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Try and be creative, just this once. *gasps* How about trying to combine these two old products to make one brand new one?
— Tiff • Snack Attack - Part I

Snack Attack - Part 1 is the 45th episode (52nd in Japan) of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.

Synopsis[]

After Tuggle tries to throw away his poorly-selling chocolate capsules and Gengu attempts to dispose of his unpopular mini-figures, Tiff suggests that they put their two products together to make one new item. They decide to put the mini-figures inside the chocolate capsules and market them. They instantly prove to be a huge hit as all the Cappy Kids, and even a few of the adults, scramble to collect the Star Warrior mini-figures inside of the capsules. Tuggle and Gengu may be happy with their product now, but how can this business plan run smoothly without any interferences?

Episode Summary[]

This episode begins with Tuggle and Gengu dumping their chocolates and Star Warrior action figures. Tiff catches them doing this and gives them the idea of combining their products. Everyone loves the result, even adults like Mayor Len Blustergas, Samo, Escargoon, and King Dedede are addicted. Though the chocolate is ignored, the figures inside are so popular that every male resident of Cappy Town seems to buy them. Even though the men are addicted, the women dislike them. Eventually, Iro finds a Meta Knight figure, and Tiff goes to tell the real Meta Knight about it. Meta Knight, however, does not help her much though, and simply laughs to himself being "popular" and "a rare one." Soon after, Dedede wants the Meta Knight figure (completely oblivious to the fact that he has the real Meta Knight living in the castle) and decides to try to steal it from Iro. He is caught by Chief Bookem, who keeps the figure as "evidence." Eventually, Dedede uses this to his advantage and advertises a new action figure series, the Martial Arts All-Stars, who everyone seems to want. Though really, there is only one of each All-Star, which comes to life in Snack Attack - Part II for Kirby to fight. All anyone got was a small triangular fighter figure that, in the moonlight, became one of the Figure Monsters, which terrorized Cappy Town. Dedede said he would call them off if Kirby would battle the All-Stars.

The story is continued in Snack Attack - Part II

The Action Figures Included[]

Changes in the dub[]

  • The scene where Iro tries to take his mom's purse to buy more chocolate capsules was removed from the English dub, perhaps out of concern that children watching the show might try to imitate it.
  • The scene where Chef Kawasaki, Melman, and Yabui admire their own figures was removed from the English dub, probably due to time constraints.
  • When looking at the chocolate capsules King Dedede just bought, Kirby says "Choco-poyo." In the dub, he only says "Poyo".
  • The last part of King Dedede's jail scene is cut from the dub.
  • In the original dub Tiff is mad they would use Meta Knight’s face to sell a product without his consent, while in the 4Kids Dub Tiff is mad that Tuggle and Gengu are purposefully selling useless action figures knowing people want Meta Knight or Top Tier Star Warriors, so more people can buy chocolate capsules, with the higher chance of getting the rarer warriors.

Trivia[]

  • The candy "Choc Surprise Balls" could be a parody of Wonder Ball or the European Kinder Surprise eggs.
  • The episode's storyline appears to have been inspired by the real-life controversy over Bikkuriman chocolate wafers in 1980s Japan. Bikkuriman wafers are packaged with character stickers and were one of Japan's first successful collectible phenomenon. Just like in the episode, children and collectors were known to buy large quantities of the wafers, looking for rare stickers (which could potentially be sold for a large profit) while throwing away the chocolate.

Other languages[]

Language Name Translation Airdate
French Les oeufs-surprise 1ère partie The surprise eggs part 1 Unknown
German Alle wollen Meta Knight, Teil I Everyone wants Meta Knight, Part I June 10, 2004
Italian La merendino mania parte 1 The snack mania part 1 September 11, 2006
Korean 악마의 초코 캡슐!/장난감대소동 (상) Devil's Chocolate Capsule!/Toy Bustle (Top) March 30, 2005
Spanish (Latin America) El ataque de los juguetes - parte 1 Attack of the toys - part 1 May 22, 2004
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