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A Trashy Tale
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- This article is about the episode withTrash Basher, and should not be confused withJunk Jam orWaste Management.
A Trashy Tale is the 81st episode of theKirby: Right Back at Ya! series. In this episode,Tuff avoids responsibility for cleaning his room by playing withKirby and theCappy kids when they discover that several of the adult Cappies also keep their rooms a mess. The seeming worst offender of all is the Bookem household, but it is soon revealed that the reason for their clutter is becauseChief Bookem insists on bringing home all of the unclaimed lost and found items from the station. Despite this,King Dedede andEscargoon decide to shameButtercup onChannel DDD for the state of her home, but their own slobbishness is soon revealed whenNight Mare Enterprises sends themonsterTrash Basher to gunk upCastle Dedede as revenge for a trash-dumping stunt Dedede pulled earlier. After the monster starts trashing upCappy Town as well,Kirby steps in and defeats Trash Basher using theCleaningCopy Ability, then proceeds to clean up the town and the Bookem household, while King Dedede and Tuff are left to clean up their own rooms.
This episode marks the only time thatButtercup has been a leading character in an episode of the anime, and also marks the final appearance of theCleaningCopy Ability in the anime series.
Characters[edit]
The following characters appear in this episode:
| Cast of "A Trashy Tale" | |
|---|---|
| Character | Selected quote |
| Primary characters | |
| "Poyao?" | |
| "Boy, I'm sure gonna be in trouble when I get home later! Hey, Kirby!" | |
| "I've tried as hard as I could to keep this house clean, but it's no use!" | |
| "Sure, sure! It's easy for you to say, but I'll tell ya it's not all my fault! What about all them folks in town who can't hold on to things?!" | |
| "Hold on, there! That was some perfectly good month old cheesy nachos you just threw out!" | |
| Secondary characters | |
| "A public official at that!" | |
| (no dialogue) | |
| "Smile for the birdie!" | |
| "Gee whiz, and I thought I was a slob!" | |
| "Huh? I'm messy, eh? Just wait 'til I get my hands on ya! I'll show ya messy! My paper's ruined!" | |
| "This might be the trashiest thing we've ever done!" | |
| (no dialogue) | |
| "Yeah! Your food's clean, it just tastes like garbage!" | |
| "You ain't a slob, Kawasaki! You're the world's crummiest cook, but you ain't a slob!" | |
| "How could anyone live like this?" | |
| "She never yells or anything, plus she makes cookies and stuff!" | |
| "Hey, you guys! Look at that mess! I guess his housekeeper doesn't make house calls!" | |
| "This is a disaster area!" | |
| "This can't be the Mrs. Bookem I know!" | |
| "It can't be easy with all this clutter!" | |
| "Quit your name calling, you whippersnappers!" | |
| "Trash Basher: the garbage monster! This stinks!" | |
| "With all due respect, D, what's with making us your trash stash?" | |
| "They oughta' be fined for such a mess!" | |
| "Sure 'tis a horrible house she keeps!" | |
| (no dialogue) | |
| "Tuggle! There's rotten food everywhere!" | |
| (no dialogue) | |
| "You don't know the whole story! There's too much stuff in the lost and found in the station, so the Chief's been storing it here!" | |
| "It's past the expiration date! I gotta get rid of it, somehow!" | |
| (no dialogue) | |
Locations[edit]
- Dream Land
- Cappy Town
- Melman's post office
- Police headquarters
- Castle Dedede
- Cappy Town
Plot synopsis[edit]
The episode begins atCastle Dedede, whereEscargoon is complaining toKing Dedede about the massive mess of discarded food he is making in the throne room while watching television. After being dismissed by the King, Escargoon takes matters into his own hands and orders theWaddle Dees to clean things up despite Dedede's protests. After everything has been collected in trash bags, King Dedede and Escargoon ponder where to dump it, and eventually decide to have it sent through theMonster Delivery System, burying theN.M.E. Sales Guy in the refuse. He contacts King Dedede to ask for the meaning of this dump, and King Dedede mocks him further by insisting that he will not order any moremonsters unlessNight Mare Enterprises accepts their trash. Meanwhile,Tuff is play-fighting withKirby in his room whenLady Like comes in and comments on how much of a mess it is. Instead of cleaning it, Tuff runs away with Kirby to avoid the responsibility and heads out to play with theCappy kids. While playing a ball game, Tuff accidentally launches the ball throughDoctor Yabui's window and ruins an article he was preparing. Tuff and the others initially feel remorse about this, but then see how messy Doctor Yabui's room is.
