(The episode begins in a desert area at nighttime. The only thing we see amongst the dust is the Cooper Van. We cut to the inside of the van to see Bentley typing away on a tablet of some kind.)

Bentley: Sly! Murray! I've found some information about a new artifact to grab. (Sly Cooper and Murray get into the van.)

Murray: Artifact? Here?

Sly: Whaddya on about, Bentley?

Bentley: There's this gem called the Shadow Crystal that was made a long, long time ago. I've found what seems to be a match to it nearby.

Sly: So, are you guys up for a little heist?

Murray: Sure thing, Sly!

Bentley: I'll track down the coordinates and we'll be off.

Sly: Alright. Murray, you're driving. (The Cooper Van is seen driving off.)

(We cut to the inside of a large canyon. Near a canyon wall, we see Banjo fighting against a burrowing snagret (Pikmin). It pecks at Banjo and knocks him down. Kazooie pops out of Banjo's backpack.)

Kazooie: Keep it together, Banjo. I'm tryin' to keep all my feathers here.

Banjo: Sorry, Kazooie. This thing is tougher than it looks. (The burrowing snagret lowers his head and Banjo and Kazooie perform the beak barge into its head. The burrowing snagret flops its neck onto the ground and Banjo and Kazooie then use their beak buster to crush the beast's head. The burrowing snagret bursts and a jiggy pops out. Banjo grabs it and does a little dance before Kazooie eats it. The duo turns around to a molehill and Bottles pops out.)

Bottles: Good job, you two! That monster looked pretty tough.

Kazooie: That featherless phony couldn't have defeated us if he tried. Ain't that right, Banjo?

Banjo: I dunno, Kazooie. That thing was pretty dangerous.

Bottles: Probably because featherface did 10% of the work.

Kazooie: What was that, bug-eyes?

Bottles: Err, nothing. But there's sure to be plenty more jiggies to find around here. Better get collecting! (Bottles burrows back down into his molehill and the duo runs off.)

(We cut to the cliffside of the canyon. Knuckles the echidna is seen guarding the Master Emerald.)

???: Hey, Knuckles! (Knuckles turns to see Vector the crocodile waving at him, he is followed by Espio the chameleon and Charmy Bee.)

Knuckles: The Chaotix? What're you guys doing here?

Espio: We saw the glint of the Master Emerald, which usually means that you aren't far behind.

Charmy: It's great to see another familiar face in this new world.

Vector: Yeah, but what're you doing cooped up here?

Knuckles: It isn't exactly safe to transport the Master Emerald right now. Who knows what could be around here. Have you three seen Sonic or Tails anywhere? (Vector shrugs his shoulders.)

Charmy: We haven't seen them or even heard from them.

Knuckles: (Sadly.) I hope they turn up soon. (We cut to far behind the team as the Cooper Van drives up. Sly, Bentley, and Murray all get out.)

Sly: So that's the Shadow Crystal?

Bentley: Sure is, Sly.

Sly: Should be easy enough to take. (Sly picks up a pebble and chucks it. It makes a noise that distracts Knuckles and the Chaotix away from the Master Emerald.)

Knuckles: What was that?

Sly: And now… (Sly uses his shadow power to turn invisible.) that jewel is ours. (Sly advances towards the Master Emerald while the others are distracted. He quickly swipes it and begins to walk away. As this happens, Espio glances back to see the Master Emerald floating.)

Espio: Huh? (Espio turns invisible, and we hear him hit Sly as Espio becomes visible again, holding the Master Emerald. Sly was thrown across the ground. Knuckles, Vector, and Charmy join Espio.)

Knuckles: Huh? Who is that?

Vector: It's a thief! Grab 'im, boys! (Espio and Charmy advance as Sly holds his cane out in self-defense.)

Sly: I wouldn't get any closer if I were you.

Vector: And why's that?

Sly: Bentley! Murray! We've got trouble! (Bentley and Murray arrive on the scene, with Bentley in his motorized wheelchair.)

Murray: Is it punchin' time, Sly?

Sly: Sure is, pal.

Knuckles: If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you got. Let's go! (Knuckles tackles Sly to the ground, and the two get back up into fighting positions. Knuckles takes three punches at Sly. Sly uses a smoke bomb and disappears.) Huh? Where'd you go? (Sly returns and bashes Knuckles with his cane. We cut to Vector and Murray locking hands as they struggle to push the other down.)

