Project Homebound

Project Homebound is an event that appears in the anime series Sonic X. It refers to the attempts to return Sonic and his friends back to their own world in order to prevent the Time Suspension Phenomenon from fully occurring.

Homebound Saga
The President and his subordinates, having taken notice of the Time Suspension Phenomenon, called Chuck Thorndyke in order to let him know that he needed to get Project Homebound underway. Soon, Tails and Chuck get to work on a portal to send them home.

The next morning, the President reports about Project Homebound and the plan to send the new friends they've made back to their world.

That night, many of the inter-dimensional inhabitants say their final good byes to their friends before leaving through the portal to their own world. After Knuckles leaves, Sonic attempts to follow after, but is prevented from doing so due to Chris closing down the machine and dragging Sonic away, effectively halting Project Homebound.

However, while Chris and Sonic are alone, Sonic converses with Chris about what it means to be ones friend, which causes Chris to allow Sonic to return home. Sonic then uses the Chaos Emeralds in order to invoke Chaos Control on his own, thereby bringing an end to Project Homebound.