Fetch Quest

Parappa the Rapper (PtR) is an insanely memorable game. Literally every character, every stage, every song could be the subject of a blog post. It's hilarious and enjoyable and has just about the best soundtrack in all of gaming. I actually had originally intended to do one of my first few posts on the game, but honestly, I couldn't decide which aspect of it I wanted to talk about. I suppose I could have just done the game as a whole, but that's not something I'm trying to do on here (outside of full-fledged reviews). After a couple weeks of procrastination, I said to heck with it, and just picked the first one that came to mind: the bathroom level.

You remember how in Mega Man games, there was always that section right before the end where you have to re-battle all of the robot masters you defeated earlier? The fifth stage of PtR is just the same. The four rap masters of the previous four stages all return for one epic final showdown before you are allowed to move to the last boss. Unlike in Mega Man though, in PtR, they aren't trying to kill you. No no, not at all. In fact, the circumstances that bring them together for one final rap battle with Parappa is about the strangest you'll ever see in a game.

Parappa has a lot to drink. Parappa needs to go to the bathroom. Parappa pulls over at a gas station to use their facilities. Parappa is disappointed to see a line of people waiting to get in. Parappa is shocked when he realizes that the line is made of the the four rap masters he has recently encountered. Parappa challenges the masters to a battle in order to move to the front of the line so he can be the first to use the bathroom. Crazy, ain't it?

It's hard to find much more to say about the bathroom battle - frankly, it pretty much speaks for itself. I'll leave things off with my favorite line of the song: "Ribet ribet, I can't hold it, last toilet that I had, I already sold it". Ah, classic. You gotta believe!