Vector: You're going down, you ton of blubber!

Murray: You're gonna eat those words, croc! (Murray pushes Vector back, but Vector slide tackles him down. Murray quickly gets up and delivers two punches to the chest. We cut to Bentley, Espio, and Charmy.)

Charmy: Two against one. You're toast!

Bentley: That's what you think! (Bentley throws a bomb at the two. It explodes and throws Espio and Charmy back. Espio gets back up and runs towards Bentley. He does a tornado spin which knocks Bentley back a bit. We cut back to Knuckles throwing punches at Sly. Sly trips Knuckles and kicks him away while he's in midair. Knuckles is knocked into the Master Emerald and it is knocked off of the cliff. We see it get caught by a graveler at the bottom of the canyon.)

Knuckles: No!

Sly: (Taking out paraglider.) Well, guess I'll be seeing you later. Bentley! Murray! (We cut to the two of them fighting the Chaotix.) Clean these fellas up! (Sly jumps off the cliff and starts gliding down.)

Knuckles: I'm not done with you yet! (Knuckles starts sliding down the cliffside with his fists. Knuckles and Sly both reach the ground as the graveler leaves the area. Knuckles tackles Sly to the ground.) Alright, you're down. Now stay away from the Master Emerald!

Sly: Master Emerald? You mean the Shadow Crystal.

Knuckles: Shadow Crystal?

Sly: You mean, that's not what that giant gemstone was?

Knuckles: You idiot! (He lets Sly up.) The Master Emerald is a gemstone of unimaginable power. I'm supposed to protect it in case of emergency, as did the Knuckles Clan.

Sly: That important, huh? Look, it's clear that there's been some kind of mistake here. So, if this emerald is as important as you say, then the least I can do is help you find it.

Knuckles: You're very kind for a thief.

Sly: I'm a thief, not a super villain.

Knuckles: Then let's start searching. (The scene cuts away to an orc (Warcraft) with two throwing axes making his way through the canyon. He sees the graveler with the Master Emerald.)

Orc: Heheh, shiny… (The orc runs up and hits the graveler away with his axes and it drops the Master Emerald and runs away. The orc picks up the Master Emerald as Banjo arrives onto the scene. Kazooie pops her head out.)

Kazooie: Look at that, Banjo. That gemstone is so pretty. I say we haggle for it.

Banjo: Haggle? With what, Kazooie?

Kazooie: We'll give him that jiggy we found earlier.

Banjo: Do ya really think he'll trade that massive gem for a jiggy.

Kazooie: He doesn't look too bright, and our house could use a conversation piece.

Banjo: (Sighs.) Well, alright. It does look pretty cool. (We cut to Knuckles and Sly walking through the canyon.)

Knuckles: (Spotting something and pointing.) There! (The camera pans to see Banjo and the orc making a trade.)

Orc: Thank you, bear. (He walks away.)

Knuckles: Hey! (Knuckles and Sly run up to Banjo.) That's the Master Emerald, you have to give that back!

Kazooie: Hey! Beat it, dreadlocks! We traded for this fair and square!

Sly: This emerald is pretty important, and we wouldn't wanna steal it from ya. (Sly holds his cane out in a defensive position.)

Banjo: Kazooie, maybe we should give this to them.

Kazooie: What? No way! This emerald is rightfully ours. (Suddenly a loud screeching sound is heard and our heroes look up. From out of the sky, Wingo (Super Mario) swoops down and grabs the Master Emerald with her claws and flies away.)

Knuckles: No!

Banjo: Wuh oh! The-the bird… it…

Sly: We've gotta go! (Knuckles and Sly take chase after Wingo, leaving Banjo and Kazooie behind. They run through the canyon and Sly takes out a smoke bomb.) Batter up! (He slaps the smoke bomb away with his cane and it hits Wingo and goes off. It doesn't do much to stop her though. The camera shifts a bit away from Wingo and we see Banjo and Kazooie flying after her. Wingo and Banjo fly past a buzz bomber and the camera zooms into it and we cut to the Death Egg. We see Dr. Eggman working at a computer when an alarm sounds on it.)

