Video Game Journeys: Sam & Max Save the World

by CrashGuy41

To the Moon!

Previous Chapter

Later that evening, Max was giving a Presidential speech for WARP TV. Sam, meanwhile, was caught up thinking about the last case with the Internet that he missed his cue.

"I still can't believe it. The Internet was being used by this Roy G. Biv guy," Twilight sighed.

"Yes, and it's obviously a pseudonym, but for who? Or whom?" Sam wondered.

"We're detectives, Sam, not mind readers! Well, except for Sunset, but that's beside the point!" Max said. "Hey, maybe we should ask Hugh Bliss!"

"Mind readers? Max, you may be on to something!" Twilight exclaimed.

"By the way, have you seen my copy of Emetics: The Handbook for Multicolored Happiness by Hugh Bliss?"

"Colors! No. Think, Max, think!" Sam said, wanting to put two-and-two together.

"Well, I know I had it this morning..."

"That's it! Morning! In the ancient tongue of the mud-worshipping Kappalahotek tribe of the Serengeti, our word morning means he who destroys the hypnotic rainbow man. That's the word he fears the most! So this Roy G. Biv is the one person we've met who's never said the word morning. And that means it's..."

Before Sam could confirm his suspicions on who it was, the phone rang. Upon answering it, he knew that it was the commissioner on the phone. He then asked him to put out an APB on Hugh Bliss as quickly as he could.

"By the Greek Goddess Selene in a chariot with dual overhead cams and Silver Foxx mud flaps! We're on our way!"

Sam hung up the phone, as he had gotten all of the information he needed.

"Let's go, everyone! The commissioner said that Hugh Bliss is currently staying at his exclusive prismatology retreat, the Blister of Tranquility."

"The Blister of Tranquility? Where's that? Hawaii? Kokomo? No, wait! Tahiti?!" Pinkie asked.

"Even further than that. Better pack a space suit, girls, because we're going to the moon."


And that's exactly what they did. After a few minutes of traveling, Sam landed the DeSoto on the moon. As soon as everyone got out, Pinkie wanted to try something. She removed her space helmet to test it. Upon doing so, she discovered that she could breathe normally thanks to her geode. Twilight had her doubts, so she decided to test it herself. Turns out that Pinkie was right. Their geodes allowed them to miraculously breathe while on the moon's low-oxygen surface. As for Sam and Max, well, thanks to saving the paper bags that they had on their last trip to the moon, they were able to breathe while on its surface. In any case, the girls removed their helmets and space suits in order to walk around more freely.

"Normally I'd question logic, but I'm going to in this case," Twilight admitted.

"That's probably for the best," Sam responded. "Anyways, let's locate the Blister of Tranquility, find out what Hugh Bliss is up to, and arrest his unprincipled magical butt!"

"My mom will be so happy when we do," Fluttershy said. "This hypnosis thing is getting so far out of hand that it's starting to stress her out."

Just then, Max noticed something peculiar. It was a Visitor's Center. Much to everyone's surprise, Harry Moleman, who was now without his Ted E. Bear suit, was acting as a docent. Upon entering the Visitor's Center, they all saw a couple of things that caught their attention. First, there was the display for the Hypno-glasses. The same ones that Brady Culture was using in the first case. Harry explained that they were stolen about a week ago. Another thing that got their attention was the bent spoon display case. Harry explained to them that it was a talisman that would allow the user to bend metal with their mind. As Twilight reached for it, she felt a strange power enter her body. After about a minute, she finally held her head in pain.

"Um, Twilight? Are you all right?" Fluttershy asked.

"I'm fine, Fluttershy," Twilight responded. "Just feeling a little bit light-headed, that's all."

While all this was happening, Sam attempted to enter the Lunar Lander, but discovered that the keys were locked inside the device. After doing that, they all saw a red box that led to the place known as the Blister of Tranquility. Everyone attempted to go inside, but were blocked by Agent Superball, who was now wearing a white suit, a blue shirt, a rainbow colored tie, and a rainbow-colored earpiece.

"Superball, darling, you don't seem to understand, we NEED to get into the Blister of Tranquility," Rarity said.

"I'm sorry, ma'am," Superball said. "Only level red prismatologists may enter Hugh Bliss's magical paradise."

"Level red prismatologist?" Sunset asked. "How do we know if we are one?"

Superball handed them a white toy unicorn.

"What do we do with this?"

"Rub it. If the horn glows red, then you're a level red prismatologist. It's the spectrum analysis test."

"Ooohh! Ooohh! Ooohh! Let me try!" Pinkie exclaimed.

She grabbed the unicorn and rubbed it as hard as she could. Much to everyone's surprise, the horn glowed red as soon as she finished rubbing it.

"How did she do that?" Rainbow asked.

"I'm utterly flabbergasted," Superball gasped. "Your friend has already experienced true bliss thanks to her hyperactive personality. That is a rather shocking revelation. Nevertheless, this means I have no choice but to let you into the retreat. Enjoy it, brothers and sisters."

