"Battle Of The Video Game Heroes" Proudly Presents:

Episode 5
BOTVGH Freaky Stories
by Sean Kelly
with contributions from: Tsuji Yamada, ErekChee, and Wario the III
THE CAST
Top Row:
Mario, Luigi, Toad, Peach, Bowser, Cranky Kong, "Happy Kong" (Cranky with amnesia), Link, Samus
Middle Row:

Ash, Misty, Brock, Mega Man, Dr. Wily, Dr. Light, Fox McCloud, Peppy Hare, Suzie the Cat
Bottom Row:

Larry De Bug, Maurice the Maggot, Blob, Sean Kelly, Tsuji, Shoji, Wario the III, ErekChee

(Freaky Stories theme plays and we go to the diner setting of Freaky Stories)

Hello and welcome to the special BOTVGH edition of Freaky Stories. Today we are going to show you a bunch of creepy stories starring your favourite BOTVGH characters. In case you are new to Freaky Stories, please make sure to visit our website at.... Hey Maurice, what is our website address?

( comes in with a big sign)

Here is it Larry. Our website is... (reads sign) "--insert address here--".

Maurice, I think that sign means that we no longer have a website.

What?! Since when?

Beats me. I guess we are not good enough to have a website. Well anyway, for our special BOTVGH edition, let's introduce our special guest co-host, Blob.

Hey Larry, what do I do?

Just sit and watch.

( enters)

Hello there and welcome to BOTVGH Freaky stories....

We've already done all of that stuff. Just introduce the first story okay?

All right. Here's the first story.

(Story #1: Luigi the Star, by Sean Kelly)

This is a true story, yeah, it happened to a friend of a friend of mine. Now there was this plumber named Luigi who was alway jealous of his older brother Mario.

Well Mario is off doing his heroics and saving beautiful damsels in distress. And all I get to do is sit here and wait. Sheesh, I don't even help out in his adventures anymore.

Luigi was really distressed. He really wanted to be a huge star just like Mario. However all he can do right now is sit and watch TV.

Let's see what's on (flips through channels) Freaky Stories, The Twilight Zone, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Goosebumps, Tales from the Crypt, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Now when Luigi woke up he noticed things were a little bit different.

(looking at his watch) WOW! How long was I sleeping for?

Hey Luigi, how is the big star doing?

Huh?

He must be still a little woozy from his nap.

Oh well. Let me get a big hero's breakfast made for you.

Thanks. Hey, where's Mario?

Oh, that lazy dolt! He is still sleeping. Go wake him, will you sweetie?

"Sweetie"? Wow!

Luigi did not know what was happening, but he sure liked it.

HEY MARIO GUESS WHAT! I'M A STAR JUST LIKE YOU!

A star? Ha ha, that's very funny Luigi, you know that I was never a star like you.

Me a star?

Stop fooling with me Luigi. Now what kind of adventure are you going to go on today?

Beats me!

Even though he was confused, Luigi liked the fact that he was a big star and he went outside to spread his joy. However, his arch-enemy the evil Bowser Koopa, was waiting.

Ahh Luigi, so we meet again.

Huh?

I have finally figured out a way to beat you once and for all.

Suddenly Bowser took a piece of titanium rope, tied Luigi up and signaled Lakitu to start lowering him into a big boiling pit of lava!

Bowser! Why aren't you getting Mario?

Mario's the loser sidekick. He means nothing to me. You are the hero and you do all the dirty work. So that means that you are the person that bad guys like meare out to destroy. Pitiful plumber. Mwa ha ha!!

HEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!

Suddenly Luigi wakes up and realizes that he is in his own house, and the closing credits of some TV show are on the tube.

Wow, thank goodness it was only a dream.

Right then Mario enters the room.

Hey Luigi! I was thinking about how I have treated you over all of these years, and I have decided to make you star for the whole month!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Was it something I said?

Hey, this was a true story. It happened to a friend of a friend of mine, Luigi, who is now a little more willing to sit on the sidelines for Mario's adventures.

(End of story)

See Larry? That is what is going to happen to me if you start neglecting me.

No way Maurice, you were a loser even before you were a sidekick. Hee hee hee.

Do you guys ever stop arguing?

and : No.

Oh boy... how do I get these jobs? Let's get on to the next story okay?

(Story #2: The Tale of the Illusional Ship. By Tsuji Yamada)

This is a true story, it happened to a friend of a friend of mine.