Dr. Eggman: What the-? Could it be? (He types a bit more as we look at his monitor. It shows Wingo flying past with the Master Emerald.) The Master Emerald! If I can get my hands on that, this army will be unstoppable! Just need to send a few badniks that way. (Dr. Eggman types more as we cut back to the canyon.)

Banjo: Alright, Kazooie, let's go! (Banjo and Kazooie perform the beak bomb and collide with Wingo. The Master Emerald is thrown into a bird nest on a branch near the cliffside. A strange figure is seen near it. Banjo and Kazooie land on the nest but a pidgeot swoops in.)

Pidgeot: Pidgeot! (The pidgeot uses gust and blows the duo off of the nest and down towards the other two heroes.)

Banjo: Doh! (Sly runs past and uses his cane to swing on the branch, and flips onto it. Sly pulls out an alarm clock which goes off, and the pidgeot is scared away.)

Pidgeot: Pidgeot! Pidgeot! (Sly picks up the Master Emerald.)

Sly: Too easy.

Knuckles: We got it back! (Knuckles climbs up the side of the cliff and joins Sly on the branch. A creaking sound is heard. Sly and Knuckles look around as the branch snaps. The Master Emerald rolls over to the unknown figure that we saw before. It starts getting up. We see that it is an iron golem (Dark Souls) and it steps towards our heroes. Our heroes get up to fight as the iron golem slams its axe against the ground and knocks our heroes down. Banjo gets up and Kazooie starts shooting eggs out of her mouth at the iron golem's head. The iron golem steps towards Banjo and Kazooie. The iron golem raises his axe to slice the duo.) Hey! (Knuckles glides in from the side and punches the iron golem in the head. It doesn't do much. The iron golem swings his axe around and the flat end sends Knuckles flying. We cut to Sly hitting the iron golem in the leg with his cane. The camera shifts over to see Kazooie rapidly pecking at the other leg. The iron golem slams his fist down and sends our heroes tumbling.)

(We cut back to the Master Emerald behind the battle our heroes are fighting. Moneybags walks up to it.)

Moneybags: My my my, this is the biggest gem I have ever seen! (He looks around.) Well, it doesn't seem like this belongs to anybody. Finders keepers. (Moneybags picks up the Master Emerald and walks away.)

(We cut back to the battle as Sly uses his lightning spin. This electrocutes the iron golem. The iron golem proceeds to pick up Sly and begins to crush him.)

Sly: Hey, somebody help! Quick! (Knuckles runs up and punches the iron golem in the leg. This causes him to go down on one knee and drop Sly. Knuckles then delivers a powerful blow to the head of the iron golem and knocks it down. It's been defeated.)

Banjo: What in the world was that?

Kazooie: I dunno, but it kicked our butts, Banjo.

Knuckles: Where's the Master Emerald?! (The group looks around but can't find anything.) C'mon, we have to keep moving! (They run off.)

(We cut to Moneybags walking through the canyon with the Master Emerald in his hands.)

???: Well, what have we here? (Moneybags puts the Master Emerald down to see who's speaking. We see that it is Ripto. He is riding Gulp and is also joined by Crush.) That's a big gem you've got there, Moneybags.

Moneybags: Uhh, yes it is. I found it myself.

Ripto: And I don't suppose you would want to part with it, would you? (Crush approaches Moneybags with his club.)

Moneybags: W-Well, n-not really. B-B-But I'm sure I could make an exception for you, R-R-Ripto.

Ripto: That's what I thought. (Crush grabs the Master Emerald and puts it on Gulp's back.) Thank you for your donation, Moneybags. (Under his breath.) Sucker. (The villains walk away as Ripto laughs.)

Moneybags: Push me around, will you. If it was just you and me, I'd give you a tussle you wouldn't forget. (The heroes run up to Moneybags.) Oh, hello there.

Knuckles: Have you seen a giant emerald around here?

Moneybags: Oh, that was yours? What a pity.

Sly: What do you mean?

Moneybags: I just got it taken from me by Ripto. That bloody sorcerer has a big ego for his tiny frame.

Knuckles: (Grabs Moneybags' shoulders.) You lost the Master Emerald!

Kazooie: Calm down, punchy.

Moneybags: I'm very sorry, but there's nothing that can be done.

