 | Welcome to Behind the Scenes! As the med school reject…wait, where’s Morte? And Ultros…and Odin…and Gilgamesh?
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 | I knoweth not.
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 | But I will admit, it is nice to not be scornfully and harshly introduced. Refreshing change.
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| Well, it does mean I’ll be able to hit Lilly’s Bar a bit earlier tonight. I suppose. So let’s begin! First, let’s bring out our Godlikes and get those freaks out of the way first. You’ve already met Fou-Lu, so let’s bring out his opponent, in a stunning rematch, the Bozo rip-off Kefka. Now…
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 | ”When criminals in this world appear, And break the laws that they should fear, And frighten all who see or hear, The cry goes up both far and near for”
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| ”Underdog. Underdog, Underdog, Underdog.”
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| ”Speed of lightning, roar of thunder, Fighting all who rob or plunder”
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| ”Underdog, Underdog.”
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| …what…
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| Hi boss! We started a band!
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| Why are you late?!
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| Practice.
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| Who told you that you could miss the start of the show?!
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 | I did. I thought it would be an interesting change of pace.
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| We mostly do a cappella versions of cartoon theme songs.
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| So don’t mind us! We’ll just provide some background entertainment!
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| I’m also less likely to get hurt this way, which suits me just fine.
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| Oi. Ahem, anyway, Fou, do you think this battle will be different than the last time you fought Kefka?
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| Mine eyes doth see a horizon whereupon yon mad clown shall bow before the will of…
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 | Uwehehehehehehehe!!! That’s no fun! I pasted you once you overrated lizard, and I’ll do it again! Everyone shall once more bow to me, the greatest villain ever! None shall stand in my way!
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| Wouldst thou find a hint of modesty and self-respect in thyself?
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| It couldn’t hurt.
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| Uwehehehehehehehe!!!
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| ”Just a Steel-Town girl on a saturday night. Lookin for the fight of her life. In the real time world no one sees her at all. They all say she's crazy”
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| And as everyone here so often forgets, I’m Chisato Madison, host, lord and dictator. Our first set of victims this week come to us from Light.
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| ”Lockin rythms to the beat of her heart. Changing moment into light. She has danced into the danger zone. When the dancer becomes the dance”
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| ”It can cut you like a knife. If the gift becomes the fire. All the while you're stuck between. What's will and what will be”
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| ”She's a maniac, maniac on the floor. And she's dancing like she never danced before. She's a maniac, maniac on the floor. And she's dancing like she never danced before”
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| Uwehehehehehehehe!!!
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| I suppose mine attempts at reasoning are to no avail. Perhaps brute force wouldst work better.
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| Knock him dead Fou-Lu. I mean that literally. And as for the rest of you…what happened to cartoon theme songs?
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| Eh, we felt like a change. We do classic movies too.
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| Let me get my phone…yes, Bowman? This is Chisato. Yeah, it’s a Behind the Scenes taping. Mind running about twenty aspirins over? Thanks. Ok, let’s move on to a more interesting division. Let’s try…Heavy. Our Heavy finalists are Purim, the Secret of Mana girl, and Hugo, the son of the chief of the fashion-starved Karayan clan.
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 | My mother made this for me! It’s the most stylish set of clothes in all of Karaya!
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| ”Such a dazzling coat of many colors, How he loved his coat of many colors. In a class above the rest, It even went well with his vest. Such a stunning coat of many colors, How he loved his coat of many colors”
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| ”It was red and yellow and green and Brown and blue”
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| Musicals too?
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| Yes.
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| Hugo, you’ve had a good run, after many seasons of bad luck. Do you think you have what it takes to actually capitalize on a championship?
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| With my True Rune, I can do anything! That girl won’t stand a chance!
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 | Watch your mouth! I’m standing right here, and there’s no way you’ll stand a chance against my magic!
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| Really!? Well, just stand in place for five minutes while I charge this spell, and I’ll show you what real magic power is! Kamehaaaaaa….
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| Dragonball Z references?! Die!