(BOTVGH Island, inside a big, parked ship...)

(narrating) We were inside the Great Fox, talking with Fox McCloud about his design...

Wow, Fox, I didn't know the Great Fox was so nice!

Yeah. It has everything... well, I wouldn't want to explain here...

Cool...

Your engineer has great building skills...

Thank you... oh, and I was nice enough to get a guard animal, too...

Let us see him, oh kind one...

O_o

(narrating) Then we saw that animal.

( opens the door to reveal... a little kitten.)

That's it? A kitten?

Her name is Suzie. Suzie, these are my friends.

=^_^= Meow!

O_O;;;

(narrating) However, not all was good...

...YOU GOT A REALLY BAD GUARD, YOU IDIOT!

Fox... you, as a whippersnapper, never seem to learn! Now, if you excuse me... back in the old days...

RAWR!

( suddenly turns into a huge monster, then grabs  and  and slams them against the wall several times. When she's done and she's back to normal again,  and  are twitching on the floor in pain.)

Ow... Peppy, tell the guards to take these guys to sickbay.

Right!

( does so, and the guards take them on an ambulance (?!) to the sickbay. Back at the main room...)

NEVER get Suzie angry. She can KILL.

Wow...

(narrating) I was really surprised...

That's bizarre... we can't afford to get any of our group members hurt... well, except for Bowser and Cranky, of course...

Speaking of group members, where's Ash?

Oh, he's being treated in the sanitarium for--

(narrating) But then, suddenly...

(Suddenly,  bursts through the ceiling into the main room with a plunger on his head and several "MAC IS GOOD" tattoos on his clothes!)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! WE'RE ALL GOING TO FLOAT!!! (starts running all over the place)

What the...?

WE'RE ALL GOING TO FLOAT DOWN THE LAZY RIVER!!! (runs into the wall and falls unconscious)

Peppy, tell those guards again to take Ash to sickbay.

OK!

(The same type of thing happens, only with the insane , then  continues speaking)

(narrating) I didn't think Ash was THAT insane, though...

Anyway, Ash was being treated in the sanitarium for insanity... AND YOU CAN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT!!! HAHAHAHA!!!

Huh? This isn't Fox...

My, my, IT'S AN EVIL CLONE OF FOX!!

(narrating) Then the secret was revealed.

ME, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS SHIP IS FAKE!!! NOW I'LL BLOW YOU AWAY! (Pulls out his blasters and starts shooting at the others)

OH MY GOD!! LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!!!

(And then they all run out.)

(narrating) ...and the Evil Fox was never heard from again. The good Fox is here, and so is a SANE Ash, but unfortunately, so is Cranky and Bowser. I repeat, this is a true story...

Aw, shaddup, ya whippersnapper!

STOP INTERRUPTING MY TALK!!! No freedom from trapdoors for you!!

( pulls the switch and  falls through a trapdoor...)

Anyway, as I was saying, this really was a true story... I'll remember it 'til the end...

(End of Story)

Now for a message from advertisers: Does your lonely desktop need a guard animal? Then make sure to download your very own NEKO guard cat just like Suzie, except she won't turn into a vicious monster. Download it now!

MAURICE!!! Enough with your advertising!

Sorry, I thought I could get a quick buck.

You can't get money by putting zip files up for download!

Sorry.

Hey guys! It is time for the next story.

Then introduce it!

Why don't you?

Fine I will! Here is the next story!

(Story #3: Soul Man, by Wario the III)

( teleports in)

Ha! Now it's MY turn to tell a freaky story, and just looking around me, I've got tons of material! Now before I tell this story, let me warn you that this is a true story. It actually happened to the ex-wife of my sister's former room-mate's ex-boyfriend's dog's former owner's next door neighbor.

Sounds freaky.

You don't know the half of it, friend. Now where was I? Oh yes. It seems one day that Link was thinking to himself... I know, sounds impossible, but he was... Here is what he was thinking...

Hmm... I wish I knew how to pick up girls. I would love to go out with Samus. Hmm... Whatever shall I do?

Mystery Person: Link, I couldn't help but overhear you thinking.

Hmm? How? Hey, who are you?

Mystery Person: It's not important who I am. I have a book. A magical book that can help you get Samus to be your bride.

Bride? That's a little too much commitment for me...

Mystery Person: OK... wanna go steady?

Now hey, buddy, I appreciate the offer and all but...

Mystery Person: With SAMUS you dolt!