And with that, they all entered the box that led to the Blister of Tranquility.


When they emerged from the other side, they were all astonished at what they saw. There were statues of Hugh Bliss, a rollercoaster ride on a literal rainbow track, and so much more. Max was the first to notice the real Hugh Bliss. Or rather, a giant hologram of him floating above the room.

"Hi, I'm Hugh Bliss!" Hugh said.

"Hi, Hugh Bliss!" various others said.

Among the others were the C.O.P.S., the bug, Philo Pennyworth, and the giant stone head of Abraham Lincoln.

"I so hope you're enjoying my Blister of Tranquility! You're all making such great progress unlocking the secrets of prismatology, and I couldn't be more delighted! I have splendid news! My top secret plan to hypnotize the entire world is nearly complete. Ha, ha, ha! Soon, everyone on Earth will become one of us! None shall escape! It'll be fabulous!"

Everyone in the room, save for Sam, Max, and the girls were excited to hear the news.

"I'd like to give that jerk a piece of my mind!" Rainbow threatened.

"Cool it, Dash! We're gonna have to take this lunatic down with brains, not brawn," Applejack said.

"Keep up the great work, everyone! I'm tickled pink! Hee hee!" Hugh said before the hologram disappeared.

"That won't happen if we have something to say about it!" Sunset snarled.

Hugh's hologram then reappeared and told everyone not to go into his inner sanctum.

"I think that's a sign that we SHOULD go into his inner sanctum," Rainbow said.

"Here, here," Rarity said.

Just then, everyone noticed that Pinkie was playing with Bluster Blaster. She was playing a version of tic-tac-toe. The game was called Tic-Tac-Doom. She intentionally lost in order to gain a gift. The talisman to see through lead objects. Curious, Twilight walked up to the talisman and ended up having another strange power enter her body. Just like with the spoon, she felt a little bit dizzy afterwords.

"You okay, Twilight?" Pinkie asked.

"Yes, Pinkie. I'm fine," Twilight said.

After that was over, everyone walked over to Abe, who was feeling down in the dumps. It turns out that he actually DID have feelings for Sybil. He just wasn't sure what to say to her. Before Max could get Bob, one of the members of the C.O.P.S., Twilight stopped him.

"Hang on, Max. Sybil might have changed professions. We should go see what kind of newfangled occupation she has now. And maybe find something to help Sam unlock the lunar lander with."

"Okay," Max nodded.

So, they all exited the Blister of Tranquility and hopped back into the DeSoto. After doing so, they all headed back to Earth.


After arriving back in New York, everyone entered the office and obtained the coat hangar antenna. At first Max was upset, but then Sam reminded him that it was necessary if they wanted to save the world. After that was done, they all headed out of the office and entered Sybil's place. Upon going inside, they all saw various stuff that represented Canada around her office. Rainbow Dash let out a huge smile upon seeing these items. Canada was her birthplace. She was actually from Alberta, Canada. The place where hockey was the most popular.

"Hiya, Sybil," Sam greeted.

"Hello, everyone," Sybil greeted with an exaggerated accent. "But we prefer to be addressed by our official title."

"Is that accent supposed to be English or French, darling?" Rarity asked.

"Both! We just got the best job ever! We are the Queen of Canada!"

"Sybil, let me go on record and say that YOU'RE NUTS!" Rainbow said. "Canada only has one ruler and it's King Charles III."

"Not anymore. You see, ever since Her Majesty passed away, the Canadians wanted someone young to help His Highness. Do you know how we got this job?"

"No."

"We answered a classified ad. And like I said, they were looking for a younger figurehead to give the country a little bit more class. They said we were the perfect candidate!"

"Sybil, I grew up in Canada before I moved here to America, and you are definitely NOT Canadian."

"No, but we took two quarters of French in college, and we spell colour with a u.

"Big deal! That word can be spelled either way!"

Applejack had finally had enough of Rainbow's snark and jabbed her in the stomach.

"Ow! What was that for?!"

"You're being rude, Dash!" Applejack snarled.

"It's all right," Sybil said. "Besides, we were the only candidates."

"So, what exactly does the queen of Canada do, anyhow?" Rarity asked.

"It's mostly promotional. We throw out the first puck in hockey games, that kind of thing."

"I see... Well, thank you, Sybil. I do believe we'll be going, now."

"You may go," Sybil said in an exaggerated voice.

And with that, everyone left Sybil's place and headed back to the moon in the DeSoto.


Upon reaching the moon, Sam unlocked the lunar lander and ended up taking the key to it with him. After that, everyone reentered the Blister of Tranquility and decided to help Abe talk to Sybil. After a few moments of talking thanks to Bob connecting to her office, Abe eventually secured a date with Sybil. The thought of dating made him so nervous that he puked up mud.

