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The Best Episodes of Captain N: The Game Master

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The Best Episodes of Captain N: The Game Master

A teenager from Earth, is brought to another universe known as Videoland to defeat the evil villainess, Mother Brain, as foretold in an Ancient Prophecy.

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  1. Background image for The Trouble With Tetris
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #1 - The Trouble With Tetris

    S2:E4

    The N-Team is playing a shooting game, while Mother Brain, King Hippo, and Eggplant Wizard watch on Metroid. The game ends, and they're about to go back to the Palace, when the Warp Wagon is pulled down to the world of Tetris by a powerful force. Mother Brain sends Hippo and Eggy to Tetris to find the source of that power, so she can get it for herself. It turns out that on Tetris, everything is square- and cubed-shaped. The N-Team is greeted by Mayor Squaresly, who declares today ""Her Royal Roundness Day"". The people of Tetris love holidays! The mayor takes the N-Team to CUBIES, ""home of the best square meal in town"", where they meet Lyle, Lana's clumsy older brother. The two siblings hadn't seen each other for two years. Lyle's been on Tetris all this time, and doesn't even know that his father is missing. He's a Keeper of the Sacred Square (the powerful force that pulled down the Warp Wagon). According to legend, the Square is so powerful that it built the entire world of Tetris. Ly

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  2. Background image for Quest for the Potion of Power
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    #2 - Quest for the Potion of Power

    S2:E3

    Across the vastness of Videoland, on the magical world of Hyrule, years have past since the fall of the evil wizard Gannon, and peace reigned throughout the land. Until one dark day, rumor spread that the evil Gannon would rise again. That becomes true. Kevin and the N Team head to Hyrule to meet Kevin's favorite game hero Link and Princess Zelda. Mother Brain gives the Potion of Power to Gannon that restores the evil wizard to his rightful form. Mother Brain tries to get Gannon to serve her, but he refuses and sends Mother Brain, Eggplant Wizard, and King Hippo through the ceiling. Can the N Team and Link stop Gannon and his minions?

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  3. Background image for The Big Game
    7.2/10(12 votes)

    #3 - The Big Game

    S2:E5

    Dr. Wily discovers competition energy. He creates a power vacuum to collect it. After running a test, he plans to use it to power his Warp Zone Shifter and send the N Team into the Earthquake Warp Zone. At the Palace of Power, Kevin is homesick. Mega Man builds a skateboard for Kevin to cheer him up. Dr. Wily lures the N Team to California Games by letting Kevin think he won a contest. Dr. Wily and his robots go to California Games and set up base in a hot dog stand. As the N Team has fun competing in the games, Dr. Wily collects competition energy to power his Warp Zone Shifter. However, Dr. Wily is impatient and sends his robots to increase the competition. The N Team discovers Wily's presence on California Games, and the games lose their fun. In order to collect more competition energy, Dr. Wily puts his Warp Zone Shifter through a test run. In Northridge, California, Rick Walker, a football player named Romeo, yet another football player, and a cheerleader named Stacey, along with

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  4. Background image for Once Upon a Time Machine
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Once Upon a Time Machine

    S2:E7

    While on a picnic on Hyrule, Kevin's Power Pad and Zapper are stolen. Kevin and Link follow the thieves through a warp zone. They end up going through time with a cat named Pero. He's trying to get back to his own time. The thieves are using Kevin's weapons to power their time machine. Kevin eventually gets them back. He and Link return to Hyrule, leaving Pero to get back to his own time on his own.

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  5. Background image for Mega Trouble for Megaland
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #5 - Mega Trouble for Megaland

    S1:E5

    The N Team struggle to find weapons with enough power to defeat the magic of the Sacred Treasures.

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  6. Background image for Happy Birthday, Mega Man
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    #6 - Happy Birthday, Mega Man

    S1:E13

    On his birthday Mega Man really wishes to become human. So he is ready to pass the Three Challenges to accomplish humanity.

