The Alien Screw

Alien Screw is the first episode of the first season of the animated series Kirby the Adventure, and the first episode of the series overall. Unlike the rest of the episodes of the first season, this one was produced much earlier, that is, in September 1993, when the rest of the episodes began to be produced in November 1993, this is because it is the modified version of the original pilot. which was shown on FOX, and when it was moved to Nintendo TV, this episode was changed 78% and aired as the first episode in 1994.

Plot
Kirby, Blue Kirby, Yellow Kirby and Ken are waiting for the bus while they sing a song, when suddenly Kirby yawns in a peculiar way, this worries his brothers, and he tells them that it was a nightmare, upon hearing this story, Kirby Blue and Yellow Kirby convince him that this happened, because they heard noises during the night and saw everything, but Kirby believes that they are trying to play a prank on him, so he does not believe them, when they arrive at school Kirby begins to getting upset because he didn 't bring homework, and knowing what he is going to say, he starts to make fun of the teacher, this causes, at a certain point Kirby starts to have electric shocks coming from his head, but despite all the things that happen to him, he still does not believe that an alien screw was implanted in his head. During lunch Kirby begins to question his brothers' ability to think, this causes Blue Kirby's annoyance, saying that he has a better way of thinking than him. At checkout time, Kirby starts getting electric shocks again, this causes Yellow Kirby to taunt Kirby for not believing them, when the UFO shows up in person, Blue Kirby starts telling them to leave them alone, this causes the UFO shoot Yellow Kirby, making him fly across the street, the brothers think that Yellow Kirby died, this causes Blue Kirby and Ken to try to convince him that everything was real, but Kirby still does not believe them, and thinks that everything was planned, Kirby gets angry and starts to deny everything in a very annoying way, he goes home, while Ken goes to dinner, Yellow Kirby wakes up and Blue Kirby tries to explain to his brother that Kirby is an idiot, Blue Kirby asks him to help him, but Yellow Kirby had piano lessons, and he couldn't help him. Kirby comes home very upset, but tries to take it all in stride. When Yellow Kirby finishes his piano lessons, and Blue Kirby tells him of his plans to kidnap Kirby and summon the aliens, the brothers involve Ken (one of Kirby's friends who had already had a leading role in this episode) the brothers They convince them that they are going to go to McDonalds blindfolded, but in the end it was all a plan, and he ends up tied to a dry tree in a large field. The brothers try to summon the aliens in every way, when at that moment a huge satellite comes out of Kirby's head, which manages to communicate with them from space, invoking them, Kirby continues to believe that everything is a trick, but when the aliens present, Kirby looks scared and convinced that everything was real, Kirby tries to negotiate with them to leave him and the planet in peace with a speech, when the aliens ignore his speech, he starts to insult them in every way, from insults about sex, even insults about his mother, when Kirby manages to convince them they promise to leave Pop Star alone, with a price, The aliens give Blue Kirby a device to communicate and understand animals, this Kirby Blue loves, who receives him delighted, when the aliens leave, they begin to abduct Kirby, while he was still tied to the tree, the rope breaks and they take Kirby away, while the brothers are grateful that everything is over, without taking It doesn't matter that Kirby was abducted. The next day Kirby Blue and Kirby Yellow wait for the bus at the stop, and they begin to wonder what "where is Kirby" and that "he will be late" at that moment, Kirby falls from the sky, his brothers greet him, and he begins to recount his strange experiences after he was abducted, at the end Kirby Blue says Looks like this will be a great day and Kirby Yellow sarcastically replies Yes and then we'll swim in urine leaving his brothers confused and ending the episode.

Production
This episode is the most peculiar of the series, because it was originally the pilot, when the project moved from FOX to Nintendo TV, this chapter was modified, such as the animation was polished, scenes were removed and new ones were included, and was broadcast on Nintendo TV on March 27, 1994 at 5:00 PM with a TV-PG-DLV rating and a total of 5.00 million viewers at its premiere in 1994, this led to the success of the series, the only thing What they criticized was the quality of animation, which at that time, was done with a lower budget, because it was not expected to be a success, as the first season continued, the animation improved little by little, until at the end of this season, the animation was already the one used in other series (speaking of animation quality).

Reception
During its premiere in 1994, it received positive reviews, saying, several of them saying "A simple plot can bring us good times, and an entertaining episode", also at the time critics and fans said "It has a lot of potential", but they criticized the quality of the animation, saying Despite the quality of the episode, the same cannot be said technically, the animation is somewhat poor, but it's not bad either, it just needs to improve a lot. That caused the series to be renewed for a second season, which began production in November 1994.

Trivia

 * The first character to speak was Kirby Blue, and his dialogue was "What's up Kirby?"
 * It was the only episode directed and written entirely by Patrick Sawyer.
 * This is the only episode where the characters' "eyebrows" are thicker, just like in the shorts.
 * In this episode the mouths of the characters disappear in some scenes, this was on purpose, and this is the only episode to do this.