Knuckles: I'll find this Ripto and get the Master Emerald back.

Moneybags: Are you mad?! You want to find Ripto?!

Knuckles: I have to get the Master Emerald back.

Sly: A heist, I like the sound of that.

Banjo: Yahoo! Let's get going then!

Moneybags: (Points to where Ripto went.) They went that way, but don't blame me if you find yourself in the belly of a beast. (The team heads off as the camera cuts to Crush, who was listening to the whole conversation. We cut to our heroes sneaking along the top cliff of the canyon. It is about dawn.)

Sly: This'll be easy. We grab the emerald, and then we book it. Got it? (Knuckles and Banjo nod. Suddenly, they come across the Master Emerald laying out in the open.)

Knuckles: (Quietly.) There it is! (He starts running towards it.)

Sly: (Quietly.) Wait! It could be a trap! (Knuckles gets to the Master Emerald, but is smacked away by a club.)

Ripto: So you're the one who has come after my giant gem. (The camera pans to see Ripto, Crush, and Gulp.) Well, it looks like you need a lesson in obedience.

Knuckles: The Master Emerald doesn't belong to you!

Ripto: Oh, you're a sore loser. Crush, smash him! (Crush prepares to smash Knuckles with his club as we cut back to Sly and Banjo. Banjo starts running towards Crush and uses the wonderwing, which knocks Crush onto the ground.) More of you? Oh, I'm going to enjoy this. (Ripto hops off of Gulp. He unleashes fire magic from his wand and it hits Knuckles.)

Knuckles: Agh! (Gulp rears up to trample Knuckles until Sly jumps onto Gulp's back.)

Sly: Hey, big guy! (Sly starts jabbing Gulp with his cane. Gulp begins to trample away while trying to buck Sly off. We cut to Banjo and Crush. Crush takes two swings at Banjo, who gracefully dodges. Kazooie does her rat-a-tat rap in Crush's face. Crush then bats the two away with his club. We then cut to Knuckles throwing punches at Ripto, who is knocked onto the ground. Ripto gets up a bit and fires more fire magic at Knuckles.)

Ripto: Oh, you're gonna make a fine pile of ashes! (We cut back to Banjo and Kazooie flying through the air. Kazooie fires a grenade egg out of her mouth and it explodes on contact with Crush. We cut to Sly riding Gulp as he is bucked off. Luckily, he is caught in midair by Banjo.)

Banjo: Gotcha!

Kazooie: Since when do I take cargo?

Sly: Drop me onto the green guy. (Sly is dropped onto Gulp as he delivers a lightning spin to him. Gulp groans out in pain. We cut to Knuckles uppercutting Ripto.)

Knuckles: Had enough?

Ripto: Not quite, musclehead! Nnnaaagh! (Ripto fires out a fast trail of magical projectiles out of his sceptre. Knuckles is hit back quite a bit. We cut to Sly running away from Gulp as he looks over to Banjo and Crush. Crush bats Banjo and Kazooie out of the sky with his club. Sly gets an idea and backflips behind Gulp. Gulp's momentum keeps going and he rams into Crush, sending them both off of the cliff. The club is sent out of Crush's hand and lands by Knuckles. Knuckles grabs the club, jumps over Ripto, and bats him off the edge of the cliff.) Noooooooo! (We hear a thud.)

Knuckles: Finally, now I can return to guarding the Master Emerald. (Knuckles approaches the Master Emerald, but it is hit by a tractor beam. We see a buzz bomber has picked it up and starts flying away with it.) What?! Those are Eggman's creations!

Multiple voices: Help! Help us! Get us outta here! (We see more buzz bombers carrying Vector, Espio, Charmy, Bentley, and Murray.)

Knuckles: The Chaotix!

Sly: Bentley! Murray! (They are all carried away. Another buzz bomber tries to pick up Knuckles.)

Knuckles: Hey! Let me go! (Kazooie fires an egg at the buzz bomber and it breaks, letting Knuckles free.) We have to follow them! C'mon! (Knuckles and Sly run off.)

Kazooie: Oh Banjo, what have you gotten us into?

Banjo: No idea, Kazooie. All I know is that we have an adventure on our hands! Guh huh! (Banjo runs off to catch up with the others.)

End of Episode