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[robot voice] Here we come!
♪ When Energon struck a Mall
nearby ♪
♪ We became more than meets
the eye ♪
♪ We're everyday objects,
Motionless parts ♪
♪ We burst to life to let the
party start! ♪
♪ BotBots!
We could be anything ♪
♪ BotBots!
Like a hot dog or ice cream ♪
♪ BotBots!
Mischief without a care ♪
♪ BotBots!
Secret robots everywhere ♪
♪ BotBots!
Here we come!
♪ BotBots!
BotBots! ♪
Tiny spots of light,
I have no idea what you are,
or why gazing at you brings such
peace to my meaty core.
What in the sam hill are you
doing up there, soldier?
Oh, just relaxing on my
"thinking ledge", Sergeant.
You don't say?
I don't rightly know how a body
can relax
with all the mysterious
happenings 'round here!
"Mysterious happenings"?!
Boy, you Lost Bots sure are out
of the loop, ain't cha?
Everybody in the Mall is talkin'
about it.
It all started when the Gamer
Geeks found
frayed electrical cables.
Then the Sugar Shocks discovered
suspicious scratches
on the window of their candy
store.
Bot bots.
[Seargeant Scrubforce] Then some
Jock Squad bots heard
unidentified haunting shrieks...
[distant shrieking]
...while us Custodial Crew were
cleaning
mysterious white splatter.
Frayed cable, scratches,
ghostly noises, and mysterious
splatter.
What could be going on?
That's the question on every
bot's lip-like mouthparts!
- What's going on?
- Demons! Must be demons!
Why, whatever bot,
or group of bots,
that figures out this mystery
will probably be hailed as the
heroes of the Mall!
So keep your optics peeled,
soldier!
Heroes of the Mall?
Lost Bots! I've got the perfect
way for us
to get in good with our squads!
Bots? Hello?
Kikmee?! Bonz-Eye?!
Clogstopper?! Dimlit?!
Anyone?!
[Kikmee] No! You shall
never destroy me!
Kikmee?! Sounds like trouble!
Beep bo, click clack,
robot noises.
Prepare for a sporkening!
WHAAAA!
I shall NOT, thanks to the
legendary
SHIELD OF COFF-AYE-EEE!
What. Is. Going. On. Here?
Who goes there?
Be ye friend or be ye foe?
- I'm with them
- Circuits malfunctioning.
Sad beep.
Eh, kinda.
Say ye so,
good Sir Cheeseburger?!
Then I bid thee welcome,
for any friends of the
"Lost Lords and Ladies"
be friends of mine!
And who be are you?
Permit me to introduce myself,
for I am
♪ Bard and Lore Keeper ♪
♪ Playgor Cardquest ♪
♪ Happy to greet a wandering
guest! ♪
Look, I need these bots for an
important mission.
What have you done to them?
Mind control?
Oh-HO! Nothing so sinister!
These brave knights and squires
have but entered
a most enchanted land,
a land of imagination...
♪ Where dreams fly ♪
♪ And paint the canvas of the
mind's eye ♪
Twenty, critical hit!
- Huzzah!
- Oh, fie.
Burgertron, sir! You're here!
Hey, we have a mystery to solve,
and I'm not sure what
this Play-snore Card-mess guy
has you doing.
♪ Play-GOR Card-QUEST! ♪
♪ I am appalled at such jest ♪
We're just larping.
Larrr-ping?
Okay, that's not a word.
L.A.R.P.
Live Action Role Playing.
They're pretending to be
characters from fantasy
in an age of myth,
acting out heroic deeds.
The game we're playing is
"Obscure Darkness :
Rise of the Spells of the Necro
Realm, . edition."
And WHY are you playing that?
Because the OD :RSNR th edition
rules
were so unbalanced, of course.
LARPing is really fun, sir.
You get to be anyone you want
to be.
Yes! I'm the Dred Lord Gorp,
a Dwarf Wizard who is also a
Dragon Pilot.
He's searching desperately for
his missing family,
lost during the
Dragon-Syrup Wars.
And I'm Suzanthum,
a Vampire Elf,
hence the sharp fangs AND sharp
ears,
who roams the land seeking
revenge on the rabbit
that ate her entire green onion
patch.
Lady Glisten-Furr,
Troll Barber.
