Hat Kid ventures across the planet looking for Time Pieces and encounters many foes, including two birds competing for a movie award, a malevolent spirit that steals Hat Kid's soul, and a group of mountain villagers infected by a dangerous plague, ultimately befriending them all. While Hat Kid is exploring, Mustache Girl breaks into her ship and steals her Time Pieces, using them to turn the planet into a fiery inferno where her word is law. Hat Kid confronts her, but Mustache Girl uses the Time Pieces to open a time rift and make herself all-powerful.