Oh... yeah! Can you do that?

Mystery Person: Yes, but first I need something. THE SOULS OF YOUR FRIENDS!

Okay.

Mystery Person: What? You dare refuse me? Than I shall have YOUR soul!

I said okay.

Mystery Person: Oh really? No one ever said okay before. I wasn't prepared for that. OK well go and get them.

I'm-a going.

And Link was-a going. He was a going to get some souls. From... his friends. Yes. This is what happened.

Hey Mario, could you possibly lend me your...

My what?

Your SOUL!!!

Huh? Oh sorry, I don't have one of those.

You don't?

No, Luigi said I was so greedy that I didn't even need it, so I wanted to see if he was right. He was.

So Luigi has your soul?

Yeah, basically.

Link wandered until he found Luigi.

Luigi, you got some SOULS I could borrow?

The key to souls is that you must see through what you aren't looking around. Follow me.

Where are we going?

I too no longer have a soul. I gave it to a man for some magic beans. Do you know who this man was?

No... who?

Dr. Wily.

Peach then walked in.

I too gave my soul to Dr. Wily. He likes souls. I don't need souls. HaMWAHAH!

I suppose I'll go see... Dr. Wily?

and : Yes... Wily. Soulmaster!

And Link went to see Dr. Wily, but he found a surprise. Wily was in fact bedridden. He had lost his soul and could barely even tell Link where to find them all.

Link! Link, come here young man. Do you know that souls could have the possibility of running a time machine? I would have loved that, but it unfortunately it didn't work. When I tried to activate the time machine, a dinosaur popped out and stole my souls along with the others. Link, you have a strong soul. Don't lose it.

A dinosaur?

A dinosaur who was a king with the name of a dog.

These words echoed throughout Link's head. King, dog, dinosaur. He came up with the answer. He knew that it was...

King Bowser!

What do you want???

I want your souls. I need them.

You expect to get my souls without a fight?

All of a sudden, Bowser went limp to reveal a soul-less Mega Man.

(arm cannon smoking from his last shot) Though I be just robot, my soul means much to me. I will not let him have it, but I trust you Link.

Link collected the souls, and went back to where his Mystery Man was waiting.

Mystery Person: You have collected the souls.

Yes. May I ask why you want them?

Mystery Person: No. Here is your prize. This is Samus' diary from the future. It contains chapters detailing how you won her heart. Follow the text closely. I now leave you.

But wait! Why the souls?

Mystery Person: Let's just say I need them to power a machine.

Who are you?

Then the mystery person, took off his cloak to reveal that he was in fact...

Samus???!!

I wouldn't want you screwing up our future, honey. Use the text.

And Link did use the text. Everyone was happy, because they didn't have much of any kind of soul to begin with. Dr. Wily never used his time machine because one day it mysteriously disappeared. But what's it matter, as I will soon kill you all anyway? That was a true story. It actually happened to the ex-wife of my sister's former room-mate's ex-boyfriend's dog's former owner's next door neighbor.

(End of story)

Honourable Buddhist Master: Now release your anger. You are now at peace with yourselves.

, and  (meditating): Ummmmmmm.

( opens his eyes (????) and sees the camera on them)

HEY LARRY! WE'RE ON!!

Um, sorry about that. We were just calming ourselves down after the last segment. Now we are heading into our final story.

Um, Larry? Can I say a few things about this story?

What?

Well some weird things happened during the filming of it.

Like what?

Well, it got really dark and really scary. And we started seeing shadows on the wall and we heard weird noises.

Really??

Well actually, not really. I just wanted to say something spooky.

and : Oh.

However this episode is based on the first episode of the Twilight Zone.

Oh really?! Well then let's watch it!

(Story #4: Where is Everybody? by ErekChee)

Narrator: This is a true story. It happened to a friend of a friend of mine.

( finds himself walking on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere.)

Ugh... Where am I? WHO am I? (Looks down) Come to think of it, WHAT am I?! I must have amnesia. Huh? What's amnesia?

( arrives at a cafe.)

Come to think of it, I am kinda hungry. I'll go in.

( walks up to the counter)

Hello? HELLO? WAITER? What the... Nobody's there! I'll just strike up a conversation with the fella' who HAS to be sitting next to me. Hey, there, man, how's life?... Huh? Nobody is there!

( notices food on the grill and the jukebox playing music.)

