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The Worst Episodes of Captain N: The Game Master

Every episode of Captain N: The Game Master ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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.
Genres:AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureKids
Network:NBC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Queen of the Apes" is the worst rated episode of "Captain N: The Game Master". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Sean Roche, David Ehrman, it aired on 9/22/1990. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Trouble With Tetris".

  • Queen of the Apes
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    #1 - Queen of the Apes

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sean Roche, David Ehrman

  • The Trouble With Tetris
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    #2 - The Trouble With Tetris

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1990

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Maurer

  • The Big Game
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    #3 - The Big Game

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1990

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dennis O'Flaherty

  • The Lost City of Kongoland
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    #4 - The Lost City of Kongoland

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1990

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dennis O'Flaherty

  • The Feud of Faxanadu
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    #5 - The Feud of Faxanadu

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1990

    While playing football, the N Team warps to Faxanadu, which is the home of two races: the Elves and the Dwarves. While trying to get back home, Kevin and Simon decide it would be more fun to see who gets back home faster, so they divide into teams. Each team is led to believe that the Elves or the Dwarves stole a powerful crystal from the other race. Only Lana has enough sense to know that the others are behaving like little kids. Then, a being known as The Evil One gets the crystal. With it, he plans to destroy Faxanadu. Only when everyone works together are they able to overcome the power of the crystal. The crystal is destroyed, and The Evil One vows to return.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Maurer

  • The Trojan Dragon
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    #6 - The Trojan Dragon

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1990

    Dragons have stolen the Palace's Sun Stone to hatch the legendary Golden Dragon, which will become a mighty warrior. While Gameboy keeps the Palace's systems running, the rest of the N Team head to Dragon's Den. In order to sneak in, they construct a giant wooden dragon with the help of Link and Princess Zelda. When Dragon Lord discovers them, he places the Cursed Necklace on Simon which will draw the Golden Dragon to him when it hatches. Lana uses magic fairy water to remove it and Simon places the Cursed Necklace on Dragon Lord. Dragon Lord removes the necklace with the fairy water and throws it at the Golden Dragon, destroying it. Simon catches the Sun Stone and the N Team take it back to the Palace.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Matt Uitz

  • I Wish I Was a Wombatman
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    #7 - I Wish I Was a Wombatman

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1990

    Kid Icarus is a big fan of Wombatman, VideoLand's version of Batman. When they see the TV studio under attack by a giant robot, the N Team warps to the TV studio's video world and defeats the robot. One woman, who looks like a squid, develops a crush on Simon, but he feels very uneasy around her! When Kid Icarus meets Wombatman and gets his autograph, he's crushed to learn that Wombatman doesn't do his own stunts anymore. Wombatman sends the N Team on a tour of the studio. It turns out Mother Brain is behind the attack on the studio. She kidnapped Nikki, Wombatman's co-star and girlfriend, and used her to get Wombatman to lure the N-Team here. After he does this, she refuses to let Nikki go. She sends King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard to sabotage the studio tour and kill the N Team. The N Team escapes, however, so Mother Brain decides that the best way to defeat the N Team is on the show. During the filming of the episode, in which the N Team guest-stars as themselves, King Hippo and Eggp

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sean Roche, David Ehrman

  • The Invasion of the Paper Pedalers
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    #8 - The Invasion of the Paper Pedalers

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1990

    Dr. Wily goes to Kongoland to extract sap from trees. He uses it to make special hypnotic ink. Whoever read anything printed with the ink would be turned into a zombie whenever the words ""MOTHER BRAIN IS YOUR MASTER"" appeared in the text, and would have to obey Mother Brain's every command. Dr. Wily began taking over everyone on News World. A week later, the Paperboy, Julio, summons the N-Team to investigate. At first they're skeptical, but when Julio's mom gets turned into a zombie and tries to kill Kevin, they believe the story. Mother Brain finds out the hypnotic ink will also let her control machines. The N-Team finds King Hippo and the Eggplant Wizard at the Daily Sun. Kid Icarus shoots them with love arrows, and the two servants spill the beans on Mother Brain's plan: to take over VideoLand using the ink. Eggy also tells them the antidote: the sap of another tree on Kongoland. It turns out Julio hasn't turned into a zombie because he can't read. He's been skipping school to earn

