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Are You Smarter Than a 4th Grader? - August 30
Last time, the team had to restore
power to the town after Dr. Dark used it to create, fear of all
fears... an evil clone of Stan. Now only four heroes remain in
the quest for immortality.
Everyone misses Whip-Snap, but at
the same time, everyone is relieved that it wasn't them on the
road home. Hygena, on the other hand, now bears the stress of
being the final girl left.
Next morning, Stan transmits the
next mission in code. That message will have to be translated by
a group of 4th graders at 3838 Rosemead Avenue. Stan dispatches
his friend, and 4th grade teacher, Mr. Morita, to dispense top
secret letters. In each one is 15 coded questions. Each correct
answer corresponds to a letter that will decode the message. The
students will be available to help. You'll have five minutes to
decode the message...
Each hero gets five students to
help.
Defuser wants to put the students at
ease first. Hyper-Strike makes a serious misstep, revealing that
his last name is Stork. Parthenon thinks that this challenge
should've been renamed "Are You Smarter Than a 4th Grader?...
and I believe I am." Hygena takes a different approach, letting
the kids answer the questions.
Now our questions are done, so let's
make out the messages. Hyper-Strike realizes that the puzzles
are part of a bigger puzzle. The final message...
REPORT TO THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH
SECOND STREET AND EAST TWIN AVENUE DOWNTOWN.
There's a camera at the globe....
That's not good. Dr. Dark knows where they are... That's
DEFINITELY not good. Evil Stan's about to jam communications and
talk his own game. That's... vile.
Sounding a little different, Evil
Stan wants the heroes to do some good deeds... and look like a
bit of a (^_^) while they're at it, borrowing some pieces of
clothing, rummaging through bags, and ... singing. It wasn't
until Hygena was told to stop traffic when she started
thinking... wait a minute... these are strange tasks...
The heroes report to a warehouse on
West 5th Avenue, where Evil Stan tells them to search the
shipping container for the lost pencil from a couple of episodes
ago. Hygena finds it... but not before they become trapped by
Dr. Dark, who reveals EVERYTHING from the last day.
Oh, and they'll be shipped to the
depths of despair in an hour. There has to be a way to escape,
right? Let's... BEGIN THE ACTION!
Here we have a few knick-knacks.
THERE we have the tools needed to escape. The object is to make
a pipe from the knick-knacks here, and get the tools from there.
And the pipe... doesn't hold.
And it's getting hot and smelly...
The heroes tie their belts and
scarves and etc. to get the pipe back. Success! But will it be
for naught? Five minutes remain. They use the pipe and the
"rope" to get the tools... namely, the crowbar. Crowbar is
gotten! Now let's get the hell outta here! The heroes kick the
door open and... sweet freedom.
Mission Report:
1) Hygena could have been more
involved.
2) The Defuser shouldn't have dropped the pole.
3) Parthenon was pushy in getting his point across.
Defuser thinks Parthenon is going
to be safe. Parthenon thinks Hygena is going home.
Time for an elimination.
A superhero must always trust his
or her instincts and not blindly follow orders. It's a lesson
that all of the heroes had to learn the HARD way. As for the
code, Parthenon was ingenious, but didn't let the kids do the
work. So he was liked the least. He had to be a role model for
kids. Defuser relied on others too much in the crate. Hygena
recovered the lost pencil, BUT she needed to step up.
Hyper-Strike was the most beloved by Mr. Morita's class... BUT
he put those kids as risk by revealing his secret identity.
Coming forward and in danger of
elimination: Hygena... Parthenon... and Hyper-Strike.
Hygena begs for another chance to
learn from her mistakes. Simply put... Parthenon WANTS this more
than the others do, but differently. Hyper-Strike dedicated his
whole life to this. He knows he has the potential to inspire
people.
Leaving tonight... is Parthenon.
With the children, he failed at displaying the heart of a hero.
"Walking away from here, I have no regrets. I will be Parthenon,
and bling will be my thing."
The next morning... that's a
frickin' huge Evil Stan.... Anyone got a Megazord?
To be continued...
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