Later on, Tuff and the kids inexplicably kick their ball through other villagers' windows and see how much of a mess their respective rooms are. After eavesdropping onMelman, they then watch him take a letter forButtercup, and they all comment on how nice she is. Later on, the kids continue their ball game and Tuff accidentally kicks Kirby again, launching him through a window intoChief Bookem's house. Seeing that nobody is home, Tuff tries to open the door to get Kirby whenTiff shows up and asks what he is doing. After explaining the situation to her, Tuff decides to enter through the broken window. Instead of Kirby, however, he finds a massive hoard of junk inside the house, and all those assembled are horrified at the sight. Still struggling to believe that the Bookems would hoard junk like this, Tuff reminds everyone of how neat and tidy they were when treating King Dedede in the episodeThe Meal Moocher, but Tiff explains that nobody saw the inside of their house during that night. After locating and recovering Kirby, the kids are then forced to hide in the junk piles as Buttercup returns home. The kids watch as Buttercup prepares dinner andChief Bookem returns home. As the two sit down to eat, Kirby fails to contain himself and rushes to the table as well, blowing the kids' cover.
Despite being caught, Chief Bookem and Buttercup greet the kids warmly, but Buttercup is soon forced to admit that she cannot keep the house clean. She explains that the reason for this is because Chief Bookem insists on bringing every unclaimed item from the lost and found home. Chief Bookem deflects the blame further by insisting that the villagers are at fault for constantly losing things. At that moment, he is interrupted when King Dedede and Escargoon pull up and demand his presence in the front. King Dedede then explains that he lost a pair of swimming trunks and insists on looking for them himself. Chief Bookem and the kids try to stop Dedede from entering and seeing the mess, but to no avail, as he bashes the door down with his hammer. After surveying the mess, King Dedede and Escargoon promptly return to the castle and prepare to broadcast the situation to the whole town onChannel DDD. Later on, King Dedede, Escargoon, and a film crew of Waddle Dees arrive at the Bookem household and storm in to document the extent of the clutter in a new television program called "Cappy Town Undercover". The Cappies then rub further salt in the wound by treating the Bookem's cluttered house like a tourist destination and taking pictures in front of it.
As the slobbish Cappies from earlier judge the Bookem's house, Tuff points out their hypocrisy, and Tiff explains to the crowd that the Bookem's house is like this due to the lost and found getting backed up. Regardless, King Dedede finishes up shaming the Bookems, and then announces that he is going to visit another house to see their situation, prompting all the gathered Cappies to rush off to tidy up before they are fingered as well. Before they can get far, however, King Dedede and Escargoon see from a distance Castle Dedede filling to the brim with garbage. It is then revealed that amonster calledTrash Basher is spitting junk all over the castle, sent by N.M.E. to get revenge on King Dedede for his trash disposing stunt earlier. Tiff berates King Dedede for being so irresponsible as Trash Basher escapes into town, making a mess there as well. As the group surveys the mess, King Dedede kicks Kirby in to deal with the monster. Despite Kirby's prior inclinations, even he is hesitant to fight the rancid garbage monster and tries to slowly back away. Kirby is then forced to run as Trash Basher chases him down, polluting the countryside as it does so.
As the others watch impotently, Kirby is cornered by Trash Basher.Meta Knight then appears and tosses Kirby a broom, which heinhales to gain theCleaningCopy Ability. From there, Kirby proceeds to bat every bit of garbage that Trash Basher spits at him away, leaving the monster with no garbage left to spew. Seizing this moment, Cleaning Kirby steps forward and gives Trash Basher a good swipe, sending it flying off into the sky where it explodes. Kirby then proceeds to use his ability to clean up Cappy Town with several quick strokes of his broom, finishing up by clearing out all the junk in the Bookem's house. Meanwhile, King Dedede and Escargoon are left to clean up the castle, as Escargoon insists that King Dedede is responsible for the trash in his "room" rather than the Waddle Dees. The episode ends as Tiff and Kirby remind Tuff that he needs to clean his room as well.