I wanted to be a Barbarian but
ran out of room
on my character card.
My backstory is I'm running from
my terrible past
of having given some bad
haircuts that one time.
I am GigaPlex the robot.
My backstory is
I am a robot.
Dimlit, you already are a bot!
DOES NOT COMPUTE!
ZERO-ONE-ONE-ZERO-ONE-ZERO!
Really? REALLY?
I spend all my time trying to
make us look COOL to our squads
and you dress up like elves?
- A vampire elf.
Maybe if you tried it, you might
see how fun it is!
Hmm, hmm, let me think about
that,
I guess I could NO! NO. WAY.
Sometimes pretending to be
someone else
can give you courage. Haven't
you ever wanted to be a hero?
Well. I sorta already am a hero
in many ways. But...
- I'm listening.
- Perfect.
All you have to do is learn a
few different rule sets...
What?! NO. Nope. No way.
I'm out.
Oh, by the way, I have the
perfect mission to get us back
in with our squads,
so now I'm off to be
a REAL hero of the Mall.
Ugh, LARPing.
Ha, give me a break.
♪ And so the short sighted
burger ♪
♪ Left the fabled inn ♪
♪ For other adventures doth call
to him! ♪
Bots, what are we doing?
We should roll a perception
check
for Lady Glisten-Furr's last
spell-cast!
[in unison] Yeah!
Don't forget the plus one
modifier.
Pretending to be
someone else for courage?
Huh, not necessary when you're
truly as brave...
(PANICKED YELP)
Clawed tracks scratching
Uh, maybe there's some other,
less heroic way to show heroism.
[deep breath]
Oh, that's kinda freaky, em
Hmm, uh
[dramatic music intensifies]
[loud squawk]
[panicked yell]
[loud squawk]
- [impact grunt]
- [panicked yells]
[Bot Bots screaming]
- [loud squawking]
- [impact cry]
What is that horrible,
unnatural monster?!
It looks grotesque and not like,
you know, good grotesque.
[distant squawking]
Help!
Is that a bird?
Ah, whatever. I'm sure it's not
causing any problems.
[panicked screams]
I am literally paralyzed with
fear.
- [loud squawk]
- [panicked screams]
Never fear, fearful villagers,
for the time of your rescue is
at hand.
Now we click, enter battle
arena.
No, please no.
Are those the Lost Bots?
I didn't think they could get
more strange but,
more strange.
- Spud, they're saving us!
This sinister dragon is no match
for our cunning!
I have long striven to redeem my
history
of hair grooming failures,
and my opportunity is nigh! Ha!
I lost my onion patch to a
creature such as you!
Never again, foe!
This is weird, but heroic?
Ha! Your hubris has blinded you
to the fact that I am a mere
decoy...
For my stratagem!
Your kind may have gotten the
upper hand
in the syrup wars, dragon,
but your reign of sticky,
slow-moving terror ends
today!
Whatever the Lost Bots are
pretending to be,
they're definitely the bravest
bots here.
Fie! I have made a grave error!
- AHHHHHHH!
- [panicked gasps]
[Burgertron] Lose no hope, um,
fellow paladins!
For tis I, umm
Burgaeria the Elder of Eld,
returned from my travels to
lands
a-a-abroad lands!
The prodigal one has
returned! Huzzah!
♪ Return! Return!
Tis finally the day ♪
♪ He saw the error of his ways ♪
Come, dreaded dragon!
I dare thee to
flyith up here ith!
Remember me!
♪ Disaster, fiasco,
calamity, and doom ♪
♪ Our heroes on the edge,
be it victory or tomb? ♪
[loud squawking]
Woaaaah!
Waaaaahhhhhhhh!
Huh?
Rescue achievement achieved,
Burgaeria. Beep-boop-beep.
- Yes!
- Victory has been achieved!
[cheering, applause]
Wow, I thought LARPing was weird
and totally useless but,
it really did help me overcome
my fear of that monster.
It helped all of us!
And we finally impressed
all the other squads!
- [Ulf] I wouldn't go that far.
We realize that flying
abomination could have only come
inside the Mall the same way it
left.
Through the skylights.
The skylight YOU'RE always
leaving open, Burgertron.
This whole thing was your fault.
What? It was my thinking
ledge.