"Ewwwwww!!" Rainbow cringed.

"Now, that just ain't right!" Applejack said.

"Absolutely disgusting!" Rarity cringed.

"I'm sorry, girls. Just a little nervous, is all," Abe said.

"Well, aside from that, what do you say we get going and stop Hugh Bliss from hypnotizing the entire world?" Sam suggested.

"Let's do it!" Rainbow exclaimed enthusiastically.

"Here, here!" Rarity said.

"Abso-tiva-lutely!" Pinkie said.

"Can't argue with that!" Sunset added.

"Count me in!" Applejack said.

"Yay!" Fluttershy exclaimed.

"Yes! Let's go, girls! Let's go save the world!" Twilight exclaimed.


And with that, everyone headed up the elevator to an intimidating-looking door. Twilight used her new-found x-ray vision and ability to bend metal to open the door for them. Once the door was open, everyone entered the inner sanctum and confronted Hugh Bliss. Hugh then proceeded with his plan to hypnotize the entire world. He teleported himself into a crystal and initiated his beam from the moon, which ended up hypnotizing the entire population of Earth.

"What have you done?!" Sam exclaimed.

"Oh, just enlisted a few billion followers," Hugh giggled. "Touch me, and you'll have quite a happy angry mob on your hands!"

As Hugh and Sam were talking, they failed to notice Sunset sneaking over to the control panel with a mallet in her hands. Hugh mentioned that only Max could stop him, but was soon proven wrong when Sunset got his attention.

"Hey, Hugh Bliss!" she shouted. "Max isn't the only one who can stop you! I've been wanting to use this thing for a long time!"

She then slammed the mallet into the control panel, which destroyed it. Not only did she destroy it, but doing so also reversed the effects of the hypnobeam. Enraged, Hugh teleported over to Sunset's location.

"You imbecile! You've ruined my master plan! So, I'm afraid you're all going to have to die!"

"I don't think so, magic man!" Sam said, pulling out his gun.

He then opened fire on Hugh. Surprisingly, though, the bullets had no effect on him. Hugh then revealed his true form, which was a blue bacteria-like humanoid creature.

"We cannot be harmed by bullets," the bacteria Hugh explained. "We only need one thing. To feed. You see, we feed on the endorphins produced by humans experiencing true bliss!"

"You monster!" Rarity snarled. "All you ever wanted was to eat until you were satisfied by hypnotizing the entire human race!"

"Yes. But you want us to starve. And for that, your friend, Rarity, will die..."

Everyone gasped in horror as Rarity was soon strapped to a torture wheel. Rarity knew she had to get out of the situation fast. Her friends couldn't help her, as most of them were forcibly tied up by Hugh's magic.

"I wish... I wish... I wish..." Rarity said.

After saying those words, Twilight immediately teleported from the wheel and switched places with Hugh.

"I can teleport, now! I love it!" she squealed.

"You show him, Rarity! Kick his alien bacteria butt!" Rainbow cheered.

After that, Hugh then attempted to saw Rarity in half, but she immediately switched places with him. She then sawed off his fake head, which he just laughed at. Next, he tried sending her to space to die in the lunar lander, but she once again switched places with him. After that, he put her in a water tank trap. While he was doing that, Pinkie managed to get free and sneak over to the lunar lander. She picked up the saw and cut off one of the lander's legs. After doing so, Rarity immediately swapped places with Hugh again. As she did, Sam got free and called out to Rarity. He then tossed her the lunar lander key for her to use. Rarity let out a smug grin and glanced over at Hugh. She then climbed into the lunar lander.

"You're days of feeding are over!" she said as she started the lunar lander.

As she did, the water in the tank heated up, causing Hugh's bacteria form to dissolve. After that was over, Hugh was no more. They had officially saved the world. Their world. They did it. And it was all thanks to the help of Sam and Max.

"We couldn't have saved the world without your help," Sam said.

"Aw, it was nothing," Rainbow blushed.

"Here, I have something I want you to keep."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a World of Fish magnet. Rarity took the magnet and smiled. She then gave Sam one of her extra copies of a Shadow Spade novel that she owned.

"Aw, thanks."

"Well, as much I don't want to say goodbye, I'm afraid we have to," Rarity said.

"Aw, that's too bad. I hope one of these days our paths will cross again."

"They just might, Sam, darling. Now then, if you don't mind taking us home, we have a bus to catch in the morning."

Indeed they did. And once they did, the girls headed home to Canterlot City. They're adventure with Sam and Max was over for the time being. Would they cross paths with them again some day? Only time will tell.


Author's Note

Don't question cartoon/video game logic, all right? Sometimes it's best if you don't question it and just go with things on a narrative perspective.

Also, you've probably noticed that I decided to skip the part where you have to get Max's vices back. I skipped it in order to give the story some originality. Not only that, but I also skipped going to Bosco's, as well. See, like I said, I wanted more originality.