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  8. Background image for Queen of the Apes
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #7 - Queen of the Apes

    S2:E2

    The N-Team is invited to Kongoland by Prince Plenty. Dr. Wily invents a brain swapper so Mother Brain can get a body. She chooses Princess Lana as the donor. However, when they go to Kongoland, Donkey Kong kidnaps Mother Brain and Game Boy. The brain swapper is accidentally attached and activated. Donkey Kong gets Game Boy's body, Game Boy gets Mother Brain's body, and Mother Brain get Donkey Kong's body. Simon and Kevin go to find ""Gape Boy"", Kid Icarus and Mega Man search for Game Boy's ""brain-in-a-bottle"", and Lana decides to give ""Mother Kong"" a makeover. Donkey Kong's family elect Simon their new leader! Everyone's brain is swapped back to the right place, and the Kong family carries Simon off.

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    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #8 - The Lost City of Kongoland

    S2:E6

    The Lost City of Kongoland rises after a thousand years. Along with it comes a treasure belonging to Konga, the leader of the Ancient Konkas, who had a magical power over plants. Meanwhile, at the Palace of Power, Lana fears she's not forceful enough to be Ruler of VideoLand. Prince Plenty (from ""Queen of the Apes"") informs the N-Team of the treasure, and Lana vows to destroy it. Mother Brain also learns of the treasure and plans to steal it after the N-Team finds it. The treasure turns out to be Konga's hat, and when it falls on Lana's head, the Princess becomes possessed by Konga's spirit. She (he?) kidnaps Simon. Mother Brain tells the Eggplant Wizard to volunteer to join Konga in conquering Kongoland, so Mother Brain can get the hat later on. Donkey Kong helps the N-Team fight Konga's forces. The N-Team is about to be destroyed, when Lana, with encouragement from Kevin, takes off the hat. Donkey Kong destroys it, and the Lost City of Kongoland sinks again, this time forever. Lana d

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  10. Background image for Gameboy
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Gameboy

    S2:E1

    King Charles is about to come home through a warp zone that only opens every 1000 video years. But he decides to send a supercomputer called Game Boy in his place. Game Boy turns out to be nothing but trouble for the N-Team. Mother Brain gets Game Boy, and Dr. Wily turns him into Game Brain. When the N Team comes to Metroid to rescue Game Boy, Game Brain sends monsters after them. Duke comes to the rescue, pulling the cords out of Game Boy with his teeth! The monsters disappear. Back at the Palace, the gang officially welcomes Game Boy to the N-Team.

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  11. Background image for The Most Dangerous Game Master
    6.2/10(28 votes)

    #10 - The Most Dangerous Game Master

    S1:E3

    Dr. Wily creates an android that is a replica of Kevin's worst enemy from high school.

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  12. Background image for Videolympics
    6.2/10(25 votes)

    #11 - Videolympics

    S1:E4

    Mother Brain challenges the N-Team to an athletic competition on Mount Icarus, thus distracting them from stopping her from finding the Three Sacred Treasures.

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  13. Background image for Mr. & Mrs. Mother Brain
    6.2/10(23 votes)

    #12 - Mr. & Mrs. Mother Brain

    S1:E8

    Simon gets shot by a "love-at-first-sight" arrow and falls in love with Mother Brain.

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  14. Background image for Kevin in Videoland
    6.1/10(41 votes)

    #13 - Kevin in Videoland

    S1:E1

    Kevin Keene and his dog Duke have been transported to Video Land and asked to help defeat Mother Brain.

