Troubles on Yoshi's Island (2006 Series)

This article is from the 2006 series of SMBZ and is no longer canon.

Troubles on Yoshi's Island

Released: February 12, 2007 Episode No. 5 Preceded By: Here Come the Koopa Bros. Succeeded By: Brawl on a Vanishing Island Gallery Transcript

Troubles on Yoshi's Island is the fifth episode of Super Mario Bros. Z. It was released on February 12, 2007.

Plot

On the ruined Mobius, Sonic faces Mecha Sonic, who proclaims that he has done what he was programmed to do. Having collected six Chaos Emeralds, Mecha Sonic demands that Sonic surrender the last one to him. When Sonic refuses, Mecha Sonic effortlessly defeats him and uses them to transform into Metallix, albeit with his silhouette obscured. After proclaiming himself to be unstoppable, Mecha Sonic fires an energy beam at Sonic, who's paralyzed in fear.

At that moment, a horrified Sonic wakes up in Mario's bed. Though relieved that it was only a dream, Sonic is confused as to how he made it back to Mario's house. At that moment, Shadow screams at a "crazy woman" to get away from him; Princess Peach is trying to provide medical attention to Shadow, which he refuses to accept.

Sonic jumps the railing and chastises Shadow, telling him that his temper is probably why he doesn't have any friends. Just as Peach asks Sonic how he feels, Shadow angrily kicks Sonic into a wall, ordering Sonic not to lecture him, as his position as the "Ultimate Life Form" is in jeopardy after he was knocked unconscious by the Koopa Bros.

Sonic realizes at that moment that they had lost, and Peach reveals that Mario carried all three of them back here himself. Sonic is shocked to discover that the Koopa Bros.' special attack was that strong, but Shadow clarifies that they only won because of the power of their stolen Chaos Emerald, and also that the Emerald Radar had been stolen.

Professor E. Gadd arrives, and Mario and Sonic inform him of the Emerald Radar being stolen. E. Gadd had prepared for this though, and produces another invention: a second radar designed to track the Emerald Radar- a "Radar Radar", as Sonic puts it. When Sonic asks him that it would have been easier to build a duplicate Emerald Radar, E. Gadd then realizes that it probably would have been easier to do so, stupefying all present. Mario fires up the Radar Radar, and E. Gadd discovers that the Koopa Bros. are currently on Yoshi's Island. Yoshi, still recuperating upstairs, overhears this, and is shocked.

Sonic immediately starts to run to the Cheep Cheep Ocean, but E. Gadd informs him that Yoshi's Island is several miles south of them, in the middle of the ocean. As Sonic cannot swim, this is a problem. However, E. Gadd simply decides to take them there in his Poltergust vehicle. Mario, Sonic, and Shadow follow him outside, but Peach stops Luigi and gives him a 1-Up Mushroom for use in case of an emergency. Luigi thanks her for the 1-Up Mushroom before Mario shouts at Luigi to hurry up. Luigi obediently rushes outside to join the others. Peach goes upstairs to check on Yoshi, but he has disappeared.

Outside, E. Gadd fires up the Poltergust but accidentally shifts into reverse and backs into the house with tremendous force. Shifting back into drive, E. Gadd takes flight. The group makes it to Yoshi's Island, but not before Luigi falls into the ocean and nearly drowns only to be saved by Mario.

Soon after arriving, the group discovers a Chaos Emerald, (the purple one) and E. Gadd immediately rushes to pick it up. Shadow, however, realizes that something is wrong; he can sense Chaos Emeralds from a long distance, but cannot feel anything from this one. At that moment, E. Gadd is ensnared in a net, and the group discovers that the Chaos Emerald is actually a highly convincing fake and that they have fallen into a trap. At that moment, they see a Yoshi, but it's not the one they know. The gang is immediately surrounded by a massive herd of tribal Yoshis, including a massive blue one named Thunderfoot, all wielding spears and prominently portraying feathers on their heads.

Knowing that they are in trouble and that the natives aren't happy about them being there, Sonic suggests that one of them try to communicate with them. Mario attempts to do so, only to be stabbed in the rear with a spear. Irritated, Shadow decides to do things his way, and punts the fake Emerald right into one of the Yoshi tribesman's face, proceeding to brutally beat him and knock him into a wall. This provokes the other Yoshis into retaliating, and the rest of the group have no choice but to fight back.

Though heavily outnumbered, Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and Shadow easily outmatch the Yoshis: Shadow uses simple brute force; Sonic and Luigi team up; and Mario steals a spear from one of them and uses it as a quarterstaff to beat the Yoshis senseless, displaying impressive martial arts skills. At that moment, however, Thunderfoot enters the fray, overpowers Mario, and sends him flying. This quickly turns the tables in the Yoshis' favor: Sonic is quickly overwhelmed and pinned down, and Luigi gets stuck in one of the tribesman's mouths.

Just as Thunderfoot prepares to deal the killing blow to an incapacitated Mario, their Yoshi appears out of nowhere and knocks him back. Just as the two prepare to fight, a voice shouts for them all to stop. Two Yoshis appear, carrying their somewhat overweight chief. They set him down, and the chief asks Yoshi why he is fighting his own kind.

Suddenly, Chief Yoshi recognizes Mario and is surprised to see how big that he has grown. Knowing that Mario probably doesn't remember him, he explains that he is the Yoshi who helped Mario as an infant during the events of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, times which he fondly remembers. On his orders, the Yoshis quickly release Shadow, Luigi, and Sonic, who ask why they attacked, as Yoshis are supposed to be peaceful.

