Looping Loopa

"Looping Loopa" ("Loopa Lupa?") is the 16th episode of the first season of BoBoiBoy Galaxy and the 16th episode overall in the series.

Summary
BoBoiBoy and his friends should be having a great and enjoyable picnic. But something goes wrong; their picnic is just looping and looping again. What's actually happening?

Plot
To kick off the episode, the scene is set in the vast expanse of Outer Space where Adu Du and his spaceship are on the lookout for a Power Sphere named LoopBot. This Power Sphere is in an escape pod, trying to evade Adu Du's pursuit. Due to the fear of Adu Du's firing, LoopBot decides to utilize hyperjump as a means of escaping and manages to get away. However, Adu Du refuses to give up and follows in the same way, determined

BoBoiBoy and his gang, along with Ochobot, Papa Zola, and Commander Koko Ci, find themselves in space and are on their way back to Earth aboard Commander Koko Ci's ship. The purpose of their return is to allow the Earthlings to take some well-deserved time off. However, despite their gratitude, the gang worries about the station and the possibility of being attacked while they are away. In response, Admiral Tarung informs them that they are already under attack from Space Pirates and that Fang, Sai, and Shielda are defending the station in their absence. He reassures them that it is not necessary for them to return and quickly puts on his battle suit to destroy every hostile ship. Although Yaya and Ying express curiosity about the source of his power, Koko Ci quickly ends the discussion, reminding them to prepare for their imminent landing.

On Earth, at the store owned by Tok Aba, a group of individuals including Tok Aba himself, Mr. Kumar, Aunty Yang, and Mrs. Wawa eagerly wait for the arrival of their children. As they spot the approaching spaceship, the parents excitedly anticipate the reunion with their beloved offspring, and as the spaceship lands, they eagerly embrace their children with warm hugs. However, Papa Zola's anticipation of a warm welcome from his wife Mama Zila is left unfulfilled, as she is not present and instead sent him a shopping list. Thus, Papa Zola is the only one who is left without a warm welcome because his "darling of justice" is once again at home, while everyone else celebrates the reunion with their children. Papa Zola furiously responds with "In your dreams!" This outburst of anger was conveyed to Mama Zila on the phone by Tok Aba. Realizing that he might upset his wife over this altercation, Papa Zola immediately went to the store to buy the necessary groceries to ease her displeasure.

The rest of the kids leave with their parents and Yaya reminds them not to forget about their outing to the beach tomorrow. Yaya's mother tells her daughter that she made some delicious fried rice. This catches Aunty Yang's attention and the two start quarelling over who is the better cook so fiercely that their daughters have to drag them apart. BoBoiBoy and Ochobot glumly comment on their similarities to their daughters while Tok Aba says to ignore them and serves his grandson hot chocolate.

Meanwhile, LoopBot's pod and Adu Du's ship warp near Earth. LoopBot locates BoBoiBoy, and Probe realises he is going to ask BoBoiBoy for help. Hearing that, Adu Du fires at the pod, and a direct hit sends it crashing towards the Earth. BoBoiBoy and Cattus sees the plummeting escape pod and mistake it for a strange shooting star. He soon goes to bed after Tok Aba reminds him of the picnic tomorrow, and further nagging from Ochobot. On the beach, Adu Du and Probe search for LoopBot, having lost his signal when he crashed. LoopBot watches from afar as they head off to continue looking for him and fearfully calls for BoBoiBoy to help him.

That night, BoBoiBoy dreams about LoopBot running from Adu Du, imploring him to save him as his power is almost gone. The nightmare jolts BoBoiBoy awake, drenched in sweat and panting like he'd been running. Ochobot inquires why, but BoBoiBoy brushes it off as a weird dream. Thinking nothing of it, Ochobot pushes BoBoiBoy to get ready for their picnic.

BoBoiBoy, Ochobot and Cattus walk with Yaya to the beach. They are horrified to find out that the basket Yaya is carrying contains her biscuits, but quickly reassure her that nothing is wrong. As they continue, BoBoiBoy hears his name mentioned. He turns around and sees nobody immediately, but stares at a bush from where he thinks the sound came from. His focus distracts him from the volleyball heading towards his head, and it hits him. As the acting referee for the volleyball game, Papa Zola yellow cards Gopal for accidentally knocking him out. In the bushes, Adu Du and Probe silence LoopBot.

A flashback to a few minutes ago reveals that the events of BoBoiBoy's dream actually happened, and that LoopBot had run towards BoBoiBoy as he was walking to the beach. He called out BoBoiBoy's name, but Adu Du short-circuited him before he could call for help. As BoBoiBoy turned around, Probe and Adu Du grabbed LoopBot and hid in the bushes.

