- "Take this one instead. It's a lot better. I don't have my mouth wide open, like Serena."
- —Amy to Greg
"Mercury's Mental Match" is the 23rd episode of Sailor Moon. It was preceded by The Power of Friendship and followed by An Artful Attack.
Plot[]
Queen Beryl reminds Zoycite and Malachite that they need all seven crystals to activate the Imperium Silver Crystal and (in their case) release the Negaforce, and is disappointed with Zoycite that Tuxedo Mask got the second crystal. Zoycite and Malachite plan to take the crystal from him as he goes after the other five. Beryl tells them to find the other five crystals now, and naturally tells them that failure is not an option.
During some construction work, Amy's friend Greg tells her to stop as she is walking. Seconds later, a large chunk of metal falls and lands where Amy would have been had Greg not stopped her.
At school, Serena gets another horrible mark on her test, while Greg comes in first. Amy comes in second, missing on a perfect score by one point. Serena suspects that Amy and Greg are in love. As Serena is giving Greg a picture, her Crescent Moon Wand reacts to him, indicating that he is the third rainbow crystal carrier. Zoycite soon discovers this using her homing crystal, and attacks him. He knows her name, and reveals that he can see into the future. He knows about the Negaverse and that he will be turned into a monster. He tries to fight her, but she uses her Zoy attack on him. As she attempts to extract his Rainbow Crystals, Serena and Amy arrive, and transform into Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury to fight her off. Zoycite uses Zoy to distract Sailor Moon, and leaves.
As Sailor Mercury gets Greg to safety, he calls her "Amy", as he knows who she is. He tells her about his power, and tells her to destroy him when he is turned into a monster. Zoycite returns and extracts the yellow crystal from Greg and turns him into Bumboo. However, he still retains some of Greg inside him, and attacks Zoycite. She drops the crystal, and Sailor Mercury catches it. However, Zoycite turns him completely evil and makes him bigger. Sailor Moon and Luna arrive. Sailor Moon uses Moon Healing Activation on Bumboo, but it doesn't work, as he is too powerful and must be weakened first.
Bumboo shoots razor sharp blades shaped like triangles at Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, and Luna. Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter arrive just in time, and use Mars Fire Ignite and Jupiter Thunder Crash on him to stop his attack. Sailor Mercury uses Mercury Bubbles Blast, and says that Bumboo is weak enough now. Sailor Moon uses Moon Tiara Magic, which attaches itself to his head and shrinks him back to his normal size. She then uses Moon Healing Activation to heal him, and this time it works, turning him back into Greg. A dissatisfied and disappointed Zoycite disappears, while Tuxedo Mask, who was watching, decides to leave the crystal with the Scouts.
Greg moves away again because of his father's job. He says goodbye to Amy, who gives him a picture of her before he leaves on the train.
Sailor Says[]
Cast[]
- Serena/Sailor Moon - Terri Hawkes
- Queen Beryl - Naz Edwards
- Zoycite - Kirsten Bishop
- Malachite - Dennis Akiyama
- Greg - Eric Kimmel
- Amy/Sailor Mercury - Karen Bernstein
- Builders - David Fraser, Tony Daniels
- Students - Greg Swanson, Lindsay Collins, unknown, unknown
- Lita/Sailor Jupiter - Susan Roman
- Cleaner - Tony Daniels
- Raye/Sailor Mars - Katie Griffin
- Darien/Tuxedo Mask - Toby Proctor
- Luna - Jill Frappier
- Bumboo - Harvey Atkin
Notes[]
- First appearance of Greg.
- First and last appearance of Bumboo, Champion of the Negaverse.
- The Sailor Scouts get the yellow crystal.
Trivia[]
- As with a lot of other guest actors, Greg Swanson, the voice of Herbert (Miss Lambert's fiance), voiced some background characters in this episode and a minor role in "Worth a Princess's Ransom".