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  15. Background image for Misadventures In Robin Hood Woods
    6.1/10(16 votes)

    #14 - Misadventures In Robin Hood Woods

    S3:E1

    After a successful mission on Dragon's Den, Kevin, Kid Icarus, and Duke stop off on the medieval world of Nottingham to power-up the Warp Wagon. The three of them find the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and Prince John robbing the Ye-Olde Weapon Shoppe and fight them. They meet Robin Hood, who helps them out. Kevin, Kid Icarus, and Duke are introduced to the Merry Men, who make fun of Kid Icarus due to his size and wings. Kid Icarus decides to prove he's a better archer than them by entering the Tournament of the Golden Arrow that afternoon. Robin also decides to enter to win the golden arrow for himself. The Sheriff and Prince John plot to capture Robin Hood at the tournament, deciding that whoever wins must be Robin. Maid Marian overhears their plot, but she can't do anything about it. At the tournament, Robin, Kevin, and Duke are in disguise. Prince John dresses up as Maid Marian, since the real one won't cooperate. Kevin tries to win a gift for Lana. Kid Icarus does really good in the

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  16. Background image for Return to Castlevania
    6.0/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Return to Castlevania

    S3:E3

    Kevin and Simon go to CastleVania to attend The Simon Belmont Awards, where Simon is going to be honored for being a hero like his great-grandfather, Trevor Belmont. The Poltergeist King appears on stage, where Simon expects to be presented with the weapons his ancestor made famous. Instead, the King calls Trevor a coward, and accuses him of stealing the credit after the King defeated Dracula. He curses the Belmont family with a thousand years of shame. He then disappears, taking the weapons with him. The audience begins booing Simon and throwing food at him. Simon escapes by running into a warp. It turns out that the Count was impersonating the King. With Simon no longer considered a hero, the Count could easily take over CastleVania. Igor, a small winged creature sitting on top of the King's staff, warns the Count that the real Poltergeist King was escaping from the tower when he was being held captive. He was climbing down a bedsheet. The Count flies up and uses the King's magic sta

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    Writer:Matt Uitz
  17. Background image for Having a Ball
    5.7/10(16 votes)

    #16 - Having a Ball

    S2:E9

    King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard go through a warp zone and eventually, after an unliked stop and realized that they were on the warp to oblivion, arrive in Hyrule. It is midnight in Hyrule and, in the throne room, the two idiots arrive. King Hippo falls onto the ground and Eggplant Wizard onto him. King Hippo tries to find the paper with the spell to release the Triforce but is unable to. He tries to recite it from memory, but is unable to. He triggers the Triforce's defense systems and they run off and back into the warp. Link runs in, ready to do battle, right after Zelda turns off the alarm. She complains of the alarm's ‘malfunctioning' and tells Link to organize the sentries to guard the Triforce after turning off the alrm. Mother Brain kicks out King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard. The two idiots pack up their items and ponder over what they'll do. Eggplant Wizard suggests joining the N-Team. Returning from a trip to Kongoland, Simon reminices about the good old days and the parties and

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  18. Background image for In Search of the King
    5.5/10(19 votes)

    #17 - In Search of the King

    S1:E11

    Kevin, Lana, Simon, and Duke go to the Mirror World to rescue the princess' father, King Charles. In the mean time their opposites are on a journey to their world.

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  19. Background image for Metroid Sweet Metroid
    5.5/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Metroid Sweet Metroid

    S1:E12

    Mother Brain sets a trap by showing the N team she is defeated and also opens up a warp zone, with Kevin's neighborhood shown on the other side.

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  20. Background image for Battle of the Baseball Know-It-Alls
    5.5/10(15 votes)

    #19 - Battle of the Baseball Know-It-Alls

    S3:E6

    The N-Team is on Baseball World, playing a game against Bo Jackson and the VideoLand All-Stars. Suddenly, Mother Brain opens a warp to the cellar of Baseball World, and all but Lana and Game Boy are sent through. In the cellar, the good guys can't agree which way to go to get out. They split up and go two different ways. At the Palace of Power, Mother Brain takes control and assigns Princess Lana to cleaning duty. Lana and Game Boy manage to get into the Communications room, and Lana contacts Kevin and the others in the cellar. She opens up a warp for them. After being in a confrontation with the Baseball Card King and evil baseball equipment, Kevin and the rest of the group go through a warp to the Palace. At the Palace, King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard present Mother Brain with a huge cake and a crown. A warp opens in the ceiling, and the good guys land on the cake. The cake moves to Mother Brain, King Hippo, and Eggplant Wizard and forces them up through the warp to the cellar of Base

