Prize Fights

"Prize Fights" (ソニックバトル・開催！！) is the forty-fifth episode of the anime series, Sonic X, as well as the fourth episode of the Emerl Saga. It first aired on 8 February 2004 and 19 February 2005 in Japan and United States respectively.

Japanese version

 * SONIC DRIVE - Opening theme
 * T.O.P - Closing theme

English version

 * Gotta Go Fast - Opening theme (USA and CAN)
 * "Sonic X" - Opening theme (AUS, NZ and UK)
 * Gotta Go Fast (shortened) - Closing theme

Plot
To lure Dr. Eggman into the open, the President throws a tournament with the red Chaos Emerald as the prize. The contestants include Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Rouge, Chris, Danny, Nelson, Chuck, Lucky, Emerl, Decoe, Bocoe, Mr. Stewart, Sam Speed, Ella, Mister Tanaka, the President himself, a black knight and Bokkun.

As the fights progress, Lucky manages to win through sheer luck, and Emerl defeats opponent after opponent. In the final round, Sonic and Amy were facing off but Amy refuses to fight him and thinks that Sonic will never fight her by saying that he cares about her, which made Sonic embarrassed. Chris has no way to make Amy mad, but then Eggman shows up and Sonic saves Amy from being blown to bits, then chases after Eggma. Amy is therefore declared the winner. At the end of the episode, the final lineup includes: Knuckles, Amy, Rouge, Emerl, Lucky, Chris, Mr. Stewart and Tanaka.

Dubbing changes

 * In the Japanese version, there is a scene where Big and Ella fights, but in the English version, the fight was cut out.
 * In one scene, the dub features balloons in the store while in the Japanese version, it featured balloons of the Sonic X characters.