Chaud and Lan are having a friendly NetBattle,
and Chaud unleashes the Program Advance on MegaMan. Lan smirks and counters it with a simple Cyber-Sword, throwing Chaud completely off his game. Before they can finish the match however, Chaud gets a phone call from his father, and has to postpone the match.BlazeQuest is working with a local engineer to design a brand new PET, but the engineer isn't finished yet. He keeps getting held up on really minor imperfections that are driving his assistant crazy. Chaud offers to help out, so the proprietor has Chaud running errands like shredding papers, cleaning the bathrooms, and buying them lunch, much to Chaud's chagrin (I know how you feel dude).
The way they are designing the chips involves Net Navi's cutting a cyber-stone thing with swords (don't ask me how engineering works on this show), so Chaud jacks ProtoMan to help out with the Program Advance. While the shot comes close, it's still not perfect, and the owner tells Chaud that "Power without control is useless."
After they send Chaud out to get them lunch, the power goes out. Apparently the assistant forgot to pay the power bill. Afraid of being fired, he runs off for an easy fix, and gets caught stealing World Three's electricity from #1 Curry. World Three chases after him, but the assistant gives them the slip.
As Chaud is returning, the owner of the shop is being harassed by mafioso types, but they quickly run off when they find out Chaud is the son of the owner of BlazeQuest. Chaud offers the man a position with his company, promising better work facilities and benefits, but the guy is worried about how he likes to do things his own way.
Just then, the assistant steals the incomplete data and sends viruses into the system to slow them down from chasing him. Chaud jacks in ProtoMan to help hold back the viruses when suddenly DrillMan shows up and... wait a second... DrillMan? Kinda coming out of left field on this one aren't we XEBEC? Just like the real DrillMan fight, he proves to be a huge pain in the ass for ProtoMan, even with the Program Advance which fails again. Chaud suddenly remembers that "Power without control is useless," and has ProtoMan target DrillMan's tip to take him out.
World Three ends up catching the assistant and decides they're going to "take care of him," their way. The man decides to take Chaud's offer and comes to work for BlazeQuest. The next day, the name of the technique to craft the chip is called the "ProtoMan technique" and Lan and Chaud have "the best NetBattle EVER!"
Critique
For once, Chaud is actually likable this episode. No, I'm serious! He actually doesn't come off as an arrogant twat, and he almost looks like he actually respects Lan and MegaMan. The humor in this episode comes from the store owner pretty much putting Chaud in his place the whole way through. Who cares if he's vice president, that toilet ain't gonna unclog itself Chaud! I even thought the banter between the worker navis had some good lines to it, and ProtoMan's fake enthusiasm is great.
Then you've got World Three, always delivering. Mr. Match sings, "If you're evil and you know it clap your hands!" And then there's this exchange between Maddy and Count Zap.
Maddy (to the assistant): Hey don't you know that's a crime!
Count Zap: Yeah! And we know all about crimes!
I don't know who I like better, criminally insane World Three, or criminally pathetic World Three.
If anything throws me off on this episode, it's "What the fuck? DrillMan out of nowhere?" Grave is gone, World Three is neutered, so was he the assistant's Navi, or did he just come with the viruses? Ah, who the hell cares I guess.
Rating: Thumbs up!
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