Uploaded Apr 23, 2022
Summary
In search of aid in their darkest hour, Yellow and Blue retreat into a familiar portal, believing they might find solace in the grassy knolls. Much to their horror, the hillside village is once again in dire straits, this time held prisoner by an invading league of Illagers. The two stick figures' imprisonment among the Villagers seems to put a damper on their quest to find recruits. That is, until Yellow shows them the Command Block they nabbed from the enemy. The Villagers are enthused by this realization and lead him down a narrow tunnel; meanwhile, Blue pep talks the remaining captives into taking matters into their own hands and convinces them to mine like they've never mined before.Yellow eventually finds himself standing in a dim chamber with a blast furnace, where he assumes the Villagers want him to hand over the Command Block. To his surprise, they simply forge themselves a rod of iron and move ahead… into yet another conspicuous room. He can only watch in awe as the villagers enchant the rod with lapis lazuli, granting it the ability to channel the master block's energy, akin to that of the dreaded King. They soon return to find that Blue has convinced the rest of the Villagers to secure diamonds for diamond swords. Yellow thinks this is nice, but decides to ensure the uprising is successful by jacking up the Villagers' stats with the scepter.
With Blue and the crowd able to fend off the patrols, Yellow and the lead Villager gallop away to the Titan Ravager's subterranean den. The visit is tense at first: the giant beast is reduced to a frightened shiver as the sight of Yellow's scepter brings back grim memories of King erasing his family from existence. Yellow turns the tables by spawning food and gains the Ravager's trust. He follows this up by crafting a diorama detailing his plans for defeating King, to which a vengeful Titan Ravager agrees. Their arrival at the village gives Blue and his allies the decisive upper hand, driving the remaining Illagers into the wilderness as they realize just what kind of mob they are confronted with.
The duo and their new steed hop back into the Nether at a decisive time, intercepting King as he contemplates his scheme with the two Master Blocks. The Ravager gig briefly does the trick — until tall, orange, and not-at-all-handsome decides to up the ante with his army of duplicate mobs. He soon holds Red hostage, attempting to re-assimilate his mind, only for Yellow to yank his friend away in the nick of time. Not that it matters much, since the clone army has given him a chance to combine the Master Blocks into an even more catastrophic ultimate weapon…
Tropes
- The Bad Guy Wins: King finally has both the Master Blocks and his staff in his possession, allowing him to combine them and recreate his black hole.
- Big Damn Heroes:
- When Blue and the Villagers are about to be killed by the Illagers, Yellow arrives with the Titan Ravager, scaring the Illagers away.
- Blue, Yellow, and the Titan Ravager arrive when King almost gets his staff back. Unfortunately, King still manages to get his staff back along with the two Master Blocks.
- Boring, but Practical: A staff enhanced Command Block is much slower than the Master Block in comparison, but it has features that even the Master Block can't achieve such as providing enhancements, generating a shield, and telekinetically manipulating "players."
- Cheated Angle: The Titan Ravager shouldn't have been able to fit through the portal despite its height.
- Cliffhanger: The episode ends with King getting his staff back, combining the two Master Blocks into one, and putting the combined Master Block into his staff before unleashing an even bigger blast of energy than the one in "The Ultimate Weapon".
- Crazy-Prepared: The Villagers somehow had the foresight to have hidden tunnels filled with dirt leading to blacksmith and enchantment rooms inside of the prison they were thrown into in the outcome where they were forced in there.
- Enemy Mine: The Titan Ravager teams up with the stick figures to get revenge against King for killing its family.
- Evil Knockoff: King uses the dark Master Block to create shadowy duplicates of the Warden, Red's classmates, and the Titan Ravager.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: The three Villagers that volunteer to fight also fight with items relating to their profession alongside the provided diamond swords—the Fisherman uses a fishing rod, the Shepherd uses shears, and the Farmer uses a diamond hoe.
- Funny Background Event: During the fight after the three Villagers break out of their prison, at one point the Shepherd takes down one of the Illigers by shearing off his eyebrows. For added hilarity, a rare moment of a Minecraft entity emoting is shown with the Illager wide-eyed at the revelation that his brow had been rendered bald.
- Fusion Dance: Once King finally gains possession of two Master Blocks and his Magic Staff at the same time, he fuses the two Master Blocks together and puts the fused Master Block in his staff.
- Given Name Reveal: The Command Block reveals that the name of the orange stick figure is King.
- Magic Staff: The Villagers make Yellow a staff to hold the Command Block, similar to the one used by King.
- Oh, Crap!: The Titan Ravager when it recognizes the Command Block that Yellow was holding. Fortunately for it, Yellow's not there to finish it off.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: The Illagers make a run for it when the Titan Ravager appears.
- Shout-Out: A little Freeze-Frame Bonus. If you look at the NBT tags when Yellow is buffing up the villagers, you'll see that he changes their head armour to "musketeer hat." They even do the pose from the Three Musketeers!
- Training the Peaceful Villagers: As soon as Yellow and Blue get locked away with the rest of the Villagers, they begin rallying and equipping the Villagers to fight back. Only three of them were brave enough to wield swords.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: When King uses the light Master Block's power to force Yellow's Command Block staff to target Red instead, Yellow tosses Red aside and he's not seen again, not even when the camera zooms out.
