One day Iggy Koopa was making something in the lab (also known as the castle basement). It was a machine of some sort.
Lemmy: So Iggy, tell me what this is for again?
Iggy: This machine here will track a ghost, pull it to the machine’s chamber, and then nullify the ghost and bring it back to life.
Lemmy: And this is going to defeat Mario and Luigi how?
Iggy: Luigi is a ghost hunter, correct? If we get rid of all the ghosts, Luigi will have no reason to live and kill himself. Mario will become so sad that he will fall into depression, and then the Mushroom Kingdom will be ours for the taking!
Lemmy: Whatever.
He leaves the basement.
Iggy: Now to check the fuse and then test my machine!
Iggy goes to test the fuse, but as he walks past the machine, it switches to REVERSE. Larry Koopa comes into the room with a bucket of poisonous scorpions, wearing an orange jumpsuit with black gloves, black boots, and a black belt (to protect him from the scorpions)/
Larry: Iggy! Time to taste… *sees the machine* Hmmm *sets down the bucket*, I wonder what this thing might do?
Larry steps into the machine’s chamber and sees a button.
Larry: Now who puts a button on the inside of the machine?
He pushes the button. Suddenly, a very painful blast hits Larry, who is struggling to get out of the machine.
Larry: AHHHHHHH! Must... get… out of… this thing!
Larry gets out of the machine and falls on the floor, tired and out of energy. Iggy comes back.
Iggy: Fuse is fine, now to…
He stops and sees Larry on the floor. Larry regains consciousness.
Iggy: YAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Iggy runs behind another invention.
Larry: (with frustration in his voice) What’s his problem?
He stops to see his reflection in a mirror. He then notices his appearance has changed: his blue hair is now silver, his eyes have turned green, and his jumpsuit is now a black color with silver gloves, silver boots, and a silver belt. He also notices he can’t take the suit off.
Larry: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Larry freaks out for a few minutes, then calms down.
Larry: (breathing deeply) Okay, so that
doohickey changed my color scheme, I’m sure it didn’t do anything
else.
A pipe from the ceiling falls, but it just goes through Larry.
Larry: No, that did NOT just happen!
Suddenly Larry falls through the floor.
Larry: AHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Larry is about to land into the upper mantle, when he realizes he can fly.
Larry: Well, that’s neat!
He flies back up to the castle basement.
Larry: Iggy! Come out and tell me what your machine did to me!
Iggy comes out of hiding, and notices the machine is set to REVERSE.
Iggy: Um, I guess the machine turned you into a ghost.
Larry: WHAT?! I have to change back, I can’t let Dad see me like this!
Suddenly, two rings form around Larry and change him back to his previous form.
Iggy: By chance, did you get out of the machine BEFORE it finished the process?
Larry: Yeah, why?
Iggy smacks himself on the forehead.
Iggy: that qualifies you as half-ghost, half-Koopa.
Larry: So, I can switch back and forth?
He switches back to ghost.
Iggy: ….
Larry: SWEET!
He flies off to wherever.
Iggy: I sure hope he doesn’t get carried away.
Bowser: (yelling from upstairs) WHAT’S GOING ON DOWN THERE?
Iggy: Nothing.
I would like to tell you that these newly acquired powers weren’t that much of a problem. Unfortunately there IS a problem, and it just so happens to be the Mushroom Kingdom’s only professional ghost hunter…
Luigi: (bursting into the room) Professor E. Gadd? Why did you call me over here?
Prof. E. Gadd: My sensors tracked a new ghost within a 7-mile radius of this lab. Our job is to hunt it, capture it, and tear it apart.
Luigi: Can’t we just keep it in confinement?
Prof. E. Gadd: If it were a painting ghost, we could, but it’s not.
(Luigi puts the Poltergust 3000 on his back.)
Luigi:What does this ghost look like?
Prof. E. Gadd: I’m receiving the information as we speak…
Back at Koopa Castle, Larry is blasting random things in his room.
Larry: Yeah! This is the life!
He walks through his door and goes into the hallway. Larry passes Morton in the hallway.
Morton: I did not just see that. I did not just see that. I did not just see that. I did not just see that. I did not just see that. I did not just see that. I did not just see that. I did not just see that. I did not just see that. I did not just see that. I did not just see that. I did not just see that.
Larry: Gotta be more careful about that.
He changes back to normal.
Morton: How? What? Why? I am never eating pinto beans before bed again!
??? (from outside): AHHHH! HELP!!!
Larry: Who cares? I’m going to sleep.
Larry goes to sleep while the person outside is mauled by a ghost. Later Larry wakes up, but in Professor E. Gadd’s lab, on a table.)
Larry: Oooh… Where am I?
Prof. E. Gadd: You are in my lab, Ghost Koopa, and we will begin to tear you apart.
Larry: AHHHHHH!!!
He flies off.
Prof. E. Gadd: Luigi, I thought you put him on my ghost-proof table!
Luigi: I didn’t think he would be able to escape from a regular table.
Prof. E. Gadd: You have a lot to learn.
Larry flies back to Koopa Castle and returns to normal.