In the present, BoBoiBoy spikes the volleyball at Gopal, who counters with a dig. With the ball in the air, Papa Zola restarts the match and pits BoBoiBoy and Ying against Gopal and Yaya. Both teams use their powers in the match, and they manage to tie scores before Adu Du and Probe stop their game. He cryptically proclaims that he will beat them repeatedly using the volleyball and reveals his Loop Bracelets. Papa Zola mistakes them for fashion bracelets, infuriating Adu Du enough to kick the ball into him. He then demonstrates the power of the Loop Bracelets by invoking the Loopa Loopa Loop power and placing them in a time loop that enables him to repeatedly kick the ball into Papa’s stomach.

Yaya and Ying go to attack him, but Adu Du incites another time loop and dodges them the second time around. He and Probe proceed to immobilize BoBoiBoy's gang with the volleyball. As BoBoiBoy lies on the ground, he notices a weakened Power Sphere crawling up to Adu Du. Before he can cause another time loop, the Power Sphere grabs the bracelets and performs a Mega Loopa Loopa Loop that rewinds time all the way back to when BoBoiBoy woke up that morning. This time, he wakes up complaining of a headache instead of a weird dream, and hesitantly complies with Ochobot telling him to get ready. Adu Du and Probe are once again pursuing LoopBot as he runs to the beach, the former expressing his confusion at running after the Power Sphere again.

The rest of the events play out identically, the only difference being that LoopBot implores BoBoiBoy to remember before performing his Mega Loopa Loopa Loop. BoBoiBoy wakes and retains his memories of Adu Du attacking, but still brushes it off as a dream. As they chase LoopBot again, Adu Du realises that he's been using his power on them and yells it so while they hide in the bushes. BoBoiBoy hears the alien's voice, so he and the others investigate and find Adu Du and LoopBot hiding. LoopBot tells them his name and begs for help before refusing to give Adu Du powers and performing a final Mega Loopa Loopa Loop.

When BoBoiBoy wakes up this time, he acts on his dream by running with Ochobot out of the house. Adu Du's suspicions are confirmed, but when they capture LoopBot this time, BoBoiBoy is nowhere to be seen. The villains plan to take the power and retreat, but they're interrupted by BoBoiBoy Leaf, who is revealed to have brought Yaya and Ochobot to the beach earlier to explain the situation and lay traps for when Adu Du and Probe arrive. After the villains fall for both traps that were laid, LoopBot performs some time loops to repeatedly beat them up before finally letting the trap propel them into the distance.

Later, they bring LoopBot with them to the beach where Papa Zola asks how the robot got there. BoBoiBoy explains that it's a "long and looping" story before getting hit with a volleyball by Gopal again. The episode ends with Gopal asking why he didn't dodge it while BoBoiBoy lies on the ground complaining of a headache.

Characters

 * BoBoiBoy
 * BoBoiBoy Wind
 * BoBoiBoy Leaf
 * Yaya
 * Ying
 * Gopal
 * Fang (Minor)
 * Koko Ci
 * Tarung
 * Ochobot
 * Cattus
 * Papa Zola
 * Sai (Minor)
 * Shielda (Minor)
 * LoopBot (Debut)
 * Tok Aba
 * Mrs. Wawa (Debut; minor)
 * Aunty Yang (Debut; minor)
 * Mr. Kumar
 * Mama Zila (Voice-only, pictured, minor)
 * Adu Du
 * Probe

Differences in the Comic Version

 * to be added

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first appearance of Yaya and Ying's mother throughout the entire franchise, as well as Mama Zila’s first voice-only role.
 * Like her daughter, Mrs. Wawa is also known for making horrible biscuits and gets mad when anyone says her biscuits are horrible.
 * Like both their daughters, Mrs. Wawa and Aunty Yang have a fierce rivalry.
 * While the girls fight over who is the better student, their mothers fight over who is the better cook.
 * The episode's original title was "Picnic Loop Forget?" ("Berkelah Loopa Lupa?"). It was shortened after Season 1 ended.
 * Originally in several shots, LoopBot flashed white while performing Mega Loopa Loopa Loop, making this episode prone to seizures. This was fixed after Season 1 ended.[citation needed]

Continuity

 * Ochobot and Gopal make reference to the fact that BoBoiBoy often forgets about their picnics, which is a reference to BoBoiBoy: The Movie.

Cultural References

 * LoopBot’s method of trying to contact BoBoiBoy via dreams is similar how Flash contacted Batman to give a message in his dream in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Errors

 * In one scene when Papa Zola watching Tarung's battle, his oufit was changed.
 * When Adu Du is attacking BoBoiBoy with the volleyball, the Loop Bracelets are missing from his wrists.