Well hello there everybody welcome to another Magic Happy VR Troopers Review, and today we are looking at Three Strikes written by Mark Litton, and directed by Robert Hughes.
So we start off with today’s “My dad taught me” moment where Ryan talks about how his dad told him that there are two forces that enhance our senses cooperation, and competition.
We then go to baseball field where a bunch of little kids are playing baseball, and JB is their coach, and their best player is a little boy named Shawn Matsumoto but they’re in danger of losing their field so they’re having a benefit game to save it.
When Ryan asks what kind of person would take a baseball field from little kids we immediately learn the answer by going to Ziktor industries where Ziktor explains he wants to tear down the field, and build another power plant.
Then he transforms into Grimlord, and orders his minions to abduct Shawn so he can’t play in the benefit game.
Then at the Underground Voice Daily we get a comedy bit where Woody acts like a vendor, and throws snacks around then JB comes in with Sean who thanks Woody, and the paper for sponsoring the game.
We then we get another comedy bit where Percy tries to show off his batting skills, and Jen trips him with a baseball, and everyone else goes back to talking to Sean about the game.
Then we go back to the baseball field where JB, and his team are practicing, and JB psyches his team up then a bunch of teenagers show up to play baseball, and the Troopers ask what their favorite thing about it is.
The teenagers say stealing, and when the Troopers ask what they mean they say kids but since this is a children’s superhero show, and not Law, and Order the teenagers are just Skugs.
Kaitlin has the kids evacuate while Ryan, and JB kick the Skugs then Kaitlin shows up to help by punching them while a Skug tries to kidnap Sean but he gets away.
Then a Skug tries to kick Ryan but he grabs it,throws it, punches, and kicks it, and throws it again while JB kicks some more Skugs while Kaitlin punches, kicks, and throws some other Skugs, and pushes them into each other while Ryan, and JB kick the last two into each other destroying the Skugs.
Kaitlin wonders where Sean is, and he’s okay while at the virtual dungeon Grimlord summons Icebot who explains that he’s repaired Metalbot.
At the lab the Troopers wonder what Grimlord wants with Sean, and the Professor just says they should keep an eye on him just to be sure so they take turns staking out Sean’s house.
Then Kaitlin wishes there was a way they can stay in touch, and the Professor makes these game boy looking devices appear with the lab’s machines one is half red, half blue for Ryan, another is half red half silver for JB, and the other half red half white for Kaitlin.
Later that night we see Kaitlin sitting outside Shawn’s apartment building while in virtual reality Metalbot, Chrome Dome, Minotaurbot, and an unnamed red, and silver robot who will later be called Renegade search for a reality break while Shawn sleeps, and the Troopers take shifts watching the building.
The next day Ryan is still sitting outside Shawn’s building when Grimlord’s mutants appear in the real world, and kidnap Shawn.
So Ryan transforms to rescue Shawn from Chrome Dome but is ambushed by Minotaurbot but Ryan makes quick work of him but the other mutants get away so Ryan summons the Turbo Cycle to chase after the but Air Striker, and Fighterbot appear to attack, and Ryan looses them, and at the virtual dungeon Zelton informs Grimlord that they captured Shawn.
At the Underground Voice Daily Kaitlin, Woody, Percy, and everyone else is looking for anything that can help find Shawn then Kaitlin gets a call from JB telling her to meet him at the lab.
At the lab Ryan tells JB, and Kaitlin that they found Shawn so they put on their visors, and see Shawn being held hostage by Grimlord’s mutants so they all transform.
The Troopers all go into the Skybase to rescue Shawn but Grimlord has Ivar send Quantum Cruisers, and Air Fighters to attack them but the Troopers destroy them.
While at the lab the Professor, and Jen tell the Troopers where Shawn’s location so Ryan jumps out of the Skybase while the others stay in the Skybase.
After some dramatic tension Ryan appears but Metalbot just starts punches him repeatedly so JB jumps down, and helps by shooting lasers at Chrome Dome but Shawn gets knocked loose, and almost falls off a cliff so Ryan, and JB try to rescue him.
But Metalbot appears, and punches Ryan but he dodges, and punches, and kicks Metalbot who then makes spikes come out of his hands, and tries to punch Ryan some more but Ryan dodges, and lands his own attacks.
So Metalbot fires his spikes but Ryan hits them away but they explode but Ryan dodges, and attacks Metalbot who fires electrical beams.
But Ryan dodges, and uses Lighting Hand so Metalbot makes a tentacle come out of his chest and shoots Ryan who Lighting Hands Metalbot anyway, and kicks Metalbot destroying him.
Ryan, and the others rescue Shawn, and Grimlord once again swears vengeance on the Troopers.
Later at the baseball game it’s the bottom of the ninth, and JB, and Shawn’s team needs a home run to win but they’ve already raised enough money to save the baseball field, and Shawn hits a home run.
Anyway “I miss you dad” the end.
Final Thoughts
Today’s episode was one of those weird okay episodes that wasn’t all that bad but not all that great.
The story was all right but it reminded me of a lot of earlier episodes.
I liked the fight with Metalbot but it reminded me of why I wished either Metalder would have used a monster that wasn’t already used in an episode for the one this episode was based on.
Or they just took the Metalder episode this was based on, and the one Kaitlin’s Front Page was based on, and just made an episode from that.
I did like how they got an actual Japanese American boy to play Shawn, and had American actors wear American made prop hands so they could integrate footage of the civilian boy from the Metalder episode into this one.
Come to think of it I probably would like to see that more often in this show.
I also liked how they didn’t skip anything from the Metalder episode other than the stuff with Top Gunder.
And how they also tried to edit it so JB could be with Ryan during the fight scene.
Tune in next time everyone for more Magic Happy VR Troopers Reviews.
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