Tails in Charge

"Tails in Charge" is the 24th episode of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. It was written by Martha Moran.

Plot
The episode starts with Robotnik completing a machine and saying he should be given the award for supreme excellency. Scratch says "didn't you give yourself that award last week?" Robotnik demands Scratch think of a better one. He introduces the machine as the "Super Supreme Stopper Zapper". Scratch and Grounder say it looks super. Robotnik yells at them. He tests the machine on Scratch who gets turned to stone. Grounder has some fun with him, fiddling around with his parts and tickling his nose. Robotnik unfreezes Scratch who sneezes because of Grounder tickling his nose, jumps around holding his head because Grounder hit him on the head and dripping water because Grounder squirted him with water. He wonders what happened and Grounder suggests bad dream. Robotnik literally throws them into the machine telling them to fetch Sonic by suppertime. They fly out the building through the wall.

Outside, Grounder and Scratch set a trap including a sign with a chilli dog on it. Sonic runs by with Tails who is on his skateboard. They stop at the sign and Sonic says he has to check it out. Grounder prepares to launch the rock, but an Elvis bird lands on it and starts dancing. Grounder lets go of the slingshot and chases it away. The rock is launched with Grounder on it. Tails and Sonic jump and avoid it. Grounder crashes into a bigger rock and explodes. The Super Supreme Stopper-Zapper starts shooting. Tails warns Sonic to watch out. Sonic turns and dodges just in time. The Zapper continues to shoot. Sonic grabs Tails and they fly off. They dodge all the beams and leave the scene. Scratch and Grounder emerge cursing Sonic. Grounders phone rings and they answer it. They admit they almost had him, and Robotnik explodes with anger. Scratch says they will do another plan his way. Robotnik threatens to melt them down if they don't catch Sonic.

Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails get hungry, Tails spots a sign saying "All you can eat Chili Dogs". Tails is excited but Sonic says its a trap. Tails gets sad, but Sonic says he wants the danger. So they head off.

Meanwhile, Grounder is wearing a "I love Robotnik" apron while Scratch is explaining his plan to him. Grounder doesn't get it so Scratch yells at him that he's as dumb as a rock. Grounder asks what kind, Igneous, Sedimentary or Metamorphic. Scratch yells at him a made-up rock and smacks him with it.

Sonic and Tails approach. Sonic tells Tails to wait there. Tails tells him to be careful. Sonic says he's too fast for them. They high five and Sonic rushes off. He disguises himself as a chili dog inspector to check the level of chili in their chili dogs. Scratch and Grounder fall for it. Sonic says the chili isn't hot enough and he will have to close them down. Grounder protests, so Sonic gives him a tin of "Very Hot Chili" which Grounder pours in. He dips a chili dog in and offers it to Sonic, who says Grounder's the cook so he should taste it. Grounder eats it, and his cheeks inflate and explode with the spiciness. He starts to blow up, so Sonic grabs two normal chili dogs and runs away. Grounder takes off like a rocket, flies high into the sky, falls back down, and crashes into the ground making a Grounder-shaped hole. He jumps out and rolls away, chased by Scratch on the Super Supreme Stopper-Zapper. It starts zapping so Grounder yells at him to shut it off, to which Scratch replies he can't, it's stuck. It continues to shoot at Grounder.

Sonic returns to Tails and gives him a chili dog. Just as Tails is about to eat it, he gives a shout and points behind Sonic. The Zapper is coming right towards them. They Sonic grabs Tails and flies away without Tails' skateboard. Tails pulls free and goes after it, leading Sonic to run after him. Tails grabs his skateboard. Sonic pushes him out the way just as the Zapper shoots. Sonic is hit by the ray turning him to stone. Tails runs back and tries to get him back, but Sonic just falls over. Tails starts crying. Grounder gloats over him and Scratch joins him. Tails tries to push Sonic away but Scratch picks Tails up and tosses him aside. Then, Scratch and Grounder argue over who will get all the credit. They then start doing tug-of-war with him. Tails goes to the Zapper, and gets their attention. Grounder tries to escape, promptly getting blasted and turning to stone, and then (due to a mistake of Tails') comes back again. Scratch and Grounder chase Tails, who tries to blast them but keeps missing. Tails hops on his skateboard and drives over and picks up Sonic, to the anger of the badniks. Tails and Sonic get away. Grounder's phone rings again. They answer it rather tentatively. They pass the phone to each other without saying anything into it. Robotnik gets angry with them.

Tails, panting, has pushed Sonic all the way to the top of a hill. He turns and looks down the hill and sees the badniks chasing him. He pushes over a pile of logs which roll down the hill and chase the two badniks. They get run over while Tails escapes with the still-frozen Sonic.

Robotnik floats over Tails. Using a megaphone, he yells at Tails to give him Sonic, which Tails ignores. He jumps through a vent, which Robotnik tries to go through too but he is too fat so he just falls over.

Inside, Tails pushes Sonic on the skateboard around Robotnik's fortress, now being chased by the badniks. He runs into a dead end down an alley, which the badniks run right past. Tails spots a door and pulls on it, opening it. He runs through and closes it. the badniks don't notice. Inside, Tails wheels Sonic to a safe place. He stares sadly at Sonic, then he tries to wake him. It doesn't work, so Tails promises he will do anything to get him awake again. Sonic falls over, and Tails goes to the door and opens it. He looks out only to see the badniks right there; Tails slams the door shut again, leading Scratch and Grounder to crash into the door. They push against the door, but Tails holds fast, refusing to give up. Tails runs over to Sonic. The badniks go quiet, but they then use a tank to try and crash down the door. The whole place shakes so Tails pulls Sonic over to a wardrobe and they hide in there when Tails has an idea. The badniks crash down the door and a few machines as well. They fly out and hit the wall. Tails comes over dressed as a police officer. He tricks them, but Scratch sees through it after seeing his two tails. He explains to Grounder who wondered why Scratch picked up an officer. The two argue, giving Tails time to escape. They chase him but Tails hides. The two badniks decide to trap him. Tails follows Grounder around until he has a plan of his own. He makes a trap. Scratch and Grounder have finished their trap and they hide. Tails gets the trap to backfire on them while he gets the chili dog they used as bait, he then runs. Seeing as his foot is trapped by the trap, Scratch sends grounder to chase Tails. Grounder does so, but gets trapped in Tails' trap. Scratch does too. They lie there for a few moments but when they try and grab Tails again, he activates the second part of his trap. The two badniks get dumped on a stationary conveyer belt. They refuse to give up just as Grounder's phone rings. They once again admit to Robotnik they don't have them but they will use the Zapper on Tails.

Tails fetches Sonic on the skateboard. Then he has an idea, and polishes up a mirror that happens to be there. Scratch and Grounder arrive with the Zapper and shoot at Tails. The beam hits Sonic and he wakes up, back to flesh, fur and blood, wondering what happened. Scratch and Grounder are amazed that Sonic's out of the petrification. He runs so fast they don't have a chance with hitting him again. Sonic bends the Zapper lense to point at itself so next time the Badniks use it, it turns itself to stone. Grounder hits it, making it explode and sending the two flying. Robotnik comes storming in at that moment. The badniks land on him. Tails activates a claw which picks up all three of them. He lets them go over a crate of Quick-Drying Cement. They fall into it and it quick drys. Sonic and Tails leave with Robotnik shouting "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!"

Sonic tells Tails he's proud of him, and they high five.

Sonic Sez
Scratch and Grounder call at Tails' house pretending to sell pizza. Sonic warns Tails never to open the door to strangers.

Trivia

 * The episode's name is a reference to the 1980s sitcom Charles in Charge.