While investigating a series of bizarre attacks on fast food restaurants, Crash is captured by the maniacal Manant, a half-man, half-ant creature that he had a genie create for him when he was a kid. Siphoning Crash's growth power to enlarge himself to human-size, Manant intends to use the extracted growth juice to create an army of giant ants to take over the world. Part One of the animated Aquabats have them crash landing on the moon and encounter space bees with Bat Commander being captured by Mooncheese, the pirate of the moon.