Grounder the Genius



"Grounder the Genius" is the 23rd episode of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Grounder gets a chip that makes him smarter, and almost successfully defeats Sonic the Hedgehog. In this episode, using the chip, Grounder becomes smarter than Doctor Ivo Robotnik.

Plot
In his fortress, Dr. Robotnik is downloading a genius program trying to make him smarter. Meanwhile, Scratch and Grounder are setting a trap for Sonic the Hedgehog, failing as always. Eventually, they head back, where Robotnik is wanting more brain power and tries to download from other computer programs. However, this ends up resulting in his computer being invaded by a computer virus in which Sonic and Tails' friend Hacker created when copying the genius program on a micro chip. Hacker is almost captured, but is saved by Sonic. Later, Grounder's head looses various bits and pieces, and he searches for all his pieces that go in his head. He accidentally ends up grabbing The Genius Chip and becomes a genius. Soon, Sonic tries to get the chip back, but ends up being zapped by a ray that Grounder reveals is turning him to stone. Grounder then starts treating Robotnik like a prisoner, and Scratch like a slave. Later, Hacker and Tails reverse the ray that hit Sonic revealing to have not turned him into stone but encased him trapped in stone. Sonic breaks free, and Scratch tries to help Grounder take care of Sonic, but ends losing Grounder's head, allowing Robotnik to remove the chip while Sonic switches the chip with another. This in turn makes Robotnik stupid. Robotnik then takes it off and yells "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!".

Trivia
Sonic was turned to stone (or rather trapped in stone) in this episode, whereas a similar event occurred again in the next episode - Tails in Charge. However, in the next episode, it appears as a larger part of the story.

Goofs

 * When Robotnik goes to press Grounder's "off" button, he clearly presses the "on" button and still gets electrocuted, despite the fact that the one that Grounder disconnected was the "off" button.
 * When Grounder turns his head to look at Robotnik, Robotnik is still electrocuted despite the fact that he isnt touching the "off" button.