- [collective sighs]
- Sigh
♪ I allege that his ledge was
nothing but a wedge ♪
Can Can you stop?
♪ He demanded I cease ♪
♪ Though his reputation
decrease ♪
- ♪ and he... ♪
- I definitely do not like you.
I am Bonz-Eye.
My home is the Lost and Found,
but I can only lay claim
to half of that description.
I feel Lost but I have not
been Found.
When the Energon struck our
Mall,
each BotBot came to life in
their own store,
among their own squad,
except for us who awoke among
the objects
that had been left behind.
Forgotten.
The unclaimed things that no one
missed.
Wait! We're alive?!
Hey! Fingers! These have to be
useful for something!
Not so sure what these eyes are
for, though. Guess we'll see.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYBODY!
[Bonz-Eye] Due to circumstances
beyond our control,
we have not yet been accepted by
our natural squads.
But my companions at least know
where they should belong.
Clogstopper dreams of cleaning
up with the Custodial Crew.
Kikmee wants to take the
field with the Jock Squad.
Dimlit would love to build
bridgeswith the Shed Heads.
And Burgertron wants to cook up
a return to the Hunger Hubs.
They are outsiders but I envy
them.
Knowing what squads they should
be in gives them a goal.
A purpose.
But when I look around, I see no
one like me.
Where is my squad? Am I the
only one of my kind?
Alone?
I'm telling you, something's up.
You think Dave the Mall Guard
would SKIP three days of vending
machine snacks for no reason?
I bet he's using another vending
machine
one that's both invisible and
doesn't exist.
Or maybe he's just trying eat
healthier?
[laughter]
Plus, I saw him looking at the
Mall Directory.
He was checking out the dark
side of the Mall,
the abandoned section.
- 'Abandoned Section'?
Why have you never taken us
there?
Eh. Why would I?
It's abandoned.
That's where all the weird
stores are.
- It's creepy and dangerous.
- Dangerous?
Yeah, it's like the flesh
creatures
have forgotten about it.
It's falling to pieces.
Even the lighting is terrible.
Steer clear.
I cannot. It's there I must go.
Ok, what part of my description
of it makes it sound
even remotely appealing?
If I have a squad, it will be
one of warriors,
located in the most dangerous
section of the Mall.
You might be focusing more on
the "danger"
rather than the "weird" part
but trust me. Avoid that area.
Yeah. This "most dangerous
place" sounds dangerous.
Or we could go with you,
to help you,
and not because I enjoy checking
out weird, creepy places
for my personal leisure.
- Thank you, but no.
I sense this is a path I must
walk alone.
Farewell.
Let me know what the bathrooms
are like!
For research!
Oh, the day has finally come.
The day to try a fancy macaron!
Oh, who knew macarons would be
so expensive!
I had to skip my vending machine
snacks for three whole days
to save up for this little
beauty.
But I'm going to savor every
single bite.
And on my favorite bench!
[rustling]
[eerie music]
[deep exhale]
It is here that my journey shall
begin.
Hello? What squad are you?
[Bonz-Eye] Please, I must have
answers!
Creepy toys sure,
but not bots
[effort grunts]
Are any of you alive?
[panicked yelp]
Hello. Time for fun.
Why would anyone make this?!
Oh, bench, meet my rear end
once again.
Tasty treat pending,
but first, I must document this
moment!
Hm, which filter?
Is this a dramatic moment?
Or more of a warm one?
Oooh sepia,
hehe, it's like it happened in
the past.
That's one of the Sugar Shocks!
No!
[Antique Doll] Hello, time for
fun.
[Antique Doll] Hi there.
Hello? Who's there?
Hello? Intimidating Mall Guard
here!
The Mall is closed.
So come out!
Please come out.
- [Antique Doll] Hello!
- [panicked yelp]
-[Antique Doll ] Don't leave.
- [Antique Doll ] Time for fun.
- Hi there!
- [panicked scream]
- Don't leave!
- Hello!
- Hi there!
- Don't leave!
- [assorted scary phrases]
- Stop!
I don't wanna play!
Oh, this is like that Summer
Clown Camp my mom sent me to
all over again!
[Dave screaming]
Hey! You're one of those weird
Lost Bots, right?
- Nobody likes you!
