Episode 173 - "Wakare to Deai! Unmei no Hoshiboshi no Ryuuten" or "here we go again!"

Mysterious Figure 1: "Can we find it?"
Mysterious Figure 2: "The golden ticket?"
Mysterious Figure 3: "The reason behind seemingly pointless gender changes in anime?"

Threelights Singing on stage:
Seiya: "What good anime doesn't have a couple extra bishonen in reserve?"
Yaten:"And they saved the best bishonen for last!"
Taiki: "Might I remind you about the trandgender thing?"

At Crown:
Minako:"Oh good, more boys to fawn over!"
Makoto:"Yup!"
Rei:"They are super sexy and they sing!"
Minako & Makoto:"Yup!"
Ami:"And look at their amazingly long girly-hair!"
Minako, Makoto & Rei:"Yup!.....what?"
Usagi:"I think I'll do something out of character and brood for a bit. It's Mamo-chan, so I'm allowed to."

Back at the Tsukino Household:
Luna : "Oh, come on. You finally grew up. Don't regress on me now!"
Usagi : "But if Mamo-chan goes, who will throw roses that magically stick into concrete, say cheesy lines, and save my sorry butt?"
Luna : "You've got a point, but send him off cheerfully anyway."

At the airport:
Usagi : "Wahhh don't leave me Mamo-cha---oooo! A SPARKLY!!"
Mamoru : "I'm so glad you are easily distracted." *smooch*
Fangirls : "Shreiks of mayhem"
Usagi : "Way to ruin the moment." *pout*
Mamoru : "I'm sure it's no one important. Let's go."

Yaten : "Man, these girls are obnoxious."
Seiya : "Hang on a second, I have to go over here and get a premonition and some foreshadowing."
Usagi : *completely oblivious*

Somewhere else...
Shadowy Galaxia figure : "Enter evil, yet beautiful villain."
Shadowy Galaxia figure : "See these? They are power crystals. Collect 100 of them to advance to the next level!"
Shadowy Galaxia figure : "Yay! Flashback time!"

:flashback:
Mamoru : "Is this what they mean by 'don't go into the light'?"
Mamoru : "PWNED"

:end flashback:

At the Threelights Studio:
Yaten : "My spidey senses are tingling!"
Seiya : "Or maybe it's all the growth hormones you are taking."

Makoto : "Umm, what's that?" *looks at Usagi's ring*
Usagi : "It's my new, shiney wangst-inducer!"
Ami: "It looks like an engagement ring."
Usagi : "No way! It's a wangst-inducer. Because Mamo-chan gave it to me."
Minako : *bursts in* "I hate to interrupt this terribly important dialogue but we have more pressing issues right now."
Ami : "Like getting to the plot?"
Minako : "No, better. Boys."

Minako : "Hey, jumping up and down like an idiot is fun!"
Makoto : "Not that we can see anything."
Ami : "Why don't we force our way through the crowd, theirby abandoning Usagi so that she can run in to trouble all by herself."
Rei : "Sounds good to me." *ducks into the crowd*
Usagi : "Hey. Where'd everyone go?"

Usagi : "Gee, maybe I'll just be slick and sneak backstage through this side entrance no one else has seemed to notice."
Seiya : "Tada! Your Mamoru replacement has arrived. You can worship me now."
Usagi : "Not impressed."
Seiya : "But I'm awesome."
Usagi : "Still not impressed."
Seiya : "Fine. Whatever. Your loss. Later, Odango." *wanders off*
Usagi : "Hey! How come you can go back there but I can't? And don't call me Odango!"
Usagi : "The incredibly handsome but annoying bishonen is gone. I will now sneak backstage."
Sockpuppet Theater Narrator : "Guess which Light is writing this narration and I'll give you a cookie!"

Usagi : "Oh hey! There's one of those stars I wanted to meet - so I'll go hide behind this bus!"
Chuuko Nezu: "Can I have your autograph?"
Arisu : "Can you not be annoying?"
Iron Mouse : "I guess that's a no, then. Let me rip off my magical pinstriped suit +4, to reveal my baby-doll nightie beneath!"
Arisu : "Hentai! Ecchi! I will stand here, paralized, while you shoot weird fuzz-balls of light at me!"
Iron Mouse : "Thank you for being so cooperative. That's a good victim."
Iron Mouse : *starseed turns black* "Aww, crap. It's rotten. That sucks."
Eternal Sailormoon (ESM) : "I shall impress you with my speech, like I do all the other villains."
Iron Mouse : "Consider me not impressed - like all the other villains. Except, I'm Senshi, so I may or may not be a real villain."
Iron Mouse : "Oh, and here - have a monster to play with. I've got a phone booth to catch."
ESM : "...uh what?"
Phage : "Like my spikey ball and chain? Let's play!"
ESM : "It's good to know I can angst, even without the ring."
Starlights : "Enter Hermaphroditic, Leather-clad, Bikini models. It seems to be a bondage theme party, so we thought we'd fit right in."
Healer : "And you thought SM stood for Sailor Moon."
Maker : "Please ignore any resemblance that we may have to a certain set of idols that have yet to be formally introduced."
Fighter : "And while you gawk at our awesome Sailor Fuku, I shall gladly pummel the Phage."
ESM : "Damn it! You're make me angst again! Fear the power of my angst!" *heals phage*
ESM : "Hey, where'd they go? Who were those bondage-wearing sailor senshi?"

Rei : "Hey, where'd you go to after we abandoned you? You didn't happen to get into a fight with a new enemy and meet black-leather wearing Senshi, did you?"
Usagi : "..."
Usagi : "You suck, you know that?