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Maurer

  • Germ Wars
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    #9 - Germ Wars

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/1990

    Kevin returns from Kongoland with a strange rock. Simon starts twirling it like a basketball, and it gives off a bright flash. Kevin ends up with blue strips on his face, and he swallowed his gum. Dr. Light is called to the Palace, and he says that Kevin has been bitten by a video virus. Kevin falls asleep, and inside Kevin's body, his life force does battle with Viroid. Because Kevin isn't from VideoLand, his body doesn't know how to fight off the video virus. Lana sends out a message to all of VideoLand begging people to contact her if they can help. Lana decides, from a statement made by Simon, to fight the virus from inside Kevin's body. Dr. Light gives Lana a map of Kevin's body and a videocom to contact him. Kid Icarus uses his special shrinking arrow to make Lana, Simon, Mega Man, and himself small enough. They enter Kevin's body through his right ear, but miss the shortest route to his heart, which is where Viroid has established his stronghold. They end up in the stomach, and

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ted Alben, Greg Klein

  • When Mother Brain Rules
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    #10 - When Mother Brain Rules

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1991

    A retrospective look on the time since Kevin Keene arrived in Videoland.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fractured Fantasy of Captain N
    3.9/1023 votes
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    #11 - The Fractured Fantasy of Captain N

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1991

    Lana, Kevin, Mega Man, and Kid Icarus go to the medieval world of Final Fantasy to have lunch with the Prince (who is a good friend of Lana's). Kevin would rather see some game action instead. A couple of armored bandits rob a man's magic shop. The N Team members meet Matoya the witch and her talking broom. The evil Astos discovers Captain N is visiting the Prince. At the Prince's castle, Kevin is bored of hearing the Prince talk of all his adventures. Astos comes to Kevin when he's alone and offers to help him gain popularity. He places Kevin under a spell and has him give the Prince a sleeping potion. Kevin and Astos then warp away to Astos' castle. Lana, Mega Man, and Kid Icarus go to a shopkeeper and get passage through a witch's warp. They fall into quicksand, but climb out using Kid Icarus' rope arrow. They meet Matoya again, who turns Lana into stone. She turns Lana back to normal, however, when she realizes who she is. Matoya says the light crystal can break the spell on Kevin,

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Paul Dell, Steven Weiss

  • How's Bayou
    4.9/1024 votes
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    #12 - How's Bayou

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1989

    Mother Brain makes a discovery that Kevin isn't very good at the Bayou Billy video game. So she sets a trap to lure him into Bayouland.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Three Men and a Dragon
    5.0/1021 votes
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    #13 - Three Men and a Dragon

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1989

    Dragon Lord and Mother Brain try to turn every dragon evil. The N team rescues Puff, a white last good dragon baby.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Totally Tetrisized
    5.1/1013 votes
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    #14 - Totally Tetrisized

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1991

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dorothy Middleton

  • Nightmare on Mother Brain's Street
    5.2/1015 votes
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    #15 - Nightmare on Mother Brain's Street

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1989

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Wishful Thinking
    5.5/1021 votes
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    #16 - Wishful Thinking

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1989

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Simon the Ape-Man
    5.5/1017 votes
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    #17 - Simon the Ape-Man

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1989

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Pursuit of the Magic Hoop
    5.5/1013 votes
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    #18 - Pursuit of the Magic Hoop

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1991

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Matt Uitz

  • In Search of the King
    5.6/1017 votes
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    #19 - In Search of the King

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1989

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Metroid Sweet Metroid
    5.6/1016 votes
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    #20 - Metroid Sweet Metroid

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1989

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • A Tale of Two Dogs
    5.6/1013 votes
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    #21 - A Tale of Two Dogs

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1991

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dennis O'Flaherty

  • Battle of the Baseball Know-It-Alls
    5.7/1013 votes
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    #22 - Battle of the Baseball Know-It-Alls

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1991

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Calvin Kelly

  • Having a Ball
    5.9/1014 votes
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    #23 - Having a Ball

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1990

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dennis O'Flaherty

  • Kevin in Videoland
    6.2/1038 votes
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    #24 - Kevin in Videoland

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1989

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Return to Castlevania
    6.2/1014 votes
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    #25 - Return to Castlevania

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1991

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Matt Uitz