- [Dave screaming in distance]
We have to get you out of here.
The Mall Guard wants to eat you.
- Duh! Everybody does!
- [Dave wailing in distance]
- I'm delicious! - He'll be back
any second.
- Let's go!
- But I've never been to
this part of the Mall before.
- I wanna explore!
- Are you out of your mind?
You'll end up in that thing's
stomach!
For your own good, I need to
escort you back
to the Sugar Shocks
before... Oh, come on!
Oh, get it together, Dave.
It's just some malfunctioning
children's toys,
not the insidious work of Camp
Counselor Laff-O.
- [Dave screaming]
- Get down from there!
- You'll be seen! And eaten!
- I know... you are...
...but what... am I?
That doesn't even make sense in
this context!
YOU don't... make sense...
in this context!
[Dave] Huh?
Come on Dave, this is real life,
not your candy-colored
nightmares!
Hey my macaron?
- How'd you get up there?
- [impact grunt]
Why?!
Who leaves marbles...?
My macaron! How...?
Of course! It's gotta be those
little robots messing with me!
I know you're here, little
robots!
And I WILL eat my expensive
french pastry!
Or my name isn't Darve!
Dave!
My first horsey ride - and you
cut it short!
Are you a party pooper or what?
- Answer: ALL OF THE ABOVE!
- I'm saving your life here!
No, you're stopping me from
living it!
He's blocking our way out of
this wing.
We need a place to
hide out.
I'm not going anywhere with
yo...-
Well, what a super-fun place
you've found!
Great job exploring! No wonder
no one likes you Lost Bots.
I said: What a... hey, are you
listening?
What are you looking at?
The reason I came here tonight.
"Bonsai Tree Sale.
Bring balance to your living
room."
The reason you came out here was
to find a sign about yourself?
Oh, ego much?!
This must have been some kind of
plant store that closed
before the Energon cloud
ever came,
leaving me behind in the
Lost & Found.
I was on a quest to find my
squad.
But now I realize...
I do not have one.
[Lady Macaron] Oh. Well.
Sorry.
You want to, like,
talk about it?
- I do not.
- Phew. Good!
I'm not great with feelings.
[deep exhale]
I still need to get you home.
Huh? Stale pastries?
I'm no fool.
I'll never pass up free food!
How did you know he'd eat those?
I've spent much time studying
this flesh being's
behavioral patterns. So I know
in ten minutes,
he'll be...
- [loud snoring]
but I wont fit in
the car Counselor Laff-O,
there's too many of us
already in there
You're here. Safe.
I'll leave you to enjoy time
with your Squad.
You, uhh, never asked me why
I was on that side of the Mall.
The guard took you to
eat you.
Yes, but I jumped in the bag to
be the one to go.
I knew I could escape that doof
somehow.
Why would you do that?
It's just I love it here.
I do.
But sometimes being part of
a squad
gets to be all too much,
you know?
No. I don't know.
Bots always around.
Always needing something.
Sometimes I just, I don't know,
I need to be alone or
something.
Go somewhere and pretend I don't
have everyone
always wanting me to do this or
that.
Being part of a squad is great.
But being alone...
that doesn't have to be so bad
either.
- [Sugar Shocks cheering]
- Lady Macaron!
- There you are!
- I've got so much to tell you!
Ah! She's back!
So, you found your squad?
Who do we have to impress
to get you back in?
- And how can we impress them?
Jumping-Jack competition?
Burpies? Ultimate Burpies?
I'm on it!
[effort noises]
Or a pleasant symphony, perhaps?
I discovered that
I have no squad.
Aww, is that sad?
Actually, the opposite.
It means I can choose my own
path.
I'm going to level with you,
Bonz-Eye. I have no idea what
you're talking about.
But we're all just glad
to have you back.
Bring it in!
[Bonz-Eye] I am Bonz-Eye,
a warrior without a squad.
But perhaps being alone
does not mean I will always
be lonely.
[snoring]
[Antique Doll] See you soon,
Dave.
♪
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A shopping mall is struck by a mysterious Energon cloud, turning the various objects (including non-electronics) into tiny transformable robots called BotBots.
A shopping mall is struck by a mysterious Energon cloud, turning the various objects (including non-electronics) into tiny transformable robots called BotBots.