Chief Yoshi says that recent events have made an impact on their lives, and tells the heroes the story. He says that he was taking a morning stroll when he found a "strange purple stone", which is a Chaos Emerald. He picked it up but was attacked by Spear Guys. He ran away and the Spear Guys caught up but they were scared away by the Chaos Emerald, which suddenly began to glow radiantly. He says the Emerald saved his life.

The Chief told his tribe about the stone, and they put it on the Yoshi Statue. One day, he mentions that some "Yoshis" asked to see the stone, but they were actually invaders in disguise. They stole the stone and enslaved most of the tribe with their superior technology, combat capability and their massive warship. Only the Chief Yoshi, Thunderfoot, and a small portion of the tribe managed to escape. The heroes are willing to help the Yoshis, despite what had happened, and they leave to free the tribe, accidentally leaving Professor E. Gadd trapped in the net. They presumably free him offscreen.

The Chief Yoshi claims that they have tried many times to free the tribe, but were completely unmatched by the invaders. He prays that Mario and the others will succeed where they had failed. The heroes jump out into the field and begin breaking the ball and chains strapped to the captive Yoshi tribesman. After freeing all of the Yoshis, Sonic spots the real Chaos Emerald atop of the tribe's golden Yoshi statue and runs to retrieve it. But before he can reach it, the Red Ninjakoopa swoops in and steals it. Just as the Koopa Bros. begin to gloat about obtaining yet another Chaos Emerald, the Emerald is stolen from him but a peculiar red robot, who reappears atop a massive flying warship.

The red robot teleports back to the ground next to four other robots and introduce themselves as the Axem Rangers X. The Chief then reveals them to be the ones who enslaved their tribe. The Axem Rangers X and Mario both recognize each other, prompting Mario to ask how they've changed so radically since last time. Axem Red reveals they were revived and rebuilt by Smithy to search for new power sources to restore him to full strength. Having discovered the Chaos Emeralds, which they dubbed as the "Amethyst of Might", they enslaved the Yoshi tribe to mine the island for more. Sonic quips about the futility of digging for the Emeralds and Yellow Ninjakoopa accidentally blurts out about the Emerald Radar. With all three groups desiring the same things, a three-way battle commences.

At first, all sides seem evenly matched until Mario and Luigi double-team Axem Red and Red Ninjakoopa, driving them into the jungle. As Mario holds off Axem Red, Luigi knocks Red Ninjakoopa away with a Super Jump Punch. Landing in the plains, the Koopa Bros. regroup and decide to use their special attack. Unknown to them, tapping into the power of their Chaos Emerald reacts to those Mecha Sonic's possession. He begins to set out to sea to recover the two located on the island.

Battles

Heroes vs. Yoshi Tribe

Heroes vs. Yoshi Tribe

Fighters Mario, Luigi Yoshi, Sonic Shadow Yoshi Tribe Location Yoshi's Island Forms None Winner None

Heroes vs. Koopa Bros. vs. Axem Rangers

Heroes vs. Koopa Bros. vs. Axem Rangers

Fighters Mario, Luigi Yoshi, Sonic Shadow Koopa Bros. Axem Rangers X Location Yoshi's Island Forms None Winner None

Major Events

• Professor E. Gadd creates the Emerald Radar Radar.
• Yoshi returns to the group.
• Mario is reunited with the Yoshi Chief.
• The Axem Rangers X take the Purple Chaos Emerald.
• The Heroes begin their battle with the Koopa Bros. and the Axem Rangers for the Purple and Yellow Chaos Emeralds.

Characters

• Mario
• Luigi
• Yoshi
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Turbo Mecha Sonic
• Koopa Bros.
• Axem Rangers X
• Princess Peach
• Professor E. Gadd
• Yoshi Chief
• Thunderfoot

Transformations

• None

Trivia

• This is the only episode in the 2006 Series where Mario has not used a Power-Up (excluding his transformation into Mega Mario in the introduction sequence).
• Mario is briefly depicted with his sprites from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time rather than his sprites from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga after he becomes exasperated with Professor E. Gadd after he had decided to create a Radar Radar as opposed to another Emerald Radar. It also happens again for his thinking pose after Chief Yoshi asks if he remembers who he is.
  • With the exception of Secret of the Pipe Maze, this is the only episode in which Mario is depicted with sprites that did not originate or are styled after those from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. There are however, in episode 8, the 2009 April Fools joke, and the reboot series, instances of sprites from both Partners in Time and Bowser's Inside Story but majorly reshaded and edited to look consistent with Superstar Saga's art style.
• Professor E. Gadd's line, "Oops... hee, hee. Had the silly thing in reverse." is a quote from the Looney Tunes episode Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century, in which Duck Dodgers accidentally put his rocket ship in reverse as well, driving it into the ground instead of taking off.
• Alvin Earthworm stated that he had originally planned on placing a scene of Yoshi traveling to Yoshi's Island via a secret entrance located near Mario's house. However, due to the 16K limit that he couldn't overcome at the time, he was forced to cut the scene from the episode.
• This is the first episode to utilize the custom-made overworld map rather than the one that originated from Paper Mario.
• This is the first time the Heroes, or indeed anyone, have battled with generic supporting characters.
• This is the only episode in the series where a battle begins and continues in a subsequent episode.
  • Incidentally the beginning of the three-way battle between the Heroes, Koopa Bros., and Axem Rangers X nearly didn't make it into the episode, as it was originally intended to end with a shot of the three teams rushing towards one another. But it was ultimately included as Mark thought that fans would be disappointed if the episode had ended without a glimpse of what was to come.