Party Hardly

"Party Hardly" is the 7th episode of the anime Sonic X. In the original Japanese version, its title is "Giant Free For All! Chris' House Party" (Daikonsen! Kurisu no Hōmu Pāti (大混戦!クリスのホームパーティ)). It first aired on 17 May 2003 in Japanese, and 18 October 2003 in English.

Characters

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Chris Thorndyke
 * Ella
 * Edward Tanaka
 * Mister Stewart
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Amy Rose
 * Cream the Rabbit
 * Linsey Thorndyke
 * Sam Speed
 * Vanilla the Rabbit (mentioned)

Plot
Chris is telling Cream and Cheese to stay in his room until he gets back from school but as he leaves the two quickly get bored and go to the balcony to suddenly see something exciting. Amy and Tails were looking out at the window wondering why was Cream outside picking flowers since she is supposed to be inside when Tails recieves a flashback from their world: He approached Cream to ask her what she was doing when she explains she was making a flower crown for her mother. Tails then realizes that Cream is actually missing her mother. Sonic, who happens to have overheard sees a nearby posster showing a meadow, quickly snatches it and then goes downstairs. Leaving Tails and Amy to wonder about the hedgehog's sudden attitude.

Meanwhile, Chris' mother gives him the breakfast that she cooked badly when Ella comes in and is shocked to see Chris' breakfast. Chris' mother then decides to throw a party and Chris asks her to invite Sam Speed, his favourite uncle and her brother. Chris' mother agrees to invite him, unaware that Cream and Cheese saw everything and become excited about the upcoming party.

At Chris' school, Mister Stuart tells Chris that he can come to his house to meet his mother.

Meanwhile, back at Chris' house, Cream and Cheese go outside to pick more flowers to make the flower crown. After they go downstairs, they see Chris' mother decorating the room for the party and wonder if they can help.

Later on, Chris comes back home and tells his mother that Mr. Stuart is coming to the party. Chris' grandfather, Chuck, comes in wearing a suit as Chris asks his grandfather to tell Sonic and co. to hide until Mr. Stuart and Sam Speed leave the party if he sees them. Chuck tells Chris that Tails and Amy are at his room and he didn't see Sonic. They then see Cream and Cheese decorating the room. Chris' mother is about to go there, but Chris and Chuck manage to keep her from seeing Cream and Cheese by telling her to get ready for the party instead. Chris then asks Cream why she and Cheese didn't stay in his room when Cream tells him its boring there.

However, Mr. Tanaka appears and Chris is shocked to find out that he knows about them. As Chris asks Mr. Tanaka to help him and Chuck to keep on a secret that Sonic and co. are present, Cream and Cheese leave.

Ella is cooking the dinner for the party, but leaves the kitchen to help Chris' mother find the dress for the party. Cream and Cheese enter to the kitchen and see all of the food and turn on the kitchen appliances but end up creating chaos in the kitchen and run away just before Ella comes back to the kitchen. As Chris looks for Cream and Cheese, he hears Ella's scream and runs to the kitchen to see a big mess.

Later, Chris' mother finishes getting ready for the party. But she then gets a call saying that she should leave and get back to work. Cream then sees Chris' mother crying over the guilt she feels about being a bad mother for leaving Chris alone with the maids and his grandfather, and also for not taking care of him. She then tells Ella she must leave, and then does so.

The guest arrive soon after and sit down when Cream suddenly comes in to see Chris. Ella is severly shocked but Chris picks Cream up while saying she is a toy. Sam Speed then decides to be cocky and crack jokes, eventually beginning to discuss Sonic. Sonic meanwhile is mocking Sam at the window but when Sam notices him and then points it out, nobody else sees Sonic because he ran off. Mr. Stuart did actually happen to see Sonic but pretends he didn't.

Chris then gets the news that his mother left and starts to say it was rude of her. But this angers Cream, who inadvertedly reveals herself as not a toy and yells furiously at Chris while saying he should be grateful that he can at least call his mother at any time but she can't because her mother is back home on another plant. Cream then runs from the room crying as Amy and Tails run to her in hopes of comforting her.

Shocked to see them, Ella almost faints but Chuck invites her to dance instead, in hopes of distracting her. The party was then over and the guest leave. Sonic then gave Cream some flowers that he brought from a place outside that he had went by. Ella is then convinced she is just tired and seeing talking animals and Mr. Tanaka and Chuck suggest that Chris tell Ella the truth. It's then Ella knows about Sonic and co. and she even strikes up a friendship with Cream.

Chris meanwhile was upset and still thought Cream was mad at him when Sonic says that Cream is a nice girl and she can and will forgive him. Then Cream comes and gives Chris a flower band and said that she got the flowers from Sonic and Sonic explains that Cream only gives them to people she likes. Which makes Chris feel happy as Cream gives another flower band to Ella.