Tails' Crush

"Tails' Crush" is the fortieth episode in the Sonic Boom television series. It first aired on 22 August 2015 in the United States and on 29 August 2015 in France.

Synopsis
Something is wrong with Tails! It turns out he has a crush. Meanwhile, Dr. Eggman has trouble picking up his package from the post office.

Appearances
Characters:
 * Badnik
 * Motobug (multiple)
 * Child Monkey
 * Comedy Chimp
 * Dave the Intern
 * Decimator Bot
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Fastidious Beaver
 * Fennec Shopkeeper
 * Giant Robot
 * Lady Goat
 * Lady Walrus
 * Leroy the Turtle
 * Mike the Ox
 * Mrs. Vandersnout
 * Old Monkey
 * Team Sonic
 * Amy Rose
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Sticks the Badger
 * Walrus Child
 * Walrus Male
 * Wild Cat
 * Wolfie
 * Zooey

Locations:
 * Sonic Boom World
 * Bygone Island
 * Amy's House
 * Sonic's Shack
 * Sticks' Burrow
 * Unnamed Village
 * Village Center
 * Meh Burger
 * Valley of Broken Glass

Items:
 * Background Music Generator
 * Communicator
 * Enerbeam
 * Meh Burger
 * Piko hammer
 * Wrist controller

Vehicles:
 * Eggmobile
 * Tails' Plane

Plot

 * For the transcript of this episode, see Tails' Crush/Transcript.

One day, Sonic and Knuckles are about to do a wheelbarrow race through the Valley of Broken Glass with Tails being the one to keep the time. When the race finishes, Sonic asks Tails how they did, but the fox does not answer. Back in town, Dr. Eggman is at the post office in the Village Center, asking Leroy the Turtle why his package is late. After signing a note, Eggman sends in Decimator Bot to attack. Sonic tries to perform the Speeding Swing Surprise with Tails, but it does not work. When Eggman departs in his Eggmobile after his robot's defeat, Sonic asks Tails what is wrong with him, and as it turns out, Tails is having a crush on a pretty fox girl named Zooey.

However, Tails needs help on trying to handle this, so he goes to his teammates for advice. First, Sonic tells him at his shack to be aloof and hard-to-get, and he demonstrates with Comedy Chimp dressed as a female. The next time Tails sees Zooey, he tries to play it cool, but she takes his fake disinterest sincerely and wanders away. Next, Knuckles suggests that Tails show off his manliness. At Meh Burger, Tails comments on the table's design and orders a very rare steak, which seems to disgust Zooey. Dave the Intern brings Tails his meal's complementary "Hello Doggy" pen which he gets excited over, before remembering himself and trying to downplay it. Tails goes to Amy at her house next, and the two watch a romantic movie. Copying the movie's lead, Tails attempts to serenade Zooey at her house, but he struggles to find the right words for his monologue, and Zooey closes her window, confused and uneasy. His last hope is Sticks, and she says in her burrow that Tails should do a tribal dating dance. He uses feathers to perform the dance, but Zooey worries that Tails is not feeling alright.

Eggman, taking pity over Tails' failures, offers him some practical advice (invoking the Bro Code over "the enemy thing") to not copy others, and to be confident in himself. Eggman's package has finally arrived, and it happens to be a Background Music Generator - a device that lets him create background music to make his attacks more exciting. While trying it out, Eggman summons his robots to attack the village, and Zooey is captured by Giant Robot. Tails quickly gets into his plane to rescue her. When the rest of Team Sonic arrives, Tails waves them off, saying that he can do this by himself. He fires at Giant Robot's arm with his Unbolterizer, and as Zooey falls to the ground, he uses the Enerbeam to save her. After taking care of the robot, Zooey thanks Tails for rescuing her, and then kisses him. Disappointed by his defeat but also pleased that his advice worked out for Tails, Eggman plays some romantic background music for the two as they hold hands.

Continuity

 * Tails uses the Unbolterizer, a weapon which he invented in "Circus of Plunders".
 * Sonic tells Tails to use the "Speeding Swing Surprise" maneuver introduced in "The Sidekick".

Goofs

 * The Unbolterizer's beam is colored blue, unlike in "Circus of Plunders" where it is orange.

Trivia

 * "Tails' Crush" is Bill Freiberger's favorite episode.
 * The mask that Tails uses is similar to the mask in The Phantom of the Opera. In addition, the scene where Tails tries to proclaim his love to Zooey is based off a famous scene in Romeo and Juliet.
 * The battle with Giant Robot, Zooey in its hand and Tails flying around it with his plane is similar to the Empire State Building scene in the movie King Kong.
 * The "Hello Doggy" toyline presented in this episode is a parody of Hello Kitty.
 * The music piece that plays at the very end of the episode is musically similar to "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me".
 * The music before Sonic falls into a crate of watermelons during the Speeding Swing Surprise fail is the same music piece recycled from "Eggman the Auteur".