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[King Moonraiser]

A group of pirates are on a quest to find buried treasure in Townsville. They accidentally travel forward in time, mistake the PPGs' home as the location of the treasure, and misinterpret the "X" on a case of chemical x as the treasure itself. They soon discover the chemical x's power and use it to become super-powered pirates.

The story involves chemical x being applied to regular people. We've seen how this affects mortals in many other episodes. I must say that the writers have so far been very consistent, or at least, created enough differences in the situations to allow the viewer to make up explanations for any inconsistencies. Let's not count "The Rowdy Ruff Boys" or "Twisted Sister" since we're talking about chemical x's enhancing abilities, not its capacity for creating new life. The first time was obviously when Mojo Jojo came to be. He physically transformed and remained that way. In the movie, however, there was a point when he transferred the chemical x from the other apes into himself, which caused further metabolic changes. Then there was "Mojo Jonesin'" where the children were exposed to some kind of chemical x "radiation," for a lack of a better word. They experienced temporary power with no ill after-effects. Next time was in "Knock it Off" when Professor Dick ingested a small bottle of chemical x and it turned him into a monster. The assumption was that he took too much, or that ingesting it in its pure form is what caused the transformation. A better explanation in hindsight might be that it not only enhanced his outer strength, but it also enhanced his evil inner-self. Kind of like the mask in the movie of the same name. We have no idea if the effects were permanent since it's assumed that Professor Dick died. Soon after that, Bubbles uses a few drops on a squirrel in the episode, "Stray Bullet." This gave the creature permanent powers. Finally, we saw the Mayor in "Toast of the Town" get powdered chemical x on him. He grew to giant size and acted like a big baby. It's assumed that he would have remained that way since the Professor had to get the girls to trick the Mayor into eating antidote x. I suppose we can assume that the Mayor's personality was also amplified during that time.

The pirates in this episode chug massive quantities of chemical x. They don't become monsters, but they do become super-powered. Their powers are brief and have an after-effect similar to having a hangover. The Professor explains this is due to an overdose of chemical x, implying that if they took less, their powers could have remained. It also explains why the ship didn't crash to the ground at the same time the effects wore off the pirates. Since the ship is much more massive, it was exposed to a relatively small amount of the chemical.

The episode was entertaining and the idea of pirates looking for booty (stop snickering, I meant treasure) was a great one. However, the dialogue was a little flat. The voice actors played it too straight, too generic. They need to make these characters more emotive. The goal should be to make people wish these characters comeback in a future episode, even if you have no intention of doing so. Oh yeah...the names of the pirates...I got it. Nice.

Two and a half stars

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