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  21. Background image for Pursuit of the Magic Hoop
    5.4/10(16 votes)

    #20 - Pursuit of the Magic Hoop

    S3:E2

    Hoop-De-Doo-Dah-Day, the one day of the year when everyone has a shot at their dearest wish, is celebrated on Hoopland. Kevin, Lana, and Duke arrive on Hoopland to try and wish King Charles home. Kevin, Lana, and Duke meet Larry Bird. Hoopless, a young boy who is the inventor of everything on Hoopland, is too short to make a shot at getting a wish, so he has his robot, Rebound, make the shot for him. Rebound gets to make a wish, but, instead of wishing Hoopless tall, he accidentally wishes himself the tallest. He hits his head, which messes up his programming, and becomes evil. Larry, Kevin, Lana, Hoopless, and Duke climb Hoop Mountain, passing a series of challenges by Clockman, Guardian of the Magic Hoop, along the way. Lana wins a wish. However, instead of wishing her father back home, she wishes Rebound back to normal, and everybody's happy.

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    Writer:Matt Uitz
  22. Background image for A Tale of Two Dogs
    5.4/10(15 votes)

    #21 - A Tale of Two Dogs

    S3:E5

    Dr. Wily has turned over a new leaf and is helping Dr. Light build a peace robot named Gamma?! It may sound bizzare, but really, Wily is faking this niceness! Mega Man, Kevin, Rush, and Duke are sent to eight other planets to collect eight energy tanks to power Gamma. All the while, Mega Man and Kevin argue about whose dog is awesomer. After getting all the tanks, they go to California Games for some rest and relaxation. But Dr. Wily warps the dogs to Skull Castle as bait for Kevin and Mega Man. Kevin and Mega Man go to Skull Castle to find their dogs. Leaving Doc Man (a robot from Mega Man 3 who can take on the powers of the Robot Masters from Mega Man 2) in charge of Skull Castle, Wily goes to Dr. Light's laboratory, reprograms Gamma, and steals it so he can take over VideoLand. Mega Man, Kevin, and their dogs escape from Skull Castle, destroying Doc Man in the process. Dr. Light warps to outside Skull Castle to inform them of what Dr. Wily has done. Wily arrives, controlling Gamma.

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  23. Background image for Wishful Thinking
    5.2/10(24 votes)

    #22 - Wishful Thinking

    S1:E6

    Kid Icarus feels awful because his height is a problem. Duke discovers a magic lamp and the genie grants Kid Icarus's wish to become bigger.

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  24. Background image for Nightmare on Mother Brain's Street
    5.1/10(17 votes)

    #23 - Nightmare on Mother Brain's Street

    S1:E9

    After the Computer Mind Mirror of Mother Brain says that Princess Lana is the most beautiful of them all, the Eggplant Wizard makes a poison apple that will make Princess Lana fall asleep.

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  25. Background image for Simon the Ape-Man
    5.1/10(20 votes)

    #24 - Simon the Ape-Man

    S1:E10

    While the N team tries to get Simon's memory back, Mother Brain gets King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard to brainwash him into thinking he's an N-Team hunter.

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  26. Background image for Totally Tetrisized
    5.0/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Totally Tetrisized

    S3:E4

    Kevin and the team must stop the Puzzle Wizard from turning everyone into Tetris blocks.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Trouble With Tetris" is the best rated episode of "Captain N: The Game Master". It scored 7.8/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Michael Maurer, it aired on 10/13/1990. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Quest for the Potion of Power".