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Recap / Minilife TV Season 5 Episode 5

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Title: Super Mini-Bros.
Release date: September 16, 2016

After Emery sends an invitation to a party to Chris, Ian, Vince, and Zach, they go to her castle to tell her they can't make it. But when she gets kidnapped by a giant rat, it's up to them to rescue her.


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  • Actor Allusion: Ian says that he and Chris can't go to Emery's party because they've got tickets to a Grittys concert. The real life Ian Holmquist plays the trumpet in the band.
  • Damsel in Distress: Emery, who gets captured by Ratzer in this episode.
  • Homage: To the Super Mario Bros. games.
  • Let's Split Up, Gang!: Chris, Ian, Vince, and Zach each jump into separate paintings to try and find Emery.
  • Oh, My Gods!: Zach says "Oh my Goshua!" after seeing the size of Ratzer.
  • Portal Picture: Four paintings in Emery's home are portals to confined two-dimensional worlds. According to Monty, they were gifts from an old friend of hers.
  • Rodents of Unusual Size: Ratzer is roughly twice the size of an average minifigure.
  • Shout-Out:
    • Ratzer is modeled after Mouser in terms of design and how he's fought. As an added bonus, his stage is modeled after the Super Mario All-Stars version of Mouser's stage.
    • The magic paintings containing their own environments are a nod to Super Mario 64.
  • Tempting Fate: Just after mentioning that her home had a rat infestation and an exterminator got rid of them all, Emery is grabbed by Ratzer.
  • Voiceover Letter: Parodied. Emery sends a letter to Chris and Ian's house saying that she's having a party and Chris reads it out loud in her voice, which Vince compliments him for.

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