Bowser: (talking as Larry comes down the stairs for breakfast) Larry! Where were you? Your mother and I have been up all night looking for you!
Larry: I was…
Bowser: Don’t talk back to me, young man! To your room!
Larry: But I have to tell you…
A Boo comes into the room with a clipboard.
Bowser: One second, Larry. (to the boo) Now what is it?
Boo: Well, I hate to tell you this, but half of your army escaped.
Bowser: (strangling the Boo) WHAT?! I PUT YOU IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THE ARMY DOESN’T ESCAPE, YET THEY ESCAPE ANYWAY?!
Bowser throws the Boo far away.
Bowser: (with a scowl on his face) If I have to put up with one more ghost, they are going to be SO sorry. (face and voice back to normal) Now what did you want to tell me, Larry?
Larry: (suddenly looking very nervous) Nothing, Dad..
Larry goes up to his room.
Back in Iggy’s lab…
Iggy: You expect me to help you after you tried a scorpion trick on me?
Larry: YES!
Iggy: I can’t. The machine isn’t fully charged yet, so unfortunately, I can’t change you back to normal. But…
Larry: (panicking) But what?
Iggy: However, I made something that might help you if you encounter anyone dangerous.
Larry: What is it?
Iggy pulls a thermos from off a shelf.
Larry: What’s that for, soup?
Iggy: This is the Koopa Thermos; it can suck up a ghost, similar to the motions of the Poltergust 3000. This is a more compact version of it. But be careful; seeing as you are also half-ghost now, you might suck yourself up by accident.
Larry takes the Thermos.
Larry: Okay.
Outside of the castle…
Prof. E. Gadd: Luigi, have we set up the ghost shield?
Luigi: Oh yes.
Prof. E Gadd: Within moments that ghost will be trapped in there and be ours for the taking! Heehaw!
Luigi: Now that was just creepy.
In the castle,,,
The doorbell rings.
Bowser: *grumble* Ever since I installed that doorbell, people have been coming nonstop!
Prof. E Gadd (dressed up as a health inspector): Hola! I am a health inspector! I am here to inspect your castle!
Luigi (dressed up as a note taker): Yes, Prof. E- uhhhhhh, Nuff, yeah Prof. E. Nuff here is zee world’s best health inspector!
Bowser: You look familiar…
Luigi: Ze are not people you recognize, you can tell because of our big, fake mustaches!
Prof. E. Gadd stares at Luigi with an “I’m gonna kill you for blowing our cover” look. Bowser rips off their mustaches.
Bowser: GET OFF OF MY PROPERTY!
In Iggy’s lab…
Larry: So… What do you want to do?
Iggy: Why don’t you test the full potential of your powers?
Larry: NOW THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!
He uses his ghost ray on the lab walls.
Iggy: Well, you can always practice in the ghost zone.
Larry: Ghost zone?
Iggy tells Larry about the ghost zone.
Larry: What are you getting at?
Iggy: You can use my ghost machine to go into the ghost zone.
Iggy fires up the machine in portal mode.
Larry: Is it that safe?
Iggy: As long as I’m here to make sure the portal stays open, nothing can go wrong.
Larry goes into the ghost zone.
Outside the castle…
Prof. E. Gadd: Well, now I will put the reverse ghost shield over that castle.
Luigi: What do I do?
Prof. E. Gadd: Something very important.
Prof. E. Gadd puts the ghost shield up. A few moments later, Prof. E Gadd uses Luigi as a battering ram to get inside the castle.
Luigi: Ow…
Bowser: YOU CAN’T BARGE IN LIKE THAT!
Prof. E. Gadd uses a tazer on Bowser.
Luigi: Wait a minute, why didn’t we just defeat Bowser like that before? And to think that I spent the first 23 years of my life eating Mushrooms and jumping?!
In the lab…
Iggy: Okay, Larry, you can explore a bit more, and then we will-
Prof. E. Gadd blasts the ghost machine with a big bazookia, thus destroying the machine.
Iggy: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG I SPENT MAKING THAT THING? Wait a minute… LARRY!
In the ghost zone…
Larry is wandering in the ghost zone.
Larry: Where is that portal back home? It doesn’t seem to be around here anywhere! Iggy, Iggy?
Larry bumps into another ghost.
Ghost: Hey, watch it, punk!
Larry: They have to make a map of this place.
Back in Iggy’s lab…
Prof. E. Gadd: Where is that ghost I know is in this castle?
Iggy: Um, it just left?
Prof. E. Gadd: LIAR!
Prof. E. Gadd scans the room with his ghost scanner.
Prof. E. Gadd: Nothing. But I’ll search all the rooms if I have to. MWEHEHEHEHE!
Seconds later, Prof. E Gadd uses Luigi as a battering ram to barge into the castle bathroom.
Luigi: (in a dazed voice) Hi… I’m Luigi…Don’t let the bruises and the concussion fool you… I’m just a plumber working for a jerky professor.
Luigi starts counting the stars around his head. Prof. E. Gadd retaliates by throwing him into the hallway and then throwing a Bob-omb out there with him. Prof. E. Gadd shuts the door.