Differences between versions[edit]
- In the Japanese version, an arrangement of "Candy Mountain" plays when the Waddle Dees are cleaning up the throne room.
- In the Japanese version, a shot of a pile of trash bags is shown for a bit longer.
- In the Japanese version, there are more shots of the Bookem's unkempt house.
- In the Japanese version, a minor-key arrangement of "Invincible Candy" plays when the Cappies are checking outButtercup's home.
- In the Japanese version, a panning shot of the Bookem's house is longer.
- In the Japanese version, the N.M.E. Sales Guy has slightly longer dialogue.
- In the Japanese version, a panning shot of the town is longer.
- In the Japanese version, a scene of Trash Basher chasing after Kirby is longer.
Dialogue differences[edit]
- In the Japanese version, King Dedede complains that the Waddle Dees are making too much noise while cleaning, rather than complaining that they are throwing out "perfectly good" food.
- In the Japanese version, Doctor Yabui explains that he took "all night" to write his thesis, rather than "months and months". In addition, Doctor Yabui tries to excuse his messiness by claiming it to be research into disease.
- In the Japanese version, Buttercup does not hum while she is walking about in her home.
- In the Japanese version, King Dedede andEscargoon explain that they lost a pair of sunglasses, rather than swimming trunks.
- In the Japanese version, when Chef Kawasaki is reacting to Buttercup's hoarding, Gangu and Gus comment that the only reason his place is not the same is because Kirby eats all his leftovers.
- In the Japanese version, King Dedede and Escargoon's comments on Buttercup are much harsher, claiming her to be a "nasty woman" and "less than human".
- In the Japanese version, Cleaning Kirby shouts "CLEAN!" when disposing ofTrash Basher.
Gallery[edit]
Escargoon finds the throne room a pig sty as Dedede snacks while watching T.V.
King Dedede orders the collected trash sent through the Night Mare Enterprises Teleporter.
The N.M.E. Sales Guy complains about the trash that was just dumped on him.
Tuff play-fights with Kirby in his messy room.
Kirby snatches the snacks Lady Like dropped in shock as Tuff escapes his mother.
The kids accidentally kick a ball through Doctor Yabui's window.
The kids are distracted from Yabui's anger when they see what a mess his room is.
The kids break Tuggle's window and see the mess in his room.
The kids break Melman's window to find his room a mess as well.
Melman accepts a letter from Buttercup.
Kirby is kicked through a window into the Bookem household.
The kids hide as Buttercup walks through her junk-filled room.
Kirby blows the kids' cover to partake in the Bookem's dinner.
Buttercup recounts how the house got so messy.
Chief Bookem tries in vain to stop King Dedede and Escargoon from seeing their cluttered home.
King Dedede and Escargoon bust in and bear witness to the Bookem's hoarding.
The Cappies gather to see the extent of the Bookem's mess.
Castle Dedede starts to brim over with trash.
Meta Knight spots Trash Basher making a mess in the castle halls.
The N.M.E. Sales Guy recounts how his company tried and failed to dispose of the trash that King Dedede dumped on them.
Trash Basher runs into Cappy Town and makes a mess of the place.
Meta Knight tosses Kirby a broom to deal with Trash Basher.
Trash Basher runs out of ammunition to spew at Cleaning Kirby.
Cleaning Kirby uses magical cleaning powers to remove the trash in Cappy Town.
Kirby cleans up the Bookem household, much to their delight.
King Dedede and Escargoon are left to sweep up the throne room.
The final shot of the episode
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ドキッ! かたづけられない女 Doki! Katazukeranai On'na | Shocking! The Untidy Woman |
| Italian | Pulizie di primavera | Spring cleaning |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Golpe Sujo | Dirty Trick Literal translation is "dirty blow". |
