as a taunt.

MASTERHAND
When you decide to speak again...it will be a special victory.
(beat)
Certainly you aren't afraid to talk to others, as Ganondorf suggests?

Link tightens his sword grip and grimaces.

MASTERHAND
But you are afraid.

Link looks to his triforce symbol.

MASTERHAND
The triforce of courage only gifts your soul in battle. You're not afraid to fight a beast 50 times your size...but you were afraid to lose her.

Link gulps, sniffles, and lowers his head.

MASTERHAND
Zelda's wisdom could not help her foresee her demise...but it has proven useful as she navigates the afterlife of Termina.

Link looks up and perks up.

MASTERHAND
I have seen her come close to breaking free. The triforce bond brings her close to you. When your corner is threatened ...she draws near.

Link runs the wisdom corner beside his courage corner.

MASTERHAND
But Ganondorf will be there to greet here again.

Link's hand drifts to the top power corner and pulls away.

MASTERHAND
Your fight against him will reach its end one day...but for now he stands against you...with someone you once thought was an ally.

Link flares his nostrils.

MASTERHAND
Your fight must continue if she has a chance to return. You must see that this is true.

At the mention of "see"...Link spots something. He looks between the Masterhand fingers and spots a gold glow.

Link puts his shield away, lowers his sword, and paces around the platform. Masterhand adjusts his float as he moves.

MASTERHAND
Your fight with Ganondorf and the side he's now on must continue. Do you understand, Link?

Link gives him a nod. Masterhand gets ready to whip him away.

MASTERHAND
Very well then-

Link charges off the platform in Masterhand's direction and jumps with his sword out to attack. He's nowhere close.

MASTERHAND
What are you doing?

Masterhand floats down to catch Link from his fall...and Link whips out the clawshot. He latches onto the side.

MASTERHAND
You know you cannot fight me.

Link swings under him, dodges a lazy grab, and flips on the other side. He latches the clawshot onto the back and zips.

MASTERHAND
DO NOT TOUCH THE-!

Link zips to the backside. The strings and the streak are both on target...but he chooses the strings.

He collides with a big "TWANG" and is hit down to the platform by Masterhand. He looks up to watch his doing.

The gold strings vibrate with an aqua-blue glow. They reveal themselves to go farther up into space.

Link watches a white glow emerge with tints of aqua blue.

MASTERHAND
You won't speak of this to anyone.

Masterhand energy comes over Link. He's taken away.

He's replaced by more energy that forms into Fox. This guy just walks smoothly out of his transportation.

He wipes the energy off non-chalantly, casually observes the setting, and makes his way up to Masterhand.

The being floats like he did before: no sight of strings.

FOX
You keeping everyone else in a white void too?

MASTERHAND
You were all in there temporarily. A permanent placement in subspace would take much more power.

FOX
Subspace? Bro, that's an algebra term meaning a vector space within another vector space. I doubt you were holding us in an algebra-

MASTERHAND
Subspace is a void created by me to hold souls. It's big enough that none of you will run into each other while inside. They're safe.

FOX
Space from each other seems to be the safest thing for us right now.

MASTERHAND
You're the first one of the four I've brought here to ask about the wellbeing of your peers.

FOX
And that's part of the problem.

MASTERHAND
You're also the first one not to attack or point a weapon at me.

FOX
And that's the rest of the problem.

MASTERHAND
Do you consider me a problem, Fox?