Luigi: (still in the dazed voice) Look at the pretty ba-
The Bob-omb explodes.
Luigi: Ow…
In the bathroom…
Wendy: YAHHHHHHHH!!!
Prof. E. Gadd: Um…
Wendy: Can’t anyone clip coupons in her own family’s bathroom?!
Prof. E. Gadd: Uh… I guess I should have knocked first?
Moments later, Prof. E. Gadd is thrown out into the hallway.
Prof. E. Gadd: Well, at least that chandelier didn’t fall on my head.
(The chandelier falls on his head.
Luigi: You look ridiculous!
Prof. E. Gadd: Never mind that, we have to find that ghost!
In the ghost zone…
Larry: (wandering) Where is that portal?
I’ve been looking for hours!
Part Two
As we last left off, Prof. E. Gadd’s search had begun and Larry was trapped in the ghost zone. What now?
Larry: I have to find a way out before something goes horribly wrong.
Some Ghost: Hey, you! Over here!
Larry: (floating over to him) Me?
Some Ghost: I see you are in quite a predicament, am I right?
Larry: Yeah, I guess. Why do you want to know?
Some Ghost: I can get you out of here, but only if you accomplish a task for me.
Larry: Okay, what?
Some Ghost: My name is Wraith, and I am close to dissipating. I need you to find me an item of pure silver. You have two weeks to fulfill this task. Now go out there!
Wraith opens a portal to the real world.
Larry: Um… thanks.
Wraith: GO!
Back at Koopa Castle...
Prof. E. Gadd: Wow, this isn’t going too well. Maybe I should do something else.
Voice inside Prof. E. Gadd’s head: No, you must hunt the ghost. You study ghosts, and you must not get sidetracked from your destiny as the world’s greatest ghost hunter…
Prof. E. Gadd: That voice is right. My duty… it is my duty…
Luigi: Professor, are you okay?
Prof. E. Gadd: Luigi, we will get this ghost yet!
Back with Iggy...
Iggy: Darn it, this is not good! I have to repair the machine. I can’t stand the fact that he is annoying, but I can’t leave my brother trapped in the ghost zone!
Bowser: Iggy, wake up! It’s time for school!
Iggy looks up at the clock, which reads 7:25 AM.
Iggy: Have I been up that late?
Bowser: Oh yeah, have you seen Larry?
Iggy: Uh, no.
Wherever Larry is...
Larry: Well, let’s see, where am I?
Larry then notices a sign in Spanish.
Larry: Hm, this might be Spanish. It reads "30 millas a America". Wow, I knew taking Spanish would come in handy. Wait a minute, what planet is this?
Suddenly, everyone notices Larry.
Mexican People: AHHHHHHHH! MONSTER! GHOST! AMERICAN THING! THAT THING CAN’T BE FROM EARTH!
Larry: Uh, boo?
Mexican People: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Larry: Well, as I can see, these nitwits aren’t going to tell me anything.
Larry flies to this “America”.
Larry: Well, I should get to work finding a warp back home…
Some Guy: Yo, dude! Yo don’t belong on these streets, freak!
Larry unleashes a powerful ghost blast.
Larry: Holy...
Some Guy: Yo...
Suddenly Larry falls through the ground.
Larry: Darn it, I still can’t stop that from happening!
Larry flies back up to the surface.
Larry: Now there has to be a warp pipe somewhere…
Suddenly, people are running and a giant bolt of electricity hits Larry.
Larry: What the?
Ghostorm: Yes, tremble before the awesome might of Ghostorm! Your world is mine!
Larry: What a lame name. Well, that’s not my problem.
Ghostorm blasts Larry with more electricity.
Larry: (doubling in pain) NOW it’s my problem.
Ghostorm: You cannot defeat me! I am powerfu-
Larry: SHUT UP! EAT GHOST RAY, SCUM!
Larry ghost rays Ghostorm.
Ghostorm: You dare to hurt me, child? You will suffer!
Ghostorm sends a very fast gale at Larry, who gets blown towards an abandoned building.
Larry: (panicking) Gotta go through the wall! Gotta go through the wall! Gotta go th-
Larry doesn't make it in time and crashes into the wall. He wakes up a few hours later, though.
Larry: Ugh, where am I?
Larry is in an old bookstore.
Larry: Huh, this place is very full of clutter.
An old newspaper flies onto Larry’s face.
Larry: Hm, what’s this? (reading that paper) Brooklyn, New York, October 1985, two plumbers on a routine plumbing job disappeared in the local sewers, the search for these people is continuing…
Another paper flies into Larry’s face.
Larry: (reading) Brooklyn, New York, August 1993, the plumbers that disappeared years ago have returned. But the plumbers just came back so we would stop worrying. They were speaking of adventures and mentioned words like Bowser, Toad, Peach, Yoshi, Starman; words we have never heard before. However, the plumbers disappeared again before they were administered to the Brooklyn Mental Hospital.
The rest of the paper is torn. Larry thinks for a minute.
Larry: That’s it! The warp back home is in Brooklyn! That’s where I want to be!