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| Ouch! You didn’t let me charge it up! Owie! Mommy!
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| And thus, the good fight has been fought. Now, next up is Middle, with our finalists Jerin and Lucian. Lucian, how goes the work as an Einherjar?
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 | Slow. Ever since Odin joined you guys, no one’s been itching to destroy Asgard recently.
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| Gee, what a coincidence. Anyway, are you ready to fight your way back to Heavy?
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| Of course. The closer I can get to Lady Valkyrie, the better.
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| Extenuating circumstances due to the cycle of birth, death and rebirth. You should know about that, yourself. I mean, considering the nature of one of your own party members…
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| True. Nonetheless, I try not to think about the crazy plot twists of my series. It’s why I’m in the best mental health of the entire cast. No lithium, Prozac or Clozaril for me! Speaking of which, I need to go pick up Lufia’s lithium, Prozac and Clozaril.
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| Have fun with that. And finally, let’s end this madness with Light’s guests, Sophia and Genis. Now…
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| ”Deep in you, How to find the strength inside it challenges you, Taking all that you can find, It’s alright trust in yourself”
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| ”So come on, It’s because you’ve come this far, I’m waiting for you, You must raise yourself above and touch the sky”
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| ”All the things I did to you, Winds of fate come blowing through, Takes away the things you love, And you don’t know what to do”
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| ”Then from nothing comes the light, See your future’s still in sight, Waiting there in you, Find the things that you have”
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| ”The dreams we see so far, Together makes us who we are, So don’t let go, You know you’re almost there”
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| ”I see you endless gazing up to the sky, Wondering why, And you feel you can’t go on, But you know this isn’t the end, So come on, It’s a lie when shaking in fear, You’re fooling yourself, It is true you’ll never run away from here.”
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| I swear, one more song and I’ll kill every single one of you.
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| You’ll do that anyway once the show is over.
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| Yeah, remember last week? It took four days for Hugh to put us all back together again.
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| And I’m still missing an ear.
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| Ok, I’m getting a little scared now.
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 | This is a little weirder than normal.
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| Sophia! Quick! How is it to have a second shot at a championship?
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| Feels great! I…
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| Genis! You’ve come farther than your sister. Feel good?
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| Sure thing! Hopefully she won’t hit me as often now…
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| Good, we’re done. I think I’ll just go grab some aspirin and head out to Lilly’s tonight.
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| Don’t leave chief! If you leave…darn! Now who will listen to use?
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| Uh…
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| ”Here he comes, Here comes Speed Racer, He’s a demon on wheels, He’s a demon and he’s going to be chasing after someone”
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| Did someone call for me?
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| Yes! Now we have an audience!
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| I’d hardly call three people an audience.
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| Nonetheless, let’s finish up!
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| ”I wanna find it, what I’ve been searching, The boy reaches out to the sky, He prays he’ll get it, no doubt he’ll make it, All of his gods and desires”
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| ”The sky above you, Is waiting for you, To take the first step and break out”
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| ”When you fly in the sky simply divine you’re dreaming, Leave your worries behind cuz’ that’s imagination, Can you feel it tonight the fire inside it’s burning, All you gotta do is break on through, To make your wishes all come true, Amazing”
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| ”So you might be hurting down low you’re feeling, Have faith within all be OK, That sky above you she’ll always save you, So never give up on yourself”
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| ”When you fly in the sky simply divine you’re dreaming, Leave your worries behind cuz’ that’s imagination, Can you feel it tonight the fire inside it’s burning, All you gotta do is break on through, To make your wishes all come true, Amazing”
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| Claude? Beam me up. No, I don’t care if it’s your lunchtime! Beam me up and out of here now!
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| But…but what about us?!
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| When you’re rich and own half the world, you can have your own spaceship. Until then? Have fun! Remember: Regret stands not before incident!
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| What is that supposed to…oh god they’re singing the soprano part! Run!
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Now, my friends, we have come to the finals. The last bit... the final chapter of this season. We have seen many fight valiantly in this arena this season, but now we can only look to the past and view the Results as they have happened.