Bouts and Boogies is the second episode of season 25, Titan Takedown.
Synopsis[]
Immediately after their round 1 victory, the Party Animals are invited up to the gods' skybox to talk to the Olympians, because Zeus wants to get a read on them. Their social game is a mixed bag, and ends with Zeus certain they're not telling them anything of importance and lying about their real histories and motivations, and Aphrodite recognizes Tabatha. The party also sees a portal to the underworld in the corner of the skybox.
They meet Tabatha's former teacher Hippolotamus, now concierge to the gods, and he gives them the tip that the real power comes from worship and giving the people hope and receiving adoration is best of all, and if they don't gather enough of it, they won't be able to fully use the power that comes with being a god on an Olympian Throne. He also identifies the formerly-gorgeous Adonis' true curse as his vanity, and Adonis resists the idea. He also reveals that the final round of the Titan Takedown will require the team to battle each other until only one is left standing.
That night, Tabatha sneaks them into the skybox and through the underworld portal in the corner, where they observe a tense meeting of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Aphrodite in Hades' Underworld nightclub. Zeus has decided the Party Animals are potentially dangerous, so he's going to swap the card up and have them face Nature's Wrath, a lackadaisical group of nature worshippers. During the meeting, they receive a notification that Asterius's team, the Monsters, has been beaten by Nature's Wrath.
The Party Animals spend their downtime prepping and doing recon. Adonis gets one of his erstwhile subjects to do a full-court advertising press for Party Animals, because the people must know who you are to adore you, and this succeeds with their merch suddenly plastering the city and drawing attention to Thea's bar as a central hub of good feeling and hope. The Party Animals ask Hippolotamus for what he says about Nature's Wrath, and gets warned that they are impossible to fight with dignity--either you're getting clowned on by a bunch of hippies or you're the person who just punched a pegasus in the face. Julius has the idea to challenge the other side to a dance-off, since many of the opposition are musically-inclined and don't enjoy fighting, and Hippolotamus agrees it could work.
Thea gets the Minotaur and his Monsters team to help out at Party Animals (to great effectiveness), and he gives them a rundown on Nature's Wrath's capabilities. Armed with the foreknowledge, they challenge Nature's Wrath to a dance-off in the ring (mechanically, it's normal combat but all attacks are designed as dancing and reactions tend to be being overawed at someone's moves). They remove key threats early, prevent Nature's Wrath's synergistic teamwork from firing on all cylinders, and carry early momentum to an easy victory--all while appealing to the crowd and showing good sportsmanship.
Also, Xavier Woods has some cursed luck this episode, poor dude.
Locations[]
- Athens
Featured Characters[]
Party Animals[]
Returning[]
New[]
Mentioned[]
- The Amazons
- The Philosophers