Huh? Somebody MUST be here! Ahem. I WOULD LIKE TO ORDER BREAKFAST! (Crickets chirp.) Hmmm... Hey, what's this in my pocket? Coins with DK on them? Well, this is the only clue of who I am.

( leaves the restaurant and begins walking down the road again. Soon, he arrives at a town. The church bells are ringing, but...)

What the... There's nobody here! The front doors to the shops are open, but nobody is here! Hey! Look! There is a van over there with a pretty woman in the passenger seat! Rowr!

( walks over and gets in the van.)

Hello, honey! Could a pretty woman like you tell me where I am? (Silence.) Hello? (Silence). HELLO! Maybe she's asleep.

( shakes her, but her head rolls off!)

Ahhhhhh! (Notices the sign on the nearby store that says "Mannequins Inc.") Oh. Heh heh. Silly me. This is weird...

(A nearby phonebooth rings!)

Phonebooths don't ring!

(Oops.  runs towards the phone and barely makes it.)

Hello? HELLO? Nobody is there! I'll call the operator. (Dials.)

Operator: Welcome to AT&T.

I'M STUCK HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND NOBODY IS HERE PLEASE COME HELP M-

Operator: If you want to proceed in English, press-

DID YOU HEAR ME?  I'M TRAPPED-

Operator: For Spanish, press two.

Oh. It's a recording. (Hangs up.) Hey, look, a town directory! WHAT! All the numbers have been torn out!

( tries to open the door by slamming in to it but it won't.)

NO! I'm stuck! I will slowly waste away in here! I'm DOOME--- Hey, look! I just pull this handle! (The door opens.) Hey, look! A police station across the street! I'll go there! Huh... It feels like somebody is watching me.

( goes in the station.)

Nobody! But... A lit cigarette in the tray! And the faucet is running in this cell with shaving cream! But no people! WHAT'S GOING ON?

(The cell door begins to close with  in there, but he runs out just in time and in to the street.)

WHERE IS EVERYBODY????!!!!!

(Later, in a corner drugstore.)

(To a mirror.) Who you staring at? HUH? You want a piece of me?! (Happy jumps on the mirror.) A mirror... I'm losing it. I need to find something to calm me down.

( fixes himself a banana split.)

I have this strange craving for bananas... Okay, it's obvious this is some sort of nightmare... I'll just pinch myself. Ow! Hmm... Maybe I'll look at some of these books.

( picks up a book called "The Last Man on Earth.")

Ahhhhhhh! (Runs out of the drugstore. The nightlights are on even though nobody is there.  runs to a movie theater.)

Now playing... "Super Mario Brothers: The Movie!"

(This title triggers a memory in his mind)

BOTVGH! I'm from BOTVGH! I'M FROM BOTVGH!!! Wait a minute... What the heck is BOTVGH? Maybe if I watch the movie I'll remember more.

( goes and sits down in the theater. Soon, the movie begins to roll.)

Somebody MUST be in the projector room! ( goes up there, but he is alone.)

Okay! Now I'm scared! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

(Runs downstairs and into a mirror.)

AHHHHHHHHHH!

( runs out into the street and trips over a bicycle. He looks up to see the logo on a optometrist's office.)

A GIANT EYE! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

(Runs into the streetlight and frantically pushes the walk button.)

(Elsewhere, somebody is watching  on TV....)

Hey, look! Cranky is on TV!

Duh! He has been for the past hour! Release him from the Isolation Chamber.

(The Walk button is actually a Panic button. The broken mirror is also in the room.  removes the wires from  and takes him out.)

Thanks, J26. I'm ErekChee, reporting for BOTVGH news. I'm at Dr. Light's laboratory where Cranky has just been in an Isolation Chamber for 282 hours and 26 minutes under Mario's command. Mario, why?

We were going to see whether he was fit for going out by himself to find help. That's what the chamber was, a simulator. Plus, we were tired of listening to the "good old days." Apparently, Cranky missed them, and was apparently going crazy. The town was a figment of his imagination.

(On the way to the ambulance) Duh, don't go away, moon! I'll be there soon! ( passes out.)

Narrator: And that's the true story that happened to a friend of a friend of mine.

(End of story)

(, and  are white with fear!)

Boy was that freaky!

You can say that again.

Boy was that freaky!

It was a figure of speech Maurice!

Well it is time to go.

Well, so it is. And that was BOTVGH Freaky Stories. I hope you enjoyed it.

See ya later everybody!!!

(The theme music plays and the set fades away)

THE END
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