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Revision as of 04:54, 1 August 2022
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 It's a good thing this mall doesn't have an Obscure Darkness-themed rollercoaster. | ||||||
| "Live and Let LARP" | ||||||
| Production company | Entertainment One | |||||
| Airdate | March 25, 2022 | |||||
| Writers | Kevin Burke & Chris Wyatt | |||||
| Directors | Paul O'Flanagan | |||||
| Animation studio | Boulder Media Studio | |||||
 Watch this episode on Netflix
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The Lost Bots engage in a dungeon-ish, dragon-like experience.
Synopsis
Burgertron is lost in thought on one of the mall's railings, contentedly watching the stars through an opened skylight, when his reverie is broken by Sergeant Scrubforce's loud shouting. Turns out there's mysterious mysteries about, with unexplained scratch marks, sounds, and weird white goop popping up. The Sergeant is confident that any bot or group of bots who can solve the mystery would be heroes. Naturally, this is all Burgertron needs to round up the Lost Bots for another wacky scheme... except he can't find them in the Lost and Found or any of their usual hangouts.
Eventually he catches the sounds of what sounds like struggle, leading him into a strange store he's never been in before, one filled with odd books and images of dragons. It is there he finds the Lost Bots... but in weird costumes, play-fighting and saying all kinds of weird jank. His confusion is not alleviated one iota at the appearance of Playgor Cardquest, a card-bard-bot who sings at him and explains that the others are "LARPing": live-action role-playing. The Lost Bots each explain their characters' elaborate backstories (or in Dimlit's case, lack thereof) and invite him to join. Burgertron is momentarily intrigued by the possibility of becoming a bigger "hero" than he already is, but when he gets a look at the size of the rulebook he'd have to read, he's having none of that, leaving them to their nerd stuff while he goes on a real quest.
Returning to the main hall, Burgertron follows a trail of scratches and spilled ketchup to an empty storefront, and deep in the shadows finds a hideous feathered thing! The startled bot transforms to burger mode to hide, but the beast just picks him up and flies away. As it soars over the food court, it spots even more tiny things that might be edible, and drops Burgertron to pursue them. It seems all hope is lost; Dave the mall guard only briefly notices the bird and doesn't care. As it closes in on a terrified Spud Muffin and Ulf the Orange, a projectile sends it fluttering away... the Lost Bots are back, still in costume and still in character, ready to defeat this terrifying "dragon"! (Much to Burgertron's shame and the other bots' confusion.)
Thing is... it works. The Lost Bots' playing of roles has bolstered their confidence (even Dimlit's!), and navigating the game rules has given them a nose for strategy. The four direct and distract the bird, giving Clogstopper the chance to get on its back, a show that impresses the other bots, especially Ulf. But the flight doesn't go so well for Clogstopper, who gets nearly thrown off. As he clings to the beast's beak, a new warrior emerges: "Burgaeria the Elder of Eld", loudly (and made-up-on-the-fly-ingly) proclaiming his return, eliciting cheers from the Lost Bots and a rhyme from Playgor. Attracted by the breadstick "Burgaeria" is brandishing, the bird drops Clogstopper and divebombs for the snack. Burgertron tosses it aside to change its course and jumps on its back himself, directing it up to and through the still-open skylight above, knocking loose the tennis racket Burgertron had set to prop it open. As the bird sails into the night sky, Burgertron lets go, falling back into the mall before the window closes, but still plummeting! Thankfully, "GigaPlex the robot" (aka Dimlit) is there to catch him.
The party enters the food court to the cheers of the other BotBots. It looks like they've finally gotten the respect of the others... until Ulf and Spud Muffin point out that the creature had obviously gotten into the mall the same way it left: through the skylight Burgertron opened. And the praise is immediately rescinded. As the Lost Bots mope, Playgor "regales" Burgertron with more hack rhymes, much to his annoyance.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| BotBots | Humans | ||
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Quotes
"BotBots!"
- —Sprinkleberry D'uhnut tries to make sense of the mysterious goings-on
Clogstopper: The game we're playing is Obscure Darkness 3: Rise of the Spells of the Necro Realm, 4.5 Edition.
Burgertron: And why are you playing that?
Playgor: Because the OD3:RSNR 4th Edition rules were so unbalanced, of course.
"Lady Glisten-Furr, Troll Barber! I wanted to be a Barbarian but I ran out of room on my character card."
- —Kikmee has stumbled into how some of the best RPing happens
"What is that horrible, unnatural monster?! It looks grotesque! And not like, you know, good grotesque."
- —Spud Muffin doesn't judge, mostly
Notes
Continuity notes
Real-world references
- The title is a play on the old phrase "live and let live", which is pretty much just good advice in general.
- Playgor's lute appears to be made from one of those small ice cream sample spoons... making him literally a "spoony bard". "You spoony bard!" is a line from the Super Nintendo JRPG Final Fantasy II (IV in Japan) that has become a decades-long running joke among fans due to the questionable translation choices that led to its use in the English version.
- Kikmee is dressed like she's in a barbershop quartet.
- When the bots react in shock to Clogstopper's near-fall from the bird, their reactions are framed to resemble a twenty-sided die.
Animation and technical errors
- Burgertron falls straight down from a skylight in the middle of the mall's main hall, but is caught by Dimlit who is on a railing far to the side.
Trivia
- The Lost Bots' RPG characters:
- Clogstopper — "The Dred Lord Gorp", dwarf wizard dragon pilot
- Bonz-Eye — "Suzanthum", vampire elf
- Kikmee — "Lady Glisten-Furr", troll barber
- Dimlit — "GigaPlex the robot", robot
Foreign localization
French
- Title: "Jeu de rôle grandeur nature" ("Life-sized RPG")
Brazilian Portuguese
- Title: "Viva e deixe jogar RPG" ("Live and let them play RPG")
European Portuguese
- Title: "Vive e deixa jogar" ("Live and let them play")
Arabic
- Title: "عِش ودع غيرك يعيش على طريقته" ("Live and let others live their own way")
