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Megas XLR
Season 2, Episode 20
Parade floats
Air date November 27, 2004
Written by Ford Riley
Directed by Kelsey Mann
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Notable Guests Daran Norris
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"Thanksgiving Throwdown!" is the 5th episode of season 2 of Megas XLR.

Plot summary[]

Megas dashes across space in order to reach Earth as fast as possible, for Coop is eager to celebrate Thanksgiving. Because Coop isn't paying attention to where he is going, however, Megas ends up crashing through the rings of Saturn. Some of the rings' debris follows Megas to Earth. Most of the rocks burn up in atmospheric re-entry, but a small rock lands on a lake near Jersey City. From the lake emerges a green, blob-like creature called "Gynok", who wants to find a source of heat so he can grow and spread its spores across the galaxy.

At the Cooplowski household, Coop and Jamie explain the history and meaning of Thanksgiving to Kiva, and, after eating a large meal, the three friends go to attend the Thanksgiving parade downtown, using Megas to get a better view from the sidewalk. Along the way, Megas steps on the vulnerable Gynok, who has been trying to find sources of heat to become more powerful. He acknowledges Megas to be a threat to be its own existence and decides to assimilate a parade balloon in the form of Auggie the Adorable Aardvark.

Gynok attacks Megas in the middle of the parade, but Coop assumes it's just a TV prank. It's only when Kiva analyzes Gynok and deduces him to be some kind of plant-like creature that Coop takes the fight seriously. Megas' attacks fail to leave any lasting damage because of Gynok's elastic surface but Coop manages to temporarily incapacitate Gynok with Megas' new freeze ray. Megas shatters the frozen Gynok with a punch and Coop believes the fight to be over; however, Gynok's shattered remains escape to the sewers, which provide sufficient heat for Gynok to reassemble himself and imitiate the forms of various parade balloons to attack Megas again.

Coop attempts to use cutting weapons to bypass Gynok's elastic skin, but Gynok's healing factor allows him to undo any kind of damage. By controlling multiple bodies based on parade balloons, Gynok causes significant damage to Megas and assumes the form of a large tree. Deducing that Gynok feeds off heat, Coop activates Megas' flamethrower and overfeeds Gynok. Coop's plan works and Gynok explodes from consuming too much heat. With the city saved, Coop returns home to eat some leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner.

End credits[]

Despite (or perhapus because of) the destruction left by the battle, the people of Jersey City declare this to be the best Thanksgiving parade ever.

References to popular culture[]


Weapons Used[]

  • Freeze Gun
  • Buzzsaw
  • Arm Flamethrowers (Small Version)

Quotes[]

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