While leaving a pool hall, Spike witnesses a shooting by a mysterious assassin. When the assassin turns on Spike, he displays an ability to fly through the air and can even stop bullets with a forcefield. After Spike narrowly escapes with his life, Jet learns that the assassin is known as "Mad Pierrot", and he's killed several high-ranking ISSP members. Spike later gets a message from Pierrot inviting him to the "Space Land" amusement park. While Spike goes off to confront him, Jet tasks Ed with finding more info on Mad Pierrot, who turns to be the test subject in a cancelled project to create a super-soldier.
Pierrot carries this episode. He's essentially a mash-up of several Batman villains; he resembles The Penguin in both appearance and attire, has a laugh and personality reminiscent of The Joker, and an origin story similar to that of Bane. He's also one of Spike's toughest opponents and almost like a slasher movie bogeyman; he can't be reasoned with, he can't be hurt with bullets, he can fly, he's carrying a massive arsenal of weapons, and he wants nothing more than to kill. His only apparent weakness is that he's afraid of cats.
The first act utilises shadowy visuals that create an eerie and haunting atmosphere. This gives way to a more glitzy style during the confrontation in Space Land, which looks incredibly tacky. However, this sequence also contains some more explosive action as Spike and Pierrot duke it out in the amusement park. The setting allows for a lot of creative action as the pair fight on different rides. And the end result definitely brings new meaning to "Kids can be so cruel" while also providing a comedic edge when Jet shares what he and Ed have learned.
One of the best. And I agree with Spike; I hate theme parks.
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